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UPDATE: Video Shows NJ Man Tapping On Car Window, Then Stabbing Woman At CNBC HQ: Police UPDATE: Video Shows NJ Man Tapping On Car Window, Then Stabbing Woman At CNBC HQ: Police
Update: Video Shows NJ Man Tapping On Car Window, Then Stabbing Woman At CNBC HQ: Police UPDATE: Surveillance cameras at CNBC corporate headquarters in Bergen County captured images of a Middlesex County man stabbing a woman in the parking lot, authorities said. The 30-year-old victim was leaving the Sylvan Avenue (Route 9W) facility shortly after 5:30 p.m. Friday, June 14, when Harshkuma H. Patel, 29, of Piscataway, approached her in the parking lot, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The accused assailant, who 'd previously been seen hanging around the area, tapped on the woman's car window in the CNBC parking lot, sources said. The victim, who didn't know Patel, op…
GOTCHA! Robber From Wallington Menaced 7-Eleven Workers At Two Stores With Knife: Prosecutor GOTCHA! Robber From Wallington Menaced 7-Eleven Workers At Two Stores With Knife: Prosecutor
Gotcha! Robber From Wallington Menaced 7-Eleven Workers At Two Stores With Knife: Prosecutor An elite team of investigators captured a 23-year-old Wallington man who they said robbed two 7-Elevens on either side of the Passaic River by threatening workers with a large knife. Tymear Haskins grabbed an employee from behind as the victim took out the trash in back of the 7-Eleven on Main Avenue in Wallington shortly before 4 p.m. April 8, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. After making the employee convince a co-worker to open a locked side door, Haskins tied one of them with a cord and held the other prisoner in a back office while demanding the code to a safe, the prosecuto…
MURDER-SUICIDE BID? 3 Hospitalized After Arsonist With Gasoline Ignites Teaneck Basement Fire MURDER-SUICIDE BID? 3 Hospitalized After Arsonist With Gasoline Ignites Teaneck Basement Fire
Murder-suicide BID? 3 Hospitalized After Arsonist With Gasoline Ignites Teaneck Basement Fire UPDATE: Two people have died following a suspicious gasoline-fed overnight basement fire in Teaneck that sources said was an attempted murder-suicide earlier this week. Firefighters were dousing the 12:30 a.m. blaze at a multi-family home on Palisade Avenue when they discovered and rescued three people trapped in a basement apartment on Monday, Feb. 19, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He identified them as Manjit Kaur, 47, 35-year-old Ranjodh Singh IV and an as-yet-unidentified woman. All three were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, but Manjit Kaur and the woman we…
Woman Deliberately Set Rutherford Garden Apartment Fire, Authorities Charge Woman Deliberately Set Rutherford Garden Apartment Fire, Authorities Charge
Woman Deliberately Set Rutherford Garden Apartment Fire, Authorities Charge A woman remained held Tuesday after authorities charged her with deliberately igniting a fire in the kitchen of a garden apartment in the Rutherford complex where she lives. Mary Anne Hampl, 62, was arrested shortly after 7 p.m. last Thursday, Feb. 8, after borough firefighters doused the Hastings Avenue blaze, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Hampl, who Musella said is unemployed, is accused of intentionally creating a fire and smoke condition with items purposefully placed on a stove. The prosecutor didn't suggest a possible motive. Detectives from his Arson Squad charged Ham…
Infant Ingests Cocaine At Bergenfield Home, Couple Arrested Infant Ingests Cocaine At Bergenfield Home, Couple Arrested
Infant Ingests Cocaine At Bergenfield Home, Couple Arrested A couple were arrested after an infant ingested cocaine at the man’s Bergenfield home and had to be rushed to the hospital, authorities said. The child was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center following a call for help from Seminary Court, a cul-de-sac behind Our Lady of Angels Cemetery, on Monday, Jan. 29. It was quickly determined that the infant had ingested cocaine, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Prosecutor’s detectives and Bergenfield police seized Raymond Sylvester, 55, a physical therapist who lives at the home, and Leshawnda Nixon, 33, who’s listed in criminal…
Juvenile Held In Crash That Gravely Injured Teaneck Mom Juvenile Held In Crash That Gravely Injured Teaneck Mom
Juvenile Held In Crash That Gravely Injured Teaneck Mom UPDATE: A high school student who ran after causing a crash that gravely injured a Teaneck mom near her home was seized by township police and will be prosecuted, authorities confirmed. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella didn't in any way identify the underage teen driver because of state juvenile justice laws. However, local sources said he's a Bogota High School student who was with a classmate when the 2015 Ford Explorer he was driving slammed into a 2022 Nissan Rogue at the intersection of Palmer and Sherman avenues -- three blocks from the high school -- at 7:52 a.m. Thurs…
Female Driver Gravely Injured, Criminal Investigation Follows Teaneck Crash Involving Teens Female Driver Gravely Injured, Criminal Investigation Follows Teaneck Crash Involving Teens
Female Driver Gravely Injured, Criminal Investigation Follows Teaneck Crash Involving Teens UPDATE: A teen driver who ran after causing a crash that gravely injured a local Teaneck mom was seized by township police and will be prosecuted, authorities confirmed. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella didn't in any way identify the driver because of state laws governing such incidents. However, local sources said he's a Bogota High School student who was with a classmate when the 2015 Ford Explorer he was driving slammed into a 2022 Nissan Rogue at the intersection of Palmer and Sherman avenues -- three blocks from the high school -- at 7:52 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 25. The impact sent t…
Route 17 Shopping Center Fires Set By Rockland Man: Bergen Prosecutor Route 17 Shopping Center Fires Set By Rockland Man: Bergen Prosecutor
Route 17 Shopping Center Fires Set By Rockland Man: Bergen Prosecutor Back-to-back fires behind two Ramsey shopping centers were deliberately set by an unemployed Rockland man, authorities charged. Nicholas Todaro, 37, of Orangeburg ignited the first one in a wooded area behind the Spring Street shopping center just off northbound Route 17 shortly after 6:30 p.m. Jan. 5, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Roughly 20 minutes later, he set a second fire in a wooded area behind the Interstate Shopping Center nearly a mile down the road on the highway’s southbound side, the prosecutor said. Ramsey firefighters quickly doused both blazes, Musella said. …
Freed Pedophile Produced Homemade Child Porn, Bergen Prosecutor Says Freed Pedophile Produced Homemade Child Porn, Bergen Prosecutor Says
Freed Pedophile Produced Homemade Child Porn, Bergen Prosecutor Says A computer tech from Dumont who'd been freed pending trial after authorities charged him with sexually assaulting an underage teen was rearrested after authorities said they found homemade child porn. Coswayne Donald, 44, “used his cellular phone to manufacture and possess items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit pubescent children,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Wednesday, Jan. 10. Detectives from Musella’s Special Victims Unit originally arrested Donald on first-degree aggravated sexual assault charges last June. The prosecutor said at the time that the married defen…
Airport Tech From Hackensack Charged With Child Endangerment Airport Tech From Hackensack Charged With Child Endangerment
Airport Tech From Hackensack Charged With Child Endangerment A Hackensack man who works at Teterboro Airport was busted on child endangerment charges, authorities said. Reynaldo Ariel Tarquino was arrested on his 29th birthday last Friday, Jan. 5, after being reported to law enforcement authorities by the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Wednesday, June 10. The prosecutor said investigators from his office and Hackensack police found that Tarquino, a line service technician, “abused a child under the age of 13 in Hackensack and New Milford." He didn’t elaborate. Records show the allega…
MAIL-ORDER METH: Bergen Man Charged After Quarter-Pound Arrives At Local Post Office MAIL-ORDER METH: Bergen Man Charged After Quarter-Pound Arrives At Local Post Office
Mail-order Meth: Bergen Man Charged After Quarter-Pound Arrives At Local Post Office A Bergenfield man who was being investigated for slinging meth in Bergen County was arrested when he had a quarter-pound of the drug shipped via U.S. mail, authorities said. Taha Aziz, a 34-year-old accountant by trade, was seized by local Narcotic Task Force detectives and members of the United States Postal Inspection Service when he tried to collect the shipment from California at the Bergenfield Post Office on Dec. 20, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Aziz, an NJIT and Bergen Community College graduate whose online profile says he’d previously held several accounting position…
Coach From Nutley Awaiting Trial In Lodi Couple's Auto Deaths Charged With Child Sex Crimes Coach From Nutley Awaiting Trial In Lodi Couple's Auto Deaths Charged With Child Sex Crimes
Coach From Nutley Awaiting Trial In Lodi Couple's Auto Deaths Charged With Child Sex Crimes A youth strength and conditioning coach from Nutley who'd remained free while awaiting trial in the deaths of a couple in a horrific early-morning crash outside their Lodi home exposed a child in Bergen County to sexual conduct, authorities charged. Bergen County Prosecutor Musella announced the arrest of Donald Kumar Davis, 33, without specifying the actions he’s accused of. He did say two instances allegedly involved a child in Washington Township and a third involved a child in Wyckoff. New Jersey statutes define the charges listed in jail records against Davis as involving exposing or…
HOME INVASION: Lookout For NYPD Impersonators Takes Plea In Gunpoint Bergen Robbery HOME INVASION: Lookout For NYPD Impersonators Takes Plea In Gunpoint Bergen Robbery
Home Invasion: Lookout For Nypd Impersonators Takes Plea In Gunpoint Bergen Robbery UPDATE: A Bronx man nicknamed "Shakes" admitted that he served as the lookout while two home invaders posing as NYPD detectives tied up and robbed a Fair Lawn family. Dominick Memoli, 57, was in on the planning of last year’s robbery, in which residents were zip-tied and an undisclosed amount of cash and jewelry was stolen, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He became the first of seven defendants in the case to take a deal from prosecutors rather than risk the potential outcome of a trial. All seven were arrested in New York State this past May. ****** HOME INVASION: Accused NY…
FUGITIVE SOUGHT: Accused Pedophile Living In Cliffside Wanted For Assaulting Fairview Pre-Teen FUGITIVE SOUGHT: Accused Pedophile Living In Cliffside Wanted For Assaulting Fairview Pre-Teen
Fugitive Sought: Accused Pedophile Living In Cliffside Wanted For Assaulting Fairview Pre-Teen A 52-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a pre-teen in Fairview multiple times fled the country and has been in Guatemala for at least the past few months, a reliable source told Daily Voice. Detectives obtained a warrant for the arrest of Bernardo Velazco, a single and unemployed Guatemalan national who had been living in Cliffside Park when the assaults allegedly occurred. He is considered a fugitive from justice, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Monday, Dec. 18. Fairview police alerted members of the prosecutor's Special Victims Unit after the alleged assaults …
Bergen Teen Who Crashed Tesla Into Tree, Injuring 3 Classmates, Charged With Assault By Auto Bergen Teen Who Crashed Tesla Into Tree, Injuring 3 Classmates, Charged With Assault By Auto
Bergen Teen Who Crashed Tesla Into Tree, Injuring 3 Classmates, Charged With Assault By Auto A 17-year-old area boy was speeding when he crashed a Tesla into a tree in Closter earlier this month, seriously injuring three of his classmates, authorities confirmed on Wednesday. A delinquency complaint charges the driver with three counts of assault by auto in connection with the Model X crash, which occurred on Durie Avenue shortly before 6:30 p.m. Dec. 1, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Dec. 13. The crash comes coincidentally amid a recall of two million Tesla models Y, S, 3, and X produced between Oct. 5, 2012, and Dec. 7, 2023. The National Highway Traffic Safety Adm…
Aide In Englewood After-School Program Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen Aide In Englewood After-School Program Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen
Aide In Englewood After-School Program Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen A now-former aide with an after-school program in Englewood was arrested over the weekend and charged with sexually assaulting a preteen, authorities confirmed on Monday. Johnathan Jones, 21, “sexually assaulted a child under the age of 13 in Englewood while in a supervisory role,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Dec. 4. Jones, who lives in the Passaic County town of Bloomingdale, was employed by the city Recreation Department as an aide with the “SunFun at McCloud” After-School Program at the Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School on Tenafly Road, District Schools Supt. Dr.…
Saddle Brook Stock Clerk, 20, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen Saddle Brook Stock Clerk, 20, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen
Saddle Brook Stock Clerk, 20, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen A 20-year-old stock clerk from Saddle Brook was charged with sexually assaulting a pre-teen. Yabniel Andres Martinez Lebron remained held in the Bergen County Jail over the weekend pending an upcoming first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. A joint investigation with Saddle Brook police began, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said, after the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency contacted his Special Victims Unit on Friday, Nov. 17. Detectives arrested Martinez Lebron that day on charges of aggravated sexual assault of a victim under 13 years …
Bogota Man Killed In Predawn House Fire Bogota Man Killed In Predawn House Fire
Bogota Man Killed In Predawn House Fire UPDATE: A senior resident was killed in an intense house fire before dawn Saturday in Bogota, authorities confirmed. CPR was in progress as the unresponsive 74-year-old military veteran was rushed to Hackensack University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, responders said. A woman who lived with him in the single-family house at the corner of River Road at West Main Street escaped after the three-alarm fire ignited around 6 a.m. Nov. 18, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. She declined being taken to a hospital, the prosecutor said. Aftermath. Damien Danis for DAIL…
Veteran Responder Charged With Torching Service Vans At Bergen Optimum Store Veteran Responder Charged With Torching Service Vans At Bergen Optimum Store
Veteran Responder Charged With Torching Service Vans At Bergen Optimum Store A veteran firefighter from Passaic County torched two Optimum service vans behind the company’s Oakland store, said authorities who arrested him on Thursday. Randy S. McMaster Jr., 42, of Bloomingdale, intentionally set the fires that were reported behind the Potash Road store at 3:15 p.m. Oct. 19, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The blazes were quickly suppressed, leaving both service vehicles with fire and smoke damage, before emergency responders arrived, the prosecutor said following McMasters's arrest on Nov. 16. A father of two, McMaster lives in the Waterfall Village off…
10 Vintage Cars, 1.7 Pounds Of Coke, $332K Seized From Jobless NJ Drug Dealer: Prosecutor 10 Vintage Cars, 1.7 Pounds Of Coke, $332K Seized From Jobless NJ Drug Dealer: Prosecutor
10 Vintage Cars, 1.7 Pounds Of Coke, $332K Seized From Jobless NJ Drug Dealer: Prosecutor An unemployed Nutley man bought 10 vintage cars with the money he made selling cocaine, authorities charged. Authorities seized the “exotic” vehicles along with nearly $332,000 in cash that Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Omar Rios, 44, squirreled away in his apartment and a stash house. They also grabbed 1.7 pounds of cocaine, cutting agents, packaging material and a hydraulic press used to compress cocaine for packaging, the prosecutor said. Rios was seized during coordinated raids at his apartment in the Franklin Commons building on Franklin Avenue in Nutley, at a mixed-used …
'No Criminality' Suspected In Sudden Death Of Garfield Man, 33, Investigation Continues 'No Criminality' Suspected In Sudden Death Of Garfield Man, 33, Investigation Continues
'No Criminality' Suspected In Sudden Death Of Garfield Man, 33, Investigation Continues The sudden unattended death of a 33-year-old Garfield man wasn’t believed to be suspicious, although an investigation hasn’t yet been completed, authorities said Tuesday. City police responding to a 911 call for medical aid found Tadeusz Soltys unresponsive in a Palisade Avenue apartment at the corner of Van Winkle Avenue shortly after 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Elizabeth Rebein confirmed on Tuesday. His girlfriend apparently had last seen Soltys there Friday night, then found him on the floor and called for help when she returned the next morning, a so…
HIGH LIFE: Ridgefield Park Man Charged With Spending $100G Treasury Check Stolen Out Of Teaneck HIGH LIFE: Ridgefield Park Man Charged With Spending $100G Treasury Check Stolen Out Of Teaneck
High Life: Ridgefield Park Man Charged With Spending $100G Treasury Check Stolen Out Of Teaneck A Ridgefield Park man intercepted a $100,000 U.S. Treasury check that was headed to a beneficiary in Teaneck, then spent the money on himself, authorities charged. Tyler N. Thomas, 27, “created a fictitious LLC and opened a bank account to deposit the check for his own benefit,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He then “withdrew funds and made several purchases prior to the detection of the fraud,” Musella said. Thomas (also known as Tyler D. Rodriguez) surrendered himself on Oct. 10 amid a joint investigation by members of Musella’s Financial Crime Unit and Teaneck police, the…
Underage Teen Sexually Assaulted In Rochelle Park, Hackensack, Arrest Made, Prosecutor Says Underage Teen Sexually Assaulted In Rochelle Park, Hackensack, Arrest Made, Prosecutor Says
Underage Teen Sexually Assaulted In Rochelle Park, Hackensack, Arrest Made, Prosecutor Says An unemployed man living in Rochelle Park remained jailed following his arrest on charges of sexually assaulting an underage teen multiple times. Luis Zumba Chablay, 42, raped and otherwise sexually assaulted the victim, who was no more than 16, both in Rochelle Park and Hackensack, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Rochelle Park police subsequently alerted detectives from the prosecutor's Special Victims Unit, who arrested Chablay on Saturday, Oct. 21. They charged Chablay with five counts of aggravated sexual assault, two counts each of sexual assault and criminal sexual contac…
Pair Killed In Horrific DWI Rollover Crash In Teaneck ID'd, Charged Driver Remains Hospitalized Pair Killed In Horrific DWI Rollover Crash In Teaneck ID'd, Charged Driver Remains Hospitalized
Pair Killed In Horrific DWI Rollover Crash In Teaneck ID'd, Charged Driver Remains Hospitalized UPDATE: Authorities have upgraded charges against a Teaneck restaurant manager who they said was drunk when he slammed his speeding car into a tree, killing two of his passengers. Teddy Mejia, 32, originally was charged with death by auto following the horrific Oct. 21 crash that killed Rudy Rosales Escobar, 40, of Hasbrouck Heights, and Alexander Cosme Curruchich, 29, of Englewood. Investigators have since determined that Mejia was not only intoxicated but also speeding down Teaneck Road when his 2021 BMW M850i hit the tree – shearing off an entire limb – and rolled onto its roof near…
Two Passengers Dead, Driver Charged In Horrific Teaneck Crash Two Passengers Dead, Driver Charged In Horrific Teaneck Crash
Two Passengers Dead, Driver Charged In Horrific Teaneck Crash UPDATE: Authorities have upgraded charges against a Teaneck restaurant manager who they said was drunk when he slammed his speeding car into a tree, killing two of his passengers. Teddy Mejia, 32, originally was charged with death by auto following the horrific Oct. 21 crash that killed Rudy Rosales Escobar, 40, of Hasbrouck Heights, and Alexander Cosme Curruchich, 29, of Englewood. Investigators have since determined that Mejia was not only intoxicated but also speeding down Teaneck Road when his 2021 BMW M850i hit the tree – shearing off an entire limb – and rolled onto its roof near…
UPDATE: 100-Year-Old Lodi Woman Burned Critically In Public Housing Fire Dies UPDATE: 100-Year-Old Lodi Woman Burned Critically In Public Housing Fire Dies
Update: 100-Year-Old Lodi Woman Burned Critically In Public Housing Fire Dies A 100-year-old woman who suffered severe burns in a fire at her public housing apartment in Lodi ultimately succumbed to her injuries, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Saturday. Firefighters found Judy Reifel unconscious in her low-rise garden apartment on Rennie Place around 8 a.m. Friday, Oct. 13, the prosecutor said. She was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center in critical condition and died there, he said.  "A preliminary investigation has determined that the fire was accidentally set and does not appear to be suspicious," Musella said. Responders said…
Out-Of-Town Fentanyl Dealer Busted In Woodcliff Lake: Prosecutor Out-Of-Town Fentanyl Dealer Busted In Woodcliff Lake: Prosecutor
Out-Of-Town Fentanyl Dealer Busted In Woodcliff Lake: Prosecutor A Paterson man was arrested after selling deadly fentanyl in suburban Woodcliff Lake, authorities said. Raymundo E. Collado, 27, was carrying 120 glassine wax folds of fentanyl, as well as 23 vials and 10 small zip-locking bags of crack, when he was stopped in town last Tuesday, Oct. 3, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Collado remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Monday, Oct. 9, charged with selling drugs and having them for sale. Collado had become the focus of an investigation by the prosecutor’s Narcotic Task Force with Woodcliff Lake police after he sold fentanyl in Wo…
New Milford Man, 80, Woman, 56, Killed In Murder-Suicide Officially ID'd New Milford Man, 80, Woman, 56, Killed In Murder-Suicide Officially ID'd
New Milford Man, 80, Woman, 56, Killed In Murder-Suicide Officially ID'd UPDATE: The identities of a couple found dead in a murder-suicide at a New Milford home over the weekend were confirmed by Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella. He didn't say who fired the shots. An apparent dispute led to an incendiary breakup between Giovanni “John” Emmolo, 80, and 56-year-old Marina Perez, multiple law enforcement and family sources told Daily Voice. Both were found dead of gunshot wounds at Emmolo's Myrtle Avenue home at 4:15 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, after New Milford police were asked to conduct a welfare check, Musella said late Sunday afternoon, confirming a Daily V…
MURDER-SUICIDE: Man, Woman Found Dead In New Milford After Acrimonious Breakup MURDER-SUICIDE: Man, Woman Found Dead In New Milford After Acrimonious Breakup
Murder-suicide: Man, Woman Found Dead In New Milford After Acrimonious Breakup A dispute that led to an incendiary breakup ignited a murder-suicide in a private home in New Milford, multiple law enforcement and family sources told Daily Voice. Giovanni “John” Emmolo, 80, and 56-year-old Marina Perez were both found dead of gunshot wounds at his Myrtle Avenue home around 4:15 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, after New Milford police were asked to conduct a welfare check. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella confirmed their identities and the cause of death late Sunday afternoon. He didn't say who investigators believe fired the shots. Perez was shot from behind, a source with…
Pickup Driver Charged With Death By Auto In Head-On Crash That Killed Motorcyclist In Fair Lawn Pickup Driver Charged With Death By Auto In Head-On Crash That Killed Motorcyclist In Fair Lawn
Pickup Driver Charged With Death By Auto In Head-On Crash That Killed Motorcyclist In Fair Lawn A motorcyclist died after being struck Thursday night in Fair Lawn by a pickup truck driven by an intoxicated electrician who was arrested a short time later, authorities confirmed. The pickup driver, William Clark, 38, of Hawthorne, was charged with vehicular homicide -- also known as death by auto -- in connection with the Oct. 5 crash that killed Harold Almonte, a 33-year-old alternative R&B singer/songwriter. Clark had apparently just left Duffy's Tavern on River Street in Paterson when his southbound 2013 GMC Sierra crossed over the double-yellow line into the northbound lane on W…
Colombian National Who Raped Pre-Teen While On Job In Bergen Gets 40 Years, Faces Deportation Colombian National Who Raped Pre-Teen While On Job In Bergen Gets 40 Years, Faces Deportation
Colombian National Who Raped Pre-Teen While On Job In Bergen Gets 40 Years, Faces Deportation A self-employed handyman was sentenced to 40 years in prison for raping a pre-teen while working at a Bergen County home. Jurors this past May convicted Alejandro Velasquez-Martinez, a 48-year-old Colombian national living in Morristown, of sexually assaulting the girl while doing tile repairs in her family’s home in Demarest the morning of August 19, 2019. Velasquez-Martinez was arrested a short time later in Demarest and has remained in the Bergen County Jail since then. His next stop isn’t certain. If he goes to state prison, Velasquez-Martinez will have to serve 34 years before he’ll …