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Feds: NJ Family Services Caseworker Busted With Child Porn Tried To Traffic Minor For Sex Feds: NJ Family Services Caseworker Busted With Child Porn Tried To Traffic Minor For Sex
Feds: NJ Family Services Caseworker Busted With Child Porn Tried To Traffic Minor For Sex UPDATE: A now-former New Jersey child services worker who was busted on child porn charges at Newark Airport nearly a year ago also tried to traffic a minor for prostitution, federal authorities said they've learned. Trent Collier, a 56-year-old onetime "family service specialist" for the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency, had arrived on a flight from the Dominican Republic last October when images of child pornography were found on his cellphone, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. "One image depicts a fully nude prepubescent boy and fully nude prepubescent girl on…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bergen County Man Charged With Murdering 3-Month-Old Daughter Bergen County Man Charged With Murdering 3-Month-Old Daughter
Bergen County Man Charged With Murdering 3-Month-Old Daughter A North Arlington man was charged with murder in the death of his and his fiancée’s 3-month-old daughter. Aaron Medrano, 27, initially was charged with aggravated assault and released on Dec. 30, 2021, a week after the child was brought to Hackensack University Medical Center with several injuries. Baby Giovanna died last Wednesday, Jan. 5, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Medrano was re-arrested on Tuesday, this time on first-degree murder charges, the prosecutor said.  He was in custody Wednesday at New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus pending a first appearance in Centr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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PD: Mom Assaults Female Officer After Leaving Child Alone In Car Outside Walmart PD: Mom Assaults Female Officer After Leaving Child Alone In Car Outside Walmart
PD: Mom Assaults Female Officer After Leaving Child Alone In Car Outside Walmart A woman who left her 4-year-old child alone in a car in a handicapped spot outside the Walmart in Garfield was jailed after kicking a police officer, authorities said. Officer Marlene Martinez found the unattended youngster in a rear child seat, with the driver's side door unlocked, after not seeing a handicapped placard shortly after 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Capt. Richard Uram said. Martinez was trying to locate a parent when Latoya N. Williams-Edwards, 32, of Hollis, Queens walked up, said she'd left the youngster alone and then got into her and drove off, Uram said. The officer activated her…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'Horrible Conditions:' Parents Busted Smoking Crack Near Toddlers In Warren County Hotel 'Horrible Conditions:' Parents Busted Smoking Crack Near Toddlers In Warren County Hotel
'Horrible Conditions:' Parents Busted Smoking Crack Near Toddlers In Warren County Hotel Two toddlers were found living in “horrible conditions” in a Warren County hotel with their parents, who were allegedly using a slew of hard drugs in their presence with at least eight other adults, authorities said. Officers in Mansfield Township conducted a welfare check at the Quality Inn in Hackettstown around 3 p.m. Wednesday after receiving a report of 10 adults smoking crack cocaine in front of two small children the night before, police said. The 42-year-old father from Phillipsburg hid in the bathtub as officers arrived and was determined to be the subject of an NCIC warrant out of…

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by Valerie Musson