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Fair Lawn PD: Officer Busts Upstate NY Trio With Heroin On Route 4 Fair Lawn PD: Officer Busts Upstate NY Trio With Heroin On Route 4
Fair Lawn PD: Officer Busts Upstate NY Trio With Heroin On Route 4 A Fair Lawn police officer nabbed an upstate New York trio with heroin during a stop on Route 4, authorities said. All three have criminal histories, records show. The driver, identified as Marvin Parada, 32, of Kingston, “initially gave false information during questioning” by Officer Geovanny Buitron following Saturday night’s stop on the eastbound highway at Paramus Road, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Parada’s criminal history includes giving false information to police in Kingston who were investigating a 2016 stabbing because he was on parole and a heroin arrest in Saugerties the year befor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities: Accused FedEx Impersonator Found With Loaded Gun During Fair Lawn Traffic stop Authorities: Accused FedEx Impersonator Found With Loaded Gun During Fair Lawn Traffic stop
Authorities: Accused FedEx Impersonator Found With Loaded Gun During Fair Lawn Traffic stop A repeat offender charged with dressing up like a FedEx worker to snatch packages from porches was found carrying a loaded handgun during a traffic stop in Fair Lawn, authorities said. Officer Justin DiGuglielmo smelled pot after stopping a 2019 Nissan Rogue on Broadway at 26th Street just after 10:45 p.m. Monday, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The officer then found a plastic bottle with marijuana residue and a 9mm Kel-Tec P-11 handgun loaded with five rounds hidden inside a sock in the center console. The driver, 24-year-old Raymond Severino of Paterson, was charged with weapons offenses …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Man Captured After Wild Stolen Car Chase Charged In Ridgewood Crime Spree Paterson Man Captured After Wild Stolen Car Chase Charged In Ridgewood Crime Spree
Paterson Man Captured After Wild Stolen Car Chase Charged In Ridgewood Crime Spree A Paterson man captured in Paramus after a wild stolen car chase that went through several Bergen County towns was responsible for a series of vehicle thefts and burglaries, as well as home break-ins in Ridgewood, authorities said. John Chavan Johnson, 32, remained held Wednesday in the Bergen County Jail following his arrest two days earlier. He’s charged with five counts of burglary, six of theft, three of resisting arrest among 19 offenses in all, most of them in Ridgewood. Also still being held was Johnson’s alleged accomplice, Samantha Boseski, 30, of Clifton. She was charged with&nbs…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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PD: Erratic Dumont SUV Driver Was Under Influence Of Heroin PD: Erratic Dumont SUV Driver Was Under Influence Of Heroin
PD: Erratic Dumont SUV Driver Was Under Influence Of Heroin Hawthorne police prevented a potential tragedy when they stopped an SUV driver from Dumont who they said was under the influence of heroin. Officers responding to a citizen’s call of an erratic driver pulled over the full-sized 2005 Ford Excursion on southbound Route 208 shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday, Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. The driver, identified as 30-year-old Brendan Jones, was removed from the vehicle when he refused commands to stop trying to hide empty heroin folds, Hoogmoed said. Jones, who had trouble standing, was taken into custody, the sergeant said. On the front…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fort Lee PD: Officers Chase Down Supermarket Stock Boy In Car Burglary Near GWB Fort Lee PD: Officers Chase Down Supermarket Stock Boy In Car Burglary Near GWB
Fort Lee PD: Officers Chase Down Supermarket Stock Boy In Car Burglary Near GWB Fort Lee police chased down a local supermarket employee who they said broke into a car before dawn Tuesday. Responding to a resident’s 5:15 a.m. call, Sgt. Vassilios Triantafillou spotted Michael A. Cokley, a 28-year-old Key Food stock clerk, in the area of Lemoine Avenue and Bruce Reynolds Boulevard. Seeing the sergeant get out of his car, Cokley ran, Capt. Ricky Mirkovic said. Triantafillou chased Cokley, who was cut off by backup Officers Andrew Lakawicz and Harold Campo on Lemoine Avenue near the George Washington Bridge, the captain said. They took him into custody and found him car…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Woman Went Topless To Escape Shoplifting Arrest In Bayonne: Police Woman Went Topless To Escape Shoplifting Arrest In Bayonne: Police
Woman Went Topless To Escape Shoplifting Arrest In Bayonne: Police Police in Bayonne said a 42-year-old woman from Hoboken went to great lengths to avoid an arrest for shoplifting Tuesday, including swinging on a police officer and slipping out of her clothing. A loss-prevention agent at the ShopRite grocery store at 25th Street and Broadway witnessed Lakia Pierce taking items around 11 p.m., police said. The agent notified the police officer, who was working security at the store. When the officer confronted Pierce, she tried to run but was stopped by the officer. Pierce began to struggle, scratching the officer several times and trying to punch him, pol…

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Police: Driver In Oakland Roadblock Crash Was Under Heroin Influence Police: Driver In Oakland Roadblock Crash Was Under Heroin Influence
Police: Driver In Oakland Roadblock Crash Was Under Heroin Influence A heroin user was under the influence when he slammed his car into a road-closure barricade on Skyline Drive in Oakland, police said. John Milazzo, 34, of North Arlington was carrying six heroin folds and a plastic straw when his 2005 Saturn Vue hit the barricades near West Oakland Avenue last Friday night, Lt. Christian Eldridge said. The roadblocks were set up after a truck overturned on Skyline Drive earlier. Milazzo was charged with drug possession, driving under the influence of drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia, the lieutenant said. He was released to a family member pendin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Lyndhurst PD: Bronx Duo Caught Withdrawing $2,800 From Supermarket With Stolen Credit Cards Lyndhurst PD: Bronx Duo Caught Withdrawing $2,800 From Supermarket With Stolen Credit Cards
Lyndhurst PD: Bronx Duo Caught Withdrawing $2,800 From Supermarket With Stolen Credit Cards Two 20-year-old Bronx residents shuffled in and out of a Lyndhurst supermarket, withdrawing $2,800 in twenty-dollar bills using stolen credit cards, until borough police nabbed them -- thanks to an alert cashier, authorities said. The self-checkout cashier at Stop & Shop on Lewandowski Street told a supervisor after seeing the pair go in and out of the store, making several inexpensive purchases while withdrawing $200 at a time, Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. Responding Officers Anthony Calabro, Nick Abruscato and Lt. Andrew Marmorato found both men sitting in a white BMW with New …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Weekend Haul: Franklin Lakes Police Continue Picking Off Route 208 Drivers, Most For Warrants Weekend Haul: Franklin Lakes Police Continue Picking Off Route 208 Drivers, Most For Warrants
Weekend Haul: Franklin Lakes Police Continue Picking Off Route 208 Drivers, Most For Warrants A series of weekend traffic stops on Route 208 yielded Franklin Lakes police a half-dozen arrests – most of them of people wanted on warrants. They also included a 32-year-old West Nyack man charged with DWI just after 11:30 p.m. Sunday. Officer Matthew Geyer made that arrest, as well as one just before 7:30 a.m. Saturday of a 29-year-old Clifton man on marijuana and drug paraphernalia possession charges. Moments after that one, Sgt. William Zangara arrested Sean Levy, 48 of Atlantic Highlands, who was wanted on warrants out of Hillsdale and Middletown, Capt. John Bakelaar said Monday. Ju…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hawthorne PD: Glen Rock Driver Caught Cooking Heroin In Auto Dealership Lot Hawthorne PD: Glen Rock Driver Caught Cooking Heroin In Auto Dealership Lot
Hawthorne PD: Glen Rock Driver Caught Cooking Heroin In Auto Dealership Lot A Hawthorne police officer caught a drug user from Glen Rock cooking heroin in a local car dealer’s parking lot, authorities said. The officer saw 35-year-old Anton Ordjonikidze lighting the drug in tin foil as he approached the 2013 Nissan Altima with California license plates in the Goffle Road lot, Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said Tuesday. When he asked if he had anything else in the car, Ordjonikidze gave the officer a bundle of heroin, rubber bands and other pieces of drug paraphernalia, the sergeant said. He was taken into custody, charged with possession of drugs and drug-relate…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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West Milford PD: Crossbow Gets DWI Driver Weapons Charge West Milford PD: Crossbow Gets DWI Driver Weapons Charge
West Milford PD: Crossbow Gets DWI Driver Weapons Charge An ex-con stopped by West Milford police for drunk driving was also charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a weapon after officers found a crossbow in his car, authorities said. Officer Michael Onembo, responding to a motorist’s call of an erratic driver, stopped the vehicle driven by 38-year-old Hewitt resident Michael Coulahan as he pulled into the Tractor Supply parking lot on Union Valley Road with its ride-side driver’s mirror missing and a busted tail light, police records show. “While speaking to the driver, the officer noticed signs of drug use,” the police report say…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Trying To Stay Fresh? Glen Rock PD Says Pair Stole Deodorant, Gum In Bulk Trying To Stay Fresh? Glen Rock PD Says Pair Stole Deodorant, Gum In Bulk
Trying To Stay Fresh? Glen Rock PD Says Pair Stole Deodorant, Gum In Bulk Two Glen Rock police officers chased down a shoplifting duo – one from Lyndhurst, the other from Hawthorne -- who swiped 63 containers of deodorant and nearly two dozen packs of gum from a local CVS, authorities said. Both had fled the Rock Road store, but Sgt. Bryan Scott grabbed one on Main Street near Bradford Street 208 after an employee described them to a 911 operator, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Sgt. Scott McGovern got the other trying to flee along the NJ Transit Main Line railroad tracks under Route 208, Ackermann said. Officers recovered $168 of $666 worth of items taken bu…

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by Jerry DeMarco