Teaneck man charged in child pornography
By Howard Prosnitz
(posted on June 17, 2008)
Teaneck Police arrested Levi J. Weinberger, 20, on Friday on a variety of child pornography charges. Weinberger was arrested without incident as he was leaving for work Friday from his Winthrop Road home.
He was charged with one count each of transmitting child pornography, possessing child pornography, endangering the welfare of a child, criminal sexual contact and computer theft. Weinberger is free on $50,000 bail with no 10 percent option.
The arrest came about as a result of an investigation conducted by members of the Teaneck Police Department detective bureau with the assistance of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Computer Crimes Unit.
Teaneck Detective Lt. Dean Kazinci said the investigation began in March after Teaneck Police received information from an out-of-state watch dog group.
"It was not from a law enforcement agency, but from someone involved with a watch dog group and we investigated it," he said.
The investigation revealed that Weinberger engaged in conversation on Internet chat rooms and instant messaging, with a person whom he believed to be a 13-year-old girl. During the course of the conversation, Weinberger sent images of himself masturbating to the underage online personality and requested her to do the same.
Kazinci urged anyone whose child spoke with screen name "LWLW01@aol.com" to contact the Teaneck Police Department detective bureau or the Bergen County Computer Crimes Unit.
Police nab NYC man on phony prescription
By Howard Prosnitz
(posted on May 21, 2008)
Teaneck Police arrested a New York City man on May 9 after he attempted to fill a fraudulent prescription for a narcotic-based cough medicine at Walgreens Pharmacy on Teaneck Road.
Ramone Acosta, 25, of Manhattan, was charged with forgery, attempting to obtain a controlled dangerous substance by fraud, possession of a controlled dangerous substance and possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute.
He was released after posting $10,000 bail. Acosta’s accomplice Catherine Rodriguez, 28, also of Manhattan, was charged with hindering apprehension and released on her own recognizance.
According to Teaneck Police Detective Lt. Dean Kazinci, Acosta presented a prescription for Tussionex at the pharmacy, telling the pharmacist that he would return in 15 minutes.
When the pharmacist was unable to verify the prescription through the prescribing doctor, he alerted police. The pharmacist’s suspicions were also aroused by the old and poor condition of the prescription form and the non-standard dose. [Full Story]
