Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Police & Fire
Bergen Widower, 91, Charged With Exposing Himself To Three Kids Bergen Widower, 91, Charged With Exposing Himself To Three Kids
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…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Hackensack Grade School Custodian, 76, Charged With Sexually Assaulting 9-Year-Old Girl Hackensack Grade School Custodian, 76, Charged With Sexually Assaulting 9-Year-Old Girl
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 …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Police & Fire
Man, 31, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen In Pal Park Man, 31, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen In Pal Park
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…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
KIDNAPPED: Philly Thief Steals Car With Woman Sleeping Inside, Authorities Say KIDNAPPED: Philly Thief Steals Car With Woman Sleeping Inside, Authorities Say
Kidnapped: Philly Thief Steals Car With 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…

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by Mac Bullock
Pascack Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Ex-Middle School Band Director In Bergen Charged With Sexual Touching Ex-Middle School Band Director In Bergen Charged With Sexual Touching
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…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Cash, Jewelry Stolen In Northeast Philly Home Invasion, Police Say Cash, Jewelry Stolen In Northeast Philly Home Invasion, Police Say
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 …

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by Mac Bullock
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Chilling Police Video Shows Woman Assaulted In Philadelphia: Authorities Chilling Police Video Shows Woman Assaulted In Philadelphia: Authorities
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…

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by Mac Bullock
Towson, MD
Police & Fire
Man Accused Of Targeting Transgender Person Through Dating App In Maryland: Police Man Accused Of Targeting Transgender Person Through Dating App In Maryland: Police
Man Accused Of Targeting Transgender Person Through Dating App In Maryland: 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…

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by Daily Voice
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Man Sexually Assaulted 11-Year-Old In North Bergen: Prosecutor Man Sexually Assaulted 11-Year-Old In North Bergen: Prosecutor
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 …

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by Cecilia Levine
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
Police & Fire
Dad Who Left 3-Month-Old Infant Girl At Pennsylvania Walmart Turns Himself In, Police Say Dad Who Left 3-Month-Old Infant Girl At Pennsylvania Walmart Turns Himself In, Police Say
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…

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by Jillian Pikora
Franklin Township, NJ
Police & Fire
NJ Woman Tried Killing Child: Prosecutor NJ Woman Tried Killing Child: Prosecutor
NJ 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 …

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by Cecilia Levine
Bergenfield, NJ
Police & Fire
Freed Pedophile Produced Homemade Child Porn, Bergen Prosecutor Says Freed Pedophile Produced Homemade Child Porn, Bergen Prosecutor Says
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…

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by Jerry DeMarco