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GOTCHA! Quintet Captured After Gunshots, Pursuit, Crash Along Hudson GOTCHA! Quintet Captured After Gunshots, Pursuit, Crash Along Hudson
Gotcha! Quintet Captured After Gunshots, Pursuit, Crash Along Hudson A group of out-of-towners who’d been firing gunshots along the Hudson River in Edgewater were captured after they crashed while trying to flee responding officers, authorities said. An anonymous caller alerted borough police to the gunfire along the riverfront near the Target store at the Edgewater Commons Mall shortly before 2:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 17, Police Chief Donald Martin said. Responding officers spotted the getaway car – a red sedan – as it exited the mall parking lot onto River Road, the chief said. Officers Julian Delgado, Rick Hernandez, Daniel Tarabola, Dan Massuda and Muntase…

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Construction Worker Helps Capture Violent Ex-Con In Edgewater Police Assault, Authorities Say Construction Worker Helps Capture Violent Ex-Con In Edgewater Police Assault, Authorities Say
Construction Worker Helps Capture Violent Ex-Con In Edgewater Police Assault, Authorities Say A fleeing ex-con assaulted two Edgewater police officers before a good Samaritan helped capture him, authorities said. Jason Westlee, 34, of East Orange was loading merchandise stolen from the Old Navy in the Edgewater Commons mall into a UHaul truck with a female companion from Brooklyn when police rolled up last Wednesday, Chief Donald Martin said. As they questioned the pair, Westlee pushed one of the officers and ran toward a building under construction, Martin said. Westlee kicked his pursuers, injuring one of them, before he was subdued with the construction worker's help, the chief …

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by Jerry DeMarco