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Couple Arrested For Having Sex On NJ Beach: Bodycam Footage Shows Police Confrontation Couple Arrested For Having Sex On NJ Beach: Bodycam Footage Shows Police Confrontation
Couple Arrested For Having Sex On NJ Beach: Bodycam Footage Shows Police Confrontation A sunny afternoon on a New Jersey beach took a scandalous turn when police said a topless woman and a man were caught in a sex act — with witnesses, and even a cellphone video, to prove it (scroll for bodycam footage). Amanda L. Mohr, 40, of Manalapan, and Edgar Dillon, 52, of Metuchen, were arrested around 12:36 p.m. on Thursday, June 12, at 65 Ocean Avenue, according to Monmouth Beach Police. The YouTube channel Transparency Bodycam first reported the story on Monday, Sept. 1 (Labor Day), publishing police-worn bodycam footage of the beachside bust and accompanying police paperwork. The 4…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Hopatcong Band Director Was Sexting In Classroom: Police (UPDATE) Hopatcong Band Director Was Sexting In Classroom: Police (UPDATE)
Hopatcong Band Director Was Sexting In Classroom: Police (Update) A Sussex County school band teacher has been charged with lewdness, authorities said. Records show Albert J. Cerulo III was charged with lewdness, specifically, observed by a child under 13 years old, at least four years younger than he is. The offense date was Monday, June 2, the NJ Courts site shows. Hopatcong Police Lt. Ryan Tracey pointed at the "nowhere in the [criminal] complaint does it state that the conduct involved a student." "The charge specifically alleges that Mr. Cerulo, while employed as a teacher at Hopatcong Middle School, engaged in lewd conduct by sending images of his …

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by Cecilia Levine
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South Brunswick Man Committed Lewd Acts At College: Prosecutor South Brunswick Man Committed Lewd Acts At College: Prosecutor
South Brunswick Man Committed Lewd Acts At College: Prosecutor A 21-year-old South Brunswick man was arrested and charged on Monday, May 19 with committing multiple acts of public lewdness at Middlesex College earlier this month, authorities said. On Friday, May 9, Middlesex College police responded to a report of a man, later identified as Jihad Goines, Jr., performing lewd acts in the lobby of a building on the campus, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Middlesex College Police Chief Christopher Wertz said.  An investigation determined Goines committed two additional acts of lewdness on the campus, authorities said. He was iden…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Man Streamed Child Porn, Masturbated In Old Bridge Physician Telehealth Waiting Room: Officials Man Streamed Child Porn, Masturbated In Old Bridge Physician Telehealth Waiting Room: Officials
Man Streamed Child Porn, Masturbated In Old Bridge Physician Telehealth Waiting Room: Officials A 34-year-old New Jersey man is facing charges after authorities say he live-streamed pre-pubescent child porn and masturbated on a virtual telehealth waiting room multiple times. Jason Schain, of Manalapan, live-streamed similar content into the virtual waiting room for the Old Bridge health care provider at least seven times between October 2024 and January 2025, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. An investigation identified Schain as the culprit, Ciccone said alongside Old Bridge Police Chief Thomas J. Montagna. Schain was arrested at his home on Friday, March 7…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Ski-Masked Masturbator Who Lured 4 Females To His Vehicle In Ocean County Arrested: Prosecutor Ski-Masked Masturbator Who Lured 4 Females To His Vehicle In Ocean County Arrested: Prosecutor
Ski-Masked Masturbator Who Lured 4 Females To His Vehicle In Ocean County Arrested: Prosecutor An 18-year-old man who lured multiple females including a pre-teen to his vehicle, masturbated in front of most of them, and then drove off in multiple Ocean County towns has been arrested. Massinissa Ladj, of Jackson, has been charged with sexual assault, three counts of endangering the welfare of a child, and four counts of lewdness, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. On Jan. 24, Lakewood police were notified that a male wearing a ski mask and driving a black vehicle motioned to a 16-year-old girl who was walking down East 5th Avenue to approach his car the previ…

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by Cecilia Levine
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'Completely Naked:' Rapper Joe Budden Charged With Lewdness In Bergen County, Cops Say 'Completely Naked:' Rapper Joe Budden Charged With Lewdness In Bergen County, Cops Say
'Completely Naked:' Rapper Joe Budden Charged With Lewdness In Bergen County, Cops Say Podcaster and rapper Joe Budden, known for his 2003 hit "Pump It Up," is making headlines again—this time for all the wrong reasons. Police say the 44-year-old musician and media personality was caught on camera standing completely naked outside a neighbor’s apartment in Edgewater on the morning of December 4, 2024. Edgewater Police Chief Donald A. Martin confirmed that officers were called to the apartment complex at 7:21 a.m. after a resident reported spotting the unclothed man at their door. The caller recognized Budden as their neighbor, Joseph Budden Jr., police said. The incident, ca…

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by Cecilia Levine
Schools
Rutgers Student Charged With Lewdness, Sexual Contact In 12+ Incidents On Campus Rutgers Student Charged With Lewdness, Sexual Contact In 12+ Incidents On Campus
Rutgers Student Charged With Lewdness, Sexual Contact In 12+ Incidents On Campus A Rutgers University student is accused of committing lewd acts and criminal sexual contact in more than a dozen incidents at the university's Piscataway campus and in South Brunswick, prosecutors announced on Tuesday, Dec. 10. Jihad Goines, 21, of Monmouth Junction, was charged after investigations tied him to incidents at the Royal Oaks Apartment Complex and the Dickson Carr Library on the Rutgers campus, authorities said. The alleged acts occurred between November 2023 and December 2024, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone, South Brunswick Police Chief Raymond Hayd…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Man Flashed Woman, Inappropriately Touched Her At Central Jersey Store: Prosecutors Man Flashed Woman, Inappropriately Touched Her At Central Jersey Store: Prosecutors
Man Flashed Woman, Inappropriately Touched Her At Central Jersey Store: Prosecutors A Hazlet man was accused of exposing himself to a woman and inappropriately touching her at a Middletown store, authorities said. Perry Mangano, 21, was charged with fourth-degree criminal sexual contact, fourth-degree lewdness, and fourth-degree stalking, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said in a news release on Friday, Dec. 6. Investigators said Mangano approached the woman inside the At Home store on Route 35 North at around 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 22. He exposed himself and made physical contact with her. Middletown police arrested him after he returned to the store …

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Masturbating Convertible Driver Shows Up To Teens' NJ Lemonade Stand, Police Say Masturbating Convertible Driver Shows Up To Teens' NJ Lemonade Stand, Police Say
Masturbating Convertible Driver Shows Up To Teens' NJ Lemonade Stand, Police Say A 52-year-old New Jersey man was arrested for masturbating in front of and exposing himself to multiple people, including two teenage girls at their lemonade stand, authorities said. Brian J. Miller, of Maple Shade, first was seen masturbating with his pants down in his silver convertible while speaking to a woman outside of the CVS pharmacy on W. Main Street in Moorestown around 1:45 p.m. Sunday, July 28, police in Moorestown said.  "The male spoke with the female for a short period until the female noticed the male had his pants pulled down, exposing his intimate parts, and was perfo…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Man Arrested For Masturbating At Bridgewater Target: Police Man Arrested For Masturbating At Bridgewater Target: Police
Man Arrested For Masturbating At Bridgewater Target: Police A 21-year-old East Orange man was arrested and charged on Thursday, Aug. 8 with masturbating at a Target in Bridgewater earlier this month, police said. On Thursday, Aug. 1 at 7:21 p.m., Jason Banks was seen exposing his genitals and gratifying himself in the toy aisle of the Target on Promenade Boulevard, Bridgewater police said in a release.  A week later, police located Banks and arrested him after conducting an interview, officers said. He was charged with lewdness and lodged in the Somerset County Jail pending a detention hearing, police said.

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by Sam Barron
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Child Porn Wasn't The Only Disturbing Footage Detectives Found On NJ Man's Cell Phone, Cops Say Child Porn Wasn't The Only Disturbing Footage Detectives Found On NJ Man's Cell Phone, Cops Say
Child Porn Wasn't The Only Disturbing Footage Detectives Found On NJ Man's Cell Phone, Cops Say Detectives made disturbing discoveries on one New Jersey man's electronic devices following a cyber tip, the prosecutor's office said. Osbourne Daubon, 19, of Perth Amboy, became the center of an investigation when the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) told investigators that he might have child pornography on his phone, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. In addition to child pornography, a forensic examination also turned up numerous videos of Daubon on the streets of Perth Amboy exposing himself to juveniles and women, Ciccone said alongsi…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
North Jersey Fire Chief Locks Eyes With Woman While Masturbating In ShopRite Lot: Police North Jersey Fire Chief Locks Eyes With Woman While Masturbating In ShopRite Lot: Police
North Jersey Fire Chief Locks Eyes With Woman While Masturbating In ShopRite Lot: Police A North Jersey fire chief was arrested for masturbating in a vehicle parked in a ShopRite parking lot, authorities said. Budd Lake Fire Chief Joe Compano was arrested and charged with lewdness following the Tuesday, Sept. 19 incident in the parking lot of the Sparta ShopRite store on North Village Boulevard, Sparta police Detective Lt. Tom Snyder said. It began around 11:50 p.m., when a woman loading groceries into her car called police to say that the man in a maroon Ford Explorer next to her was masturbating with his penis exposed, Snyder said. He masturbated more aggressively and tried h…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Accused Serial Masturbator From Hudson Jailed In Bergen After Transit Bus Incident Accused Serial Masturbator From Hudson Jailed In Bergen After Transit Bus Incident
Accused Serial Masturbator From Hudson Jailed In Bergen After Transit Bus Incident East Rutherford police snatched a 24-year-old serial masturbator from a commuter bus following another incident, authorities said. Marvin Vargas of Jersey City was taken from the NJ TRANSIT bus and booked on lewdness charges after police were called to a bus shelter on Paterson Plank Road around 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 30, Capt. Jeff Yannacone said. Vargas had masturbated in front of a female passenger, also 24, on the #163 bus, which runs between Ridgewood and the Port Authority bus station in Manhattan, the captain said. "Nothing was said to the female, but he was looking at her," Yann…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Violent Repeat Offender Threatens To Kill Children At Wayne Restaurant, Exposes Himself: Police Violent Repeat Offender Threatens To Kill Children At Wayne Restaurant, Exposes Himself: Police
Violent Repeat Offender Threatens To Kill Children At Wayne Restaurant, Exposes Himself: Police A violent repeat offender who terrorized patrons of a Wayne restaurant by threatening to kill their children urinated on the lawn of Wayne Valley High School while students were in class after he was released from custody, authorities said. Stephen Sales, 42, of Wayne was drunk and holding a beer can when he approached New Year's Eve diners at their tables at the Hamburg Turnpike restaurant, pointed at their children and threatened to kill them, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. Officers rushed there and seized Sales, who’d previously been banned from the establishment and has a history of sim…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Lakewood Man Charged With Exposing Himself At Walmart: Brick PD Lakewood Man Charged With Exposing Himself At Walmart: Brick PD
Lakewood Man Charged With Exposing Himself At Walmart: Brick PD A 29-year-old man from Lakewood was charged with lewdness in connection with exposing himself at Walmart, authorities said. On Friday, July 15, at 7 p.m., Brick police's  Street Crime Unit detectives responded to Walmart on Route 88 to assist with the investigation of a complaint that a man was exposing his genitals to people, police said. Armar Keys originally provided a false identity to hide the fact that he had warrants for his arrest, police said. Once his identity was uncovered he was advised he would be placed under arrest. Keys resisted their efforts before officers were able …

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by Jon Craig
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Police: Trailer Park Resident, 71, Caught Taking Naked Selfies In Laundry Room Police: Trailer Park Resident, 71, Caught Taking Naked Selfies In Laundry Room
Police: Trailer Park Resident, 71, Caught Taking Naked Selfies In Laundry Room A 71-year-old Moonachie trailer park resident was arrested after a resident found him naked and taking selfies in the laundry room, authorities said. Officers Scott Lemongello and Daniel Leoncini reviewed surveillance video at the Metropolitan Mobile Home Park and identified the birthday-suited, selfie-snapping suspect as Frank Volpe, Police Chief Richard Behrens said. The officers went to his trailer home and arrested Volpe, who was charged with lewdness and released pending a Municipal Court hearing, the chief said. The incident came a day after another Moonachie man was seized by b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Hamilton Man Who Exposed Himself To 17-Year-Old Boy Charged With Child Endangerment: Police Hamilton Man Who Exposed Himself To 17-Year-Old Boy Charged With Child Endangerment: Police
Hamilton Man Who Exposed Himself To 17-Year-Old Boy Charged With Child Endangerment: Police A Hamilton man was charged after police say he exposed himself to a 17-year-old boy and started masturbating in front of him. John V. Kreiser is accused of approaching a boy who was fishing near Zachary Arms Apartments in Hamilton on Friday, April 15, local police said. Kreiser engaged in casual conversation with the boy before pulling his pants down, exposing his private parts, and pleasuring himself, police said. The victim contacted police, who responded and took Kreiser into custody a short time later. Kreiser was charged with lewdness and child endangerment. He was released pending a…

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by Valerie Musson
Schools
NJ Substitute Teacher Charged With Lewdness Was Masturbating In Class 2X: Report NJ Substitute Teacher Charged With Lewdness Was Masturbating In Class 2X: Report
NJ Substitute Teacher Charged With Lewdness Was Masturbating In Class 2X: Report A substitute teacher from North Jersey arrested this week was apparently masturbating in class and twice caught by students, NJ Advance Media reports. Nutley High School teacher Richard Dunn, 58, was charged with lewdness and child endangerment on allegations of "inappropriate behavior" while teaching, local police announced. A student videotaped Dunn touching himself in a classroom on Feb. 1, and on March 10, was caught by multiple female students masturbating at his desk and acting "weird" during a digital media class, NJ Advance Media says citing charging documents. Police launched…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Monmouth County Man Indicted For Videotaping Himself Masturbating In Asbury Park: Prosecutor Monmouth County Man Indicted For Videotaping Himself Masturbating In Asbury Park: Prosecutor
Monmouth County Man Indicted For Videotaping Himself Masturbating In Asbury Park: Prosecutor A 51-year-old man from West Long Branch has been indicted by a Monmouth County grand jury for videotaping himself while masturbating in a public park in Asbury Park, authorities said. In addition to lewdness, the three-count indictment also charges Michael K. Russo with having child sexual abuse files stored on a computer drive connected with his email address and for possessing cocaine, Acting Prosecutor Lori Linskey said on Friday. Russo, 51, was charged with third-degree endangering the welfare of a child via possession of child sexual abuse material, third-degree possessi…

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by Jon Craig
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PD: Telltale Sign Helps Locate Allendale Man Seen Masturbating Outside Waldwick Home PD: Telltale Sign Helps Locate Allendale Man Seen Masturbating Outside Waldwick Home
PD: Telltale Sign Helps Locate Allendale Man Seen Masturbating Outside Waldwick Home An Allendale man recorded on a doorbell camera masturbating in a Waldwick resident's driveway early Saturday was captured a short time later by police from both towns, authorities said. Paul Montenigro, 44, wasn't difficult to spot, they said. He'd dyed his hair blue. A resident near Crescent Elementary School called Waldwick police after his Ring video alerted him around 8:30 a.m., Detective Sgt. David Passaretti said. The resident ran out and confronted Montenigro, who fled, he said. Waldwick patrol officers converged on the area, assisted by Allendale police. They checked area busine…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Bogota PD: Teaneck Driver Masturbated, Shouted Obscenities At Women From His Car Bogota PD: Teaneck Driver Masturbated, Shouted Obscenities At Women From His Car
Bogota PD: Teaneck Driver Masturbated, Shouted Obscenities At Women From His Car A Teaneck motorist shouted obscenities at women while masturbating in his car, Bogota police charged. Juan D. Hernandez-Morales, 19, was charged with lewdness and making harassing comments by borough detectives following victims' complaints, authorities said. "Hernandez-Morales habitually harassed and made lewd acts to females within the borough while driving by them on the roadway," a post by the department says. He was released pending a court hearing.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Hanover PD: Robe-Clad Man Without Mask Coughs, Sneezes On QuickChek Merchandise Hanover PD: Robe-Clad Man Without Mask Coughs, Sneezes On QuickChek Merchandise
Hanover PD: Robe-Clad Man Without Mask Coughs, Sneezes On QuickChek Merchandise A South Plainfield man was wearing nothing but a robe when he coughed and sneezed on items at a Hanover convenience store, authorities charged. Raymond Bukowski, 55, was wearing a robe and attempting to use the self check-out register when police arrived at the QuickChek on Ridgedale Avenue June 20, Hanover police said in a release. After questioning, Bukowski was arrested and charged with lewdness and disorderly conduct. He was released pending a court appearance.

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Police: Man In Woman's Wig, Dress, Heels Exposes Himself To Child At Fort Lee Hudson River Park Police: Man In Woman's Wig, Dress, Heels Exposes Himself To Child At Fort Lee Hudson River Park
Police: Man In Woman's Wig, Dress, Heels Exposes Himself To Child At Fort Lee Hudson River Park A man dressed in women's clothing exposed himself at the Ross Dock picnic area in the shadow of the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, said police who arrested him. Benjamin Lam, 60, of Cresskill was wearing a red wig, black dress and high heels when Palisades Interstate Parkway police arrested him Wednesday afternoon, PIP Police Chief Steven Shallop said. That matched a description given by witnesses -- among them, a pre-teen -- at the waterfront park, he said. "After interviewing witnesses, it was determined the exposure of Mr. Lam’s genitals warranted an arrest for lewdness," Shallop…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Drugs, Lewdness: Police Make Series Of Busts Outside Brick Adult Entertainment Store Drugs, Lewdness: Police Make Series Of Busts Outside Brick Adult Entertainment Store
Drugs, Lewdness: Police Make Series Of Busts Outside Brick Adult Entertainment Store Two men were literally caught with their pants down, while another was found carrying meth during a series of arrests the past two weeks outside a Brick Township adult entertainment store, authorities said FRiday.Another man was busted on drug charges after he offered an undercover detective a joint outside the Pleasure Zone, they said. Authorities recently have focused on the Chambers Bridge Road store, which police Sgt. James Kelly called "a hotbed of suspicious activity." John Shipley, 37, was found by police the night of Jan. 28 parked in the rear parking lot of the store with his p…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Teacher From Berkeley Arrested After Performing 'Indecent Act' On School Property Teacher From Berkeley Arrested After Performing 'Indecent Act' On School Property
Teacher From Berkeley Arrested After Performing 'Indecent Act' On School Property A Central Regional Middle School teacher was charged with lewdness after he performed an undisclosed indecent act in front of a minor student, authorities said. Joshua Eckersley, 33, of Berkeley Township, was arrested after the student reported the Jan. 12 incident to authorities, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. Eckersley was surrendered by his attorney Thursday afternoon and released pending a future court date. He was also charged with endangering the welfare of a child.

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by Jon Craig