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Newark Teen Stole Vehicle Along Jersey Shore, More Suspects Wanted: Police Newark Teen Stole Vehicle Along Jersey Shore, More Suspects Wanted: Police
Newark Teen Stole Vehicle Along Jersey Shore, More Suspects Wanted: Police A teen from Newark was accused of stealing a vehicle in Ocean County, authorities said. Fazon Farrington, 19, was charged on Monday, Apr. 29 with theft of movable property and burglary. The Brick Township Police Department announced the charges in a news release on Tuesday, Apr. 30. A vehicle was stolen on Princeton Avenue on Tuesday, Mar. 5. Kearny police and the New Jersey State Police Auto Theft Task Force also helped in the investigation. Farrington was also facing charges in a string of burglaries on Long Island. He was arrested in that case on Thursday, Mar. 14. Nassau County p…

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by Chris Spiker
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Police Charge Career Burglar Shot By Homeowner With Wyckoff Jewelry Store Break-In Police Charge Career Burglar Shot By Homeowner With Wyckoff Jewelry Store Break-In
Police Charge Career Burglar Shot By Homeowner With Wyckoff Jewelry Store Break-In UPDATE: A career criminal who was once shot by a retired guidance counselor after breaking into his home was charged with burglarizing a Wyckoff jewelry store earlier this year. Alexander E. Manigat, 42, of Brooklyn, was arrested by Nassau County police last month in connection with a jewelry store burglary there, Wyckoff Police Lt. Joseph Soto said on Friday, June 2. Manigat quickly became a suspect in a 3:30 a.m. break-in at Hartger’s Jewelers on Wyckoff Avenue in Wyckoff on March 4, authorities said. Security cameras show one prowler entering Hartger’s by climbing a ladder and breaking …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Pair In NJ Vehicle Wanted For Firing Shots, Forcing Lockdown At Mall On Long Island Pair In NJ Vehicle Wanted For Firing Shots, Forcing Lockdown At Mall On Long Island
Pair In NJ Vehicle Wanted For Firing Shots, Forcing Lockdown At Mall On Long Island Two men fled in a vehicle with New Jersey license plates after firing shots and frightening shoppers at a Long Island mall, authorities said. It was too soon to tell whether the vehicle was stolen or belonged to the pair involved in the shooting in the second-floor vestibule leading to the parking garage outside Nordstrom at Roosevelt Field in Garden City around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, they said. No one was injured in the shooting, which sent mall stores into lockdown. A couple was entering Nordstrom from the second-floor parking garage when they were shouted at by two other men for parking t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Bodybuilder Captured In NJ Shot LI Parents On Christmas In Dispute Over His Baby Police: Bodybuilder Captured In NJ Shot LI Parents On Christmas In Dispute Over His Baby
Police: Bodybuilder Captured In NJ Shot LI Parents On Christmas In Dispute Over His Baby UPDATE: A bodybuilder who was picked up from the Bergen County Jail on Wednesday by Nassau County detectives shot his parents in their Long Island mansion on Christmas in a dispute over his 1-year-old son, authorities said. Nassau County police charged Dino Tomassetti, a 29-year-old weight trainer from Brooklyn, with two counts of attempted murder in connection with the shooting. He was also expected to face weapons counts. Tomassetti, of East Williamsburg, had been held in the Bergen County lockup since his Christmas afternoon on Route 17 in Mahwah. He’d apparently been arguing with Vinc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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U.S. Marshals Capture Long Island Fugitives Wanted For Gunning Down Jersey Shore Man U.S. Marshals Capture Long Island Fugitives Wanted For Gunning Down Jersey Shore Man
U.S. Marshals Capture Long Island Fugitives Wanted For Gunning Down Jersey Shore Man U.S. Marshals captured two Long Island fugitives charged with attempted murder in the shooting of a Jersey Shore man. Ademola Bostick, 24, of Bay Shore, and Rajah Mayo, 20, of Freeport, had driven to the shore intending to kill 23-year-old Charles Sortino, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Little Egg Harbor Police Chief Richard Buzby said in a joint announcement. Bostick shot Sortino several times and left him in the road on Center Street in Little Egg Harbor at 11:45 p.m. April 3, they said. Sortino remained in critical condition at Atlantic City Medical Center, Billhimer a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities: NY-Based Chilean Crew Burglarized Homes In Bergen, Elsewhere Authorities: NY-Based Chilean Crew Burglarized Homes In Bergen, Elsewhere
Authorities: Ny-based Chilean Crew Burglarized Homes In Bergen, Elsewhere A Queens-based Chilean burglary ring is accused of stealing more than $1 million in cash, jewelry, electronics and more from homes on Long Island’s North Shore, in Saddle River and elsewhere in North Jersey. Two defendants from Queens -- Boneek Alexander Quintero-Baeza, 32, and Levy Frank Maury Bruggman, 23 -- were in custody awaiting the outcome of court proceedings to have them brought to Bergen County to face charges, authorities said Thursday. A third – identified as accused getaway driver Alexandra Ivonne Pizarro-Blanche 23 – was released. Police were still searching for the alleged …

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by Jerry DeMarco