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Undercover Prostitution Sting At NJ Spas Nets 4 Arrests, Nearly $9.5K Seized Undercover Prostitution Sting At NJ Spas Nets 4 Arrests, Nearly $9.5K Seized
Undercover Prostitution Sting At NJ Spas Nets 4 Arrests, Nearly $9.5K Seized Authorities dismantled a prostitution operation at two Passaic County spas, arresting four people and seizing nearly $9,500 in suspected proceeds, officials announced Wednesday, Dec. 5. The operation conducted on Tuesday, Dec. 3, began after concerned residents tipped off authorities about suspicious activities at the New Paterson Massage & Coco Healthy Spa on McBride Avenue in Paterson and the Eastern Cozy Spa on Overmount Avenue in Woodland Park, Sheriff Thomas Adamo said. Undercover detectives conducting surveillance at the locations reported being offered sexual acts, Adamo sai…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Security At Westmount Country Club Nabs Juvenile Worker With Loaded Gun Security At Westmount Country Club Nabs Juvenile Worker With Loaded Gun
Security At Westmount Country Club Nabs Juvenile Worker With Loaded Gun A 17-year-old employee at the Westmount Country Club got caught bringing a loaded gun to work, authorities said. Security at the banquet hall off Rifle Camp Road seized the boy, the handgun and a magazine loaded with hollow-point bullets, Woodland Park Police Capt. Michael Brady said. They turned all over to responding officers, he said. Woodland Park police signed a delinquency complaint charging the teen with weapons-related offenses, the captain said. They then sent him to the Essex Juvenile Detention Center in Newark pending a closed-door hearing, because of his age, in the Famil…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Machete-Wielding Man Seized During Disturbance At New North Jersey Amazon Warehouse Machete-Wielding Man Seized During Disturbance At New North Jersey Amazon Warehouse
Machete-Wielding Man Seized During Disturbance At New North Jersey Amazon Warehouse Police from multiple jurisdictions converged on one of North Jersey's newest Amazon warehouses after a parking lot dispute between two drivers early Tuesday escalated into an assault involving a machete. No major injuries were reported in the assault, which Woodland Park police said triggered a disturbance that brought them and their colleagues from Totowa, Little Falls and the Passaic County Sheriff's Office to the distribution center on McBride Avenue near Route 46 shortly before 7 a.m. Nov. 21. Responding officers found "a large number of people gathered in the Amazon parking lot causing…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Cash Seized, Passaic County Massage Parlor Pair Charged In Multi-Agency Raid Cash Seized, Passaic County Massage Parlor Pair Charged In Multi-Agency Raid
Cash Seized, Passaic County Massage Parlor Pair Charged In Multi-Agency Raid Two women were arrested and $11,652 in alleged profits seized in a multi-agency raid on a Woodland Park massage parlor that authorities said was really a cathouse. Detectives from the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit, police from Woodland Park and federal agents with Homeland Security Investigations teamed up for the bust late last week at Tokyo Foot Spa on Great Notch Road right off Route 46. The agencies had “received information that [the spa] was offering commercial sexual services while operating under the pretense of being a massage therapy business,” Passaic County Pr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Woodland Park Boy Returns Home Moments After Burglars Flee With Valuables Woodland Park Boy Returns Home Moments After Burglars Flee With Valuables
Woodland Park Boy Returns Home Moments After Burglars Flee With Valuables A Woodland Park youngster narrowly missed coming face-to-face with a burglar who'd broken into his home after posing as a pizza deliveryman. The boy and other youths were watching football at the residence off the corner of Taft and Rockland avenues when the thieves showed up the first time, his father said. "One guy pretended to be pizza delivery guy, while the other waited inside what I believe was a black GMC Envoy," the homeowner said. "They told one of the kids, 'Sorry, wrong address' and left." The next day a stranger got out of a black Nissan Altima, went to the door and knocked. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Woodland Park Police Nab Teen Burglars Who Drilled Into Best Buy During Height Of Nor'Easter Woodland Park Police Nab Teen Burglars Who Drilled Into Best Buy During Height Of Nor'Easter
Woodland Park Police Nab Teen Burglars Who Drilled Into Best Buy During Height Of Nor'Easter GOTCHA! Woodland Park police captured a trio of teen burglars who drilled through the lock to a door at the local Best Buy during the height of this week's nor'easter, authorities said. It was just before 8 p.m. Monday when a burglar alarm on the damaged door likely scared off the bandits -- and immediately brought a squadron of responding officers. Spotting three suspects walking from the Andrews Drive store, Officer Richard DiZenzo stopped to speak with them when two ran off, ignoring commands to stop, Lt. Jeffrey O’Brien said. DiZenzo grabbed one of them, after which another stopped and…

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by Jerry DeMarco