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Accused Crew Member Wanted For Glen Rock Liquor Store Thefts Brought To NJ From Rockland Accused Crew Member Wanted For Glen Rock Liquor Store Thefts Brought To NJ From Rockland
Accused Crew Member Wanted For Glen Rock Liquor Store Thefts Brought To NJ From Rockland A fugitive member of an organized retail theft crew from more than 50 miles away was brought to New Jersey after being captured across the state line in Rockland, authorities said. How long she'll remain jailed in the Garden State is open to question, however. Clarkstown police nabbed repeat offender Shatoya L. Smith, 26, of the Orange County, NY town of Newburgh on a fugitive warrant, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. She’d been held in the Rockland County Correctional Center in New City before being extradited to New Jersey early last week to be charged in connection with a ser…

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Lyndhurst PD: Fleeing Motorcyclist From Lodi, 19, Captured Carrying Drugs, Knife Lyndhurst PD: Fleeing Motorcyclist From Lodi, 19, Captured Carrying Drugs, Knife
Lyndhurst PD: Fleeing Motorcyclist From Lodi, 19, Captured Carrying Drugs, Knife A motorcyclist who tried to give a Lyndhurst police officer the slip was captured following a brief chase, authorities said. Jaydan Tejada, 19, of Lodi, was carrying a large kitchen knife, a ski mask, and assorted drugs -- crystal meth and psilocybin mushrooms, as well as THC candies and vaporizers -- following the pursuit, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. It began shortly after 11:30 p.m. Mondy, Aug. 7, when Officer Nicollette Villani spotted a pair of motorcycles heading south on Park Avenue. Neither rider was wearing a helmet and both had their lights off, Auteri said. …

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Wallet Thief Nabbed In Mall After Ubering Straight To Nieman Marcus, Louis Vuitton: Paramus PD Wallet Thief Nabbed In Mall After Ubering Straight To Nieman Marcus, Louis Vuitton: Paramus PD
Wallet Thief Nabbed In Mall After Ubering Straight To Nieman Marcus, Louis Vuitton: Paramus PD A repeat offender who hopped into a waiting Uber after snatching a man's wallet from the bar at a Paramus restaurant was already using the victim's credit cards as police interviewed him, authorities said. Turned out to be a huge break. Officer Matt Orefice was talking with the 44-year-old victim at the Capital Grille on Route 17 when the man received an alert on his cellphone that a credit card of his had just been used at the Nieman Marcus store in the Garden State Plaza just down the road, Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. Orefice quickly notified Neiman Marcus security and headed to t…

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26 Catalytic Converters Stolen Overnight In Teaneck: One Caught, One Sought 26 Catalytic Converters Stolen Overnight In Teaneck: One Caught, One Sought
26 Catalytic Converters Stolen Overnight In Teaneck: One Caught, One Sought Two men were part of a quick-strike crew who stole 26 catalytic converters combined over two early mornings in Teaneck, said authorities who arrested one and are searching for the other. The crew, which is responsible for countless recent catalytic converter thefts throughout New Jersey, swiped nine of the devices in the northeast section of Teaneck on Jan. 21, followed by 17 more ten days later, Teaneck Police Chief Andrew McGurr said. The thieves trolled the area during the early morning hours in a stolen SUV bearing a bogus temporary registration tag, the chief said. Thieves have been …

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Five Arrests In 365 Days For Accused Domestic Violence Offender From Englewood Five Arrests In 365 Days For Accused Domestic Violence Offender From Englewood
Five Arrests In 365 Days For Accused Domestic Violence Offender From Englewood An Englewood woman already on probation remained held in the Bergen County Jail following a slashing, authorities confirmed. Reyna P. Flores Ramirez, 30, was arrested by police who said they recovered the knife following the incident on White Street on Sunday afternoon, April 16. The victim sustained a minor injury, they said. White was charged with aggravated assault, weapons possession, violating a domestic violence court order and violating probation and sent to the county lockup, records show. The 5-foot-3-inch, 154-pound Ramirez was sent there following repeated arrests beginning a y…

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Fleeing Domestic Violence Suspect Seized In Paramus Parking Lot, Sought Suicide-By-Cop: Police Fleeing Domestic Violence Suspect Seized In Paramus Parking Lot, Sought Suicide-By-Cop: Police
Fleeing Domestic Violence Suspect Seized In Paramus Parking Lot, Sought Suicide-By-Cop: Police UPDATE: A knife-wielding Ridgewood man who'd just fled a domestic violence assault was bent on suicide-by-cop when officers seized him during a tense Easter Sunday night standoff in a Paramus parking lot, authorities said. Keith Hanlon, 41, had been arrested on a domestic violence charge this past Christmas and was almost immediately released by a judge in Hackensack under New Jersey's bail reform law, records show. Hanlon again assaulted a woman, choking her, at a garden apartment complex on Oak Street in Ridgewood around 8 p.m. Easter Sunday, authorities said. He then apparently stabbed…

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17 Shots: One Caught, Others Sought After Gunfire Erupts In Front Of Paterson Detective 17 Shots: One Caught, Others Sought After Gunfire Erupts In Front Of Paterson Detective
17 Shots: One Caught, Others Sought After Gunfire Erupts In Front Of Paterson Detective Paterson detectives were in the middle of a drug investigation when one of them saw a group of assailants armed with handguns suddenly open fire on another group on a city street corner. Everything happened quickly after that. By the time it was done, an accused shooter was in custody and two handguns had been recovered, Paterson Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Detectives and uniformed officers rushed to the corner of Rosa Parks Boulevard and Putnam Street following the 2 p.m. shooting on Monday, Feb. 20. As many as 17 shots were believed fired before both groups scattered with…

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Teaneck Stabbing: Offender With Violent History Denied Release On Attempted Murder Charges Teaneck Stabbing: Offender With Violent History Denied Release On Attempted Murder Charges
Teaneck Stabbing: Offender With Violent History Denied Release On Attempted Murder Charges UPDATE: A judge denied the release of a career criminal charged with attempted murder in the stabbing of another man early this month at a newly-opened luxury apartment complex in Teaneck. Jacob Gibbs, 26, who is 6-foot-2 and has dreadlocks, was quickly identified following the stabbing at the One500 on Teaneck Road shortly before 4 p.m. Nov. 1, Deputy Police Chief Andrew R. McGurr said. “Detectives following up leads” seized him at a Bogota home the next day, the deputy chief said. It turned out Gibbs, of Teaneck, was already wanted on warrants out of Fair Lawn and the township, records…

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UPDATE: Arrest Made In Teaneck Stabbing UPDATE: Arrest Made In Teaneck Stabbing
Update: Arrest Made In Teaneck Stabbing A judge in Hackensack denied the release of a career criminal accused of stabbing another man in Teaneck. Jacob Gibbs, 26, is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and illegal weapons possession in the stabbing at the recently opened One500 luxury apartment complex on Teaneck Road shortly before 4 p.m. Nov. 1. Gibbs, who is 6-foot-2 and has dreadlocks, was quickly identified, authorities said. “Detectives following up leads” captured him at a Bogota home the next day, Deputy Police Chief Andrew R. McGurr said. It turned out Gibbs, of Teaneck, was already wanted on warrants out…

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Whoopsie: Fleeing Scooter Rider Trying To Evade Officer Pulls Into Moonachie Police HQ Whoopsie: Fleeing Scooter Rider Trying To Evade Officer Pulls Into Moonachie Police HQ
Whoopsie: Fleeing Scooter Rider Trying To Evade Officer Pulls Into Moonachie Police HQ A North Bergen man being chased by a Moonachie officer apparently didn’t realize where he was headed when he pulled into – of all places – the parking lot at police headquarters. Eudy Guareno-Abreu, 32, was speeding and crossing the double yellow line to pass several vehicles on an electric scooter on Moonachie Road when Officer Sean Mulligan activated his emergency lights and siren and began pursuing him, Police Chief Richard Behrens said. Seeing him, Guareno-Abreu pulled a U-turn, began passing vehicles on the right and took a left onto East Park Street, the chief said. Then he headed do…

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PalPark Burglary Cracked With Arrest Of Uber Robber's Accused Getaway Driver PalPark Burglary Cracked With Arrest Of Uber Robber's Accused Getaway Driver
PalPark Burglary Cracked With Arrest Of Uber Robber's Accused Getaway Driver A Garfield man who was charged last week in the knifepoint robbery of an Uber passenger had also been busted for a burglary in Palisades Park, authorities confirmed. Allen Ernst, 28, and an accomplice bolted from a Palisades Park home when a resident who lives there returned around 4:30 p.m. July 14, said Capt. Anthony Espino, the officer in charge of the department. The pair – who apparently entered through an unlocked sliding rear door -- dropped a pillowcase full of valuables as they fled, the captain said. Police from Leonia and Ridgefield and a Bergen County sheriff’s K-9 unit helped …

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Accused ID Thief From Kearny Awaiting Trial Does It Again, North Arlington Police Charge Accused ID Thief From Kearny Awaiting Trial Does It Again, North Arlington Police Charge
Accused ID Thief From Kearny Awaiting Trial Does It Again, North Arlington Police Charge A 20-year-old Kearny man already facing identity theft charges was caught by a North Arlington police officer with various fake driver’s licenses and credit cards, authorities said. Philip Biet was driving a Dodge Charger with no rear lights on Ridge Road when he failed to signal a turn and was stopped on Noel Drive over the weekend, Detective Lt. Michael Horton said. A warrant out of Hudson County turned up, Biet was arrested and the three fraudulent licenses and five credit cards that didn’t belong to him were found during an inventory search, the lieutenant said. Biet was charged in Oct…

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Former Paramus Student From Passaic Charged In Fake 911 Mall Shooter Call, Bogus School Threat Former Paramus Student From Passaic Charged In Fake 911 Mall Shooter Call, Bogus School Threat
Former Paramus Student From Passaic Charged In Fake 911 Mall Shooter Call, Bogus School Threat A recent graduate of a special needs high school in Paramus phoned in a pair of bogus reports -- one about an alleged threat at the school by a man with a knife and another that made it seem an active shooter was at the Garden State Plaza, authorities said. Alex Barrales, 18, of Passaic made both "swatting" calls on the same day -- May 13, Police Capt. Frank Scott said Monday. Barrales was arrested in Irvington late last week after Paramus Police Detective Joshua Capizzi identified him as the caller in both instances, the captain said. Barrales, who'd attended Windsor Preparatory High Sch…

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GOTCHA! Detectives Nab Armed Englewood Teen, Alleged Teaneck Accomplice In Paterson Shooting GOTCHA! Detectives Nab Armed Englewood Teen, Alleged Teaneck Accomplice In Paterson Shooting
Gotcha! Detectives Nab Armed Englewood Teen, Alleged Teaneck Accomplice In Paterson Shooting A 19-year-old Englewood man was carrying a loaded gun when city police detectives nabbed him and an ex-con from Teaneck on attempted murder charges out of Paterson, authorities said. The investigators chased down Zion Martin, 19, of Englewood, and Malik Lee, 26, of Teaneck after spotting them in the area of West Englewood Avenue and Lafayette Place earlier this week, Detective Lt. Fred Pulice said. Both were wanted on warrants in connection with the May 5 shooting of a 28-year-old Paterson man who survived after being struck multiple times on Summer Street and Hamilton Avenue, authorities s…

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Rochelle Park PD: Call Leads To Arrest Of Convicted Felon With Crack, Burglary Tools, More Rochelle Park PD: Call Leads To Arrest Of Convicted Felon With Crack, Burglary Tools, More
Rochelle Park PD: Call Leads To Arrest Of Convicted Felon With Crack, Burglary Tools, More Rochelle Park police responding to a report of a suspicious-looking man dragging a heavy bag down the street arrested a convicted burglar who they said was carrying crack, stolen items and break-in tools. Officers Evan Migliore and Nick Mercoun and Sgt. Chris Bermudez found Leonard R. Castro, 37, of Jersey City on West Passaic Street wearing a hoodie and full face mask near Powell Avenue shortly after 2 p.m. Friday, April 22, Chief Dean M. Pinto said. A quick check by Detective Brian Cobb turned up an active warrant for a vehicle burglary out of Clifton, Pinto said. The officers also found…

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Masked Thieves Steal Ferrari From ‘Real Housewives Of New Jersey’ Cast Member’s Home Masked Thieves Steal Ferrari From ‘Real Housewives Of New Jersey’ Cast Member’s Home
Masked Thieves Steal Ferrari From ‘Real Housewives Of New Jersey’ Cast Member’s Home Add “Real Housewives of New Jersey” cast member Jennifer Aydin and her husband to the skyrocketing list of victims who’ve had their vehicles stolen by brazen thieves. Security video from the garage of their Paramus home shows a trio of COVID-masked thieves in hoodies swiping Bill Aydin’s Ferrari late Sunday, April 4.  The couple was away on vacation at the Fountainbleu Hotel in Miami and due to return Monday, as many of her 440,000 or so followers on Instagram have known. “My kids and parents and other friends were all home,” Jennifer Aydin, 44, wrote late Sunday. Their 17-year-old son, …

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Chronic ID Thief Nabbed With Cocaine, Bogus Licenses, Phony Credit Cards: Lyndhurst Police Chronic ID Thief Nabbed With Cocaine, Bogus Licenses, Phony Credit Cards: Lyndhurst Police
Chronic ID Thief Nabbed With Cocaine, Bogus Licenses, Phony Credit Cards: Lyndhurst Police A repeat offender was busted by a Lyndhurst police officer who found him carrying cocaine, fake driver's licenses and phony credit cards during a traffic stop, authorities said. It's not the first -- or even second -- time that Miguel Arias, 36, has recently been busted in the area for those charges, records show. This time, Lyndhurst Police Officer Michael Clifford stopped Arias for driving an older-model Mercedes Benz through a commercial parking lot at Polito and Rutherford avenues without his headlights on shortly after 2 a.m. last week, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Arias handed …

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Repeat Offender From Teaneck Crashes Stolen Car In Ridgewood Fleeing Route 17 Stop In Paramus Repeat Offender From Teaneck Crashes Stolen Car In Ridgewood Fleeing Route 17 Stop In Paramus
Repeat Offender From Teaneck Crashes Stolen Car In Ridgewood Fleeing Route 17 Stop In Paramus A 20-year-old Teaneck man who'd already been arrested and released twice in the past three months got banged up when he crashed a stolen car into a tree in Ridgewood after fleeing a Paramus police stop on Route 17, authorities said. Officer Michael Cleary was responding to an attempted car burglary call on Midland Avenue when he spotted the 2020 Honda Accord with three occupants shortly after 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, Paramus Police Kenneth Ehrenberg said. The license plate came back to a 2006 Infiniti, the chief said, so Cleary pulled the sedan over at Route 17. As he walked up to the vehicle,…

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BAIL REFORM: NJ Judge Frees Gun-Carrying Driver Who Rammed Police Cars With Stolen BMW, PD Says BAIL REFORM: NJ Judge Frees Gun-Carrying Driver Who Rammed Police Cars With Stolen BMW, PD Says
Bail Reform: NJ Judge Frees Gun-Carrying Driver Who Rammed Police Cars With Stolen BMW, PD Says A driver with no license, registration or insurance was carrying a gun when he rammed two Hawthorne police cars -- narrowly missing several officers -- with a BMW stolen from the Hamptons, authorities said. Troy Weeks, 27, was charged with five counts of aggravated assault on a police officer, possession of both a firearm and a stolen vehicle and several other offenses following the incident, Hawthorne Detective Lt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. Weeks has a criminal history, including arrests in Essex County dating back to 2017, records show. A Central Judicial Processing Court judge in Paterson …

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Police: Saddle River Chief Nabs Fleeing Paramus Home Depot Shoplifter Who Struck Security Guard Police: Saddle River Chief Nabs Fleeing Paramus Home Depot Shoplifter Who Struck Security Guard
Police: Saddle River Chief Nabs Fleeing Paramus Home Depot Shoplifter Who Struck Security Guard A man who fled a Home Depot in Paramus after assaulting a female security guard was stopped by a local police chief on Route 17 moments later, authorities said. Sheffield C. Brown, 53, of Brooklyn had stolen $1,300 worth of tools and other assorted items when the guard tried to stop him from leaving early Wednesday afternoon, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Brown then "assaulted the guard and fled in a U-Haul truck onto Route 17 north," Ehrenberg said. Saddle River Police Chief Jason Cosgriff was among the officers from area departments who heard the stop-and-hold alert. Then…

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Palisades Parkway PD: Fleeing Newark Car Thieves Captured After Calling Uber To Cliffs Palisades Parkway PD: Fleeing Newark Car Thieves Captured After Calling Uber To Cliffs
Palisades Parkway PD: Fleeing Newark Car Thieves Captured After Calling Uber To Cliffs Palisades Interstate Parkway police waited out a pair of teenage thieves from Newark who bailed from a stolen vehicle, hid in the woods along the cliffs above the Hudson River, then called an Uber to pick them up. An officer tried stopping the Audi A5, reported stolen out of Livingston, on the northbound parkway in Alpine early Monday afternoon, Sgt. First Class Raymond Walter said. The same vehicle had been chased by police in Madison before dawn that same day, he noted. The parkway driver hit the gas before quickly exiting onto Henry Hudson Drive and heading down the hill into the Alpine…

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GOTCHA! Rutherford, New Milford Porch Pirate Flees Out Bus Window, Captured, Police Say GOTCHA! Rutherford, New Milford Porch Pirate Flees Out Bus Window, Captured, Police Say
Gotcha! Rutherford, New Milford Porch Pirate Flees Out Bus Window, Captured, Police Say A repetitive porch pirate who’d just swiped packages from a Rutherford resident’s home fled out the window of an NJ Transit bus in Passaic before police captured him, authorities said. Anthony Mendoza, 39, of East Rutherford was previously charged last month with stealing packages in New Milford and was suspected in others in that borough, as well as in Bergenfield and Wyckoff. Released under New Jersey's 2017 bail reform law, Mendoza was on a Paterson-bound bus stopped by Rutherford Police Sgt. Jeffrey Wilkinson around noon Wednesday following another theft. Seeing police, Mendoza climbe…

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Revolving Door: Accused Repeat Stalker Returns To Rutherford Woman's Home, Arrested Yet Again Revolving Door: Accused Repeat Stalker Returns To Rutherford Woman's Home, Arrested Yet Again
Revolving Door: Accused Repeat Stalker Returns To Rutherford Woman's Home, Arrested Yet Again An accused repeat stalker who was captured after police said he chased a Rutherford woman down her street in the middle of the night returned to her building yet again on Sunday – and was arrested once more. Rutherford police had taken Timothy Conti, 43, into custody a little over a week ago for stalking the same victim twice in the span of an hour. SEE: Released Stalker Chases Terrified Woman Down Street, Rutherford Police Say They sent him to the Bergen County Jail after the second incident -- only to have a judge order Conti released under New Jersey's 2017 bail reform law less tha…

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NYC Men Nabbed By Closter Police In ID Thefts Free Again NYC Men Nabbed By Closter Police In ID Thefts Free Again
NYC Men Nabbed By Closter Police In ID Thefts Free Again Two accused identity thieves from New York City were in the wind again after being arrested by Closter police. Rory Bartley, of Brooklyn, and Isaiah Penny, of Queens were arrested on identity theft charges in December and subsequently released pending further court action, Closter Police Chief John McTigue said. Detectives drew up additional charges after they said they tied them to what amounted to more than 50 bogus IDs. The pair, both 22, were “involved in a conspiracy to defraud multiple victims’ identities, bank accounts and other personal financial accounts,” McTigue said. Police re…

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GOTCHA! Prosecutor's Detectives Nab Accused Hackensack Killer, Accomplice In Brooklyn GOTCHA! Prosecutor's Detectives Nab Accused Hackensack Killer, Accomplice In Brooklyn
Gotcha! Prosecutor's Detectives Nab Accused Hackensack Killer, Accomplice In Brooklyn Detectives captured an accused gunman who they said ruthlessly shot and killed a 22-year-old Hackensack man on a city street. Jairo Echeverry, 20, of Hackensack was taken into custody in Brooklyn around 11 p.m. Monday, along with another repeat offender, Brian Guerrero, 27, of Paramus, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Detectives from the NYPD's 72nd Precinct assisted Musella's homicide investigators in nabbing the pair, he said. Echeverry was charged with murder and Guerrero with hindering his apprehension, the prosecutor said. Both were being held in Brooklyn pending extradit…

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Repeat Offending Little Ferry Duo Charged With More Than 50 Bags Of Heroin Released By Judge Repeat Offending Little Ferry Duo Charged With More Than 50 Bags Of Heroin Released By Judge
Repeat Offending Little Ferry Duo Charged With More Than 50 Bags Of Heroin Released By Judge Two habitual offenders with dozens of arrests between them over nearly 20 years were carrying more than 50 bags of heroin when they were stopped over the weekend, Little Ferry police said. Driver Mark Palladino, 53, and passenger Timothy Cunningham, 51, both of Little Ferry, appeared nervous when Sgt. John Andronaco stopped them for a seat belt violation just after 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Detective Lt. Ronald Klein Jr. said. When Cunningham stepped out of the car, a used bag of heroin fell to the ground, he said. A search turned up 45 folds of heroin in a Doritos bag behind the driver's seat …

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Accused Driver Freed In Tri-State Pickpocket Crew Theft From Teaneck Woman, 88, In New Milford Accused Driver Freed In Tri-State Pickpocket Crew Theft From Teaneck Woman, 88, In New Milford
Accused Driver Freed In Tri-State Pickpocket Crew Theft From Teaneck Woman, 88, In New Milford A member of a Philadelphia pickpocket crew whose tri-state area victims included an 88-year-old Teaneck woman in New Milford was arrested in Florida and brought to New Jersey to face charges. Soon after, a judge in Hackensack ordered 44-year-old Tyrone Scott released from the Bergen County Jail, with conditions, under New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform law. Meanwhile, authorities continued searching for his accused accomplices. A man identified as Malik Johnson, 50, snatched the elderly Teaneck victim’s wallet – containing credit cards and personal ID – after she walked away from her shopping c…

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Bergen Prosecutor: Philly Car Salesman Caught With 4+ Pounds Of Hidden Heroin In Route 95 Stop Bergen Prosecutor: Philly Car Salesman Caught With 4+ Pounds Of Hidden Heroin In Route 95 Stop
Bergen Prosecutor: Philly Car Salesman Caught With 4+ Pounds Of Hidden Heroin In Route 95 Stop A car salesman from Philadelphia had more than four pounds of heroin stashed in two secret compartments of a vehicle stopped by Bergen County detectives as he headed south on Route 95 in Ridgefield, authorities said. Prosecutor Mark Musella said Diovin Emma Urena-Abreu, 29, was alone when he was stopped and taken into custody Wednesday by members of his Narcotic Task Force. Urena-Abreu, a Long Island native who previously lived in the Bronx, was booked into the Bergen County Jail on first-degree drug possession charges following his arrest. A judge ordered him released under New Jersey’s …

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BAIL REFORM: Career Criminal Caught On Camera Burglarizing Rochelle Park Hair Salon Freed Again BAIL REFORM: Career Criminal Caught On Camera Burglarizing Rochelle Park Hair Salon Freed Again
Bail Reform: Career Criminal Caught On Camera Burglarizing Rochelle Park Hair Salon Freed Again It never ends with some guys: Recorded by surveillance cameras, a repeat offender with a 25-year criminal history broke into a Rochelle Park hair salon – and then was arrested by police less than two hours later, authorities said. Borough police and their colleagues in Maywood immediately recognized Mark Todd, 45, of Hackensack, who’s repeatedly been charged in recent years with the type of crimes that don’t put or keep him in jail pending trial. Then he goes out does it again, police say. In the past two years, police in Rochelle Park, Maywood, Hackensack, Hasbrouck Heights, Garfield and …

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Lyndhurst PD: Bronx Duo Caught Withdrawing $2,800 From Supermarket With Stolen Credit Cards Lyndhurst PD: Bronx Duo Caught Withdrawing $2,800 From Supermarket With Stolen Credit Cards
Lyndhurst PD: Bronx Duo Caught Withdrawing $2,800 From Supermarket With Stolen Credit Cards Two 20-year-old Bronx residents shuffled in and out of a Lyndhurst supermarket, withdrawing $2,800 in twenty-dollar bills using stolen credit cards, until borough police nabbed them -- thanks to an alert cashier, authorities said. The self-checkout cashier at Stop & Shop on Lewandowski Street told a supervisor after seeing the pair go in and out of the store, making several inexpensive purchases while withdrawing $200 at a time, Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. Responding Officers Anthony Calabro, Nick Abruscato and Lt. Andrew Marmorato found both men sitting in a white BMW with New …

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Police Responding To Clifton Car Burglary Spree Nab Ex-Con Wanted On Warrant Police Responding To Clifton Car Burglary Spree Nab Ex-Con Wanted On Warrant
Police Responding To Clifton Car Burglary Spree Nab Ex-Con Wanted On Warrant Clifton detectives were trying to determine whether a wanted ex-con from East Orange whom they caught just before dawn was responsible for burglarizing vehicles in a local neighborhood. Officers responding to a call of a man testing door handles in the 500 block of Grove Street just before 6 a.m. Monday found 34-year-old Patrick Slaughter carrying latex gloves and several apparently stolen items, Detective Sgt. Robert Anderson said. Slaughter “was deceptive in his answers to basic questions and provided false information to the officers,” who nonetheless identified him, Anderson said. Slau…

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