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Special Victims Unit
Englewood
Police & Fire
Undocumented Englewood Resident Becomes Second Charged With Child Sex Assault This Week
Federal immigration agents seized a 49-year-old Mexican national who local authorities said sexually assaulted a pre-teen in Englewood. Abel Garcia Landeros became the second undocumented immigrant living in the city who was charged with a child sex crime this week. SEE: Guatemalan National Held By Feds Charged With Raping Pre-Teen In Englewood Landeros was charged with sexual assault and child endangerment by Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella’s Special Victims Unit after city police arrested him in Englewood. He'd just been booked into the Bergen County Jail on Thursday, April 25 whe…
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park
Police & Fire
Bergen Widower, 91, Charged With Exposing Himself To Three Kids
A 91-year-old Saddle Brook widower was jailed Friday after authorities said he exposed himself to a trio of preteens. John Urso was booked into the Bergen County Jail on April 12 following his arrest on lewdness charges hours earlier, records show. The defendant "exposed themselves to students who were playing outside at Franklin School," Saddle Brook Schools Supt. Toni Violetti wrote in a message to the community. Violetti thanked staff at the K-6 school on Caldwell Avenue "for their quick response" and township police "for their swift investigation and decisive action." Bergen Cou…
Hackensack
Police & Fire
Hackensack Grade School Custodian, 76, Charged With Sexually Assaulting 9-Year-Old Girl
A 76-year-old custodian at a grade school in Hackensack was charged with sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl. Phillip A. Porter of Hackensack is accused of rubbing the child’s breasts and vagina and putting his penis in her mouth, according to a complaint filed in Superior Court. Special Victims Unit detectives arrested Porter on Monday, March 25, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He remained held Tuesday in the Bergen County Jail. Porter is charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault by contact and child endangerment. The 6-foot-3-inch, 165-pound Porter, formerly …
Fort Lee
Police & Fire
Man, 31, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen In Pal Park
A 31-year-old man living in Palisades Park was charged with sexually assaulting a pre-teen. Jorge Orrego-Garcia “sexually assaulted a juvenile under the age of 13 in Palisades Park…in the past,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Monday, March 25. Records show that Orrego-Garcia is accused of a pair of alleged sexual assaults in 2021. Detectives from Musella’s Special Victims Unit arrested Orrego-Garcia on Friday. He remained held Monday in the Bergen County Jail, charged with two counts each of sexual assault on a pre-teen and child endangerment through sexual conduct. Althou…
Bucks
Police & Fire
Kidnapped
: Thief Steals Car With PA Woman Sleeping Inside, Authorities Say
A 34-year-old woman was abducted when a thief stole the car she was sleeping in early Monday morning, March 4, according to Philadelphia police. It happened on the 800 block of East Allegheny Avenue in Kensington just before 2 a.m., the department said. Investigators believe the carjacker stole the silver 2012 Buick Verona and fled north on the 3200 block of G Street. The woman was found safe by 11 a.m., but the suspect is still sought, police said. He is described as thin with a light complexion and was wearing a mask, a black puffer coat with the hood up, and blac…
Pascack Valley
Police & Fire
Ex-Middle School Band Director In Bergen Charged With Sexual Touching
A Sussex County high school administrator had sexual contact multiple times with an underage student in Bergen County when he was a middle school band director there, authorities charged. Kurt Zimmerman, a 55-year-old married father of two, “engaged in sexual conduct” with a student between 13 and 17 years old both at Westwood Regional Middle School in Westwood and at Westwood Regional High School in Washington Township, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Zimmerman, of Rockaway, has worked since 2013 at Hopatcong High School, first as a band director for 10 years and then as coo…
Bucks
Police & Fire
Cash, Jewelry Stolen In Northeast Philly Home Invasion, Police Say
Philadelphia police are investigating a home invasion in Tacony. It began on the 6700 block of Ditman Street around 1 a.m., Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore told reporters at a press conference Friday, Feb. 23. A 41-year-old man was on his way home when he was "accosted" by five suspects who forced him to drive to a second location, authorities said. The man was forced to give up his house keys "and other information that he had," Vanore said. The suspects then returned to the man's house where they assaulted a 52-year-old woman and a 27-year-old man, according to …
Bucks
Police & Fire
Chilling Police Video Shows Woman Assaulted In Philadelphia: Authorities
Detectives are looking for a man caught on video assaulting a woman on a Philadelphia street. It happened just before 8 p.m. Sunday night, Feb. 11 on the 400 block of East Girard Avenue in Fishtown, city police said in a release. The suspect approached the 24-year-old victim from behind and made verbal threats before physically assaulting her, according to investigators. The man ran off when the woman began shouting. Daily Voice Pennsylvania The suspect is thought to be around 5-foot-10 to 6 feet and in his early 30s, police said. He has a "stocky" build, a dark comple…
Baltimore
Police & Fire
Man Accused Of Targeting Transgender Person Through Dating App: Baltimore County Police
A 22-year-old man has been accused of sexually assaulting a transgender person he targeted using a dating app in Maryland. Jalen Green was charged with first-degree rape, first-degree assault, armed robbery, weapons offenses, and other related charges, Baltimore County Police said Thursday, Feb. 15. Green used a dating app to target a member of the transgender community ahead of the assault, which police say occurred near the 3000 block of Putty Hill Avenue around 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11. He was being held without bond at the Baltimore County Detention Center. The Baltimore County Polic…
Hudson
Police & Fire
Man Sexually Assaulted 11-Year-Old In North Bergen: Prosecutor
A Hudson County man has been arrested for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old victim, authorities announced. Edgar Rompich-Ramos, 19, carried out the alleged crimes at a local home in 2023, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Rompich-Ramos was arrested on Feb. 9 and charged with aggravated sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child/facilitating child sex abuse material, and endangering the welfare of a child. He was being held at the Hudson County Correctional Facility pending his first court appearance. The State has filed a motion for detention in this matter, which …
Delaware
Police & Fire
Dad Who Left 3-Month-Old Infant Girl At Pennsylvania Walmart Turns Himself In, Police Say
A dad has turned himself over to the police in connection with a 3-month-old baby girl who was found at a Walmart in Philadelphia following a "theft in progress," police announced on Friday evening. Alganon H. Muhammed, 22, originally of Concord Township, Delaware County, PA, most recently of Delaware, according to public records, "surrendered to police on January 26th," PPD stated in a release. He reportedly was one of the two Black men with a white woman who were allegedly shoplifting at the Walmart located at 4301 Byberry Road on Thursday, Jan. 18, authorities said. When the secur…
Somerset
Police & Fire
Manville Woman Tried Killing Child: Prosecutor
A New Jersey woman has been charged with trying to kill a child, authorities announced. Alfonsina Anguita, 21, of Manville, became the center of an investigation after a 3-year-old child was hospitalized on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. The child had signs of physical abuse and strangulation, McDonald said alongside Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives Francisco Roman Jr., and Manville Borough Police Department Officer-In-Charge Lieutenant Craig Jeremiah. "Further medical examination revealed patterns and …
Bergenfield
Police & Fire
Freed Pedophile Produced Homemade Child Porn, Bergen Prosecutor Says
A computer tech from Dumont who'd been freed pending trial after authorities charged him with sexually assaulting an underage teen was rearrested after authorities said they found homemade child porn. Coswayne Donald, 44, “used his cellular phone to manufacture and possess items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit pubescent children,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Wednesday, Jan. 10. Detectives from Musella’s Special Victims Unit originally arrested Donald on first-degree aggravated sexual assault charges last June. The prosecutor said at the time that the married defen…
Pascack Valley
Police & Fire
Coach From Nutley Awaiting Trial In Lodi Couple's Auto Deaths Charged With Child Sex Crimes
A youth strength and conditioning coach from Nutley who'd remained free while awaiting trial in the deaths of a couple in a horrific early-morning crash outside their Lodi home exposed a child in Bergen County to sexual conduct, authorities charged. Bergen County Prosecutor Musella announced the arrest of Donald Kumar Davis, 33, without specifying the actions he’s accused of. He did say two instances allegedly involved a child in Washington Township and a third involved a child in Wyckoff. New Jersey statutes define the charges listed in jail records against Davis as involving exposing or…
Cliffside Park-Edgewater
Police & Fire
Car Wash Attendant From Hudson Charged With Sexually Assaulting Bergen Pre-Teen
A Union City car wash attendant sexually assaulted a pre-teen in Fairview multiple times, authorities charged. Cesar Ixcoy-Perez, 35, was arrested on Tuesday, Dec. 19, and charged with assaulting the victim twice in November 2020, jail records show. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said detectives from his Special Victims Unit discovered two assaults after being alerted by Fairview police earlier this month. Ixcoy-Perez, who’s listed in jail records as a Guatemalan national living in Union City, was charged with two counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, as well as lesser c…
Hackensack
Police & Fire
Bergen Prosecutor's Lieutenant Charged With Stealing Coke, Fentanyl From Evidence
A Bergen County prosecutor’s lieutenant stole cocaine and potentially deadly fentanyl from his department's evidence room, then tried to return the drugs in “substantially different” condition after superiors got wise, state authorities charged. Kevin T. Matthew, 47, of Cedar Grove, apparently was selling the drugs based on what was a series of cash deposits under $10,000 each at various banks to try and slide past federal reporting requirements, Attorney General Matthew Platkin said on Tuesday, Dec. 19. Two razor blades were also found in Matthew’s office at the BCPO, the attorney general …
Hackensack
Police & Fire
Update
: Car Wash Attendant Charged With Sexually Assaulting Underage Teen In Hackensack
Federal immigration officials placed a detainer on a car wash attendant living in Hackensack who’s accused of sexually assaulting an underage teen. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said members of his Special Victims Unit seized Hector Angel Tangamasi-Shique, 31, on Friday, Dec. 15, after being alerted by Hackensack police of alleged assaults on a victim under 16. He was charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault and two lesser counts each of aggravated criminal sexual contact and child endangerment – one through sexual conduct and the other through abuse, records show. Then …
Cliffside Park-Edgewater
Police & Fire
Fugitive
Sought
: Accused Pedophile Living In Cliffside Wanted For Assaulting Fairview Pre-Teen
A 52-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a pre-teen in Fairview multiple times fled the country and has been in Guatemala for at least the past few months, a reliable source told Daily Voice. Detectives obtained a warrant for the arrest of Bernardo Velazco, a single and unemployed Guatemalan national who had been living in Cliffside Park when the assaults allegedly occurred. He is considered a fugitive from justice, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Monday, Dec. 18. Fairview police alerted members of the prosecutor's Special Victims Unit after the alleged assaults …
Northern Highlands
Police & Fire
Mover From Waldwick Charged With Teen Sexual Assault
A longtime moving company warehouse manager from Waldwick was jailed on charges of sexually assaulting an underage teen, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Ryan Malillo, 37, “sexually assaulted a child between the ages of 13 and 16 in Waldwick,” Musella said on Friday, Nov. 1. Malillo was arrested on Thursday and charged with aggravated sexual assault and child endangerment following an investigation by detectives from Musella’s Special Victims Unit and Waldwick police, the prosecutor said. The Glen Rock native, who has two children of his own and has worked for the same Mahwah mo…
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park
Police & Fire
Saddle Brook Stock Clerk, 20, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen
A 20-year-old stock clerk from Saddle Brook was charged with sexually assaulting a pre-teen. Yabniel Andres Martinez Lebron remained held in the Bergen County Jail over the weekend pending an upcoming first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. A joint investigation with Saddle Brook police began, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said, after the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency contacted his Special Victims Unit on Friday, Nov. 17. Detectives arrested Martinez Lebron that day on charges of aggravated sexual assault of a victim under 13 years …
Hackensack
Police & Fire
Underage Teen Sexually Assaulted In Rochelle Park, Hackensack, Arrest Made, Prosecutor Says
An unemployed man living in Rochelle Park remained jailed following his arrest on charges of sexually assaulting an underage teen multiple times. Luis Zumba Chablay, 42, raped and otherwise sexually assaulted the victim, who was no more than 16, both in Rochelle Park and Hackensack, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Rochelle Park police subsequently alerted detectives from the prosecutor's Special Victims Unit, who arrested Chablay on Saturday, Oct. 21. They charged Chablay with five counts of aggravated sexual assault, two counts each of sexual assault and criminal sexual contac…
Delaware
Police & Fire
Delco Probationer Nabbed As 'Stranger Rapist' In Philadelphia: Police
The man police believe raped and robbed two victims in Philadelphia has been arrested the police announced on Sunday, Oct. 22. Michael Henry, 30, has been charged with rape, robbery, kidnapping, aggravated assault, tampering or fabricating evidence, among 22 charges, according to his latest court docket. As Daily Voice reported, Henry approached a woman in a car on 55th and Kingsessing Avenue around 3 a.m. on Oct. 13. He pointed a small black handgun at her and demanded money, according to her statement to the police. The woman gave Henry $20 before he ordered the woman to unloc…
Delaware
Police & Fire
'Stranger Rapes' At Gunpoint In Philadelphia, Police Say
One man is believed to have carried out two separate gunpoint rapes in Kingsessing over the weekend, Philadelphia police announced on Tuesday, Oct. 17. The first attack happened at 3 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14, authorities said. A woman was pulled up at a stop light on the 1600 block of South 55th Street when the attacker walked up to her car, displayed a gun, and demanded money, investigators said. She gave him $20 before he made her unlock the car and got inside, according to police. Authorities said he made the victim drive to 49th and St. Bernard streets where he sexual…
New Haven
Police & Fire
New Haven Woman Assaulted While Jogging By Man Who Escaped Capture, Police Say
A 38-year-old Connecticut woman who was jogging early in the morning was assaulted by a man who approached with a gun. The incident occurred in New Haven around 6:15 a.m. in the area of Yale and Edgewood Avenues. According to Sgt. Cherelle Carr of the New Haven Police, the victim was jogging when the unknown man approached her with a firearm and attempted to force her into a nearby wooded area and struck her in the face. The victim was able to flee the area and return home. The suspect ran into Edgewood Park, Carr said. The victim was treated by American Medical Response personnel for min…
Burlington
Police & Fire
South Jersey Teacher Charged With Sexually Touching Multiple Students: Prosecutor
A special education teacher at an elementary school in Burlington County has been charged with sexually touching seven students, authorities said. Vincent Root, 58, of Philadelphia, was charged with seven counts of sexual assault and seven counts of child endangerment at Chatsworth Elementary School, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw Root was taken into custody Thursday, Oct. 12 at the Prosecutor’s Office in Mount Holly and held in Burlington County Jail pending a detention hearing in Superior Court. District officials said Root has been placed on admi…
Englewood
Police & Fire
Accused Sex Abuser Of Englewood Child Re-Arrested After 2nd Victim Comes Forward: Prosecutor
A carpenter from Clifton who was released after being arrested on child sex assault charges out of Englewood has been charged with victimizing a second youngster. Esmond Nimblett, 49, was taken into custody on Aug. 3 for two alleged sex assaults in Englewood on a victim between 13 and 16 years old on July 22, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella Nimblett spent 11 days in the Bergen County Jail before a judge in Hackensack released him, with conditions, on Aug. 14, records show. Detectives from Musella’s Special Victims Unit continued their investigation, however, and discovered that Nimbl…
Paramus
Police & Fire
Pedo
File
: Ecuadorian National Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teens In Paramus
A 53-year-old Ecuadorian national who lives in Paramus sexually assaulted two pre-teens in the borough multiple times, authorities charged. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said detectives from his Special Victims Unit began investigating Edison Pro, who works as a handyman, after being contacted by the state Division of Child Protection & Permanency a month ago. A joint probe with Paramus police led to various charges of sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual contact and child endangerment, the prosecutor said on Thursday, Sept. 21. Pro was arrested in Paramus on Wednesday an…
Hackensack
Police & Fire
Salesman From Little Ferry Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen
A sales associate from Little Ferry was charged with sexually assaulting a pre-teen, authorities confirmed. Rhuellah Riley, 24, “sexually assaulted the child in Little Ferry, NJ between the years 2020 and 2023,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Little Ferry police alerted Musella’s Special Victims Unit to the allegations on July 17, the prosecutor said. A joint investigation led to Riley’s arrest last Thursday, Sept. 7, on charges of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, sexual assault child endangerment, he said. Riley has remained held in the Bergen County Jail since the…
South Passaic
Police & Fire
Teacher's Aide At Paterson Charter School Charged With Sending Sex Pic To Young Student
A teacher’s aide and soccer coach at a Paterson charter school sent a sexually explicit photo to a 14-year-old student, authorities charged. Favio Martell of Garfield, who worked at the Paterson Arts & Sciences Charter School, remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Thursday, Sept. 7, following his arrest the day before. Martell, who turns 30 next Wednesday, is charged with child endangerment. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-in-Charge Isa Abbassi said Special Victims Unit detectives with the prosecutor’s office conducted interviews …
Middlesex NJ
Police & Fire
Edison Middle School Teacher Busted With Child Porn: Prosecutor
An Edison Township Middle School teacher has been charged with possessing child pornography, authorities said. Julius Coaccioli, 55, was arrested Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, without incident at his home in Woodbridge Township, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Director Robert Hubner of the Woodbridge Police Department. After receiving a cyber tip from the New Jersey State Police, an investigation was commenced by Detective Ken McGarry of the Internet Crimes Against Children Unit and Detective Stephanie Redline of the Special Victim’s Unit of the Middlesex Cou…
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park
Police & Fire
Lab Tech Charged With Assaulting Pre-Teen: Bergen Prosecutor
An accused child abuser from Saddle Brook had just been booked into the Bergen County Jail when a judge in Hackensack released him, records show. Victor Morales, a 32-year-old lab tech, “physically assaulted a child under the age of 13 years old who was in his care,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Saddle Brook police alerted his Special Victims Unit detectives to the child abuse report on Tuesday, Aug. 22, the prosecutor said. They took Morales into custody, then charged him with aggravated assault and child endangerment, Musella said. Morales was booked into the county jail …
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