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Underage NJ Teen Sexually Assaulted Multiple Times By Tarrytown Man, Age 27: Prosecutor Underage NJ Teen Sexually Assaulted Multiple Times By Tarrytown Man, Age 27: Prosecutor
Underage NJ Teen Sexually Assaulted Multiple Times By Tarrytown Man, Age 27: Prosecutor A tipster led authorities to a warehouse manager from Westchester County who they said traveled to New Jersey for sex with an underage teen he met online. Eric Palese, age 27, of Tarrytown, sexually assaulted the under-16-year-old child multiple times, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Thursday, April 6. Based on the charges, it was at least a half-dozen times during the second and third weeks of March. Authorities began investigating the 6-foot, 270-pound Palese after the tip came in on Monday, the prosecutor said. Musella said the tipster reported that Palese "contacted the …
5 Pounds Of Pot In A Suitcase Spells Trouble For Rockland, Bergen Buds 5 Pounds Of Pot In A Suitcase Spells Trouble For Rockland, Bergen Buds
5 Pounds Of Pot In A Suitcase Spells Trouble For Rockland, Bergen Buds Five pounds of pot for sale landed two men – one from Rockland, the other from Bergen – in trouble with the law. Nelson Cedeno, age 46, and Keith Chandler, age 32, of Garnerville, were stopped near Cedeno’s Woodcliff Lake home by detectives from the the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotic Task Force, authorities said. “A search of the vehicle uncovered five pounds of marijuana located in a suitcase in the rear,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Thursday, Dec. 8. “Both men were arrested at the scene without incident.” A search of Cedeno’s home later that day turned up …
Money Launderer From Area Had Thousands Stashed In Car Box, Prosecutors Say Money Launderer From Area Had Thousands Stashed In Car Box, Prosecutors Say
Money Launderer From Area Had Thousands Stashed In Car Box, Prosecutors Say An accused money launderer from Westchester was busted in New Jersey with $11,691 in dirty cash stashed in a secret compartment of his car, authorities said. Yonkers resident Pascual Ciriaco, 49, who’s married and unemployed, was taken into custody following the stop in Teaneck, NJ by Narcotic Task Force detectives who’d been tipped off that he was “transporting bulk amounts of currency,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Ciriaco had stashed the cash in an “electronically operated aftermarket hidden compartment” in his vehicle, the prosecutor said. Detectives charged him with mon…
Orange County Pair Charged With Burglarizing Wireless Stores Orange County Pair Charged With Burglarizing Wireless Stores
Orange County Pair Charged With Burglarizing Wireless Stores Two AT&T Wireless stores in Bergen County were burglarized by a Port Jervis pair – one of whom is already being held in Pennsylvania for another crime there, authorities announced Monday, Dec. 20. Lourriston Potter, age 39, was arrested at his home on Friday, Dec. 17 by detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, Port Jervis police and the Pike County, PA District Attorney’s Office, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. His accused partner, Ricky Land, age 40, was served with a criminal complaint at the Pike County Correctional Facility, where he’s been held for an unre…
Fatal Shooting Suspect Who Allegedly Fled Through Rockland Apprehended Fatal Shooting Suspect Who Allegedly Fled Through Rockland Apprehended
Fatal Shooting Suspect Who Allegedly Fled Through Rockland Apprehended A trio of New York City police officers helped capture a 23-year-old Mahwah, New Jersey man who authorities said fled, including through Rockland County, after killing his roommate Monday night, July 12. Milan Ghimire was nabbed in the Bronx by members of the NYPD Emergency Services Unit, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said late Tuesday morning, July 13. Mahwah police and detectives from Musella's Major Crimes Unit participated in the capture, law enforcement sources said. "In the process they took another illegally possessed gun out of our community," NYPD Capt. Isaac Soberal noted…
Driver Of Airborne Mini Cooper That Slammed Into Minivan On Route 17 Identified, Charged Driver Of Airborne Mini Cooper That Slammed Into Minivan On Route 17 Identified, Charged
Driver Of Airborne Mini Cooper That Slammed Into Minivan On Route 17 Identified, Charged Authorities identified the driver of a speeding Mini Cooper that flew into a minivan on Route 17, critically injuring its driver, as a 33-year-old warehouse worker from Hudson County, New Jersey. Witnesses told police that Christopher Macias of Guttenberg was racing the driver of another vehicle – believed to be a Camaro – when he failed to negotiate the exit ramp to Hoboken Road on the southbound highway shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 8, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The other vehicle kept going, they said. Macias’s Mini Cooper hit the grass triangle median separating …
Orange County Man Beat, Threatened Captive Victim In Hotel, Prosecutor Says Orange County Man Beat, Threatened Captive Victim In Hotel, Prosecutor Says
Orange County Man Beat, Threatened Captive Victim In Hotel, Prosecutor Says An Orange County man was jailed after surrendering to police for sexually allegedly assaulting, restraining, and threatening a victim at a Mahwah, New Jersey hotel, authorities said. Gustavo R. Gonzalez, age 24, of Middletown, committed an assault in his vehicle, then sexually assaulted and restrained the victim at the hotel while armed with an undisclosed weapon last Tuesday, May 25, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The victim escaped and dialed 911, but Gonzalez fled, Musella said. Mahwah police obtained warrants charging him with sexual assault, sexual contact, criminal …
Rockland Trucker Ticketed In Route 17 Crash That Killed Motorcyclist Rockland Trucker Ticketed In Route 17 Crash That Killed Motorcyclist
Rockland Trucker Ticketed In Route 17 Crash That Killed Motorcyclist The Rockland County driver of a garbage truck that struck and killed a 52-year-old motorcyclist from Hasbrouck Heights on Route 17 on Monday was issued summonses for careless driving and failure to observe road signals, authorities said. Although no criminal charges were immediately filed, an investigation into the death Monday of Nuri Kaloshi was continuing, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Tuesday. Jonathan D. Lacher, 50, of Nanuet was driving the truck that collided with Kaloshi’s Kawasaki ZX-14 motorcycle on southbound Route 17 as it turned onto the highway from westbound Fra…
Rockland Men Charged With Stalking, Posting Personal Info Of North Jersey Police Officers Rockland Men Charged With Stalking, Posting Personal Info Of North Jersey Police Officers
Rockland Men Charged With Stalking, Posting Personal Info Of North Jersey Police Officers Two Rockland men waged a harassment campaign against dozens of North Jersey police officers, researching and posting personal information about them online through what’s known as “doxing,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Wednesday. Evan V. Koulikov, 21, of Spring Valley “unlawfully accessed a secure database of a New Jersey medical services company and unlawfully copied the personal identifying information of approximately 50 public employees,” most of them police officers, Musella said. Koulikov got help from Eric Williams, 24, of New City in choosing targets, the prosecutor ad…