NJ woman charged in penis silicone injection death

NEWARK, N.J. -- A 34-year-old New Jersey woman injected a man's penis with silicone, killing him, police said Friday.

The Essex County prosecutor's office says Kasia Rivera gave 22-year-old Justin Street the injection on May 5. Such injections often are used to enlarge body parts, such as the buttocks.

Street died the day after his injection. His death was ruled a homicide following an investigation and a medical examiner's determination he died of a silicone embolism.

Rivera has been charged with manslaughter. She also faces charges involving the unauthorized practice of medicine. She was arrested Friday and is being held on $75,000 bail. It's unclear if she has a lawyer. No telephone listing could be found for her home in East Orange.

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Sounds like a witch doctor.

  • 4 votes
#1 - Fri Dec 9, 2011 9:59 PM EST

Ok man, now your whole body be shriveled !

Dumb, really dumb.

  • 8 votes
#1.1 - Fri Dec 9, 2011 10:57 PM EST

What kind of idiot lets some woman who is not even a doctor start injecting silicone into his privates. How desperate and vain do you have to be to even consider having something like this done. I am not excusing the woman for what she did, but the guy had to be a serious contender for the annual Darwin award for even thinking about having this done, let alone letting some unlicensed hack actually do it.

  • 43 votes
#1.2 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:16 AM EST

Hey guys, are you that, how should I say this, well dumb when it comes to your penis size. It's not how much or not much you have, it's how you know how to use it. Plus other things leading up to the act of intercourse.

Yep, I know you so called studs will be all over me on this post, but all I said was the truth. It's not what you have, it's how you can use it to please a women. Plain and simple. Hard to take the truth, right guys?

  • 42 votes
#1.3 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:32 AM EST

Sally, I'd say that, statistically, over 50% of us are hoping that the other ladies agree with you. So, no, not that hard to take.

  • 10 votes
#1.4 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 1:21 AM EST

It's hard to use it if you don't have much to work with.

  • 7 votes
#1.5 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 1:54 AM EST

Now that's what I call a caulk!

  • 5 votes
#1.6 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 2:11 AM EST

Aw, sorry teahead, just noticed you beat me to it!

    #1.7 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 2:24 AM EST

    Good grief, how ridiculous. I think it would take a pretty big pile of insecurities to let someone inject silicone into your junk.

    • 4 votes
    #1.8 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 3:32 AM EST

    JS -

    What kind of idiot lets some woman who is not even a doctor start injecting silicone into his privates.

    The same kind of idiot that'd let a non-doctor inject fix-a-flat into her buttocks.

    • 15 votes
    #1.9 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 6:57 AM EST

    What a horrible way to die.

    • 9 votes
    #1.10 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:45 AM EST

    Sounds like a problem that only affects Caucasians and Asians. My condolences.

    • 3 votes
    #1.11 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:53 AM EST

    Sounds like a problem that only affects Caucasians and Asians. My condolences.

    It doesn't matter what color you paint a soft head. Stupidity knows no race boundaries.

    • 20 votes
    #1.12 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 8:29 AM EST

    Plus other things leading up to the act of intercourse

    SallyAnn, you are right. Thank you for your comments.

    It is not that difficult. It's called being unselfish. The best sex a man will ever have is when he is willing to have a heart-to-heart conversation with his wife before the physical touch ever begins. Furthermore, I have found that it is even more satisfying to me when I know that there is heart connection. When she is really into it because her emotions have been comforted, a mind-blowing ejaculation for the man is bound to happen! Many people don't realize that sexual release even for a man is much more than physical. It is very much emotional. That is why men masturbate when they are lonely or hurting.

    • 6 votes
    #1.13 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 8:49 AM EST

    Ouch! I think it's time to put my fingers in my ears and start to hum the tune from "Bridge Over the River Kwai."

    • 1 vote
    #1.14 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 9:45 AM EST

    To Baldman...

    Like sickle cell only affects others???

    The point of the article was about a mother's son and maybe even a child's father who is DEAD due to a stupid mistake. No reason to bring race into this. The article never stated that he was white, black or green. Perhaps you should post elsewhere.... Hater... Troll...

    • 11 votes
    #1.15 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 9:48 AM EST

    molon... don't you know only someone of "race" can bring up race... anyone else doing so is "racist"

    One heck of a mug shot, http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_jersey&id=8461918

    • 4 votes
    #1.16 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 10:24 AM EST

    So it's racist to point out the obvious fact that Asians and Caucasians are statistically more self-conscious about having a small penis, but when I point out that Blacks are responsible for their society's problems, everyone thumbs up my comment for speaking the truth?

    You guys are ridiculous. Screw every last one of you.

    • 2 votes
    #1.17 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 10:38 AM EST

    Baldman, you started it. Stick to the story, and leave race out of it. Or like Fred Sanford said " LAMONT, YOU BIG DUMMY!!!!!

    • 4 votes
    #1.18 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:05 AM EST

    Baldman - This story has nothing to do with race. You're just projecting your own feelings of inadequacy onto all other white and Asian males.

    I imagine if the story were about the weather, or about banking or applied physics, you'd still find some way to interject race into the story. That's why people think of you as a racist.

    • 2 votes
    #1.19 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:20 AM EST

    "You're just projecting your own feelings of inadequacy onto all other white and Asian males."

    Pop psychology nonsense. Entertaining though, I'll give you that.

    This story has nothing to do with race.

    The statistics disagree, but that's ok. I'll advance the topic no further. Try not to hit any more nerves.

      #1.20 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:39 AM EST

      Young men can be the stupidest animals on Earth when it comes to sexual matters or women. I'm betting he would never have considered such a thing if this monster had not been a fairly young woman.

      • 1 vote
      #1.21 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:42 AM EST

      The statistics disagree, but that's ok. I'll advance the topic no further. Try not to hit any more nerves.

      There are statistics for males being injected with silicone in the penis?

      • 5 votes
      #1.22 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:54 AM EST

      Asians and Caucasians have larger incomes.

      • 3 votes
      #1.23 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:58 AM EST

      Baldman

      The vast majority of Asians and Caucasians aren't neurotic about penis size, and Blacks didn't cause society's problems, . You're a real piece of work.

      • 3 votes
      #1.24 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:01 PM EST

      she's from East Orange; it he's from East Orange, too, then he's more likely to be black than white, going by the ethnic makeup of that town. (I'm a neighboring Newark native, so I ought to know). So does that now mean that blacks are also penis-size conscious? Duh. I think all men are, regardless of race. It doesn't take a rocket scientist or a psychologist to figure that out.

      • 1 vote
      #1.25 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:45 PM EST

      For both men and women sex is in the brain. Sex starts way before consummation of the physical fact. However, when we are young and lack experience, we tend to focus on the physical as most of us have yet to mature and discover our higher selves. As a society we have become enamored with the idea of body modifications. Tattoos, piercings, circumcision (forced onto the innocent by religious dogma), etc, all send confusing messages to the young and inexperienced as a must do to fit in.

      • 4 votes
      #1.26 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 1:07 PM EST

      SallyAnn, why are broad brushing ALL guys in a negative manner? Typical sexist.

        #1.27 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 1:18 PM EST

        Perhaps Baldman was trying to preserve an urban myth by saying, “I’m a black guy, ergo I have a penis that is larger then whites and Asians." Statistically he is correct: black men are on average larger than whites and Asians... by a ¼ inch. ¼ inch is about half the length of your pinkie’s fingernail. Brag about that if you feel the need, but I‘m not impressed.

        About the article: humans do some real dumb stuff.

        • 1 vote
        #1.28 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 1:36 PM EST

        Baldman- the mugshot is of a black woman (a scary picture indeed...) coupled with the location of where they lived- so the odds are he was black as well. Not completely sure, but statistically speaking...

        Still want to stick to your theory?

        BTW- where did you find such stats?

        • 1 vote
        #1.29 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 1:58 PM EST

        Watch out, Mr baldman will come and hit you over the head with his (self-described) enormous penis, if he can lift it.

          #1.30 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 2:09 PM EST

          Sounds like someone with not enough _____— on/in their hands.

            #1.31 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 2:18 PM EST

            Baldman, Speak softly and carry a big stick.

            • 3 votes
            #1.32 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 3:19 PM EST

            @SallyAnn, there are a lot of men out there that are satisfied with their size just as there are a lot of women satisfied with their breast size. Please keep your stereotypical remarks to yourself! Ah. . .wait a minute, . . . . . never mind. I believe in free speech, go ahead and spill your jealous, sexist, bigoted slurs.

              #1.33 - Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:45 AM EST

              As a lifelong pagan I have always been opposed to abstaining from sex. But I very much like sex to be performed by people who are sill breathing. Let's make sure no one turns this into a new fad. My penis gets better erections when I am alive rather than dead. This one creepy story, guys. Necrophilia never interested me. I like my partners to be moving about. Some sweat is nice also. I hope someone gives Miss Rivera the electric chair. It may jolt some sense into her head. Her boyfriend is a major league stiff now. Talk about a guy being a bonehead moron. Let's have no more stories like this.

              • 1 vote
              #1.34 - Sun Dec 11, 2011 10:34 PM EST

              Thank God that I'm Italian and don't have to worry about having a small penis. The only injection I take yearly is the Flu vaccine. Otherwise I keep my women happy.

                #1.35 - Mon Dec 12, 2011 2:26 PM EST

                Baldman - You're right. Caucasians and Asians are concerned with the size of their member while Blacks are conceerned with plugging whatever they have into anything they can find. So we shouldn't be labeling you as racist merely because of stereotypical behaviour.

                  #1.36 - Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:05 PM EST
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                  Short-listed for the Darwin

                  • 16 votes
                  Reply#2 - Fri Dec 9, 2011 10:31 PM EST

                  It's good to see that Darwinism still works like it should.

                  • 3 votes
                  #2.1 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:16 AM EST

                  The best penis enhancement tool is a 20 year old named Lucy.

                    #2.2 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 8:42 AM EST

                    He never stopped and asked himself. What will happen to this silicon stuff in say 30 years from now? I for one agree with the Darwin award in this case!

                    • 1 vote
                    #2.3 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:37 AM EST

                    It appears that he didn't stop to think what would happen to the silicon 20 minutes from now.....sad very sad.

                    • 1 vote
                    #2.4 - Sun Dec 11, 2011 9:04 AM EST
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                    Best never to mess with the family jewels for size sake, be happy with what you got, and just be happy you got it.

                    This lady convinced him it was safe,and should pay for her negligence dearly.

                    • 14 votes
                    Reply#3 - Fri Dec 9, 2011 10:53 PM EST

                    My gosh, it hurts to just think about it.

                    • 8 votes
                    Reply#4 - Fri Dec 9, 2011 10:53 PM EST

                    Jack - It hurts me to think about it and I don't even have one...of my own...or attached to my person...well, crap, you know what I mean.

                    • 4 votes
                    #4.1 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 10:10 AM EST
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                    Talk about your "size queen"!

                    • 2 votes
                    Reply#5 - Fri Dec 9, 2011 10:57 PM EST

                    Rigor mortis means no more need for silicone :)

                    • 13 votes
                    Reply#6 - Fri Dec 9, 2011 11:07 PM EST

                    HhahHAHhhahahHHAHAHHAhhahhahhahhhahahHAHAhahahha

                    One less dummy walking the planet

                    • 3 votes
                    Reply#7 - Fri Dec 9, 2011 11:12 PM EST

                    TTTTTTT- And thank you for making your point without using that overworked 'Darwin award' thing.

                      #7.1 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:04 PM EST
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                      Who you gonna satisfy with that little thing........... ME DAMN IT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                      • 2 votes
                      Reply#8 - Fri Dec 9, 2011 11:17 PM EST

                      Dayum! The whole needle/penis thing itself is just .... wrong!

                      • 10 votes
                      Reply#9 - Fri Dec 9, 2011 11:18 PM EST

                      It was difficult to just click on the title. Glad there wasn't much in way of details. People are ... er ... (shakes head) ... nobody is that ... well ... "just stick that big ol' needle in and I'll give you lots of money." At least his DNA will stay out of the pool now.

                      • 7 votes
                      Reply#10 - Fri Dec 9, 2011 11:23 PM EST

                      Only in NJ folks, only in NJ!

                      • 4 votes
                      Reply#11 - Fri Dec 9, 2011 11:31 PM EST

                        Reply#12 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:14 AM EST

                        Made me think of that song parody 3 inch tool that sounds just like Hootie and the Blowfish...I tried to post a link but it got deleted.

                        • 1 vote
                        #12.1 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:24 AM EST
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                        What about the guy that injected himself with silicone for 6 years:

                        WARNING: graphic video

                        • 1 vote
                        Reply#13 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:19 AM EST

                        Again, I tried to post a link...just google it people, but eeeeewwwww, it's awful!!!

                        • 1 vote
                        #13.1 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:25 AM EST

                        Yeah, that one was on Tosh.0 , and somehow that guys junk still functions. GROSS.

                          #13.2 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:26 AM EST
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                          *Sigh* when will people learn that any type of cosmetic procedure such as this should be performed by a LICENSED plastic surgeon in a CLINICAL setting, and not by a friend or a stranger in a hotel room, back alley, or home??

                          • 5 votes
                          Reply#14 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:23 AM EST

                          Sounds like what the anti-abortion crowd is trying to set women up for.

                          procedure such as this should be performed by a LICENSED...... surgeon in a CLINICAL setting, and not by a friend or a stranger in a hotel room, back alley, or home??

                          • 1 vote
                          #14.1 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 9:01 AM EST
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                          Disgusting !

                          • 4 votes
                          Reply#15 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:24 AM EST

                          Kinda of shows which head he was thinking about, right? Hey, we all have what we were born with, be happy with what you have, and learn to use what you have correctly. Otherwise, IMO he had it coming if he was that F ing stupid.

                          • 1 vote
                          Reply#16 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:36 AM EST

                          The Essex County prosecutor's office says Kasia Rivera gave 22-year-old Justin Street the injection on May 5

                          And we're only hearing about this now? Pretty old news...

                          • 2 votes
                          Reply#17 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:55 AM EST

                          She must have hit that big vein on top.

                          • 1 vote
                          Reply#18 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:57 AM EST

                          Not really. It's a vascular organ that grows in size due to the fluid filling its twin cylindrical cavities. And it empties directly into the venous system. So anywhere you choose, you're filling a cavity that when it empties, sends the contents directly to the heart. Silicone Coronary, anyone?

                          • 3 votes
                          #18.1 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 2:50 AM EST

                          Exactly, full of blood, it would be an almost instant stroke or heart attack. The poor guy and only 22 years old. I can't believe anyone would do something so intrusive to a body part that is so precious.

                            #18.2 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 1:56 PM EST
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                            That victim is another Darwin Awards contender.

                            • 4 votes
                            Reply#19 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 1:03 AM EST

                            Caulk not good for the c*ck!

                            • 2 votes
                            Reply#20 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 1:09 AM EST

                            Obviously none of you ever heard of penal implants - Pfizer was selling this for years until they found Viagra - and what about all of the ads for Extendez on TV? Doesn't work, you got what you got!

                            Sorry as far as I'm concerned no criminal activity here, two stupid people playing sex games - an uninformed lady and a willing participant - these actions could have been reversed with all kinds of sex implanted toys -in which the woman could have died - like strangleing

                            • 2 votes
                            #20.1 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 1:25 AM EST

                            They were soft rods inserted, not liquid pumped into an extension of your venous system.

                            • 1 vote
                            #20.2 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 2:52 AM EST

                            Sorry as far as I'm concerned no criminal activity here,

                            Maybe you don't agree, but the law takes a different view. The woman was practicing medicine without a license (and also without a clue). Her actions led directly to the man's death, which constitutes at least negligent homicide, or involuntary manslaughter.

                            Just because her idiot subject was a willing victim doesn't make it any less of a crime.

                            I'm sorry for the man, even if he was stupid. As to the woman, I hope she is given a long term in prison.

                            • 7 votes
                            #20.3 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:51 AM EST

                            This stretches the definition of "practicing medicine". If I was her lawyer that's what I would argue at least on the "without a license" portion of the charges.

                            I trust none of you who are trashing this sad young man's bad judgement have had breast implants, botox, etc., etc.

                              #20.4 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 1:09 PM EST

                              You can't equate Botox or breast implants with this. They don't directly inject silicone into breast tissue as it will migrate all over the body. And implants have to be redone every ten years because of break down. This is a horrible story especially considering the young age of the man.

                                #20.5 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 2:04 PM EST
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                                The dead guy is a strong contender for the Darwin Award.

                                • 3 votes
                                Reply#21 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 1:34 AM EST

                                Sorry, Barbara, but clearly YOU have never heard of Practicing Medicine Without a License. It is a crime. There is a reason why folks have to go to school for years to become doctors - so they learn not to KILL their patients.The woman in this case probably got paid for her "services." And since the guy died as a direct result of her illegal activity, she is quite properly facing a murder charge.

                                • 8 votes
                                Reply#22 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 1:42 AM EST

                                Paul - Doctors kill patients everyday...but they're licensed to do so. Not intentionally for the most part but there probably wasn't intent here either. I do get your point, but just sayin'....

                                And I agree she should be prosecuted. What we don't know is if she was paid, or whether he was very insistent that she do this for him, all of which should factor in to whether she is appropriately charged with murder or involuntary man slaughter or even something lessor.

                                  #22.1 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 1:18 PM EST
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                                  Sayonara, you poor, insecure bastard.

                                  I have no idea what kind of sentence should be imposed on the woman.

                                    Reply#23 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 2:02 AM EST

                                    10 years at a ---penal institution?

                                    • 7 votes
                                    #23.1 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:05 PM EST

                                    now that's funny!

                                    • 1 vote
                                    #23.2 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:15 PM EST
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                                    .......................what?

                                      Reply#24 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 2:10 AM EST

                                      well, he most likely wanted her to do it...

                                      not like lorena bobbit that cut of her husbands penis and didnt get in trouble for it.

                                      typical america, the ones that should get in trouble don't... and the ones that shouldn't do.

                                      • 3 votes
                                      Reply#25 - Sat Dec 10, 2011 2:12 AM EST
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