Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
LEWDNESS: Homeless Hoboken Man Exposed Himself On Park Bench, Police Say LEWDNESS: Homeless Hoboken Man Exposed Himself On Park Bench, Police Say
Lewdness: Homeless Hoboken Man Exposed Himself On Park Bench, Police Say A 32-year-old homeless man was arrested after police said he exposed himself in a public park in Hoboken on Friday, Aug. 25. Wander Torres has been charged with committing lewdness at Church Square Park, a city spokeswoman said. Police were called to the area near Fifth Street and Park Avenue at 10:40 a.m. after someone called police saying a man was exposing himself near the park entrance. The caller pointed at the man, identified as Torres, to officers, police said. Torres initially refused to give his name to officers and made threats to the original caller, authorities said. Torr…

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by Cecilia Levine
Rutherford, NJ
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Accused Serial Masturbator From Hudson Jailed In Bergen After Transit Bus Incident Accused Serial Masturbator From Hudson Jailed In Bergen After Transit Bus Incident
Accused Serial Masturbator From Hudson Jailed In Bergen After Transit Bus Incident East Rutherford police snatched a 24-year-old serial masturbator from a commuter bus following another incident, authorities said. Marvin Vargas of Jersey City was taken from the NJ TRANSIT bus and booked on lewdness charges after police were called to a bus shelter on Paterson Plank Road around 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 30, Capt. Jeff Yannacone said. Vargas had masturbated in front of a female passenger, also 24, on the #163 bus, which runs between Ridgewood and the Port Authority bus station in Manhattan, the captain said. "Nothing was said to the female, but he was looking at her," Yann…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Masturbating Security Guard Does It Again 10 Days Later, Secaucus Police Say Masturbating Security Guard Does It Again 10 Days Later, Secaucus Police Say
Masturbating Security Guard Does It Again 10 Days Later, Secaucus Police Say A security guard arrested for masturbating in front of a co-worker did it again 10 days later, authorities said. Rideef Scruggs, 36, of East Orange, touched himself sexually in front of a coworker while working at 1000 Riverside Station Boulevard, and charged March 7 with lewdness and criminal sexual contact, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Scruggs did the exact same thing about 10 days later, and was slapped with the same charges on March 17, Miller said. He was issued his complaint summons and was released from police custody.

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by Cecilia Levine
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Security Guard Masturbates In Front Of Coworker At Hudson County Apartment Complex: Police Security Guard Masturbates In Front Of Coworker At Hudson County Apartment Complex: Police
Security Guard Masturbates In Front Of Coworker At Hudson County Apartment Complex: Police An East Orange man was charged with lewdness and criminal sexual contact after masturbating in front of a co-worker while working a security job in Secaucus, police said. Rideef Scruggs, 36, was working at 1000 Riverside Station Boulevard, residential units across from the train station, on March 7, when she incident occurred, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Scruggs surrendered to authorities on the charges and was issued his complaint summons. He was released from police custody. 

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by Cecilia Levine
Englewood, NJ
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Police: Englewood Girl Has Smarts To Take Photo Of Lewd Driver's Distinctive Truck Police: Englewood Girl Has Smarts To Take Photo Of Lewd Driver's Distinctive Truck
Police: Englewood Girl Has Smarts To Take Photo Of Lewd Driver's Distinctive Truck A driver behind the wheel of a pickup truck older than him was arrested after authorities said he masturbated while asking an Englewood schoolgirl for directions. Now they're wondering whether there may have been other incidents. The 16-year-old victim told police she was walking to school on Knickerbocker Road on Friday, March 10 when the driver pulled up in a 1996 Dodge Ram pickup, Lt. Fred Pulice said. As she approached the truck to respond to his request for directions, she saw him masturbating, the lieutenant said. The girl fled -- but not before taking a cell phone photo of the dist…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Stranger Stalks Teen Walking Dog, Shows Lewd Photos, Talks Dirty: Hasbrouck Heights PD Stranger Stalks Teen Walking Dog, Shows Lewd Photos, Talks Dirty: Hasbrouck Heights PD
Stranger Stalks Teen Walking Dog, Shows Lewd Photos, Talks Dirty: Hasbrouck Heights PD A Hasbrouck Heights teen walking her dog was followed by a stranger who got out of his car, showed her pornographic photos and made lewd comments, authorities said. Borough detectives immediately converged on the area and collected video that helped identify him and his car, Lt. John Behr said. Runaldo Yanpiel Miliano-Almonte, 24, of Passaic was later captured and charged with stalking, luring and lewdness, the lieutenant said. The 18-year-old woman went to headquarters and told police that Miliano-Almonte followed her in a white Honda Accord while making suggestive comments and askin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Violent Repeat Offender Threatens To Kill Children At Wayne Restaurant, Exposes Himself: Police Violent Repeat Offender Threatens To Kill Children At Wayne Restaurant, Exposes Himself: Police
Violent Repeat Offender Threatens To Kill Children At Wayne Restaurant, Exposes Himself: Police A violent repeat offender who terrorized patrons of a Wayne restaurant by threatening to kill their children urinated on the lawn of Wayne Valley High School while students were in class after he was released from custody, authorities said. Stephen Sales, 42, of Wayne was drunk and holding a beer can when he approached New Year's Eve diners at their tables at the Hamburg Turnpike restaurant, pointed at their children and threatened to kill them, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. Officers rushed there and seized Sales, who’d previously been banned from the establishment and has a history of sim…

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by Jerry DeMarco
North Hunterdon, NJ
Police & Fire
Hunterdon County Man Exposes Himself To Halloween Trick-Or-Treaters: Police Hunterdon County Man Exposes Himself To Halloween Trick-Or-Treaters: Police
Hunterdon County Man Exposes Himself To Halloween Trick-Or-Treaters: Police A Flemington man was charged with lewdness after allegedly exposing himself to Halloween trick-or-treaters, authorities said. Arnaldo Ruano-Polanco, 23, is accused of exposing himself to trick-or-treaters who were walking by his home on Halloween, Flemington Police said in a Wednesday release. Ruano-Polanco was arrested and charged with lewdness. He was being held in the Hunterdon County Sheriff’s Office.

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by Valerie Musson
North Hunterdon, NJ
Police & Fire
Warren County Man In Pink Bunny Costume Exposes Himself To Boy, 10, Trick-Or-Treating With Mom Warren County Man In Pink Bunny Costume Exposes Himself To Boy, 10, Trick-Or-Treating With Mom
Warren County Man In Pink Bunny Costume Exposes Himself To Boy, 10, Trick-Or-Treating With Mom A 52-year-old Warren County man wearing a pink bunny costume was charged after police say he exposed himself to a mother and her 10-year-old son while they were trick-or-treating. Thomas Mohring, of the 1200 block of East Boulevard in Alpha, was charged with child endangerment (sexual misconduct) and lewdness, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said in a release with local officials on Thursday, Nov. 3. Mohring is accused of exposing his genitals to a mother and her son while the pair were trick-or-treating on Halloween, authorities said. Officers responding to the report allegedly…

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by Valerie Musson
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Massachusetts Man Exposes Himself To NJ Hotel Worker: Police Massachusetts Man Exposes Himself To NJ Hotel Worker: Police
Massachusetts Man Exposes Himself To NJ Hotel Worker: Police Police in New Jersey arrested a 38-year-old Massachusetts man after a hotel worker accused him of exposing his genitals and "performing a lewd act," authorities said.  Daniel Cater, of Brockton, sneaked into the employee's area of a Candlewood Suites hotel at 279 Secaucus Road on Oct. 17 just after 6:30 a.m. and performed the stunt, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said.  Police arrested him without incident and charged him with lewdness, Miller said. 

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by Josh Lanier
Hampden-Silver Spring, PA
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Pennsylvania Public Masturbator, Domestic Abuser Has Also Raped, Prostituted Children Pennsylvania Public Masturbator, Domestic Abuser Has Also Raped, Prostituted Children
Pennsylvania Public Masturbator, Domestic Abuser Has Also Raped, Prostituted Children A man who previously was sentenced to probation for public masturbation in Shippensburg, has been convicted and sentenced in connection with the rape and trafficking of children, authorities say.  Kenneth McKinley Grant, 24, of Carlisle, has a lengthy court record in Cumberland County where he was most recently has been found guilty of Sexual Exploitation of Children, Unlawful Contact With a Minor, Corruption of Minors, and Prostitution, according to the district attorney's office and court documents. The charges stem from "an incident in which a girl reported that Grant had coerced he…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lakewood, NJ
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Lakewood Man Charged With Exposing Himself At Walmart: Brick PD Lakewood Man Charged With Exposing Himself At Walmart: Brick PD
Lakewood Man Charged With Exposing Himself At Walmart: Brick PD A 29-year-old man from Lakewood was charged with lewdness in connection with exposing himself at Walmart, authorities said. On Friday, July 15, at 7 p.m., Brick police's  Street Crime Unit detectives responded to Walmart on Route 88 to assist with the investigation of a complaint that a man was exposing his genitals to people, police said. Armar Keys originally provided a false identity to hide the fact that he had warrants for his arrest, police said. Once his identity was uncovered he was advised he would be placed under arrest. Keys resisted their efforts before officers were able …

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by Jon Craig