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Heartless: NJ Resident, 92, Victimized By 'Gypsy' Scammers, Police Nab Two
A 92-year-old Lyndhurst man fell victim to a familiar "gypsy" scam, losing $4,000 to a pair of thieves who claimed that they'd repaired his driveway, authorities said.
Two Massachusetts men, David Standish of Haverhill and Thomas Stanley of Danvers, were arrested by Lyndhurst police with help from their colleagues in North Arlington, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said Saturday.
Known also as “travelers,” gypsy con artists move around the East Coast using scams and diversions to get into people’s pocketbooks.
Earlier this month, an elderly Glen Rock couple who came thisclose to losing $18,0…
Lyndhurst PD: Wood-Ridge Driver Kicked, Spit At Officers, Claimed He Had COVID
A drunk driver from Wood-Ridge kicked an off-duty Lyndhurst police lieutenant who stopped him for driving recklessly, then spit on the officer’s backups, claiming he had the coronavirus, authorities said.
A recklessly-driven BMW driven by Joseph Marotta, 37, nearly hit Lt. Paul Haggerty’s car as he turned off Post Avenue onto Stuyvesant Avenue around 11:30 p.m. Friday, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said.
Haggerty alerted headquarters and followed the BMW as it headed back to Post Avenue, he said.
Marotta pulled to the curb near the corner of Post and Willow as backup Officers Joseph White, …