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Repeat Offender From Long Island Charged With Harassing Worshippers At Fort Lee Synagogue Repeat Offender From Long Island Charged With Harassing Worshippers At Fort Lee Synagogue
Repeat Offender From Long Island Charged With Harassing Worshippers At Fort Lee Synagogue A repeat offender accused of threatening law enforcement officers and members of the Jewish community in New Jersey and on Long Island did it again in Fort Lee, authorities said. Bradley Goldberg, 47, of Cedarhurst, LI, had already spent a week in the Bergen County Jail after Fort Lee police said he pretended to be an abused 11-year-old as part of a relentless harassment campaign against them when he was arrested again. Goldberg had been free all of 10 days when, they said, he stood outside Chabad of Fort Lee “harassing worshippers entering and exiting the building,” Lt. Edward Young said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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FOUND! Missing Fort Lee Boy, 11, Recovered Safe, Sound In New York City FOUND! Missing Fort Lee Boy, 11, Recovered Safe, Sound In New York City
Found! Missing Fort Lee Boy, 11, Recovered Safe, Sound In New York City UPDATE: An 11-year-old Fort Lee boy who went missing over the weekend turned up on the other side of the George Washington Bridge, authorities said early Monday evening. Aiden Kim "has been located in New York City in good health and is being reunited with his parents," Mirkovic said in a brief statement. Unconfirmed reports were that Port Authority police found him at the bus terminal at Fort Washington Avenue between 178th and 179th streets in Washington Heights. New Jersey State Police and the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office had joined Fort Lee police in searching for Aiden. Mirkovi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fort Lee Man Charged With Harassing Asian Women Fort Lee Man Charged With Harassing Asian Women
Fort Lee Man Charged With Harassing Asian Women A Fort Lee man was jailed for harassing Asian women after police reviewed footage from surveillance cameras and a cellphone shot taken by a victim, authorities said. Michael Torres, 60, remained held Friday in the Bergen County Jail. Separate victims reported incidents on May 5 and 27 involving the same man, Capt. Ricky Mirkovic said. The first incident, at Main Street and Lemoine Avenue, was captured on a local business' surveillance cameras, Mirkovic said. The second victim showed police a cellphone photo following an incident at Center Avenue and Guntzer Street, he added. Authorities …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Report: Transphobic Rant Spurs Dueling Harassment Case For NJ School School Admin, Diners Report: Transphobic Rant Spurs Dueling Harassment Case For NJ School School Admin, Diners
Report: Transphobic Rant Spurs Dueling Harassment Case For NJ School School Admin, Diners The vice principal of a New Jersey middle school who tossed beer at a group of people filming his wife rant against a transgender women's bathroom is accusing the people who got hit with the beer of harassment. And the people who got hit with the beer are accusing the school admin of the same. A Galloway Township municipal court judge on Thursday is expected to examine the cases of Michael Smurro -- who works at Neptune Middle School -- along with those he accused of harassing him and his wife, Lisa, AP News reports. The incident occurred April 24 at Fred and Ethel's in Absecon. An admini…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Ridgewood Ex-Con Charged With Cyber-Harassment For Messages On Facebook, Elsewhere Ridgewood Ex-Con Charged With Cyber-Harassment For Messages On Facebook, Elsewhere
Ridgewood Ex-Con Charged With Cyber-Harassment For Messages On Facebook, Elsewhere A Ridgewood ex-con was arrested after he ignored a restraining order and continued sending a woman messages online, authorities said. Dereck Peter Miller, 43, is charged with invasion of privacy, harassment, cyber-harassment and contempt, among other counts. Miller has served several years in state prison the past two decades for convictions on a variety of offenses, including robbery, burglary and theft, records show. Miller more recently called the victim "very suggestive names" in messages through Facebook and other online applications, according to a police report. He remained held Mo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Essex County Man, 34, Charged With Harassment After String Of Morris County ‘Bias’ Incidents Essex County Man, 34, Charged With Harassment After String Of Morris County ‘Bias’ Incidents
Essex County Man, 34, Charged With Harassment After String Of Morris County ‘Bias’ Incidents A man from Essex County has been charged with harassment after he made vulgar comments in three separate Morris County “bias instances,” police said. The 34-year-old Orange man is first accused of approaching the owner of a home on North Passaic Avenue in Chatham Borough and asking about a room for rent around 11:50 a.m. on April 26, police said. When the owner told the man that he was mistaken, the man asked to enter the home and use a phone — a request the owner declined, police said. The man, whose name was not immediately released by police, allegedly made “vulgar and bias type comment…

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by Valerie Musson
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Bias Incident: Bergen Man Shouts At Asian Customer That Chinese Caused COVID, Police Say Bias Incident: Bergen Man Shouts At Asian Customer That Chinese Caused COVID, Police Say
Bias Incident: Bergen Man Shouts At Asian Customer That Chinese Caused COVID, Police Say A 70-year-old Glen Rock man straddled the line between free speech and harassment, police said, when he stood behind an Asian-American woman at a CVS checkout counter and shouted that the Chinese Communist Party "caused COVID." "That’s why we’re wearing these masks,” the man reportedly yelled, bringing police to the Rock Road store. He yelled this several times, said the woman, who “felt threatened [because] she was the only Asian individual in the immediate area,” Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. A witness corroborated her account, he added. Interviewed by police, the man said that he …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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PA Man Arrested For Calling Woman 45 Times In One Day, State Police Say PA Man Arrested For Calling Woman 45 Times In One Day, State Police Say
PA Man Arrested For Calling Woman 45 Times In One Day, State Police Say A man with a history of abuse was charged with harassment after calling a woman 45 times in one day, according to Pennsylvania State Police in Cumberland County. Brian Knouse, 44 of Mechanicsburg, PA, was arrested in South Middletown Township on April 26 after attempting to contact a woman 45 times in a 24-hour period, police say. Knouse went to the woman’s home even after she told him to stop contacting her, says PSP. Knouse has a pattern criminal behavior, having previously plead guilty to charges in York and Cumberland counties for public intoxication, DUIs, harassment and assaults st…

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Bayonne Dry Cleaner Owner Sexually Discriminated Against Lesbian Worker, State Says Bayonne Dry Cleaner Owner Sexually Discriminated Against Lesbian Worker, State Says
Bayonne Dry Cleaner Owner Sexually Discriminated Against Lesbian Worker, State Says The owner of a Bayonne dry cleaners discriminated against a lesbian employee by mocking her in front of workers and customers, state authorities said Tuesday. The counter worker quit her job at Professional Touch Dry Cleaning & Apparel Repairs after two years because the owner “subjected her to a hostile working environment by openly disclosing, discussing, and deriding her sexual orientation,” state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Throughout her employment there, the owner – whom Grewal didn’t identify by name – “repeatedly made discriminatory comments about the fact that she i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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PD: Man Jailed For Grabbing Woman’s Throat, Repeatedly Hitting Face At Warren County Restaurant PD: Man Jailed For Grabbing Woman’s Throat, Repeatedly Hitting Face At Warren County Restaurant
PD: Man Jailed For Grabbing Woman’s Throat, Repeatedly Hitting Face At Warren County Restaurant A 55-year-old man was jailed after grabbing a woman by the throat and punching her in the face repeatedly at a Warren County restaurant, authorities said. The man walked into an unspecified local restaurant and approached the victim, who was sitting with friends, before grabbing her by the throat and striking her face repeatedly around 8:20 p.m. on Feb. 27, Mansfield Township police said. The man, who police say had formerly been in a relationship with the victim, was later pulled over by officers in Newton and transported back to Mansfield. His name was not immediately made public. The m…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
PA Man, 18, Threatens Mall Guard With Knife After Being Kicked Out For Violating Mask Policy PA Man, 18, Threatens Mall Guard With Knife After Being Kicked Out For Violating Mask Policy
PA Man, 18, Threatens Mall Guard With Knife After Being Kicked Out For Violating Mask Policy A maskless man prevented from shopping at a Northampton County mall is accused of threatening a security guard with a knife, authorities said. Averi J. Albanese, of Jackson Township, was not wearing a mask when he walked into Boscov’s at Palmer Park Mall shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday, WFMZ reports citing court records. A security officer had just approached Albanese and asked him to put a mask on when he spit on his neck and refused, the report says. After being asked to leave, the 18-year-old took out a pocket knife and asked the guard to go outside with him, which was perceived as a thr…

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by Valerie Musson
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LAWSUIT: Randolph High Grad Says 17 Students Were Victims Of TikTok Bullying LAWSUIT: Randolph High Grad Says 17 Students Were Victims Of TikTok Bullying
Lawsuit: Randolph High Grad Says 17 Students Were Victims Of TikTok Bullying A 2020 graduate of Randolph High School has filed a lawsuit against the district claiming that officials neglected to investigate a series of TikTok bullying videos that targeted 17 students. Darcy Schleifstein says the students were the subjects of three videos involving bullying and harassment on the social media platform: “Criminals of Randolph," "Liberals of Randolph" and "Whores of Randolph,” DailyRecord reports citing court records.  District officials reportedly knew of the bullying several weeks before the three clips surfaced but neglected to notify the targeted students …

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by Valerie Musson