Westwood Band Teacher Who Sexually Abused Students Gives Up Licenses, Eyes Parole In 7 Months
A former New Jersey music teacher and school administrator, incarcerated for sexually assaulting at least two students, has given up his teaching certifications with the force of a revocation, state officials confirmed.
Kurt E. Zimmermann, 56, a father of two from Rockaway, was ordered to relinquish his Teacher of Music certificate and Principal Certificate of Eligibility at a June 26 meeting of the New Jersey State Board of Examiners, according to the board’s formal order.
As of press time, Zimmermann was incarcerated in Bayside State Prison and will be eligible for parole in March 2026, t…
Center City Sex Assault Suspect Caught After Attacking 5 Women: Philadelphia Police
UPDATE: A man accused of ambushing five women in Center City has been apprehended, Philadelphia police announced on Wednesday, Aug. 6.
Dynel Walker, wanted in a string of sexual assaults that terrorized women across the 9th and 17th Districts, was captured after a two-week manhunt, police said.
Walker was identified as the suspect in five separate attacks between Friday, July 18, and Sunday, Aug. 3, all occurring in early morning or overnight hours and sharing the same pattern — victims approached from behind and sexually assaulted.
July 18, 6:40 a.m. — 19XX Spruce St: A woman walking her…
‘Do You Want Him To Live?’: Montgomery County Gunman Raped Woman At Gunpoint In Cold Case
A Maryland man will serve more than two decades behind bars after DNA evidence linked him to a horrifying cold case rape and armed robbery that left a couple traumatized in Montgomery County.
James Lorenzo Greene, 49, of Fairmount Heights, was sentenced on Thursday, July 31, to life in prison, with all but 23 years suspended, for first-degree rape stemming from an attack on Walker’s Choice Road in Gaithersburg on July 26, 2000, authorities announced.
According to charging documents, a man and woman were walking around 1:55 a.m. that morning, when they were approached from behind by a man ho…
Child Sex Assault Charges Spark Re-Arrest Of Pottstown Out Under Sanctuary Policies By ICE
A man accused of sexually assaulting a child was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Pottstown days after Montgomery County officials released him under sanctuary policies, ICE announced on Tuesday, July 29.
Oscar Adalberto Penate, 56, a citizen of El Salvador, was taken into custody on Sunday, July 27, by ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations Philadelphia, Homeland Security Investigations Philadelphia, and IRS Philadelphia.
Penate had been arrested on Tuesday, July 22, by Pottstown Township Police and charged with multiple felonies, including involuntary deviate sexu…
Bensalem Man Molests 12-Year-Old Girl, Gets State Prison Sentence: DA
A Bensalem man who molested a 12-year-old girl has been sentenced to state prison more than two decades after the abuse, prosecutors announced on Monday, July 21, 2025.
Sean R. Greer, 42, admitted to molesting the child during incidents between May and October 2002, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office said.
Greer was sentenced to 21 to 44 months in a state correctional facility, followed by a consecutive five-year probationary period, according to Common Pleas Judge Charissa J. Liller.
The investigation began in May 2002 after a referral about Greer’s sexual assault of the girl, Be…
Fugitive: North Plainfield Man Charged With Sexual Assault At Large, Prosecutor Says
A 45-year-old North Plainfield man wanted for sexual assault is at large, authorities announced Tuesday, July 29.
On Sunday, July 20 at 2:07 a.m., officers responded to a woman who said she was sexually assaulted by a man while walking home on Manning Avenue in North Plainfield, Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives Francisco Roman Jr., and North Plainfield Chief of Police Alan McKay said.
The woman attempted to flee but the suspect, later identified as Oscar Vasquez Barraza, caught up to her and sexually assaulted her…
