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'Distressing': Chess Club Teacher Sexually Assaulted North Jersey Student, Authorities Say
Matthew Swajkowski, a 36-year-old Verona resident and teacher, was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a student, prosecutors said. Swajkowski oversaw the chess club at Verona High School and the victim was a member of the club, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said. Police began investigating Swajkowski in July and determined he engaged in sexual conduct with the minor and also gave them alcohol, Stephens said. Swajkowski was arrested on Friday, Sept. 22, Stephens said. Prosecutors did not say how old the victim is, but noted "while the ag…
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Sex Assault Strangulation Among Charges For Somerset County Attacker: Prosecutor
A 42-year-old Somerset County man has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman who he knew earlier this month, authorities said. Mateo Espinal-Brito, of Franklin Township, is accused of sexually assaulting the woman early Monday, Sept. 11, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. The alleged incident occurred in Franklin Township and was reported that day around 5 a.m., the prosecutor said alongside Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives Francisco Roman Jr., and Franklin Township Public Safety Director Quovella M. Maeweather. Following an investig…
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: Lyft Driver From Morris Found Guilty Of Fondling Underage Prospect Park Passenger
A former U.S. military member from Morris County was convicted of sexually assaulting a Passaic County pre-teen while working as a Lyft driver. Julio Mejia, 43, of Wharton rejected a plea deal after investigators said the underage Prospect Park girl told them he had sex with her after she took a Lyft ride in August 2019 and then again after several weeks of texting. He took his chances with a jury in Superior Court in Paterson and was convicted of sexual assault, criminal sexual contact, enticing and child endangerment. Superior Court Judge Joseph A. Portelli scheduled sentencing for Feb. …
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Out-Of-State Man Recorded Sex With Underage Teaneck Teen: Prosecutor
An unemployed man from Minnesota recorded himself sexually assaulting an underage teen multiple times in Teaneck, authorities charged. Isaiha Price, 25, of St. Paul, was arrested earlier this week and was being held at the Adult Detention Center in St. Paul, MN (in photo above), pending extradition to New Jersey, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. An investigation by his Special Victims Unit detectives and Teaneck police “revealed that Price recorded himself sexually assaulting a child who was under the age of 16 on more than one occasion in Teaneck,” the prosecutor said on Th…
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Jogger Training For NYC Marathon Sexually Assaulted By Unknown Attacker In Jersey Shore Park
Authorities seek the public's help in identifying a suspect who attacked a woman training for the New York City Marathon at a Jersey Shore park. The sexual assault occurred at Big Brook Park in Marlboro, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago said (scroll for video). The joint investigation by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office’s Special Victims Bureau and the Marlboro Township Police Department into the sexual assault of a female jogger is still active and ongoing. The incident took place shortly after 11:30 a.m. on Nov. 4, 2021, approximately 100 feet off the Henry Hudson T…
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Student Shared Homemade Child Porn Via Montclair State Internet:
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UPDATE: A Montclair State University junior who was arrested for collecting child porn used the school's Internet connection to post videos of children pleasuring themselves that he'd convinced them to make by posing as a woman, authorities charged. The allegation is among new details that emerged from an indictment returned against Keyon Luff, 21, of Edgewater Park in Burlington County by a state grand jury in Trenton. Daily Voice reported Luff's initial arrest this past May. Armed with a court-approved warrant, state Cybercrime Bureau/Internet Crimes Against Children investiga…
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Ex-NJ Elementary School Teacher Sexually Assaulted Student: Prosecutor
A former New Jersey elementary school teacher has been accused of sexually assault a student in the school, who was also a friend of the family, in the late-1990s, authorities said. Kenneth Lutz, now 52, abused the child in 1998 and 1999, while the victim was ages 12 and 13, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said. Lutz, who was in his early 20s at the time, drove the child to school daily, said Pfeiffer, who declined to note where the alleged assaults occurred. The former teacher was charged with aggravated sexual assault and sexual assault by contact. Lutz worked at …
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Kosher Bergen Chef Arrested At JFK Airport Days After Sex Assault Charges Dismissed: Officials
Just days after a judge dismissed charges against him, Bergen County kosher chef Shalom "Sal" Yehudiel was arrested again on similar, new ones, authorities said. Shalom "Sal" Yehudiel, 41, was arrested at Terminal One of JFK Airport on Tuesday, Aug. 8, Port Authority Spokesperson Lenis Valens said. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol notified PAPD that they had a fugitive in custody with a warrant out in New Jersey, Valens said. Yehudiel was charged with one count of second-degree sexual assault and one count of third-degree endangering the welfare of a child, announced Union…
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Leonia Youth Gymnastics Coach Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen
A Leonia youth gymnastics instructor was charged with sexually assaulting a pre-teen repeatedly over the course of six months. Anibal Oyola, a 39-year-old Ecuadorian national who lives in Leonia, was arrested on Tuesday, Aug. 8, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Detectives from his Special Victims Unit who were contacted the day before by Leonia police determined that Oyola sexually assaulted the child, who was under 13, “on multiple occasions over the course of six months” in Leonia, the prosecutor said. Oyola remained held Wednesday in the Bergen County Jail, charged with aggra…
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Out-Of-State Trial Awaits NJ Inmate Serving Time For Sexually Assaulting Glen Rock Teen
A man who began serving a five-year sentence earlier this year for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old Bergen County girl still faces related charges in his home state of Washington. Devin C. Curtis, 26, was originally arrested by authorities at his home in Clarkston, WA in June 2021. A mother had gone to police in Glen Rock a few months earlier after discovering “extremely sexual” texts and images. They, in turn, contacted their colleagues more than 2,500 miles away in Clarkston. Curtis apparently was already on law enforcement radar there after being accused of luring a female to his …
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NJ Man, 69, Sexually Assaulted Minor In Car In Parking Lot: Prosecutors
A 69-year-old Whippany resident was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a minor in a parking lot, authorities said. Livingston officers responding to reports of suspicious activity in a car found Alan Kelsey, on Wednesday, Aug. 2, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said. Kelsey was charged with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child, Stephens said. It was not immediately clear where the child was.
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Judge Dismisses Child Sex Charges Against 'Chopped' Kosher Chef From Teaneck
A judge in Hackensack dismissed child sex assault charges against a kosher chef from Teaneck who appeared on the Food Network show "Chopped.” Shalom Yehudiel, 41, had his rights violated by the FBI when federal authorities failed to surrender a video tied directly to the case, Bergen County Superior Court Judge Christopher Kazlau ruled on Monday, Aug. 7. The judge dismissed the charges without prejudice, which allows prosecutors to reinstate the case if any new evidence comes to light. Yehudiel had owned and operated The Humble Toast, a kosher eatery on Queen Anne Road, for several years …
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