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Haledon Detective Nabs PA Fugitive After Taxicab Stop Haledon Detective Nabs PA Fugitive After Taxicab Stop
Haledon Detective Nabs PA Fugitive After Taxicab Stop A taxicab passenger who was under the influence of PCP and not wearing a seatbelt turned out to be an ex-con fugitive from Pennsylvania, Haledon police said. Detective Jeffrey Welsh stopped the cab after the driver failed to signal a turn off West Broadway, Deputy Police Chief George Guzman, Jr. said. Angel Collado, 42, of Passaic, who was sitting in back, drew the detective's attention, the deputy chief said. A quick computer check found warrants not only out of Bucks County, PA, but also Clifton and Totowa, Guzman said. Collado -- who records show has a criminal history dating back to h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Brutal Murderer Of Bergen County Woman Sent To Prison For 55 Years Brutal Murderer Of Bergen County Woman Sent To Prison For 55 Years
Brutal Murderer Of Bergen County Woman Sent To Prison For 55 Years UPDATE:  An East Rutherford man was sentenced to 55 years in state prison for brutally kidnapping, stabbing and strangling a female neighbor. Francis "Frank" Tattoli, 30, won't be eligible for parole for nearly 48 years for the Christmastime 2016 slaying of Mone’t Thomas, 25, in the Summer Street apartment building where both lived. Thomas, who was born in Teaneck, worked as a manager of group sales for the Holiday Inn in Secaucus. She lived in the building with her boyfriend and bulldog. She'd just taken the dog for a walk when she was attacked in the hallway. Surveillance…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hoboken PD: Jersey City Man Spits On Officer After Trying To Get Into Cars Stopped At Red Light Hoboken PD: Jersey City Man Spits On Officer After Trying To Get Into Cars Stopped At Red Light
Hoboken PD: Jersey City Man Spits On Officer After Trying To Get Into Cars Stopped At Red Light A 24-year-old Jersey City man who tried opening doors of cars at a red light and spat on a police officer taking him into custody was found with PCP, authorities said. Madhur Patel tried opening the driver's side doors of cars stopped the intersection of at 14th Street and Park Avenue, around 4:25 p.m. on March 1, Det. Lt. Danilo Cabrera said. Patel was arrested after he spit on Hoboken police officer Francis McCourt, and found in possession of PCP, police said.  He was charged with carjacking, throwing bodily fluid at a law enforcement officer and possession of PCP. Patel …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Fair Lawn PD: Hudson County Trio Found With Heroin, PCP, Cocaine In Route 4 Traffic Stop Fair Lawn PD: Hudson County Trio Found With Heroin, PCP, Cocaine In Route 4 Traffic Stop
Fair Lawn PD: Hudson County Trio Found With Heroin, PCP, Cocaine In Route 4 Traffic Stop A Hudson County trio was found with heroin, PCP and cocaine during a routine traffic stop on Route 4 in Fair Lawn, local police said. Farrah Sanchez, 43, of Union City, was stopped by at Paramus Road last Friday just before 9:40 p.m., Fair Lawn Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Sanchez and her two passengers -- Jason Flores, 34, of Guttenberg, and Dennis Oyold, 40, of Union City -- were taken to police headquarters for processing after officers found heroin and PCP in the car, Metzler said. While they were being processed, police found crack cocaine on the floor of the car, Metzler said. All three…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Authorities: Undercover Paterson Police Work Both Sides Of Street, Bust 14 Hookers, 27 Johns Authorities: Undercover Paterson Police Work Both Sides Of Street, Bust 14 Hookers, 27 Johns
Authorities: Undercover Paterson Police Work Both Sides Of Street, Bust 14 Hookers, 27 Johns Female Paterson police posing as prostitutes bagged 27 johns, while their male colleagues snatched up 14 streetwalkers who offered them sex for money, authorities said. Citizen complaints about an open-air prostitution market drove ABC/Vice unit detectives to work both sides of the street, city Police Director Jerry Speziale said. They had help from the department’s Narcotics Division and the Passaic County Sheriff’s Department, as well as from counselors with the county prosecutor’s Human Trafficking Unit, he said. Substance abuse counseling also was provided, Speziale said. A total of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bail Reform: Port Authority PD Nabs Diaper Thief Twice In Less Than A Week Bail Reform: Port Authority PD Nabs Diaper Thief Twice In Less Than A Week
Bail Reform: Port Authority PD Nabs Diaper Thief Twice In Less Than A Week The same repeat offender they caught stealing disposable diapers from a Hudson County drug store last week tried it again just days later, Port Authority police said Wednesday. Jose L. Rosario, 31, also was busted in January, after police in Morris County said they caught him stumbling through traffic on Route 46 carrying PCP-laced cigarettes, records show. Last Friday, Port Authority police grabbed Rosario after he swiped three boxes of diapers from the Duane Reade in the PATH Plaza at Journal Square, the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo said. He’d had active warrants out of Jersey City at t…

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by Jerry DeMarco