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Criminal Sexual Contact
Police & Fire
Bayonne Man, 38, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Four Underage Girls
A 38-year-old Bayonne man was charged with sexually assaulting four underage girls. Anthony Lashley, 38, assaulted the teens “on multiple occasions between 2017 and 2024 in Jersey City and Bayonne,” Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said on Tuesday, April 16. All four were under 18 at the time, the prosecutor said. Authorities arrested Lashley this past Feb. 22 in connection with two alleged victims, Suarez said. An investigation turned up two more, she said, for which he was charged on April 9. Suarez didn’t say why she waited a week to announce it. Lashley, meanwhile, remained he…
Police & Fire
Morris County Man Raped Boy Over 10 Years: Prosecutor
A 61-year-old Towaco resident was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a young boy over the course of 10 years, authorities said. Juan Fernandez performed multiple sexual acts on the boy from when he was six years old until he was 16, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and Montville Township Police Chief Andrew Caggiano said. Authorities said they began investigating Fernandez last month. Fernandez was charged with three counts of aggravated sexual assault, three counts sexual assault and two counts of endangering the welfare o…
Police & Fire
Young Teen Sexually Assaulted In New Milford By Elderly Man, Middle-Aged Companion: Prosecutor
An underage teen was sexually assaulted in New Milford by two men – one of them 67, the other 59 -- said authorities who reported finding one of them with a date rape drug. The older man, Eliezer Kopelowitz of Englewood, and Wayne Bambling of River Edge, were both arrested in New Milford late last week, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Monday, April 8. Kopelowitz was charged with second-degree sexual assault of the child, who the prosecutor said was between 13 and 17. He was also charged with child endangerment, criminal sexual contact and possession of both GHB and drug parap…
Police & Fire
ICE Seizes Turkish National Charged With Sexually Assaulting Drive-Share Passenger In Fair Lawn
ICE agents took custody of a 33-year-old ride-share driver from Turkey after he was jailed on charges of sexually assaulting a female passenger in Fair Lawn. Ahmet Yusuf Aydemir sexually assaulted the woman “while she was a passenger in his vehicle” on Wednesday, April 3, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He didn’t specify which ride-share service, however. Aydemir, a Turkish national who's been living in Garfield, was arrested on Thursday and charged with sexual assault and criminal sexual contact charges, records show. He was sent to the Bergen County Jail -- but he didn’…
Police & Fire
Morris County Dojo Owner Gets Probation For Sex With Developmentally Disabled Adult: Prosecutor
A 52-year-old Morris County owner of a karate academy was sentenced on Friday, March 15 to two years probation, after pleading guilty to having sex with a developmentally disabled adult, authorities said. Raymond Ziesse, who owns Mount Olive Karate Academy in Flanders, had a sexual relationship with the former adult student between May 2018 and August 2018 at the dojo, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said. Ziesse was indicted in December 2023 and pleaded guilty to criminal sexual contact last month, authorities said.
Police & Fire
Kearny Man, 18, Charged With Having Backyard Sex In Harrison With Underage Girl He Met Online
An 18-year-old Kearny man was charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl. Angel Aparicio De La Cruz and the girl had sex in the backyard of a Harrison home last July 11 after meeting on social media, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Whether the girl consented or not is irrelevant under the law. Statutory rape occurs in New Jersey when one of the partners is between 13 and 16 and the other is at least four years older. Those adults who claim “she/he looked 18″ — or that the victim showed a fake ID — have no defense, under what is known as the standard of strict l…
Police & Fire
Shocker
: NJ Teacher Had Sex With Student Starting At 15 In School, Car, House: Authorities
A married teacher had intercourse as part of a years-long sexual relationship with a former Garfield Middle School student beginning when the youngster was 15, including several times in a car -- and even at the school, authorities charged. Amy Impero D'Ovidio, a 46-year-old Bergen County native, had worked for the Garfield Board of Education when the alleged encounters began, they said. She was 35 at the time. Locations included “within the Garfield Middle School, at a private residence in Cedar Grove, as well as within a vehicle at unknown locations in Bergen, Essex, and Passaic counties…
Police & Fire
NJ Teacher Tried Paying Teen For Sex, Sent Graphic Video: Prosecutor
A Monmouth County elementary school teacher is accused of trying to pay cash for a sex act from someone who he thought was a teen girl, authorities said. Thomas Carraher, 26, of Howell, was arrested on Thursday, Jan. 18, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago announced on Friday, Jan. 19. Carraher's LinkedIn bio says: "I am passionate about health, fitness, sports, and educating the youth." Prosecutors said Carraher used a social media app to ask for a sex act from someone he believed was a 14-year-old girl. Investigators also found Carraher sent a graphic picture and …
Police & Fire
Ex-NJ Boy Scout Camp Employee Headed To State Prison For Sexually Abusing Teen Camper
A North Jersey man already facing time in federal prison was sentenced to more time in State Prison for sexually abusing a teen Boy Scouts of America counselor in training nearly a decade ago. Colin Skeele, 37, of Florham Park, was sentenced to 18 months in New Jersey State Prison for the abuse, which occurred at the Boy Scouts Camp NoBeBoSco in Hardwick Township, when he was 26 years old, Warren County Prosecutor James Pfeiffer said. Skeele engaged in various sex acts with the camper while working the medical tent and was later charged with fourth-degree criminal sexual contact. In …
Police & Fire
Woman Fights Off Clifton Rape Attempt, Suspect Captured Miles Away: Police
A frightened woman fought off a stranger who grabbed her on a Clifton street and tried to pull down her pants, authorities said. Officers flooded the area on and around Clifton Avenue before a Passaic County sheriff's officer grabbed the accused rapist a few miles away on Valley Road. Reginald K. Pennie, 30, of Passaic had pushed the victim against the wall and tried to de-pants her around 1:30 a.m. Thursday, July 20, authorities alleged. She screamed and the 6-foot-3-inch, 170-pound Pennie fled on foot, they said. Pennie remained held Monday in the Bergen County Jail, charged with crimin…
Police & Fire
Driving Instructor Gropes Teen Girl During Lesson In Hudson County: Police
A 68-year-old North Bergen driving instructor groped a 17-year-old girl during a lesson in Secaucus on Saturday, June 17, authorities said. Roberto Ormeno was charged with criminal sexual contact and endangering the welfare of a child, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. He was taken into custody at police headquarters on Wednesday, June 21, and was released with a summons. No further details were provided.
Police & Fire
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…
Police & Fire
TikToking Cheer Coach Sexually Assaulted NJ Minor Athletes: State Police
A 25-year-old cheer coach who is a TikTok sensation has been arrested on accusations he sexually assaulted young athletes he coached in South Jersey, authorities said. Jonathan P. Ryker, a coach at Rockstar Cheer in Southampton, became the center of an investigation in August 2022, when authorities in Medford Township got a tip that he sent explicit content to a minor on social media, New Jersey State Police said. During the 8-month investigation, detectives were able to identify another one of Ryker's victims — also a student at Rockstar Cheer, police said. Ryker was charged with sexual a…
Police & Fire
Masturbating Security Guard Does It Again 10 Days Later, Secaucus Police Say
A security guard arrested for masturbating in front of a co-worker did it again 10 days later, authorities said. Rideef Scruggs, 36, of East Orange, touched himself sexually in front of a coworker while working at 1000 Riverside Station Boulevard, and charged March 7 with lewdness and criminal sexual contact, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Scruggs did the exact same thing about 10 days later, and was slapped with the same charges on March 17, Miller said. He was issued his complaint summons and was released from police custody.
Police & Fire
Security Guard Masturbates In Front Of Coworker At Hudson County Apartment Complex: Police
An East Orange man was charged with lewdness and criminal sexual contact after masturbating in front of a co-worker while working a security job in Secaucus, police said. Rideef Scruggs, 36, was working at 1000 Riverside Station Boulevard, residential units across from the train station, on March 7, when she incident occurred, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Scruggs surrendered to authorities on the charges and was issued his complaint summons. He was released from police custody.
News
Masseuse Sexually Touched Clients At NJ Lifetime Fitness: Prosecutor
A 33-year-old masseuse with Lifetime Fitness Center in Middlesex County made sexual contact with multiple women, authorities said. Jonathan Saloka, who is from Hamilton but worked at the Plansboro gym, was arrested Thursday, Feb. 23 after multiple women alleged he'd touched them inappropriately while during a massage, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. Saloka was charged with four counts of criminal sexual contact. The investigation remains active and ongoing. Anyone with information asked to call Detective Lauren Leyva of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’…
News
Judge Refuses Release Of West Milford Security Salesman Charged With Sexually Assaulting Woman
A judge refused to release a security company salesman from West Milford who’s charged with sexually assaulting a township woman. Austin Hopler sexually assaulted the woman -- who, like him, is 25 -- following an event at a local home last June 6, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and West Milford Township Police Chief James Devore alleged in a joint release. Hopler was arrested last Monday, Jan. 9, following an investigation by township police and members of the prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit, they said. The six-year U.S. Marine Corps veteran – who’d been stationed at Fort Di…
News
Registered Sex Offender From Passaic County Exposed Himself, Rubbed Against Women: Authorities
A registered sex offender from Passaic County who was released from custody just months ago was busted again -- this time for taking out his penis and rubbing it against no fewer than three random females, authorities said. Rolphy Capellan, 29, most recently from Clifton, was convicted in July 2015 of following a woman into a store and exposing himself to her and a 2-year-old child. He has been in and out of prison, jail and sex offender treatment facilities several times since then, according to state records. Capellan most recently was paroled from Northern State Prison in Newark in Augu…
News
Repeat Offender Grabs, Gropes Elderly Woman In Broad Daylight: Ridgefield Park PD
An elderly woman became the latest target of a repeat offender who was previously arrested – and quickly released – for groping strangers, Ridgefield Park police said. Michael Hernandez, 23, rushed the victim from behind in broad daylight as she walked on Roosevelt Avenue between Hazelton Street and Highland Place around 3 p.m. Dec. 29, Police Lt. Art Jensen said. Hernandez, who lives in the village, then “put his arm over her shoulder and across her chest while thrusting his body into her [and] making sexually-motivated comments” before fleeing, the lieutenant said. The description gave p…
News
Paterson Man Charged With Illegally Touching Girl, 15
A Paterson man illegally touched a 15-year-old girl, authorities charged. Kenyatta Lighty, 44, was sent to the Passaic County Jail following his arrest last Friday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes announced on Monday, Dec. 12. Members of her Special Victims Unit charged Lighty with two counts each of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact and third-degree child endangerment for two separate incidents in July 2021 and July 2022, the prosecutor said.
Business
Owner Of Popular NJ Hair Salon Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Teen Employee: Prosecutor
The 42-year-old owner of a popular New Jersey hair studio was arrested for sexually assaulting a teenage employee, authorities announced. Joseph Guzman, who owns Joseph Vincent’s Salon in Mount Olive, sexually assaulted the 16-year-old girl on Wednesday, Aug. 10, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said in a release with local officials. Guzman was arrested on Wednesday, Nov. 23, and charged with second-degree sexual assault of a victim between 16 and 18 years old where the defendant had supervisory power over the victim, child endangerment, and four counts of criminal sexu…
Schools
Disturbing Details Released In Atlantic City Teacher Accused Of Relationship With Student
Disturbing details have been revealed in the arrest of an Atlantic City high school teacher accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a former student. Joseph A. Scalfaro, 47, of Absecon, allegedly sent the 17-year-old girl coded messages, kissed her in his classroom, NJ Advance Media reports citing court papers. He apparently checked into the Quality Inn in Galloway on March 8, where she joined him, the affidavit of probable cause says. The ten reported the relationship to authorities on Sept. 20. Scalfaro, a social studies teacher at the Atlantic City High Schoo…
News
Female Driver Reportedly Groped By Attendant At Route 17 Gas Station, Police Seek Other Victims
A driver told police that an attendant at a Route 17 service station groped her, said authorities who are trying to determine whether there are any other alleged victims. The 25-year-old motorist told police that she’d just paid for gas with a credit card at the Valero station just past the Extended Stay America Hotel on the northbound highway near the New York State border around 8 p.m. Sunday, Upper Saddle River Police Capt. Edward Kane said. Abdul Shaed, 47, of Paterson, then “reached into her vehicle and rubbed her inner thigh and groin areas after he returned her credit card,” the capt…
News
Recent High School Grad From Bergen, 20, Charged With Statutory Rape
A Fairview man who turned 20 earlier this month is charged with sexually assaulting a teenager who was four years younger. Cristian Argueta remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Wednesday, Sept. 14, pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, following his arrest the day before. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said a report from Fairview police that Argueta sexually assaulted a victim no more than 15 years old in their borough led to the arrest by members of his Special Victims Unit. In New Jersey, the crime of statutory rape is committed when …
News
Former NJ Resident, 44, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen
A former Old Tappan resident was charged with repeatedly sexually assaulting a local child, authorities said. Nikolaos Chlios, a 44-year-old audio/video installer who lives with his wife in Queens, remained held Friday in the Bergen County Jail while awaiting a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Old Tappan police this past May notified members of his Special Victims Unit of allegations against Chlios of sexually assaulting a child “on multiple occasions.” Detectives arrested Chlios on Tuesday following an investig…
News
Man Convicted Of Raping Woman After 1st Date On Jersey Shore Beach, Authorities Say
A Monmouth County jury has found a Hudson County man guilty of raping a woman after their first date at a Jersey Shore beach, authorities said Kawami R. Junor, 28, of Bayonne, was convicted on all charges, including sexual assault, criminal restraint and criminal sexual contact, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey. Junor was additionally found guilty of assault by auto, a disorderly persons offense, by Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Joseph W. Oxley following the verdict. Junor is scheduled to be sentenced on May 6. On …
Police & Fire
Gospel Singer Performs Sex Act On Man As Part Of 'Physical Exam' For NJTransit Job: Prosecutor
A 75-year-old gospel singer was arrested for performing a sex act on a man after telling him it was part of a physical examination for a job with NJTransit, authorities said. Albert J. Lewis, Jr. instructed the 41-year-old Congolese national to come to his Newark home so that he could get more information from him for the job in January 2022, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II said. The victim arrived Lewis' home, where the gospel singer had him disrobe as part of a physical examination to make sure he was fit for the job, Stephens said. That's when Lewis proceeded to …
Police & Fire
Hudson County HS Student, 17, Charged With Sex Crimes Against Female Classmate: Prosecutor
A 17-year-old male student was charged with criminal sexual contact following two incidents involving a female classmate at a Hudson County high school, authorities announced Tuesday. The unnamed teen was charged Monday after an investigation opened Jan. 18 by the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit revealed two separate incidents that occurred inside the building during the school year, Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The teen was charged with two counts of criminal sexual contact and released to a legal guardian pending an initial court appearance. Sex crimes can be rep…
News
Hackensack Man, 23, Charged With Child Sex Crime At Local Park
A 23-year-old Hackensack man was arrested following what authorities called a sexually inappropriate incident with an underage partner at a local park. Angel Jonathan Cadme-Avendano, who works as a technician for a biomedical engineering company in Allendale, was sent to the Bergen County Jail on Tuesday to await a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. The NJIT graduate committed the offense at a Hackensack park last month with a minor who was between 16 and 18 at the time, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. "Sexual contact" is defined under state la…
News
Enraged NJ Mom Restrained From Attacking Homeless Man Who Fondled Girl, 13
A furious mom had to be restrained after she went after a homeless man who Fairview police said fondled her 13-year-old daughter on the street. The pair were walking past a restaurant on Anderson Avenue near Walker Street when Mario Camey “cupped” the girl’s butt around 10 a.m. Saturday, Police Chief Martin Kahn said. The mother confronted the 45-year-old Guatemalan national, who laughed and said her daughter was “very pretty,” the chief said. A bystander jumped in and separated them, then told the 5-foot-2-inch, 130-pound Camey to go into the restaurant, after the mother tried to get at h…
News
Bergen Man, 71, Charged With Sexual Contact With Teen
A 71-year-old Garfield man was jailed on charges of having sexual contact with an underage minor. Authorities didn’t specify the “inappropriate sexual conduct” alleged against Mikulas “Mickey” Banacky, who Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said is married and unemployed. He did say it involved “a child under the age of sixteen in Garfield.” Banacky, a Czech immigrant who lives on Gaston Avenue, had a prior arrest on his record. He spent nearly two months in the Bergen County Jail in 2014 after being charged with simple assault and making threats, records show. This time he was charged…
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