Category Archive for : ‘LAUNDRY ROOM’

March 22, 2021
Caren Lissner
Patch

UNION COUNTY, NJ — The owner of 18 rental properties in Elizabeth has been charged with coercing 13 of his tenants into sexual acts to avoid eviction and homelessness, or in exchange for lower rents, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office said Monday.
“The victims reported feeling they had no choice but to concede to [his] demands, citing dire personal circumstances such as trying to maintain housing for their young children,” said a press release from the office of Prosecutor Lindsay Ruotolo.
Joseph Centanni, 73, of Mountainside was charged with

newsday.com/Timothy O’Connor

Gregory Hicks, a 52 year old Peekskill man, was convicted on March 27 of first degree rape,second degree assault, and two counts of first degree criminal sexual acts, all felonies.  Hewas sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison for raping a female acquaintance in the laundry room ofthe building where he lived.  Hicks raped the woman in the laundry room on October 22,2010.  The incident began with him forcibly trying to remove her dress after kissingher.  The woman refused when he tried to have sex with and he