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Former Bergen County Real Estate Company Employee Siphoned $100K Into Bank Account, Police Say Former Bergen County Real Estate Company Employee Siphoned $100K Into Bank Account, Police Say
Former Bergen County Real Estate Company Employee Siphoned $100K Into Bank Account, Police Say A 52-year-old Bergen County woman has been charged with theft after police said she siphoned nearly $100,000 from a business account to her personal bank account. Maria Vega, 52, of Leonia — a former employee of a Passaic Street realty company in Rochelle Park — was identified as a suspect after accounting representatives recognized a series of wire transfers to a personal checking account on Wednesday, Sept. 11, RPPD Capt. James DePreta said. Bank records and subpoenas showed Vega wired the funds to the same account in which she received legitimate direct deposit payments between March 202…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Route 46 DWI Driver's Passenger Cuts Himself Out Of Seatbelt Of Police Car: Cops Route 46 DWI Driver's Passenger Cuts Himself Out Of Seatbelt Of Police Car: Cops
Route 46 DWI Driver's Passenger Cuts Himself Out Of Seatbelt Of Police Car: Cops A drunken driver and his passenger are both facing charges after a traffic stop on Route 46, authorities said. A Mount Olive officer was on routine patrol around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, May 18 when he saw a gray Ford F-150 traveling east on at a slow rate of speed, with only one working headlight, the department said in a news release. As Smith followed the pickup truck, they passed two other patrol vehicles on that were stopped in the right Lane of travel on a different call for service. The pickup, driven by Idelsi Arguetaportillo, 41, of Flanders, nearly struck the patrol cars bef…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Man Caught Going 142 MPH On PA Turnpike: State Police NJ Man Caught Going 142 MPH On PA Turnpike: State Police
NJ Man Caught Going 142 MPH On PA Turnpike: State Police A 23-year-old New Jersey man—who missed his last NJ court date for speeding—was found going 142 miles per hour, leading Pennsylvania State Police on a chase on the PA Turnpike, according to PSP Newville.  Alix Preston Eugene of Tinton Falls Township was clocked at the high speed in gray Hyundai Elantra on Interstate 76 at 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, according to a state police release the following weekend.  A traffic stop was attempted but Eugene supposedly sped on for more eight miles when— "in an attempt to elude the police" he swerved across two lanes …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Why This One Particular Stab Wound Is Crucial In Ellen Greenberg Family's Arguments Why This One Particular Stab Wound Is Crucial In Ellen Greenberg Family's Arguments
Why This One Particular Stab Wound Is Crucial In Ellen Greenberg Family's Arguments On Jan. 26, 2011, Ellen Rae Greenberg was found on the kitchen floor of her Philadelphia apartment with 20 stab wounds — 10 to the back of her neck alone. In a hearing last week, Greenberg's attorneys made arguments to have the ruling on Ellen's death changed from suicide to something else.  Among the points made was the fact that at least one of the wounds could not have been self-inflicted as it lacked blood, and was administered after Ellen had already died, the family's attorney Joe Podraza citing the findings of a city pathologist. That wound is in the neck region between C2 and C3 of…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Car Flips In Saddle Brook, Driver Charged With DWI Car Flips In Saddle Brook, Driver Charged With DWI
Car Flips In Saddle Brook, Driver Charged With DWI A 44-year-old Garfield man was charged with DWI after a crash Tuesday night in Saddle Brook, authorities said. The car struck a parked vehicle and then overturned on 5th Street at Capitol Street around 7 p.m., Police Chief Robert Kugler said. The driver sustained minor cuts and abrasions and refused medical treatment, the chief said.  He was released to a responsible adult pending a court hearing, under John's Law. Saddle Brook firefighters responded along with police. ****** ALSO SEE: A Honda SUV backing out of a driveway slammed into the front of a two-family Hawthorne home …

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by Jerry DeMarco