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Little Ferry Police Capture Fugitive Ex-Con Wanted In Cold-Blooded Newark Killing
A fugitive wanted for shooting and killing a man on a Newark street more than a year ago was captured by Little Ferry police who said he'd been hiding out in a local motel.
Dennys Santana, 28, had been on the run since the out-of-state victim was shot point-blank in the head up the street from Santana's Highland Avenue apartment on Aug. 20, 2020, authorities said.
The victim, Milan Madison, 28, of Hyattsville, Maryland, was pronounced dead at the scene, they said.
A warrant for Santana's arrest was issued in October 2020. The Essex County Prosecutor's Homicide Unit had been looking for him…
Wild Ride: Beaten, Bitten Uber Driver Pepper Sprays Carjacking Couple In Elmwood Park
An Uber driver was beaten and bitten by a paroled armed robber he’d picked at a Route 46 motel but managed to pepper-spray the ex-con and his companion before they could carjack him, Elmwood Park police said.
Dahmier Garvey, 23, and Johanna Bell, 19, got into his vehicle near the Red Carpet Motel on the eastbound highway early Sunday night, the 36-year-old victim from Wyckoff told responding officers.
He told them that there was no smoking in the vehicle, he said, and that Uber company police required that both wear COVID masks, Police Chief Michael Foligno said.
Bell, of Hawthorne wore …
This Yours? Police Nab Route 46 Motel Guest With Stolen Safe, Plus Rifle Mags, Heroin Bags
A man seen dumping a stolen safe into a trash bin at a Route 46 motel was caught with a trio of rifle magazines and various gun parts, South Hackensack police said.
Edward Austeri, 36, recently of Lodi, also had 200 bags of heroin in his pocket when police stopped him Tuesday at the Stage Coach Motel, Detective Sgt. James Donatello said.
Austeri -- who has an extensive, drug-related criminal history -- was staying at the Stage Coach with Michael Toney, 34, also recently of Lodi, Donatello said.
Police responded to the motel after Austeri was spotted dropping a huge box into a Dumpster, Do…
