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GOTCHA! Package Thief Who Attacked NJ Postal Carrier Captured, Police Say GOTCHA! Package Thief Who Attacked NJ Postal Carrier Captured, Police Say
Gotcha! Package Thief Who Attacked NJ Postal Carrier Captured, Police Say A man wanted for mugging a postal carrier in broad daylight on a busy downtown Englewood street last month is in custody, authorities said. Ronald A. Benitez Santana, a 31-year-old Dominican national who lives in the Bronx, was nabbed by New Jersey State Police who stopped him for a traffic violation and found a warrant for his arrest in connection with the Feb. 10 incident, city Capt. Fred Pulice said. Santana was so intent on intercepting a particular delivery that day that he staked out the local postal annex, Pulice said. He also took cellphone photos of the contents of the carrier's t…

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Postal Carrier Accosted By Package Thief On Downtown NJ Street Postal Carrier Accosted By Package Thief On Downtown NJ Street
Postal Carrier Accosted By Package Thief On Downtown NJ Street SEE ANYTHING? An Englewood postal carrier escaped serious injury Thursday in a knockdown, broad-daylight struggle with a strong-arm robber now being sought by police. The assailant was so intent on intercepting a particular package that he apparently staked out the local postal annex earlier in the day and then took cellphone photos of the contents of the carrier's truck while it was parked outside a downtown residential/commercial building on West Palisade Avenue. An employee at the Towne Centre at Englewood alerted the carrier to the stranger, Police Lt. Fred Pulice said. "Can I help you…

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