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Convicted Serial Package Thief Nabbed By East Rutherford Detectives Trying To Hop Bus Convicted Serial Package Thief Nabbed By East Rutherford Detectives Trying To Hop Bus
Convicted Serial Package Thief Nabbed By East Rutherford Detectives Trying To Hop Bus A serial package thief from East Rutherford was at it yet again, making it no fewer than four times this year alone that he’s been busted, authorities said. Anthony Mendoza, 42, has a drug-related history of porch pirating, usually from fellow borough residents, stretching back nearly five years, records show. This time, a victim directed police to a bus stop near the corner of Paterson and Johnson avenues, East Rutherford Detective Capt. Jeff Yannacone said. It was no surprise to any of them that Mendoza was their suspect. Detective Kevin Felten nabbed him with packages addressed to two …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Serial Package Thief Caught In Act Again: East Rutherford PD Serial Package Thief Caught In Act Again: East Rutherford PD
Serial Package Thief Caught In Act Again: East Rutherford PD A serial porch pirate from East Rutherford who'd been busted before for stealing packages from fellow borough residents was at it again, police said. Home surveillance cameras caught images of  Anthony Mendoza, 42, pirating packages from porches on June 13 and Aug. 5, East Rutherford Police Capt. Jeff Yannacone said. Detective Sgts. Robert Applegate and Charles Kryzsiak identified Mendoza, who has a drug-related criminal history -- and who the captain said "has been charged numerous times in the past for the same crime." In one incident, Mendoza swiped packages from a Rutherford resident’…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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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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by Jerry DeMarco
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New Milford PD: Porch Pirate Tied To More Than Dozen Thefts In Town, Bergenfield, Wyckoff New Milford PD: Porch Pirate Tied To More Than Dozen Thefts In Town, Bergenfield, Wyckoff
New Milford PD: Porch Pirate Tied To More Than Dozen Thefts In Town, Bergenfield, Wyckoff New Milford police arrested a porch pirate linked to 10 different thefts in town, as well as others in Bergenfield and Wyckoff, authorities said. Detective Sgt. Nelson Perez was following up Tuesday on a theft from a Boulevard home the day before when he spotted a car that matched one seen on surveillance video in connection with that theft, Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said. Anthony Mendoza, 39, of East Rutherford was seen in the video "taking a package and leaving the area in the vehicle," Van Saders said. Perez stopped the car, assisted by Lt. John Moroney, Detective Brian Carlino and…

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by Jerry DeMarco