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Bloomfield Police Nab Accused Porch Pirate From East Orange Bloomfield Police Nab Accused Porch Pirate From East Orange
Bloomfield Police Nab Accused Porch Pirate From East Orange Authorities in Bloomfield nabbed a 27-year-old man who they say stole packages from two local homes. Cesar Pagan Torres, of East Orange, was arrested on May 19 in connection with the incidents, Bloomfield Public Safety Director Samuel DeMaio said. A Chester Avenue (Bloomfield) resident saw a man take a package from his front porch via surveillance video on May 18 around 6:45 p.m., DeMaio said. The video showed a thin white male wearing a black hat, dark colored hooded sweatshirt, riding a red bicycle, police said. The package contained bathing suits valued at $80, police said. Earlier tha…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Bloomfield PD: 2 Arrested, 3 At Large In Series Of Stop & Shop Thefts Bloomfield PD: 2 Arrested, 3 At Large In Series Of Stop & Shop Thefts
Bloomfield PD: 2 Arrested, 3 At Large In Series Of Stop & Shop Thefts Two people were arrested and three others at large in a series of thefts from a Bloomfield Stop & Shop, authorities said. Jennifer Gaguancela 21, of Bloomfield and Savanah Diaz 20, of Newark went through self checkout and rang up $84 worth of items at the Franklin Street store on May 5, Bloomfield Public Safety Director Samuel DeMaio said. What they failed to do, however, was ring up an additional $308 of additional items, DeMaio said. Gaguancela and Diaz were charged with shoplifting and have pending court dates. On April 29 and May 4, a black man took health and beauty products…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Back So Soon? NJ Home Depot Chainsaw Thief Returns To Swipe $200 Tool Set, Police Say Back So Soon? NJ Home Depot Chainsaw Thief Returns To Swipe $200 Tool Set, Police Say
Back So Soon? NJ Home Depot Chainsaw Thief Returns To Swipe $200 Tool Set, Police Say Come here often? A New Jersey man who tried stealing a chainsaw from a Home Depot store last month came back three weeks later -- this time to swipe a $200 tool set, police said. Alexander Carrion, 37, of Newark, was arrested the first week of April for the attempted theft from the Orange Street Home Depot in Bloomfield, Public Safety Director Samuel DeMaio said. On April 26, Carrion returned to the same store and tried stealing a Ryobi tool set, DeMaio said. A prevention employee saw him walk past all points of sale with the tool set, authorities said. Carrion was arrested and issued a s…

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by Cecilia Levine
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GOT 'EM! Police Nab Essex County Men Accused Of Robbing Krauszer's Employee At Knifepoint GOT 'EM! Police Nab Essex County Men Accused Of Robbing Krauszer's Employee At Knifepoint
GOT 'EM! Police Nab Essex County Men Accused Of Robbing Krauszer's Employee At Knifepoint Two Belleville men were arrested moments after attempting to rob a Bloomfield convenience store employee at knifepoint last week, authorities said. Ethan Lozado, 20, and Anthony Dagata, 21, walked into the Krauszers Food Mart on Belleville Avenue, brandished a large knife and demanded money in the cash register and several packs of Newport cigarettes on March 10, Bloomfield Public Safety Director Samuel DeMaio said. Lozado and Dagata ran out the back of the store into the Davey Street Apartment Complex, where officers found them, DeMaio said. Both were arrested on the incide…

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by Cecilia Levine
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KNOW HIM? Bloomfield Police Seek Thief Who Ransacked Cars KNOW HIM? Bloomfield Police Seek Thief Who Ransacked Cars
Know HIM? Bloomfield Police Seek Thief Who Ransacked Cars Police in Bloomfield are seeking a man they say ransacked several vehicles and stole several items from them. The vehicle owners had parked their cars on Warren Street between Oct. 26 and 27, Bloomfield Public Safety Director Samuel DeMaio said. When they woke up, their cars had been ransacked. The thief took spare change registration cards and insurance cards. This incident is under investigation. 

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Dominos Pizza Delivery Driver Carjacked At Gunpoint NJ Dominos Pizza Delivery Driver Carjacked At Gunpoint
NJ Dominos Pizza Delivery Driver Carjacked At Gunpoint A pizza delivery driver was carjacked at gunpoint in Essex County, authorities said. The Dominos driver was approached from behind by an unknown individual, who placed a hard object believed to be a handgun to his back and demanded the vehicle on Ella Street in Bloomfield on Sept. 25, Public Safety Director Samuel DeMaio said. The suspect fled on Ella Street and went east on Bloomfield Avenue.  The car was recovered the following day around 1:20 a.m., in Newark. The incident remains under investigation.

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by Cecilia Levine
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'Cops In Crosswalks' Enforcement In Bloomfield This Month 'Cops In Crosswalks' Enforcement In Bloomfield This Month
'Cops In Crosswalks' Enforcement In Bloomfield This Month Caution: that pedestrian you fail to yield to may be a police officer.  Police in Bloomfield this month are focusing on drivers who don't stop for people in crosswalks. Undercover officers will pose as pedestrians at dozens of crosswalks and will notify officers in patrol cars when motorists fail to yield.  Under state law, drivers must come to a complete stop for people using a crosswalk. Penalties include license points, a fine and insurance surcharges.  “Residents of Bloomfield should feel safe crossing our streets with their families. Hopefully this initiative will educa…

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by Paul Milo