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New Bergen Sheriff Begins Filling Administrative Posts New Bergen Sheriff Begins Filling Administrative Posts
New Bergen Sheriff Begins Filling Administrative Posts Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton appointed three former members of the county prosecutor's office to his administration. The appointments of two other new undersheriffs who've also accepted posts will be announced next month, Daily Voice has learned. David Borzotta and Jin Sung Kim were both named undersheriffs. Cora Taylor was appointed chief warrant officer. Most recently a security supervisor at MetLife Stadium, Borzotta was a detective for more than a decade, handling everything from drugs, gambling and burglaries to robberies, arsons, fatal accidents and homicides. For several ye…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Reputed Mob Associate From Old Tappan Charged In Multi-Million Dollar Gambling Ring Reputed Mob Associate From Old Tappan Charged In Multi-Million Dollar Gambling Ring
Reputed Mob Associate From Old Tappan Charged In Multi-Million Dollar Gambling Ring A reputed mob associate from Old Tappan was among three men charged with running an multi-million gambling ring out of Rockland. Marco Minuto, 60, originally was taken into custody in Bergen County last month on money laundering charges. A judge ordered him released hours later under New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform law. Authorities raided his home, as well as those of his alleged associates, as part of a takedown that authorities said was years in the making. The organized ring led by Minuto and his two co-defendants -- John Andriello, 65, of Pearl River, and 48-year-old Brian Levine of Garn…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Feds: Cliffside Park Dealer Had Softball-Sized Heroin Bags, Stolen Gun, Stashed In Bronx Garage Feds: Cliffside Park Dealer Had Softball-Sized Heroin Bags, Stolen Gun, Stashed In Bronx Garage
Feds: Cliffside Park Dealer Had Softball-Sized Heroin Bags, Stolen Gun, Stashed In Bronx Garage A Cliffside Park man had heroin bags the size of softballs, a stolen handgun with a high-capacity magazine and tens of thousands of dollars in cash stashed in a minivan parked in a public garage near the Bronx Botanical Gardens, federal authorities said. DEA agents followed Jose Pena, a/k/a “Gucci,” 31, as he drove from Cliffside Park to the garage, parked next to a minivan and got into it, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Approaching the minivan, they immediately spotted the bags of heroin, he said. They also found the stolen Glock .22-caliber pistol -- loaded with 13 bullets in a larg…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Edgewater Defendant Indicted In $12M Go-Go Bar Theft Ring Edgewater Defendant Indicted In $12M Go-Go Bar Theft Ring
Edgewater Defendant Indicted In $12M Go-Go Bar Theft Ring An Edgewater man conspired with the owner of a shuttered go-go bar to use stolen credit card information – and illegally acquired gift cards – to steal more than $12 million, authorities said. Kevin Bae, 30, shared a bank account with the Morris County bar owner “into which millions of dollars were transferred” through the scheme, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday. They generated the money through a variety of scams, including scaring elderly people over the phone into buying gift cards by pretending to be a grandchild who was in jail and needed bail money, Grewal said. The own…

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by Jerry DeMarco