For Immediate Release: April 4, 2024 Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of COREY W. BARRACLOUGH, 33, of South Hackensack, NJ on charges of distribution and possession of child sexual abuse material. The arrest is the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Matthew Finck. On Thursday, April 4, 2024, members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit executed a search warrant at the residence of COREY BARRACLOUGH during the course of an Internet child sexual abuse material investigation. The investigation revealed that BARRACLOUGH used the Internet to view, download, possess, and distribute over 28,000 items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children. As a result of the investigation, COREY BARRACLOUGH was arrested on Thursday, April 4, 2024, in Paramus, NJ and charged with first-degree distribution of child pornography, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4(b)5(a)(i); and second-degree possession of…

For Immediate Release: April 2, 2024 Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of 24-year-old ANN ZHENG of Palisades Park, NJ on a charge of endangering the welfare of a child. The arrest was the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Matthew Finck and the Palisades Park Police Department under the direction of Chief Anthony Espino. On Monday, April 1, 2024, the Palisades Park Police Department contacted the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit regarding a toddler who had sustained serious burns to his body on Thursday, March 28, 2024, while attending Dearest Angel Child Care in Palisades Park, NJ. An investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and the Palisades Park Police Department revealed that ANN ZHENG, while having an assumed responsibility for the child, neglected the child, resulting in the child sustaining serious burn injuries. As…

For Immediate Release: April 2, 2024 Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of ERNESTO LARA-ROJO, 49, of West New York, NJ for attempted murder, aggravated assault, and weapon charges as a result of an incident in Cliffside Park, NJ. The arrest is the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit under the direction of Chief Matthew Finck and the Cliffside Park Police Department under the direction of Chief Marc Marano. On Monday, April 1, 2024, at approximately 4:58 p.m., the Cliffside Park Police Department responded to a report of a domestic violence incident involving serious bodily injury. An investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit and the Cliffside Park Police Department revealed that a female victim’s throat was cut with a razor blade by ERNESTO LARA-ROJO. The victim was transported to HMH Palisades Medical Center in North…