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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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NJ Man Charged With Killing 3-Month-Old Daughter NJ Man Charged With Killing 3-Month-Old Daughter
NJ Man Charged With Killing 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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PD: Mom Leaves Child Alone In Car Outside NJ Walmart, Assaults Police PD: Mom Leaves Child Alone In Car Outside NJ Walmart, Assaults Police
PD: Mom Leaves Child Alone In Car Outside NJ Walmart, Assaults Police 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