December 17,2016
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, some of you may remember Greg May, he ran for Ridgewood School Board a number of years ago . Greg’s sister needs our help .
I am writing this on behalf of my sister. In the beginning of November, she was viciously attacked and held captive for a couple days. During that time, her attacker assaulted her and threatened her life. During her escape she suffered numerous injuries, including a fractured vertebrae and a broken ankle. While her attacker was arrested and given a bail of $500,000, he was able to post bail and is now walking the streets while awaiting trial. I unfortunately can not go into more details as there is an ongoing criminal investigation; however, we are thankful that she was able to escape with her life. Since her attacker was bailed out, we had to quickly move her from the hospital in the town she was living at and move her into hiding for her safety as her attacker had already violated a no contact order. We really don’t know what her attacker is capable of as he has tried to contact her and find her location since he was released on bail. As you could imagine this has caused quite a hardship for my sister. At this time, she has no job and no means of support outside of her family. She is using the services provided by the state but sadly we have had to move her out of her state of residency for her own safety thus making her ineligible for some of the state sponsored programs. She is facing a long road to recovery and is in need for some assistance. We are hoping we can raise $20,000 to help her cover some of her medical expenses, counseling, and basic daily living expenses. She currently is disabled and is not going to be able to work for approximately six months according to her doctors. From the conversations we have had from the prosecutor and lead detective, we are expecting her attacker to be going to trial sometime in mid 2017 so we have to keep her in hiding till her attacker goes to trial. Her world has really been turned upside down and wrecked. My sister would appreciate any help folks could give. Any monies donated will go to supporting her daily living expenses like food, shelter and such and to help cover her medical and counseling expenses. Thank you in advance and I will post any updates we can as long as it doesn’t compromise her safety or jeopardize the criminal case against her attacker.