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Accused ID Thief From Kearny Awaiting Trial Does It Again, North Arlington Police Charge Accused ID Thief From Kearny Awaiting Trial Does It Again, North Arlington Police Charge
Accused ID Thief From Kearny Awaiting Trial Does It Again, North Arlington Police Charge A 20-year-old Kearny man already facing identity theft charges was caught by a North Arlington police officer with various fake driver’s licenses and credit cards, authorities said. Philip Biet was driving a Dodge Charger with no rear lights on Ridge Road when he failed to signal a turn and was stopped on Noel Drive over the weekend, Detective Lt. Michael Horton said. A warrant out of Hudson County turned up, Biet was arrested and the three fraudulent licenses and five credit cards that didn’t belong to him were found during an inventory search, the lieutenant said. Biet was charged in Oct…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bayonne Woman Escapes Violent Armed Home Invasion Through Neighbor's Window, 5 Charged Bayonne Woman Escapes Violent Armed Home Invasion Through Neighbor's Window, 5 Charged
Bayonne Woman Escapes Violent Armed Home Invasion Through Neighbor's Window, 5 Charged Five people were charged in a violent Bayonne home invasion in which a resident of a luxury apartment building was able to narrowly escape a man with a handgun by climbing out of a neighbor's window. The female victim was screaming to officers from the window of a neighbor at the Harbor Points apartments that her boyfriend was still in their second-floor unit and possibly being held at gunpoint around 1:15 p.m., Thursday, Bayonne police Capt. Eric Amato said. All victims were safe when officers arrived to the building at 300 Constitution Ave., Amato said. but The gunmen, however, had l…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Ridgewood PD: Officers Capture Westchester, Bronx ID Thieves At Local Bank Ridgewood PD: Officers Capture Westchester, Bronx ID Thieves At Local Bank
Ridgewood PD: Officers Capture Westchester, Bronx ID Thieves At Local Bank Ridgewood police nabbed an accused ID thief from Westchester and two from the Bronx as they tried to steal money from the bank account of an identity theft victim, authorities said. Responding officers grabbed all three at the TD Bank branch on North Maple Avenue, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. The thieves tried using a bogus identification and credit card, as well as the victim’s account number, to withdraw cash, the chief said. at the scene and transported to Ridgewood Police headquarters. Daniel Raymond, 40, of Larchmont, was charged with theft by deception, fraudulent use of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Police: Bergen PTA President Snatches Member's Credit Card, Spends $6,000 Police: Bergen PTA President Snatches Member's Credit Card, Spends $6,000
Police: Bergen PTA President Snatches Member's Credit Card, Spends $6,000 A past Rochelle Park PTA president surrendered to borough police Monday after ringing up $6,000 in charges for herself with an association credit card, authorities said. Detectives zeroed in on Shawna Riordan, 33, of Saddle Brook after a Midland School #1 PTA member reported that "credit card, co-signed by her, had an outstanding balance and was currently in collections," Detective Sgt. James M. DePreta. The charges began in January 2017 and didn't end until April 2018, DePreta said. The co-signing PTA member "did not make the charges, nor authorize them," he said. "The PTA, currently nam…

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by Jerry DeMarco