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Passaic County Pedophile Who Tried To Get Victim To Change Story Gets 30 Years Without Parole Passaic County Pedophile Who Tried To Get Victim To Change Story Gets 30 Years Without Parole
Passaic County Pedophile Who Tried To Get Victim To Change Story Gets 30 Years Without Parole UPDATE: A convicted pedophile from Clifton must spend the next 30 years in prison before he’ll be eligible for parole for sexually assaulting a child over the course of several years. Alfredo Hernandez-Sanchez, 36, was convicted by jurors in Paterson this past April of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, as well as sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual contact and child endangerment. Investigators from the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office seized Hernandez-Sanchez after being alerted by Clifton police in June 2018. The victim, who was 15 at the time, “reported being sexually abus…

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CHILD ABUSE: Paterson Couple Charged With Beating Boy, 7 CHILD ABUSE: Paterson Couple Charged With Beating Boy, 7
Child Abuse: Paterson Couple Charged With Beating Boy, 7 A Paterson couple was jailed for repeatedly beating a 7-year-boy, authorities said.  Davon Burton, 26, and Demetries Page, 24, became the focus of an investigation after a worker with the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency contacted detectives with the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit, authorities said Thursday. The investigators interviewed multiple witnesses, including the boy, they said.  The child told them Burton and Page “physically assaulted him on several occasions between September 2020 and September 2021 at their residence,” Passaic…

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Religious Instructor Charged With Sexually Assaulting Paterson Student For Years Religious Instructor Charged With Sexually Assaulting Paterson Student For Years
Religious Instructor Charged With Sexually Assaulting Paterson Student For Years A religious instructor from Paterson was charged with repeatedly sexually abusing one of his students at the youngster's home for more than seven years, then beating and threatening the child as he tried to avoid being caught. Authorities were seeking other possible victims. MD Rahman, 49, who provides in-home religious instruction to various families in Paterson, was ordered held pending trial by a Superior Court judge in Paterson on Wednesday following his arrest the week before. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said city police reported the alleged abuse to detectives from he…

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Paterson Man Named In 34-Count Child Sex Assault Indictment Paterson Man Named In 34-Count Child Sex Assault Indictment
Paterson Man Named In 34-Count Child Sex Assault Indictment A Paterson ex-con repeatedly assaulted a child sexually over the course of a year and then repeated it again five years later, authorities charged. An indictment charges Gilberto Lopez-Rodriguez, 43, with a combined 34 offenses, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes. These include: nine counts of aggravated sexual assault; 14 counts of sexual assault; seven counts of aggravated criminal sexual contact; two counts of criminal sexual contact; two counts of child endangerment. The incidents occurred at several residences for a year, beginning in February 2014, and then again in January…

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Clifton Police Officer Indicted On Child Sex Assault Charges Clifton Police Officer Indicted On Child Sex Assault Charges
Clifton Police Officer Indicted On Child Sex Assault Charges Grand jurors in Paterson returned an indictment charging a Clifton police officer with several child sex abuse counts, authorities said Friday. Frank Castro-Ramirez, 40, has remained held in the Passaic County Jail ever since his June 3 arrest, records show. Special Victims Unit Assistant Passaic County Prosecutor Alyssa DiSturco secured the indictment charging him with two counts each of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, aggravated sexual contact and child endangerment Clifton police notified unit detectives of the allegations in late May, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes…

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Judge Orders Clifton Officer Accused Of Child Sex Assault Held Pending Trial Judge Orders Clifton Officer Accused Of Child Sex Assault Held Pending Trial
Judge Orders Clifton Officer Accused Of Child Sex Assault Held Pending Trial UPDATE: A judge on Tuesday ordered that a Clifton police officer accused of sexually abusing a child remain jailed pending trial. Superior Court Judge Marybel Ramirez, sitting in Paterson, rejected defense attorney Joseph Afflitto Jr.'s bid to free Frank Castro-Ramirez, 39, from the Bergen County Jail. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes said Clifton police notified her office’s Special Victims Unit of the allegations nearly three weeks ago. Prosecutor’s detectives then interviewed several witnesses and the victim, who “reported being sexually abused by Mr. Castro-Ramirez on numerous …

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Paterson Man, 60, Jailed In Year-Long String Of Child Sex Assaults Paterson Man, 60, Jailed In Year-Long String Of Child Sex Assaults
Paterson Man, 60, Jailed In Year-Long String Of Child Sex Assaults A 60-year-old Paterson man was jailed on charges of sexually abusing a pre-teen several times over the course of a year, authorities said. City police took Jaime Alcala into custody after responding to a report of a child being sexually abused at a city home on Wednesday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint release. Alcala was charged with sexual assault and child endangerment after detectives from Valdes’s Special Victims Unit interviewed the youngster and several witnesses, they said. They learned that Alcala “sexually abu…

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Passaic Mom Charged With Beating Girl With Phone Charger Passaic Mom Charged With Beating Girl With Phone Charger
Passaic Mom Charged With Beating Girl With Phone Charger A Passaic woman beat a girl with a phone charger, leaving the 13-year-old victim with several “fresh and raised red welts" when she was found, authorities charged. Gaudencia Serapio, 31, was arrested following an investigation by members of Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes’s Special Victims Unit. City police notified them after responding to a call at Serapio's home earlier this month, Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman said Thursday. Doctors found bruises on the girl’s right thigh, they said, adding that detectives interviewed the girl and other witnesses. Serapip wa…

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Paterson Pedophile Sentenced To 25 Years Without Parole For Sexually Assaulting Girl, 9 Paterson Pedophile Sentenced To 25 Years Without Parole For Sexually Assaulting Girl, 9
Paterson Pedophile Sentenced To 25 Years Without Parole For Sexually Assaulting Girl, 9 A 24-year-old Paterson man who was convicted of sexually assaulting a young girl he was babysitting was sentenced to 25 years in prison without parole. The victim and her family watched on a closed-circuit telecast as Superior Court Judge Sohail Mohammed sentenced Eilias Cano in Paterson on Wednesday. She’d testified during a trial last October that she was nine when Cano assaulted her, leading to his arrest by detectives with the Passaic County prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit in August 2018. Jurors subsequently convicted Cano of two counts of aggravated sexual assault, as well as child …

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