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Irate Smoke Shop Customer Impersonates Detective, Had Airsoft Guns, Crystal Meth: Mahwah PD
A Mahwah smoke shop customer had two airsoft guns in his car, a holster in his waistband and some crystal meth on him when he claimed to be a police detective during a dispute with the owner, authorities said.
Officers who responded to the Hypnotic Smoke Shop on Franklin Turnpike around 9:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6, spoke with the owner and the irate customer, Capt. Guido Bussinelli said.
Gustavo Gonzalez Jr., 24, of Monroe, NY, apparently had tried to pay for merchandise with credit card numbers and not an actual card, the captain said.
The owner said he told Gonzalez that wasn’t allowed, aft…
NJ Bookkeeper From NY Gets Two Years In Fed Pen For Inflating His Payroll By $500,000
A New York man who worked as an office manager and bookkeeper for a Union County company is headed to federal prison for two years for inflating his payroll information by nearly $500,000, authorities said.
Over the course of about three years, Patrick Snoop, 35, of Monroe in Orange County, NY, “used his position to fraudulently inflate his salary on several occasions by providing falsified information to a payroll company used by his employer,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said.
The unauthorized changes cost his company $494,373, Carpenito said.
Snoop pleaded guilty to wire fraud before …
Police: Pregnant Passenger Busted Shooting Heroin In Route 17 Stop
A pregnant passenger who was shooting heroin when she and her fiancé were stopped by Upper Saddle River police before dawn Saturday pulled the needle out so fast that she bled on her clothes, authorities said.
Officer Kevin McWilliams stopped their car for various violations as the couple headed north on the highway toward their home in Monroe, NY, around 1:30 a.m., Detective Lt. Edward Kane said.
Williams immediately spotted a needle and empty heroin bag on the center console, Kane said.
Both the driver, Erik Shepard, 27, and his fiancée, Jacqueline Completo, 20, were apparently under the…
Wyckoff DWIs: Two Hit Utility Poles, Other Had No Lights Or Paperwork, Refuses Tests
A pair of drivers whose vehicles struck utility poles in Wyckoff days apart were both drunk – as was another who had her lights off as her Porsche drifted back and forth across northbound Route 208, authorities said.
Joseph R. Varcadipane Jr., 44, formerly of West Milford and Ramsey, was still sitting in his car after it slammed into a pole on Brookside Avenue near Stratton Court just after 6 p.m. Sept. 21, Lt. Joseph Soto said.
Varcadipane, of Monroe, NY, was briefly hospitalized and given a court date to answer charges of DWI, reckless driving, failing to keep right and not having proof o…
How Much Snow Did You Get? A Look At Totals From The Area
It didn't take long for much of the area to get more than a half-foot of snowfall accumulation.
The storm that swept through the area arrived very early Saturday evening and moved out east not long after midnight.
Here are snowfall totals we've already reached. Be sure to leave the total for your hometown with a comment below.
Hudson Valley
Westchester
Armonk, 7.5 inches
Croton-on-Hudson, 7.7 inches
Harrison, 7.5 inches
Irvington, 6.5 inches
Mamaroneck, 7 inches
Mount Kisco, 7.2 inches
Valhalla, 6.5 inches
White Plains, 7.5 inches
Yonkers, 6.5 inches
Putnam
Brewster, 6 inches
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