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Detectives Pursuing Celeb Trainer From 'RHONJ' For Sex With Girl, 14, Find Him Dead Detectives Pursuing Celeb Trainer From 'RHONJ' For Sex With Girl, 14, Find Him Dead
Detectives Pursuing Celeb Trainer From 'Rhonj' For Sex With Girl, 14, Find Him Dead UPDATE: Detectives in Florida were on their way to arrest New Jersey-bred celebrity trainer Darren Goodall for having sex with a 14-year-old student when he took his own life, authorities confirmed on Tuesday. The girl's father had brought them videos and photos of “inappropriate sexual activity” between his daughter and Goodall, 32, that he'd found on her phone, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office said in an Aug. 1 release. The youngster had been a student at Goodall’s gym, Venom Fitness in Osprey, FL, the release says. Detectives seized all of Goodall's electronic devices as the invest…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Bergen College Student Charged With Child Porn Blackmail Following Raid Bergen College Student Charged With Child Porn Blackmail Following Raid
Bergen College Student Charged With Child Porn Blackmail Following Raid A 23-year-old Dean's List student tried to blackmail a victim using child pornography, said New Jersey State Police who arrested him during an early-morning raid at his Closter home. Pritkumar Patel, who recently attended Berkeley College, remained held Thursday in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing. He's charged with: Cyber harassment by sending or posting obscene material with the intent to harm or cause fear; Criminal coercion through the threat of exposure or ridicule (blackmail); Extortion; Child endangerment by storing and/or maintaining child pornography; Sexual con…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Community Rallies For Clifton Brothers Mourning Dad John Liguori, 44 Community Rallies For Clifton Brothers Mourning Dad John Liguori, 44
Community Rallies For Clifton Brothers Mourning Dad John Liguori, 44 The community is coming together in support of a pair of Clifton brothers mourning the recent loss of their father, John Liguori.  John, a Belleville native, died Dec. 3 at 44 years old. More than $300 had been raised on a GoFundMe as of Wednesday night for Andrew and Thomas Liguori. John was a Clifton High School graduate (Class of 1992) and went on to graduate from Berkeley College.  He worked as a lab technician with Bio Reference Laboratories of Elmwood Park and was an avid fan of the New York Yankees. John was predeceased by his father, John Liguori in 1985. In addition t…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Unfounded Bomb Threat Clears Berkeley Paramus, Woodland Park Campuses Unfounded Bomb Threat Clears Berkeley Paramus, Woodland Park Campuses
Unfounded Bomb Threat Clears Berkeley Paramus, Woodland Park Campuses An “unsubstantiated, non-specific bomb threat” made to the Woodland Park campus of Berkeley College early Friday forced the evacuation of all seven campuses in New Jersey and New York, including the one in Paramus, school officials said. All of the buildings were “evacuated, inspected and cleared by local authorities” after the 7:45 a.m. call, College President Michael J. Smith said. “Normal campus operations resumed at approximately 11 a.m.,” Smith wrote in an email to students, faculty and staff. Besides Paramus and Woodland Park, Berkeley has campuses in Newark, Woodbridge, Manhattan, B…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
Woodland Park Student-Veterans Get 'Military Makeover' On Lifetime TV Woodland Park Student-Veterans Get 'Military Makeover' On Lifetime TV
Woodland Park Student-Veterans Get 'Military Makeover' On Lifetime TV Two students from Woodland Park's Berkeley College will be featured on Lifetime's "Military Makeover" reality series. You can catch their stories at 7:30 a.m. on April 30 and May 4, on Lifetime. Grovert Fuentes of North Bergen graduated from Berkeley College with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing Communications in 2017. He served six years in the U.S. Air Force and developed his passion as a combat photographer. While stationed in Afghanistan, however, his unit was attacked and he sustained injuries that made it impossible to continue this line of work. It was af…

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by Cecilia Levine