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FRAGRANT OFFENSE: Fleeing Ulta Thieves Caught With $1,800 Worth Of Perfume FRAGRANT OFFENSE: Fleeing Ulta Thieves Caught With $1,800 Worth Of Perfume
Fragrant Offense: Fleeing Ulta Thieves Caught With $1,800 Worth Of Perfume File this one under law and odor. Three men from Brooklyn who fled an Ulta Beauty store just off Route 17 in Ramsey were nabbed a short distance away by Saddle River police, authorities said. The trio had just fled the store in the Interstate Shopping Center with $1,800 worth of fragrances when their older model Dodge Caravan was stopped -- for motor vehicle violations -- in the middle of the afternoon last Sunday, July 9, Ramsey Detective Jaclyn Sabatelli said. "The vehicle and passengers matched descriptions provided by witnesses and seen on video surveillance," Sabatelli said. Georgian…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Grand Jury Backs Detective In Pursuit Crash That Killed NJ Scooter Rider, 21 Grand Jury Backs Detective In Pursuit Crash That Killed NJ Scooter Rider, 21
Grand Jury Backs Detective In Pursuit Crash That Killed NJ Scooter Rider, 21 A Hamilton Township police detective did nothing wrong when he tried to stop a scooter rider from Trenton who was killed moments later in a crash, a state grand jury has found. Francis De La Cruz Abad, 21, was operating a Yamaha scooter near the intersection of Route 33 and Whitehorse-Mercerville Road when Detective Brian Davis, driving an unmarked vehicle, tried to stop him shortly after 9 p.m. May 25, 2021. The reason for the stop wasn't specified. De La Cruz Abad “continued traveling westbound on Route 33 and collided with a Dodge Caravan, whose driver was attempting to turn left into t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Passenger Killed, 2 Others Hurt In Garden State Parkway Crash On Christmas Eve Passenger Killed, 2 Others Hurt In Garden State Parkway Crash On Christmas Eve
Passenger Killed, 2 Others Hurt In Garden State Parkway Crash On Christmas Eve A passenger was killed and two others hurt when their minivan flipped on the Garden State Parkway on Christmas Eve, authorities said. Devona Hutchinson, 47, of New Brunswick, was pronounced dead on the scene, according to New Jersey State Police. The driver, Samuel Huff, 67, of East Orange, sustained minor injuries. The other passenger, police said. Tara Garland, 46, of Edison, sustained serious injuries and was taken to an area hospital. The crash occurred at about 7:52 a.m. when a Dodge Caravan heading south at mile marker 132.2 in Woodbridge overturned, police said. The two passengers …

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by Jon Craig
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NJ Attorney General IDs Scooter Rider, 21, Killed In Mercer Police Chase Crash NJ Attorney General IDs Scooter Rider, 21, Killed In Mercer Police Chase Crash
NJ Attorney General IDs Scooter Rider, 21, Killed In Mercer Police Chase Crash A Trenton man was involved in a crash that killed him last month after he didn’t stop for a Hamilton Township police officer, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Wednesday. Francis De La Cruz Abad, 21, was operating a Yamaha scooter near the intersection of Route 33 and Whitehorse-Mercerville Road when Detective Brian Davis, driving an unmarked vehicle, tried to stop him shortly after 9 p.m. May 25, Grewal said. De La Cruz Abad “continued traveling westbound on Route 33 and collided with a Dodge Caravan, whose driver was attempting to turn left into the Mercerville Shopping Ce…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
State Attorney General Reviews Death Of Trenton Man, 21, In Scooter Crash State Attorney General Reviews Death Of Trenton Man, 21, In Scooter Crash
State Attorney General Reviews Death Of Trenton Man, 21, In Scooter Crash New Jersey Attorney Gurbir S. Grewal said his office was reviewing the death of a 21-year-old Trenton man in a scooter crash because it somehow involved law enforcement. The man, who wasn't identified, was riding a Yamaha scooter without a helmet near the intersection of Route 33 and Whitehorse-Mercerville Road in Hamilton Township when a township officer in an unmarked car spotted him shortly after 9 p.m. on May 25, Grewal said. A release issued by Grewal on Thursday doesn't say whether the officer initiated a pursuit. What it does say is: "Before the officer could stop the scooter opera…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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TO CATCH A PREDATOR: Civilian Exposes Bergen Man By Posing As Girl, 14 TO CATCH A PREDATOR: Civilian Exposes Bergen Man By Posing As Girl, 14
TO Catch A Predator: Civilian Exposes Bergen Man By Posing As Girl, 14 A Tenafly man was arrested after a vigilante who publicly exposes child predators lured him to the Bronx for what he thought would be a hook-up with a 14-year-old girl, authorities said. A video posted on YouTube shows the unidentified vigilante confronting Jonathan Soto, 28, in a parked minivan. “What’s your mother gonna say about this?” the man asks during a nearly 15-minute conversation peppered with profanity and sexual descriptions. WARNING: The video contains profanity and descriptions of sexual situations. Authorities obtained search warrants after intensely investigating the auth…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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CAUGHT ON VIDEO: Bergen Man Busted After Civilian Poses As Underage Girl CAUGHT ON VIDEO: Bergen Man Busted After Civilian Poses As Underage Girl
Caught ON Video: Bergen Man Busted After Civilian Poses As Underage Girl A Tenafly man was arrested after a vigilante who publicly exposes child predators lured him to the Bronx for what he thought would be a hook-up with a 14-year-old girl, authorities said. A video posted on YouTube shows the unidentified vigilante confronting Jonathan Soto, 28, in a parked minivan. “What’s your mother gonna say about this?” the man asks during a nearly 15-minute conversation peppered with profanity and sexual descriptions. Authorities obtained search warrants after intensely investigating the authenticity of the "To Catch a Predator"-styled sting, which they said was brought…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Man Charged In Clifton Domestic Violence Stabbing Captured In Maryland Man Charged In Clifton Domestic Violence Stabbing Captured In Maryland
Man Charged In Clifton Domestic Violence Stabbing Captured In Maryland UPDATE: A man who stabbed a Clifton woman in the head and neck in a domestic violence assault was seized after he drove nearly 200 miles back to his Maryland home, authorities said Friday. Khaled Abukanan, 47, of Catonsville, MD fled after stabbing the 34-year-old victim, who is related to him, at a Gourley Avenue home near Valley Road late Thursday afternoon, authorities said. The victim was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson with critical injuries, responders said. Authorities immediately issued an alert for a tan Dodge Caravan that they said the assailant fled in.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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GOTCHA! Man Charged In Clifton Domestic Violence Stabbing Captured In Maryland GOTCHA! Man Charged In Clifton Domestic Violence Stabbing Captured In Maryland
Gotcha! Man Charged In Clifton Domestic Violence Stabbing Captured In Maryland UPDATE: A man who stabbed a Clifton woman in the head and neck in a domestic violence assault was captured hours later after he drove nearly 200 miles back to his Maryland home, authorities said. Khaled Abukanan, 47, of Catonsville, MD fled after stabbing the 34-year-old victim, who is related to him, at a Gourley Avenue home near Valley Road late Thursday afternoon, authorities said. The victim was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson with critical injuries, responders said. Authorities immediately issued an alert for a tan Dodge Caravan that they said the assailant f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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How Police Are Getting Guns Off Paterson Streets: Four Separate Seizures How Police Are Getting Guns Off Paterson Streets: Four Separate Seizures
How Police Are Getting Guns Off Paterson Streets: Four Separate Seizures A pair of Paterson detectives working a new weapons-suppression detail subdued an ex-con who was carrying a semi-automatic pistol, adding to a growing total of guns they've removed from the Silk City streets, authorities said Tuesday. Detectives Brian Culmone and Mohammed Bashir were in an unmarked car on East 18th Street approaching Park Avenue when they came upon an idling Dodge Caravan around 11:30 p.m. Monday, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Discovering that the license plates belonged to another vehicle, the detectives got out to investigate, he said. They found the driver…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities Seek Help In Minivan Hit-Run Crash That Seriously Injured Paterson Man, 39 Authorities Seek Help In Minivan Hit-Run Crash That Seriously Injured Paterson Man, 39
Authorities Seek Help In Minivan Hit-Run Crash That Seriously Injured Paterson Man, 39 Authorities late Thursday turned to the public for help finding a hit-and-run minivan driver who struck and seriously injured a pedestrian five days earlier in Paterson. The 39-year-old victim was struck by a light-colored Dodge Caravan as he crossed Totowa Avenue near Marion Street shortly after 11:30 p.m. last Saturday, they said. Although Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said investigators had surveillance video of the vehicle, they didn't share it. Instead, they distributed a photo of another Caravan. The vehicle they're looking for…

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by Jerry DeMarco