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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Prosecutor: Garfield School Bus Aide Contacted Juvenile Sex Assault Victim For Jailed Attacker
A Garfield school bus aide and a jailed Wallington man awaiting trial on charges of sexually assaulting a pre-teen were charged with contacting the victim. Floridaliz DeJesus, 56, was charged with contempt of a court order after she reached out to the victim on behalf of Pedro Perez, 31, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. Detectives from Musella’s Special Victims Unit arrested Perez a year ago Saturday (Jan. 23, 2020) after city police received a tip and alerted them. He has remained held in the Bergen County Jail since then, charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assa…
Jersey City, NJ
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Jersey City Uncle Arrested In Child Abuse Case Involving Cig Lighter, His Own Niece & Nephew
A Jersey City man was charged with child abuse for burning his niece and nephew, ages 6 and 9, with a cigarette lighter, authorities said Tuesday. The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit on Dec. 28 got a tip from the New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency alleging two Jersey City children were being abused, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The investigation found that 21-year-old Jaimear Butler had physically abused a 9-year-old boy and 6-year-old girl by intentionally burning their bodies with a cigarette lighter, Suarez said. …
Bristol, PA
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PA Driver Admits Retaliating For NJ Traffic Ticket With Bogus Liens Against 32 Officials
A Pennsylvania man admitted that he filed bogus liens against 32 current or former public officials in New Jersey after he got a traffic ticket in Morris County. Solomon Lightner, 41, of East Stroudsburg, took a deal, pleading guilty to witness tampering in exchange for what will be probation, rather than go to trial. Lightner also terminated the filings, authorities said. The trouble began when Lightner filed a fraudulent lien against the Denville police officer who wrote him up – and, as a result, was required to testify against him in court, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said.…
Worcester, MA
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Manager Who Tried Using Drug-Dealing Profits To Start A Restaurant, Sentenced
A restaurant manager has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison for trying to use drug-sale profits to open a Worcester restaurant. Joseph Herman, 37, was sentenced on Friday, Nov. 20, by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to 22 months in prison and one year of supervised release, according to the U.S. States Attorney’s Office, Massachusetts. He will also forfeit an undetermined amount of money in the future. Herman was the last of three defendants charged in connection with the money-laundering scheme to be sentenced. Herman admitted to a plan to use profits generated by h…
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
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Atlantic County Shooter Gets 40 Years In State Prison For Killing 1, Wounding 3
A 29-year-old man from South Jersey was sentenced to 40 years in state prison for a shooting at an Atlantic County apartment complex that left one man dead and three hurt, authorities said. Matthew Gonzalez of Mays Landing was convicted by a jury in March on multiple charges, including aggravated manslaughter, aggravated assault, weapons offenses, attempted bribery and witness tampering, according to Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner. Gonzalez must serve 21 years and three months in prison before being eligible for parole, Tyner said. The Sept. 24, 2017. fatal shooting stemmed…
Mount Pleasant, NY
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Man Charged In Sex Cult Case At College In Westchester Accused Of Witness Tampering
The father of a former college student in Westchester who allegedly ran a sex cult out of his daughter’s dorm room for nearly a decade is now reportedly manipulating his victims from his prison cell. Lawrence Ray, 60, who is facing charges that include sex trafficking, extortion, and forced labor, has been allegedly attempting to control at least two of his victims from inside his cell, according to a New York Times report. Ray was released from prison in 2010 and moved into the co-ed dorm of his daughter at Sarah Lawrence College near the border of Yonkers and Bronxville. It is alleged th…
Brookfield, CT
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Five Charged After Probe Of Fairfield County Murder, Other Violent Acts
Five suspects are facing charges for their roles in a 2018 Fairfield County murder and string of other violent acts, federal officials announced. U.S. Attorney John Durham announced that the investigation into a Bridgeport murder in 2018 led to the arrests of five in Connecticut. The arrests came as part of a multi-jurisdictional law enforcement investigation into the Original North End (ONE), a group based out of the Trumbull Gardens area of Bridgeport. Those charged include: Henry “Mills” Flow, 21, of Bridgeport; Shakale Brantley, also known as “Charlie Wilson,” “Kellz,” and “Man Man…
Middletown, NJ
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Authorities: Ex-Deal Police Officer Pleads Guilty To Witness Tampering
A former Deal police officer admitted to witness tampering in a drug-related case, authorities said. Joseph Ammaturo, 38, of Long Branch was ordered to give up his local police job as well as all future public employment in New Jersey, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said in a statement. The 14-year Deal police veteran has been suspended from without pay since his arrest, Gramiccioni said. Ammaturo entered his plea on Thursday during a virtual court hearing before Superior Court Judge David Bauman. "The community expects better of a law enforcement officer, and …
North Hunterdon, NJ
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Instructor At NJ Women's Prison Charged With Witness Tampering Day Of Inmate Testimonies
A trade instructor at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility in Hunterdon County was charged with witness tampering in an undisclosed 2018 crime. Devon E. Vassell, 54, of East Orange, was arrested Wednesday in connection with the incident, Acting Hunterdon County Prosecutor Michael J. Williams and Chief of Detectives Frank R. Crisologo said. Vassell's arrest occurred the same day six former inmates shared details of abuse by prison guards during a Trenton hearing. The women said they were sexually assaulted and groped by guards. One guard was dubbed "King of the Cottage," who would…
Mount Pleasant, NY
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Trump Confidant, Area Native Roger Stone Sentenced For Witness Tampering, Lying To Congress
Roger Stone, a Fairfield County native who graduated from high school in Northern Westchester and has been a longtime adviser and confidant of President Donald Trump, was sentenced to prison for lying to lawmakers investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and other charges. The 67-year-old Stone was indicted in January 2019 as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into whether Russia colluded with the Trump's presidential campaign. Stone was sentenced to 40 months (three years, four months) in prison by Judge Amy Berman Jackson on Thursday, Feb.…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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Prosecutor: Dover Man Gets Decade In Prison For Assaulting Teen, Witness Tampering
A Dover man was sentenced to a decade in state prison for assaulting a 16-year-old and tampering with a witness, authorities said. Levi Young, 20 -- who previously pled guilty to aggravated assault (strangulation), child endangerment and witness tampering -- was sentenced last Friday in Superior Court, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said. A spokesperson for the MCPO said there were multiple incidents between March and July 2019. Young must serve a minimum of 51 months (4.25 years) before he is eligible for parole. Authorities did not release further information. Prosecutor&n…
Brentwood, NY
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Former Suffolk DA Thomas Spota, Ex-Aide Convicted Of Covering Up Beating Of Prisoner
Former Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota and one of his former top aides have been found guilty of covering up the beating of a former heroin addict in 2012 who broke into his police cruiser in St. James. Spota, 78, and Christopher McPartland, 53, were found guilty following a six-week trial of all charges, including obstruction of justice, witness tampering and acting as accessories to the deprivation of inmate Christopher Loeb's civil rights. The jury deliberated for nearly a full day before returning the guilty verdict. When they are sentenced, Spota and McPartland will face…
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