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Prince William
Police & Fire
Feds Detail Letter Found In Home Of Would-Be Haymarket Church Killer Feds Detail Letter Found In Home Of Would-Be Haymarket Church Killer
Feds Detail Letter Found In Home Of Would-Be Haymarket Church Killer A 35-year-old Virginia man is facing new federal charges months after showing up to to a church with a handgun and threatening to kill its members on social media, officials said. Falls Church resident Rui Jiang, 35, was charged with attempted aggravated murder of multiple people, after showing up to the Park Valley Church on Waverly Farm Drive in Haymarket with a handgun on Sunday, Sept. 24, Prince William County police said. Federal officials this week charged Jian by criminal complaint with posting threatening messages online against the congregants of a Haymarket church. A search of hi…

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by Cecilia Levine
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes
Police & Fire
Bergen Hebrew School, Mercer House Of Worship Among 200 Targets Of Swatting, Bomb Threats In US Bergen Hebrew School, Mercer House Of Worship Among 200 Targets Of Swatting, Bomb Threats In US
Bergen Hebrew School, Mercer House Of Worship Among 200 Targets Of Swatting, Bomb Threats In US UPDATE: A Hebrew school in Bergen County and a house of worship in Mercer were among nearly 200 Jewish targets of bogus bomb threats and swatting incidents across the country, law enforcement officials reported. In just 24 hours over this past weekend, 199 bogus bomb and swatting threats were delivered from one coast to the other, according to the Secure Community Network, a nonprofit that monitors antisemitic threats and coordinates security for Jewish institutions nationwide. It was shortly before 10 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 17, when Barnert Temple on southbound Route 208 in Franklin Lakes rece…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Putnam
Police & Fire
Police To Conduct Random Checks At Houses Of Worship In Putnam After Israel Attacks Police To Conduct Random Checks At Houses Of Worship In Putnam After Israel Attacks
Police To Conduct Random Checks At Houses Of Worship In Putnam After Israel Attacks Following terrorist attacks in Israel that have killed hundreds of Israelis and several American citizens, authorities in the Hudson Valley will be conducting random checks of religious institutions as a precaution. The "frequent and random" checks will be performed at all houses of worship in Putnam County, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office announced on Monday, Oct. 5.  Additionally, the Sheriff's Office's Operations, Standards, and Intelligence Division will be monitoring the situation and will be in constant communication with other federal, state, and local law enforceme…

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by Ben Crnic
Hudson
Police & Fire
Fake Accountant Admits Stealing $1.5 Million In Scam That Targeted NJ Schools, Nonprofits: Feds Fake Accountant Admits Stealing $1.5 Million In Scam That Targeted NJ Schools, Nonprofits: Feds
Fake Accountant Admits Stealing $1.5 Million In Scam That Targeted NJ Schools, Nonprofits: Feds A Hudson County woman admitted to stealing more than $1.5 million from non-profits, private schools and religious institutions throughout New Jersey by pretending to be an accountant.  Yezenia Castillo, a 46-year-old Hoboken resident, pleaded guilty on Thursday, April 6 to one count of wire fraud and one count of tax evasion in U.S. District Court in Newark, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger announced. For nine years, Castillo falsely claimed to be an accountant, offering her serves to non-profits throughout the state, Sellinger said. Upon being hired, Castillo would charge…

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by Sam Barron
Montgomery MD
News
Rockville Banker Convicted Of Stealing Nearly $2M From Churches: Feds Rockville Banker Convicted Of Stealing Nearly $2M From Churches: Feds
Rockville Banker Convicted Of Stealing Nearly $2M From Churches: Feds A 29-year-old Maryland man has been convicted of a bank fraud scheme that saw him and his co-conspirators profit to the tune of nearly $2 million, authorities announced. Diape Seck was found guilty after he was accused of the extensive scheme he helped run from 2019 until 2020, according to the Department of Justice. According to the evidence, Seck, along with at least eight other people, stole nearly $2 million by pocketing checks from the mail of churches and religious institutions from at least Jan. 2019 thorough Jan. 2020. A customer service representative with one of the banks, Seck c…

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by Annie DeVoe
Carroll
News
Romanian National In Maryland Sentenced For Stealing $1M Meant For Religious Institutions Romanian National In Maryland Sentenced For Stealing $1M Meant For Religious Institutions
Romanian National In Maryland Sentenced For Stealing $1M Meant For Religious Institutions A Romanian national will spend years in prison after scheming to steal thousands of checks from religious institutions in Maryland and across the East Coast worth more than $1 million, federal authorities announced. Marius Vaduva, 27, of Hollywood, FL, was sentenced to 42 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud, the US Department of Justice said. In addition to his prison sentence, Vaduva was also ordered to pay $1,334,230.84 in restitution. Sentencing was by Theodore Chuang, US District Judge in the District of…

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by Zak Failla
Hudson
Police & Fire
Authorities: Jersey City Priest Groped Woman In Church Authorities: Jersey City Priest Groped Woman In Church
Authorities: Jersey City Priest Groped Woman In Church A Jersey City priest was arrested on accusations of groping and kissing a woman in his church, authorities said Monday. Donato Cabardo, 56, surrendered to authorities at the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office in Jersey City Friday at 11 a.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Cabardo touched the woman's breast and buttocks and pressed his cheek against her cheek, kissing her cheek, hand, face and head at St. Paul of the Cross Church on Hancock Avenue between January and July 2020, Suarez said. The alleged crimes were first reported to the Archdiocese of Newark, whi…

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by Cecilia Levine
Morris
Police & Fire
Morris County Man Admits Phoning In Synagogue Bomb Threat Morris County Man Admits Phoning In Synagogue Bomb Threat
Morris County Man Admits Phoning In Synagogue Bomb Threat A Morris County man admitted Tuesday that he called in a bomb threat that forced the evacuation of a synagogue three years ago. James Triano, 38, of Pompton Plains, pleaded guilty via videoconference to "maliciously conveying false information about an explosive" in exchange for leniency at a scheduled Sept. 30 sentencing in U.S. District Court in Newark. Triano was charged with calling Temple Beth Shalom on Mount Pleasant Avenue in Livington on March 21, 2017 and saying that a bomb there would explode in a half hour. The "malicious" threat caused a "substantial disruption to the reli…

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by Jerry DeMarco
South Passaic
News
List Of Paterson Diocese Sex-Abuse Priests Released, Names Of Parishes Withheld List Of Paterson Diocese Sex-Abuse Priests Released, Names Of Parishes Withheld
List Of Paterson Diocese Sex-Abuse Priests Released, Names Of Parishes Withheld The Paterson Diocese on Wednesday released its list of priests accused of sexual abuse but didn't identify their parishes. "You don't need to know that information," a Paterson Diocese receptionist told Daily Voice. "All that you see is what has been approved by the bishop." Most were removed from the ministry. Several have died. Dozens of Bergen County priests and their parishes were identified Wednesday by the Newark Archdiocese. Bishop Arthur Serrattelli called the publication of the list a tragedy. "Our society and certain members of the Church have failed children," he said. T…

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by Jerry DeMarco
White Plains
News
$10M Added For Security At NY Religious Centers, Schools $10M Added For Security At NY Religious Centers, Schools
$10M Added For Security At NY Religious Centers, Schools In the wake of the deadliest assault on the Jewish community in American history, millions of dollars are being added to help protect cultural centers in New York from hate crimes. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced this week that a $10 million grant program to protect non-public schools and religious-based institutions is accepting applications.  The grant program comes months after $14.8 million in grants were provided to “help strengthen security measures and help prevent hate crimes or attacks against these facilities because of their ideology, beliefs or mission.” Eleven people were…

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by Zak Failla