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Last Of His Kind: Powerbroking Former Passaic County Sheriff Edwin Englehardt Dies At 93 Last Of His Kind: Powerbroking Former Passaic County Sheriff Edwin Englehardt Dies At 93
Last Of His Kind: Powerbroking Former Passaic County Sheriff Edwin Englehardt Dies At 93 He was the last of a bygone breed, a no-nonsense New Jersey political kingpin whose blessing or disapproval made or broke careers. Former Passaic County Sheriff Edwin “Eddie” Englehardt was heavy-handed, for sure – “this is not a country club,” he said of the jail he ran with an iron fist for nearly three decades. And he was, by nature, politically motivated in virtually all things. A Republican in a Democrat-denominated county, Englehardt nonetheless received deference, if not outright allegiance, from those on the other side of the political aisle. He also withstood a barrage of fed…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fugitive, Buddy Bound Elderly Victim In Gunpoint Elizabeth Home Invasion: Prosecutor Fugitive, Buddy Bound Elderly Victim In Gunpoint Elizabeth Home Invasion: Prosecutor
Fugitive, Buddy Bound Elderly Victim In Gunpoint Elizabeth Home Invasion: Prosecutor One man was in custody and another at large in connection with an Elizabeth home invasion in which they bound the elderly resident and held her at gunpoint last month, authorities said Friday, April 1. The elderly victim had been restrained by Herby Desir, 34, of Rahway, and Emmanuel Rivera, 33, of Carteret, in the home on Summit and Colonia roads, but had been freed by a neighbor who found her and cut her loose, Daniel said alongside Elizabeth Police Director Earl J. Graves. The pair held the victim at gunpoint during the robbery, from which Desir and Rivera fled and made off with the…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Frightening Pre-Dawn Moment: Wallington Mom, Special Needs Son Find Ex-Con Burglar In Home Frightening Pre-Dawn Moment: Wallington Mom, Special Needs Son Find Ex-Con Burglar In Home
Frightening Pre-Dawn Moment: Wallington Mom, Special Needs Son Find Ex-Con Burglar In Home Wallington police captured a convicted burglar from Garfield after a woman awoke to find him in her living room trying to steal her special needs son's bicycle, authorities said. Scott Amill, 37, had broken in through a sliding glass door and was taking the bike and a laptop when he startled the sleeping resident around 5 a.m. Monday, Lt. Eric Kluska said. Amill, a repeat offender who has served county jail time for burglary and drug-related offenses, had only just been released from the Passaic County lockup late last week, records show. The mom locked herself and her son in a bedroom and…

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by Jerry DeMarco