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Ex-Con Kidnapper Gets 43 Years, No Parole, For Rape, Arson, Assault Rampage Through NJ, NY, PA Ex-Con Kidnapper Gets 43 Years, No Parole, For Rape, Arson, Assault Rampage Through NJ, NY, PA
Ex-Con Kidnapper Gets 43 Years, No Parole, For Rape, Arson, Assault Rampage Through NJ, NY, PA UPDATE: An ex-con who kidnapped and raped his ex-girlfriend in Pennsylvania, then torched a used car dealership in Paterson and rammed a stolen SUV into police cars at both ends of the George Washington Bridge was sentenced to 43 years in federal prison. Luis Figueroa, 42, first took a plea deal from the government that called for him to serve 26 years in a federal penitentiary. Then he abruptly withdrew his plea, took his chances with a trial – and lost. Federal jurors in Newark convicted Figueroa in May 2022 of kidnapping, criminal sexual abuse, illegal gun possession and assaulting…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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PA Cheerleader Believed Shot Dead By Teen BF PA Cheerleader Believed Shot Dead By Teen BF
PA Cheerleader Believed Shot Dead By Teen BF A community is coming together to remember a young Pennsylvania cheerleader who was killed in a shooting just 10 days before beginning her senior year of high school. Kassadey Matulevich, 17, died at Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton after she was shot in the head by 17-year-old Alan J. Meyers, her boyfriend, inside her Sand Hollow Drive home in Butler Township home just after 5 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, Pennsylvania State Police said. Meyers, of Black Creek Township, remained held in the Luzerne County Correctional Facility without bail and was charged as an adult with criminal homicide, po…

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by Nicole Acosta
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GUILTY: Kidnapping Rapist Who Cancelled Plea Deal Convicted In Rampage Through PA, NJ, NY GUILTY: Kidnapping Rapist Who Cancelled Plea Deal Convicted In Rampage Through PA, NJ, NY
Guilty: Kidnapping Rapist Who Cancelled Plea Deal Convicted In Rampage Through PA, NJ, NY An ex-con who kidnapped and raped his ex-girlfriend in Pennsylvania, torched a used car dealership in Paterson and crashed a stolen SUV into police cars on either side of the George Washington Bridge rolled the dice and lost. After originally pleading guilty to several charges, Luis Figueroa, 41, withdrew his plea and took his chances with federal jurors in Newark. They ended up convicting him following a two-week trial. So now, instead of the 26-year deal that he originally accepted from the government, Figueroa could be sentenced to nearly 50 years in federal prison. The rampage had an “…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hackensack Police Find Teen Carrying Stolen Gun Pulled On Victim Outside Mini-Mart Hackensack Police Find Teen Carrying Stolen Gun Pulled On Victim Outside Mini-Mart
Hackensack Police Find Teen Carrying Stolen Gun Pulled On Victim Outside Mini-Mart Hackensack police recovered a stolen handgun that a juvenile had reportedly pointed at someone moments earlier. Responding to the call from the Central Avenue Mini Market, city police Officer Frank Competiello Jr. stopped a 2007 Toyota Scion at First and Passaic streets, Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Several officers backed him up and could smell pot coming from inside the car, DeWitt said. Sgt. Jason Klosk spotted a magazine loaded with 9mm ammo on the floor behind the driver’s seat, the captain said. A search turned up the Taurus 9mm handgun in the juvenile's jeans, DeWitt said, a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Ridgefield Ex-Con Admits 3-State Rampage That Ended In GWB Crash Ridgefield Ex-Con Admits 3-State Rampage That Ended In GWB Crash
Ridgefield Ex-Con Admits 3-State Rampage That Ended In GWB Crash FORT LEE, N.J. -- A career criminal on Thursday admitted going on a three-state rampage in which he kidnapped and raped his ex-girlfriend in Pennsylvania, torched a used car dealership in Paterson and crashed a stolen SUV at each end of the George Washington Bridge. Under the terms of a deal with the government, Luis Figueroa, 37, pleaded guilty on Thursday to several counts of a federal grand jury indictment in exchange for a 26-year prison sentence: kidnapping; possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; assaulting an employee of the United States; arson. Figueroa – who had addresses i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Feds: Couple Caught In Paterson Selling 'Oxy' Pills That Were Really Heroin Feds: Couple Caught In Paterson Selling 'Oxy' Pills That Were Really Heroin
Feds: Couple Caught In Paterson Selling 'Oxy' Pills That Were Really Heroin PATERSON, N.J. -- DEA agents seized a Pennsylvania couple who they said sold tens of thousands of what looked like oxycodone tablets that actually contained heroin to an undercover investigator in Paterson. A federal judge in Newark on Thursday ordered Francisco Perez, 31, detained and 33-year-old Nadia Moronta Pena released on a $150,000 unsecured bond. The Hazleton, PA couple are charged with conspiring to distribute heroin in bulk. Investigators pursuing the manufacture and sale of opioids and other drugs in New Jersey got a tip that Perez was illegally selling oxy, U.S. Attorney Craig …

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by Jerry DeMarco