A Bronx man was arrested Friday after he was accused of sexually assaulting a teen in Bergen County, authorities said. Jorge Sanchez, 38, was charged with sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child and aggravated criminal sexual contact, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office said in a release. The office was made aware of the alleged sexual assault on April 30 by the New Jersey Division of Child Protection & Permanency and an investigation was launched, officials said. Sanchez allegedly sexually assaulted a child between the ages of 13 and 16 in Elmwood Park, the office said. It was un...
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A Bergen County man was charged with child endangerment and sexual assault Friday after prosecutors say he physically and sexually assaulted two children, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office said. Milton Guallpa-Guaman, 45, of Rochelle Park was charged with two counts of second degree sexual assault and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, the office said. An investigation was launched Wednesday by the county prosecutor’s office and Rochelle Park police after the Division of Child Protection & Permanency referred an alleged case of abuse of a child, authorities said. After the i...
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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QdspnpNUZms?feature=share With less than 24 hours before Donald Trump’s arrival in Wildwood for his Saturday beachfront rally, supporters have already gathered at the boardwalk and started lining up for an event that is expected to draw thousands to the New Jersey beach. The rally will be held on a section of the beach near 3601 Boardwalk, between Morey’s Piers and Adventure Pier. Ticket holders can enter between 12 and 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. People started lining up on the boardwalk as early as Thursday, braving chilled winds for a chance at seeing the presumpti...
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Hudson County Executive Craig Guy couldn’t help but feel the pro-Bill O’Dea vibes at a recent Jersey City Democratic Committee meeting. “I am here to support Rob Menendez. I see you all are here to support Bill O’Dea (for Jersey City mayor in 2025),” Guy joked with the crowd, which roared its approval of the longtime Hudson County Board of Commissioners member — according to sources who attended the event. Guy, who is expected to take over as chairman of the Hudson County Democratic Organization — the group that makes and breaks political careers in the county — was likely closer to the mark t...
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Brother’s New Girlfriend Gets off on the Wrong Foot DEAR ANNIE: My recently divorced brother has a new girlfriend. He has been divorced for three months. She has introduced him to all of her friends and family. She was married 20 years and went through a bitter divorce and had several bad dating experiences from dating sites. She seems to be elated to find a nice guy like my brother. She seems to think he’s too good to be true and even did a background check on him. Now, she wants to meet my mom and me. Unfortunately, I am apprehensive and reluctant to meet her. My brother called me while I wa...
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A basketball star-turned-Hudson County politician is joining a crowded field attempting to succeed the late Rep. Donald Payne Jr. in Congress. Hudson County Board of Commissioner member Jerry Walker, a Democrat, has filed to run in the special election for the 10th District following the death of Payne two weeks ago. Walker did not respond to a request for comment on his candidacy. Walker has an extensive résumé across sports, community work and politics. He starred at St. Anthony High School under Hall of Fame coach Bob Hurley and also at Seton Hall University. He is also the founder of Team ...
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A dozen candidates — almost all Democrats — have jumped into a special election this summer for the unexpired term of the New Jersey seat in Congress vacated when U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr. died last month. After securing the endorsement of local Democratic Party leaders, Newark Council President Rose McIver is considered the early favorite in the 10th congressional district Payne represented since 2012 — which incudes parts of Newark and half of Jersey City, the state’s two largest cities, and surrounding areas. Gov. Phil Murphy ordered the election to fill the final few months of Payne’s ter...
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Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. joined Kearny Mayor Carol Jean Doyle and town officials Friday morning to announce nearly $1 million in federal funding to replace lead pipes. “Every single Garden Stater and American has a God-given right to clean water. If our government cannot provide safe, clean drinking water then it is no government at all,” said Pascrell, a Democrat whose Ninth District includes part of Kearny and Secaucus. “This federal funding my office secured will help Kearny replace ancient lead pipes and secure the city’s drinking water supply. I am damn proud to have delivered this money fo...
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A woman found guilty of killing her father and his girlfriend at her father’s Long Beach Island home was sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison Friday, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced. Sherry Lee Heffernan, 57, of Landenberg, Pennsylvania was found guilty on Mar. 1 of murder and weapons offenses in the deaths of her father John Enders, 87, of Surf City and his girlfriend, Francois Pitoy, 75, of Manchester, after a four-week trial. “This defendant will spend the rest of her life in prison,” Billhimer said in a press release Friday. “This is an appropriate sente...
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A woman was indicted by a grand jury on Thursday in the fatal stabbing of a 66-year-old man that occurred earlier this year at a home they shared together. Domonique Preston, 45, of Raritan, was indicted on first-degree murder and weapons offenses related to the knife used in the killing, the Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office said on Friday. A 911 call at 1:40 a.m. on Feb. 21 reported the stabbing had occurred at a home on Manchester Road in Raritan. Police responded to the residence and found the victim, Steven Spivey, who had sustained a stab wound to the area around the left shoulder, au...
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