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Former Football Star Charged In Elmwood Park Cellphone Robbery -- After Returning To Store Former Football Star Charged In Elmwood Park Cellphone Robbery -- After Returning To Store
Former Football Star Charged In Elmwood Park Cellphone Robbery -- After Returning To Store Once considered one of the top high school football prospects in the country, a now-34-year-old Paterson man was charged with Friday's strong-armed robbery of cellphones from an Elmwood Park Verizon store. Chenry Lewis was arrested Saturday after he returned to the Route 46 store, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Then he smiled for his mugshot. The night before, Lewis used force to flee with the phones, turning what began as a snatch-and-run into a robbery, the chief said. Authorities have "no idea" why Lewis went back, Foligno said. He remained held Sunday in the Bergen County Jail. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Former Football Star Charged In Elmwood Park Cellphone Robbery -- After Returning To Store Former Football Star Charged In Elmwood Park Cellphone Robbery -- After Returning To Store
Former Football Star Charged In Elmwood Park Cellphone Robbery -- After Returning To Store UPDATE: Once considered one of the top high school football prospects in the country, a now-34-year-old Paterson man was charged with Friday's strong-armed robbery of cellphones from an Elmwood Park Verizon store. Chenry Lewis was arrested Saturday after he returned to the Route 46 store, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Then he smiled for his mugshot. The night before, Lewis used force to flee with the phones, turning what began as a snatch-and-run into a robbery, the chief said. Authorities have "no idea" why Lewis went back, Foligno said. He remained held Sunday in the Bergen C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Garfield Native Christopher Kanarski Dies, 35 Garfield Native Christopher Kanarski Dies, 35
Garfield Native Christopher Kanarski Dies, 35 Christopher Kanarski died on Nov. 16. He was 35 years old.  Kanarski was born and Passaic and raised in Garfield. He moved to Rockaway and graduated from Rockaway High School in 2001. Kanarski earned his associates degree from Morristown Community College and had been working for Verizon in East Hanover. Services were held Friday. Interment was at St. Mary's Cemetery in Saddle Brook.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Duh! Wallington Thief Caught By Home Security Camera He Stole, Police Say Duh! Wallington Thief Caught By Home Security Camera He Stole, Police Say
Duh! Wallington Thief Caught By Home Security Camera He Stole, Police Say One thing a thief probably shouldn't steal is a home security camera, as Wallington police demonstrated. For one thing, its very purpose is to identify anyone who doesn't belong on your property, which police said included Yimy Garcia-Medina, 38, of Fairview. The owner received cellphone alerts that someone was trying to dismantle the camera, set 10 feet up a tree in front of the Tulip Place house, Detective Capt. Shawn Kudlacik said. The owner took screenshots of Garcia-Medina -- who ended up using his own phone to try and access the camera, the captain said. Made things pretty easy for …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
New Jersey Funeral Set For Paul Zito III Of Australia, 40 New Jersey Funeral Set For Paul Zito III Of Australia, 40
New Jersey Funeral Set For Paul Zito III Of Australia, 40 Funeral arrangements have been scheduled for Garfield native Paul "Paulie" F. Zito III, who died on June 23 in Queensland, Australia. He was 40 years old. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, July 17 at the  Patrick J. Conte Funeral Home, Inc. in Elmwood Park. A funeral service is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on July 18 at the funeral home, with a Funeral Mass to follow at St. Leo’s R.C. Church at 9:30 a.m. Interment will be at the George Washington Memorial Park in Paramus.  More than $28,000 had been raised on a GoFundMe as of Tuesday morning to pay for ass…

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by Cecilia Levine