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Peeping Tom Breaks Into Rider Student's Dorm Hoping For Glimpse: Police Peeping Tom Breaks Into Rider Student's Dorm Hoping For Glimpse: Police
Peeping Tom Breaks Into Rider Student's Dorm Hoping For Glimpse: Police A Ewing man was arrested and charged with burglary after he broke into a Rider University dormitory and tried to look into a female room, authorities said. Officers responding to a report of a suspicious male at the campus around 12:35 Monday heard from two female students that the male in question had entered behind them and followed them into their residence hall. Once inside, the male allegedly stayed in the hallways and approached their room door before standing directly in front, bending over, and trying to look under the door and inside the room. Students then contacted Rider Univers…

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by Valerie Musson
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Adult, Juvenile Charged With Arson In Multi-Alarm North Jersey Warehouse Fire Adult, Juvenile Charged With Arson In Multi-Alarm North Jersey Warehouse Fire
Adult, Juvenile Charged With Arson In Multi-Alarm North Jersey Warehouse Fire UPDATE: A vacant warehouse blaze that injured a firefighter in Palisades Park was deliberately set by two Ridgefield residents, authorities charged. Alexander Regalado, 18, was arrested and a juvenile was detained after they were identified as responsible for the multi-alarm Fourth of July weekend fire on Fairview Street off Grand Avenue, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The fire, which ravaged the warehouse and damaged a neighboring building, wasn’t fully extinguished for nearly six hours. Route 46 was closed in both directions at one point because of the thick smoke and a fi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
‘Artifact’ Horn Stolen From Historic NJ Locomotive, $2K Reward For Clues On Suspect (PHOTOS) ‘Artifact’ Horn Stolen From Historic NJ Locomotive, $2K Reward For Clues On Suspect (PHOTOS)
‘Artifact’ Horn Stolen From Historic NJ Locomotive, $2K Reward For Clues On Suspect (Photos) A horn described as a historical artifact was stolen from a New Jersey locomotive during a public display, and a $2,000 reward is being offered for clues on the culprit. Morristown & Erie Railway’s horn was stolen while locomotive No. 19 was on public display in Whippany over the Fourth of July weekend, according to a Facebook post from the Tri-State Railway Historical Society. The theft is being treated as an act of criminal trespass on an active railroad, as well as criminal theft and vandalism of a locomotive, the society said. “This is a hugely disappointing end to an otherwise gr…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
NJ Woman Details Extremist Group's Attempt To Drive Her Out Of New House On TikTok NJ Woman Details Extremist Group's Attempt To Drive Her Out Of New House On TikTok
NJ Woman Details Extremist Group's Attempt To Drive Her Out Of New House On TikTok A New Jersey woman posted a 48-part series on TikTok detailing the terrifying days that a member of an extremist group invaded her home and tried to reclaim it as his ancestral property. Shanetta -- on the video-sharing app as @regblackgrl -- said she began getting letters from members of a sovereign citizens group who claimed ownership of her Ivy Street home in Newark, since purchasing and renovating it back in February. Sometime last week, the men -- who identified as members of the Al Moroccan Empire -- broke into the house, changed the locks and hung a moorish flag in the window. On J…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Rockland Fugitive Barricades Himself In Jersey Shore Club, Authorities Say Rockland Fugitive Barricades Himself In Jersey Shore Club, Authorities Say
Rockland Fugitive Barricades Himself In Jersey Shore Club, Authorities Say UPDATED: A SWAT team was called to a vacant beachfront club in Central Jersey after a Rockland County man refused to leave, authorities said. The man was wanted for making terroristic threats against law enforcement in Ramapo, New York, they said. Deal police responded to a call about a trespasser at 12:41 p.m. on Wednesday. The man became uncooperative, prompting an hours-long standoff with police and help from the SWAT team, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni. Upon entering the vacant Loch Arbour Beach Club. Deal police said they recognized …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Middlesex Man Nabbed In Burlington County ShopRite Thefts UPDATE: Middlesex Man Nabbed In Burlington County ShopRite Thefts
Update: Middlesex Man Nabbed In Burlington County ShopRite Thefts Social media tips led to the arrest of a Middlesex man accused of shoplifting from a Burlington County grocery store. State Police on Sept. 9 asked for the public's help in identifying a man who stole items from the Hainesport ShopRite. Several tips subsequently identified Jamal Boone, 46, as a suspect, police said. Troopers located Boone on Saturday, and arrested him without incident at a home in Mount Holly, State Police said. He was charged with shoplifting, eluding, obstruction of administrative law, obstructing highways and other public passage, terroristic threats, crimina…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Hustler Busted 44 Times For Preying On Unsuspecting Newark Airport Travelers Goes To Jail Hustler Busted 44 Times For Preying On Unsuspecting Newark Airport Travelers Goes To Jail
Hustler Busted 44 Times For Preying On Unsuspecting Newark Airport Travelers Goes To Jail A city judge sent a chronic "hack hustler" who’s been busted 44 times for illegally offering rides to travelers at Newark Airport to jail for 120 days. Mahmoud Yasin, 62, pleaded guilty to illegally soliciting transportation and criminal trespass in connection with six separate arrests by Port Authority police before Municipal Court Judge Marvin Adames sentenced him. “This is as a result of PAPD Newark Liberty International Airport Command’s efforts working with Essex County Prosecutor’s Office to increase the penalty for persistent hack hustlers at the airport,” Port Authority spokeswoman …

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by Jerry DeMarco