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State Division of Child Protection and Permanency

Baby Ingests Fentanyl, Revived With Narcan, Fairview Police Praised As Life Savers Baby Ingests Fentanyl, Revived With Narcan, Fairview Police Praised As Life Savers
Baby Ingests Fentanyl, Revived With Narcan, Fairview Police Praised As Life Savers A 1-year-old girl who'd ingested fentanyl was revived with Narcan thanks to a fast-acting group of Fairview police officers, Daily Voice has learned. "They literally saved that child's life," a source with direct knowledge of the incident said. Borough resident Geraldo J. Colon, 35, was arrested and charged with child endangerment after being identified as the individual responsible, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday, March 31. Colon and the mother had come to Fairview police headquarters with 13-month-old Abigail Colon shortly after 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 29. She…
Clifton Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Young Victim For 6 Years Clifton Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Young Victim For 6 Years
Clifton Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Young Victim For 6 Years A Clifton man sexually assaulted a young victim over the course of six years, beginning when the child was 12, authorities charged. Corey Ervin, 44, remained held in the Passaic County Jail following his arrest Monday on charges of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, aggravated criminal contact and child endangerment, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Detectives from her Special Victims Unit began investigating after being notified by the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency, Valdes said Tuesday. They interviewed multiple witnesses, as well as the youth,…
CHILD ABUSE: Paterson Couple Charged With Beating Boy, 7 CHILD ABUSE: Paterson Couple Charged With Beating Boy, 7
Child Abuse: Paterson Couple Charged With Beating Boy, 7 A Paterson couple was jailed for repeatedly beating a 7-year-boy, authorities said.  Davon Burton, 26, and Demetries Page, 24, became the focus of an investigation after a worker with the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency contacted detectives with the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit, authorities said Thursday. The investigators interviewed multiple witnesses, including the boy, they said.  The child told them Burton and Page “physically assaulted him on several occasions between September 2020 and September 2021 at their residence,” Passaic…
4-Month-Old Baby Hospitalized With Broken Ribs, Paterson Man Charged 4-Month-Old Baby Hospitalized With Broken Ribs, Paterson Man Charged
4-Month-Old Baby Hospitalized With Broken Ribs, Paterson Man Charged A four-month-old child was hospitalized with broken ribs that authorities said were caused by a 22-year-old Paterson man. Narciso "Junior" Alejandro remained held Wednesday in the Passaic County Jail, charged with child abuse and endangerment, as well as with violating a restraining order, records show. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said detectives from her Special Victims Unit began investigating after being alerted by the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency that the injured child had been brought to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center. Investigators interview…
Wallington Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Elmwood Park Pre-Teen Wallington Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Elmwood Park Pre-Teen
Wallington Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Elmwood Park Pre-Teen A Wallington man who was once accused of having sex with a minor was arrested again on charges of sexually assaulting a pre-teen in Elmwood Park eight years ago, authorities confirmed. Rene A. Castaneda, 43, remained held Friday in the Bergen County Jail following his arrest the day before on aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and child endangerment charges. The unemployed Salvadoran national has an extensive criminal history in Bergen County dating back more than a decade, records show. Authorities in 2015 charged him with the statutory rape of a 14-year-old girl. How those charges…
Judge Jails Passaic Man Accused Of Sexually Abusing Three Underage Girls Judge Jails Passaic Man Accused Of Sexually Abusing Three Underage Girls
Judge Jails Passaic Man Accused Of Sexually Abusing Three Underage Girls A 20-year-old Passaic man already facing charges of sexually assaulting two 14-year-old girls was arrested again and charged with abusing a 12 year old, authorities said. A Superior Court judge in Paterson ordered on Tuesday that Jorge Mendez remain held after authorities charged him with the Spring 2020 assault. Passaic police previously arrested Mendez for statutory rape of the 14 year olds over several months, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said Tuesday. He was free when detectives from Valdes’s office arrested him last Wednesday following a report from the state Division o…
Paterson Man Charged With Sexually Abusing Underage Teen Paterson Man Charged With Sexually Abusing Underage Teen
Paterson Man Charged With Sexually Abusing Underage Teen A Paterson man sexually abused an underage teen in the city of Passaic several times over the course of a year, authorities charged. The state Division of Child Protection and Permanency alerted the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office last month of a complaint against Noe Hernandez-Quintana, 37, they said. Special Victims Unit detectives interviewed the victim and multiple witnesses and found that the child had been sexually abused beginning at 14 years old, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. The assaults continued "on multiple occasions at a residence in Passaic between 2019…
Judge Releases Paterson Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting One Child In Front Of Another Judge Releases Paterson Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting One Child In Front Of Another
Judge Releases Paterson Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting One Child In Front Of Another A judge on Thursday released a Paterson man charged with sexually abusing a 13-year-old child in front of an 8-year-old, authorities said. Mario E. Hernandez, 54, was arrested following an investigation by detectives from the Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes’s Special Victims Unit. The unit was alerted by the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency that the teen was being sexually abused, Valdes said. Detectives interviewed both children as well as others, the prosecutor said. The older child reported being sexually assaulted by Hernandez last fall, she said, adding tha…
HORRIFIC: NJ Couple Beat Kids With Buckle, Refrigerator Handle, Power Cords, Authorities Charge HORRIFIC: NJ Couple Beat Kids With Buckle, Refrigerator Handle, Power Cords, Authorities Charge
Horrific: NJ Couple Beat Kids With Buckle, Refrigerator Handle, Power Cords, Authorities Charge UPDATE: For four years, a Passaic couple cruelly beat their two children with a variety of objects, authorities charged. Alfredo Medina, 48, and his wife, Wanda Fernandez, 30, "never brought the children to receive medical attention at a doctor’s office or hospital after the assaults," one law enforcement official said. A large metal buckle, a large refrigerator handle and power cords were used in the assaults, the official said. Medina and Fernandez both remained held Wednesday in the Passaic County Jail following their arrests on Tuesday, Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. A consolidate…
HORRIFIC: NJ Couple Beat Kids With Buckle, Refrigerator Handle, Power Cords, Authorities Charge HORRIFIC: NJ Couple Beat Kids With Buckle, Refrigerator Handle, Power Cords, Authorities Charge
Horrific: NJ Couple Beat Kids With Buckle, Refrigerator Handle, Power Cords, Authorities Charge A Passaic couple were charged with beating two of their children with a variety of objects over the past four years, authorities announced Wednesday. Alfredo Medina, 48, and his wife, Wanda Fernandez, 30, "never brought the children to receive medical attention at a doctor’s office or hospital after the assaults," one law enforcement official said. A large metal buckle, a large refrigerator handle and power cords were used in the assaults, the official said. Medina and Fernandez both remained held Wednesday in the Passaic County Jail following their arrests on Tuesday, Prosecutor Camelia M…
NYC Mom Who Fled With Young Daughter After Infant Son Died Found At South Hackensack Motel NYC Mom Who Fled With Young Daughter After Infant Son Died Found At South Hackensack Motel
NYC Mom Who Fled With Young Daughter After Infant Son Died Found At South Hackensack Motel EXCLUSIVE: A Queens woman who went missing with her 2-year-old daughter after the NYPD began investigating the death of her infant son was located Thursday afternoon at a South Hackensack motel, Daily Voice has learned. South Hackensack and Hackensack police found Carla Garriques at the Travelodge by Wyndham off Route 46 after the NYPD pinged her cellphone there, law enforcement sources said. Garriques was with her 2-year-old daughter, who was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center in the custody of the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency, they said. No charges had bee…
Dad Arrested After Docs Find THC In System Of Hospitalized Teaneck Child, 4 Dad Arrested After Docs Find THC In System Of Hospitalized Teaneck Child, 4
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…