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Elmwood Park Theft Suspect Caught Hiding Behind Home After Walgreens Heist: Cops
A Paterson man was arrested after police say he stole packages from a Haledon home and shoplifted from a local Walgreens, authorities announced.
Police received a report of a package theft from a residence on Post Street in Haledon on Tuesday, Feb. 3, at approximately 3:51 p.m., according to police. The caller reported that a white male with a goatee, wearing a black beanie hat, black jacket, black pants, and white sneakers, delivered packages from the property, Haledon Police Chief Angelo J. Daniele said.
Officer Kris Duci was the initial responding officer and obtained a description of th…
Serial Porch Pirate Followed Delivery Trucks Through Garfield, Busted Again: Cops
A 36-year-old serial porch pirate is in custody again, police said.
Jaquiece S. Smith was arrested on Wednesday, June 11, following an investigation by the Garfield Police Criminal Investigation Division that found he followed delivery trucks and stole items off porches, according to a press release issued by Captain Mario Pozo.
Smith had been trailing Amazon, USPS, UPS, and FedEx trucks throughout May and June, waiting for packages to be dropped off before taking them from unsuspecting victims, Pozo said.
Detectives Sebastian Tyburski, Jonathan Librizzi, and Patrolman Marvin Monroig obser…
Arsonist, DUI Driver Arrested Again — This Time For Package Thefts, Cops In Bergen County Say
A Waldwick woman with a criminal history has been arrested for stealing packages from a local apartment building, police said.
Marialyse Debel, 64, was taken into custody outside her home on Wednesday, Feb. 12, following an investigation by the Waldwick Police Detective Bureau, Lt. Troy E. Seifert said.
Authorities began looking into reports of stolen deliveries from The Station Apartments at 41 West Prospect St., on Feb. 3. Detective T.J. Palaia identified Debel as a suspect, leading to her arrest, police said.
Debel has a prior arrest for arson in Midland Park on Sept. 22, 2024, dur…
Feds: Yonkers Porch Pirate, Pals Stole $600,000 In Checks From Mail In Four NJ Counties
A man charged with pirating Christmas packages from porches in Yonkers was part of a crew that stole, altered and cashed $600,000 in checks mailed in Passaic, Morris, Essex and Somerset counties the past 10 months, federal authorities said Friday.
Claude Anthony Burnett, 23, who was captured by U.S. Postal Inspection Service agents, now faces charges that can bring way more serious consequences than package snatching.
Meanwhile, victims were left trying to sort out their finances.
From at least February of this year until just last month, Burnett and others fished envelopes containing chec…
Wayne Girl, 9, Busts Trio Stealing Packages
WAYNE, N.J. — A 9-year-old from Wayne is being credited with catching three men taking packages off her neighbor's porch, NBC reports.
Nearly $2,000 worth of designer clothing was snatched by a trio of package thieves – who, in turn, were grabbed by Wayne police, Daily Voice reported this week.
Sydney Monello was in her bedroom when she spotted the trio waiting by their car outside of her driveway, the article says.
They got outside of the car and looked around, seemingly checking to make sure the coast was clear, NBC says, citing Monello.
The 9-year-old's parents said she was overreactin…
