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Ex-Con, 56, Arrested With Drugs After Throwing Punch At Officer: Englewood PD Ex-Con, 56, Arrested With Drugs After Throwing Punch At Officer: Englewood PD
Ex-Con, 56, Arrested With Drugs After Throwing Punch At Officer: Englewood PD An ex-con with a lengthy rap sheet was arrested after taking a swing at an Englewood police officer, authorities said. Lawrence Eugene Jones, 56, dropped a bag he was carrying when he spotted the officer on Jones Road early Thursday afternoon, Detective Lt. Fred Pulice said. Jones is well known to law enforcement in the area. He’s been arrested dozens of times over more than two decades, mostly for drug-related crimes that include dealing, aggravated assault, forgery and probation violations, among other offenses, according to criminal records. The most serious was a gun conviction stemmi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Getaway Driver, 21, In Bergen Drug Murder Gets 30 Years Without Parole Getaway Driver, 21, In Bergen Drug Murder Gets 30 Years Without Parole
Getaway Driver, 21, In Bergen Drug Murder Gets 30 Years Without Parole The getaway driver in the cold-blooded killing of a Fairview man during a drug-related apartment robbery was sentenced to 30 years without parole in state prison. David Martinez, 21, of North Bergen watched as three men who were in the apartment when David Duque Soto was shot in June 2019 took guilty pleas rather than risk the consequences of a trial. Martinez let a jury decide his fate and was convicted on March 13 in Hackensack of felony murder, armed robbery, conspiracy and weapons possession. Assistant Bergen County Prosecutors Suzanne Cevasco and Matthew Fitzpatrick presented 16 witn…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Murder Case Cracked: Trio Charged With Lodi Parking Lot Slaying Murder Case Cracked: Trio Charged With Lodi Parking Lot Slaying
Murder Case Cracked: Trio Charged With Lodi Parking Lot Slaying Investigators from Bergen and Passaic counties cracked the March slaying of a 26-year-old Paterson man who was gunned down in the parking lot of a Lodi garden apartment complex. Charged with murder, conspiracy and weapons offenses in the drug-related killing are Giovanni Feliciano, 22, of Garfield, and Jefersson Gonzalez, 21, of Paterson.  Charged with drug and weapons charges is Elvis DeJesus, 24, of Paterson. The victim, John Anthony DeLeon, was struck in a hail of gunfire at the Kennedy Gardens Apartments on Victor Street off Route 46 on March 8, said Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Muse…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Morris County Man Nabbed In Drug-Fueled Stabbing Arrested Again For Slew Of Vehicle Burglaries Morris County Man Nabbed In Drug-Fueled Stabbing Arrested Again For Slew Of Vehicle Burglaries
Morris County Man Nabbed In Drug-Fueled Stabbing Arrested Again For Slew Of Vehicle Burglaries A Morris County man arrested in April for allegedly stabbing a man during a drug-fueled argument was nabbed in yet another string of car burglaries and a vehicle theft Wednesday, authorities said. Joseph Derissio, 23, is accused of burglarizing several vehicles and stealing another on June 10, according to Lincoln Park Police. Each of the alleged burglaries occurred in the upper Main Street area neighborhoods as well as the Hunting Meadow Condo Complex, which is also in close proximity to Main Street, police said. Police say they quickly identified Derissio, of Lincoln Park, as the suspect…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Three 14-Year-Old Boys Grazed By Gunfire In Violent Paterson Neighborhood Three 14-Year-Old Boys Grazed By Gunfire In Violent Paterson Neighborhood
Three 14-Year-Old Boys Grazed By Gunfire In Violent Paterson Neighborhood Three 14-year-old Paterson boys shot in one of the city’s most violent, drug-infested areas sustained only superficial wounds, authorities said. The boy were struck in the area of Hamilton Avenue and Summer Street shortly before 8:45 p.m. Monday, they said. All three were taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center and released following treatment, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint release. They didn’t confirm reports that they incident might be tied to a fatal Sept. 22 shooting near the corner of 12th Avenue and East 23rd S…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Four Charged With Murder In Fairview Robbery Slaying, Most From North Bergen UPDATE: Four Charged With Murder In Fairview Robbery Slaying, Most From North Bergen
Update: Four Charged With Murder In Fairview Robbery Slaying, Most From North Bergen UPDATE: After two gunmen shot a Fairview man dead in his apartment over the weekend, one of four unemployed suspects charged with his murder gave the gun to another man to hide, authorities said Tuesday. Carlos Burgos, 19, “gave a firearm used in the murder” to Dylan Rodriguez, 18, who hid it in a private home, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. That gun was recovered during what investigators told Daily Voice were no fewer than a half-dozen warranted searches. Burgos, of 411 Martin Luther King Boulevard in Jersey City, was charged with murder, felony murder, robbery, conspiracy …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Arrest Made In Deadly Downtown Newark Shooting UPDATE: Arrest Made In Deadly Downtown Newark Shooting
Update: Arrest Made In Deadly Downtown Newark Shooting UPDATE, June 6: A suspect in the deadly shooting has been arrested. Click here for more.  UPDATE, June 5: The victim in the shooting has been identified. Click here for more.  The Newark Police Department said one person was killed by gunfire Tuesday morning at  Broad and Market streets, a busy crossroads where thousands of pedestrians and commuters pass through daily.  Police released little information but said the victim was shot multiple times shortly before 10 a.m.  Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said the victim was specifically targeted by the sho…

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by Paul Milo