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Police Ticketing Drivers In Newark Who Give Cash To Panhandlers Police Ticketing Drivers In Newark Who Give Cash To Panhandlers
Police Ticketing Drivers In Newark Who Give Cash To Panhandlers Citing concerns over safety and a need to help the homeless obtain services, Newark’s Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose has ordered increased enforcement of traffic laws meant to discourage drivers from giving cash to panhandlers. The agency also stressed that Newark Hope One, a mobile police unit, will regularly visit areas where panhandlers congregate in order to offer services like addiction recovery and housing assistance. Hope One has aided more than 120 people so far this year, Ambrose said. “I’m pleased Hope One Newark is making an impact in meeting the needs of those add…

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by Paul Milo
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Former Kidnapper Parked Stolen Car In Handicap Spot, Fair Lawn Police Say Former Kidnapper Parked Stolen Car In Handicap Spot, Fair Lawn Police Say
Former Kidnapper Parked Stolen Car In Handicap Spot, Fair Lawn Police Say FAIR LAWN, N. J. -- A pair of panhandlers in a Fair Lawn CVS parking lot -- one of them an ex-con who served time for kidnapping -- got there in a stolen car that they parked in a handicap spot, said police who arrested them. Borough officers discovered that ex-con Geno LoCascio, 40, and Jordan Roy Stevens, 29, were wanted on warrants when grabbed them at the River Road pharmacy last Tuesday night, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. LoCascio, who was paroled from state prison last March after serving three years for kidnapping, was taken into custody after giving police a fake name, he said. Stevens…

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by Jerry DeMarco