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Jersey Shore Woman Gets 35 Years State Prison For Role In Sexual Assault Of Toddler
A woman from Monmouth County has been sentenced to 35 years in state prison for planning and carrying out the sexual assault of a toddler with an accomplice, authorities said. Olga Diaz, 35, pf Long Branch will be 64 years old before becoming eligible for parole, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey. A joint investigation began on June 16, 2017, when a man walked into Long Branch police headquarters to report that he had just witnessed two individuals committing sexual acts upon a child, spotted through a window of a Seaview Avenue apartment u…
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Prosecutor: Central Jersey Woman Admits Videotaping Sex Assault On Drugged Toddler
A woman from Monmouth County pleaded guilty on Friday to charges she planned and participated in the sexual assault of a sleeping toddler in 2017, authorities said. Olga Diaz, 34, of Long Branch, pleaded guilty before Monmouth County Presiding Criminal Judge David F. Bauman to two counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault and one count of endangering the welfare of a child by causing or permitting a child to be portrayed in a sexually suggestive manner and filming it, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni. Diaz entered …
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NJ Man Gets 25 Years For Sexually Assaulting 8-Year-Old Girl & Filming It
A 35-year-old New Jersey man was sentenced to 25 years without parole in state prison for sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl and recording it. Diego Ayala, of Newark, admitted to the acts when pleading guilty, and will be required to serve the his sentence pursuant to the Jessica Lunsford Act, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, said. Ayala, who was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Christopher S. Romanyshyn, will be required to register under Megan's Law. Arrested in 2018, Ayala pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault …
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Jersey City Pastor Gets 15 Years For Sexually Assaulting Two Girls At Church
A Jersey City pastor was sentenced to 15 years in New Jersey State Prison for the sexual assault of two different girls he taught at the church he worked at, authorities said. Josue Rodriguez, 62, was a pastor and taught religion to children at Temple Refugio, a church at 322 3rd St. in Jersey City, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Rodriguez taught both victims at the church, one of whom was between ages 6 and 9, and the other between 8 and 15, the prosecutor said. One of the victim's moms reported the alleged crime that happened at the church to Jersey City police on April 30,…
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Neighbor, 72, Sentenced For Repeatedly Assaulting Child In Plainfield
A Plainfield man was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday for repeated sexual assaults of a 9-year-old girl, the Union County Prosecutor's Office said. Angel Flores, 72, abused the girl on multiple occasions for more than a year beginning in December 2015. He would often give her small quantities of cash before each assault, authorities said. Flores was an acquaintance of the girl's family and was known to them and other residents of the multifamily home in the 600 block of Central Avenue as "Don Benito." “This man knew her (the victim’s) family knew and trusted took he…
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Guttenberg Man Found Guilty Of Molesting 2 Young Girls For Years
A 64-year-old Guttenberg man was found guilty of sexually assaulting two girls for years starting when both were younger than seven years old, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said in a statement. Oscar Castaneda last week was convicted of aggravated sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child, terroristic threats and simple assault. Castaneda began sexually assaulting one of the victims in 2004, when she was six years old. The abuse continued until she was 11. A second victim was assaulted from 2013 to 2018. The assaults began when she was five years old and …
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