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Wood-Ridge Detectives Crack Rash Of Package Thefts At Avalon Apartments Wood-Ridge Detectives Crack Rash Of Package Thefts At Avalon Apartments
Wood-Ridge Detectives Crack Rash Of Package Thefts At Avalon Apartments A plague of package thefts at a Wood-Ridge apartment complex was cracked with the arrests of two New York City men thanks to dogged investigative work by borough detectives. Packages delivered to the Avalon Bay Community at Wesmont from Amazon, UPS and FedEx were increasing when Detective David Marchitelli and his colleagues began watching the area, reviewing surveillance footage and interviewing victims, Capt. Joseph Biamonte said. The investigators quickly zeroed in on an apartment in the complex that they searched after obtaining a warrant. They found several stolen items as well as the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Englewood Burglar Who Raided Homeowner's Fridge, Changed Clothes Ends Up With Jail Food: Police Englewood Burglar Who Raided Homeowner's Fridge, Changed Clothes Ends Up With Jail Food: Police
Englewood Burglar Who Raided Homeowner's Fridge, Changed Clothes Ends Up With Jail Food: Police Chances are good an intruder who made himself comfortable while burglarizing an Englewood home – raiding the refrigerator and changing his clothes – isn’t finding the accommodations at the Bergen County Jail as cushy. Carlos Liriano, 36, of the Bronx snatched $1,000 or so in cash and $14,000 worth of jewelry from the Old Quarry Road home just off Route 4 sometime between lunch and dinner on Friday, Oct. 13, Englewood Detective Lt. Fred Pulice said. Liriano "spent a significant amount of time" in the home, the lieutenant said. Then he got cocky. Detectives who diligently worked the case id…

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Teen Thieves In Stolen Car Bail Out On Garden State Parkway, Nabbed By Mahwah, Paramus Police Teen Thieves In Stolen Car Bail Out On Garden State Parkway, Nabbed By Mahwah, Paramus Police
Teen Thieves In Stolen Car Bail Out On Garden State Parkway, Nabbed By Mahwah, Paramus Police A trio of teenagers bailed out of a stolen car on the Garden State Parkway during an overnight chase and were quickly captured by police from Mahwah and Paramus. Mahwah Police Officer Brian Doolittle was on pro-active patrol in the township’s Scotch Hills area when he spotted the 2023 Honda Civic moving slowly along McIntosh Drive shortly after 2 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, Capt. Guido Bussinelli said. An instant license plate check showed the Civic had been reported stolen out of Orange on Sept. 29, Bussinelli said. Doolittle called for backups and activated his vehicle’s overhead lights, the …

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New Milford PD: Car Prowler Nabbed Thanks To Resident's Call New Milford PD: Car Prowler Nabbed Thanks To Resident's Call
New Milford PD: Car Prowler Nabbed Thanks To Resident's Call A repeat offender with various recent addresses was caught trying -- and failing -- to break into cars thanks to a New Milford resident's call, authorities said. Based on a description, Isaiah Ortiz Hayre, 28, was quickly spotted in the area of Greve Drive by Officer Daniel O'Neill around 12:30 a.m. Monday, April 25, Capt. Kevin Van Saders said. Ortiz Hayre, most recently of Garfield, tried giving police a bogus name at first, Van Saders said. He was familiar to police, however, having been arrested in several towns on a variety of charges the past decade, including burglary, credit card t…

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Alert Bank Manager Helps Hawthorne PD Nab ID Thieves, Authorities Say Alert Bank Manager Helps Hawthorne PD Nab ID Thieves, Authorities Say
Alert Bank Manager Helps Hawthorne PD Nab ID Thieves, Authorities Say Hawthorne police nabbed a pair of identity thieves from the Bronx thanks to a local bank manager, authorities said. The manager at the Chase branch on Lafayette Avenue called police after denying the men access to an account belonging to a Florida resident and watching them drive away, Detective Capt. Robert King said. Officers took Orlando Rodriguez, 35, and Christian Ellis, 30, into custody after stopping their vehicle – which had tinted windows and no front license plate – moments later, King said. Both had several debit and credit cards in the names of other people with them, the capta…

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Police: Fleeing Route 46 Driver Injures Two In Wrong-Way Ridgefield Park Crash Police: Fleeing Route 46 Driver Injures Two In Wrong-Way Ridgefield Park Crash
Police: Fleeing Route 46 Driver Injures Two In Wrong-Way Ridgefield Park Crash A speeding driver led a Ridgefield Park police officer on a chase through village side streets before his coupe crashed into a pickup truck on the opposite side of the road, injuring its two occupants, authorities said. Officer Brian Lyons tried to stop the BMW on westbound Route 46 shortly before 10:30 p.m. Friday, Lt. Arthur Jensen said. The driver – Romy D. Fabre, 26, of Jamaica, Queens – then hit the gas and turned off the highway, Jensen said. He eventually ended up heading south in the northbound lanes of the Main Street bypass when his vehicle collided with a Ford F350 pickup truck,…

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Rochelle Park PD: Hit-Run Driver Ends Up Hospitalized After Wading Through Frigid River Rochelle Park PD: Hit-Run Driver Ends Up Hospitalized After Wading Through Frigid River
Rochelle Park PD: Hit-Run Driver Ends Up Hospitalized After Wading Through Frigid River A driver who tried to elude Rochelle Park police by wading through a frigid brook after crashing a vehicle ended up hospitalized and in custody instead, authorities said. Thomas Overton, 18, of the Bronx nearly struck the owner whose car he’d just hit at the intersection of Berdan Street and South Drive as he fled the scene shortly after 5:30 p.m. Monday, Lt. James M. DePreta said. Responding police found his abandoned Nissan Rogue – with no license plates -- at the end of dead-ended Chestnut Street soon after, DePreta said. Witnesses who provided cellphone and home surveillance video told…

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Woman Rescued From Rape Attempt On Busy Paramus Street Woman Rescued From Rape Attempt On Busy Paramus Street
Woman Rescued From Rape Attempt On Busy Paramus Street A good Samaritan rescued a Paramus woman who was tackled and pulled into the bushes on a local street in broad daylight by a would-be rapist carrying a knife, authorities said. The 35-year-old victim told police she was walking on Oradell Avenue near Wilsey Court and the Garden State Parkway when Hector W. Alameda, 34, of Paterson approached her shortly before 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Alameda asked her where the bus stop is, then demanded she kiss him, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. The woman said she yelled and tried to get away, but Alameda knocked her down, groped her and “attempted …

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Maywood Man, 21, Charged With Killing Bloomingdale Woman In Car Outside Hackensack Party Maywood Man, 21, Charged With Killing Bloomingdale Woman In Car Outside Hackensack Party
Maywood Man, 21, Charged With Killing Bloomingdale Woman In Car Outside Hackensack Party UPDATE: A 21-year-old Maywood man was charged with reckless manslaughter Saturday following an autopsy on a 19-year-old Bloomingdale woman who'd been with him at a party in a Hackensack high-rise apartment. Michael T. Gaffney recklessly caused the death of Francis Victoria Garcia, who was with him in the back seat of a car parked on the top level of a garage at 140 Prospect Avenue, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. "Compression injuries" were found around Garcia's neck, indicating that asphyxiation killed her -- and not a drug overdose -- according to the Bergen County Medical Ex…

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