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Convicted Bank Robber, 70, Charged With Stabbing Albany Man, 64, Dead At Mall In Bergen County Convicted Bank Robber, 70, Charged With Stabbing Albany Man, 64, Dead At Mall In Bergen County
Convicted Bank Robber, 70, Charged With Stabbing Albany Man, 64, Dead At Mall In Bergen County UPDATE: With his dying breath, an Albany man who was stabbed in the parking lot of a Bergen County shopping mall identified his alleged killer -- a 70-year-old convicted bank robber from North Bergen. "Augusto. Augusto," Omar Cruz, 64, told responders, a law enforcement source said. Augusto G. Perez was charged with murder, illegal weapons possession and suppressing evidence in Tuesday night's killing of Cruz on the Maywood side of Bergen Town Center off eastbound Route 4, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Thursday. The 5-foot-6-inch, 154-pound Perez remained held in the Bergen C…

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Convicted Bank Robber, 70, Charged With Stabbing Albany Man Dead At Mall In Bergen County Convicted Bank Robber, 70, Charged With Stabbing Albany Man Dead At Mall In Bergen County
Convicted Bank Robber, 70, Charged With Stabbing Albany Man Dead At Mall In Bergen County UPDATE: With his dying breath, an Albany man who was stabbed in the parking lot of a Bergen County shopping mall identified his alleged killer -- a 70-year-old convicted bank robber from North Bergen. "Augusto. Augusto," Omar Cruz, 64, told responders, a law enforcement source said. A check of Cruz's cellphone led them to Augusto G. Perez. Perez was charged with murder, illegal weapons possession and suppressing evidence in Tuesday night's killing of Cruz on the Maywood side of Bergen Town Center off eastbound Route 4, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Thursday. The 5-foot-6-in…

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SEEN HER? Paterson Woman Sought In Minivan Hit-Run That Killed North Bergen Mom Getting Off Bus SEEN HER? Paterson Woman Sought In Minivan Hit-Run That Killed North Bergen Mom Getting Off Bus
Seen HER? Paterson Woman Sought In Minivan Hit-Run That Killed North Bergen Mom Getting Off Bus More than two weeks after a 34-year-old mother of two was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in North Bergen, authorities on Tuesday announced that they’re searching for a Paterson woman identified as being behind the wheel. Investigators on Monday obtained an arrest warrant charging Monica D. Ippolito, 49, with leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death, thanks to tips generated by publicly-released surveillance video. Darlene Westbrook was struck by a gold Chrysler Voyager minivan around 8:15 p.m. Feb. 18 on 43rd Street near Tonnelle Avenue, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Sua…

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