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Police Charge Career Burglar Once Shot By Homeowner With NJ Jewelry Store Break-In Police Charge Career Burglar Once Shot By Homeowner With NJ Jewelry Store Break-In
Police Charge Career Burglar Once Shot By Homeowner With NJ Jewelry Store Break-In UPDATE: A career criminal who was once shot by a retired guidance counselor after breaking into his home was charged with burglarizing a Wyckoff jewelry store earlier this year. Alexander E. Manigat, 42, of Brooklyn, was arrested by Nassau County police last month in connection with a jewelry store burglary there, Wyckoff Police Lt. Joseph Soto said on Friday, June 2. Manigat quickly became a suspect in a 3:30 a.m. break-in at Hartger’s Jewelers on Wyckoff Avenue in Wyckoff on March 4, authorities said. Security cameras show one prowler entering Hartger’s by climbing a ladder and breaking …

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'I'm Sorry': Apologetic Robber Holds Up North Jersey Gas Station 'I'm Sorry': Apologetic Robber Holds Up North Jersey Gas Station
'I'm Sorry': Apologetic Robber Holds Up North Jersey Gas Station UPDATE: Wyckoff police released surveillance images of a young robber who apologized on his way out the door and the car he sped off in after holding up a local gas station. The robber -- believed to be in his 20s -- entered the Mini Mart at the Lukoil station on Wyckoff Avenue wearing a white baseball cap, sunglasses and a COVID mask with marijuana leaves printed on it at 6:20 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10, Lt. Joseph Soto said. He "kept his right hand concealed in his jacket pocket as if he may have had a weapon" while pointing toward the register and demanding the cash in it, the lieutena…

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Prosecutor: NJ Retiree Trafficked Child Porn, Posed As Child Online Prosecutor: NJ Retiree Trafficked Child Porn, Posed As Child Online
Prosecutor: NJ Retiree Trafficked Child Porn, Posed As Child Online He called himself “Brady Johnson” and said he was as old as the underage friends he made online. Douglas Hoehn, a 74-year-old retired college professor from Wyckoff, can’t reach any minors from the Bergen County Jail, where he remained while authorities searched for other possible victims. Hoehn was taken into custody during a warranted raid of his home just off Wyckoff Avenue near the north end of Goffle Brook on Wednesday, May 4, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Members of his Cyber Crimes Unit found that Hoehn “used the Internet to view, download, possess, and distribute…

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DUMB CRIMINAL FILE: Gunman Botches Robberies Of NJ Mail Carriers, Feds Say DUMB CRIMINAL FILE: Gunman Botches Robberies Of NJ Mail Carriers, Feds Say
Dumb Criminal File: Gunman Botches Robberies Of NJ Mail Carriers, Feds Say A 20-year-old Paterson man was arrested after he tried and failed to rob postal carriers in Bergen and Passaic counties at gunpoint on the same day, federal authorities said. Yeniser Cruz Perez was carrying a gun when he approached one of the U.S. Postal Service carriers in the area of Brownstone Court and Wyckoff Avenue in Wyckoff on Jan. 20, 2020 and demanded the master key used to open mail collection boxes and apartment panels, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. The only problem: The worker didn't have one, Sellinger said. That same day, he said, Cruz Perez approached another USPS…

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