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Middlesex Man, 20, Arrested For Inappropriate Sexual Contact
A 20-year-old man from Central Jersey has been arrested for criminal sexual contact, authorities said. Dandre Burrell of New Brunswick was charged with improperly touching a woman, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Director Anthony A. Caputo of the New Brunswick Police Department. Last Wednesday, Burrell was charged with one count of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact, Ciccone and Caputo said. On Monday, Burrell was jailed in the Middlesex County Adult Correctional Center pending a trial after a detention hearing before Superior …
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Ex-Toms River School Worker Who 'Robbed Innocence Of Kids' Gets 30 Years For Sex Crimes
A retired Toms River Regional school district employee has been sentenced to 30 years in state prison for sex crimes against two children, authorities said. William J. Herflicker, III, 57, was sentenced on Monday for crimes committed between 2005 and 2010, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Herflicker was convicted on Jan. 22 after a jury trial, the prosecutor said. Herflicker was found guilty of two counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault, Billhimer said. Superior Court Judge Rochelle Gizinski sentenced Herflicker to 15 years in state prison on each count to…
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Authorities: West Milford Man, Underage Boy Exchanged Sexual Images Of Each Other
A West Milford man sent sexually explicit images to an underage boy and had him do the same, authorities said. New York State Police alerted authorities in Passaic County to Tekanand V. Singh, 28, who they said began messaging the boy after meeting him online. Singh “sent the victim photographs of himself” and “requested the victim engage in sexual acts [that] he instructed should be recorded and sent to him,” Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said in a joint release. “All images were obtained by law enforcement,” they added. Si…
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Bergen Cub Scout Leader, Youth Sports Coach Charged With Sexually Assaulting Minor
A Bergen County Cub Scout leader from Oakland who also coaches youth sports was charged with sexually assaulting a minor. Gary Sarno, 47, remained held Monday in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing Wednesday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Sarno "engaged in sexual conduct with a child" between 16 and 17 years old late last December, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. An investigation by Musella's Special Victims Unit and Oakland police led to Sarno's arrest last week on charges of sexual assault, criminal sexual contact and child endang…
Police & Fire
NJ Police Officer Who Shot Loose Dog Accused Of Sex Crime Against Domestic Assault Victim
Authorities have charged a North Jersey police officer with illegally touching a woman while responding to domestic violence call. Vernon Township Officer Emanuel Rivera was responding to an early-morning incident on May 11, 2019, when he tracked down a female subject who was asked to leave the house and "engaged in illegal sexual contact through coercive means," Sussex County Prosecutor Francis A. Koch said Thursday. Rivera, 36, who was accused of shooting a loose dog last year, is charged with fourth-degree criminal sexual contact, the prosecutor said. A former six-y…
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Prosecutor: Hackensack Warehouse Worker Had Sex With Underage Englewood Girl
After accusing a 28-year-old Guatemalan national living in Hackensack with having online sex chats with an underage Englewood girl, detectives said they learned that he’d had sex with her several times. No sooner had a judge released Juan Arnoldo Tomas than he was arrested again for having “sexual penetration with the juvenile multiple times in Hackensack and Englewood,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Prosecutor: Hackensack Warehouse Worker Had Online Sex Chats With Underage Englewood Girl Detectives who previously charged the warehouse worker with criminal sexual contact and…
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Monmouth County Officer Admits Sexual Contact With Jail Inmate -- His Ex-Girlfriend
A corrections officer at the Monmouth County Jail admitted having sexual contact with an inmate at the jail in Freehold last year, authorities said. Thomas J. Mauro, 42 of Beachwood, pleaded guilty Tuesday to criminal sexual contact, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said in a statement. An investigation found that Mauro and the 31-year-old inmate had a relationship in 2013 before the she was an inmate at the jail. The victim from Neptune City was seen April 27, 2019, entering a bathroom at the correctional facility reserved for the exclusive use of Monmouth County Corr…
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Son Of Former Englewood Cliffs Mayor Charged With Masturbating In Front Of Dumont Girls
A restaurant manager from Englewood Cliffs masturbated in front of two girls in Dumont, authorities said. Thomas Parisi, 29, called the girls over to his car to see what he was doing, they said. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Dumont police contacted members of his Special Victims Unit after they were alerted to the March 2 incident. Parisi, whose father is former Englewood Cliffs Mayor Joseph Parisi, was arrested Thursday and sent to the Bergen County Jail to await a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. He’s charged with two counts each of chil…
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Hudson County Sheriff's Office Nabs Dozens Of Deadbeat Dads, Warrant Defendants
Nearly 60 people accused of a variety of offenses -- including sex assault, weapons charges and failing to pay child support -- were scooped up in a Hudson County Sheriff’s Office sweep. Roughly half of the arrests by Sheriff Frank Schillari's department were of accused deadbeat dads who collectively account for $335,000 in unpaid support -- including a Kearny man who owes $81,927 and a Jersey City man who owes $58,699, records show.Nearly three dozen others had been charged with burglary, theft and drug crimes.Although most are from Jersey City, some were picked off in Clifton, E…
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Fairview Car Washer Charged With Sexually Assaulting Cliffside Park Student
A Guatemalan national living in Fairview sexually abused a 13-year-old Cliffside Park student, authorities charged. Eualio L. Martinez, 35, who works as a car washer, was charged with aggravated sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual contact, criminal sexual contact, sexual assault and child endangerment, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Monday. An investigation by his Special Victims Unit in tandem with police in Cliffside Park and Fairview began after a school nurse contacted borough police this past Friday about the alleged assaults, he said. Martinez remained held Monday …