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Teaneck Officers Nab Robbery Suspect Headed For Hackensack, Already A Repeat Offender At 20 Teaneck Officers Nab Robbery Suspect Headed For Hackensack, Already A Repeat Offender At 20
Teaneck Officers Nab Robbery Suspect Headed For Hackensack, Already A Repeat Offender At 20 A Hackensack man who, at 20, is already a repeat offender resisted Teaneck police who caught him following a burglary that turned into a robbery, authorities said. Officers responding to the call from a Cedar Lane apartment complex just after 6:30 p.m. Friday found Evan Goodwin crossing the nearby Anderson Street Bridge into Teaneck, Police Chief Glenn O’Reilly said Tuesday. He “appeared to be under the influence of alcohol,” was “extremely uncooperative answering questions posed to him” and “repeatedly refused to comply with lawful commands given to him,” O’Reilly said. Goodwin was brough…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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New Milford PD: DWI Motorist Fights With Police, Damages Cruiser, Threatens Their Families New Milford PD: DWI Motorist Fights With Police, Damages Cruiser, Threatens Their Families
New Milford PD: DWI Motorist Fights With Police, Damages Cruiser, Threatens Their Families A New Milford woman smacked two borough police officers, damaged a patrol car door on the way to headquarters and threatened to kill the officers and their families after a DWI stop, authorities said. Officer Bryan Mone stopped the car driven by 25-year-old Alexandra Defino for a traffic violation on River Road late Thursday night, Detective Sergeant Kevin Van Saders said. Defino “became increasingly loud and uncooperative,” refused to submit to a sobriety test, then “began fighting with police and resisting arrest,” Van Saders said. The 5-foot-5-inch, 142-pound DeFino – who played softbal…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Coke-Carrying Career Criminal Subdued After Fighting With Bogota Police, Authorities Charge Coke-Carrying Career Criminal Subdued After Fighting With Bogota Police, Authorities Charge
Coke-Carrying Career Criminal Subdued After Fighting With Bogota Police, Authorities Charge A Bogota career criminal who’s been in and out of jail much of the past 25 years was back behind bars after fighting with police who caught him with cocaine, authorities said. Police responding to a weekend call of men drinking and using drugs on the CSX railroad tracks off Fort Lee Road found John Wesley Goins, 49, with fellow ex-convict Tracy Kraus, 60, Bogota Police Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. Kraus was taken into custody after he interfered with the arrest of Goins, who fought off police and ran, Cole said. The sergeant said he chased Goins, who “continued to resist and fight” after he ca…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Upstate NY Woman Who Drove Onto Teterboro Airport Runways Charged Upstate NY Woman Who Drove Onto Teterboro Airport Runways Charged
Upstate NY Woman Who Drove Onto Teterboro Airport Runways Charged A 31-year-old upstate New York woman who drove her car across two runways at Teterboro Airport on Tuesday was hospitalized for a psychological evaluation, authorities said Thursday. Ciara Schultz, of Ballston Spa, NY was sent to New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus after being processed by Port Authority police on trespassing, obstruction and improper behavior charges, they said. Schultz -- formerly of North Carolina -- got into the airport off Industrial Avenue just after 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, drove across the runways, then bailed out of her car, authorities said. The security breach brought…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Wallington Police Officer Nabs Bleeding Bicyclist In Car Burglary Spree Wallington Police Officer Nabs Bleeding Bicyclist In Car Burglary Spree
Wallington Police Officer Nabs Bleeding Bicyclist In Car Burglary Spree A bleeding bicyclist who caught the eye of a Wallington police officer turned out to be wanted for a recent rash of area car burglaries, authorities said. Officer Andy Kullaf spotted 28-year-old Ramon Cruz of Passaic riding the white and copper BMX near Stein and Pulaski avenues just before midnight Friday morning, Capt. Shawn Kudlacik said. Armed with description from Passaic police of a suspect with three nautical star tattoos on his right inside forearm, Kullaf stopped Cruz, who told him a fall from the bicycle made him bleed, the captain said. The officer, who spotted the tattoos, was …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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3 Charged With Shoplifting From Fair Lawn CVS All Had Arrest Warrants, Police Say 3 Charged With Shoplifting From Fair Lawn CVS All Had Arrest Warrants, Police Say
3 Charged With Shoplifting From Fair Lawn CVS All Had Arrest Warrants, Police Say Three people arrested on shoplifting charges at the Fair Lawn CVS on the same day were all wanted by police on warrants.  The first incident took place on July 4 when Fair Lawn Police responded to the CVS at 18-35 River Road for a report of two men who had fled the store without paying for items, said Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Brian Metzler. While investigating the theft, Officer Stephen Buskiewicz approached two men matching the description on East 23rd Street in Paterson, but they fled on foot until eventually captured, Metzler said. Those captured included Sergei Derunets, 28, of Hackensack…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Wyckoff PD: Stoned Driver Bolts Across Rt 208, Found In Girlfriend's Trunk Wyckoff PD: Stoned Driver Bolts Across Rt 208, Found In Girlfriend's Trunk
Wyckoff PD: Stoned Driver Bolts Across Rt 208, Found In Girlfriend's Trunk A stoned driver stopped for driving erratically suddenly dashed across both lanes of Route 208 and was later picked up by his girlfriend, said Wyckoff police who found him hiding in her trunk. Officer Michael Flim stopped a black Trailblazer with New York license plates on the southbound side of the highway after the driver “appeared to have difficulty keeping the vehicle within its lane of travel,” Lt. Joseph Soto. The driver, 34-year-old Gibran Freytes Bautista of Philadelphia, admitted smoking pot before getting behind the wheel, prompting a search of the SUV, Soto said. As Flim looked …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hackensack PD: Ex-Con Threatens To Kill Daughter's Mom, Himself Hackensack PD: Ex-Con Threatens To Kill Daughter's Mom, Himself
Hackensack PD: Ex-Con Threatens To Kill Daughter's Mom, Himself HACKENSACK, N.J. -- An ex-con once charged with kicking his 18-month-old daughter from her stroller and then abducting her threatened to kill the girl’s mother and himself before Hackensack police took him into custody, authorities said. “I’ll kill you. We’ll both go out in a body bag!” Kayvon Brown told the woman, who called police to her Anderson Street apartment Saturday night, Capt. Peter Busciglio said Tuesday. Responding officers had to ram the door open after Brown, 25, of Jersey City, refused to let them in, saying they'd have to come and get him, the captain said. They arrested hi…

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by Jerry DeMarco