Monday, May 14, 2012
Woman claimed she once worked for acclaimed financier George Soros, prosecutors say.
A Manahawkin woman bilked investors out of about $450,000 over six years by claiming their money was going to a hedge fund handled by New York City finance magnate George Soros, the Bergen County Prosecutor said Monday. Dunya Predovan, 57, was arrested Thursday on charges of theft by deception and issuing bad checks after investigators with the Prosecutor’s Office and Alpine police uncovered her Ponzi scheme, Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said in a statement. Predovan told victims she worked for Soros in the 1980’s and promised a large return on the investments, Molinelli said. Soros, however, had never heard of Predovan and she had not worked for the famed financier, according to the prosecutor. “To date, none of the victims have received …
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Prosecutor says additional arrest is possible
TEANECK, NJ -- A jealous husband was behind the killing of a Teaneck man who was found shot to death last year in his charred Elm Avenue home, authorities charged Friday. Sui Kam “Tony” Tung, 49, faces first-degree murder, first-degree felony murder and aggravated arson charges in the March 2011 death of Robert Cantor, according to a statement released Friday night by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. Tung confronted Cantor at his home late the night of March 6, 2011 after learning of an affair between Tung’s estranged wife and Cantor, Prosecutor John Molinelli said in the statement. Tung first learned of the relationship in 2010 and began stalking Cantor, eventually confronting him in Teaneck the night before he was found shot and …
Friday, May 4, 2012
Euwan Kim of Fort Lee School No. 1 won for her grade level in a county-wide contest
Euwan Kim, a fourth grade student at Fort Lee School No. 1, was named the winner for her grade level in the 2012 “Don’t Stand by for Bullying” contest sponsored by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. The contest, which was open to all county students, challenged entrants to “tell us how you won’t just stand by and let bullying happen.” Elementary school students submitted posters, middle school students sent in PowerPoint presentations and high school students made videos. Schools chose their top entries for each grade level. The final voting was conducted online at the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office website. "In this, the second year of our contest, we have seen a 25 percent increase in the number of schools participating," said …
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Six months since a study recommended sweeping changes to Bergen County Police Department, none have come.
Note: This story was published on Dec. 4, 2011 Six months after a study called for sweeping changes to the Bergen County Police Department, none of the study's central recommendations have been implemented as the fight over the future of the agency continues, a fight that has seemingly chilled the relationship of two county leaders who were allies this time last year. Bergen County officials are currently waiting for a second report on the county police that’s supposed to be completed early next year, this one by a committee created by County Executive Kathleen Donovan. Critics - most notably Sheriff Michael Saudino, who swept into office with Donovan last November - argue the panel is composed primarily of political appointees rather …
Mayor Mark Sokolich not implicated in any wrongdoing, sits on Board of Bank of New Jersey with other prominent locals.
The now-former law partner of the Fort Lee mayor arranged for a pair of drug smugglers to launder their money at a bank where the mayor sits on the board of directors, authorities said Monday. The mayor, attorney Mark Sokolich, has not been implicated in any wrongdoing. His friend and longtime law partner, Marcanton "Marc" Macri, was charged this past weekend with money laundering and facilitation for allegedly setting up large-scale pot dealers with an assistant manager at a local bank, who authorities said converted the $10 and $20 bills into crisp hundreds. The scheme was carried out through a teller at a Bank of New Jersey branch in Fort Lee, said Steve Cucciniello, Chief of Detectives for the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. Matthew…
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Prosecutor's Office targets 12 massage parlors across the county.
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Bergen County authorities arrested 27 people and seized more than $27,000 in a weeklong prostitution sweep, Prosecutor John Molinelli said Monday. Half a dozen women were working as prostitutes at a Paramus hotel, Molinelli said. "Targeted during this investigation were numerous illegal massage parlors and in-call prostitution operations that have been operating in area hotels," Molinelli said in a statement. Police arrested 11 people on March 15 as part of the anti-prostitution initiative. The 11 people were either prostitutes or their drivers, Molinelli said. Hanna Young, 38, of Queens, N.Y., Yan Zhang, 43, of Queens, N.Y., Joann Marsaka, 24, of Bayonne, Amanda Blackwell, 23, of Emporia, Va., Sofia Matallana, 35, of Spring Valley, and …
Friday, February 24, 2012
Authorities released this sketch Friday and seek the public’s help in identifying the man.
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Friday, February 24, 2012
The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and Cliffside Park Police released a sketch of a man they are searching for in connection with an alleged home intrusion and sexual assault on Washington Avenue in Cliffside Park at about 6 a.m. Wednesday. Authorities describe the man as being light-skinned with a thin build; about five feet, seven to five feet, 10 inches tall with “possibly brown or dark hair;” and wearing blue jeans and a dark, hooded sweatshirt. Authorities are asking anyone who can identify the man or with information to contact the Cliffside Park Police Department at 201-945-3600 or the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office, Special Victims Unit 201-226-5620.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office released details of Charles J. Ann’s arrest Tuesday on murder charges.
A 26-year-old Fort Lee man has been charged with murder in connection with the hit-and-run death of his girlfriend Monday outside the Fort Lee Community Center, where he allegedly struck her with his car and then drove over her multiple times, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli announced Tuesday. Charles J. Ann of 201 Bridge Plaza North in Fort Lee was charged with the murder of 25-year-old Aena Hong, of Fort Lee, whom he had been dating for about a year, authorities said. Ann is accused of hitting Hong with his car after an argument and then repeatedly driving over her, in front of multiple witnesses, authorities said. At about 4:55 p.m. Monday, Fort Lee police received numerous 911 calls about a pedestrian struck at the …
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Monday, February 20, 2012
Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed accident but released few details.
Fort Lee police and county investigators remained at the scene Monday night of an apparent fatal hit-and-run in front of the Jack Alter Fort Lee Community Center. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office is investigating what it called a "serious motor vehicle accident" that occurred at about 5 p.m. Monday at the intersection of Anderson Avenue and Inwood Terrace involving "a vehicle that struck a pedestrian," Bergen County First Assistant Prosecutor John Higgins confirmed Tuesday morning. But county prosecutors released no further details. NBC New York reported that homicide investigators were looking into the accident, in which a woman was reportedly killed, in part to determine "whether the driver hit the victim on purpose." Pix 11 News …
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Saturday, January 14, 2012
County patrols will support local police efforts.
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Saturday, January 14, 2012
County police and sheriff’s officers have begun 24-hour joint patrols of religious sites across Bergen County in the wake of a string of bias attacks targeting the Jewish community, authorities said Friday. Marked units from the two departments are working in cooperation with local police to check ethnic community centers and religious sites from a range of faiths, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said in a statement. “All community and religious centers will benefit from the strategy, including synagogues, mosques, churches and other houses of worship,” Molinelli said. Law enforcement officials and Jewish community leaders met Thursday in Paramus to discuss the rash of hate crimes. The attacks began in December when synagogues …
robert formichelli
11:39 am on Wednesday, May 23, 2012
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