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Pastor And President Of Louisiana Religious College Charged With Sexual Assault

NEWARK, N.J. – The president of a bible college will appeared in court on charges he sexually assaulted a student on an international flight bound for Newark, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

Cornelius Tilton, 65, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged by complaint with one count of abusive sexual contact after being arrested by FBI agents on Nov. 30, 2019, when the flight, which departed from Tel Aviv, Israel, arrived at Newark Liberty International Airport. He is scheduled to appear this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge James B. Clark III in Newark federal court.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:

Tilton was sitting in a window seat next to the victim, a 19-year-old male student at a theological seminary who was traveling with a group of students on a religious trip to Israel. Tilton accompanied the group as an unofficial guide and gave speeches.

During the flight, Tilton allegedly placed his hand on the victim’s bare calf. Tilton continued to touch the victim’s thigh, and eventually began rubbing the victim’s genitals over the victim’s shorts. The victim did not react, or look at Tilton, out of shock and fear. Tilton took the victim’s hand and placed it on Tilton’s erect penis, on top of his clothing. The victim got up to go to the bathroom, in hopes of ending the assault. Tilton also went to the bathroom. When the victim and Tilton were back in their seats, Tilton continued to touch the bare skin of the victim’s lower back, underneath the victim’s clothing. Tilton moved his hand around to the front of the victim’s waistline, and attempted to place his hand down the victim’s pants, when the victim blocked Tilton’s hand with his elbow. The victim then got up from the seat and informed a flight attendant about the assault.

The charge of abusive sexual contact carries a maximum sentence of two years in prison or a fine of up to $250,000, or both.

U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito credited special agents of the FBI, under the direction of Special agent in Charge Gregory W. Ehrie in Newark, with the investigation leading to the charges.

The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Macurdy of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Criminal Division in Newark.

The charge and allegations in the complaint are merely accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

Mcadoo Man Convicted Of Threatening The President

SCRANTON—The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Shawn Christy, age 28, of McAdoo, was convicted  on November 26, 2019, by a federal jury on twelve counts involving threats against the President of the United States, transmitting threatening communications, interstate transportation of stolen vehicles, interstate transportation of stolen firearms, interstate transportation of firearms while charged with a felony offense, and unlawful possession of a firearm as a fugitive and as a convicted felon.  The seven-day trial was held before U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani.

According to United States Attorney David J. Freed, the jury deliberated for approximately six hours before finding Christy guilty of all charges.

The evidence showed that arrest warrants were issued for Christy in early June 2018, for his failure to appear for court proceedings in Schuylkill and Northampton Counties, and that while a fugitive Christy posted threats in June 2018 to kill President Trump, Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli, and any law enforcement officer that sought to detain him.

Christy was apprehended in Ohio on September 21, 2018, after a three-month manhunt by U.S. Marshals, FBI agents, Secret Service agents, and state and local law enforcement from six states. Prosecutors presented evidence that Christy stole and transported two vehicles from Pennsylvania to New York State and West Virginia, stole firearms and transported them from Pennsylvania to Maryland and Kentucky, broke into businesses in Pennsylvania and Maryland, broke into a church in Maryland, and broke into residences in Butler Township, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky.

After the verdict, Judge Mariani ordered a presentence investigation report to be completed and tentatively scheduled sentencing for February 2020. Christy remains in custody pending sentencing.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Secret Service, the United States Marshals Service, U.S. Border Patrol agents, the Pennsylvania State Police, Butler Township Police, Maryland State Police, New York State Police, Allegany County, Maryland Sheriff’s Office, Nitro Police in West Virginia, Richland County Jail Officers in Ohio, Northeastern Ohio Correctional Officials, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Francis P. Sempa and Sean A. Camoni are prosecuting the case.

This case is part of

Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN)

, a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. The Department of Justice reinvigorated PSN in 2017 as part of the Department’s renewed focus on targeting violent criminals, directing all U.S. Attorney’s Offices to work in partnership with federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement and the local community to develop effective, locally-based strategies to reduce violent crime.

The maximum penalty under federal law for each threat offense is five years’ imprisonment, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and a fine. The maximum penalty for each interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle offense is 10 years’ imprisonment, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and a fine. The maximum penalty for each interstate transportation of a stolen firearm offense, and for unlawful possession of a firearm as a fugitive and convicted felon, is 10 years’ imprisonment, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and a fine. The maximum penalty for each interstate transportation of a firearm while charged with a felony offense is five years’ imprisonment, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and a fine. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the Judge is also required to consider and weigh a number of factors, including the nature, circumstances and seriousness of the offense; the history and characteristics of the defendant; and the need to punish the defendant, protect the public and provide for the defendant\’s educational, vocational and medical needs. For these reasons, the statutory maximum penalty for the offense is not an accurate indicator of the potential sentence for a specific defendant.

GTPD Participating In Statewide Impaired Driving Enforcement Crackdown

GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP NJ (Dec. 4, 2019)–Beginning December 6, 2019 and continuing through January 1, 2020, local and state law enforcement officers will conduct saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints looking for motorists who may be driving while intoxicated. The Gloucester Township Police will be cracking down on drivers impaired by alcohol or drugs as part of the annual end of year “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign.

The national “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” effort endeavors to raise awareness about the dangers of impaired driving through a combination of high-visibility enforcement and public education. During the last five years New Jersey has experienced nearly 37,000 alcohol involved crashes resulting in more than 679 fatalities. Last year, 20% of all motor vehicle fatalities in New Jersey were alcohol-related. Just last year, 10,511 people died in drunk driving crashes across the nation. The societal cost associated with these crashes is estimated to be $44 billion annually.

We want to offer the following advice for the holiday season:

• Take mass transit, a taxicab, rideshare service or ask a sober friend to drive you home.

• Spend the night where the activity or party is held.

• If you see an impaired driver on the road, contact law enforcement.

• Always buckle-up, every ride. It’s your best defense against an impaired driver.

• Be responsible. If someone you know is drinking, do not let that person get behind the wheel.

The timing of this initiative is even more important given it coincides with the holidays where we see an increase in traffic volume due to celebrations involving family and friends as well as numerous shopping trips to retail businesses. The Gloucester Township Police Department is committed to ensuring everyone gets to where they are going safely by enforcing aggressive driving behaviors and detecting and arresting those driving while under the influence. We want to reinforce the importance of safe driving behaviors in an effort to save a life or prevent a serious injury.

Address/Location

Gloucester Township Police Department

1261 Chews Landing Rd

Gloucester Township, NJ 08021

Contact

Emergency: 9-1-1

Non-emergencies: 856-228-4500

Gloucester City Police Announce Christmas Road Closures/Parking Restrictions

December, 2019

On Thursday, December 5

th

. the annual Gloucester City Christmas Parade will begin on Johnson Blvd. at Monmouth Street at 6:00 pm.

The parade will proceed west on Monmouth Street to King Street.

In order to accommodate the parade, the following road closures will be in place from 5:30 pm until 9:00 pm.

Roads will be reopened earlier, as safety permits:

Monmouth St. closed from Johnson Blvd. to King St.

Johnson Blvd. closed between Frances and Bergen Sts.

Brown St. closed between Somerset and Bergen Sts.

East Brown St. between Frances and Somerset Sts. closed to westbound traffic only (towards Somerset St.)

Eastbound traffic traveling from Somerset towards Frances will be open.

N. Railroad Ave. at Monmouth St.

S. Railroad Ave. at Bergen St.

Champion Rd. at Somerset St.

Sussex St. between Somerset and Monmouth Sts.

Burlington St. between Bergen and Monmouth Sts.

The following parking restrictions will be in place from 5:00 pm until 9:00 pm:

Monmouth St. (both sides) between Johnson Blvd. and King St.

Johnson Blvd. (both sides) between Frances and Hudson Sts.

King St. (both sides) between Hudson and Monmouth Sts.

Signs will be posted and we appreciate everyone’s cooperation.

Officer Down: Master-at-Arms Oscar J. Temores

Master-at-Arms Oscar J. Temores

United States Navy Security Forces, U.S. Government

End of Watch

Saturday, November 30, 2019

Virginia Beach, Virginia-

-Master-at-Arms 3rd Class Oscar Temores was killed when his patrol car was intentionally struck by a vehicle that had run the

gate at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

The vehicle entered Fort Story at Gate 8 on Atlantic Avenue by driving the wrong way in the outbound lanes at a high rate of speed at 7:35 pm. Personnel at the gate immediately requested assistance and MA3 Temores began to respond to the scene. The civilian driver of the vehicle intentionally struck MA3 Temores’ patrol car head-on responded to locate the vehicle.

MA3 Temores was transported to Virginia Beach General Hospital where he died a short time later. The subject, who was also injured, was taken into custody. His motive for entering the base is under investigation.

MA3 Temores had served with the U.S. Navy Security Forces for only 10 months. He is survived by his wife and 2-year-old son.

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Bordentown Physician Charged with Narcotics Distribution/Fraud

Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced today that narcotics distribution and fraud charges have been filed accusing a former physician of illegally prescribing thousands of highly- addictive opioid pills out of his Bordentown Township practice while simultaneously engaging in an unlawful medical billing

scheme.

Morris “Moishe” Starkman, 60, of Yellowstone Road in Cinnaminson, was charged with eight counts of Distribution of a Controlled Dangerous Substance (Second Degree), four counts of Healthcare Claims Fraud (Second Degree) and two counts of Insurance Fraud (Second Degree).

He was taken into custody November 22 following the execution of a search warrant at his home during which multiple electronic devices were seized, along with business, financial and medical records. Starkman was released following a first appearance in Superior Court. The case is being prepared for presentation to a grand jury for possible indictment.

The investigation determined that between January 1, 2015 and January 1, 2018, Starkman issued prescriptions through his Bordentown Family Practice for nearly 1,400,000 total doses of opioids, including Oxycodone (OxyContin, Percocet, Roxicodone, Endocet), Hydrocodone (Vicodin, Norco, Lorcet, Lortab), Oxymorphone (Opana), Hydromorphone (Dilaudid), morphine and fentanyl.

The eight patients outlined in the criminal charges filed against Starkman received 11 doses of opioids per day on average during that period. One patient alone was prescribed 17,460 doses, which equates to more than 15 per day. They each received anywhere from four to ten times the maximum dose recommended by the Centers for Disease Control.

The investigation revealed that Starkman would perform – at most – cursory examinations on patients before prescribing large amounts of opioids without medical justification, consideration of whether his patients were benefitting from the prescription painkillers he routinely and repeatedly prescribed, or exploration of the underlying causes for their pain.

Starkman maintained inadequate records on his patients which failed to document treatment plans for pain management or opioid use, or provide a legitimate medical purpose for prescribing such high quantities for an extended period of time. The reliance of his patients on the highly-addictive opioids he was prescribing insured they would frequently return to the practice for refills and be charged for an office visit.

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“He was one of the top prescribers in New Jersey,” Prosecutor Coffina said. “The number of opioids he prescribed for the three-year period reviewed during the investigation was enough to provide in excess of three doses to every man, woman and child residing in Burlington County.

“It is well documented that prescription opioids lay at the origin of the devastating drug use epidemic we are experiencing today. Around 80% of heroin users started with prescription drugs. Physicians who have abandoned their medical judgment and indiscriminately prescribed opioids to patients they knew or should have known were becoming addicted to them must be held accountable for their role in this ongoing health crisis.”

The investigation also revealed that Starkman, during that same time, submitted fraudulent health care claims to insurance companies for over $50,000 for services that were unauthorized, not eligible for reimbursement, not provided as represented or not rendered.

Starkman first came to the attention of law enforcement officials in late 2016 after an insurance company contacted authorities with a suspicion of illegal activity at his practice due to the high volume of opioid prescriptions he was writing.

The State Board of Medical Examiners temporarily suspended Starkman’s license in August 2017. Under a consent order reached in April 2018, Starkman agreed to permanently surrender his license to practice medicine in New Jersey.

Records seized from Starkman’s practice revealed that one of his patients fatally overdosed in May 2015, two months after his last visit to the Bordentown office.

The records indicated that during a visit in December 2014, Starkman continued to prescribe Oxycontin to the patient, despite noting that he was “slurring and falling asleep” during the visit. The following month, when the patient visited the office because he was “sick” and “ran out of all meds early again,” Starkman wrote him a prescription for a higher dosage of Oxycodone. During the patient’s final visit in March 2015, Starkman prescribed him 120 additional Oxycodone pills, despite noting that three days earlier he had been discharged from week-long stay at a mental health and addiction treatment facility where he had sought help for anxiety and panic attacks.

Due to insufficient evidence connecting his prescriptions to the patient’s fatal overdose, Starkman was not criminally charged in connection with the patient’s death.

Starkman will be prosecuted by Michael Angermeier, Supervisor of the BCPO Gang, Gun and Narcotics Task Force, Josh Dennis, Supervisor of the Insurance Fraud Unit, and First Assistant Prosecutor Philip S. Aronow.

The case was investigated by the BCPO Gang, Gun and Narcotics Task Force and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Diversion Control Division, with assistance from the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs Enforcement Bureau, the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield Special Investigations, and the National Insurance Crime Bureau.

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All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Three Charged with Collingswood Murder

COLLINGSWOOD, NJ–Dawud Haskins, 21, Dwayne Graves, 21, both from Camden, and Damian Crews, 20, of Collingswood were each charged with Felony Murder and Armed Robbery on November 26, 2019, according to Acting Camden County Prosecutor Jill S. Mayer and Collingswood Police Chief Kevin Carey.

The Camden County Prosecutor’s Office, Collingswood Police Department and the United States Marshals Service are seeking the public’s assistance in locating Dwayne Graves.

On November 17, 2019, Collingswood Police responded to reports of an injured male inside of an apartment building on the 500 block of North Newton Lake Drive in Collingswood. The victim, Jose Morel, 26, was suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. He was transported to Cooper University Hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.

Dawud Haskins was arrested in Camden on November 25, 2019, on an unrelated matter. Damian Crews was arrested on November 27, 2019, in Collingswood. Both were remanded to the Camden County jail pending a pretrial detention hearing.

Dwayne Graves, pictured below, is still at large. He should be considered armed and dangerous. Members of the public who might encounter Dwayne Graves should not approach him, but should call police immediately.

Anyone with any information pertaining to his whereabouts is urged to contact Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Detective Matthew Barber at (856) 225-5166 or Collingswood Police Detective Michael Manning at (856) 854-1901.

All persons charged with crimes are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Released Tuesday, December 3, 2019.

PA Supreme Court: Criminal Suspect Can\’t Be Compelled To Reveal Password

In much-watched ruling

By Steve Bittenbender |

The Center Square

Nov 29, 2019

Privacy advocates scored a major victory when the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled last week, in a 4-3 decision, that a person does not have to reveal a computer password to law enforcement.

The ruling stems from a case that started in 2014 when investigators with the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office discovered child pornography being shared online. Eventually, the case led them to Joseph Davis, a Luzerne County resident who was eventually charged with two counts of distributing child pornography.

In October 2015, agents seized a computer from Davis that agents claimed held illicit material. While Davis admitted to watching porn on his computer and that he had been arrested previously on child pornography charges, he refused to provide a password law enforcement needed to access the computer and find the file in question for evidence against him.

Two months later, when a judge tried to compel Davis, he again refused, citing his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. However, that judge eventually ruled that based on previous information that Davis told investigators – such as that he was the only user of the computer and a statement to an agent saying disclosing the password would only hurt his case – the case met the “foregone conclusion” exception.

An appellate upheld the lower court’s decision. However, Davis appealed to the state’s top court.

Justice Debra Todd said that unlike a blood sample, there is “no physical manifestation” of a password. As such, that makes a password testimonial in nature and protected by the Fifth Amendment.

“As a passcode is necessarily memorized, one cannot reveal a passcode without revealing the contents of one’s mind,” Todd wrote in an opinion joined by Chief Justice Thomas Saylor and Justices Christine Donohue and David Wecht.

Todd admitted in her opinion that sometimes Constitutional rights hinder prosecutions. However, what may be “‘a shelter to the guilty,’ is often ‘a protection to the innocent.’”

Justice Max Baer dissented, with Justices Kevin Dougherty and Sallie Updyke Mundy joining.

The ruling sends the case back to the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas, where it will continue based on the justices’ decision.

\”We are carefully reviewing the court\’s decision,\” said Jacklin Rhoads, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Josh Shapiro.

Peter Goldberger, president of the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, argued before the Supreme Court on Davis’ behalf. In a statement, he said the state justices upheld basic privacy rights for everyone.

“The state and federal constitutions promise that people accused of crimes have the right to defend their own liberty,” he said. “They are under no obligation to assist the police or prosecutors in building a case against them by divulging their innermost thoughts.”

The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a brief in support of Fifth Amendment rights in the case. Andrew Crocker, a senior staff attorney, said courts must take into consideration technological advances when considering an individual’s rights.

“We store a wealth of deeply personal information on our electronic devices,” he wrote in a foundation blog post. “The government simply should not put individuals in the no-win situation of choosing between disclosing a password – and turning over everything on these devices – or instead defying a court order to do so.”

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Multiple Agencies Increase Maritime Safety and Security at Philadelphia Port

PHILADELPHIA-Members of Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay, Coast Guard Maritime Safety and

Security Team New York, Customs and Border Protection and multiple state and local police agencies

increased maritime operations to deter illegal activity within the ports of Philadelphia and

Wilmington, Delaware over the past three weeks.

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Seth Johnson U.S. Coast Guard District 5 PADET Atlantic City Subscribe14 A member of Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team New York and K9 Ruthie inspect goods in the Port of Philadelphia for contraband, November 13, 2019. Interagency teams brought an increased presence to the ports during November to inspect goods brought in for the holiday seasons.

These combined joint agency efforts were focused on a period of heavy import and export before the

holidays, accounting for more than $1.2 billion of commerce throughout the Delaware Bay watershed.

During this time period, the Coast Guard and partner agencies conducted more than 470 hours of

extensive joint operations that included the inspection of 235 vehicles before export, screening 150

ferry passengers and the pier side examination of 62 shipping containers.

“The Delaware River contributes more than $77 billion dollars in economic value each year,” said Capt.

Scott Anderson, Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay Commander and Captain of the Port. \”These types of

joint operations help unify law enforcement efforts in the port to disrupt, detect, and deter illegal

activities by sharing unique capabilities and resources between agencies.”

In March 2019, an interagency task force seized 537 kilograms of contraband from a commercial vessel at the port of Philadelphia and in June 2019, nearly 20 tons of cocaine was seized, with an estimated street value of $1.3 billion.

The Delaware River port facilities can receive more than 3,000 deep draft vessels each year. There are

more than 70 private and public facilities capable of servicing bulk, break bulk, and containerized cargos.

Philadelphia is the largest North American port for the importing of paper, meat, cocoa beans, and fruit.

The Delaware River is also the largest energy port on the East Coast.

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$449,119 Jersey Cash 5 Ticket Sold in Bergen County

TRENTON (Dec. 3, 2019)

– One lucky ticket matched all five numbers drawn winning the $449,119 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot from the

Monday, Dec. 2

, drawing. T

he winning numbers were: 03, 15, 20, 35 and 36 and the XTRA number was: 02.

The retailer will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for the winning ticket sold. That ticket was sold at Krauszer’s Food Store, 403 Midland Ave., Garfield in Bergen County.

Acting Executive Director James Carey announced that there were 453,181 tickets purchased for the drawing. By adding XTRA, for an additional $1.00 per play, winners are able to multiply their non-jackpot prizes by the XTRA number drawn. For correctly matching four of the five numbers drawn, 61 ticket holders won $573 each and 17 others won $1,146 each with the addition of XTRA. Moreover, for correctly matching three of the five numbers drawn, 2,600 ticket holders won $16 each and 459 others won $32 each with the addition of XTRA. Lastly 5,733 ticket holders each won $2 for correctly matching two of the five numbers drawn with the addition of XTRA on their purchase.