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Ex-Con From Viral Jersey Shore Arrest Video Charged With 1,500 Heroin Bags, Pounds Of Pot, More Ex-Con From Viral Jersey Shore Arrest Video Charged With 1,500 Heroin Bags, Pounds Of Pot, More
Ex-Con From Viral Jersey Shore Arrest Video Charged With 1,500 Heroin Bags, Pounds Of Pot, More An ex-con whose Point Pleasant boardwalk arrest became part of a viral video was busted once again on drug charges, this time along with his roommate, authorities said. A SWAT team led a raid on the Grand Street apartment in Garfield that Zakee Murphy, 32, shares with fish tank technician Ryene Perry, 34, landing both in jail on various drug-related counts, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Murphy has been arrested dozens of times in multiple counties over the past decade, records show. This time he's accused of using the Garfield home to stash the drugs along with more than $8,…
Ex-Con Charged With Sexually Assaulting Englewood Toddler Ex-Con Charged With Sexually Assaulting Englewood Toddler
Ex-Con Charged With Sexually Assaulting Englewood Toddler A habitual offender who has benefitted from bail reform was charged with sexually assaulting a toddler in Englewood, authorities said. Ex-con Joshua Foster -- who, at 25 years old, already has an extensive criminal history -- is charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, child endangerment and possession of child pornography, among other offenses. Foster, an Englewood native most recently of East Orange, has remained held in the Bergen County Jail since his arrest on Saturday morning, Sept. 3, records show. Joshua Odell Foster's criminal history stretches back to November 2014…
Speeding Driver Had Ecstasy Pills, Powder During Route 78 Traffic Stop, Police Say Speeding Driver Had Ecstasy Pills, Powder During Route 78 Traffic Stop, Police Say
Speeding Driver Had Ecstasy Pills, Powder During Route 78 Traffic Stop, Police Say A driver stopped for speeding on Route 78 early Wednesday was found with both ecstasy pills and powder, authorities said. Donald Thomas, 37, was stopped for speeding on Route 78 in Readington Township around 1:50 a.m., local police said. Thomas, of East Orange, was found with several ecstasy pills and a bag of suspected crushed ecstacy, police said. Thomas was charged with drug possession and issued summonses for speeding, maintenance of lamps, driving while suspended, and drug possession in a motor vehicle, authorities said.
BAIL REFORM: NJ Judge Frees Gun-Carrying Driver Who Rammed Police Cars With Stolen BMW, PD Says BAIL REFORM: NJ Judge Frees Gun-Carrying Driver Who Rammed Police Cars With Stolen BMW, PD Says
Bail Reform: NJ Judge Frees Gun-Carrying Driver Who Rammed Police Cars With Stolen BMW, PD Says A driver with no license, registration or insurance was carrying a gun when he rammed two Hawthorne police cars -- narrowly missing several officers -- with a BMW stolen from the Hamptons, authorities said. Troy Weeks, 27, was charged with five counts of aggravated assault on a police officer, possession of both a firearm and a stolen vehicle and several other offenses following the incident, Hawthorne Detective Lt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. Weeks has a criminal history, including arrests in Essex County dating back to 2017, records show. A Central Judicial Processing Court judge in Paterson …
Little Ferry PD: Potential Tragedy Avoided, Driver Charged After Speeding Recklessly By School Little Ferry PD: Potential Tragedy Avoided, Driver Charged After Speeding Recklessly By School
Little Ferry PD: Potential Tragedy Avoided, Driver Charged After Speeding Recklessly By School A suspended Little Ferry motorist deliberately got into his car and drove away from police, blowing a stop sign and a light before speeding past a school on the wrong side of the road, authorities said. It was a blessing that no one was hurt. It began after Khalid Jackson, 38, came to headquarters Monday to file a complaint against police after getting a summons last week for driving on the suspended list, Police Chief James Walters said. Afterward, a lieutenant reminded Jackson that he couldn’t drive, the chief said Tuesday. Jackson, in turn, “mumbled something,” then got into his mother…
Cliffside Park PD: Hudson Ex-Con With 49-Arrest History Captured After Fleeing Stolen Car Crash Cliffside Park PD: Hudson Ex-Con With 49-Arrest History Captured After Fleeing Stolen Car Crash
Cliffside Park PD: Hudson Ex-Con With 49-Arrest History Captured After Fleeing Stolen Car Crash Cliffside Park police chased down a Jersey City ex-con with a rap sheet nearly 50 arrests long after he crashed a stolen car and bailed out, authorities said. Lester Williams, 54, was speeding south on Anderson Avenue in the 2015 Honda Accord late Saturday when he saw a police car and hit the brake, rapidly slowing down, Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said. Williams then made a quick left onto eastbound Jersey Avenue at Sal's Deli, where the Accord -- reported stolen earlier out of Bayonne -- slammed into two parked vehicles, one of which was a 2001 Ford Mustang, Capano said. The other…
Ex-Con From Dumont Crashes Fleeing Old Tappan Police Ex-Con From Dumont Crashes Fleeing Old Tappan Police
Ex-Con From Dumont Crashes Fleeing Old Tappan Police A repeat offender from Dumont fled an attempted police stop in Old Tappan and was arrested after his car slammed into a tree, authorities said. James Wilmarth, 33, already was awaiting trial for a Teaneck burglary when Officer Charles DiMaria began pursuing him for speeding on North Washington Avenue shortly after 9:30 p.m. Monday, Police Chief Joseph Tracy said. Wilmarth apparently cut his headlights in an effort not to be detected when DiMaria caught up to him on Hampton Ridge Court, Tracy said. Seeing the officer, Wilmarth hit the gas and turned onto Cripplebush Road, where he lost cont…
Carlstadt PD: Hackensack Driver In Route 17 Chase Had Heroin, Coke, Crystal Meth, More Carlstadt PD: Hackensack Driver In Route 17 Chase Had Heroin, Coke, Crystal Meth, More
Carlstadt PD: Hackensack Driver In Route 17 Chase Had Heroin, Coke, Crystal Meth, More A Hackensack driver carrying a variety of illegal drugs raced along Route 17, cutting across three lanes several times, before surrendering to a pursuing Carlstadt police officer in Moonachie, authorities said. Officer Matthew Bartlett tried pulling over the Honda Civic after driver Shavar Ingram, 34, improperly passed two vehicles and made an illegal left turn onto Paterson Avenue from Enoch Street, Police Chief Thomas Berta said. Ingram kept going, speeding onto Route 17, before the pursuit finally ended on Berger Street, the chief said. Berta said a search turned up various amounts of: …
Police: Unlicensed Hackensack Driver, 41, KO'd In Crash Police: Unlicensed Hackensack Driver, 41, KO'd In Crash
Police: Unlicensed Hackensack Driver, 41, KO'd In Crash An unlicensed Hackensack driver was knocked out when her sedan slammed into a pickup truck and a van late Monday, authorities said. Shanice Wyche, 41, was expected to be released from the hospital on Tuesday following Monday's crash on Summit Avenue near Spring Valley Road shortly before 11:30 p.m., Capt. Nicole Foley said. Wyche was headed north in her 2004 Chevy Malibu when it crossed into the oncoming lane and hit a 2013 Ford F150 and 2018 Chevy Express both parked on the west side of the street, Foley said. The impact knocked a tire off her car, said residents who heard the crash and c…
Morris County Jurors Convict Wayne Cigarette Thief In High-Speed DWI Chase, Crash Morris County Jurors Convict Wayne Cigarette Thief In High-Speed DWI Chase, Crash
Morris County Jurors Convict Wayne Cigarette Thief In High-Speed DWI Chase, Crash Jurors in Morristown convicted a 37-year-old Wayne man who authorities said was drunk during a high-speed Morris County chase that ended in a crash. Pequannock police tried pulling over Derek Schor on Route 23 after he stole cigarettes from an Exxon station in Wayne in August 2017, authorities said. Schor -- who had a suspended driver's license -- kept going, leading a pursuit involving several police units that ended when his Ford F-150 rolled over three times on the I-287 entrance ramp in Riverdale, they said.  Schor bolted, but a K-9 unit found him hiding in waist-deep water i…
Wayne Police: Officer Sniffs Out Unlicensed Driver With 250 Bags Of Heroin Wayne Police: Officer Sniffs Out Unlicensed Driver With 250 Bags Of Heroin
Wayne Police: Officer Sniffs Out Unlicensed Driver With 250 Bags Of Heroin Trash that collected below the window of a car parked outside the Kings Inn in Wayne attracted the attention of a township police officer who authorities said found the driver carrying 250 bags of heroin stamped "KING OF DEATH." Officer Adrian Sulejmani was on a safety and security detail when he spotted the car at the Route 46 motel, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Approaching the driver's side, he immediately smelled marijuana, Martin said. The driver, 38-year-old Larry Pulliam of Newark, didn't have a driver's license -- but did have a partially-smoked joint and an outst…
Beneficiary Of NJ Bail Reform: Meet Jaime Bauer Beneficiary Of NJ Bail Reform: Meet Jaime Bauer
Beneficiary Of NJ Bail Reform: Meet Jaime Bauer When it comes to offenders “known to police,” Jaime Bauer is near the top of the list in Wyckoff. He's become something of a poster child for opponents of bail reform. It didn’t take long for responding Officer Michael Scalise to identify Bauer, 30, while reviewing surveillance images recorded by a Hurley Road resident whose bicycle was stolen earlier this month, Lt. Joseph Soto said. Detectives later arrested Bauer, charged him with theft and criminal trespassing and sent him to the Bergen County Jail. Barely 24 hours later, a judge ordered him released under New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform…
Elmwood Park PD: DWI Driver Bails, Caught After Hitting Parked Cars Elmwood Park PD: DWI Driver Bails, Caught After Hitting Parked Cars
Elmwood Park PD: DWI Driver Bails, Caught After Hitting Parked Cars A drunk driver with a suspended license bailed out of his BMW after it hit two parked cars in Elmwood Park overnight but was quickly caught by borough police, authorities said. Charles Crosby, 30, also had an open container of alcohol in the 2002 Beamer when it struck the two vehicles on Locust Street around 1:20 a.m. Saturday, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. He tried to run off by was found several blocks away, the chief said. Crosby, whose last known address was in Masachusetts, was arrested and charged with DWI, Driving while suspended, leaving the scene of a crash, having the open c…