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Man Who Tracked Victim With GPS Before Attempted Armed Robbery Pleads Guilty: Bergen Prosecutor
A 27-year-old Bergen County man admitted to planting a tracking device on the vehicle of a man he tried to rob at gunpoint, officials said.
Zef Hajdari, of Edgewater, pleaded guilty to attempted armed robbery of a Teaneck resident in 2022, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. his co-conspirator, Jeremy Chico, was being held on Rikers Island.
On June 16, 2022, Teaneck police were called to a home where they learned the victim was approached by a suspect, later identified as Hajdari, who pointed a gun at him and tried to rob him when he pulled up to his house, Musella's office sai…
Gotcha! Weeks-Long Manhunt Ends With Accused Shooter Of Bergenfield Woman In Custody
UPDATE: A fugitive wanted for shooting his 20-year-old Bergenfield girlfriend several times in May is in custody, authorities announced Wednesday.
Aaron Sierra, 22, whom sources described as emotionally disturbed, was captured after a brief standoff with the NYPD's Emergency Services Unit in the city on Monday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on July 12.He was taken to a city hospital, where he's remained since, the prosecutor said.
Once he's released, Sierra will likely be held on Rikers Island pending extradition to Bergen County, where he's charged with attempted murder, obst…
Ex-Con Charged With Attempted Murder Of Rapper In Edgewater Brought To Bergen
An ex-con accused of shooting Bronx rapper “Lil TJay” and a companion during a robbery attempt in Edgewater last month is now in the custody of authorities in Bergen County.
Mohamed Konate, 27, who was also wounded in a shootout with the victims, remains held in the county jail after being extradited from New York City.
Investigators said Konate walked up, pulled a gun and demanded money and jewelry from the rapper and two of his friends, Antoine Boyd, 22, and Jeffrey Valdez, 24, both from the Bronx, as they sat in a Dodge Durango at the upscale Promenade shopping center around midnight Ju…
'The Rabbi,' Rikers Island Inmate Charged In Eagle Rock Reservation Murder
Two out-of-state men have been charged with murder after bringing a New York man from his apartment to the Eagle Rock Reservation in West Orange and shooting him dead earlier this year, authorities said.
Michael Verdel, 71, of the Bronx and Posley Sulaiman, 31, of Detroit, MI, gunned down Steels on a hiking trail at the West Orange reservation March 4, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, said.
Verdel, who is referred to as “the rabbi’’ by those who know him, was taken into custody in New York and has been extradited to New Jersey. He was being held on cha…
Killer Paroled After Only Three Years Charged With Shooting Paterson Dad Of 10 Dead
A convicted killer who was paroled after only three years in state prison was captured in Brooklyn and charged with shooting and killing a Paterson father of 10 in the Silk City last month, authorities said.
Rondell Gray, 40, of North Haledon originally wasn’t even eligible for parole until Wednesday -- the day his arrest was announced -- after taking a plea bargain three years earlier for shooting and killing Myesha Montgomery, 28, with whom he once lived, in 2015, state records show.
The state freed Gray, who’s also a registered sex offender, on Oct. 8, 2020, however, amid a wave of earl…
