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Linden Man, 3 Others Charged In $2.5M ‘Bust Out’ Identity Theft Scam Linden Man, 3 Others Charged In $2.5M ‘Bust Out’ Identity Theft Scam
Linden Man, 3 Others Charged In $2.5M ‘Bust Out’ Identity Theft Scam Four men were arrested Thursday for using stolen personal information to create bogus identities as part of a scheme to defraud banks of millions of dollars, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carepenito said. Shahid Akhtar, 42, of Linden; Tassadiq Hussain, 70, of Sayreville; Asif Ali, 39, of Carteret; and Mohammad Mushtaq, 54, of Valley Stream, New York are each charged with one count of conspiring to defraud financial institutions. They were scheduled to appear in Newark federal court Thursday. Authorities say the four obtained valid Social Security numbers, dates of birth, drivers licen…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Maywood PD, State Police Produce Arrests In Cold Case Burglary, Recent Break-Ins Maywood PD, State Police Produce Arrests In Cold Case Burglary, Recent Break-Ins
Maywood PD, State Police Produce Arrests In Cold Case Burglary, Recent Break-Ins Maywood police cracked a cold-case burglary and two recent break-ins in one shot. Officers were responding to an apartment burglary on April 13 when they got a call that someone had broken into another a block away, Detective Sgt. Matthew Parodi said Thursday. While borough Detective William Phayre reviewed area surveillance video, NJSP Detective Sgt. Dennis Cappello produced a sketch of a burglar who, Parodi said, turned out to be 50-year-old James Taylor of Carteret. Driving the getaway car, he said, was Tammy Harrell-Brayboy, also 50 of Carteret. Maywood police seized Harrell-Brayboy a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Former Clifton Woman Accused Of Biting Police Officer At Hotel Has Teaching Licenses Revoked Former Clifton Woman Accused Of Biting Police Officer At Hotel Has Teaching Licenses Revoked
Former Clifton Woman Accused Of Biting Police Officer At Hotel Has Teaching Licenses Revoked New Jersey education officials have revoked the teaching license of a former Clifton resident accused of biting a police officer at a hotel. Jessica L. Rosewall, 32, pleaded guilty to obstruction of the administration of law for hindering a criminal investigation this past January, state officials said. Several media outlets reported that a Jessica Rosewall also was charged with aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest after biting a police officer trying to handcuff her at a Parsippany Days Inn in 2017. The then-30-year-old had outstanding criminal warrants fro…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Parsippany, Westwood Payless Stores To Shutter In March Parsippany, Westwood Payless Stores To Shutter In March
Parsippany, Westwood Payless Stores To Shutter In March Payless Shoesource will begin closing 2,600 stores in the U.S. and Puerto Rico this month after filing for bankruptcy in February. All of the source will be shuttered by late May. Below are the New Jersey stores to go in March. Atlantic City: Baltic Avenue Brick: Brick Boulevard Carteret: Roosevelt Avenue Freehold: Route 9 Jersey City: Mall Drive West Jersey City: Central Avenue Linden: West Edgar Road Parsippany: Route 46 Perth Amboy: Smith Street Plainfield: East Front Street Trenton: S Clinton Street Wall Township: Highway 35 #3 Westwood: Broadway Woodbridge: Woodbridge Center Drive Liq…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
6,000-Image Shared Child Porn Collection Gets Postal Worker 2½-Year Minimum Prison Term 6,000-Image Shared Child Porn Collection Gets Postal Worker 2½-Year Minimum Prison Term
6,000-Image Shared Child Porn Collection Gets Postal Worker 2½-Year Minimum Prison Term A 64-year-old postal worker who gathered more than 6,000 videos and photos of child pornography that he was sharing with others must spend the next 2½ in state prison before he’s eligible for parole. Kevin M. Groeger, 64, of Carteret, was sentenced Friday to five years behind bars. He also must register as a sex offender under Megan’s Law and will be subject to lifetime parole supervision, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Groeger was among 79 men seized statewide during “Operation Safety Net,” a multi-agency child protection operation led by the New Jersey Regional Internet Cri…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Gunman Who Robbed 14 Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere Gets 21 Years In Fed Pen Gunman Who Robbed 14 Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere Gets 21 Years In Fed Pen
Gunman Who Robbed 14 Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere Gets 21 Years In Fed Pen An Essex County man who robbed employees at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Paramus at gunpoint -- as well as those at 13 other hotels in New Jersey and Rockland County -- was sentenced Tuesday to 21 years in federal prison. Tremone Burnett, 46, of Orange, must serve just about all of the term: There's no parole in the federal prison system. That means he'll be in his late 60s when he's eventually released. Burnett told a federal judge in Newark three months ago that he tied the victims’ hands and feet in some of the holdups. SEE: Gunman Robs Cash From Paramus Hotel He also fired the gun during…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Gunman Admits Robbing Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere Gunman Admits Robbing Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere
Gunman Admits Robbing Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere An Essex County man admitted that he robbed employees at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Paramus at gunpoint, along with those at 13 other hotels in New Jersey and Rockland County. Tremone Burnett, 46, of Orange told a federal judge in Newark that he tied the victims’ hands and feet in some of the holdups. SEE: Gunman Robs Cash From Paramus Hotel He also fired the gun during a hotel robbery at a Sheraton in Weehawken, federal prosecutors said. Among the victimized hotels were a Howard Johnson's in Airmont and a Hilton Garden Inn in Nanuet, they said. Burnett robbed the hotels during an eight-w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Englewood Promoter Shipped Thousands Of Pot Pounds To Bergen Prosecutor: Englewood Promoter Shipped Thousands Of Pot Pounds To Bergen
Prosecutor: Englewood Promoter Shipped Thousands Of Pot Pounds To Bergen An entertainment producer from Englewood shipped thousands of pounds of marijuana for sale hidden in musical speakers from the West Coast to Bergen and Westchester counties, said authorities who busted him and two accused accomplices in a special operation. Oscar Holguin, 38, was arrested in Carteret, where authorities said he was assisted by 27-year-old barmaid Natalie Stojano. Also busted were Holguin’s girlfriend, Paula Amador, 29, also of Englewood, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Detectives from Calo’s office “received a tip from a concerned citizen regarding suspici…

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by Jerry DeMarco