In a candid interview with the Observer newspaper Sunday, Scottish comedian Billy Connolly, famed for his flowing locks and impudent humor, has revealed he suffered years of sexual abuse as a child at the hands of his father. The abuse was a dark secret through most of his life, only revealing it to his wife after his father William died in 1989. He and his sister were raised by his father and two aunts in poverty in Glasgow after his mother left the family when he was three. He told
Norman Byler, 67, was accused of assaulting girls aged 3, 5, and 8 after neighbors stated they saw one of the girls bleeding. Byler was charged on December 27, 2000. Byler’s daughter, Katie Yoder and son-in-law, Tobie were already aware of the situation and had sought mental health treatment for him. Yoder stated that Byler was responding to the medication. Yoder does not want Byler in jail, stating that …it won’t do him any good.
Byler pleaded guilty on Monday to sexual battery in a plea bargain that would require
Since August 1, six teens have reported being groped by an assailant who sneaks up on young girls and grabs their breasts before running away. Four incidences occurred in Leonia and two in Palisades Park. In one of the Palisades Park incidents, the assailant tried to force the girl to the ground but she broke free and ran for help. The assailant is described as a dark-skinned man, between 5-foot-5 and 5-foot-7, with short, dark hair and a muscular build. In two of the incidents, he spoke in Spanish.
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A kidnapped Bronx girl was forced to live on almost nothing but water and cookied for nearly a year while being held in a boiler room and basement bedrom in her apartment building. The girl, who was 12 when she disappeared, said she was eventually shipped off to Puerto Rico. After one escape attempt failed, the kidnappers, Pedro Garcia who was the building’s superintendent, and his wife, Betzayda Melendez, told her, We’re sending you to Puerto Rico because you’re getting us into trouble. One the day of her departure at
Anthony Lopez, a 37 year old Rikers Island correction officer, was arrested for possession of a kiddie-porn collection starring himself and young boys. His infuriated wife, after an argument and being thrown out of their car in the Bronx, went into a NYPD housing police station and leveled a series of accusations against her husband, including a charged that he had kiddie porn on his home computer. She had to sign a release authorizing the cops to search the family computer and went with her from the Bronx to the
Carmin Ezzo, a 45 year old disabled man from Passaic County, pleaded guilty in municipal court to charges of trespassing and creating a hazardous situation a May 15th incident. As part of the plea bargain, prosecutors agreed to drop a lewdness charge. Ezzo was fined $900, placed on two years’ probation, and ordered to undergo drug and alcohol counseling. Ezzo, who suffers from spinal meningitis has a history of exposing himself. In May, he drove a lawn mower a few blocks from his home to the Wanaque Reservoir pipeline and
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