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ICE Moves To Seize Accused Molester In Hackensack Family Sleepover ICE Moves To Seize Accused Molester In Hackensack Family Sleepover
ICE Moves To Seize Accused Molester In Hackensack Family Sleepover ICE agents placed a detainer on an Ecuadorian national living in Hackensack who local authorities said felt up a youngster during a sleepover at a family member’s home. Diego G. Buri-Mora, 35, was seized on Tuesday, May 14 by Hackensack police, who notified members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit. The incident “was reported to have occurred while the juvenile was visiting family members,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. A joint investigation by his detectives and city police “revealed that Diego Buri-Mora inappropriately touched the juvenile while …

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Woman Raped With Child Present In Fairview, Guatemalan National Jailed, Held For ICE Woman Raped With Child Present In Fairview, Guatemalan National Jailed, Held For ICE
Woman Raped With Child Present In Fairview, Guatemalan National Jailed, Held For ICE Federal authorities have moved to take custody of a 25-year-old Guatemalan immigrant who was charged with raping a woman in Fairview with a child present. Bylly Xilox Aquino, 25, remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Wednesday, May 1, on a detainer filed by ICE. Aquino, who's married, has been on Anderson Avenue just off Kamena Street, records show. Fairview police seized him after a woman said he held her down on a bed, then raped and sodomized her in the presence of a child, according to a complaint on file in Superior Court in Hackensack. The woman required medical attention after…

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ICE Moves To Take Custody Of Teaneck Chef Charged With Sexually Assaulting Underage Teen ICE Moves To Take Custody Of Teaneck Chef Charged With Sexually Assaulting Underage Teen
ICE Moves To Take Custody Of Teaneck Chef Charged With Sexually Assaulting Underage Teen Federal authorities took the first step Wednesday toward seizing a 37-year-old chef from Teaneck who was jailed locally on charges of sexually assaulting an underage teenager. Victorino Romero was initially arrested by detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit on Tuesday, Dec. 19, following a joint investigation with Teaneck police, records show. They accused him of sexually assaulting a youngster that criminal records say was between 13 and 16 years old. Romero, who is married, was sent to the county jail in Hackensack to await a first appearance in Centra…

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GOTCHA! Manhunt Ends In Out-Of-State Capture Of Accused Child Molester From Bergen County GOTCHA! Manhunt Ends In Out-Of-State Capture Of Accused Child Molester From Bergen County
Gotcha! Manhunt Ends In Out-Of-State Capture Of Accused Child Molester From Bergen County An accused child molester from Bergen County who remained on the run for two years was captured by US Marshals in South Carolina, authorities said. Cesar de Jesus Perez Acosta, 37, of River Vale is accused of touching the pre-teen victim's breasts and vagina in October 2021, court records show. River Vale police obtained a warrant for Perez Acosta’s arrest following interviews with those present at the time of the alleged assault, a criminal complaint filed in Superior Court in Hackensack says. A DNA swab of the girl's breast provided physical evidence, the complaint says without elaborat…

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Handyman Convicted Of Raping Bergen Pre-Teen In Her Family's Home Handyman Convicted Of Raping Bergen Pre-Teen In Her Family's Home
Handyman Convicted Of Raping Bergen Pre-Teen In Her Family's Home A self-employed handyman was convicted Friday of raping a pre-teen while working at a Bergen County home. Alejandro Velasquez-Martinez, a 48-year-old Colombian national living in Morristown, sexually assaulted the girl while doing tile repairs in her family’s home in Demarest the morning of August 19, 2019, jurors in Hackensack found. Velasquez-Martinez was arrested in Demarest and then booked into the Bergen County Jail the next day. Superior Court Judge Nina Remson, who presided over the trial, scheduled sentencing for Aug. 4. Velasquez-Martinez faces a minimum of 25 years in state pris…

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Ex-Bergen Resident Seized By Marshals, Brought To NJ To Face Child Sex Assault Charges Ex-Bergen Resident Seized By Marshals, Brought To NJ To Face Child Sex Assault Charges
Ex-Bergen Resident Seized By Marshals, Brought To NJ To Face Child Sex Assault Charges A former Bergen County resident was seized by U.S. Marshals and extradited to New Jersey this week to face charges of repeatedly sexually assaulting an underage teenager several years ago. Alex L. Wheeler, a 34-year-old logistics manager, is being held in the Bergen County Jail on three counts of sexual assault on a 16-year-old victim, along with child endangerment through sexual conduct, in Northvale in 2016, records show. The teen’s mother went to police two years later but didn’t want to prosecute, a complaint on file in Superior Court in Hackensack says. Now an adult, the alleged victi…

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UPDATE: Food Network Kosher Chef From Teaneck Charged With Teen Sex Assaults UPDATE: Food Network Kosher Chef From Teaneck Charged With Teen Sex Assaults
Update: Food Network Kosher Chef From Teaneck Charged With Teen Sex Assaults An accomplished kosher chef from Teaneck who appeared on the Food Network show "Chopped" was jailed on child sex assault charges. Shalom Yehudiel, 40, of Surfside, FL, remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Thursday, March 17, following his arrest the day before, records show. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella issued a statement that said, in part:  "On Friday, Nov. 19, 2021, the FBI contacted the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit regarding the alleged sexual assault of a child. A months-long investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and the FBI …

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Hackensack Woman Sexually Assaulted In Broad Daylight, Suspect From Yonkers Nabbed Hackensack Woman Sexually Assaulted In Broad Daylight, Suspect From Yonkers Nabbed
Hackensack Woman Sexually Assaulted In Broad Daylight, Suspect From Yonkers Nabbed A Hackensack woman was sexually assaulted in broad daylight on a city street by a Yonkers man who was tracked down and captured a short time later, authorities said. Hackensack police who responded to Euclid Avenue found the 41-year-old victim on the ground with blood on her arms, hands and legs shortly after 9 a.m. Saturday, said Capt. Darrin DeWitt, the officer in charge of the department. She told them she’d been walking in her neighborhood when a man she didn't know “forced her to the ground as he sexually assaulted her,” DeWitt said. She fought off the attacker, who fled on foot afte…

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