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Officer Who Saved Infant In Train Station Recognizes Man Who Bound Teen Girl In Home Invasion Officer Who Saved Infant In Train Station Recognizes Man Who Bound Teen Girl In Home Invasion
Officer Who Saved Infant In Train Station Recognizes Man Who Bound Teen Girl In Home Invasion The same New Jersey Transit police officer who helped saved an infant over the summer in Newark Penn Station is credited with spotting a man wanted for tying a teen girl up and putting her in a closet last month in a violent Montclair home invasion, authorities said Monday. Police Officer Bryan Richards was on patrol Monday, Nov. 9, when he recognized Newark's Anthony L. Harper, who was in Newark Penn Station, NJ Transit officials said. The officer recognized Harper's face from bulletin issued by the Montclair police, NJ Transit officials said. Harper, 30, had been wanted for brea…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Paterson PD: Officers Cut Open Dealer's Pants To Retrieve Stolen Handgun Paterson PD: Officers Cut Open Dealer's Pants To Retrieve Stolen Handgun
Paterson PD: Officers Cut Open Dealer's Pants To Retrieve Stolen Handgun PATERSON, N.J. -- A dealer selling from his car was carrying a loaded gun that Paterson police retrieved by cutting open his pants, authorities said. Officers Rene Alicea and Christopher Polonkay were on patrol late Friday when in an area known for violent crime, open-air drug sales and gangs,when they saw a man approach a silver Honda Accord driven by Jose R. Espinal-Henriquez, 23, of Paterson, in front of a Market Street liquor store, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. The man, identified as Pedro Cruz, paid for a bag of pot, then walked away, he said. Espinal-Henriquez was startled an…

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by Jerry DeMarco