Crime & Courts

Is ISIL involved with criminal ring stealing cars from Americans and shipping them to Africa?

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It is being reported on January 29, 2017 that a man who was part of a criminal ring that stole luxury automobiles from Americans and then shipped them to West Africa was sentenced.  29-year-old New Jersey resident, Donell Carroll, was given 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to racketeering.

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Crime & Courts

Day care workers charged for encouraging children to fight

It is being reported on September 1, 2015 that two workers of a child care center in N.J. encouraged the children to fight each other in a ‘fight club.’  The youngsters were between the ages of 4 and 6.  The caretakers also video recorded the fights and uploaded them to social media.

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Crime & Courts, Human trafficking

CA Man charged with human trafficking, transporting missing girls to NJ prostitution ring

Bogart Velasco
Bogart Velasco, 53. (Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office)

August 28, 2015- Two missing girls from California, aged 13 and 15, were brought to New Jersey to work as prostitutes by 53-year-old Bogart Velasco of Fresno, CA.  Velasco was part of a larger human trafficking organization in the area.

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