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Prosecutor: Jersey City Teacher Charged In Sexual Assault Of 2nd Teen Student
A Jersey City high school gym teacher charged earlier this month in the sexual assault of a teenage student is accused of doing the same to another student in 2004, authorities said. Francisco Realpe, 43, of Hoboken, was charged with sexually assaulting a 17-year-old female student while working as a teacher in Union City 16 years ago, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said Monday. Realpe was arrested at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office without incident, after surrendering with his attorney. Realpe, who had been placed on supervised release, was arrested on Feb. 3, on charge…
North Hunterdon, NJ
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'Pray For NJ': 70-Acre Wildfire Burns Along Popular Mount Tammany Hiking Trail
State and federal firefighting agencies battled a wildfire that spread across nearly 70 acres of a popular hiking trail on the New Jersey side of the Delaware Water Gap and was still burning Monday morning. The fire was reported Sunday afternoon in Hardwick Township's Worthington State Forest off Mount Tammany's Red Dot Trail, and could be seen from Route 80. The mountain peak overlooks the New Jersey and Pennsylvania border on Route 80. Hikers on Sunday were allowed to descend on the Blue Blazed and Red Dot trails but access was closed to visitors on their way up. The fire remained acti…
Elizabeth, NJ
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? $10K Reward Offered In Fatal Plainfield Nightclub Stabbing
A reward of up to $10,000 was being offered for information leading to an arrest and indicment in a stabbing at Plainfield nightclub that killed one man and injured two others, authorities said. Four men were injured in the incident outside of Chez Maree nightclub on Watchung Avenue around 2 a.m. Sunday, Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo said. All four victims were taken to a local hospital, where one was subsequently pronounced dead, Ruotolo said. Tips for the Union County Crime Stoppers can be given anonymously by phone at 908-654-TIPS (8477) or online at www.uctip.org…
Jersey City, NJ
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Jersey City Pastor Gets 8 Years For Sexually Assaulting 10-Year-Old Church Member
A Jersey City pastor accused of groping three people was sentenced to eight years in prison for sexually assaulting one of them -- a 10-year-old girl and member of his church, authorities in Hudson County said. Orlando Martinez-Chavez, 48, was also sentenced by Hudson County Superior Court Judge Patrick Arre to 18 months for criminal sexual contact against a second victim, as well as five years for endangering the welfare of a child for the third victim. The sentences will run concurrent to the eight-year sentence. The father of three and former pastor of Iglesia Pentecostal Lirio de los…
Newark, NJ
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Authorities Investigating Shooting That Killed Irvington Man, 24
Authorities in Irvington are investigating a shooting that killed a 24-year-old township man. Daquan Smith was shot on the 400 block of Grove Street just before 2 p.m. Thursday, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. No arrests had been made as of Friday afternoon. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force tips line at 1-877-TIPS-4EC or 1-877-847-7432.
Edison, NJ
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: Police ID Pedestrian Struck, Killed On NJ Turnpike In Edison
State police have identified the pedestrian killed early Saturday in an accident on the New Jersey Turnpike. Francisco J. Cespedes-Garcia, 33, of New Brunswick, was struck by a car on the inner northbound side of the turnpike around 4:20 a.m., New Jersey State Police Sgt. Lawrence Peele said Monday. The incident occurred in the cars-only lanes of the 12-lane highway between exits 9 and 10 in Edison, police said. Cespedes-Garcia was declared dead at the scene. The inner three northbound lanes were reopened about 9:30 a.m. Saturday. The accident remains under investigation.
Newark, NJ
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Woman, 89, Dies In Montclair House Fire
An 89-year-old woman died in a Montclair house fire, authorities said. Delia V. West was home alone when the two-alarm blaze broke out at her Walnut Crescent home just after 3 p.m. Friday, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said. The cause remains under investigation. No other injuries were reported.
Newark, NJ
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Prosecutor: West Orange Man Busted With Child Porn
A 62-year-old West Orange man was found with sexually explicit child pornography photos and videos, authorities said. Authorities executed a search warrant at Barry Eagel's house and found the content through file-sharing services, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and West Orange Police Chief James Abbott said. Devices and digital storage media were seized from Eagel's home for forensic examination and analysis, authorities said. Eagel was charged with endangering the welfare of a child for distributing and possessing items depicting the sexual abuse and exploita…
Franklin Township, NJ
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Serious Crash Involving School Bus, 2 Cars Shuts Bridgewater Road
Three people were hospitalized and a driver was trapped for nearly an hour in a Bridgewater crash involving a school bus and two cars Thursday afternoon, reports say. Emergency response teams were at the scene near Blossom Drive between Brown Road and Route 202/206 at 3:20 p.m., ABC7 reports. There were no children on the bus at the time of the crash, authorities said. A car that appeared to have been T-boned appeared to be off the road a short distance away from where the school bus and a dark-colored SUV crashed, footage from NewsCopter7 shows. The driver of the car carrying the three p…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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Victim Of Fatal Morris County Rollover Crash 'Still Jammin' Up Above'
Authorities have identified the victim of a fatal rollover crash in Morris County as a 62-year-old Washington Township man. Randy A. Hemmel, of the Long Valley section of the township, was behind the wheel of a 2013 Audi TTS two-door sedan that overturned off the side of Flocktown Road last Thursday morning, Washington Township Police Lt. Mark Niemynski said. Hemmel was pronounced dead at the scene. A Caldwell native, Hemmel owned and operated aerial imaging company Sky High Pics, and recently started a one-man band "That 70s Guy." He was being remembered for his passion for cars, boats …
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