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NYPD Uses North Jersey-Based Law Enforcement Magazine As Bait To Catch Serial Package Thief NYPD Uses North Jersey-Based Law Enforcement Magazine As Bait To Catch Serial Package Thief
Nypd Uses North Jersey-Based Law Enforcement Magazine As Bait To Catch Serial Package Thief Palisades Park Police Sgt. George Beck had only just become editor-in-chief of Blue Magazine when two cunning members of the NYPD used the Passaic County-based publication as bait to snare a serial package thief. Carlos Maisonet, a 52-year-old repeat offender wanted on a parole violation, had broken into an Upper West Side apartment building on Columbus Avenue near 85th Street and taken packages three times overnight during a week-long period ending Feb. 6, authorities said. “Each time, he manipulated the building's front door lock, entered the lobby, and went straight to the mail room wher…

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