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Knifepoint Fair Lawn Street ‘Robbery’ Takes Unusual Turn Knifepoint Fair Lawn Street ‘Robbery’ Takes Unusual Turn
Knifepoint Fair Lawn Street ‘Robbery’ Takes Unusual Turn A Fair Lawn detective investigating a report of an attempted knifepoint street robbery quickly got a confession – from the alleged victim, authorities said. Joey T. Martinez, 29, of Paterson had called the police desk at 2:30 a.m. last month to report the failed holdup, Sgt. Eric Eleshewich said. Martinez told officers who responded to Henderson Boulevard at Central Avenue that he was walking near 11th Street when a black Nissan pulled behind him, Eleshewich said. “A Hispanic male in his early 20s, 5-foot-6, with long hair and dressed in all black comes up behind him and pushes him to the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities: Hackensack Stock Clerk Who Filed Scam Complaint Was Posing As Someone Else Authorities: Hackensack Stock Clerk Who Filed Scam Complaint Was Posing As Someone Else
Authorities: Hackensack Stock Clerk Who Filed Scam Complaint Was Posing As Someone Else A supermarket stock clerk from Hackensack presented a bogus ID stolen from a Florida resident when she filed a complaint with city police claiming she’d been scammed by someone else, said authorities who arrested her. Jayne D. Garrido-Contreras, 55, had been using the fake non-driver ID obtained from the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) since November 2011, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. She then got another in her own name in November, he said. Using the bogus ID and a fake Social Security card, Garrido-Contreras opened three bank accounts -- and in January filed the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Bail Reform Strikes Again: Judge Frees Fair Lawn Woman Accused Of Shooting Man In Face NJ Bail Reform Strikes Again: Judge Frees Fair Lawn Woman Accused Of Shooting Man In Face
NJ Bail Reform Strikes Again: Judge Frees Fair Lawn Woman Accused Of Shooting Man In Face Police were shocked to learn that a Fair Lawn woman charged with attempted murder after authorities said she shot a man in the face was released from jail over the weekend. Sharese Peeples spent nine days in the Bergen County Jail before a judge ordered her release with conditions, pending further court action, under New Jersey's 2017 bail reform law. "We’re usually quiet about this stuff, but the [law enforcement community] is just shocked," one said. "We get that there are people who can't afford bail, and so [bail reform] lets them stay out and work," the officer told Daily Voice. "But …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fair Lawn Shooting: Borough Woman, Not Home Invaders, Pulled Trigger, Prosecutor Says Fair Lawn Shooting: Borough Woman, Not Home Invaders, Pulled Trigger, Prosecutor Says
Fair Lawn Shooting: Borough Woman, Not Home Invaders, Pulled Trigger, Prosecutor Says UPDATE: A couple was caught and a fugitive sought after a man was shot in the face in what authorities said was an attempted killing in an apartment above a Fair Lawn craft beer bar. Sharese Peeples, 32, was charged with attempted murder after she and two accomplices claimed the victim was shot during a home invasion by two others, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Monday. Peeples also was charged with weapons offenses and lying to investigators, Calo said. Also charged with filing a false report was Steven Mitchell, a 31-year-old bus cleaner who lives with Peeples, the pros…

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by Jerry DeMarco