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Colombian National Jailed On Child Sex Charges Out Of Elmwood Park, ICE Seeks Deportation
Federal immigration authorities placed a hold on a Colombian national jailed on charges of sexually assaulting an underage Elmwood Park teenager at least three times. Alejandro Suaza-Munoz, a 35-year-old day laborer, was arrested by detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit on Tuesday, July 25, after they were notified of the allegations by Elmwood Park police. Suaza-Munoz “sexually assaulted the child, who was under the age of 16 but over the age of 13, on more than one occasion,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said in announcing the arrest. Detectives cha…
Police & Fire
Girl, 16, Sexually Assaulted By Treatment Center Driver Hides In Rt 17 Dunkin Donuts: PD
A driver for a local teen treatment facility sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl before she locked herself in a Dunkin' Donuts bathroom on Route 17 and got help, authorities said. Police found the girl after a security guard called them to the donut shop on southbound Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights shortly before 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 4. She told them that she'd been sexually assaulted on the facility's bus while passing through Wood-Ridge moments earlier, Wood-Ridge Police Chief Michael O’Donnell said. The driver -- identified as Clarence K. Hedgeman, 41, of Woodland Park -- apparently…
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5-Year-Old Child Found Shivering In PJs On Busy Hasbrouck Heights Street Corner
A child in her pajamas was found alone and shivering on a busy Hasbrouck Heights street corner Friday morning, authorities said. Officers responding to multiple calls on Jan. 27 found the unaccompanied 5-year-old at the corner of Jefferson Avenue and Terrace Avenue, Hasbrouck Heights Police Lt. John A. Behr said. "She was cold but otherwise OK," he said. Neighbors emerged from their homes to point them to the child's home, the lieutenant said. Her father arrived at the home a short time later, he said. Detectives were dispatched to the home, collected information and forwarded it to the …
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Accused Child Sex Abuser From Morris Charged With Collecting Kid Porn On His Phone
A Morris County accountant who was busted last year for allegedly masturbating in front of a Lyndhurst pre-teen was charged this week with possession of child pornography. Amit Bhatt, 43, was served with a criminal complaint on Thursday, Jan. 5, at the Morris County Jail, where he was being held on an unspecified charge, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday, Jan. 6. The married Bhatt, of Morris Plains, had been arrested on sex assault and child endangerment charges just about a year ago following a joint investigation into claims that he’d masturbated in front of a kid. A judg…
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ICE Seeks Hold On Maywood Resident Charged With Sexually Assaulting PalPark Pre-Teens
A Guatemalan national living in Maywood was charged with sexually assaulting two Palisade Park pre-teens. Jaime Ottoniel Roca, 41, fondled one of the victims over the course of two years while committing more invasive acts on another, a complaint on file in Superior Court in Hackensack says. Both were under the age of 12 at the time and were sexually assaulted at least five times each, an investigation by borough detectives and investigators from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Special Victims Unit. Roca told one of them that he touched the first victim's inner thigh and private area "in a …
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Bergen County Employee Charged In Pre-Teen Sex Assaults, Authorities Say More Victims Possible
An assistant Bergen County voting machine custodian from Wallington was charged with sexually assaulting two pre-teens, said authorities who fear that there may be others. Daryl Mahoney, 51, remained in Bergen Regional Medical Center in Paramus on Monday following an unsuccessful suicide attempt at the county jail, Daily Voice has learned. Mahoney assaulted one of the female victims several times, both in Bergen County and in New York State, county Prosecutor Mark Musella said Monday. It was during an investigation involving that victim that investigators from his Special Victims Unit iden…
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Dad Arrested After Docs Find THC In System Of Hospitalized Teaneck Child, 4
A high school teacher from Teaneck was arrested after his 4-year-old daughter was hospitalized with THC in her system, authorities said. Authorities charged Avi Mandel, 30, with child endangerment and illegal pot possession after doctors at Hackensack University Medical Center found the child “lethargic and unable to stand,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. “Medical tests indicated that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive compound in cannabis, was present in the child’s body,” he said. The state Division of Child Protection and Permanency reported the inci…
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North Bergen Cook, 19, Charged With Illegal Sex With Underage Edgewater Teen
A 19-year-old cook from North Bergen was jailed for an illegal sexual relationship that authorities said he had with a 13-year-old Edgewater resident. Khaled Khalil remained held Friday in the Bergen County Jail while awaiting a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on a single charge each of sexual assault and child endangerment through sexual contact with a juvenile more than four years younger than him. Khalil was arrested on Wednesday, two days after North Bergen police contacted the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit “regarding an allegation t…
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