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Police & Fire
Former Warren County Man Gets 8 Years In Prison For Sexually Assaulting Kids 6, 10
A former Warren County man was sentenced to eight years in state prison for sexually assaulting two children, authorities said Tuesday. Herman Quintana was found guilty of sexually assaulting the kids between March 2015 and September 2016 in Phillipsburg, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said. It is not clear how he knew them. Quintana, of Easton, PA, was later convicted of three counts each of sexual assault on a victim under the age of 13 and endangering the welfare of a child, authorities said. Superior Court Judge H. Matthew Curry sentenced Quintana to eight years in pri…
Police & Fire
Franklin Woman Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Teen
A Franklin woman is accused of sexually assaulting a juvenile, authorities said. Crystal Seidner, 38, was arrested after authorities received a tip that the teen -- between ages 13 and 16 -- was assaulted at a local home in November 2018, Franklin police said. Seidner was charged with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. She was processed and released in accordance with the New Jersey bail reform act, pending an appearance in Sussex County Superior Court.
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Deadlocked Jurors End Child Sex Assault Trial Of Upper Saddle River Business Owner
The child sex assault trial of a former construction company owner from Upper Saddle River ended with jurors in Hackensack unable to reach a verdict. Bergen County prosecutors said they will seek a new trial against Louis Tantillo, 55, following the mistrial. The jury of eight men and four women began deliberating Tuesday morning. Early Wednesday, they told Superior Court Judge Robert M. Vinci they didn't think they could reach the required unanimous decision. After a few more hours of deliberations, the judge accepted the deadlock. This comes after judges previously dismissed two indic…
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Jersey City Pastor Gets 8 Years For Sexually Assaulting 10-Year-Old Church Member
A Jersey City pastor accused of groping three people was sentenced to eight years in prison for sexually assaulting one of them -- a 10-year-old girl and member of his church, authorities in Hudson County said. Orlando Martinez-Chavez, 48, was also sentenced by Hudson County Superior Court Judge Patrick Arre to 18 months for criminal sexual contact against a second victim, as well as five years for endangering the welfare of a child for the third victim. The sentences will run concurrent to the eight-year sentence. The father of three and former pastor of Iglesia Pentecostal Lirio de los…
Police & Fire
Repo Driver Tows East Orange Car With Baby Inside
A baby girl was returned safely to her family after a repo driver towed her dad's car not realizing she was inside in East Orange Wednesday. The 1-year-old was left in the car by her father, who had ran back inside the house to grab her bottle, ABC7 reports. When he went back to the car, it was gone -- as was his daughter. The frantic father called police and his wife thinking his car had been stolen. Authorities located the repo driver near border in Newark and returned the baby back to her family, after she was checked as a precaution at the hospital. The dad's wife told Eyewitness New…
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Police: Driver Who Hit Paterson Toddler Eludes Pursuit
A driver whose car struck a toddler in downtown Paterson eluded pursuing police on busy city streets Thursday afternoon before abandoning the vehicle, authorities said. The white BMW struck the youngster on Main Street shortly before 1 p.m. and sped off, city Police Director Jerry Speziale said. The child sustained some cuts and bruises but wasn’t seriously injured, Speziale said. Responding to the hit-and-run alert, New Jersey State Police began pursuing the sedan before being joined by responding city units, the director said. They had to pull back because of the potential danger to civ…
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Services Set For Boonton Girl, 11, Whose Mom Admitted Giving Her Unprescribed Drugs
A Boonton mom was charged after admitting she gave unprescribed drugs to her daughter, who was found dead next to a bottle of medication, documents show. Police responding to a report of a deceased child Monday night found Shay Mooney's 11-year-old daughter Wade Richardson unresponsive, ABC7 reports. Mooney gave the girl 10 milliliters of Oxycodone, Seroquel and other medications from her own prescriptions in an attempt to treat pain caused by a medical condition they both share, the mom told police. The affidavit says Mooney's apartment was in "serious disarray" with syringes, pill bottle…
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: Former Mendham Boarding School Students Accuse Headmaster Of Sex Abuse
Two people have filed lawsuits under new state legislation alleging the headmaster of a now-defunct Mendham boarding school for students with special needs sexually abused them in the 1980s. James Schwartz and an unnamed plaintiff say former Chartwell Manor School headmaster Terence Lynch is unfit to work with children and failed to report the abuse to law enforcement, the DailyRecord reports. The alleged victims say in the suits the abuse they suffered at the boarding school -- which closed in 1984 -- caused them to suffer from emotional pain to this day, to which they are in counseling an…
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Englewood Resident, 26, Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Child In Palisades Park
An Englewood man faces several charges related to the sexual assault of a preteen child, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office said Thursday. Malik Bell, 26, was accused of assaulting the child Nov. 17 in Palisades Park. Palisades Park police referred the allegation to the prosecutor's Special Victims Unit and assisted in the investigation of Bell. He was arrested Wednesday and charged with several offenses, including aggravated sexual assault, attempted aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault by sexual contact and endangering the welfare of a child. He was being held a…
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East Orange Police Sergeant Sexually Assaulted Kids: Prosecutor
A sergeant on the East Orange police force who has been active in volunteer youth sports leagues faces multiple charges for sex crimes against two children, the Union County Prosecutor's Office said Wednesday. Union County authorities were asked by their counterparts in Essex County to launch an investigation into Sgt. Edward Giles, 59, who has been with the East Orange force for 30 years, a Union County spokesman said in a statement. The incidents for which he has been charged occurred at Giles' home on West 4th Street in Roselle, authorities also said. Giles, a community resou…
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Authorities: Georgia Dad Who Fled To Alpine With Kidnapped Son, 6, Expected To Surrender
A father who fled to Bergen County from Georgia with his 6-year-old son earlier this year was expected to surrender on Thursday, following a police search Wednesday night that ended with the boy safe at a relative’s home in Alpine, authorities said. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office pinged the father’s cellphone Wednesday night at first to Closter Plaza, then to Closter Dock Road and Anderson Avenue in Alpine and, finally, to Hemlock Drive, responders said. The dad -- whose identity was temporarily being withheld pending his surrender -- told the boy’s mother that he was taking him to visi…
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Jersey City Teacher’s Kids Confronted Her Over Having Sex With Student: Report
The young teen children of a Jersey City substitute teacher accused of sleeping with a student who's about their age confronted her about the relationship last month, The New York Post reported. Authorities say Elyse Castillo, 45, began having sex with the now 14-year-old student last year in her Jersey City home. She was arrested Sept. 3 on charges including aggravated sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. In August, according to court documents, Castillo’s children, aged 13 and 14, got into an argument with her that was so heated the children’s father called family servi…
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