Exclusive | Ex-NJ GOP aide accused of staging hate crime hoax is now dating felon: sources
The ex-GOP aide accused of staging a politically motivated hate-crime hoax in New Jersey by slashing her body with scars is now dating a career criminal with an ankle monitor and a rap sheet spanning three states, sources told The Post.Natalie Greene, who faces federal charges for allegedly orchestrating a fake 2025 attack in which “Trump whore” was carved onto her body while working for Republican Rep.Jeff Van Drew, recently shared a smiling Fourth of July selfie with the heavily tattooed man.
People familiar with the relationship identified him as her boyfriend, 34-year-old Dylan Wayne Goetz, whom she allegedly met on the dating app Hinge.Goetz, originally from Washington state, has accumulated convictions and arrests dating back to 2010, including for possession of fentanyl, burglary, grand theft and money laundering, according to court records.He’s cycled through county jails and had a two-year prison stint in Oregon from 2018 to 2020, according to the state’s Department of Corrections. Goetz was most recently busted on burglary and second-degree grand theft charges after he allegedly broke into a Florida home and stole a safe holding over $10,000 worth of items including a Rolex and cash in July 2022, per court filings. Despite his long rap sheet, Goetz is no criminal mastermind.“He stole a safe and he called his drug dealer to come pick him up and he ended up leaving his phone at the scene,” said a source who knows Greene and through her has knowledge of the arrest, and who spoke on the condition of anonymity.“That’s how he got caught.”Goetz has pleaded not guilty to the crimes and has been released to a drug abuse treatment center in Oakland Park with an ankle monitor since August 2025, court papers show.
He’s due back in court in October. In Greene’s allegedly fake assault case, she was charged with conspiracy to falsely report a violent attack and giving false statements to law enforcement after claiming she was repeatedly slashed...