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Virginia Man Lied About Stabbing, Stole From Employer At Dulles Town Center Mall: Sheriff Virginia Man Lied About Stabbing, Stole From Employer At Dulles Town Center Mall: Sheriff
Virginia Man Lied About Stabbing, Stole From Employer At Dulles Town Center Mall: Sheriff A Reston man out on bail for making a false stabbing report and embezzling from his employer in Loudoun County is back behind bars after returning to the scene of the crime, the sheriff's office says. Fawad Fafa, 44, couldn't stay out of trouble after a series of incidents at the Dulles Town Center Mall in Sterling, where he worked at the Sports Nation store, which he targeted at least twice during his crime spree. On Wednesday, Nov. 8, an employee of the Sports Nation store where reported that the business had been entered overnight and that an undisclosed amount of money was taken. It wa…
Man Filed False Police Report: Evesham PD Man Filed False Police Report: Evesham PD
Man Filed False Police Report: Evesham PD A 42-year-old man from Burlington County has been charged with filing a false police report after claiming an officer assaulted him, authorities said. On Aug. 3, Evesham Police Officers responded to the first block of Lakeside Drive for a 911 service call.  James Newhouse of Marlton reported that an officer physically assaulted him, while on scene for the 911 service. Newhouse alleged the assault caused him physical injury, Evesham police said. An internal affairs investigation commenced, which included a comprehensive review of all police body worn cameras, interv…
WRONG GUY: Charges Dropped For Driver Falsely Accused In Crash That Killed Virginia Dad WRONG GUY: Charges Dropped For Driver Falsely Accused In Crash That Killed Virginia Dad
Wrong GUY: Charges Dropped For Driver Falsely Accused In Crash That Killed Virginia Dad DNA evidence has led to dropped charges for one man wrongly accused in a crash last spring that killed a Virginia dad, and fresh charges for another. A 55-year-old Woodbridge man had initially been accused of blowing a red light in a Ford F-150 pickup truck, killing passenger, 30-year-old Eric Kuhn on April 29 at the intersection of Old Bridge Drive and Colby Drive in Woodbridge, Prince William County police said. However, that man named 33-year-old Austin Michael Woolf, of Fredericksburg, as the true driver, and testing of DNA evidence proved that Woolf was actually the driver behind the w…
PA Man Posing As Stalker Was Trying To Catch GF Cheating Without Starting Argument: DA PA Man Posing As Stalker Was Trying To Catch GF Cheating Without Starting Argument: DA
PA Man Posing As Stalker Was Trying To Catch GF Cheating Without Starting Argument: DA Well, that backfired. A Pennsylvania man posed as a stalker, sending himself and his girlfriend threatening text messages, all as a ploy to try to find out if she had been cheating, authorities said. Jamey Dumeus, 30, of Stroudsburg, has been charged with filing a false police report, unsworn falsification to authorities, tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, false reports to law enforcement, and obstructing administration of law or other governmental function, following an investigation by the Criminal Investigations Division of the Monroe County Office of the Dis…
PHONY-BALONEY: Allendale Resident’s Tale Of Tangling With Home Invader Not True, Police Charge PHONY-BALONEY: Allendale Resident’s Tale Of Tangling With Home Invader Not True, Police Charge
Phony-baloney: Allendale Resident’s Tale Of Tangling With Home Invader Not True, Police Charge An Allendale resident who told police he fought off an intruder who forced his way into his condo apparently made it all up, authorities said. Police from surrounding towns and a Bergen County sheriff’s K-9 unit converged on Trotters Lane and West Orchard Street after Deryck Smith, a 31-year-old graphic designer, reported the alleged home invasion around 10 a.m. this past Monday, Chief Michael T. Dillon said. They conducted a primary search throughout the neighborhood and along the nearby railroad tracks, residents said. Mahwah police even sent up a drone. Smith allegedly described the pu…
Woman Charged With Reporting Fake Robbery By 'Cops' In Fairfield Woman Charged With Reporting Fake Robbery By 'Cops' In Fairfield
Woman Charged With Reporting Fake Robbery By 'Cops' In Fairfield A Bridgeport woman has been charged with falsely reporting a crime after telling police that she had been robbed in Fairfield of $15,000 and other personal items by two men posing as police officers.  On Thursday, April 27, at 12:30 a.m., the Fairfield County Regional Dispatch Center received a 911 call reporting that a woman was found on Johnson Drive and was claiming to have been robbed of $15,000 in cash, said Lt. Michale Paris of the Fairfield Police. The “victim” reported that she was driving her vehicle when two Black men, driving an older model sedan-typ…
Warren County Man Filed Bogus Report Claiming Bank Teller Stole Money, Police Say Warren County Man Filed Bogus Report Claiming Bank Teller Stole Money, Police Say
Warren County Man Filed Bogus Report Claiming Bank Teller Stole Money, Police Say A Warren County man was charged after filing a bogus police report claiming that a bank teller had stolen his deposit, authorities said. The Great Meadows man — whose name was not released — filed a police report claiming that a bank teller had stolen his money after making a deposit at a bank in Washington Township (Morris County) on Wednesday, July 27, police said in a release on Wednesday, August 3. A follow-up investigation found that the money was never deposited at the bank in question, and that the man had filed a false report. The man was charged with filing a false police report a…
Warren County Woman, 59, Made Fake Police Report, Filed Bogus Insurance Claim: Prosecutor Warren County Woman, 59, Made Fake Police Report, Filed Bogus Insurance Claim: Prosecutor
Warren County Woman, 59, Made Fake Police Report, Filed Bogus Insurance Claim: Prosecutor A 59-year-old Warren County woman who made a false police report and filed a bogus insurance claim about a stolen pickup truck has been charged, authorities said. Silvana Saleh, of Rose Lane in Hackettstown, told officers that her 2012 Chevy pickup truck was stolen from her barn when she was gone sometime between Friday, April 29 and Sunday, May 1, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said in a release with local officials on Friday, June 3. The truck was subsequently entered in the national crime information center as stolen. On Tuesday, May 24, detectives learned that the truck had…
Woman Gave False Report In Deadly NJ Hit-Run Crash: Prosecutor Woman Gave False Report In Deadly NJ Hit-Run Crash: Prosecutor
Woman Gave False Report In Deadly NJ Hit-Run Crash: Prosecutor The driver who struck and killed a pedestrian earlier this year was arrested, as was a woman who lied about the incident to police, authorities in Central Jersey said. Raulito Peralta, 22, of Highland Park, struck and killed New Brunswick's Treasa M. Daye-Fennie while she was crossing a street in Franklin Township last February, Acting Somerset County Prosecutor Annmarie Taggart said. Estrella Caballero-Cruz, 21, of Highland Park, was charged with providing a false report to police. Daye-Fennie was crossing Somerset Street near High Street around 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 22, wh…
Police: Morris County Man, 47, Planted Drugs, Loaded Handgun In Victim's Car Police: Morris County Man, 47, Planted Drugs, Loaded Handgun In Victim's Car
Police: Morris County Man, 47, Planted Drugs, Loaded Handgun In Victim's Car Police in Morris County were skeptical when a man they had just arrested insisted the cocaine, heroin and loaded gun found in his vehicle didn't belong to him — but it turns out, he was telling the truth. Henry Patterson, 47, made an anonymous call to authorities Oct. 4 stating that he saw a man with a handgun and narcotics in the parking lot of ShopRite on East Hanover Avenue, Chief of Hanover Police Mark D. Roddy said. Officers responded and observed a quantity of cocaine outside the vehicle, authorities said. After receiving the driver’s written consent, police performed a search of the…
Evesham PD: South Jersey Man Filed False Report Claiming Police Officer 'Pointed A Gun At Him' Evesham PD: South Jersey Man Filed False Report Claiming Police Officer 'Pointed A Gun At Him'
Evesham PD: South Jersey Man Filed False Report Claiming Police Officer 'Pointed A Gun At Him' A 25-year-old man from Burlington County has been arrested for making a false police report and misusing the 9-1-1 system, authorities said.  The suspect had claimed an Evesham Township police officer pointed a gun at him, a police department spokesman said on Tuesday. The patrol officer was helping another  motorist whose car broke down when the alleged incident occurred, according to Lt. Joseph Friel, the police department spokesman. Alec Ohlstein of Medford Lakes was charged Friday with two counts of filing a false police report and misuse of the 9-1-1 system after review…
Man Lied About Getting Carjacked, Caused False Alarm: Berkeley Heights PD Man Lied About Getting Carjacked, Caused False Alarm: Berkeley Heights PD
Man Lied About Getting Carjacked, Caused False Alarm: Berkeley Heights PD A man who set off an intense search for a carjacker in Berkeley Heights Tuesday faces charges of lying to police, the department said in a statement.  When police responded to a vehicle crash at 900 Mountain Ave., William Richards of Bayville told them his vehicle had been carjacked earlier in Newark and driven to Berkeley Heights, where the carjacker crashed, the department said. Richards also told police the man had a gun and had fled into nearby woods.  Berkeley police, Union County Sheriff's K-9 officers, A State Police helicopter as well as officers from New Providence, Watch…