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Pair Busted For Robbing Juvenile Rivals Of Gucci Vest, Sneakers At Moonachie Bus Stop Pair Busted For Robbing Juvenile Rivals Of Gucci Vest, Sneakers At Moonachie Bus Stop
Pair Busted For Robbing Juvenile Rivals Of Gucci Vest, Sneakers At Moonachie Bus Stop An ongoing war between regional rivals was further stoked when two juveniles were mugged at a bus stop in Moonachie, authorities said. A pair of Moonachie police officers quickly nabbed one of the strong-arm robbers, they said. The second turned himself in. Their victims were waiting for a bus at Moonachie Road and Rooney Place when they were roughed up by Taiwan Davis, 20, of Paterson and a juvenile from town on Sunday, Nov. 19, Police Lt. Jeff Napolitano said. The 6-foot-4-inch, 280-pound Davis and his accomplice fled with a Gucci vest and a pair of sneakers that the victims had been wea…

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Whoopsie: Fleeing Scooter Rider Trying To Evade Officer Pulls Into Moonachie Police HQ Whoopsie: Fleeing Scooter Rider Trying To Evade Officer Pulls Into Moonachie Police HQ
Whoopsie: Fleeing Scooter Rider Trying To Evade Officer Pulls Into Moonachie Police HQ A North Bergen man being chased by a Moonachie officer apparently didn’t realize where he was headed when he pulled into – of all places – the parking lot at police headquarters. Eudy Guareno-Abreu, 32, was speeding and crossing the double yellow line to pass several vehicles on an electric scooter on Moonachie Road when Officer Sean Mulligan activated his emergency lights and siren and began pursuing him, Police Chief Richard Behrens said. Seeing him, Guareno-Abreu pulled a U-turn, began passing vehicles on the right and took a left onto East Park Street, the chief said. Then he headed do…

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Security Guard Charged With Setting Fire At Macy's Meadowlands Thankgiving Parade Studio Security Guard Charged With Setting Fire At Macy's Meadowlands Thankgiving Parade Studio
Security Guard Charged With Setting Fire At Macy's Meadowlands Thankgiving Parade Studio A security guard was charged with deliberately setting a fire at the building in the Meadowlands where the balloons and floats for the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade are designed, constructed and stored. Mathew Awojobi, 63, of Newark was arrested in connection with the brush fire set outside the Macy's Parade Studio in Moonachie, which broke out shortly before 7 p.m. Monday, April 18, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella . Moonachie firefighters doused the suspicious blaze on State Street off Moonachie Road. Detectives reviewed area security video as part of an investigation by Mus…

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Responders: Bergen Mom Catches Husband's Friend Sexually Assaulting Daughter, 2, In Her Bedroom Responders: Bergen Mom Catches Husband's Friend Sexually Assaulting Daughter, 2, In Her Bedroom
Responders: Bergen Mom Catches Husband's Friend Sexually Assaulting Daughter, 2, In Her Bedroom A Little Ferry mom caught a friend of her husband's sexually assaulting the couple's 2-year-old daughter in the child's bedroom, authorities said. Franklin Gomez Paredes, 28, of Moonachie pulled up his underwear and pants as both the mother and father chased him out of their home around 3:30 a.m. Saturday, responders said. Paredes, who didn't have a car, fled on foot, they said. He was arrested at his home a short time later. The child's father was asleep when the mother noticed the door to the bedroom where her daughter slept open. On the bed she saw Paredes on top of the naked child, res…

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PHOTOS: Sedan Slams Into Tandem Trailer, Topples Light Pole On Busy Road Near Meadowlands PHOTOS: Sedan Slams Into Tandem Trailer, Topples Light Pole On Busy Road Near Meadowlands
Photos: Sedan Slams Into Tandem Trailer, Topples Light Pole On Busy Road Near Meadowlands The front end of a tandem tractor-trailer toppled a traffic signal after a sedan slammed into it before dawn Thursday on a major roadway near the Meadowlands, authorities said. Somehow, neither the 30-year-old Maryland trucker or 27-year-old motorist from Garfield whose Hyundai Sonata knocked over the rig was injured seriously, Police Chief Richard Behrens said. The Moonachie First Aid and Rescue Squad took both to Hackensack University Medical Center following the crash on Moonachie Road at Moonachie Avenue shortly after 2 a.m., the chief said. It then took several hours to clear and cle…

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by Jerry DeMarco