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Bergen County Fugitive Nabbed In Upstate NY For Second Time This Year Bergen County Fugitive Nabbed In Upstate NY For Second Time This Year
Bergen County Fugitive Nabbed In Upstate NY For Second Time This Year An ex-con was brought to New Jersey this week after police in upstate New York nabbed him on a warrant out of Bergen County for the second time in less than a year, records show. Officers responding to a suspicious-persons complaint in the Ulster County town of Saugerties in late August said they found local resident Christopher P. Rega, 31, staggering down a street in the middle of the afternoon. A quick check turned up some drugs in his backpack, Saugerties police said in a release. They also found a warrant for his arrest issued by a Superior Court judge in Hackensack.  The …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Girl Missing For 3 Years Found Hidden In Small, Cold Enclosure Under Stairs Of NY Home Girl Missing For 3 Years Found Hidden In Small, Cold Enclosure Under Stairs Of NY Home
Girl Missing For 3 Years Found Hidden In Small, Cold Enclosure Under Stairs Of NY Home A 4-year-old girl missing since 2019 was found hidden in a cold, wet enclosure under a staircase in a New York home. Paislee Shultis was reported missing from Cayuga Heights, near Ithaca, in Tompkins County in 2019, before she was located in Ulster County on Valentine's Day, Monday, Feb. 14. At the time, the child was believed to have been abducted by her non-custodial parents, Kimberly Cooper, and Kirk Shultis, said Saugerties Police Chief Joseph Sinagra. On Monday, after receiving information that the child was being held within a hidden location at a residence located at 35 Fawn Road i…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Hawthorne PD: Unlicensed Upstate NY Driver With Confusing Story Caught With 90 Heroin Folds Hawthorne PD: Unlicensed Upstate NY Driver With Confusing Story Caught With 90 Heroin Folds
Hawthorne PD: Unlicensed Upstate NY Driver With Confusing Story Caught With 90 Heroin Folds An upstate New York driver who was nearly 90 miles from home had 90 heroin folds stuffed down his pants when Hawthorne police stopped him, authorities said. Joshua Bahl, 30, of Saugerties was driving a Honda Fit with a suspended license when he was stopped by police for motor vehicle violations on Goffle Road near Wagaraw Road, records show. Bahl, who had several noticeable track marks on his arm, “appeared very nervous and gave the officer a very confusing story” about how he ended up in Hawthorne, Detective Lieutenant Matthew Hoogmoed said. Police suspected Bahl – whose criminal record …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Van Pursuit From NY State Ends In Paramus With Vehicles Struck, Philadelphia Driver Caught Van Pursuit From NY State Ends In Paramus With Vehicles Struck, Philadelphia Driver Caught
Van Pursuit From NY State Ends In Paramus With Vehicles Struck, Philadelphia Driver Caught UPDATE: A multi-agency pursuit Thursday night that began in upstate New York ended 100 miles away in Paramus Thursday night after a Brooklyn man rammed two police cars with a U-Haul van that he was driving on two front rims and a rear flat tire, police said. Mark Simpson, 31, got out of the van shortly after crashing around 10:30 p.m., then hopped the highway divider and ran behind the Suburban Diner before police nabbed him moments later, authorities said. It began more than an hour and a half earlier with a theft from a Walmart in Catskill, NY, they said. New York State Police said troop…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Van Pursuit From NY State Ends In Paramus With Vehicles Struck, Philadelphia Driver Caught Van Pursuit From NY State Ends In Paramus With Vehicles Struck, Philadelphia Driver Caught
Van Pursuit From NY State Ends In Paramus With Vehicles Struck, Philadelphia Driver Caught UPDATE: A multi-agency pursuit Thursday night that began in upstate New York ended 100 miles away in Paramus Thursday night after a Brooklyn man rammed two police cars with a U-Haul van that he was driving on two front rims and a rear flat tire, police said. Mark Simpson, 31, got out of the van shortly after crashing around 10:30 p.m., then hopped the highway divider and ran behind the Suburban Diner before police nabbed him moments later, authorities said. It began more than an hour and a half earlier with a theft from a Walmart in Catskill, NY, they said. New York State Police said troop…

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by Jerry DeMarco