Mahwah Motel Sex Assault: NY Man Beat, Threatened Captive Victim, Prosecutor Says Mahwah Motel Sex Assault: NY Man Beat, Threatened Captive Victim, Prosecutor Says
Mahwah Motel Sex Assault: NY Man Beat, Threatened Captive Victim, Prosecutor Says A New York State man was jailed after surrendering to police for sexually assaulting, restraining and threatening a victim at a Mahwah hotel, authorities said. Gustavo R. Gonzalez, 24, of Middletown, NY committed an assault in his in his vehicle, then sexually assaulted and restrained the victim at the hotel while armed with an undisclosed weapon last Tuesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The victim escaped and dialed 911, but Gonzalez fled, Musella said. Mahwah police obtained warrants charging him with sexual assault, sexual contact, criminal restraint, making terrori…
Good Samaritans Rescue Child, 8, Being Molested On Passaic County Street Good Samaritans Rescue Child, 8, Being Molested On Passaic County Street
Good Samaritans Rescue Child, 8, Being Molested On Passaic County Street A pedophile grabbed an 8-year-old riding a scooter on a suburban Passaic County street and began fondling the child before two good Samaritans rushed to the rescue, authorities said. Juan Ixcotoyac-Tiu, 25, of Bloomingdale, restrained the child near the corner of Leary Avenue and Oak Street, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Bloomingdale Police Chief Joseph Borell said in a release. “Two citizens in the area intervened and contacted members of the Bloomingdale Police Department, who immediately arrived on the scene and took [Ixcotoyac-Tiu] into custody,” they said. Ixcotoyac-…
WILD CHASE: Thief Fleeing Paterson PD Crashes Sedan Stolen With Kid, 5, Inside WILD CHASE: Thief Fleeing Paterson PD Crashes Sedan Stolen With Kid, 5, Inside
Wild Chase: Thief Fleeing Paterson PD Crashes Sedan Stolen With Kid, 5, Inside A 17-year-old carjacker crashed while fleeing Paterson police in a sedan that he'd just stolen with a 5-year-old child inside, authorities said. The owner had left the 2010 Nissan Altima running, with the youngster inside, in front of the Goody II Chinese and Spanish restaurant on Union Avenue around 9 p.m. Monday, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. All available uniformed officers and detectives flooded the area in response to the call, Speziale said. Twenty minutes later, Lt. Louis Pacelli spotted the sedan behind Public School #5, he said. Seeing him, the teen driver hit the g…
Girl Beaten, Held Captive At Gunpoint In Franklin Lakes Home By Passaic County Trio, Police Say Girl Beaten, Held Captive At Gunpoint In Franklin Lakes Home By Passaic County Trio, Police Say
Girl Beaten, Held Captive At Gunpoint In Franklin Lakes Home By Passaic County Trio, Police Say One suspect jumped from a second-floor window and two others were also arrested following a reported gunpoint assault on a teenage girl Sunday night in Franklin Lakes, authorities said. Detectives were still trying to sort out stories after an initial investigation found that two Passaic County men struck and threatened an underage girl taken to a McCoy Road home against her will, they said. Donte Aste, 21, of Paterson, and Ezequiel Diaz, 19, of Passaic were both charged with aggravated assault, criminal restraint and illegal possession of a .40-caliber Taurus handgun, Capt. John Bakelaar s…
Prosecutor: Hudson Ex-Con Tries To Sexually Assault Woman On Fort Lee Street Prosecutor: Hudson Ex-Con Tries To Sexually Assault Woman On Fort Lee Street
Prosecutor: Hudson Ex-Con Tries To Sexually Assault Woman On Fort Lee Street A floral deliveryman with a criminal history grabbed a woman on a Fort Lee Street and tried to drag her into an alley while fondling her, authorities said. The victim told police that a man later identified as ex-con Randy Gallman, 36, of Jersey City grabbed her as she walked and “touched on her intimate parts,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. She screamed and Gallman ran, she said. The woman told police she resumed walking toward Leonia when Gallman returned, grabbed her again and started dragging her toward an alley. She screamed once more, he ran off again and she dial…
Prosecutor: Little Ferry Man Rapes, Holds Woman Captive After Drugging Her Prosecutor: Little Ferry Man Rapes, Holds Woman Captive After Drugging Her
Prosecutor: Little Ferry Man Rapes, Holds Woman Captive After Drugging Her A Little Ferry man who authorities said raped a woman at a local hotel after drugging and holding her captive for several hours smiled for his mugshot when he was booked into the Bergen County Jail. Amaurie Hernandez, 36, slipped the victim a date rape drug during a rendezvous after previously meeting met her online, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Tuesday. She told borough police that she showed up for the meeting at the Capri Inn just off Route 46 and ended up ingesting “surreptitiously provided” drugs  that rendered her incoherent, Musella said. She eventually awoke, rea…
HEROES: Captive Woman Raped, Beaten Over Several Hours Rescued By Lodi Police HEROES: Captive Woman Raped, Beaten Over Several Hours Rescued By Lodi Police
Heroes: Captive Woman Raped, Beaten Over Several Hours Rescued By Lodi Police A horrific nightmare ended when Lodi police rescued a woman from a local criminal who authorities said held her against her will for several hours while raping and beating her. James McArow, 25, of Westervelt Place spent two months in the Bergen County Jail earlier this year for an incident last October when authorities said he stabbed two people. Lodi police got a 911 call Monday night that brought them to his backyard, where they found the victim hiding, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. She “had been held against her will and physically and sexually assaulted” by McArow, Musel…
Port Authority PD: Man Who Assaulted, Abducted Companion At Newark Airport Captured After Crash Port Authority PD: Man Who Assaulted, Abducted Companion At Newark Airport Captured After Crash
Port Authority PD: Man Who Assaulted, Abducted Companion At Newark Airport Captured After Crash Port Authority police captured a driver who they said assaulted a companion at Newark Airport, sped off with her and her friend in his SUV and then crashed. The incident began Thursday afternoon at the Terminal B arrivals area, Port Authority Media Relations Deputy Director Amber Greene said. Jason Strong, 30, of Staten Island, assaulted a woman, then sped off with her and her friend in the Cadillac SRX, which crashed along Meeker Avenue in Newark, Greene said. The 6-foot, 180-pound Strong -- who already was wanted on warrants -- took off on foot and was quickly captured, she said. Partic…
Police: Ex-Con Breaks In, Chokes Hackensack Ex-Girlfriend Twice In 19 Hours Police: Ex-Con Breaks In, Chokes Hackensack Ex-Girlfriend Twice In 19 Hours
Police: Ex-Con Breaks In, Chokes Hackensack Ex-Girlfriend Twice In 19 Hours A Paterson ex-con broke into his ex-girlfriend's Hackensack apartment and assaulted her twice in 19 hours, said police who arrested him. The victim had returned home at 3 a.m. Monday when she was grabbed in the dark hallway by Junior Dani Nunez, 29, who’d burglarized her Passaic Street apartment, Hackensack Police Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Nunez – who records show has a violent criminal history -- "put both hands around her neck, squeezed and let go only to punch her several times in the stomach," DeWitt said. The victim fled to a bedroom and locked the door. He was gone when she emerged s…
Lyndhurst PD: Union Township Man, 27, Choked Pregnant Woman Lyndhurst PD: Union Township Man, 27, Choked Pregnant Woman
Lyndhurst PD: Union Township Man, 27, Choked Pregnant Woman A Union Township man with a criminal history remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Monday after police said he choked a pregnant woman in Lyndhurst. Quadree Manderville, 27, and the victim – who is nearly nine months pregnant -- were at a birthday party Sunday when they got into a dispute, borough police said. Manderville choked her and threw her to the floor, after which she got her cellphone and dialed 911, they said. The woman, who is due next week, was briefly hospitalized for an evaluation before being released, police said. No one else was injured, they said. Manderville is ch…
STANDOFF: Victim Escapes, SWAT Team Captures Barricaded Man With Knife In Hackensack Apartment STANDOFF: Victim Escapes, SWAT Team Captures Barricaded Man With Knife In Hackensack Apartment
Standoff: Victim Escapes, SWAT Team Captures Barricaded Man With Knife In Hackensack Apartment A standoff of several hours ended before dawn Saturday when a Bergen County Regional SWAT team captured a man who police said threatened a woman with a knife at a Hackensack high-rise The 28-year-old victim, who'd been held against her will, was hospitalized with minor injuries after she escaped, Lt. Ben Marino said. Arnel Reyes, 28, was also hospitalized in police custody after the tactical unit burst into Quail Heights Apartments unit on Prospect Street and pepper-sprayed him shortly before 4 a.m. Police got the call around 11:30 p.m. and found Reyes barricaded in the apartment, Marino s…
Suspect In Maplewood Double Killing Arrested Suspect In Maplewood Double Killing Arrested
Suspect In Maplewood Double Killing Arrested Au pairs have started a fundraiser to help with funeral expenses for Karen L. Bermudez-Rodriguez. Click here to find out more.  Authorities arrested an Elizabeth man and charged him with the murders of a Maplewood man and a live-in nanny who worked for his family, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said.  Police responded Saturday morning to a report of an assault near Walton Road and Jefferson Avenue. Karen L. Bermudez-Rodriguez, 26, was found critically injured on the street and was pronounced dead a short time later.  David Kimowitz, 40, was found inside a home and …