Teaneck, NJ
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UPDATE: 'Chopped' Kosher Chef Jailed On New Child Sex Assault Charges Out Of Teaneck UPDATE: 'Chopped' Kosher Chef Jailed On New Child Sex Assault Charges Out Of Teaneck UPDATE: 'Chopped' Kosher Chef Jailed On New Child Sex Assault Charges Out Of Teaneck
Update: 'Chopped' Kosher Chef Jailed On New Child Sex Assault Charges Out Of Teaneck A kosher chef from Teaneck who appeared on the Food Network show "Chopped” was jailed after a grand jury in Hackensack indicted him on charges of sexually assaulting a child. Shalom "Sal" Yehudiel, 41, was arrested at JFK Airport last month when authorities said he tried to flee the country. He'd only just had previous child sex assault charges against him dismissed by a judge in Hackensack at the time. A new indictment charges Yehudiel with sexually assaulting a girl who was 14 and 15 twice in Teaneck between November 2016 and April 2017. Yehudiel -- now lives in Aventura, FL -- surr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Fired Wayne Officer Claiming Retaliation, Sexual Harassment Seeks Reinstatement Fired Wayne Officer Claiming Retaliation, Sexual Harassment Seeks Reinstatement Fired Wayne Officer Claiming Retaliation, Sexual Harassment Seeks Reinstatement
Fired Wayne Officer Claiming Retaliation, Sexual Harassment Seeks Reinstatement A former Wayne police officer said she was fired for filing a sexual harassment lawsuit. Now, she wants her job back. In her most recent lawsuit filed in Passaic County Superior Court Friday, Aug. 2, Christie Ohlendorf is seeking to have her job restored. Ohlendorf says she's been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression, related to being a female police officer in Wayne. "Our client was illegally terminated at her internal affairs hearing as direct retaliation for her filing her civil lawsuit as against Wayne," the former officer's attorney, Patrick Toscano sai…

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by Sam Barron
Arlington, VA
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Serial Sexual Abuser On The Loose In Northeast DC: MPD Serial Sexual Abuser On The Loose In Northeast DC: MPD Serial Sexual Abuser On The Loose In Northeast DC: MPD
Serial Sexual Abuser On The Loose In Northeast DC: MPD Police in Washington, DC are attempting to locate a man who got inappropriate with at least three people on Wednesday morning Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department issued an alert on Thursday afternoon as they attempt to track down a suspect who allegedly engaged in unwanted sexual contact with victims in three separate places within a half hour in Northwest DC. The incidents were reported:  At approximately 9 a.m. in the 100 block of Michigan Avenue NE; At approximately 9:18 a.m. in the 2400 block of 4th Street NW; At approximately 9:25 a.m. at the intersection of 6th S…

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by Zak Failla
Yorktown, NY
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Gas Station Attendant Touches 16-Year-Old Inappropriately In Yorktown: Police Gas Station Attendant Touches 16-Year-Old Inappropriately In Yorktown: Police Gas Station Attendant Touches 16-Year-Old Inappropriately In Yorktown: Police
Gas Station Attendant Touches 16-Year-Old Inappropriately In Yorktown: Police A 24-year-old gas station employee faces charges after allegedly inappropriately touching a 16-year-old customer in Northern Westchester, police said.  The incident happened on Wednesday, July 26 just before 9:30 p.m., when Yorktown Police were notified that a 16-year-old victim had been touched inappropriately, the department announced on Tuesday, Aug. 8.  Officers then met with the girl's mother and began an investigation into the incident, which allegedly happened at the Xtra Fuel gas station at 1917 Commerce St.  According to police, this investigation revealed that…

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by Ben Crnic
Fort Lee, NJ
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Overserved Delta Passenger Gropes Girl, Mom On JFK Flight, Attendants Do Nothing: Lawsuit Overserved Delta Passenger Gropes Girl, Mom On JFK Flight, Attendants Do Nothing: Lawsuit Overserved Delta Passenger Gropes Girl, Mom On JFK Flight, Attendants Do Nothing: Lawsuit
Overserved Delta Passenger Gropes Girl, Mom On JFK Flight, Attendants Do Nothing: Lawsuit A Delta Air Lines passenger downed at least 10 vodkas and a glass of wine before groping a 16-year-old girl and her mother during a nine-hour flight from JFK Airport to Greece, a lawsuit alleges. Flight attendants “blatantly ignored” the situation, then let the abuser leave the plane when it landed in Athens without notifying the authorities, says the suit filed in the U.S. Eastern District of New York Court in Brooklyn. The unidentified predator -- who claimed to be from Connecticut -- put his hands on the girl, made obscene gestures and pressed her for her address and other personal detai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Allentown, PA
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PA Police Chief Accused Of Harassing Female Cop In Sex Harassment Training: Court Docs PA Police Chief Accused Of Harassing Female Cop In Sex Harassment Training: Court Docs PA Police Chief Accused Of Harassing Female Cop In Sex Harassment Training: Court Docs
PA Police Chief Accused Of Harassing Female Cop In Sex Harassment Training: Court Docs A former Lehigh Township police officer is suing the municipality and the police chief for alleged sexual harassment in the workplace, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  Jessica Edwards of Center Valley filed a suit against Lehigh Township and its top cop, Chief Scott Fogel, in the US District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania on June 26, legal filings show.  According to the complaint, Edwards joined as "the department’s first and only (...) female police officer" in February 2018, and during her first year "was seemingly taken under the wing of Chief Fogel." As time wen…

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by Mac Bullock
Harrison, NY
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Harrison Fire Department Discriminated Against Female Member, Must Pay Her $425K: Feds Harrison Fire Department Discriminated Against Female Member, Must Pay Her $425K: Feds Harrison Fire Department Discriminated Against Female Member, Must Pay Her $425K: Feds
Harrison Fire Department Discriminated Against Female Member, Must Pay Her $425K: Feds As the result of a settled federal civil rights lawsuit, a town and fire department in Westchester have been ordered to pay a former female member one of the largest-ever payments by a municipality in an employment discrimination case brought on behalf of a single person, officials said.  The payment is a result of a settled federal civil rights lawsuit that alleged the town of Harrison and the Harrison Fire Department discriminated against a former female firefighter, Angela Bommarito, based on her sex and failed to take disciplinary action against a male firefighter who even…

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by Ben Crnic
Kingston, NY
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Sexual Comments To Child: Man From Hudson Valley Charged Sexual Comments To Child: Man From Hudson Valley Charged Sexual Comments To Child: Man From Hudson Valley Charged
Sexual Comments To Child: Man From Hudson Valley Charged A man from the region has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child after allegedly making inappropriate sexual comments. Ulster County resident Daryl C. Scheringer, age 73, of Wawarsing, was charged on Saturday, June 17 in the town of Napanoch. Scheringer was arrested after New York State Police responded to a home on Nappy Lane for a report of a verbal dispute, said Trooper Steven Nevel. The investigation revealed that Scheringer was involved in a verbal altercation with someone after they discovered that he contacted an 11-year-old child and made inappropriate sexual comments…

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by Kathy Reakes
Franklin Township, NJ
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Suspended NJ Police Chief Indicted As Sexual Predator, New Charges Added: State AG Suspended NJ Police Chief Indicted As Sexual Predator, New Charges Added: State AG Suspended NJ Police Chief Indicted As Sexual Predator, New Charges Added: State AG
Suspended NJ Police Chief Indicted As Sexual Predator, New Charges Added: State AG A local New Jersey police chief who’d already been charged with sexually preying on women is facing new allegations, the state’s top cop announced on Tuesday. Following his suspension amid sexual assault allegations, Manville Police Chief Thomas Herbst wrongfully held onto his badge, then displayed it as if was still on active duty to a police officer who’d pulled him over late this past January, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. The charge was contained in an eight-count indictment returned by a state grand jury that focused mostly on what the attorney general called “sexually pred…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Massapequa, NY
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Public Lewdness In Front Of Teen: Officers Search For Long Island Suspect Public Lewdness In Front Of Teen: Officers Search For Long Island Suspect Public Lewdness In Front Of Teen: Officers Search For Long Island Suspect
Public Lewdness In Front Of Teen: Officers Search For Long Island Suspect Police are asking for the community’s help identifying and locating a man who performed a lewd act in front of a teenage girl. The incident occurred in Uniondale on Friday, May 12 at approximately 3:10 p.m., according to Nassau County police. The victim, a 16-year-old girl, was walking along Henry Street near First Place when a man in a dark blue four-door Mercedes sedan pulled up next to her. According to police, the man tried to start a conversation with the girl while he sat in the car, and when she looked into the car window, he began performing a lewd act. Afraid, the girl reported…

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by Sophie Grieser
Middletown, NJ
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Jersey Shore Man Admits Offensive Touching, Prosecutor Says Jersey Shore Man Admits Offensive Touching, Prosecutor Says Jersey Shore Man Admits Offensive Touching, Prosecutor Says
Jersey Shore Man Admits Offensive Touching, Prosecutor Says A Tinton Falls man has admitted to endangering the welfare of a minor at The Boondocks Fishery in Red Bank, where they previously worked together, authorities said. Trinidad Mendez-Romero, 32, pleaded guilty on Wednesday May 3, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago. Mendez-Romero also pleaded guilty to disorderly persons, harassment and offensive touching, Santiago said. Mendez-Romero admitted that while working together, he touched the victim on her breasts in an offensive manner, Santiago said. The case involved multiple incidents of sexual cont…

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by Jon Craig
Massapequa, NY
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Long Island ‘Deepfake’ Porn Producer Sentenced Long Island ‘Deepfake’ Porn Producer Sentenced Long Island ‘Deepfake’ Porn Producer Sentenced
Long Island ‘Deepfake’ Porn Producer Sentenced A Long Island man was sentenced to time behind bars and now must register as a sex offender for creating and sharing "deepfaked" sexually explicit content of women when they were underage. Seaford resident Patrick Carey, age 22, will serve six months in jail and spend 10 years on probation for publishing this information, as well as encouraging others to harass those whose pictures he uploaded, the Nassau County District Attorney announced on Tuesday, April 18. The charges against Carey allege that from September 2019 to just a few hours before his arrest in September 2021, he took images o…

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by Sophie Grieser