Ex-Warren Sheriff indicted for molesting boy in Mansfield, Belvidere
Edward G. Bullock allegedly abused boys at the juvenile detention center at Warren Acres.
Express-Times is doing a lot of investigative reporting, for once. The Morning Call has published a lot of detail, too. It's in many other papers and NJ News 12 and WFMZ-TV out of Allentown.
If it wasn't buried 21 years ago, it could have approached a Sandusky level story, at least regionally.
http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-former-warren-county-sheriff-sex-charges-indict-20140304,0,7155704.story#ixzz2v7pcCdzC
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LeRoy Grimace why dont these kids ever tell there parents? so their dad can go and blow the Aholes head off with OO buck
aguy That story is total BS and lawyer speak about not knowing about the alleged abuse until late 2013 because the county knew about this alleged abuse in the early 90s before the election and kept it quiet so Bullock would be reelected and step down for his republican replacement Donald Kelley . Everybody who worked for the county knew it back then ! The only mystery is why it took so long for a civil suit to be filed .
http://articles.mcall.com/1992-11-04/news/2888781_1_sheriff-s-department-courthouse-security-ocean-county
Zombo i think you answered your own question, aguy. what child wants to see their daddy go to jail for murder?
furthermore, it's most often a close family member or trusted person in authority who commits this type of crime. parents aren't likely to believe it even if the child were to summon the tremendous courage it takes to disclose sexual abuse.
This guy was a perv from way back and all us kids in the neighborhood knew to stay well away from him. That said, how are they charging him with a crime from 26-28 years ago? The statute of limitations should have run out long ago, no?
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Mark Mc. What I'd like to know is how long will they wait for him to turn himself in?
The indictment was issued on February 26th and the article was published on March 4th, and he's not in custody yet.
What's taking them so long? It sounds like he's in a nursing home and not able to get around very well, but it would be a shame if he died or even killed himself before getting a chance to face justice.
Ah... that's what I get for watching L&O... it's 5 years in New York State, but there isn't one in NJ. That said, it's got to be hard to prosecute a case from that long ago.
btownguy The Catholic Church is hemorrhaging money due to the priests molesting children so it can't be that hard to bring them to justice no matter how old the crime is
oldredNew Jersey may reconsider ex-Sheriff Edward Bullock's pension in light of sex assault charges
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-county/express-times/index.ssf/2014/03/state_may_reconsider_edward_bu.html#incart_river
he has also not yet turned himself in, more than a week after the indictment
Why we wait so long to accuse these people is beyond me. Are these children really that afraid of their parents that they can't tell them what's happening in their life. I find that very sad.
idlechatter It is sad idlechatter, but look at the original article. This kid had no father to go tell, that was one of the reasons he was in the group home to begin with. And the mother was alcoholic. When the kid told some at the home, the response was to punch him in the face and say "never speak of that again to anyone".
GC Unless you have walked in the child's shoes, you can NEVER understand the shame, guilt and fear that they feel. It's all those things and more that keep children from telling.
This "statute of limitations" must be new, or at least newer then when I tried to report my abuse. I was told that I only had a number of years AFTER I turned 18, or after I REMEMBERED the abuse, to report it. I was well into my thirties before I contacted the police. AND I had NEVER forgot the abuse.
Mute at this point, the abuser has since died and with any luck has had to stand before God and be judged. I try so hard not to wish him to eternal life in hell, but I'm only human...
littlelu littlelu: I am very sorry this terrible thing happened to you and I also understand that there are circumstances to everything that happens in our life that sometimes prevents us from doing the right thing...in this case reporting the person to someone and having them punished at the time this abuse happened. I have a friend who is my age (senior citizen) and he is just now coming forward in his book telling about the abuse he was subject to by his Mother's friend growing up. He tried to tell his parents back then but this was a very religious family and they told him never to bring up that subject in their household again. Thus it went on many years....he never married and he carried those memories with him all these years without saying anything about it as he said he began to feel after a while that it might have been his fault it happened. and he was ashamed even after that person passed on to say anything about it until now.
joyful aguy, Kids do not talk bc they are ashamed and fearful...And they blame receiving abuse on what they did or did not do to cause it...Please have some compassion, and explore emotional options outside of yourself..Things in this life are not succinct, especially when it comes to matters of the heart...Or healing from such things..Honestly, there is no right way or wrong way...There is just a way that brings forth honesty and healing...Huggs to the one who was abused and broken........
reedfamilyrocks what kid wouldn't be fearful with all the incessant talk of killing and castrating anyone suspected to be a pedophile by supposedly "respectable" people?
I understand that, I can in no way understand how a child feels when this happens to them and all my compassion, goes out to them. But cant someone look into who the person at the group home is, that punched this kid in the face for coming forward with this information. And couldnt that person, if a adult at the time that they wer told ,and then punched the kid and didnt report it. be charged as a accessory to the crime? I dont know how the law works in these cases. But I would hope if a child tells you something like this. You not only have a moral obligation to report it, but also a legal obligation.
tragic situation, good stuff leroy, keep fightin' the good fight, never give up, never back down, and god bless, you have many who support you in spirit.
BrotherDog Ex Sheriff is still free and enjoying his birthday cake!!!!!!
Why no arrest warrant and pick up?
It makes me laugh to see Hackettstown PD serve warrants on $24 parking tickets but the county's largest pedophile still has unrestricted freedom.
Am I the only one outraged? Come on Dick Burke, serve up some justice!!!!! Your predecessors didn't.....
If you read the article, the guy is now 84 years old and confined to a nursing home. What do you want to bet that he's got Alzheimer's or some other form of dementia? That's probably why they haven't arrested him formally; number one he's unfit to stand trial and two, they don't have the proper medical facilities to house him.
That's certainly a possibility. I was thinking along similar lines yesterday. I would like to know for sure, though.
The way to be sure is contact the prosecutor. They're the one who made the original deal for when he was going to appear. They would also know if there is some kind of medical exam or not to determine whether he's fit for trial or not.
The article said he lived in Whiting, NJ. There are a few to choose from:
http://www.thirdage.com/d/nh/ocean-county/whiting-nursing-homes-new-jersey
Drive down and see if you see the Warren Reporter van at any of them?
the Asbury Park Press says he's from Manchester
http://www.app.com/article/20140304/NJNEWS14/303040087/Edward-Bullock
Bail hearing is tomorrow:
http://www.nj.com/warrenreporter/index.ssf/2014/03/bail_hearing_tomorrow_for_form.html
Bail set at $100k. http://www.njherald.com/story/24954891/2014/03/12/bail-set-for-edward-bullock-ex-warren-sheriff-accused-of-child-sex-assault
M & K Good. I hope each of his remaining days is more miserable than the one before it.
He had his first hearing, but the Court Process will be very slow for this "feeble" man.
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-county/express-times/index.ssf/2014/03/prosecutors_say_they_are_aware.html#incart_river
hang him out side the court house like they use to in belvidere the only justice he will receive is when they ship him off to jail the general population will give him and his kind the same ,wm
proud You're delusional if you think this guy is ever going to be in "general population"; at best he'll be confined to a hospital ward/infirmary at a prison.
sosadsad Cops, sex offenders and celebrities get protective custody, or so I gather from Law & Order and John Grisham. Sheriff Bullock is on his way to becoming all three.
Bullock in rehab after broken arm; arraignment on sex charges postponed
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-county/express-times/index.ssf/2014/04/edward_bullock_in_rehab_after.html#incart_river
I remember people used to joke about it county wide that Bullock had a thing for young boys, I have always thought that was appalling. There is nothing funny about a serial pedophile molesting children, someone in the county should have stepped up and put this man away for life not allowed him to receive a slap on the wrist and collect a pension for the past 25 years!
kdsfarm Bullock says he doesn't know whats going on and shows no signs of the alleged broken arm that delayed the hearing a month ago, I think the defendant is trying to work the system once again!
http://www.wfmz.com/news/news-regional-newjersey/former-warren-county-nj-sheriff-accused-of-sex-assault-says-he-didnt-do-it/26247274
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-county/express-times/index.ssf/2014/05/ex-warren_county_sheriff_edwar_1.html
http://www.njherald.com/story/25652422/2014/05/30/ex-warren-county-sheriff-pleads-not-guilty-to-sexually-assaulting-child
jswc Ex-Warren County sheriff Edward Bullock rejects deal, pleads not guilty to sex crime charges
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-county/express-times/index.ssf/2014/05/ex-warren_county_sheriff_edwar_1.html#incart_river
I wonder why he does not want to go to jail - be liking going home to him - he can have sex with inmates again. Oh, now maybe he won't be the one in charge and they'll be adults, he don't like that. Oh well Bullock, what goes around, comes around.
bobbie1975 Today WFMZ 69 news ran a story about former sheriff ed bullock and county officials having knowledge and covering things up or turning a blind eye to what was going on..they are all vile and bullock and the county must be punished severely by the people selected for jury duty!
http://www.wfmz.com/news/news-regional-newjersey/climate-of-complicity-alleged-in-sheriff-bullock-child-abuse-case/27001860
esmith I knew someone who worked for Warren County during that time and it is true that Bullock's perversions were known and kept quiet by the county republican party until after the election .The taxpayers of Warren County will now pay for that cover up with higher taxes - not those who actually did the cover up. Remember the Chuck Haytaian sexual harassment scandal in the 90s that cost taxpayers almost 350K ? That was about 20 years ago , if brought to court now the settlement for this will be millions paid for by county taxpayers .The politicians have the system rigged in their favor and the taxpayers always lose !
http://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/27/nyregion/the-high-cost-of-sexual-harassment.html
fitter The taxpayers didn't lose this time. The victims did.
It's really unbelievable that the witnesses who spoke to WFMZ still talk about it like it's a big joke.
This is a bigger scandal for the county than the Warren County Ring that turned the county Republican in the 1860's.
All that talk about the virtues of killing child molesters is just that, talk. No action will be taken if it is not politically advantageous. This is a certainty.
Actually the county has insurance for this sort of thing (what is the premium for molesting kids?) and the insurance company's attorney represent the county in the civil matter, besides something always costs us poor tax payers; county employee salaries/benefits are the majority of the budget anyway...
I hope the victims receive the largest jury award in history and the county is punished, bankrupted and the state is forced to step in a clean up warren county corruption!
http://www.wfmz.com/news/news-regional-newjersey/some-still-remember-sheriff-bullock-at-the-warren-county-courthouse/27036442
Where would they put the old guy he has special medical needs if he gets jail time and he looked as if just about on his last leg as it stands
ow conected to the He will ask every 5 minutes ( why am I in jail again ) lol should have caught him 40 years ago
Guy doesn't know if he is on foot or horseback - no prison would take him. They let people out in this condition not put them in.
RU He and anyone who admitted covering up or not caring need to be drug into the town square and provided with a capital punishment. I firmly believe that if we expanded our use of capital punishment to include crimes such as this, we would see a decline.
Capital Punishment, there's an idea. Maybe that will work?
That whole registry thing has had no effect.
Source: https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/225370.pdf
mistergoogle If we expanded our use of capital punishment to include crimes such as this, we would likely see a large uptick in the number of murdered children. Why would a pedophile leave a witness that could testify against him? It's not like they could execute him twice.
It's very easy to boast. You'd be surprised how few people actually do the right thing when a child says this has happened. Either that, or you'd be too distracted by your own sense of self-importance.
This would be a good start for the standard pretrial punishment of child rapists... give the father 15 minutes alone prior to the arrest.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/07/20/No-Charges-for-Florida-Father-Who-Beat-Man-Molesting-His-Son
The express times just dropped a major story about Bullock and county officials this morning!
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-county/express-times/index.ssf/2014/08/former_sheriff_edward_bullocks.html
victimsrights 
JeffersonRepub Three cheers for that Florida judge. Maybe someone will finish off the creep in jail. Warren County will be sued big time and it is well deserved. Go after the pensions of all that knew and did nothing.
Another front page article today, more and more information continues to come out in this case; yesterday several deputies statements about what was happening and even the former prosecutor and a freeholder that was there during bullocks reign of terror, today the secretary to none other than jerry coyle and a state police officer that said everyone was tight lipped and didn't cooperate, tomorrow a probation officer...
This just continues to grow as the truth becomes known, I think it is time for the county to generously settle with the victims until it hurts and lock the serial pedophile Edward Bullock away for whatever pathetic life he has left!!!!
more stories today about the serial pedophile edward bullock and the disgraceful acts of county officials!
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-county/express-times/index.ssf/2014/08/former_warren_county_probation.html#incart_related_stories
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/08/letter_why_didnt_anyone_in_war.html#incart_most-comments
Warren County - This Is Our Penn State!!!!!
The county government personnel employed at that time are as guilty as the officials at Penn State who said and did nothing.
I am sure this victim will receive a large settlement and continue to suffer for the rest of his life.
More will probably come forward.
How can these people live with what they didn't do?
They should expose the names of the government personnel employed at that time who did absolutely nothing to try to stop it.
Pampurr That would probably include everyone who worked in the County courthouse at the time that they heard the rumors - from both parties . At what point would anyone put their job and pension at risk based on a rumor ? Easy to say , but much harder to do with a cushy pension and retirement insurance benefits on the line to lose . Bullock should have been prosecuted for his evil acts way back in the early 90s - not when he is on the doorstep of dying of old age. Sorry to say it , but now it looks like greedy lawyers who are driving for a cash grab are now using his victims as their money train ! Hell they all probably supported the republican candidate for sheriff the last time Bullock ran and won !
Agree citizen- it sickens me that as time passes it becomes more apparent that many knew of this man's offenses, it was more than a "rumor"
AMY1 Zombo.....you are a moron and make some pretty ludicrous assumptions but they do give us insight into the type of person you are, obviously you would not be a person of integrity to speak up or stick your neck out to help anyone, especially kids being sexually abused by a high powered government official.
Justice is better late than never and luckily in this day and age and with the turn of events in these cases it appears that the victims will actually get some justice this time around and that serial pedophile and all of the negligent and corrupt county officials will be forced to pay for their crimes, not be paid for them like the $475,575 Ed Bullock has collected in pension payments so far and continues to receive monthly!
Pampurr and citizen +1000000000
I just read the story in the Warren Reporter and am shocked and disgusted by it. All the officers and personnel at the court house that knew and did nothing should be ashamed of themselves. Disgraceful! Makes me sick.
botheredbyuu2 Well I'm sorry that I didn't beat his pervert buddy to death (in the Easton Express a couple of years later after the Bullock incident) when he showed up in 1990 wanting to buy my deceased dad's truck and could only say I heard the son was young . To which I replied do you want the truck or not ? To which he replied I heard the son was young and twice more he said I heard he was young .If I knew what I do now could I have ended his pervert life and said he tripped on the sidewalk or I could have called the cops which would have done exactly nothing . The point I am trying to make is that people heard rumors , but didn't know for sure . So I guess that makes me a moron.
I think the point is that we need to learn from our experiences and realize that when a child says something happened, it needs to be investigated. When they act different, we need to investigate. When we feel that something is wrong, it usually is and then, with that knowledge we need to strive to make it better. Passing judgment on a wrong is one thing, blaming ourselves for not knowing is another; but, if you had knowledge and did nothing about it, then we must take a look at ourselves and see how it can be rectified so it doesn't happen again. There is a saying, "it is easier to edify our youth, than to fix a broken adult". We need to protect the innocent. It is devastating when you are in a broken home, without resources and someone tries to take advantage of that vulnerability. But if you can look into someone's eyes and see their pain, and act! Then maybe a life you've saved. If you didn't do that, lamenting now will do no good; but, the knowledge that you now have will serve you well in the future. Never turn your head and deem a wrong doing, right ... because it is not right, even years/decades later, and sometimes it is just too late ... the damage is done. Now, what do we have ... nothing but sorrow. Let's learn the lesson. Be the change and get proactive. If you know something, speak out. If you see something that's wrong, stand up. Be the difference in someone's life .... it's never too late.
happy2bhere No , I would have beaten him to death back then at age 32 , probably snapped his old man neck like a twig , if I would have known for SURE he was a NAMBLA a-hole boy banging pervert ! Thank God I've mellowed out since then ! Doubt if I would've done 1 year in jail since two idiots I unfortunately once was acquainted with beat an innocent homeless guy to death in 79 and were out after seven years . But you have to know for SURE ! That's the point ! For example it would be like keeping Tom Cruise out of the military in the 80s because of gay rumors . But I guess people who were working at the Warren County Courthouse in the 1980s are gutless non-rumor believing wimps for letting Bullock get away with it for so long . YOU HAVE TO KNOW FOR SURE !
that the staff at the warren county courthouse knew something was going on with this inhuman pervert is quite disturbing
there must be someway to hold them individually responsible, and yes, go after their pensions and health benefits,
happy2b is right, when a child says something happened, there ought to be red flags raised, what's that line they keep saying to us? "If you see something, say something"
that the bulk of the county courthouse saw something and remained quiet is criminal, just beyond the pale. the county courthouse (which is a government organization) co-enabled the abuse, and that makes this case the same as the Penn State mess, they all knew, but they chose to cover it up. I hope the DA brings charges against a few of these long time courthouse employees who knew, the ones who saw something but turned a blind eye to the sexual abuse. they should not be allowed to walk away scott free. they all ought to be held accountable on a personal level. charge them with 'depraved indifference' and anything else that's appropriate.
zombo; i could not understand your last couple of posts, the words just all run together, what are you saying? the guy who bought you dads truck heard that the son was young? who's son was young? was the young son one of this perverts victims? who was the guy buying the truck? the sheriff? i'm just not following you on this one. i do recall the story of the homeless guy, it was in the papers at the time.
Some staff members at the court house made jokes about it. You all know who you are and you should be ashamed of yourselves and I hope you can live with yourselves. These boys needed your help and you just laughed about it. I can't even comprehend this.
Some may say the ex officer in the published story could be lying, and yes, he could be, but I doubt it. Why would he make something like this up. Its all so DESPICABLE!
Unfortunately, it appears that no one had first hand positive knowledge of abuse, but had suspicions and no one investigated or apparently cooperated with the initial state police inquiry.
This would make it a moral crime, not a criminal offense.
Even if this is a lawyer grab, the victim suffered at the hands of the county
B-Dog , the Easton Express reported that Bullock had a like minded old young boy loving sick perv buddy around that time as a close friend . Good luck finding that article , probably have to delve into the Easton Express microfiche circa 1990-1993 to get that story . But if someone showed up in your driveway to look at the truck of your recently deceased dad and all he had to say was I heard the son was young what would you assume ? And then when you asked him once again are you interested in buying the truck , only to hear the old fart say I heard the son was young once then thrice what exactly would you assume he meant ? I swear on ten stacks of bibles that actually happened in the Fall of 1990 ! Telling him to get the eff off my property just seems lame right now . As I'm sure many former county employees seem lame to themselves right now . The WC freeholders and County prosecutors from that time period should be held fully accountable for the evil misdeeds of the pervert criminal Bullock . But to hold all county employees accountable based on rumors swirling around then would not only be a massive waste of money , but a wasted exorcise in futility .
Zombo; Repost when you are able to express yourself in a clear way that can be easily understood.
Lamppost No matter what, at the end of the day "The County" had custody of these children either in the Shelter or Warren Acres, they were prisoners or wards but regardless Warren County as an institution had an obligation to provide for and protect these kids, not ignore what has become to be known as flagrant pedophilia behavior. The county along with DYFS and any other agency or their agents, officers and employees that knew something and ignored what was happening, or chose to do nothing or not to say anything or even went as far as to joke about it or try to cover it up and thwart justice deserve to be held accountable too.
I think everyone that reads this should think about what if it happened to them, or their sons, cousins, grandchildren or someone they knew...
More developments in the sheriff bullock case, another victim has stepped forward!
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-county/express-times/index.ssf/2014/09/warren_county_faces_additional.html
jensmith http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-county/express-times/index.ssf/2014/09/lawyer_for_edward_bullock_mull.html
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-county/express-times/index.ssf/2014/08/former_warren_county_employee.html
Posted on NJ.com today Former sheriff Edward bullock due in court this week!
http://www.nj.com/warrenreporter/index.ssf/2014/11/former_warren_county_sheriff_c.html#incart_most-comments
whistleblower908 Another victim has come forward too, I wonder if there will be more charges!
http://www.wfmz.com/news/news-regional-newjersey/another-alleged-victim-of-warren-county-sheriff-surfaces/28364028
Posted today on nj.com for the warren reporter.
http://www.nj.com/warrenreporter/index.ssf/2014/11/trial_moving_to_hunterdon_coun.html
If they kept it in the County where he was a Sheriff, I'm sure whistleblowr908 would say that was a flagrant attempt to thwart justice, as well.
smh
It seems unfortunate that a serial pedophile will not be held accountable in the very county where he committed his horrific crimes, I think this is further exasperated by the delay it will most likely cause and the fact that its exactly what Edward Bullock and his attorney wanted all along.
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