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BETRAYER OF THE BADGE: NJ Officer Admits Using Authority On Duty To Pressure Women Into Sex BETRAYER OF THE BADGE: NJ Officer Admits Using Authority On Duty To Pressure Women Into Sex
Betrayer OF THE Badge: NJ Officer Admits Using Authority On Duty To Pressure Women Into Sex UPDATE: A Vernon Township police officer who was accused of groping a Bergen County woman during a domestic violence call admitted abusing his authority on duty to force women to submit to his sexual advances. Emanuel Rivera, 38, acknowledged the “imbalance of power” between him and the women he was hitting on, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Acting Sussex County Prosecutor Annmarie Taggart said in a joint statement. This left them unable to consent, he admitted, because of the “coercive, intimidating nature of such requests” coming from a uniformed police officer," the s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Indictment Returned Against Sussex Officer Accused Of Groping Woman, Pursuing Others On Duty Indictment Returned Against Sussex Officer Accused Of Groping Woman, Pursuing Others On Duty
Indictment Returned Against Sussex Officer Accused Of Groping Woman, Pursuing Others On Duty A former Paterson police officer who’s accused of groping a Bergen County woman during a domestic call with another department is also charged with using his authority to get other women’s phone numbers, authorities said. Emanuel Rivera, 37, was a Vernon Township police officer when he met the woman while responding to a May 11, 2019 domestic violence call at her then-boyfriend’s home, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. She told him and other responding officers that she intended to spend the night at a friend’s house but then opted to sleep in her car near there when …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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LAWSUIT: Sussex County Police Officer Groped, Assaulted Woman After Domestic Violence Call LAWSUIT: Sussex County Police Officer Groped, Assaulted Woman After Domestic Violence Call
Lawsuit: Sussex County Police Officer Groped, Assaulted Woman After Domestic Violence Call A woman who said she was groped and sexually assaulted by a police officer who responded to an earlier domestic violence call in Sussex County filed a lawsuit last week against her alleged attacker and other town officials, a new report says. Vernon Township Officer Emanuel Rivera was charged with fourth-degree criminal sexual contact following the May 11, 2019 incident, in which he allegedly approached the woman’s car, groped her chest, pressured her to follow him to an empty church and forcefully put his hand down her pants, the New Jersey Herald reports. The Bergen County woman — who say…

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by Valerie Musson
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NJ Police Officer Who Shot Loose Dog Accused Of Sex Crime Against Domestic Assault Victim NJ Police Officer Who Shot Loose Dog Accused Of Sex Crime Against Domestic Assault Victim
NJ Police Officer Who Shot Loose Dog Accused Of Sex Crime Against Domestic Assault Victim Authorities have charged a North Jersey police officer with illegally touching a woman while responding to domestic violence call.  Vernon Township Officer Emanuel Rivera was responding to an early-morning incident on May 11, 2019, when he tracked down a female subject who was asked to leave the house and "engaged in illegal sexual contact through coercive means," Sussex County Prosecutor Francis A. Koch said Thursday. Rivera, 36, who was accused of shooting a loose dog last year, is charged with fourth-degree criminal sexual contact, the prosecutor said. A former six-y…

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by Cecilia Levine