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Atlantic City HS Principal Indicted In Mayor, Superintendent Child Abuse Cover-Up: Prosecutors Atlantic City HS Principal Indicted In Mayor, Superintendent Child Abuse Cover-Up: Prosecutors
Atlantic City HS Principal Indicted In Mayor, Superintendent Child Abuse Cover-Up: Prosecutors Atlantic City High School's principal was indicted after she was accused of covering up parental abuse claims by the daughter of the mayor and school superintendent, authorities said. A grand jury indicted 39-year-old Constance Days-Chapman of Atlantic City on Wednesday, Sept. 11, the Atlantic City Prosecutor's Office said in a news release. She was previously charged on Thursday, Mar. 28. Investigators said a then-15-year-old told Days-Chapman in December 2023 that she suffered from "continuous headaches" because she was hit by her parents at home. According to prosecutors, Days-Chapman d…

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by Chris Spiker
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Girls Drugged Into 'Zombie-Like' State, Beaten, Burned In NJ: Affidavit Girls Drugged Into 'Zombie-Like' State, Beaten, Burned In NJ: Affidavit
Girls Drugged Into 'Zombie-Like' State, Beaten, Burned In NJ: Affidavit Court documents revealed disturbing details about the abuse suffered by five girls for more than five years at the hands of the three adults they had been living within Cape May. The Department of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P) was contacted by a youth partial care program with concerns about two children living with Irene Becica, 71, Thomas Becica, 57, and Christina VonColln, 45, on Oct. 24, 2023, according to the criminal complaint obtained by Daily Voice. The two children were later identified as girls, and only referred to by their initials NV and MV, in the court documents…

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by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine
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'Crazy Rescue Ladies' Remain Free From Jail Even After Trying To Get Dogs Back: Prosecutor 'Crazy Rescue Ladies' Remain Free From Jail Even After Trying To Get Dogs Back: Prosecutor
'Crazy Rescue Ladies' Remain Free From Jail Even After Trying To Get Dogs Back: Prosecutor Two women who call themselves "Crazy Rescue Ladies" and were found with nearly 180 animals in their Jersey Shore home can remain free from jail pending their trial — but they aren't allowed to visit animal shelters or pet stores, according to a new conditions implemented by an Ocean County judge. Motions filed by the Prosecutor’s Office to revoke the pre-trial release of Aimee Lonczak, 49, and Michele Nycz, 58, both of Brick Township, were denied by Judge Guy P. Ryan on Tuesday, Jan. 31, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. The two were charged on Dec. 2, 2022, with …

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by Jon Craig
News
Ex-NJ Child Protection Worker Sentenced To 20+ Years For Making Porn Of Young Boy In His Care Ex-NJ Child Protection Worker Sentenced To 20+ Years For Making Porn Of Young Boy In His Care
Ex-NJ Child Protection Worker Sentenced To 20+ Years For Making Porn Of Young Boy In His Care A former New Jersey child protection worker was sentenced Tuesday to more than 20 years in federal prison – just about all which he’ll have to serve – for recording pornographic images of an underage boy in his care. Kayan Frazier, 29, of Somers Point, also posed as a woman online to solicit similar images from boys, federal authorities said. Frazier had joined the state Department of Child Protection and Permanency after he was fired as a substitute teacher in an Atlantic City school following an investigation of what authorities said was questionable conduct with male students. It was un…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Ridgefield Laborers Charged With Sexually Assaulting Minors Ridgefield Laborers Charged With Sexually Assaulting Minors
Ridgefield Laborers Charged With Sexually Assaulting Minors ICE has issued detainers on two related Ridgefield laborers after they were jailed on charges of sexually assaulting underage victims. Oscar Hernandez Estrada, 43, sexually abused two pre-teens while his brother-in-law, Daniel Aria Estrada, 24, “engaged in sexual conduct including sexual penetration” of a child while at their residence in Ridgefield, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Ridgefield police fielded the complaints and notified Musella’s Special Victims Unit detectives and the state Department of Child Protection and Permanency. The Estradas, who live in the same Hillsi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Manchester PD: Gunman Menaced Campground, Left Kids Home Alone Manchester PD: Gunman Menaced Campground, Left Kids Home Alone
Manchester PD: Gunman Menaced Campground, Left Kids Home Alone A 31-year-old man from Manchester Township has been arrested on drug and weapons charges, authorities said. Rameek Peace is accused of threatening people with a handgun on Oct. 21 at the Surf and Stream Campground on Route 571, Manchester police said. Police were called on a report of a man assaulting a woman inside an SUV, and menacing anyone who tried to help. A suspect fled before police arrived. An investigation led by Detective Adam Emmons identified Peace as a suspect, police said. Peace was arrested without incident while driving in a 2020 Chevy Malibu. Inside his rented vehicle,…

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by Jon Craig