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Feds: Trio Who Trafficked Ghost Guns Through Hudson, Passaic Sentenced To 4-To-6 Years Feds: Trio Who Trafficked Ghost Guns Through Hudson, Passaic Sentenced To 4-To-6 Years
Feds: Trio Who Trafficked Ghost Guns Through Hudson, Passaic Sentenced To 4-To-6 Years 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: Three members of a ghost gun trafficking network in Passaic and Hudson counties must spend from four to six years in federal prison before they'll be eligible for release, authorities announced. Ex-con Corey Jenkins Jr., 31, and Savion Clyburn, 21, both of Paterson, and Richard Mullane, 27, of Bayonne, were among the members of the D.I.Y. network that operated largely in both cities, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. They were targeted in an investigation in which the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) worked closely with vari…
One Caught, On Sought: Pair Wanted In Paterson Armed Robberies Pursued Through Fair Lawn One Caught, On Sought: Pair Wanted In Paterson Armed Robberies Pursued Through Fair Lawn
One Caught, On Sought: Pair Wanted In Paterson Armed Robberies Pursued Through Fair Lawn A police pursuit through Fair Lawn of two men wanted for a pair of armed robberies in Paterson ended, as Christmas Eve began, with one caught and the other sought. Authorities had been looking for a stolen Chevy Colorado pickup truck used in both holdups, including the robbery of a 7-Eleven on Ryerson Avenue around midnight on Friday, Dec. 22. Paterson Street Crime detectives spotted the pickup and pursued it into Fair Lawn around midnight Sunday. The pair bailed out near the intersection of Canger Place and Bellair Avenue. Citywide Towing collected the stolen pickup truck. Kyle Mazza…
EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Instructors At Bergen Police Academy Removed, New Recruit Class Suspended EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Instructors At Bergen Police Academy Removed, New Recruit Class Suspended
Exclusive Report: Instructors At Bergen Police Academy Removed, New Recruit Class Suspended The latest recruits to officially graduate from the Bergen County Police Academy on Friday night might be the last for some time, it appears. The 131st Bergen Academy class of graduates from various area departments were joined at their Dec. 15 commencement ceremony at Felician University by loved ones, colleagues and dignitaries -- but not by nearly all of their instructors. All except one of those instructors were relieved of their duties by the New Jersey Police Training Commission (PTC) amid accusations of impropriety, Daily Voice has learned. As a result, Academy Class #132, which was…
Drug Store Robbery Spree: Second Suspect Snared In Passaic County Drug Store Robbery Spree: Second Suspect Snared In Passaic County
Drug Store Robbery Spree: Second Suspect Snared In Passaic County A Paterson man was charged by federal authorities with participating in seven drugstore robberies in the Silk City and Passaic, including one in which they said an ex-con partner fired two gunshots. A federal magistrate judge ordered Onijee Burgess, 26, detained following a hearing in U.S. District Court in Newark on Tuesday, Oct. 17.Burgess, Antonio Rivera and other unidentified co-conspirators went on a robbery spree from November 2022 through April 2023, holding up five different pharmacies -- including two of them twice, authorities said. Rivera demanded Percocet, morphine and oxycodone…
Man Found Shot Dead In Car On Paterson Street Man Found Shot Dead In Car On Paterson Street
Man Found Shot Dead In Car On Paterson Street A man was found shot dead before dawn in a parked car on a Paterson street, and authorities haven't yet said whether or not they consider it suspicious. They're seeking witnesses. The man, whom authorities were trying to identify, was found by officers acting on a tip in the area of Route 19 and Ward Street shortly after 5:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 3, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Officer-In-Charge Isa Abbassi said in a brief release. He had a gunshot wound in his head, they said. They didn’t say whether a weapon was found or whether they consider the circums…
Teaneck Ex-Con Freed After 6 Months On Gun Conviction Charged With Shooting Couple In Paterson Teaneck Ex-Con Freed After 6 Months On Gun Conviction Charged With Shooting Couple In Paterson
Teaneck Ex-Con Freed After 6 Months On Gun Conviction Charged With Shooting Couple In Paterson A Teaneck ex-con who served all of six months in state prison on a gun conviction and a Paterson man are charged with wounding a city woman and an East Orange man in a burst of gunfire on a Silk City street. Tommy Norberto, 20, and Paterson native Jazyre K. Kearney, 21, were both charged with attempted murder and weapons possession in the May 22 shooting on West Broadway between Matlock Street and Totowa Avenue, authorities said Police found the 37-year-old Paterson woman at the scene with a bullet wound in her leg, responders at the scene said. She was brought to St. Joseph’s University M…
Security Guard Involved In Daylight Gunfight Outside Paterson School, Suspect Seized Security Guard Involved In Daylight Gunfight Outside Paterson School, Suspect Seized
Security Guard Involved In Daylight Gunfight Outside Paterson School, Suspect Seized What authorities said was a mid-morning gunfight involving a Paterson school security guard led to the arrest of his alleged opponent. Robert Carroll, 59, was charged with attempted murder and weapons offenses in connection with what was described as an exchange of gunfire near the corner of 10th and Madison avenues -- outside Paterson Public School No. 21 -- around 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 16. “There was a verbal altercation between an individual later identified as Robert Carroll and a school security guard where gunfire was exchanged,” Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Pate…
Paterson Man Gets 5 Years Without Parole For Assault On 62-Year-Old Victim Outside Liquor Store Paterson Man Gets 5 Years Without Parole For Assault On 62-Year-Old Victim Outside Liquor Store
Paterson Man Gets 5 Years Without Parole For Assault On 62-Year-Old Victim Outside Liquor Store UPDATE: A Paterson resident must serve at least the next five years in state prison for pummeling a 62-year-old victim outside a city liquor store. Jurors this past February found Walter A. Williams, 30, guilty of aggravated assault and theft in the brutal beating outside Quilvio's Lounge & Liquors at the corner of Broadway and East 18th Street on Nov. 15, 2020. “Specifically, Mr. Williams took [the victim] and slammed him onto the concrete sidewalk, resulting in a broken collarbone, several broken ribs and a head laceration,” Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes. Williams also …
ROUTE 4 FATAL: Driver Killed In Paramus Tractor-Trailer Crash ROUTE 4 FATAL: Driver Killed In Paramus Tractor-Trailer Crash
Route 4 Fatal: Driver Killed In Paramus Tractor-Trailer Crash UPDATE: A 33-year-old Paterson driver whose sports car rear-ended a tractor-trailer overnight on Route 4 died a short time later, authorities confirmed. Authorities were temporarily withholding his identity, but multiple sources identified the driver as Jeffery Robinson, the son of a retired Paterson police detective. The driver was headed west on Route 4 in Paramus when his Toyota Supra slammed into the rear of the rig near the Houlihan's restaurant around 3 a.m. Saturday, April 15, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Officers who responded found him wedged under the dashboard and unres…
Bias Intimidation: Clifton Man Charged With Smearing Feces On School Sign Bias Intimidation: Clifton Man Charged With Smearing Feces On School Sign
Bias Intimidation: Clifton Man Charged With Smearing Feces On School Sign A Clifton man was charged with bias intimidation on Friday for smearing feces on a sign at a Paterson elementary school earlier in the week, authorities announced. Mohamad Bekheet, 32, struck in the early morning hours on Monday, April 10, at a pre-K-through-8th grade school named for the late Dr. Hani Awadallah, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. Platkin said Bekheet smeared feces over the last five letters of the name of the local educator and advocate for Arab Americans and Palestinians – or “Allah,” which means “God.” He was charged by the state Division of Criminal J…
GOTCHA! Detectives Nab Homeless 'Escapee' Who Fled Paterson Police HQ After Minor Drug Bust GOTCHA! Detectives Nab Homeless 'Escapee' Who Fled Paterson Police HQ After Minor Drug Bust
Gotcha! Detectives Nab Homeless 'Escapee' Who Fled Paterson Police HQ After Minor Drug Bust UPDATE: A homeless man who fled Paterson police custody even though he was about to be released now finds himself jailed on an escape charge after being captured by detectives. Justin Ranko, 22, wasn’t exactly on the crime-fighting priority list in Paterson, where authorities and citizens have been dealing with shootings on both sides of the law lately. He was being processed for a minor drug bust when he bolted from the cellblock area of Paterson police headquarters on Feb. 16. Ranko managed to remain free for nearly three weeks before narcotics investigators from the Passaic County Pros…
UPDATE: Panicked Future Brides, Grooms Calmed After Fire At Brownstone In Paterson Is Doused UPDATE: Panicked Future Brides, Grooms Calmed After Fire At Brownstone In Paterson Is Doused
Update: Panicked Future Brides, Grooms Calmed After Fire At Brownstone In Paterson Is Doused You can exhale now. Events at the Brownstone in Paterson weren't harmed by a Monday night fire. Flames could be seen coming from the HVAC system on the roof of the West Broadway restaurant and banquet hall after a kitchen grease fire spread shortly before 6 p.m. March 6, witnesses said. It took less than 20 minutes to douse the blaze, which responders said extended to the second and third floors. No injuries were reported. Dave L. Rampersad DJ'd an event that was allowed to continue after Monday night's fire at the Brownstone in Paterson.Dave L. Rampersad Dave L. Rampersad, who was DJ…
TEEN MURDER: Paterson Boy, 15, Charged With Stabbing 14-Year-Old Dead, Wounding 16-Year-Old TEEN MURDER: Paterson Boy, 15, Charged With Stabbing 14-Year-Old Dead, Wounding 16-Year-Old
Teen Murder: Paterson Boy, 15, Charged With Stabbing 14-Year-Old Dead, Wounding 16-Year-Old A 15-year-old Paterson boy was seized by police on Tuesday for stabbing and killing a 14-year-old city youth and wounding the victim’s 16-year-old companion in broad daylight last week. Delinquency complaints were signed against the boy that would equal adult criminal charges of murder, aggravated assault, and weapons possession, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Acting Paterson Police Chief Bert Ribeiro said. He was placed in detention pending a hearing in the Family Part of Superior Court in Paterson. The incident occurred outside but not on the property of Paterson Eastsi…
Three Teens, 20-Year-Old Wounded In Shooting At Notorious Paterson Street Corner Three Teens, 20-Year-Old Wounded In Shooting At Notorious Paterson Street Corner
Three Teens, 20-Year-Old Wounded In Shooting At Notorious Paterson Street Corner Three teenagers and a 20-year-old man were wounded in a shooting at one of Paterson’s most dangerous street corners, authorities confirmed. Shots rang out at Godwin Avenue and Carroll Street shortly after 9:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Acting Paterson Police Chief Bert Ribeiro said. Responding officers found one victim, 17, who was brought by ambulance to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in Paterson, they said. Three other victims – one 17, another 18 and the third 20, all male – got to the hospital via private vehicles. None of the injuri…
GRUESOME SCENE: Leg Severed When Pedestrian Is Pinned In Paterson, Docs Hope To Reattach It GRUESOME SCENE: Leg Severed When Pedestrian Is Pinned In Paterson, Docs Hope To Reattach It
Gruesome Scene: Leg Severed When Pedestrian Is Pinned In Paterson, Docs Hope To Reattach It UPDATE: Doctors hoped to save the severed half of a 67-year-old pedestrian's right leg after a horrific accident in Paterson, authorities said. At the request of St. Joseph's University Medical Center physicians, responders quickly got the severed limb to the hospital, Paterson Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. A driver apparently had suffered a medical episode on Union Avenue and hit the victim at Manchester Avenue, pinning him against a parked car shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, Speziale said. Police, firefighters and EMTs who converged on the scene found the victim on t…
Convicted Killer, Fellow Ex-Con Charged With Gunning Down Paterson Man, Wounding Companion Convicted Killer, Fellow Ex-Con Charged With Gunning Down Paterson Man, Wounding Companion
Convicted Killer, Fellow Ex-Con Charged With Gunning Down Paterson Man, Wounding Companion A man who was killed and a woman who was with him were shot by two Paterson ex-cons, one of whom recently served nearly a decade for slaying an aspiring rapper and the other who was tracked down in Virginia, authorities announced. Shaquan Winstead, 28, and David “Scrappy” Armfield, 31, are both charged with first-degree murder in the Oct. 1 shooting death of Briheem Nero, 42, of Paterson at what may well be the city’s deadliest street corner. An unidentified 49-year-old woman who was with Nero was shot in the arm, for which Winstead and Armfield are charged with attempted murder. They’re a…
‘John Doe’ Shot Dead In Paterson ‘John Doe’ Shot Dead In Paterson
‘John Doe’ Shot Dead In Paterson Authorities were trying to identify a man shot dead on a Paterson street corner. The victim was shot in the head and arm at the intersection of North Main and Arch streets around 9:45 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29, they said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Acting Paterson Police Chief Bert Ribeiro said. They classified it as a homicide – Paterson’s 22nd of the year -- but didn't say whether any suspects had been arrested or identified. The gun was recovered, police at the scene said.
ARMED ROBBERY RAMPAGE: Federal Judge Orders Passaic County Pair Held ARMED ROBBERY RAMPAGE: Federal Judge Orders Passaic County Pair Held
Armed Robbery Rampage: Federal Judge Orders Passaic County Pair Held Two Paterson men who were captured following a terrifying armed robbery rampage must remain in custody, a federal judge in Newark ordered. Carlos Diaz and Edward Porter and an unidentified third bandit menaced customers with handguns, ordering them to lie on the floor, while robbed a Passaic bodega this past Aug. 22, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. The pair, both 30, then robbed a Passaic liquor store of several thousand dollars at gunpoint -- with Porter pistol-whipping a victim, the U.S. attorney said. Later that night, they robbed another business, where Porter "pushed one vict…
Resident, 72, Assaulted After Handing $8,700 To Grandparent Bail Scammer: New Milford PD Resident, 72, Assaulted After Handing $8,700 To Grandparent Bail Scammer: New Milford PD
Resident, 72, Assaulted After Handing $8,700 To Grandparent Bail Scammer: New Milford PD A heartless thug assaulted a 72-year-old New Milford man after conning the victim and his wife out of $8,700 with a grandparent bail scam, authorities said. Carlos Liriano-Cruz, 21, convinced the victims that their grandson was in police custody and needed the cash for bail, Police Chief Brian T. Clancy said. Liriano-Cruz, of Paterson, had gone to their house, collected the money and began heading back to a vehicle parked up the street when the father realized they'd been conned, the chief said. The victim followed Liriano-Cruz and recorded a short video of him and his car with his cellpho…
Member Of Paterson '230 Boys' Admits Selling Heroin-Laced Fentanyl That Killed User Member Of Paterson '230 Boys' Admits Selling Heroin-Laced Fentanyl That Killed User
Member Of Paterson '230 Boys' Admits Selling Heroin-Laced Fentanyl That Killed User A reputed member of a notorious Paterson street gang admitted in federal court in Newark on Wednesday that he sold fentanyl-laced heroin that killed a user. Authorities didn't identify the victim who they said died after ingesting drugs sold by Wyzier Peterson, 25. Peterson was among 17 reputed 230 Boys members charged in a coordinated heroin, fentanyl and cocaine trafficking case assembled in September 2019 by a strike force comprised of agents from the DEA, ATF and state, county and local law enforcement. One of them, Keith Brinkley, shot a Belleville man in Paterson and then fled to Geo…
UPDATE: Three Wounded In Paterson Shooting UPDATE: Three Wounded In Paterson Shooting
Update: Three Wounded In Paterson Shooting A noontime shooting wounded three people Saturday in Paterson, responders said. One of those struck by gunfire on North Main Street near Presidential Boulevard at 12:08 p.m. Nov. 12 is a 15-year-old juvenile, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Acting Paterson Police Chief Bert Ribeiro said in a joint announcement.The others are a 36-year-old man and 26-year-old woman, all from Paterson, they said. All were taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, Valdes and Ribeiro said. Witnesses told police the shooter fled …
HEART STOPPER: Suicidal Girl, 15, Loses Footing Atop North Jersey Bridge, Caught By Responders HEART STOPPER: Suicidal Girl, 15, Loses Footing Atop North Jersey Bridge, Caught By Responders
Heart Stopper: Suicidal Girl, 15, Loses Footing Atop North Jersey Bridge, Caught By Responders HEROES: Traffic whizzed below as a troubled 15-year-old lost her footing and appeared about to fall from a bridge between Elmwood Park and Paterson. The distraught girl had somehow wiggled past a chain-link fence, leaving nothing between her and Route 20 nearly 40 feet below, Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said. What followed next around 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, was “extremely nerve-racking,” the chief said. “We thought we were going to lose her.” (story continues below) ****** UPDATE: Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno is asking the state DOT to block access to the led…
SEE ANYTHING? Armed Robbers Smash Cases, Get More Than $1M In Bling From Paterson Jewelry Store SEE ANYTHING? Armed Robbers Smash Cases, Get More Than $1M In Bling From Paterson Jewelry Store
SEE Anything? Armed Robbers Smash Cases, Get More Than $1M In Bling From Paterson Jewelry Store UPDATE: Authorities in various jurisdictions are comparing notes after three masked gunmen robbed a Paterson jewelry store of more than $1 million in merchandise. Meanwhile, the owner of Paradise Jewelry expressed gratitude to the community for messages of love, support and concern following the brazen broad-daylight heist earlier this week. Mohammad Sheik had only just opened the shop at the corner of Main Street and Delaware Avenue this past July after operating for two years at a smaller location two blocks away. Sheik said he plans to reopen this coming Tuesday, Nov. 1 -- exactly a we…
Paterson Man, 38, Gunned Down Paterson Man, 38, Gunned Down
Paterson Man, 38, Gunned Down A 38-year-old Paterson man was shot and killed on a city street Saturday morning. Responding officers found him with a single gunshot wound outside an Elm Street home near Mill Street shortly before 9:30 a.m. Oct. 29, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Acting Paterson Police Chief Bert Ribeiro said in a joint announcement. The victim, whose identity was temporarily being withheld, was taken in traumatic arrest to nearby St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead a short time later, they said. Valdes and Ribeiro classified the shooting as a homici…
Two Men, 70 And 63 Years Old, Shot In Broad Daylight In Paterson, Obvious Questions Arise Two Men, 70 And 63 Years Old, Shot In Broad Daylight In Paterson, Obvious Questions Arise
Two Men, 70 And 63 Years Old, Shot In Broad Daylight In Paterson, Obvious Questions Arise Two men – one 70 years old, the other 63 – were shot in the middle of a Sunday afternoon in Paterson, authorities reported, leaving more questions than answers. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Acting Paterson Police Chief Bert Ribeiro confirmed that both victims were taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center with injuries that weren’t fatal following the shooting at North 1st and Arch streets shortly after 2:30 p.m. Oct. 16. They didn’t say, however, under what circumstances the two city residents had been shot – targeted or bystanding, possible street crime or domest…
Two Teens, Adult Shot At Same Paterson Corner Where Girl, 15, Was Killed Two Teens, Adult Shot At Same Paterson Corner Where Girl, 15, Was Killed
Two Teens, Adult Shot At Same Paterson Corner Where Girl, 15, Was Killed Two teens and a 32-year-old man were wounded by gunfire overnight at the same Paterson street corner where a 15-year-old girl was shot dead earlier this year, authorities confirmed. Shots rang out at Madison and Essex streets shortly after 1:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 15. Found wounded at the scene were a 19-year-old man from Sunbury, PA, and both a 16-year-old boy and the other adult, both from Paterson, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Acting Paterson Police Chief Bert Ribeiro said in a joint announcement. All were taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center with injuries …
Boy, 16, Shot In Paterson Boy, 16, Shot In Paterson
Boy, 16, Shot In Paterson A 16-year-old boy was shot in the chest before dawn on Paterson’s north side, authorities confirmed. The victim was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center after police found him on North 5th Street near Haledon Avenue at 4:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Acting Paterson Police Chief Bert Ribeiro said in a joint announcement. The brief announcement didn’t specify his condition. Nor did it say under what circumstances he was shot or whether any suspects had been arrested, identified or involved -- only that an investigation was continuing.
HEROES: Paterson Firefighters Lift Jitney Bus Off Struck Pedestrian HEROES: Paterson Firefighters Lift Jitney Bus Off Struck Pedestrian
Heroes: Paterson Firefighters Lift Jitney Bus Off Struck Pedestrian A group of heroic Paterson firefighters didn't have time to retrieve special equipment, so they grabbed hold of a dollar bus and lifted it off a woman who'd just been struck, authorities said. The pinned 53-year-old victim was alert and conscious after the accident on McBride Avenue near Hoxey Street shortly after 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, Fire Chief Brian McDermott said. With no time to waste, four firefighters hoisted the jitney bus and pulled her out, he said. The victim might not have survived if they hadn't, McDermott said, adding that the heroes went "beyond their limits" to sa…
HOMICIDES: Garfield, Paterson Men In Their 20s Slain In Separate Shootings HOMICIDES: Garfield, Paterson Men In Their 20s Slain In Separate Shootings
Homicides: Garfield, Paterson Men In Their 20s Slain In Separate Shootings Two men – one from Garfield, the other from Paterson – were shot and killed in the Silk City within 5½ hours of one another. Off-duty officers heard shots, came running and found a crime scene but no victim at 51 Colonial Avenue around 10:30 p.m. Friday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said. The 29-year-old city man who was shot had been taken in a private vehicle to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, they said. Uniformed officers were later dispatched around 4 a.m. to the corner of North Main Street a…
Female Carjacker Captured At Jersey Shore After Dumping Son, 7, In Paterson: Authorities Female Carjacker Captured At Jersey Shore After Dumping Son, 7, In Paterson: Authorities
Female Carjacker Captured At Jersey Shore After Dumping Son, 7, In Paterson: Authorities A carjacker was captured at the Jersey Shore hours after abandoning her 7-year-old son in Paterson, authorities said. Two women with an unspecified state agency were transporting Imani McRae, 31, of Paterson and her son in a minivan when she “became agitated and assaulted” both of them in the area of 20th and Railroad avenues Friday afternoon, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said in a joint statement with police. The women – one 41, the other 47 – told responding officers that McRae forced them both out of their 2019 Caravan before speeding off with her son in the back seat. Ci…
Hudson Man Kidnaps, Sexually Abuses Mentally Impaired Woman, Shoves Her From Car: Authorities Hudson Man Kidnaps, Sexually Abuses Mentally Impaired Woman, Shoves Her From Car: Authorities
Hudson Man Kidnaps, Sexually Abuses Mentally Impaired Woman, Shoves Her From Car: Authorities A Kearny man kidnapped a mentally incapacitated Paterson woman he’d met online, had sex with her in his car, a nearby park and his apartment, then shoved her out of the vehicle when he realized her family was following him, authorities charged. A four-month manhunt ended when Horus G. Nunez-Velazquez, 35, was captured in Pennsylvania, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim M. Baycora said in a joint announcement on Friday. Nunez-Velazquez “met the (32-year-old) woman online, picked her up from her residence and took her to a nearby park and subsequentl…