September 29 Morning News
NJ.COM REPORTED MONDAY MORNING THAT A 59-YEAR-OLD NEW JERSEY MAN WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A CHILD MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE SPAN OF 4 MONTHS EARLIER THIS YEAR AND LATER INTERFERING WITH THE INVESTIGATION. ACCORDING TO THE MORRIS COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE, SIVALDO A. GONZALEZ VASQUEZ WAS ARRESTED ON SEPTEMBER 11 AND CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS EACH OF AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SEXUAL ASSAULT, TWO COUNTS OF WITNESS TAMPERING AND ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD. THE SEXUAL ASSAULTS TOOK PLACE IN JEFFERSON BETWEEN MAY 4 AND SEPTEMBER 5. OFFICIALS SAID THAT GONZALEZ VASQUEZ, OF THE LAKE HOPATCONG SECTION OF JEFFERSON, LATER TOLD THE VICTIM AND A WITNESS NOT TO TALK TO POLICE. A JUDGE ORDERED GONZALEZ VASQUEZ TO BE HELD IN THE MORRIS COUNTY JAIL AHEAD OF HIS NEXT COURT APPEARANCE SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 29. INFORMATION ON THE ATTORNEY WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION RELATED TO THE INVESTIGATION IS ASKED TO CALL THE MORRIS COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE AT 973-285-6200.
NJ.COM REPORTED TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER A BOAT CAPSIZED SEVERAL MILES FROM AN UNINHABITED ISLAND WEST OF PUERTO RICO. THE U.S. COAST GUARD RESCUED AT LEAST 40 PEOPLE IN OPEN WATERS DURING A SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSION. ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, TWO PEOPLE WERE FOUND DEAD, WITH SURVIVORS REPORTING AN ESTIMATED 60 PEOPLE ABOARD. RESCUE EFFORTS WERE ONGOING AS OF MONDAY EVENING. ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, SURVIVORS SPENT MORE THAN 12 HOURS IN THE WATER BEFORE A BOAT PASSING NEAR MONA ISLAND SPOTTED THEM ON MONDAY AROUND NOON AND CALLED AUTHORITIES, HELPING RESCUE FOUR PEOPLE AT THAT MOMENT.
NJ.COM REPORTED A MOTHER IS SUING A NEW JERSEY SCHOOL DISTRICT AFTER HER CHILD SUFFERS A BROKEN ARM IN AN ALLEGED ATTACK. THE MOTHER OF A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT IN BERGEN COUNTY HAS FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CLIFFSIDE PARK BOARD OF EDUCATION, CLAIMING HER SON SUFFERED A BROKEN ARM WHEN HE WAS ASSAULTED BY ANOTHER STUDENT. THIS IS ACCORDING TO THE LAWSUIT FILED IN NEW JERSEY SUPERIOR COURT COURT ON SEPTEMBER 23RD. THE CHILD WAS PARTICIPATING IN SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ON MAY 20, 2025, AT CLIFFSIDE PARK SCHOOL 6 WHEN HE WAS ALLEGEDLY ATTACKED BY ANOTHER CHILD. THE LAWSUIT STATED AS A RESULT OF THE ASSAULT, THE STUDENT FELL AND SUSTAINED FRACTURES TO THE RIGHT DISTAL RADIUS AND ULNA, BOTH OF WHICH REQUIRED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT.
NJ.COM REPORTED THAT ON MONDAY, THE BERGEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE ANNOUNCED THAT TWO BRONX MEN WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH AN ARMED ROBBERY THAT OCCURRED OUTSIDE OF A SADDLE BROOK BUSINESS IN JUNE. THE OFFICE SAID THAT 27-YEAR-OLD RONNY MOQUETE ROSARIO AND 26-YEAR-OLD JACOB RODRIGUEZ FACE MULTIPLE CHARGES, INCLUDING FIRST-DEGREE ARMED ROBBERY STEMMING FROM THE INCIDENT ON LANZA AVENUE. ON JUNE 22, THE SADDLE BROOK POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO THE ARMED ROBBERY AT APPROXIMATELY 6:51 AM. A VICTIM WHO WAS PARKED NEAR THE BUSINESS WAS CONFRONTED BY A MASKED SUSPECT WEARING A BLACK HOOD AND FACEMASK WITH A GUN AS HE EXITED HIS VEHICLE. THE SUSPECT STOLE MONEY, VALUABLES, AND PERSONAL ITEMS BEFORE FLEEING NORTH ON MIDLAND AVE IN A FOUR-DOOR VEHICLE THAT WAS LATER LINKED TO RODRIGUEZ AND IDENTIFIED AS A 2018 ACURA TLX DISPLAYING A FRAUDULENT TEMPORARY NEW JERSEY REGISTRATION TAG. BOTH MEN WERE CHARGED ON SEPTEMBER 22, AND ON THE FOLLOWING DAY, THEY WERE LOCATED AND APPREHENDED IN THE BRONX WITH HELP FROM THE FBI’S NEW YORK FIELD OFFICE VIOLENT THREAT INITIATIVE AND THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE MEN WERE TAKEN INTO NYPD CUSTODY AND HELD BY NEW YORK AUTHORITIES PENDING EXTRADITION TO BERGEN COUNTY. MUSELLA NOTED THAT THE CHARGES ARE ACCUSATIONS AND THE DEFENDANTS ARE PRESUMED INNOCENT UNLESS PROVEN GUILTY BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.