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GLEN ROCK MAN CHARGED WITH STALKING, FILING A FALSE REPORT AND HINDERING

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March 29,2017

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Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal announced the arrest of BRIAN ROONEY (DOB: 02/11/1969, married; and employed as an employment recruiter) of 16 Abbington Terrace, Glen Rock, New Jersey on charges of Stalking, Filing a False Report, and Hindering. The arrest is the result of a joint investigation conducted by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Robert ANZILOTTI, and the Glen Rock Police Department under the direction of Chief Dean ACKERMANN.

On Wednesday, February 22, 2017, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office received information that two residents of Glen Rock, New Jersey were receiving harassing notes and text messages over an approximate eighteen-month time span. The two residents, one of which was BRIAN ROONEY, reported the harassing communications to the Glen Rock Police Department and the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. An investigation by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit and the Glen Rock Police Department revealed that ROONEY sent the harassing communications to himself and another person and then ROONEY attempted to implicate a third person as the person sending the harassing communications.

As a result of the investigation, Brian ROONEY was arrested on Wednesday, March 27, 2017, and charged with one count of Stalking, N.J.S.A. 2C:12-10b, a fourth degree crime; one count of Filing a False Police Report, N.J.S.A. 2C:28-4a, a third degree crime; and one count of Hindering, N.J.S.A. 2C:29-3b(4), a crime of the fourth degree. ROONEY was charged by way of complaint summons and was released on his own recognizance pending his first appearance in the Bergen County Judicial Processing Court on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 8:30 a.m.

Prosecutor Grewal states that these charges are merely accusations and that the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and would also like to thank the Glen Rock Police Department for their assistance in this investigation.

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Judge allows Glen Rock man accused of scamming investors to remain free on bail

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FEBRUARY 8, 2016, 2:17 PM    LAST UPDATED: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2016, 4:56 PM
BY PETER J. SAMPSON
STAFF WRITER |
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A judge on Monday denied the government’s request to revoke the bail of a Glen Rock man who prosecutors alleged had begun to scam new investors while awaiting sentencing for bilking more than $3 million from 15 victims.

Without conducting a hearing, U.S. District Judge William J. Martini issued an order rejecting the government’s bid to detain Paul Mancuso, 49. The judge also set a new sentencing date of March 8.

Last week, lawyers for the government and Mancuso gathered in Martini’s Newark courtroom for a hearing on the bail revocation request when the hearing was abruptly canceled. An aide to the judge said Monday that he based his ruling on the papers that had been previously filed with the court.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/judge-allows-glen-rock-man-accused-of-scamming-investors-to-remain-free-on-bail-1.1508105

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New allegations are leveled against Glen Rock man who has admitted bilking investors

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JANUARY 26, 2016, 11:51 AM    LAST UPDATED: TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2016, 4:08 PM
BY PETER J. SAMPSON
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THE RECORD

A Glen Rock man who is awaiting sentencing for bilking upwards of $3 million from more than a dozen investors is at it again, federal authorities allege, using a phony alias to scam new victims.

The new allegations against Paul Mancuso, 49, were leveled in a letter that a federal prosecutor sent last week to U.S. District Judge William J. Martini in Newark requesting that his $250,000 bail be revoked and that he be detained pending sentencing.

“Despite having pled guilty [in September] to defrauding numerous victims over a three-year period of more than $3 million, Mancuso is continuing to hold himself out as a real estate entrepreneur — using a phony alias —  in a brazen attempt to lure additional victims into fraudulent real estate transactions,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Anthony J. Mahajan wrote in his letter to the judge.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/new-allegations-are-leveled-against-glen-rock-man-who-has-admitted-bilking-investors-1.1499164