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DPW workers charged with turning borough garage into chop shop

Two East Rutherford DPW workers chopped up a borough vehicle for parts for one of their own cars, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said, announcing their arrests.

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Jerry DeMarco

Alan DeRosa (l.), Christopher Griffin

Alan J DeRosa, 45, of East Rutherford, and 20-year-old Christopher J. Griffin of Carlstadt are both charged with theft.

East Rutherford police got the tip and notified investigators from Molinelli’s office. Together, they found that DeRosa and Griffin removed a door, hood and fender from a borough vehicle “and used the parts on Griffins’s personal vehicle,” the prosecutor said, adding that the parts were worth from $400 to $500.

Both have first appearances scheduled Wednesday morning in Central Municipal Court in Hackensack.

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