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CEO In Bergen Sold $35M Worth Of Banned Chinese Surveillance Cams To Police, Others In NJ: Feds CEO In Bergen Sold $35M Worth Of Banned Chinese Surveillance Cams To Police, Others In NJ: Feds
CEO In Bergen Sold $35M Worth Of Banned Chinese Surveillance Cams To Police, Others In NJ: Feds A Jersey Shore businessman conned state and local law enforcement agencies and others into buying nearly $35 million worth of surveillance cameras that were made in China and then illegally rebranded for sale by his Bergen County company, federal authorities charged. Tamer Zakhary, 49, of Toms River, modified license-plate readers and other cameras, then removed the original company’s logo, an FBI complaint says. He then told the police departments, prosecutor's offices and other buyers throughout the state that they were compliant with the National Defense Authorization Act, U.S. Atto…

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Wet, Injured Deodorant Thief Captured After Crashing Stolen SUV, Fleeing Into Meadowlands Wet, Injured Deodorant Thief Captured After Crashing Stolen SUV, Fleeing Into Meadowlands
Wet, Injured Deodorant Thief Captured After Crashing Stolen SUV, Fleeing Into Meadowlands Dozens of stolen deodorant sticks didn't provide long-lasting protection for a thief who crashed a hot car, bailed out and was later captured, authorities in Lyndhurst and Kearny said. Brian Sweeney, 31, of Bayonne had just fled a Stuyvesant Avenue pharmacy in Lyndhurst with 30 sticks of deodorant worth $167 when he crashed an older-model Chevy SUV with bogus license plates into a utility pole on the Belleville Turnpike in Kearny, Lyndhurst Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. An off-duty Jersey City police officer in uniform happened upon the scene and got out to help, Auteri said. Assuming…

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Man Charged With Trafficking Child Porn Lives Across Street From NJ School Man Charged With Trafficking Child Porn Lives Across Street From NJ School
Man Charged With Trafficking Child Porn Lives Across Street From NJ School An IT analyst who lives across the street from a Lyndhurst public school was caught with more than 100 child porn images, authorities said. Paul S. An, 26, was arrested Wednesday following a raid of his Stuyvesant Avenue home on July 29, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. An investigation found that An – who lives across from the K-12 Roosevelt School – “used the Internet to view, download, and share approximately 110 digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent children,” the prosecutor said. Cyber Crimes Unit detectives charged him with three counts …

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HEROES: Lyndhurst Police Save Another Cardiac Victim HEROES: Lyndhurst Police Save Another Cardiac Victim
Heroes: Lyndhurst Police Save Another Cardiac Victim A 62-year-old Lyndhurst man lay lifeless on his front lawn Thursday night when a township police officer arrived and immediately began administering CPR. Officer Thomas McSweeney was the first responder at the Stuyvesant Avenue home, where he was quickly joined by Detectives Geoff Rejent and William Kapp. “Together they continued lifesaving measures and administered a shock from a defibrillator,” Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said Friday. “As a result of their efforts they were able to resuscitate him.” Lyndhurst EMTs Charles Robert Pelle and Kenan Tepeli continued to render aid to the vict…

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Lyndhurst Pedestrian, 80, Struck By SUV Driven By Township Resident, 18 Lyndhurst Pedestrian, 80, Struck By SUV Driven By Township Resident, 18
Lyndhurst Pedestrian, 80, Struck By SUV Driven By Township Resident, 18 An 80-year-old Lyndhurst pedestrian was hospitalized with what was believed to be a broken left wrist after she was struck by an SUV Monday morning. The 18-year-old Toyota Sienna driver, also from town, was making a left turn from westbound Valley Brook Avenue onto Stuyvesant Avenue when her vehicle bumped the woman shortly before 9:30 a.m., Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. She was injured in the fall and taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, he said. No summonses were immediately issued, Auteri said, adding that an investigation was continuing.

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