Clifton Police Chase Bentley Stolen From Garfield Gas Station, Nab Driver After Newark Crash Clifton Police Chase Bentley Stolen From Garfield Gas Station, Nab Driver After Newark Crash
Clifton Police Chase Bentley Stolen From Garfield Gas Station, Nab Driver After Newark Crash A Clifton police chase that began after a thief stole an unoccupied Bentley convertible while it was being gassed up in Garfield ended soon after it crashed in Newark, authorities said. Officers Zakaria Bernardo and Matthew Fernandes were on patrol on Route 3 near Route 21 just after 3:30 p.m. Monday when they heard an alert that the car was stolen from a Wawa on Jewell Street – and that the nozzle from the gas pump might still be attached, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Moments later, they spotted the Bentley speeding down southbound Route 21, he said The officers tried to get the dri…
Judge Frees Duo After NJSP Seizes $375,000 Heroin, Coke In Fair Lawn Storage Unit Judge Frees Duo After NJSP Seizes $375,000 Heroin, Coke In Fair Lawn Storage Unit
Judge Frees Duo After Njsp Seizes $375,000 Heroin, Coke In Fair Lawn Storage Unit Two men whom State Police said they nabbed with $375,000 worth of heroin and cocaine stashed in a Fair Lawn storage facility were ordered released by a judge after less than a week in jail, under New Jersey's 2017 bail reform law. Detectives from the NJSP’s Central and North Trafficking Units stopped Wellington Moya, 44, of New York, N.Y., who was driving a Toyota Camry, and Douglas Watson, 41, of Hawthorne, who was driving a Range Rover, as they entered the Wagaraw Road storage facility on Aug. 31, State Police said. During the stop, they said, troopers discovered more than two pounds of c…
Mahwah PD: Rockland Man Ran Credit Card Theft Scam From Hotel Room Mahwah PD: Rockland Man Ran Credit Card Theft Scam From Hotel Room
Mahwah PD: Rockland Man Ran Credit Card Theft Scam From Hotel Room A Rockland man who checked into a Mahwah hotel with a stolen credit card was printing up bogus cards there, said police who busted him after being alerted by a manager. Davidson Gilot, 26, of Spring Valley was running “a complex scam” from the hotel room – but was sniffed out after he tried to pay for an additional night with the stolen card, Chief James N. Batelli said. Gilot bought legitimate credit card numbers off the dark web and stole other numbers, all of which he entered into a credit card reader “to identify an individual's name and information associated with those numbers,” the c…
Mahwah Police Find Pot Grow Room, Arrest Resident And Friend From Englewood Mahwah Police Find Pot Grow Room, Arrest Resident And Friend From Englewood
Mahwah Police Find Pot Grow Room, Arrest Resident And Friend From Englewood Mahwah police searching for a man who’d fled a previous arrest found a pot-growing operation at his home, authorities said. They arrested Michael Deans at his Pine Hill Road home along with Jordan Winfree of Englewood, both 29, after a warranted search turned up marijuana package for resale, high-concentrate THC oil and a pot grow room, Police Chief James N. Batelli said Thursday. Deans was wanted for having pot for sale in a school zone and fleeing police, among other offenses, when Detective Sgt. Kevin Hebert and Detectives Michael Grassi, and Eric Larsen went to his home to serve an arre…
Prosecutor: Drug Sting Nets Unemployed Teaneck Dealer, 20 Prosecutor: Drug Sting Nets Unemployed Teaneck Dealer, 20
Prosecutor: Drug Sting Nets Unemployed Teaneck Dealer, 20 An unemployed Teaneck man was busted after selling pot and cocaine to an undercover detective several times, authorities said. Thomas Johnson, 20, was targeted following a tip that he was dealing, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Thursday. A series of undercover buys followed before investigators arrested Johnson on Tuesday and charged him with a single count each of distributing each drug, Calo said. A Central Judicial Processing Court judge in Hackensack released him from the Bergen County Jail less than 24 hours later, with conditions, under New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform…
Paterson Drug Raid: 3 Young Children Turned Over To Relative Paterson Drug Raid: 3 Young Children Turned Over To Relative
Paterson Drug Raid: 3 Young Children Turned Over To Relative Three young children who were home during a Paterson drug raid were turned over to a relative after authorities found three pounds of pot, several bags of cocaine and dozens of Oxycodone. Members of the Paterson Police Narcotics Division who’d been watching the second-floor River Street residence and detached garage for weeks also seized more than $40,000 in drug money while arresting Rafael Rosario, 35, and Jessica Madera, 27, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Investigators and uniformed officers hit the home around 1:30 a.m. last Friday and found the youngsters – ages 9, 8 and 3 – alon…
West Milford PD: Heroin User Caught Shooting Up In Car Twice In Two Weeks West Milford PD: Heroin User Caught Shooting Up In Car Twice In Two Weeks
West Milford PD: Heroin User Caught Shooting Up In Car Twice In Two Weeks WEST MILFORD, N.J. – A driver caught shooting heroin into his arm by West Milford police was processed and released -- then arrested again doing the same thing two weeks later, authorities said. Officers Anthony Frassa and Michael Onembo reported watching as 26-year-old Justin Parkinson of Hewitt got into the car, which was illegally parked in a fire zone outside a local business, and prepared to stick a needle into his arm the night of April 13. Onembo approached the car and announced himself, prompting Parkinson to hit the gas and drive toward Frassa, who stopped him. As he got out of th…
Rochelle Park PD: Dealer's Phone Blows Up With Drug-Buy Texts At Police HQ Rochelle Park PD: Dealer's Phone Blows Up With Drug-Buy Texts At Police HQ
Rochelle Park PD: Dealer's Phone Blows Up With Drug-Buy Texts At Police HQ ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- Her phone buzzed with texts from drug buyers while Rochelle Park police processed a Newark driver who was carrying illegal prescription drugs and $4,555 in suspected proceeds when she was stopped, authorities said. Alisha Gonzalez, 38, was brought to headquarters late Monday after an officer who stopped her 2003 Lexus for moving erratically on Rochelle Avenue found the drugs and cash, Detective Sgt. James DePreta said Tuesday. "She was also believed to be under the influence of drugs," DePreta said. During a consent search of her phone while she was in cust…
Judge Orders Dumont Store Clerk Released After Child Porn Arrest Judge Orders Dumont Store Clerk Released After Child Porn Arrest
Judge Orders Dumont Store Clerk Released After Child Porn Arrest DUMONT, N.J. -- A judge ordered a supermarket clerk from Dumont charged with collecting child porn released pending further court action. Christian Winner, 49, was arrested Friday following a raid on his Larch Avenue home. He was taken to the Bergen County Jail before a judge released him, with conditions, under New Jersey's bail reform law following a detention hearing on Saturday. The name of the judge isn't listed in jail records. Winner, who posted a photo of himself on Facebook playing Santa Claus, “used the Internet to view and possess digital files depicting nude or sexually explic…
Cliffside Park PD: Crack User Charged With Neglecting Elderly Mom Cliffside Park PD: Crack User Charged With Neglecting Elderly Mom
Cliffside Park PD: Crack User Charged With Neglecting Elderly Mom CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- Police checking on an elderly Cliffside Park woman arrested her crack-smoking son and friend after they found her disoriented and needing medical attention, authorities said. Family members concerned for the Palisade Avenue woman's welfare called police, Lt. Vincent Capano. "She answered the door and seemed disoriented," Capano said. She also told police she hadn't seen a doctor in several months, he said. In a bedroom where her son stays, police found 42-year-old Ronnie Correa, a North Bergen native visiting from Miami, he said. Although it was the afte…
Ridgefield PD: Cellphone Stop Turns Up 1½ Pounds Of Pot Ridgefield PD: Cellphone Stop Turns Up 1½ Pounds Of Pot
Ridgefield PD: Cellphone Stop Turns Up 1½ Pounds Of Pot RIDGEFIELD, N.J. -- A Ridgefield police officer found a pound and a half of pot after stopping a driver who was using a handheld cellphone, authorities said. Officer Daniel Berger "detected a strong odor of raw marijuana" after stopping the 2008 Grey Mercedes on southbound Routes 1 & 9 in the middle of the afternoon, Police Chief Thomas Gallagher said. The officer requested a Bergen County sheriff's K-9 unit, which confirmed cause for a search that turned up the marijuana, Gallagher said. The driver, 33-year-old Jean C. Labanda of Fairview, was processed on drug possession ch…
Police: Driver, 60, Breaks Other Motorist’s Nose In Fair Lawn Road Rage Police: Driver, 60, Breaks Other Motorist’s Nose In Fair Lawn Road Rage
Police: Driver, 60, Breaks Other Motorist’s Nose In Fair Lawn Road Rage FAIR LAWN, N.J. – A 60-year-old Fair Lawn driver blocked another motorist with his van, then punched him in the face, breaking his nose, said police who arrested him. Severely bleeding, the 41-year-old Fair Lawn victim held onto Victor Aslanyan until another motorist summoned police to Morlot Avenue at Philip Street the afternoon of Jan. 22, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Aslanyan “drove his 2015 Ford van around the victim’s 2017 Toyota Highlander, blocking the Toyota from proceeding on Morlot Avenue,” Metzler said. Both men got out of their cars, the sergeant said, adding that Aslanyan popped t…