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Prosecutor: Lodi Stalker Impersonated Woman, 18, On Dating Sites Prosecutor: Lodi Stalker Impersonated Woman, 18, On Dating Sites
Prosecutor: Lodi Stalker Impersonated Woman, 18, On Dating Sites A self-employed insurance adjuster from Lodi impersonated an 18-year-old woman on dating sites for several months -- and even tried making a date, authorities charged Friday. Matthew J. Bolger Jr., 46, created two “fictitious social media accounts on dating and romance websites/applications in the likeness” of the victim for “a period spanning several months,” Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Detectives from Calo’s Cyber Crimes Unit raided Bolger’s Long Valley Road residence and took him into custody on Friday. They charged him with stalking, impersonation and cyber-harass…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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CAUGHT! Daily Voice Editor Helps Nab Fugitive Stalker, Carlstadt Police Say CAUGHT! Daily Voice Editor Helps Nab Fugitive Stalker, Carlstadt Police Say
Caught! Daily Voice Editor Helps Nab Fugitive Stalker, Carlstadt Police Say A Daily Voice editor helped authorities track down and capture a dangerous fugitive, Carlstadt police said Thursday. A close friend called after seeing an Oct. 10 Daily Voice story about the search for Joseph M. Andrade, 32, Sgt. John Cleary said. "We were lucky to get him without anybody getting hurt," Cleary said. "He was making a desperate effort to avoid us." Authorities began searching for Andrade after he'd compiled a stack of offenses – for charges that include stalking, harassment, cyber-harassment and resisting arrest, among others. He'd also failed to report for probation and ha…

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CAUGHT! Daily Voice Helps Carlstadt PD Nab Accused Stalker With Warrants, Restraining Orders CAUGHT! Daily Voice Helps Carlstadt PD Nab Accused Stalker With Warrants, Restraining Orders
Caught! Daily Voice Helps Carlstadt PD Nab Accused Stalker With Warrants, Restraining Orders CAUGHT! A Daily Voice editor helped authorities capture a dangerous fugitive, Carlstadt police said Thursday. https://rutherford.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/carlstadt-pd-daily-voice-editor-helps-catch-fugitive-stalker/744124/ ****** ORIGINAL STORY: A probationer who’s compiled a stack of outstanding warrants – for charges that include stalking, harassment, cyber-harassment and resisting arrest, among others – is being sought by Carlstadt police, who turned to the public Friday for help. Joseph Andrade, 32, who’s currently homeless, failed to report for probation and has three active restra…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Repeat Stalker At It Again, Authorities Say: 50 Calls, Many Texts To Previous Glen Rock Victim Repeat Stalker At It Again, Authorities Say: 50 Calls, Many Texts To Previous Glen Rock Victim
Repeat Stalker At It Again, Authorities Say: 50 Calls, Many Texts To Previous Glen Rock Victim A Hawthorne parolee who served time for stalking a Glen Rock woman was at it again – making more than 50 “anonymous and alarming” phone calls and various text messages this time, said authorities who arrested him. Christopher J. Greig, a 36-year-old unemployed dishwasher, was charged with stalking, contempt of a stalking restraining order, cyber-harassment, and harassment, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo following an investigation by his Cyber Crimes Unit and Glen Rock police. Greig, who is single, has a rap sheet that includes several arrests for stalking and/or harassment char…

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3 Ridgewood Residents Cyber-Harassed In 24 Hours, Arrest Made In One 3 Ridgewood Residents Cyber-Harassed In 24 Hours, Arrest Made In One
3 Ridgewood Residents Cyber-Harassed In 24 Hours, Arrest Made In One In a series of attacks that Ridgewood police said were unrelated, three village residents in roughly 24 hours reported being cyber-harassed, leading in one instance to the arrest of an Orange County man. Jacob Goodman, 19, was arrested after he hacked into a 19-year-old woman’s social media account and “posted photos of her and illicit photos of other people,” Ridgewood Police Chief Jaqueline Luthcke said Monday. Goodman of Warwick was charged with cyber harassment and released pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Municipal Court in Hackensack, she said. A 65-year-old Walthery Av…

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'Joke' School Shooting Post Gets Garfield Boy, 12, Delinquency Complaint 'Joke' School Shooting Post Gets Garfield Boy, 12, Delinquency Complaint
'Joke' School Shooting Post Gets Garfield Boy, 12, Delinquency Complaint GARFIELD, N.J. – A 12-year-old Garfield boy must go before a family court judge after police said he threatened a school shooting on social media and then said it was just a joke. School officials notified police Friday morning about a “threatening post [that] indicated a Garfield school shooting was going to occur on Monday and then indicated that the post is a joke,” Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. School officials and police took it seriously: Detectives issued a delinquency complaint against the middle schooler for offenses which, if committed by an adult, would equal causing a false publ…

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Lyndhurst Laborer Charged With Stalking, Cyber-Harassment Lyndhurst Laborer Charged With Stalking, Cyber-Harassment
Lyndhurst Laborer Charged With Stalking, Cyber-Harassment LYNDHURST, N.J. – A Lyndhurst laborer posed as someone else to send alarming text messages to himself and a stalking victim, said authorities who arrested him. Sean D. Slattery, 35, lied to detectives “and was the person who used the Internet to create the alarming and harassing messages, which were designed to appear as if the sender was someone else,” and sent them to himself and the 24-year-old victim, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Slattery was charged with stalking and cyber-harassment and released pending an April 4 appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in…

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Authorities: Former Lyndhurst Man Jailed For Cyber-Harassing Ex Authorities: Former Lyndhurst Man Jailed For Cyber-Harassing Ex
Authorities: Former Lyndhurst Man Jailed For Cyber-Harassing Ex LYNDHURST, N.J. -- A former Lyndhurst man was arrested on cyber harassment charges after a judge said he violated a restraining order by sending his ex-girlfriend text and Facebook messages. Wallington police picked up Jamie Lee Costa, 34, of Nutley on a warrant issued by a Lyndhurst judge after the 28-year-old woman filed a complaint, Detective Vincent Auteri said Wednesday. He was processed and taken to the Bergen County Jail on Sunday, then ordered released by a Superior Court judge, pending further court action, the following afternoon, records show.

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