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Fleeing Mall Suspect Caught After Ordering Uber: Wayne PD Fleeing Mall Suspect Caught After Ordering Uber: Wayne PD
Fleeing Mall Suspect Caught After Ordering Uber: Wayne PD A suspect who ran from a Wayne police officer at the Willowbrook Mall got tripped up when he called for an Uber, authorities said. A mall security guard had flagged down Officer William Hall following shoplifting from the Pac Sun clothing store shortly before 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. The officer approached Khaalil Tariq Branch, 29, of Philadelphia, who “feigned that he was looking for identification and suddenly ran through the parking lot,” the captain said. Hall chased Branch to Willowbrook Boulevard and onto Riverside Drive before he and Officer Matthew Ber…

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WILLOWBROOK BRAWL: Boy, 16, Stabbed 14-Year-Old Member Of Rival Passaic Group, Wayne Police Say WILLOWBROOK BRAWL: Boy, 16, Stabbed 14-Year-Old Member Of Rival Passaic Group, Wayne Police Say
Willowbrook Brawl: Boy, 16, Stabbed 14-Year-Old Member Of Rival Passaic Group, Wayne Police Say UPDATE: A 16-year-old boy stabbed a 14-year-old rival at the Willowbrook Mall during a weekend brawl between two groups from the City of Passaic, police said Monday. There had been an “ongoing issue between them that involved a previous fight in another location,” Wayne Police Detective Capt. Dan Daly said on March 6. The boy was found at the entrance to the food court with a stab wound in his thigh around 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 4, the captain said. The boy who stabbed him fled with others in his group toward the Cinemark movie theater, Daly said. As officers from Wayne, Fairfield and …

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MALL STABBING: Five In Custody After Assault At Willowbrook Food Court MALL STABBING: Five In Custody After Assault At Willowbrook Food Court
Mall Stabbing: Five In Custody After Assault At Willowbrook Food Court UPDATE: A 16-year-old boy stabbed a 14-year-old rival at the Willowbrook Mall during a weekend brawl between two groups from the City of Passaic, police said Monday. There had been an “ongoing issue between them that involved a previous fight in another location,” Wayne Police Detective Capt. Dan Daly said on March 6. The boy was found at the entrance to the food court with a stab wound in his thigh around 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 4, the captain said. The boy who stabbed him fled with others in his group toward the Cinemark movie theater, Daly said. As officers from Wayne, Fairfield and …

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Body Recovered From Passaic River Near Spot Of Similar Call Days Earlier Body Recovered From Passaic River Near Spot Of Similar Call Days Earlier
Body Recovered From Passaic River Near Spot Of Similar Call Days Earlier Responders called to the Passaic River in Wayne for the second time in three days found a body this time. The report of "someone drowning or having drowned" in the river behind 271 Riverlawn Drive shortly before 7 p.m. Friday brought township police, firefighters and EMS, Chief Jack McNiff said. McNiff confirmed that a body was recovered nearly two hours later. The chief declined to provide further details, citing an investigation involving his department, detectives from the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office, forensics investigators from the Passaic County Sheriff's Office and the state…

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by Jerry DeMarco