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WILD CHASE: 3 Caught When Overnight Little Ferry Crash Ends Secaucus Police Pursuit WILD CHASE: 3 Caught When Overnight Little Ferry Crash Ends Secaucus Police Pursuit
Wild Chase: 3 Caught When Overnight Little Ferry Crash Ends Secaucus Police Pursuit Three teens were hospitalized in custody following a stolen vehicle pursuit from Secaucus that ended in an overnight crash in Little Ferry. Police were chasing a 2014 Dodge Durango reported stolen out of Weehawken when it veered off the road and slammed into an evergreen in the front yard of a home where Moonachie Road bends into Liberty Street. The impact left the tree bent at a precarious angle. Two juveniles were quickly seized after the crash around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 3. Little Ferry Police K9 Timmy and Lt. John Andronaco found the third hiding behind a shed on nearby Verlock …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Sex Assault Suspect Jailed In Bergen Slapped With More Charges Sex Assault Suspect Jailed In Bergen Slapped With More Charges
Sex Assault Suspect Jailed In Bergen Slapped With More Charges A 25-year-old Montclair man being held in the Bergen County jail on sexual assault allegations was arrested and charged with another incident that occurred at a Secaucus hotel last year, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Fokam Parfait, 25, is accused of physically and sexually assaulting a 28-year-old woman in a Secaucus hotel on the Meadowlands Parkway last September, Suarez said.  The victim sustained head and facial injuries and Parfait prevented her from leaving the hotel room, Suarez said. Parfait had met the woman on an online dating app, Suarez said. Parfait was char…

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by Sam Barron
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Car Thief With Bullets Found In Meadowlands Motel: PD Car Thief With Bullets Found In Meadowlands Motel: PD
Car Thief With Bullets Found In Meadowlands Motel: PD A woman driving a car stolen out of Newark was found with several handgun bullets inside of a Secaucus motel Monday morning, April 24, authorities said. A Secaucus officer was patrolling near the Red Roof Inn on the Meadowlands Parkway around 7:35 a.m., when he "randomly" accessed the registration of an unoccupied Kia Forte that was parked, but running in the parking lot, Police Chief Dennis Miller said. The car had been stolen out of Newark in April 2003, and the driver — Doniesha Coar, 27 of Glassboro — was found inside the motel, Miller said. During a search of her jacket, Coa…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NY Man With Guns Threatens To Punch North Jersey Animal Shelter Volunteers: Police NY Man With Guns Threatens To Punch North Jersey Animal Shelter Volunteers: Police
NY Man With Guns Threatens To Punch North Jersey Animal Shelter Volunteers: Police A 24-year-old New York man who threatened to punch a volunteer at a Hudson County animal shelter was found with two guns and a high-capacity handgun magazine, authorities said. Police were called to the Secaucus Animal Shelter on the Meadowlands Parkway around 3:50 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25, where a man later identified as Cordell Phillip was arguing with volunteers, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Phillip, of College Point, was arguing over procedure for turning an injured dog over to them, and threatened to punch one of the volunteers then threatened another volunteer saying he…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Carjacker Steals Vehicle With Victim's GF, Baby Inside Day Before Home Burglary: Police NJ Carjacker Steals Vehicle With Victim's GF, Baby Inside Day Before Home Burglary: Police
NJ Carjacker Steals Vehicle With Victim's GF, Baby Inside Day Before Home Burglary: Police A New Jersey carjacker was arrested the morning after he took a sedan with a woman and baby inside, authorities said. The Route 3 Shell gas station victim told police he left his 2022 Nissan Altima running to go into the station's convenience store around 6:05 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. When he came out, he saw a robber open the driver's side door and drive away with his girlfriend and their baby inside, the chief said. Quick to respond, the victim said he grabbed the driver's side door but fell off as Raymond Scott, 18, sped away, according…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Men In Armed Robberies Nabbed In Routine NJ Traffic Stop With Guns, Magazines: Police Men In Armed Robberies Nabbed In Routine NJ Traffic Stop With Guns, Magazines: Police
Men In Armed Robberies Nabbed In Routine NJ Traffic Stop With Guns, Magazines: Police A pair of Brooklyn men were arrested during a traffic stop in Hudson County for several gunpoint robberies on Long Island, authorities said. Police stopped Seti Barnwell, 22, and Emmanuel Philostin, 20, after spotting their Dodge Charger with heavily tinted windows on the Meadowlands Parkway on Feb. 7, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. A loaded Taurus G2C, 9mm semi-automatic handgun, and two .40 caliber 15-round magazines were recovered, Miller said. Both men were charged with unlawful possession of a firearm possession of a high capacity magazine, unlawful possession of hollo…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police: VA Driver Had Shrooms, Handgun Loaded With Hollow Point Bullets In Secaucus Police: VA Driver Had Shrooms, Handgun Loaded With Hollow Point Bullets In Secaucus
Police: VA Driver Had Shrooms, Handgun Loaded With Hollow Point Bullets In Secaucus Psilocybin mushrooms and a handgun loaded with hollow point bullets were seized from a 33-year-old Virginia driver in a routine North Jersey motor vehicle stop, authorities said. Timothy Williams was stopped by Secaucus police who noticed he had expired registration and a faulty brake light on the Meadowlands Parkway around 8 a.m. Tuesday, July 20, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Officers spotted a handgun on the driver side floorboard, which turned out to be a 9mm Glock 43 loaded with both hollow point and full metal jacket ammunition, with a round in the chamber, Mille…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police: Paterson Man Busted With Loaded Handgun At Secaucus Motel Police: Paterson Man Busted With Loaded Handgun At Secaucus Motel
Police: Paterson Man Busted With Loaded Handgun At Secaucus Motel A 28-year-old Paterson man was busted with a loaded handgun in the parking lot of a Secaucus motel early Sunday morning, authorities said. Police responding to the Red Roof Inn on the Meadowlands Parkway on reports of a man with a gun found Damere Demarest, who matched the description, inside a vehicle in the parking lot around 7:05 a.m., Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. A loaded SCCY CPX-2 9mm handgun was recovered from Demarest, who was subsequently arrested and charged with unlawful possession of handgun ammunition and unlawful possession of a firearm, the chief said. …

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by Cecilia Levine
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STRIKE 3: Two-Time Gun Convict From Middlesex Admits Having Firearm In Secaucus Hotel Lot STRIKE 3: Two-Time Gun Convict From Middlesex Admits Having Firearm In Secaucus Hotel Lot
Strike 3: Two-Time Gun Convict From Middlesex Admits Having Firearm In Secaucus Hotel Lot A Middlesex County ex-con caught with a stolen handgun and dozens of rounds of ammo in the parking lot of a Secaucus hotel took a guilty plea Monday rather than go to trial, federal authorities announced Monday. With two former gun convictions, Sharome Neals, 27, of Carteret is looking at an extended prison term when he’s sentenced on May 25 in U.S. District Court in Newark. He’ll have to serve nearly all of it because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Police who stopped Neals's Ford Taurus for tinted windows in the Red Roof Inn parking lot on Meadowlands Parkway this past De…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prosecutor: Army Reservist Charged With Raping, Robbing Woman At Hudson County Hotel Prosecutor: Army Reservist Charged With Raping, Robbing Woman At Hudson County Hotel
Prosecutor: Army Reservist Charged With Raping, Robbing Woman At Hudson County Hotel A 27-year-old Monmouth County man jailed for a pair of North Jersey robberies also broke into a Secaucus motel, sexually assaulted a woman at gunpoint and robbed her, authorities charged. Dajan Mindingall of Eatontown forced his way into a room at the Red Roof Inn on Meadowlands Parkway around 1 a.m. Jan. 15, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said in a statement Friday. He sexually assaulted her and took more than $400, the statement said. Mindingall was served with the complaints at the Bergen County Jail, where he has remained since authorities captured him on Feb. 6 in Asb…

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by Cecilia Levine
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KNOW HIM? Authorities Seek Suspect In Secaucus Sex Assault KNOW HIM? Authorities Seek Suspect In Secaucus Sex Assault
Know HIM? Authorities Seek Suspect In Secaucus Sex Assault Authorities in Hudson County are seeking the public's help identifying a man involved in a recent sexual assault. The unidentified man is wanted in connection with the incident, which occurred around 1 a.m. Wednesday at the Red Roof Inn on the Meadowlands Parkway in Secaucus, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said. The suspect, pictured in the above composite sketch, is described as a tall man with a large build, authorities said.  Investigators are urging anyone with information to contact the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit at 201-915-1234 or leave an anon…

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by Cecilia Levine