NJ Bank Teller Stole $212K: Lacey PD
A 54-year-old Barnegat woman was arrested and charged with stealing $212,400 when she worked as a bank teller, authorities announced Thursday, Aug. 6, authorities said.
Tiffany Prutzman worked as a bank teller at OceanFirst Bank in Forked River where an investigation determined she stole approximately $212,400 in customer funds intended for deposit between 2024 and 2026, Lacey Township police said.
Prutzman is charged with theft by failure to make required disposition, money laundering, misapplication of property of a financial institution, computer criminal activity, and tamperin…
Dunkin’ Donuts Burglar Tries To Make Coffee Before Fighting Cops In Williston Park: Police
A New York City man who broke into a Dunkin’ Donuts on Long Island was arrested following a struggle with cops, authorities said.
Senai Haywood, 25, of Jamaica, Queens, entered the store on Hillside Avenue in Williston Park around 10:40 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, the Nassau County Police Department said.
An employee making a delivery spotted Haywood and told him to leave, police said. But Haywood ignored the employee, went behind the Dunkin’ counter and started making himself a coffee, cops said.
When the 25-year-old male employee again confronted Haywood, Haywood struck him in the chest three…
Thieves Enter 7 Vehicles In Early Morning Break-In Spree In Mahopac
Thieves entered several unlocked cars in an early-morning larceny spree across several residential streets in Putnam County, police said.
The incidents happened in Mahopac between around 3:37 a.m. and 5:05 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 5, in the Lake Casse, Lake Drive, and Ridge Road neighborhoods, Carmel Police announced on Friday, Aug. 7.
According to police, seven vehicles across four streets were entered during the roughly 90-minute period. All seven vehicles had been left unlocked, the department said.
Police did not say what, if anything, was stolen from the vehicles or whether a…
Raid Turns Up Child Porn At Lodi Home, Prosecutor Says
A 20-year-old Bergen County man has been arrested on child pornography charges, authorities said.
On Thursday, Aug. 6, members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit executed a court-authorized search warrant at the Lodi home of Jesus Arellano, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
The investigation revealed that Arellano used the Internet to view, download, and possess 191 items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children, according to Musella.
Arellano, who has an otherwise clean criminal record, was arrested and ch…
Somerville Woman Found Stabbed To Death: Prosecutor
A 46-year-old Somerville woman was found stabbed to death on Thursday, Aug. 6, authorities said.
At 7:25 p.m., Somerville police responded to a 9-1-1 call on Brookside Avenue and found the woman with multiple lacerations to her chest, neck and thigh, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives Meredith McKay and Somerville Chief of Police Dennis Manning said.
The woman, who has not been publicly identified, was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. The death remains under investigation, authorities said…
12-Year-Old Sexual Assaulted At Dollar Tree, Suspect Disguised At McDonald's: Prospect Park PD
A 12-year-old girl was indecently touched inside a Pennsylvania Dollar Tree before the suspect fled and changed his appearance at a nearby McDonald's, police said.
The assault happened at the Dollar Tree in the 700 block of Chester Pike in Prospect Park, Delaware County on Monday, Aug. 3, according to the Prospect Park Police Department.
After she was inappropriately touched, the girl immediately took her younger sister into a public restroom, locked the door, and called for help, police said in the initial release issued on Thursday, Aug. 6.
The girl was safe and was not physically injure…
DWI, Hundreds Of Tickets Come From State Park Crackdown At Popular Yorktown Destination
As families enjoyed their summers at popular Hudson Valley state parks, authorities were busy conducting an enforcement sweep — leading to hundreds of tickets and even a drunk driving arrest.
The enforcement actions were part of the statewide Buckle Up New York "Parks Occupant Safety Initiative," which ran from Monday, July 6 through Thursday, Aug. 6, New York State Police announced on Friday, Aug. 7.
In the Hudson Valley, the initiative targeted Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park in Yorktown, Westchester County, and Lake Taghkanic State Park in Columbia County. The detail f…
