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William Tedeschi
Jersey City, NJ
News
Jersey City Lookout Admits Role In Union City Bank Robbery
A Jersey City man admitted Thursday that he served as the lookout while an ex-con robbed a Union City bank. Juan Rojas Hernandez, 21, told a federal judge via videoconference in Newark that he got a cut of the proceeds after William Tedeschi robbed the Valley National Bank branch on Bergenline Avenue of $10,200 in November 2019. Tedeschi, 48, also of Jersey City had been released from state prison after serving 20 months for impersonating a police officer in several Hudson County towns when he robbed the Valley National branch with Hernandez and co-defendant Faronk Lazizi. Taking a plea de…
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Serial Police Impersonator Admits Robbing Two NJ Banks, Posing As Fed
A Hudson County ex-con who served state prison time for impersonating a police officer told a federal judge on Tuesday that he robbed banks in Union City and Elizabeth, tried to rob another in Newark and posed as a federal agent. William Tedeschi, 47, of Jersey City admitted the crimes during a teleconference with a federal judge in Newark in exchange for leniency at a scheduled Oct. 1 sentencing as part of a plea deal with the government. Tedeschi was released from state prison last July after serving 20 months for several convictions of impersonating a police officer in several Hudson Cou…
