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Computer criminal activity

Barnegat, NJ
Police & Fire
Former NJ Church Youth Director’s Husband Sent Sexually Explicit Photos Online: Barnegat Police Former NJ Church Youth Director’s Husband Sent Sexually Explicit Photos Online: Barnegat Police
Former NJ Church Youth Director’s Husband Sent Sexually Explicit Photos Online: Barnegat Police A 22-year-old West Creek man was arrested and charged with sending sexually explicit photos over Snapchat, authorities announced. Aiden Gray, who is married to the former youth director of Bayside Chapel in Barnegat, was found to have been engaging in Snapchat conversations where he shared the images, in addition to images stored on his cellular device, Barnegat police said. Grady was also found to have gained access to an educational database to which he did not have authorization and communicated with a student, police said. In a statement, Bayside Chapel said the situation is not conne…

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by Sam Barron
Fort Lee, NJ
Police & Fire
Hacker Sends Hate-Filled Midnight Emails To 400+ Fort Lee Condo Residents, Prosecutor Says Hacker Sends Hate-Filled Midnight Emails To 400+ Fort Lee Condo Residents, Prosecutor Says
Hacker Sends Hate-Filled Midnight Emails To 400+ Fort Lee Condo Residents, Prosecutor Says A Montclair man was charged after allegedly hacking into a Fort Lee condominium’s communication system and sending hundreds of residents threatening, bias-filled emails, authorities said. Nicholas M. Scarano, 23, of Montclair, was arrested on Friday, Aug. 15, one day after the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit was notified of a mass email containing bias and threatening language, Prosecutor Mark Musella said Saturday. The email had been sent to 411 residents at the Atrium Palace condominium complex during the overnight hours, Musella said. Detectives found that two me…

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by Cecilia Levine
Pequannock-Pompton Plains, NJ
Police & Fire
Bookkeeper Stole From Pompton Plains Catholic Church: Morris County Prosecutor Bookkeeper Stole From Pompton Plains Catholic Church: Morris County Prosecutor
Bookkeeper Stole From Pompton Plains Catholic Church: Morris County Prosecutor A 60-year-old Haskell resident was arrested and charged with taking money from two Roman Catholic parishes where she worked as bookkeeper, authorities said. Between May 2018 and January 2024, Melissa Rivera stole $192,000 while employed as a bookkeeper at Our Lady of Mountain Parish in Washington Township by writing herself numerous checks from parish accounts, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll and Chief of Detectives Robert McNally said. Rivera was also creating checks at Our Lady of Good Council in Pompton Plains between May 2018 and May 2024, depositing the checks into her per…

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by Sam Barron
Middletown, NJ
Police & Fire
Drugs, Ghost Guns, Corruption: Former Middletown Police Sergeant Indicted, Prosecutors Say Drugs, Ghost Guns, Corruption: Former Middletown Police Sergeant Indicted, Prosecutors Say
Drugs, Ghost Guns, Corruption: Former Middletown Police Sergeant Indicted, Prosecutors Say A former Middletown police sergeant was given 22 criminal charges after an investigation revealed a web of illegal activity involving untraceable guns, drugs, and abuse of power, authorities said. David Ringkamp, 43, was indicted by a grand jury, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said in a news release on Thursday, Dec. 19. Ringkamp was formerly a Union Beach resident. The investigation into Ringkamp began in December 2021. New York State Police identified Nicholas D’Ambrosio of Millstone as someone purchasing kits to assemble ghost guns, which are illegal in New Jersey.…

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by Chris Spiker
Manalapan-Englishtown, NJ
Police & Fire
Manalapan Officer Who Stalked Girl Inappropriately Messaged Second Teen, Prosecutors Say Manalapan Officer Who Stalked Girl Inappropriately Messaged Second Teen, Prosecutors Say
Manalapan Officer Who Stalked Girl Inappropriately Messaged Second Teen, Prosecutors Say A Manalapan police officer was indicted after he was accused of inappropriately contacting a second teen girl, authorities said. A grand jury indicted 47-year-old Kevin Ruditsky on 19 counts, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said in a news release on Thursday, Oct. 24. Ruditsky is suspended without pay from his job as a patrolman for the Manalapan Township Police Department. Ruditsky was facing charges related to accusations of stalking a then-16-year-old girl in 2023. The indictment revealed new allegations against him from a second girl — who was 17 at the time — when…

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by Chris Spiker
Lakewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Paterson Trio Stole Purses In 'Distract And Grab' Scheme At NJ Stores: Police Paterson Trio Stole Purses In 'Distract And Grab' Scheme At NJ Stores: Police
Paterson Trio Stole Purses In 'Distract And Grab' Scheme At NJ Stores: Police Three people from Paterson were accused of distracting shoppers in Brick Township and stealing from them, authorities said. Brick Township police arrested 35-year-old Oswaldo Uribe-Acosta, 27-year-old Salvia Beraun-Villanueva, and 58-year-old Oscar Lopez-Salcedo on Tuesday, June 11, the department said in a news release. Police received several reports in May from victims whose wallets or purses were taken from shopping carts.  Investigators said Beraun-Villanueva would distract a shopper and Uribe-Acosta or Lopez-Salcedo would steal a wallet or purse. The susp…

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by Chris Spiker
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Jersey City 9-1-1 Dispatcher Used Job To Access Personal Info: Prosecutor Jersey City 9-1-1 Dispatcher Used Job To Access Personal Info: Prosecutor
Jersey City 9-1-1 Dispatcher Used Job To Access Personal Info: Prosecutor A 58-year-old Jersey City 9-1-1 dispatcher was arrested on Tuesday, Nov. 28 and charged with unlawfully obtaining records and personal information, authorities said. In July, Rose Davis used her position as a telecommunications supervisor to access the information that she was not authorized to keep, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.  The arrest followed an investigation by the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office Special Investigations Unit.  Davis was charged with computer criminal activity and was released pending her first court appearance next month, Suarez said.

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by Sam Barron
Elizabeth, NJ
Police & Fire
Duo Stole $300K From Union City Business: Prosecutor Duo Stole $300K From Union City Business: Prosecutor
Duo Stole $300K From Union City Business: Prosecutor Two North Bergen residents were arrested and charged with stealing more than $300,000 from a Union City business, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced.  Angelica Morales Fuentes, 30, accessed the payroll system of a staffing company and created multiple fictitious employee accounts, diverting the wages into a joint account she shared with Hector Ortiz, 39. The duo stole $349,000 from the business between August 2019 and November 2022, Suarez said. They were charged with theft by deception and conspiracy, Suarez said. Morales Fuentes was additional charged with computer crim…

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by Sam Barron
Marlton-Evesham, NJ
News
Accused NJ Hacker Cop Charged With Victimizing More Women, Invaded 2,800 College Email Accounts Accused NJ Hacker Cop Charged With Victimizing More Women, Invaded 2,800 College Email Accounts
Accused NJ Hacker Cop Charged With Victimizing More Women, Invaded 2,800 College Email Accounts A former Mount Laurel police officer who was charged with hacking into the social media accounts of an Evesham woman and distributing her nude pictures has been charged with victimizing multiple other women, authorities said. Ayron Taylor, 22, of Delran, was taken into custody on Wednesday, Nov. 30 and released Friday afternoon, Dec. 2, following a first appearance in Superior Court in Mount Holly. The case will now be prepared for presentation to a grand jury for possible indictment, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw and Evesham Township Police Chief Walt Mil…

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by Jon Craig
Marlton-Evesham, NJ
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: South Jersey Mother Created Fake GoFundMe Accounts For 'Dead' Son, 'Premature' Baby Prosecutor: South Jersey Mother Created Fake GoFundMe Accounts For 'Dead' Son, 'Premature' Baby
Prosecutor: South Jersey Mother Created Fake GoFundMe Accounts For 'Dead' Son, 'Premature' Baby A 33-year-old woman from South Jersey created a fictitious GoFundMe campaign to raise "funeral money" for her 4-year-old son, "who she claimed died of cancer," authorities said. She also created multiple online fundraising accounts for other fake causes, they said, seeking more than $11,000 total. In reality, the woman from Little Egg Harbor signed away her parental rights and gave the son up for adoption to a couple in Pemberton Township, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Pemberton Police Chief David King. Holly Garcia of Lake Champlain Drive&…

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by Jon Craig