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FEDS: Serial Burglar Makes Bogus Calls To Divert Police Before Multiple NJ Drug Store Break-Ins FEDS: Serial Burglar Makes Bogus Calls To Divert Police Before Multiple NJ Drug Store Break-Ins
Feds: Serial Burglar Makes Bogus Calls To Divert Police Before Multiple NJ Drug Store Break-Ins A hapless burglar tried to keep police in a half-dozen Bergen County towns busy with bogus calls of carjackings, kidnappings and other threats to try and buy himself time to break into local drug stores, federal authorities said. Michael J. Gynegrowski, 34, hit pharmacies in Cresskill, Hackensack, Oradell, River Vale and Teaneck, usually by breaking a window, they said. Six of a reported 10 attempts failed, but Gynegrowski did swipe a significant amount of Oxy, promethazine and other medications from an Englewood drug store, investigators told Daily Voice. Police in the various towns …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Pistol-Packing Ex-Con Busted At Jersey Shore ER Said He Was DEA: Indictment Pistol-Packing Ex-Con Busted At Jersey Shore ER Said He Was DEA: Indictment
Pistol-Packing Ex-Con Busted At Jersey Shore ER Said He Was DEA: Indictment An ex-con who authorities said showed up at a Jersey Shore emergency room packing a loaded gun and claiming he was a DEA agent was indicted by a federal grand jury. Wesley Rucker, 36, of Tinton Falls has had more than two years to consider a deal with the government rather than proceed with the case. He hasn’t taken one, however, and now he’s under indictment. Staff members at Hackensack Meridian Health Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank spotted Rucker carrying the handgun in his waistband, the ATF said. “Rucker showed the security officer two identification cards in a leather bifold wa…

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Rochelle Park Officer Nabs Wanted Southerner With Loaded Gun In Pickup Stop Rochelle Park Officer Nabs Wanted Southerner With Loaded Gun In Pickup Stop
Rochelle Park Officer Nabs Wanted Southerner With Loaded Gun In Pickup Stop A South Carolina man wanted on an illegal gun possession charge out of Louisiana was caught by a Rochelle Park police officer with a loaded 9mm handgun and a high-capacity magazine in his truck, authorities said. Officer Chris Kiszka stopped the Dodge Ram with South Carolina plates for multiple violations on West Passaic Street last week, Capt. James DePreta said on Monday, Nov. 27. The driver -- James Locklair, 24, of Neeces, SC -- "abruptly raised his hands and volunteered that he had a firearm in the vehicle" during the Nov. 21 stop, the captain said. A loaded Tauru…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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GOTCHA! Organized Couple Busted By Glen Rock Detective After $3,650 CVS Cosmetics Thefts GOTCHA! Organized Couple Busted By Glen Rock Detective After $3,650 CVS Cosmetics Thefts
Gotcha! Organized Couple Busted By Glen Rock Detective After $3,650 CVS Cosmetics Thefts A Glen Rock police detective nabbed an organized pair of thieves -- one from Elmwood Park, the other from Paterson -- who swiped nearly $3,650 worth of cosmetics from a local CVS in separate trips, authorities said. Detective Sgt. James Calaski identified Carla E. Granda-Jara, a 37-year-old resident of the Silk City, and Ricardo E. Campos-Bardales, 42,  following the May 19 and May 24 shopliftings at the Rock Road pharmacy, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Calaski arrested Granda-Jara with help from his colleagues in Fair Lawn last Thursday, June 8, the chief said. The sergeant grabb…

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Fugitive 20, With Gun Conviction Seized By Passaic Sheriff's Detectives With US Marshals Unit Fugitive 20, With Gun Conviction Seized By Passaic Sheriff's Detectives With US Marshals Unit
Fugitive 20, With Gun Conviction Seized By Passaic Sheriff's Detectives With US Marshals Unit Passaic County sheriff's detectives assigned to a special U.S. Marshals Service unit captured a 20-year-old fugitive from Paterson -- at his home. Aaron Young had been the subject of a manhunt after he violated probation on Dec. 12 following a gun conviction, Sheriff Richard Berdnik said. Sheriff's detectives with the Marshals' New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force seized Young at his home shortly before 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, Berdnik said. He was carrying 15 crack capsules, along with illegal prescription drugs and a small amount of pot, the sheriff said. Investigators …

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Impaired Pharmacist Had Bottles Of Unlabeled Pills, Front-End Damage, Lyndhurst Police Charge Impaired Pharmacist Had Bottles Of Unlabeled Pills, Front-End Damage, Lyndhurst Police Charge
Impaired Pharmacist Had Bottles Of Unlabeled Pills, Front-End Damage, Lyndhurst Police Charge A pharmacist from Passaic County whose luxury SUV had fresh front-end damage also was impaired and had several unlabeled bottles of prescription drugs in the vehicle when Lyndhurst police stopped him, authorities said. Paresh Gandhi, 51, of Totowa was trying to parallel park his Audi Q3 on Ridge Road when Summer Avenue when he was found by Officers Anthony Giaquinto and Michael Carrinoa as they responded to a call of a drunk driver around 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 18, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. They and Carrino, Giaquinto and Officer Matt Dudek discovered a half-dozen plastic bottles of p…

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Police: Drugged Bergen Dad's Car Stalls On RR Tracks With Boy, $110,000 Cash Inside Police: Drugged Bergen Dad's Car Stalls On RR Tracks With Boy, $110,000 Cash Inside
Police: Drugged Bergen Dad's Car Stalls On RR Tracks With Boy, $110,000 Cash Inside Elmwood Park police who rescued a local driver and his young son after their car got stuck on railroad tracks found the man under the influence of drugs and $110,000 in cash in a bag, authorities said. Officers responding to the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway freight line found Asad Ali with his 11-year-old son in a Toyota Corolla with no license plates shortly before 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Ali, who was disoriented and appeared impaired by drugs, said his credentials were in a backpack in the trunk, so the officers let him retrieve it, Foligno said…

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Oradell Police Officer Charged With Stealing Prescription Meds From Public Drop Box Oradell Police Officer Charged With Stealing Prescription Meds From Public Drop Box
Oradell Police Officer Charged With Stealing Prescription Meds From Public Drop Box An Oradell police officer stole prescription medications from a secure drop box designed for the public to safely dispose of drugs, authorities charged. Jeffrey Peters, 41, of Hawthorne “gained access on several occasions and removed prescription narcotics” from the locked drop box in the police department lobby, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Tuesday. Peters, who joined the department in 2016, was suspended with pay pending the outcome of the charges, the prosecutor said. He was released pending a Feb. 10 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on …

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West Milford PD: Owner Arrested Retrieving Lost Bag Filled With Opioids From Police West Milford PD: Owner Arrested Retrieving Lost Bag Filled With Opioids From Police
West Milford PD: Owner Arrested Retrieving Lost Bag Filled With Opioids From Police A West Milford man was busted when he to went to collect a misplaced bag of medications from police, authorities said. An officer from another department turned the black messenger bag over to township police after finding it while working a road construction detail on Union Valley Road near Sussex Drive, police said. Inside, Officer Stephen Herzog reported finding prescription bottles with the name of George Richards, 58, several bottles without labels and a “large quantity” of opioid pain killers. He contacted Richards, who showed up at headquarters to collect his bag. Detectives Nichol…

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by Jerry DeMarco