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Owners Made It Easy For Pair To Take Cash, Checks, Cellphones From Vehicles, Clifton PD Says Owners Made It Easy For Pair To Take Cash, Checks, Cellphones From Vehicles, Clifton PD Says
Owners Made It Easy For Pair To Take Cash, Checks, Cellphones From Vehicles, Clifton PD Says Clifton patrol officers captured two men and recovered a trove of valuables taken from at least eight vehicles that they said their owners had left unlocked. Among the items taken with little effort were cash, checks, cellular phones, a purse, power tools and a tablet, they said. Officers were responding to a report of a vehicle burglary on Clinton Avenue when they spotted Mauricio Mejia, 18, of Clifton and Christian Martinez, 19, of Passaic, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Seeing police, both ran behind a nearby commercial building, Bracken said. The officers quickly found and grabbed…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Clifton PD: City Man Stole Another's Spray Paint, Vandalized His Car With It Clifton PD: City Man Stole Another's Spray Paint, Vandalized His Car With It
Clifton PD: City Man Stole Another's Spray Paint, Vandalized His Car With It A Clifton man sprayed graffiti on the inside windshield of another man’s vehicle before dawn Friday with cans of paint that he found in it, authorities said. Officers responding to a 2 a.m. call said they found both men fighting on Burgess Place near Paulison Avenue. The victim apparently had followed the other man there after seeing him rummaging through his vehicle and discovering the graffiti, Sgt. Robert Anderson said. The defendant, identified as 18-year-old Mauricio Mejia, also had been pulling on door handles of other vehicles nearby, the victim told police. When confronted, Mejia …

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by Jerry DeMarco