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Teaneck Accountant Charged With Assaulting Child Teaneck Accountant Charged With Assaulting Child
Teaneck Accountant Charged With Assaulting Child An accountant from Teaneck was arrested on charges of assaulting a child, authorities said. Chukwuemeka Teddy Dike, 50, was taken into custody after Teaneck police fielded a complaint about the “alleged physical assault of a child…who was younger than 18 years old,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Members of the prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit made the arrest on Wednesday following an investigation with Teaneck police, the prosecutor said. Dike remained held Thursday in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on chi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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R. Kelly Gets 30 Years Without Parole For Sex Trafficking R. Kelly Gets 30 Years Without Parole For Sex Trafficking
R. Kelly Gets 30 Years Without Parole For Sex Trafficking R&B singer R. Kelly is a "disgusting" child abuser who taught his victims that love was "enslavement and violence," said a federal judge in Brooklyn who sentenced him to 30 years in prison Wednesday for running a decades-long sex trafficking ring that included child victims. The “I Believe I Can Fly” singer raped and otherwise sexually abused victims "with regularity" for nearly 25 years, U.S. District Court Judge Ann Donnelly said. “This case is not about sex. It’s about violence and cruelty and control,” the judge told Kelly, who reportedly is now destitute after selling more tha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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South Jersey Mom Learns Fate In Daughter's Assault That Left Her Paralyzed, Blind: Report South Jersey Mom Learns Fate In Daughter's Assault That Left Her Paralyzed, Blind: Report
South Jersey Mom Learns Fate In Daughter's Assault That Left Her Paralyzed, Blind: Report A 22-year-old mother from Cumberland County has been sentenced to five years in New Jersey State Prison for beating her child so badly that she suffered brain damage.  Elinette S. Muniz, of Millville, was sentenced Friday, June 24 on the aggravated assault charge in the February 2021 incident that left the 4-year-old child fighting for her life on a ventilator, NJ Advance Media reported.  Muniz's boyfriend, Ricardo A. Ferrera, 28, of Vineland — who is not the girl's dad — was also charged, as he apparently told investigators the girl fell from a bunk bed and that injurie…

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by Jon Craig
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PA High School Principal Had Years-Long Sexual Relationship With Male Student, Police Say PA High School Principal Had Years-Long Sexual Relationship With Male Student, Police Say
PA High School Principal Had Years-Long Sexual Relationship With Male Student, Police Say A high school principal from Pennsylvania was arrested on accusations he had a years-long sexual relationship with a student who viewed him as "an older brother," police said. Roger Freed, principal of the Williamsport Area High School, began a relationship with the then-middle school student in 2015, which turned sexual two years later, the NY Post reports. The pair became close when the victim's brother died of brain cancer, and the abuse continued into the victim's college tenure, NBC News says citing PA State Police. The victim said he felt like he and Freed were "bros" and co…

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by Cecilia Levine
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4 NJ Ministers Accused Of Sex Abuse On Lengthy Southern Baptist List 4 NJ Ministers Accused Of Sex Abuse On Lengthy Southern Baptist List
4 NJ Ministers Accused Of Sex Abuse On Lengthy Southern Baptist List Four ministers with ties to New Jersey were among hundreds of people with ties to Southern Baptist churches accused of sexual assault. "This table was created as a research tool to discover the scope of sexual abuse of children within the Sothern[sic] Baptist Convention," the 205-page report released last week reads. The New Jersey ministers on the list include: John Janney Sr: In 1985, the pastor of the Calvary Bible Baptist Church in  Bridgeton pleaded guilty of abusing three male foster children. Chavalis T. Williams: In 2003, Williams was fired from the Shiloh Bapt…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Passaic Man Gets 37 Years In Prison For Repeatedly Sexually Abusing Child Passaic Man Gets 37 Years In Prison For Repeatedly Sexually Abusing Child
Passaic Man Gets 37 Years In Prison For Repeatedly Sexually Abusing Child A Passaic man was sentenced to 37 years in prison for sexually abusing a young child over the course of three years. Gabriel Sunuc, 31, had rejected a deal from prosecutors, opting instead for a jury trial. He lost. The case presented to jurors in Paterson by Assistant Passaic County Prosecutor Alyssa DiSturco last fall included live testimony from the victim, the victim’s friend, mother and brother, a New Jersey State Police forensic scientist a detective from her office’s Special Victims Unit. The jury, in turn, convicted Sunuc of several aggravated sexual assault and sexual assault ch…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Transgender Family Used Daughter, 7, To Make Fetishized Porn (SENTENCING) NJ Transgender Family Used Daughter, 7, To Make Fetishized Porn (SENTENCING)
NJ Transgender Family Used Daughter, 7, To Make Fetishized Porn (Sentencing) A mom and three accomplices were sentenced to a combined 67 years in prison for sexually abusing the woman's 7-year-old daughter to make "amateur, BDSM and taboo fetish" pornography in the child's New Jersey home, authorities said. Marina Volz (aka Matthew Volz, 32), Ashley Romero (aka Adam Romero), 28), Sean Allen, 54, and Dulcinea Gnecco, 21, were sentenced by Somerset County Superior Court Judge Peter J. Tober on Friday, May 6,  Acting Prosecutor Annmarie Taggart said. The investigation into the four began in January 2019, when an anonymous caller contacted the New Jersey Divis…

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by Cecilia Levine
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'He Killed My Husband:' Mom Tells Police Son Stabbed Dad To Death Inside Philly Area Home 'He Killed My Husband:' Mom Tells Police Son Stabbed Dad To Death Inside Philly Area Home
'He Killed My Husband:' Mom Tells Police Son Stabbed Dad To Death Inside Philly Area Home A 22-year-old man was being held without bail Friday, April 29 for stabbing his dad to death inside a suburban Philadelphia home, authorities said. Jordan M. Kurman was charged with murder and possession of an instrument of crime in the stabbing death of Gregory A. Kurman, 49, who was pronounced dead inside his home on David Drive in Newtown Township around 4:55 a.m., according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Kurman was found on the living room floor with a deep laceration to his throat and a pool of blood under his head and around his neck, police said. Officers also n…

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by Nicole Acosta
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NJ Man Sexually Assaulted 14-Year-Old Girl: Prosecutor NJ Man Sexually Assaulted 14-Year-Old Girl: Prosecutor
NJ Man Sexually Assaulted 14-Year-Old Girl: Prosecutor A 42-year-old New Jersey man was arrested after a teenage girl told authorities that he sexually assaulted her multiple times. An investigation into Carlos B. Deleon-Sis began on Thursday, March, 17 when the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office received information about a 14-year-old sexual assault victim, they said. The girl told investigators that Deleon-Sis sexually assaulted her multiple times between June 2021 and February 2022 in Bound Brook, Acting Somerset County Prosecutor Annmarie Taggart said in a joint release. On Wednesday, April 6, Deleon-Sis was charged with s…

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by Nicole Acosta
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FBI: ‘Sextortion’ Of Teen Boys Is Increasing, Here's What Parents, Guardians Should Know FBI: ‘Sextortion’ Of Teen Boys Is Increasing, Here's What Parents, Guardians Should Know
FBI: ‘Sextortion’ Of Teen Boys Is Increasing, Here's What Parents, Guardians Should Know Reports of adults ‘sextorting’ teenage boys into sending them sexual videos or photos online are booming, particularly involving victims 14 to 17 years old, the FBI warns. In 2021 alone, its Internet Crime Complaint Center received more than 18,000 sextortion-related complaints of various types, the bureau announced on Wednesday, April 13. A growing number involved late-teen boys targeted by predators posing as someone else, federal authorities said. It ordinarily begins with a contact through social media or on a gaming site. The adult predator or scammer "convinces the child to s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Jurors Convict Child Sex Abuser From Clifton Who Tried To Get Victim To Change Story Jurors Convict Child Sex Abuser From Clifton Who Tried To Get Victim To Change Story
Jurors Convict Child Sex Abuser From Clifton Who Tried To Get Victim To Change Story Jurors in Paterson convicted a Clifton man of sexually assaulting a child over the course of several years. A judge scheduled a July 15 sentencing for Alfredo Hernandez-Sanchez, 35, after he was found guilty of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, as well as sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual contact and child endangerment, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said Friday, April 8. Members of the prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit began investigating after being alerted by Clifton police in June 2018, Valdes said. The victim, who was 15 at the time, “reported being sexual…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
NJ Boy Shot Unconscious With Taser By Family Friend: Police NJ Boy Shot Unconscious With Taser By Family Friend: Police
NJ Boy Shot Unconscious With Taser By Family Friend: Police A family friend reportedly tased a boy unconscious during alleged "horseplay," authorities said. On Monday, March 28, at 02:06 p.m., Egg Harbor police were called to a residence in the West Atlantic City section of the township regarding a medical emergency. Police found an unconscious and unresponsive 12-year-old boy who had been shot in the head with a taser.  An investigation found that an older male friend of the family had stopped by the residence. 68-year-old Luis Surita Jr., 68, of Atlantic City, reportedly engaged in horseplay with the boy, police said. Surita discharged a ta…

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by Jon Craig