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Haledon Woman Charged In Ridgefield Park Ex-Girlfriend's Stabbing At Mahwah Clothing Warehouse
A Haledon woman who police said stabbed and threw bleach at her ex-girlfriend at the Mahwah clothing warehouse where they worked remained held Tuesday in the Bergen County Jail. Mahwah police on Monday evening charged Colleen Wilson -- a 42-year-old Jamaican national who also uses the name Stacey Arkins -- with two counts each of aggravated assault and illegal weapons possession. ICE on Tuesday issued a detainer requesting that Wilson remain held in the county lockup so that a legal residency hearing could be scheduled. The 24-year-old Ridgefield Park victim told them that Wilson threw wh…
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Store Owner From Teaneck Admits Pocketing $750,000 Of Taxpayer Money In Food Voucher Scam
A now-former store owner from Teaneck who was captured after fleeing the country admitted Thursday that he scammed the federal government out of more than $750,000 through a federal food voucher scheme. Jamil Bader, 60, put a small grocery store that he owned on Clinton Avenue in Newark in another person’s name because he’d been banned from participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) because of similar wrongdoing, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. This time, Bader admitted, he “repeatedly exchanged SNAP benefits for cash and kept a portion of the proceeds for him…
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Newark Store Owner Admits Pocketing $750,000 Of Taxpayer Money In Federal Food Voucher Scam
A now-former Newark store owner who was captured after fleeing the country admitted Thursday that he scammed the federal government out of more than $750,000 through a federal food voucher scheme. Jamil Bader, 60, put a small grocery store that he owned on Clinton Avenue in Newark in another person’s name because he’d been banned from participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) because of similar wrongdoing, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. This time, Bader admitted, he “repeatedly exchanged SNAP benefits for cash and kept a portion of the proceeds for himself,”…
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13 Illegal Immigrants Arrested By ICE In 4-Day New Jersey Operation
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 13 immigration violators in New Jersey during a four-day surge effort, the agency said. The operation targeted aliens who have been issued a final order of removal in the past five years, have failed to depart the United States, and have received criminal convictions or have pending criminal charges. “As this operation clearly demonstrates, ICE continues to focus its efforts first on public safety threats,” ERO Newark Field Office Director John Tsoukaris said. “The vast majority of the individuals targeted in this effort ha…
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Police: Missing Paterson Girl, 15, Abducted, Raped By Illegal Immigrant Headed To Chicago
UPDATE (10/1/2019): A federal grand jury has returned charges against an illegal immigrant living in Passaic County who authorities said abducted and raped a 15-year-old Paterson girl he took to Ohio. Juan Carlos Morales-Pedraza, a 33-year-old Ecuadorian national who’d been deported in 2010 but snuck back into the U.S., abducted the girl this past April and transported her to Ohio “with the intent that she engage in sexual activity,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. A superseding indictment returned by a grand jury in U.S. District Court in Newark charges Morales-Pedraza with kidnapping,…
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Police: Missing Paterson Girl, 15, Abducted, Raped By Illegal Immigrant Headed To Chicago
An illegal immigrant from Mexico had a missing 15-year-old girl from Paterson he’d abducted and raped with him when an Ohio state trooper pulled his car over earlier this week, authorities said. Juan Carlos Morales-Pedraza, a 35-year-old Ecuadorian national who previously had been deported but snuck back into the U.S., “forced the girl to perform acts on him” and was taking her to Chicago, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said in a statement. A trooper stopped a 2013 Nissan Sentra driven by Morrales-Pedraza on westbound Route 80 in Lucas County on Tuesday for failing to move over, the highway …
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South Hackensack Handyman Charged With Molesting Pre-Teenage Girl
An undocumented 52-year-old handyman living in South Hackensack molested a pre-teenage girl over the course of a couple of years, authorities charged. ICE put a detainer on Segundo Calle-Calle, an Ecuadoran national who remained held in the Bergen County Jail following his April 1 arrest. Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo Hackensack police contacted his Special Victims Unit after receiving a report that Calle-Calle “engaged in sexual acts with a juvenile under the age of thirteen in South Hackensack.” Detectives from the unit arrested Calle-Calle on charges of sexual assault by c…
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Clifton Detective Breaks Foot Chasing Immigrant Wanted By ICE
A Clifton detective broke his foot chasing a man who, it turned out, was wanted by ICE, authorities said. Investigators and uniformed officers who joined them found the man hiding in the rafters of a shed after a lengthy pursuit that began in the area of Hope and Highland avenues last Wednesday, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. He’d bolted after the detectives tried to talk with him, then struggled while being taken into custody, Bracken said. Authorities released the man after processing him on charges of resisting arrest and minor drug possession. The detective, meanwhile, received tr…
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Emerson PD: Officer Nabs iPhone Thief Who Signed For Package, ICE Issues Detainer
A package thief took a different approach when he used an Emerson woman's address to order two iPhones, then waited and signed for the delivery outside her house, authorities said. Responding quickly to a call from the Jordan Road resident, Officer Glenn Howard spotted and pulled over the thief's car -- bearing Ohio license plates -- on Forest Road, Capt. Michael McDermott said Tuesday. Howard "saw the shipping label torn off a package and two iPhones inside with a packing invoice addressed to the Emerson resident on Jordan Road," McDermott said. He took the driver, 31-year-old Dominican R…
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Prez: 'Salacious' Newspaper Report On Police Use Of Force Slanted, Selfish, Irresponsible
A story from NJ Advance Media on law enforcement use of force will look to develop controversy and discontent by providing data with little context about the use of force officers are required to use. Police officers face an unparalleled challenge of saving lives, restoring peace, and bringing criminals to justice. The situations they face are dynamic and involve split-second decisions. They are not done within the safety and security of a newsroom. The actions they take can mean life or death. In 2016 alone over 1,800 New Jersey Police Officers were assaulted while doing…
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Grewal's New Rules: NJ Sheriffs Can No Longer Hold Immigrants Charged With Crimes For ICE
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal on Thursday ordered county sheriffs to ignore ICE detainers if a local judge orders the release of a suspected illegal immigrant who’s been charged with a crime. Grewal also prohibited police and jail operators from holding a detainee arrested for a minor crime “past the time he or she would otherwise be released from custody simply because ICE has submitted an immigration detainer.” Not only that, he forbade them from even notifying ICE of their release. “With respect to detainees charged with violent or serious offenses – such as murder, rape,…
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Prosecutor: Cliffside Park Laborer Had Sex With Two Pre-Teens, ICE Issues Deportation Detainer
Federal immigration authorities have placed a detainer for deportation hearings on a Cliffside Park laborer accused of having sex with two different children each under 13 years old. A judge in Hackensack ordered that Jairo N. Jocon, a 37-year-old Guatemalan national, remained held in the Bergen County Jail following his arrest last week on sexual assault and child endangerment charges, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. A detention hearing was scheduled for this Wednesday in Hackensack. If a judge orders his release, new Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton told Daily Voic…
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