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Private Pics Cost Glen Rock 'Sextortion' Victim $20,000, Police Pursue Fugitive Cyberthief
An elderly lonely heart from Glen Rock was “sextorted” out of $20,000 after sending compromising photos to a scammer he thought was a woman -- and was about to hand over another 20 grand when his bank mercifully refused, authorities said.
Online romance scammer Ali H. Maman, 59, of Frederick, MD (photo above), has so far eluded authorities, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said this week.
Posing as a woman, Maman communicated with the Glen Rock senior through Instagram and WhatsApp, the chief said on Wednesday, April 10.
The victim was convinced to share the risqué photos, then w…
Drunken NJ Driver Admits Snapchatting At 156 MPH Before Fiery Wreck That Killed College Student
More than a year after a New York college student was killed in a fiery, drunk-driving crash in the region, the man responsible has formally confessed.
Vasu Laroiya, 24, of Iselin, pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide in Albany County Court on Tuesday, Nov. 28, in the death of Katie Fisher.
Laroiya admitted that he was Snapchatting while driving drunk at 156 miles per hour on I-87 in Colonie when he struck Fisher’s Honda Civic on the night of May 28, 2022.
Fisher, a 22-year-old junior at the University at Albany, then struck a guardrail on the eastern shoulder, causing her car t…
More Charges For Lehigh Valley Man Who Brought Girl To NJ For Sex: Authorities
A Lehigh Valley man charged with meeting up with a teen girl from Snapchat and sexually assaulting her in January 2022 is facing more offenses in a separate investigation, authorities said.
Garry N. Bunting, of the 900 block of Wyandotte Street in Bethlehem, was charged on Monday, April 17 with second-degree attempted sexual assault, two counts of attempted child endangerment, and child endangerment, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said.
Bunting, 31, was initially charged with human trafficking of a minor, sexual assault, and other offenses in January 2022 after he met up with a …
Accused NJ Hacker Cop Charged With Victimizing More Women, Invaded 2,800 College Email Accounts
A former Mount Laurel police officer who was charged with hacking into the social media accounts of an Evesham woman and distributing her nude pictures has been charged with victimizing multiple other women, authorities said.
Ayron Taylor, 22, of Delran, was taken into custody on Wednesday, Nov. 30 and released Friday afternoon, Dec. 2, following a first appearance in Superior Court in Mount Holly. The case will now be prepared for presentation to a grand jury for possible indictment, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw and Evesham Township Police Chief Walt Mil…
Police: Repeat Offender From Westwood Nabbed After Stealing Dog, iPad In Washington Township
A 21-year-old repeat offender from Westwood broke into a Washington Township woman's home, then stole her dog and an iPad, authorities said.
Township detectives nabbed Jordan David Dufont a short time later after pinging his phone, Capt. John Calamari said.
Dufont had gone to his on-again, off-again girlfriend's home on Hickory Street, broke in by smashing a back window and was confronted by the victim, Calamari said.
He then fled with her mixed-breed dog and iPad, the captain said.
Police were familiar with Dufont, who, records show, has a history that includes arrests for aggravated ass…
Phillipsburg Man, 21, Sexually Assaulted Teen He Met On Social Media App, Prosecutor Says
A 21-year-old Phillipsburg man is accused of sexually assaulting a teen he met and communicated with on social media apps, authorities said.
In an investigation conducted by the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and the Phillipsburg Police Department, Douglas Soto, of the 100 block of Bowers Avenue, is charged with two counts each of second-degree sexual assault, fourth-degree criminal sexual contact and third-degree endangering the welfare of a child, a news release said.
Soto allegedly met the victim, who was older than 13 and younger than 16, on the Wizz App and furt…
