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PD: Rowdy Bergenfield Restaurant Patron From Lodi Sucker-Punches Officer PD: Rowdy Bergenfield Restaurant Patron From Lodi Sucker-Punches Officer
PD: Rowdy Bergenfield Restaurant Patron From Lodi Sucker-Punches Officer A patron from Lodi sucker-punched a Bergenfield police officer after causing a disturbance in a local Chinese buffet restaurant, authorities said. Officers Andres Enriquez and John Hwang “attempted to escort him out” of the International Buffet on South Washington Avenue when Kwaku Agyemang-Dua, 31, suddenly slugged Hwang, Lt. William Duran said. Hwang and Enriquez struggled with Agyemang-Dua before subduing and handcuffing him, the lieutenant said. Both officers required hand and wrist injuries that required hospital treatment, Duran said. Agyemang-Dua was treated, too, he said. All wer…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson PD Nabs 6 In Armed Robbery Spree Of Gas Station, Nail Salon, Restaurant, Cleaners Paterson PD Nabs 6 In Armed Robbery Spree Of Gas Station, Nail Salon, Restaurant, Cleaners
Paterson PD Nabs 6 In Armed Robbery Spree Of Gas Station, Nail Salon, Restaurant, Cleaners Just as quickly as a band of bandits held up four businesses in Paterson, city detectives had six suspects in custody. The work of the department’s investigators is “remarkable and noteworthy based on their dedication and tireless efforts,” city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said Friday. In a span of less the 70 minutes last Saturday night, the robbers hit a nail salon, a gas station, a restaurant and dry cleaners, Speziale said. Arrested on robbery and weapons charges were 21-year-old Sammy Cromatie, 19-ear-old Rashan Ricketts and 18-year-old Shamar Taylor, all from Paterson, the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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TENSE STANDOFF: Ex-Con Trying 'Suicide-By-Cop' At Lyndhurst Hotel Tased Instead, Police Say TENSE STANDOFF: Ex-Con Trying 'Suicide-By-Cop' At Lyndhurst Hotel Tased Instead, Police Say
Tense Standoff: Ex-Con Trying 'Suicide-By-Cop' At Lyndhurst Hotel Tased Instead, Police Say A violent ex-con pulled down his pants and insisted that police shoot him in a tense confrontation that began with him choking a woman and ended with officers tasing him at a Lyndhurst hotel, authorities said. Lyndhurst Police Sgt. Paul Haggerty and Officer Steven Batista responded to a 911 call just after 12:30 a.m. Monday at the Quality Inn on Polito Avenue, where a 42-year-old Belleville woman told them that Anthony Pate had attacked her, Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. The woman, who had neck bruises, warned them that he was drunk, Auteri said. Pate, 43, of Belleville already had a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Clifton Police Chase Down Bike-Riding Pre-Dawn Burglary Suspect From Passaic Clifton Police Chase Down Bike-Riding Pre-Dawn Burglary Suspect From Passaic
Clifton Police Chase Down Bike-Riding Pre-Dawn Burglary Suspect From Passaic A burglar went car to car on a bicycle in Clifton overnight before police chased down and subdued him after a struggle, authorities said. Officers responding to a burglary call on Madison Avenue around 3 a.m. found the bicycle on the sidewalk and soon began chasing 25-year-old Hector Torres-Duran of Passaic, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. For several blocks, Torres-Duran "continued to use residential yards as cover" before officers finally cornered him, Bracken said. Torres-Duran was charged with two counts of burglary, along with theft, resisting arrest and obstruction. He was sent t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEEN HIM? Upper Saddle River Police Chase Down Montvale Serial Masturbator, Seek Any Victims SEEN HIM? Upper Saddle River Police Chase Down Montvale Serial Masturbator, Seek Any Victims
Seen HIM? Upper Saddle River Police Chase Down Montvale Serial Masturbator, Seek Any Victims A convicted serial public masturbator was chased and arrested by Upper Saddle River police who said they caught him trespassing Friday on school property where he’d once been arrested for indecent exposure. Officers Colin Gurney and Michael Riedel pursued Marty Napoleon, 38, of Montvale into the woods near the Emil A. Cavallini Middle School after spotting him just after 1 p.m. on a mountain bike in Lyons Park, Detective Lt. Edward Kane said. Napoleon spit at one officer and attempted to head butt another after they caught him, he said. He was carrying pot, hash, and drug paraphernalia…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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VIDEO: Passaic Police Chief Orders Probe After Officer Vows To Arrest Rabbi For Facebook Post VIDEO: Passaic Police Chief Orders Probe After Officer Vows To Arrest Rabbi For Facebook Post
Video: Passaic Police Chief Orders Probe After Officer Vows To Arrest Rabbi For Facebook Post UPDATE: Passaic Police Chief Luis Guzman said Friday that two illegally parked private ambulances were towed early Thursday following warnings issued three days earlier -- and again that morning. Guzman also said that the owner’s 64-year-old mother was taken into custody for refusing several times to stop blocking the vehicles from being removed. At the same time, Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said the chief is conducting an internal affairs investigation arising from a video clip posted on Daily Voice (above) in which an officer threatens to arrest the director of Hotzolah EMS Incorporated, Dov…

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by DAILY VOICE
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VIDEO: Passaic Police Officer Vows To Arrest Rabbi For Facebook Post VIDEO: Passaic Police Officer Vows To Arrest Rabbi For Facebook Post
Video: Passaic Police Officer Vows To Arrest Rabbi For Facebook Post Cellphone video shows a Passaic police officer threatening a West New York rabbi with arrest if he posts a video of him taking the rabbi’s mother into custody. “Passaic Police Officer Nieves, who arrested my mother, illegally threatens to arrest me if I share the video of his disgusting behavior on Facebook,” wrote Dovid B. Kaplan, the director of Hatzolah EMS of North Jersey, in a Facebook posting of the video. "If I see this on Facebook and all that...I'm gonna charge you,” the officer is heard on the video (above). “You're not allowed to record my image." Kaplan, who founded the local b…

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Maywood PD: Special Education Driver With Fake License Flees In School Van, Nearly Hits 3 Maywood PD: Special Education Driver With Fake License Flees In School Van, Nearly Hits 3
Maywood PD: Special Education Driver With Fake License Flees In School Van, Nearly Hits 3 A Peruvian national caught using a phony driver's license sped off from police in Maywood in a special education van, nearly hitting a detective and two other people, authorities said. Jorge Lock, 56, led a chase of more than a mile through Maywood side streets before police broke it off near the Paramus border, Detective Sgt. Matthew Parodi said Thursday. Lock -- who has a half-dozen or so recent addresses, including Lyndhurst -- came to police headquarters with his lawyer and surrendered on Wednesday, nine days after the incident, the sergeant said. Compliance officers with the New Jerse…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities: Ex-Con Allendale Burglar Who Fought Police Freed, Breaks Into Another House Authorities: Ex-Con Allendale Burglar Who Fought Police Freed, Breaks Into Another House
Authorities: Ex-Con Allendale Burglar Who Fought Police Freed, Breaks Into Another House An ex-con from Allendale who fought furiously with police as they tried to arrest him for burglary three days after he was released from prison was ordered freed by a judge from the Bergen County Jail -- and immediately hit another local home, authorities said. Justinian Rocco -- released Tuesday under New Jersey's bail reform law after spending four days in the county lockup -- was back in custody early Thursday after another overnight incident in Allendale, this time on Heather Court just after 4 a.m. As in last Friday's pre-dawn break-in, Rocco entered an occupied home and was discovered…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fort Lee PD: Officers Chase Down Supermarket Stock Boy In Car Burglary Near GWB Fort Lee PD: Officers Chase Down Supermarket Stock Boy In Car Burglary Near GWB
Fort Lee PD: Officers Chase Down Supermarket Stock Boy In Car Burglary Near GWB Fort Lee police chased down a local supermarket employee who they said broke into a car before dawn Tuesday. Responding to a resident’s 5:15 a.m. call, Sgt. Vassilios Triantafillou spotted Michael A. Cokley, a 28-year-old Key Food stock clerk, in the area of Lemoine Avenue and Bruce Reynolds Boulevard. Seeing the sergeant get out of his car, Cokley ran, Capt. Ricky Mirkovic said. Triantafillou chased Cokley, who was cut off by backup Officers Andrew Lakawicz and Harold Campo on Lemoine Avenue near the George Washington Bridge, the captain said. They took him into custody and found him car…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bogota Stolen Car Chase Ends In Fort Lee: 2 Adults, 3 Teens Seized With Homemade Shotgun Bogota Stolen Car Chase Ends In Fort Lee: 2 Adults, 3 Teens Seized With Homemade Shotgun
Bogota Stolen Car Chase Ends In Fort Lee: 2 Adults, 3 Teens Seized With Homemade Shotgun An overnight police chase of a stolen SUV began in Bogota before dawn Thursday and ended in Fort Lee with a 15-year-old boy from Teaneck and two adults and two teens from Massachusetts in custody.  Police stopped the Honda CRV reported stolen out of Massachusetts on Palisade Avenue in Fort Lee just after 1 a.m. following the pursuit, responders said. One of those arrested, 20-year-old Joshua Coons, had a homemade pipe shotgun, authorities said. Also seized was Naddiar Jones, also 22. Both men are from Massachusetts, as were two girls -- 13 and 15 years old -- who also were taken in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Nurse's Assistant From Bloomfield Charged In Death Of 85-Year-Old Patient Nurse's Assistant From Bloomfield Charged In Death Of 85-Year-Old Patient
Nurse's Assistant From Bloomfield Charged In Death Of 85-Year-Old Patient A nurse's assistant employed at a Cedar Grove nursing home has been charged in connection with the death of an 85-year-old woman in her care, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said Friday.  Monique Beaucejour, 46, Bloomfield, has been charged with reckless manslaughter, hindering, obstruction and neglect of the elderly.  Emergency medical personnel were called to the Waterview Nursing Home on Ridge Road Tuesday morning for an injured patient. Fannie McClain, 85, was taken to Mountainside Hospital, where the Bloomfield native died Tuesday afternoon.   Authorities say …

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by Paul Milo