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SLEAZEBAG: NJ Case Worker Admits Groping Clients, Sexting Wank Pics, Threatening To Take Kids SLEAZEBAG: NJ Case Worker Admits Groping Clients, Sexting Wank Pics, Threatening To Take Kids
Sleazebag: NJ Case Worker Admits Groping Clients, Sexting Wank Pics, Threatening To Take Kids It’s about as low as someone who works in child welfare services can go. A now-former case worker with the New Jersey Department of Children and Families admitted groping women he was investigating, sending unwanted masturbation pics and threatening to have children taken from those who didn’t go out with him, authorities said on Friday. Gilberto Ortiz Jr., a 53-year-old bilingual family services specialist, told a mom he was investigating that he’d “help her” if she had a relationship with him, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. Ortiz warned the woman during a home visi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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ONLY IN JERSEY: Convicted Mayor Busted For Illegally Trying To Run Again ONLY IN JERSEY: Convicted Mayor Busted For Illegally Trying To Run Again
Only IN Jersey: Convicted Mayor Busted For Illegally Trying To Run Again People told former Paterson Mayor Joey Torres that he couldn't run for mayor again after being convicted of corruption in office. He wasn't listening, though. That changed on Friday, March 11, when state authorities announced that they'd charged Torres, 63, with criminal contempt. “State law provides that any person convicted of a crime involving their public office will be forever barred from holding another public position in New Jersey,” Acting New Jersey Attorney General Platkin said. “To promote public trust and integrity in government, we must ensure that this law and the court orders…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Tinton Falls Elects One Of Nation's Oldest Mayors Tinton Falls Elects One Of Nation's Oldest Mayors
Tinton Falls Elects One Of Nation's Oldest Mayors At 97, Mayor Vito Perillo is one of America's oldest mayors. He's now considering whether to seek another four-year term, which would make him a centenarian municipal chief executive. It’s hard to know for certain if Perillo is the oldest person ever elected mayor -- he was born in in September 1918 -- but folks who know him call him tough to beat. Perillo was re-elected to his second four-year term as mayor of Tinton Falls on Tuesday, according to unofficial tallies from the Monmouth County Clerk’s Office. “They tell me I’m the oldest mayor in the country,” Perillo told NJ Advance Media.&…

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by Jon Craig
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Married State Police Couple Who Lied About Jersey Shore Bar Brawl Lose Their Jobs Married State Police Couple Who Lied About Jersey Shore Bar Brawl Lose Their Jobs
Married State Police Couple Who Lied About Jersey Shore Bar Brawl Lose Their Jobs UPDATE: A married New Jersey State Police detective couple caught lying about a North Wildwood bar fight agreed to give up their jobs on Monday, authorities said. Detective Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Ogden, 52, and Detective Sgt. Dorothy Ogden, 46, cut a deal with the state Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) rather than go to trial, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. Besides forfeiting their jobs, the Ogdens -- both of Hammonton – must successfully complete a pre-trial intervention program that will clear their records of false swearing charges, the attor…

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by Jerry DeMarco