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Repeat Hackensack Offender Captured After Pulling Knife On Garfield Resident: Police Repeat Hackensack Offender Captured After Pulling Knife On Garfield Resident: Police
Repeat Hackensack Offender Captured After Pulling Knife On Garfield Resident: Police A repeat offender from Hackensack was caught hiding in a Garfield resident's backyard after he threatened someone with a knife, police said. Elijah I. Fulgham, 24, was also wanted on a December 2021 warrant out of Teaneck, records show. Officers who responded to a report of a dispute possibly involving a handgun in the area of Palisade Avenue and Sampson Street spoke with the victim, Garfield Police Capt. Mario X. Pozo said. He told them that Fulgham "knocked on his apartment door and threatened him with a knife," Pozo said. The issue between them was immediately clear. Fulgham tipped aw…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ BAIL REFORM: Violent Repeat Offender Threatens To Kill Children, Exposes Himself, Police Say NJ BAIL REFORM: Violent Repeat Offender Threatens To Kill Children, Exposes Himself, Police Say
NJ Bail Reform: Violent Repeat Offender Threatens To Kill Children, Exposes Himself, Police Say A violent repeat offender who terrorized patrons of a Wayne restaurant by threatening to kill their children urinated on the lawn of Wayne Valley High School while students were in class after he was released from custody, authorities said. Stephen Sales, 42, of Wayne was drunk and holding a beer can when he approached New Year's Eve diners at their tables at the Hamburg Turnpike restaurant, pointed at their children and threatened to kill them, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. Officers rushed there and seized Sales, who’d previously been banned from the establishment and has a history of sim…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Third Time's A Charm: Unruly Man Arrested For Refusing To Leave Bayonne Walmart, Police Say Third Time's A Charm: Unruly Man Arrested For Refusing To Leave Bayonne Walmart, Police Say
Third Time's A Charm: Unruly Man Arrested For Refusing To Leave Bayonne Walmart, Police Say Third time proved to be the charm for a defiant man who refused to leave a Bayonne Walmart after causing a disturbance, police say. Anthony Millington was twice asked by employees and police to leave on Aug. 17, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said. On Aug. 18, a similar situation happened. Officers arrived at the scene and tried to stop Millington to investigate the incident around 8:40 p.m. -- but he ignored commands, Amato said. Millington, 22, was ultimately stopped soon after and was placed under arrest for defiant trespassing, police said. During the arrest process, Millington …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police: Bergen Man Injured, Charged With Playing Chicken With Freight Train Police: Bergen Man Injured, Charged With Playing Chicken With Freight Train
Police: Bergen Man Injured, Charged With Playing Chicken With Freight Train A 35-year-old Oakland man injured himself jumping out of the way of a freight train – and then was arrested, authorities said. The Oakland First Aid Squad treated the man for his injuries after he was nearly struck while with his dog near the Ramapo River shortly before 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Lt. Christian Eldridge said. The man refused hospitalization, the lieutenant said. Sgt. Michael Griffin and Officers Edward McDermott, Charles Kelly, and Timothy McDonough found him while responding to several reports of a man struck by a train, Eldridge said. He was charged with defiant trespassin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Jersey City Burglar Found Sleeping On Hoboken Stairwell, Police Say Jersey City Burglar Found Sleeping On Hoboken Stairwell, Police Say
Jersey City Burglar Found Sleeping On Hoboken Stairwell, Police Say A 53-year-old Jersey City man was arrested for burglarizing Hoboken businesses, authorities said. Richard Maldonado was charged with burglary, theft, criminal mischief, defiant trespassing and possession of drug paraphernalia, Hoboken Police Det. Lt. Danilo Cabrera said. The first call came in around 2:10 p.m. June 11 at a business near 2nd and Monroe Street, police said. Business owners told police that a man came in around 1:20 a.m., and left and entered more than once, taking items from the business, authorities said.  A locking mechanism on one of the windows was reportedly damage…

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by Cecilia Levine
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State Police: DWI Warren County Home Burglary Suspects Nabbed On Rt. 80 With Hypodermic Needles State Police: DWI Warren County Home Burglary Suspects Nabbed On Rt. 80 With Hypodermic Needles
State Police: DWI Warren County Home Burglary Suspects Nabbed On Rt. 80 With Hypodermic Needles Two men who had just burglarized a Warren County home while under the influence were later nabbed while fleeing on Route 80, state police said. Stephen Coppo, 31, and James Schreffler, 33, were heading west on Route 80 after breaking into a home on Hope Road in Blairstown just after midnight Monday, NJSP Trooper Alejandro Goez told Daily Voice. State police stopped the pair’s Gold Chrysler minivan near milepost 8.6 in Knowlton Township and found hypodermic needles and prescription drugs in the vehicle, Goez said. Coppo, of Nazareth, PA, and Schreffler, of Belvidere, were arrested and charg…

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by Valerie Musson
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Fair Lawn PD: Serial Shoplifter Nabbed 4x In Week, Twice In One Day, $700 Worth Recovered Fair Lawn PD: Serial Shoplifter Nabbed 4x In Week, Twice In One Day, $700 Worth Recovered
Fair Lawn PD: Serial Shoplifter Nabbed 4x In Week, Twice In One Day, $700 Worth Recovered Fair Lawn police nabbed a serial shoplifter four times in one week, including twice the same day, authorities said. Officers found Jose Vasquez, 53, of Paterson on Broadway at 27th Street after he swiped $85.80 worth of merchandise from a nearby CVS the morning of Aug. 21, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. They charged him with shoplifting and defiant trespassing and sent him to the Bergen County Jail. Vasquez was released soon after – and returned to the CVS, where he stole $451.36 worth of merchandise two days later, Metzler said. Police found Vasquez, with the stolen items, at a bus stop at Fai…

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by Jerry DeMarco