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GOTCHA! South Jersey Porch Pirate Pinched After Pilfering Package, Police Say GOTCHA! South Jersey Porch Pirate Pinched After Pilfering Package, Police Say
Gotcha! South Jersey Porch Pirate Pinched After Pilfering Package, Police Say Porch pirating is in full swing as Christmas draws nearer, say Rochelle Park police who worked with their colleagues in Essex County to nab a suspect from South Jersey. A doorbell camera at a West Oldis Street home captured images of 21-year-old Leandro Malara of Gloucester City snatching a package, Lt. James M. DePreta said. Malara wore a distinctive Adidas-style tracksuit and left his four-door 2018 Maserati -- with stolen license plates--  running out front, he said. Detective Brian Cobb broadcast images of the package thief and was working soon after with his colleagues in Millbu…

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TRI-COUNTY CRIME SPREE: Unique Tattoo Makes ID’ing NJ Car Thief Simple, Police Say TRI-COUNTY CRIME SPREE: Unique Tattoo Makes ID’ing NJ Car Thief Simple, Police Say
Tri-county Crime Spree: Unique Tattoo Makes ID’ing NJ Car Thief Simple, Police Say When it comes to distinguishing marks, it's tough to beat an enormous butterfly-skull neck tattoo. It helped police identify an 18-year-old Newark man charged with breaking into homes or vehicles in no fewer than three North Jersey counties. Authorities in Rochelle Park became the latest to charge Zaire Gaskins, with police in even more towns possibly following. ROCHELLE PARK: Gaskins and two accomplices tried taking a BMW from a residence on West Oldis Street on Sept. 18, Police Lt. James DePreta said. When they couldn’t find the keys inside the vehicle, one of them unsuccessfully tried t…

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by Jerry DeMarco