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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Police & Fire
ICE Seizes DWI Guatemalan Driver From Dumont Charged With Hitting Ridgefield Pedestrians
A Guatemalan national living in Dumont who authorities said was drunk when he hit two pedestrians with his sedan at a busy Ridgefield intersection – seriously injuring one of them – was seized by ICE, records show. Responding officers seized Esvin Duarte-Simon, 33, at the scene of the crash at Bergen Boulevard and Edgewater Avenue shortly before 11 a.m. last Friday, July 14, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Duarte-Simon, who lives on East Madison Avenue and works as a laborer, had struck the two pedestrians with his 2013 Subaru Impreza, the prosecutor said. One was ta…
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Police & Fire
Social Worker From Saddle Brook Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen In Midland Park
A licensed social worker from Saddle Brook was charged with sexually assaulting a pre-teen in Midland Park. Jonathan Barrios, 27, remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Monday following his arrest on sexual assault and child endangerment charges on Friday, July 14. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Midland Park police notified members of his Special Victims Unit about the allegations and together they investigated. The prosecutor thanked borough police for their assistance.
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Police & Fire
Ridgefield Park Trucker Sexually Assaulted Pre-Teen, Two Other Victims: Bergen Prosecutor
An independent trucker from Ridgefield Park was charged with sexually assaulting three separate victims, including a preteen. Humberto Duenas, 61, who owns and operates Duenas Trucking from his Paulison Avenue home off Webster Street, was arrested following an investigation by Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella’s Special Victims Unit. Investigators found that Duenas “sexually assaulted the victims at multiple locations,” Musella said. Duenas is charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault on a victim who was “helpless or incapacitated,” as well as sexual assault, aggravated crim…
Fort Lee, NJ
Police & Fire
Fort Lee Food Service Worker Charged With Sexually Assaulting Minor
A married food service worker from Fort Lee was charged with sexually assaulting an underage teen, authorities said. Nelson Reyes Jr., 38, sexually abused the child, who was between 13 and 16 at the time, in Fort Lee, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Thursday, July 6. Records show Nelson was arrested on aggravated assault and illegal weapons charges in Fort Lee in July 2019. A judge released him after two days under New Jersey’s bail reform law. The outcome of the case couldn’t immediately be determined. This time was different. Reyes was arrested last Friday, June 30, follo…
Bergenfield, NJ
Police & Fire
Pedo
File
: Computer Tech From Bergen, 43, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Minor
A married computer tech from Dumont was charged with sexually assaulting an underage teen. Coswayne Donald, 43, “sexually assaulted a child who was between the ages of 13 and 16,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Donald was arrested in town on charges of aggravated sexual assault of a minor, aggravated criminal sexual contact and child endangerment through sexual conduct following a joint investigation by Musella’s Special Victims Unit and Dumont police, the prosecutor said. He was sent to the Bergen County Jail on Wednesday, June 28, to await a first appearance in Central…
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Hackensack Laborer Sexually Assaulted 11-Year-Old Child Over A Decade Ago: Authorities
An Ecuadorian national living in Hackensack sexually assaulted an 11-year-old child "on multiple occasions" more than a decade ago, authorities charged. A joint investigation began three months ago into Ruben Saca, a 54-year-old married laborer, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said, after Hackensack police alerted members of his Special Victims Unit to complaints. The alleged victim, who's now an adult, told them that the alleged assaults occurred in June 2012, records show. There is no statute of limitations for sexual assault in New Jersey. Saca was arrested on Wednesday, June…
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
Home
Invasion
: Accused
Nypd
Impersonators Jailed In Gunpoint Bergen Robbery
UPDATE: Two men accused of posing as New York City detectives to rob a Fair Lawn resident at gunpoint during a home invasion last fall have been brought to Bergen County after being arrested out of state. Whether local or federal authorities will be prosecuting them and four alleged accomplices -- three of whom have already been released -- remains an open question, at least publicly. All seven were arrested in New York State last month and charged in a Nov. 17, 2022 home invasion in which residents were zip-tied and an undisclosed amount of cash and jewelry was stolen. The two main defen…
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Police & Fire
Done
AND
Done
: Hudson Pair Get 30 Years Each In Bergen Robbery Murder
UPDATE: Two Hudson County men who killed a Fairview pot dealer during an armed robbery at his home were sentenced to a plea-bargained 30 years each in state prison. Carlos Burgos of Jersey City and Raul Torres of North Bergen, both 23, must each serve 25½ years behind bars before they'll be eligible for parole under the terms of their respective plea agreements. The plot's mastermind, Lexie Burke, 24, of Jersey City, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter last year in the June 2019 shooting death of David Duque-Soto. He's scheduled for sentencing on June 23, Bergen County Prosecutor Ma…
Bergenfield, NJ
Police & Fire
Wanted
: Shooter Of Bergenfield Woman, 20, Identified, Considered Armed And Dangerous
A fugitive whom sources described as an emotionally disturbed boyfriend was being sought by authorities for shooting a 20-year-old Bergenfield woman several times this past weekend. Aaron Sierra, 22, whose last known whereabouts were in upstate New York, “should be considered armed and dangerous,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said in seeking the public’s help finding him Thursday night, May 25. The Bergenfield Volunteer Ambulance Corps rushed the victim to the trauma unit at Hackensack University Medical Center following the incident at 87 North Taylor Street at 6:50 p.m. Sunday, …
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Two Wounded When Gunfire Erupts At Small Hackensack Park (
Update
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UPDATE: Two people were wounded in a hail of gunfire outside a small Hackensack park early Tuesday evening. Police who responded to Clay and Second streets near Carver Park found a 35-year-old man with a graze wound around 5:30 p.m. May 23, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. A 40-year-old man, meanwhile, arrived at Hackensack University Medical Center in a private vehicle, the prosecutor said. His injuries weren't believed to be life-threatening. Carver ParkPaul D. Nickels for DAILY VOICE A potential suspect wearing a blue hoodie was said to have fled south on 3rd Street in a…
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Police & Fire
Update
: Getaway Driver, 21, In Fairview Drug Murder Gets 30 Years Without Parole
The getaway driver in the cold-blooded killing of a Fairview man during a drug-related apartment robbery was sentenced to 30 years without parole in state prison. David Martinez, 21, of North Bergen watched as three men who were in the apartment when David Duque Soto was shot in June 2019 took guilty pleas rather than risk the consequences of a trial. Martinez let a jury decide his fate and was convicted on March 13 in Hackensack of felony murder, armed robbery, conspiracy and weapons possession. Assistant Bergen County Prosecutors Suzanne Cevasco and Matthew Fitzpatrick presented 16 witn…
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Drug Sting Nabs City Teen Selling 10 Bricks Of Heroin In Bergen: Prosecutor
An 18-year-old unemployed Paterson man got stung selling 250 bags of heroin to a Bergen County undercover detective and another 250 on the street, authorities said. Naje Dior Brabson remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Thursday, April 20, while awaiting a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said members of his Narcotic Task Force chased Brabson down on Tuesday after seeing him sell five bricks of heroin. He'd previously sold five bricks to an undercover detective, the prosecutor said. Brabson was charged with tw…
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