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NJ Man Stalked Teen Girl, Leaving Flowers And 'Disturbing' Notes: Police
A Monmouth County man was accused of stalking a teen girl, leaving her flowers and "disturbing" notes, authorities said.
Thomas Watts, 70, of Long Branch, was arrested by West Long Branch police on Thursday, Mar. 14, the department said in a news release. He was charged with stalking and harassment.
Investigators looked into several incidents, with the first one reportedly happening at around 10 p.m. on Friday, Mar. 8. Investigators said Watts first left notes and flowers for the 17-year-old girl at the ShopRite on the corner of routes 36 and 71
Police said Watts watched her…
MRI Tech Terrorizes People By Posing As Them Online, Mailing Letter To One: Bergen Prosecutor
An MRI tech from Hudson County terrorized a number of people, including by mailing letters to one victim’s job in Bergenfield, said authorities who arrested him on Monday.
Sarju Patel, 39, who lives at Half Moon Harbour on River Road in North Bergen, already had a criminal history that stretches back nearly two decades, records show.
This time, the Bergenfield native created social media accounts that “used vanity names in the likeness of the victims, posted photographs of the victims [and] ‘checked-in’ online at various locations associated with the victims,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark …
Bomb Squad: Silent Clown-Masked Visitor Leaves Package At Major NJ Testing Lab
UPDATE: A Westchester County resident who works at one of the largest clinical testing labs in the U.S. triggered a large emergency response Friday when she walked into the Bergen County building wearing a devil mask, handed a supervisor a jar of salsa with her name on it and left without saying a word, authorities said.
Ray Greenwald, 27, of Ardsley, NY, and the supervisor at BioReference Laboratories just off Route 80 in Elmwood didn't know one another and apparently had never met before, Police Chief Michael Foligno said.
However, Greenwald, who works in another building, told police sh…
Bomb Squad: Silent Clown-Masked Visitor Leaves Package At Major NJ Testing Lab
UPDATE: A Westchester County resident who works at one of the largest clinical testing labs in the U.S. triggered a large emergency response Friday when she walked into the Bergen County building wearing a devil mask, handed a supervisor a jar of salsa with her name on it and left without saying a word, authorities said.
Ray Greenwald, 27, of Ardsley, NY, and the supervisor at BioReference Laboratories just off Route 80 in Elmwood didn't know one another and apparently had never met before, Police Chief Michael Foligno said.
However, Greenwald, who works in another building, told police sh…
Dual Threat: NJ Twins Sexually Harass Same Woman, Tangle With Police, Authorities Report
Twin brothers from Wayne sexually harassed a local mom repeatedly, then tangled with police who arrested them both, authorities said.
The woman told police that she was walking in her neighborhood with her young child on Aug. 29 when Ryan Kayal, 33, rode up on a bicycle and “threatened to force himself on her sexually,” Detective Capt. Dan Daly said.
Kayal was “evasive and uncooperative,” then walked away and refused to stop when they found him on the bicycle a short time later, the captain said.
They’d taken Kayal into custody when his twin, Daniel, emerged from their home and tried to fr…
