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Police: Bergenfield ID Thieves Claim More Than 50 Victims Police: Bergenfield ID Thieves Claim More Than 50 Victims
Police: Bergenfield ID Thieves Claim More Than 50 Victims A pair of ID thieves from Bergenfield stole thousands of dollars from the bank accounts of more than 50 victims, authorities said Tuesday. Borough police worked with members of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Secret Service and police in Brick and Absecon to crack the case. It began last August, when one of the victims told borough police that someone had opened several accounts in her name and accumulated outstanding balances on them, Detective Lt. William Duran said. Investigators eventually identified William Newhart IV, 42, and Jennifer Bland, 34, as their primary suspects, Dur…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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AGAIN? Released Elder Fraud Artist Victimizes Another Lyndhurst Senior, 91, Police Say AGAIN? Released Elder Fraud Artist Victimizes Another Lyndhurst Senior, 91, Police Say
Again? Released Elder Fraud Artist Victimizes Another Lyndhurst Senior, 91, Police Say Between bail reform and COVID-related limits on jail admissions, Lyndhurst police reluctantly released a borough woman who they said ripped off an elderly resident. Sure enough, she went out and did it again, they said. The first time, they said, Melissa Kaups befriended a 78-year-old woman who didn’t know that she had a drug-related criminal history stretching back more than 20 years. Police arrested Kaups last week after she stole two sterling silver necklaces from the victim’s bedroom dresser, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. She was processed and released on theft charges pending fur…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Bayonne Woman Escapes Violent Armed Home Invasion Through Neighbor's Window, 5 Charged Bayonne Woman Escapes Violent Armed Home Invasion Through Neighbor's Window, 5 Charged
Bayonne Woman Escapes Violent Armed Home Invasion Through Neighbor's Window, 5 Charged Five people were charged in a violent Bayonne home invasion in which a resident of a luxury apartment building was able to narrowly escape a man with a handgun by climbing out of a neighbor's window. The female victim was screaming to officers from the window of a neighbor at the Harbor Points apartments that her boyfriend was still in their second-floor unit and possibly being held at gunpoint around 1:15 p.m., Thursday, Bayonne police Capt. Eric Amato said. All victims were safe when officers arrived to the building at 300 Constitution Ave., Amato said. but The gunmen, however, had l…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Hudson Mail Thief Who Kicked, Bit Wood-Ridge Officer In Fierce Fight Quickly Released By Judge Hudson Mail Thief Who Kicked, Bit Wood-Ridge Officer In Fierce Fight Quickly Released By Judge
Hudson Mail Thief Who Kicked, Bit Wood-Ridge Officer In Fierce Fight Quickly Released By Judge A Wood-Ridge police sergeant was injured during a furious struggle with an accused mail thief from Union City who was quickly back on the street following his arrest. Responding to a 911 call, Sgt. Joseph Rutigliano found Jimmy Yepez, 36, while searching the area of the thefts near Bergen Street and Industrial Road, Detective Lt. Joseph Biamonte said. As the sergeant pulled up, Yepez ran around his vehicle and threw mail and other evidence into Berry’s Creek, Biamonte said. Rutigliano got out and ordered him to the ground several times, but Yepez – who has a prior arrest history -- fought …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Feds: NJ Postal Carrier, Cronies Conspire To Convert Stolen Credit And Economic Stimulus Cards Feds: NJ Postal Carrier, Cronies Conspire To Convert Stolen Credit And Economic Stimulus Cards
Feds: NJ Postal Carrier, Cronies Conspire To Convert Stolen Credit And Economic Stimulus Cards A Union County postal carrier stole credit and economic stimulus cards from the mail that he and three accomplices converted into cash and purchases, said federal authorities who arrested them Tuesday. Kyle Williams, 35, was working for the U.S. Postal Service when he swiped the cards from July 2019 to August 2020 and shared them with his fellow Vauxhall defendants, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Jarid Brooks, 27, Justin Brooks, 21, Kyjuan Hutchins, 21, and Williams activated the stolen credit cards and then used them to buy gift cards and electronics, among other items, Carpenito said…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Bandit Who Attacked Mourners At Fairview, Clifton, Bloomfield Cemeteries Caught, Police Say Bandit Who Attacked Mourners At Fairview, Clifton, Bloomfield Cemeteries Caught, Police Say
Bandit Who Attacked Mourners At Fairview, Clifton, Bloomfield Cemeteries Caught, Police Say GOTCHA! Visitors to cemeteries in three different North Jersey counties were victimized by a mugger and thief who was captured by Fairview police when he tried to hide behind a tombstone, authorities said. Clifton police had been looking for the bandit who robbed a 77-year-old man who was visiting at East Ridgelawn Cemetery off Main Avenue in Clifton last month. A similar incident was reported at Bloomfield Cemtery the same week. Fairview police caught Todd Scott Allen, 57, of Brooklyn after he returned to Mt. Moriah Cemetery a day after they said he stole cash, credit cards and more from …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: All 4 Suspects In Rahway Firehouse Theft,. Trespassing Charged UPDATE: All 4 Suspects In Rahway Firehouse Theft,. Trespassing Charged
Update: All 4 Suspects In Rahway Firehouse Theft,. Trespassing Charged UPDATE, Nov. 30: All four of the men have now been charged. Click here for more.  Original story is below:  Police in Rahway are searching for four men seen on surveillance video rummaging through the city's fire headquarters early Friday while firefighters were out on an emergency call, the department said in a statement.  A firefighter's jacket containing keys and a wallet with cash and credit cards were taken. One of the cards was used to buy gas, police also said.  The men, who appear to be in their early 20s, are believed to have entered through an open door and a…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Hoboken PD Says Man Had 50 Credit Cards Under Different Names: Report Hoboken PD Says Man Had 50 Credit Cards Under Different Names: Report
Hoboken PD Says Man Had 50 Credit Cards Under Different Names: Report A Pennsylvania man was charged with credit card theft after employees at a Hoboken hotel found 50 credit cards in his room each under a different name, NJ.com reported.  Matthew L. Alley, 41, of York was arrested Saturday at the W Hotel. He was unable to explain why he had the cards, police said.  Alley was released on a summons and given a court date in Mansfield in an unrelated matter, police said.  A message left with Hoboken police by Daily Voice was not immediately returned Tuesday. 

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Clifton PD: Federal Fugitive With 100+ Stolen IDs, Pound Of Meth Chased Down, Companion Busted Clifton PD: Federal Fugitive With 100+ Stolen IDs, Pound Of Meth Chased Down, Companion Busted
Clifton PD: Federal Fugitive With 100+ Stolen IDs, Pound Of Meth Chased Down, Companion Busted A fugitive being hunted by U.S. Marshals was chased down by Clifton police who said they found him with a pound of crystal meth, a starter pistol and a ledger listing the stolen identities of more than 100 people nationwide. Police responding to a suspicious-persons call found ex-con Vincent Winfield, 32, sitting outside the La Quinta Hotel on eastbound Route 3 with a dog and luggage, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. A woman who witnesses said was with him had left, Bracken said. Winfield at first gave the officers a bogus ID before they discovered that he was wanted by federal authoriti…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Passaic Sheriff: Probation Violator Nabbed With Dozens Of Bogus Credit, Gift Cards, More Passaic Sheriff: Probation Violator Nabbed With Dozens Of Bogus Credit, Gift Cards, More
Passaic Sheriff: Probation Violator Nabbed With Dozens Of Bogus Credit, Gift Cards, More Two Passaic County sheriff’s detectives who tracked down and arrested a Paterson man wanted on a probation violation found him carrying 19 bogus credit cards, three phony health insurance cards and more, authorities said. Warrant Squad Detectives Scott Stracco and Louis Pagan seized 29-year-old Jean C. Santana on Auburn Street early Tuesday for violating probation by being caught with a weapon, shoplifting and receiving stolen property, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. During the arrest, they found him with the cards, which also included a state Department of Human Services “…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Mail Carrier From Harrison Admits Part In Credit Card Theft Ring Mail Carrier From Harrison Admits Part In Credit Card Theft Ring
Mail Carrier From Harrison Admits Part In Credit Card Theft Ring A 24-year-old postal worker from Harrison pleaded guilty to fraud, bribery and identity theft charges for his role in a scheme in which he recruited other mail carriers to steal credit cards before they were delivered, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Monday.  Moussa Dagno, who was arrested last year, paid other carriers $100 for each card they stole. He and others who took part in the scam activated the cards and used them to buy expensive items like high-end electronics. Other mail carriers who took part have already pleaded guilty, including Zenobia Gilmer, who had a route in Mt. Arl…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Little Ferry Police Round Up Six ID Theft Ring Members From Detroit At Motel Little Ferry Police Round Up Six ID Theft Ring Members From Detroit At Motel
Little Ferry Police Round Up Six ID Theft Ring Members From Detroit At Motel Six members of an ID theft ring who came to the East Coast from Detroit to buy cellphones with bogus IDs and phony credit cards were busted at a Little Ferry motel after a borough police sergeant smelled something fishy, authorities said. Sgt. John Andronaco was driving through the parking lot of the Capri Inn just off Route 46 around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday when he said he spotted a man leaning back in a Dodge Caravan, apparently attempting to avoid detection. Circling back, Adronaco said he saw the man do it again. So he called for backup and approached the Caravan – where he said he caught a w…

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by Jerry DeMarco