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HACKENSACK HOMICIDE: Barbershop Shooting Victim Was Single Dad Who Worked As Dollar Store Clerk HACKENSACK HOMICIDE: Barbershop Shooting Victim Was Single Dad Who Worked As Dollar Store Clerk
Hackensack Homicide: Barbershop Shooting Victim Was Single Dad Who Worked As Dollar Store Clerk UPDATE: On the day when loved ones laid to rest a Maywood man who was gunned down outside a Hackensack barber shop last weekend, authorities announced the arrests of his alleged killer and two accomplices. A Catholic prayer service and burial were held on Thursday morning, Nov. 17, for Vidal Nieves, a 28-year-old single dad who worked at a dollar store in Passaic. At the same time, charges were being brought against: Dior Alston, a 21-year-old laborer from South Hackensack; Malik Abel, 21, an electrician from Maywood; Rayshawn Powel-Myhand, a 19-year-old cashier from Hackensack. Alston a…

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Female Carjacker Dumps Son, 7, Caught Hours Later At Jersey Shore Female Carjacker Dumps Son, 7, Caught Hours Later At Jersey Shore
Female Carjacker Dumps Son, 7, Caught Hours Later At Jersey Shore A carjacker was captured at the Jersey Shore hours after abandoning her 7-year-old son in Paterson, authorities said. Two women with an unspecified state agency were transporting Imani McRae, 31, of Paterson and her son in a minivan when she “became agitated and assaulted” both of them in the area of 20th and Railroad avenues Friday afternoon, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said in a joint statement with police. The women – one 41, the other 47 – told responding officers that McRae forced them both out of their 2019 Caravan before speeding off with her son in the back seat. Ci…

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Woman Killed, Suspect Seized At Bergen County Industrial Building Woman Killed, Suspect Seized At Bergen County Industrial Building
Woman Killed, Suspect Seized At Bergen County Industrial Building A Harrington Park warehouse worker killed a Fair Lawn mom with a ball peen hammer at an international bicycle distributor in Northvale, authorities said. Christian Giron, 24, was quickly taken into custody after the body of co-worker Jeanette Willem, 43, was found at Jamis Bikes at 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Giron is charged with murder, weapons offenses and hindering arrest. The killing came less than 24 hours before another, this one in Little Ferry, and was the third of fourth homicides reported in Bergen County in 10 days (SEE: Man Stabbed Dea…

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NJ Religious Instructor Charged With Sexually Assaulting Student For Years NJ Religious Instructor Charged With Sexually Assaulting Student For Years
NJ Religious Instructor Charged With Sexually Assaulting Student For Years A religious instructor from Paterson was charged with repeatedly sexually abusing one of his students at the youngster's home for more than seven years, then beating and threatening the child as he tried to avoid being caught. Authorities were seeking other possible victims. MD Rahman, 49, who provides in-home religious instruction to various families in Paterson, was ordered held pending trial by a Superior Court judge in Paterson on Wednesday following his arrest the week before. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said city police reported the alleged abuse to detectives from he…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Detective 'Buyers' Nab Accused Fair Lawn Thief Selling Stolen Bicycle Online Detective 'Buyers' Nab Accused Fair Lawn Thief Selling Stolen Bicycle Online
Detective 'Buyers' Nab Accused Fair Lawn Thief Selling Stolen Bicycle Online A Fair Lawn resident who swiped two bicycles and several packages was caught after borough detectives responded to his Facebook ad selling one of the bikes, authorities said. Detective Mark Wyka and Detective Sgt. Nick Snyder found the Facebook ad and got in touch with Jordan Meyers, 23, asking to see the bicycles, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Meyers arranged to meet them at a Wagaraw Road business, then ran after he realized they were police, Metzler said. The detectives chased down Meyers and charged him with two counts of theft and with hindering his arrest. Detective Brian Rykema, who was…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJSP Captures Florida Driver In Hit-Run Death Of Woman On Turnpike NJSP Captures Florida Driver In Hit-Run Death Of Woman On Turnpike
Njsp Captures Florida Driver In Hit-Run Death Of Woman On Turnpike State Police captured the hit-and-run tractor-trailer driver who killed a 21-year-old Teaneck native last week on Route 95 in Fort Lee, authorities said. Joel Lasanta, 37, of Kissimmee, FL, arrested Saturday at the Clara Barton Service Area on the New Jersey Turnpike south of Cherry Hill, 115 miles or so from the scene of the crash, they said. Jada Smith was headed back to Teaneck from Brooklyn with fellow family members in two vehicles when she was involved in another crash in the southbound express lanes of Route 95 shortly before 10:30 p.m. June 4. Smith's mom and dad were in a car behi…

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by Jerry DeMarco