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Reward Increased: Offer To Help Find Missing NJ Man Boosted To $2,000
Family members said they last spoke with Edgar Pelaez of Clifton by phone on July 16, 2022. No one has seen nor heard from him since, police said.
Authorities recharged the case on Wednesday, Aug. 30, increasing a reward for help finding the father of two to $2,000.
Edgar, 39, was last known to be in the area of Hoover Avenue in Passaic, Clifton Police Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. He'd also frequented Botany Village (Clifton) and Parker Avenue in Passaic.
“His family is concerned for his welfare due to existing medical issues,” Clifton police had said after he'd been reported missin…
Terrifying: Armed Home Invaders Duct Tape 73-Year-Old NJ Grandma's Mouth, Wrists, Ankles
A 73-year-old Clifton woman working on an arts and crafts project was thrown to the floor and had her mouth, wrist and ankles bound in her own duct tape by two home invaders, one of whom was armed, authorities said.
Officers responding to a noontime call of a home invasion in progress on Linden Avenue found the robbers gone and the victim on the living-room floor on Sunday, March 26, Clifton Police Lt. Robert Bracken said.
"Her mouth, wrist and ankles had been bound in duct tape," the lieutenant said.
The officers freed the victim, who told them she originally thought nothing of sound…
