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! Missing Franklin Lakes Boy, 10, Returns Safe, Sound
The search for a missing 10-year-old Franklin Lakes boy ended early Wednesday evening when he returned home after several hours, police said, adding that the youngster was OK. As a precaution, an EMS unit was responding to the home. "At 2:59 p.m. today, a Pulis Avenue resident reported that [the] 10-year-old child had left the home and was missing," police Capt. John Bakelaar said. "He was last seen running into a wooded area bordering the residence. "At approximately 6:20 p.m., the child returned home." A State Police chopper was in the air and searchers fanned out late Wednesday after…
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Maywood PD: Meth, Other Drugs Seized, Lodi, Secaucus Men Busted After Route 17 Stop
Maywood police arrested two men and seized more than an ounce and a half of meth, along with various amounts of cocaine, GHB and pot for sale after a Route 17 traffic stop led to the search of an Edgewater hotel room and a Lodi storage unit. Officers Ben Singer and Brian Rubio pulled over a rented 2018 Nissan Altima that was being driven carelessly and not maintaining a lane on the southbound highway late Saturday, Detective Sgt. Jason Liaban said. The officers took the driver, Michael Jensen, 29, of Secaucus and passenger Shavar Ingram, 33, of Lodi and into custody after finding meth, mari…
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Hackensack Employee Helps Chase Down Car Thief
An employee at a Colombian restaurant in Hackensack who just had a company vehicle stolen jumped into another and chased the thief, who city police said they caught after following footprints in the snow. The driver told police that he’d left the vehicle running in front of Pollos a la Brassa Mario on Main Street when the thief got behind the wheel and took off around 7:40 a.m. Saturday, Capt. Peter Busciglio said. Chased by the employee, 23-year-old Malik Evans crashed the stolen vehicle in the area of The Esplanade and Blanchard Terrace in Hackensack, then fled on foot, the captain s…
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Oops! Fleeing Cat Burglar Mistakes Maywood Police Car For His Lyft Ride, Rochelle Park PD Says
A burglar who fled a Rochelle Park couple's home after waking them became an easy grab for police when he mistook a police vehicle for a Lyft ride, authorities said. The sound of someone trying to open their rear porch door awoke the Catherine Street couple around 10 p.m. Thursday, Detective Sgt. James DePreta said. Moments later, they found 28-year-old Nicholas Maziot, who'd climbed in through a second-story window, he said. Maziot climbed out the same window, jumped from the roof to the ground, then hid outside while summoning a ride through his Lyft app, the sergeant said. By that…
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Search Continues For Swimmer, 39, Believed Drowned In Hackensack River
Authorities continued to search the Hackensack River Monday afternoon for the body of a 39-year-old man whose friends told police drowned while trying to swim across to Bogota. The man "began struggling to remain above water [but] disappeared below the surface" around 3 p.m. Sunday, Capt. Frank Aquila said. His friends searched with no luck, Aquila said. Police were finally notified by the man's nephew after he failed to return home, the captain said. Hackensack police and firefighters were joined in a subsequent search by Bogota police, a Maywood police bloodhound, a Ridgefield Park…
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Final Walkout: Maywood Police Chief David Pegg Gets Raucous Send-Off
He tried to prevent it, but there was no way retired Maywood Police Chief David Pegg wasn't getting a stylish send-off as he left headquarters as the borough's top cop for the last time. Pegg was feted on his final walkout Friday by dozens of first-responder colleagues -- some from neighboring towns -- who clapped, rang noisemakers and tossed confetti (see photos, video above). The unassuming public servant didn't want a fuss. "They scheduled the walkout at 4:30," he said. "I told them I'll leave at 1:30 instead." A lifelong borough resident, Pegg, 62, was with the dep…
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Maywood PD: Google Search Prompts Owner Of Damaged Laptop To Pretend It Was Stolen
A Maywood man told police a Google search prompted him to file a false burglary report after he absently left his laptop on the roof of his car and it fell off on the highway, authorities said. The burglary call brought Maywood police and detectives with a K-9 unit, as well as a Bergen County sheriff’s forensics unit to the home of from 32-year-old Sabir Miah, Police Chief David T. Pegg said Monday. Miah told them “he left the apartment to take his dog for a walk and when he returned home he found his front door open and a black bag containing the laptop gone,” Pegg said. There were no sig…
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Former Local Sportswriter From Maywood Charged With Sex Trafficking Of Minors
A fugitive from Maywood -- who once worked as a sportswriter for a local daily newspaper -- was charged with trafficking juveniles for sex while producing kiddie porn, authorities said Wednesday. Kevin J. Newell, 55, was arrested at his East Pleasant Avenue home on Tuesday and charged by authorities in Pennsylvania with human trafficking, unlawful sexual contact with a minor and creating child pornography, among other offenses, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. A months-long investigation by U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) field office in Pittsburgh and police in…
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Maywood Police Nab 5 In ID Theft Case After Uber Stop, Foot Chase
Maywood police nabbed five identity theft crew members, four of whom were carrying debit cards and checks belonging to various victims, after an Uber stop and a foot chase before dawn Wednesday, authorities said. Officers Ben Singer and Brian Rubio stopped an Uber driver’s Honda Pilot Parkway and Oak Avenue just after 3 a.m., Police Chief David Pegg said. One of four men in the vehicle – 21-year-old Antonio Bailey of Yonkers – took off, Pegg said. Bailey struggled with Officers William Phayre and Chris Melber after they found him in a nearby backyard and was eventually subdued, the chief s…
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Maywood Police Stolen Jeep Chase Up Route 17 Ends With Two Teens In Custody
Maywood police were chasing a stolen Jeep overnight when it abruptly stopped in the left lane of northbound Route 17. Two juveniles bailed and bolted across the highway. One was caught immediately and the other a short time later, they said. It began just before 2:30 a.m. Thursday, when Officers William Phayre and Michael McMahon spotted the red 2002 Jeep Liberty attempting to enter the northbound highway through the Essex Street exit ramp, Detective Jason Liaban said. A quick check showed the vehicle was reported stolen from Garfield earlier that night, he said. The officers tried pull…
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Pot Smell Leads Maywood Officer To Stolen Handgun, Hackensack Man's Arrest
The smell of pot led to the search of an older-model sedan and the discovery of a .38 Special reported stolen out of North Carolina, Maywood police said. Police Department arrested Adrian Gentles, 33, of Hackensack, on weapons and drug related charges. Officers Brian Rubio and Officer Ben Singer stopped a red 1998 Honda Accord for various motor vehicle violations on Essex Street around 5:10 a.m. Sunday, Detective Jason Liaban said. While speaking with Gentles, Rubio smelled marijuana, Liaban said. “A probable cause search of the vehicle yielded marijuana, drug paraphernalia and a HMW Wind…
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Prosecutor: Teaneck Man Who Shot Englewood Pair Aimed At 2 More, Gun Jammed
ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A Teaneck man who led police on a more than 15-mile chase after shooting a couple in Englewood tried to shoot two other people, but his handgun jammed, authorities said Friday. Odari Green, 37, remained held in the Bergen County Jail pending further court action on charges of attempted murder, armed robbery, carjacking, child endangerment and weapons offenses. Green shot a man and woman at a home in the 200 block of West Palisade Ave. around 8:15 a.m. Tuesday, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Both were taken to Hackensack University Medical Cent…
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