Erica DePalo, now 33-years old, pled guilty this morning (February 19, 2013) before Essex County Superior Court Judge Peter Ryan toEndangering the Welfare of a Child. The former English teacher at West Orange High School admitted that on June 27, 2012, a 15-year old boy who was her student came to her apartment in Montclair… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Sexual Offenses
Passaic County Deputy Sheriff Charged With Sexual Assault of 13-Year Old Boy
A volunteer with the Passaic County Special Deputy Sheriff Program was arrested last Wednesday after an alleged victim told law enforcement officers that he had been repeatedly sexually assaulted over a 2-month period. According to authorities, the victim revealed that while he was working a summer job at a Totowa health food store in 2000,… Continue Reading
“Love and Hip Hop” Star Not Guilty of Sexual Assault
A Bergen County jury reached its verdict yesterday (February 8th) in the trial of Mendeecees Harris, now 34-years old, who had been accused of luring a 15-year old girl into oral sex and other inappropriate conduct in 2010, when he was living with the girl’s mother in Lodi. The hip-hop manager, who recently starred in… Continue Reading
Englewood Man Charged With Rape of 8-Year Old and Assault of Teen
Members of the Englewood Police Department arrested a 44-year old man on Wednesday (February 6th) after learning that he had sexually assaulted (i.e., raped) an 8-year old girl. They then contacted the Special Victims Unit of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and a joint investigation was conducted, during which authorities learned that the same man,… Continue Reading
