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TENSE MOMENT: Post Office Burglar From Teaneck Grabs Bogota Officer's Gun: Police TENSE MOMENT: Post Office Burglar From Teaneck Grabs Bogota Officer's Gun: Police
Tense Moment: Post Office Burglar From Teaneck Grabs Bogota Officer's Gun: Police A burglar from Teaneck found by police moments after he broke into the Bogota post office tried grabbing an officer’s gun while resisting arrest, authorities said. Calvin Torres-Vaughan, 33, already had a plastic bin of mail in his car when Officers Lewis Duenãs and Michael Torres responded to a burglar alarm at the West Main Street post office shortly after midnight Saturday, April 8, Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. They found a front window pried open and Torres-Vaughan inside, the sergeant said. Torres-Vaughan, who was carrying a flashlight and a crowbar, “resisted by kicking and punchin…

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Wanted Long Island Man Captured After Trying To Retrieve Impounded Stolen Car: Bogota Police Wanted Long Island Man Captured After Trying To Retrieve Impounded Stolen Car: Bogota Police
Wanted Long Island Man Captured After Trying To Retrieve Impounded Stolen Car: Bogota Police A Long Island fugitive who went to Bogota police headquarters to retrieve an impounded stolen car was promptly arrested, authorities said. Adam Ouattara, 23, of the Bronx was taken into custody following a brief struggle, Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. Detective Michael Laferrera had found the 2020 BMW 530 parked at The Atwater Apartment Complex on West Fort Lee Road on Friday, Aug. 5, Cole said. It turns out Ouattara had bought the car in Nassau County using an account that wasn't his and now authorities there were looking for him, the sergeant said. A few hours after the sedan was towed, …

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GOTCHA! Fugitive Eludes Police, Nabbed The Next Day By Alert Bogota Officer GOTCHA! Fugitive Eludes Police, Nabbed The Next Day By Alert Bogota Officer
Gotcha! Fugitive Eludes Police, Nabbed The Next Day By Alert Bogota Officer A fugitive who eluded Bogota police during what became an aborted pursuit walked right past another officer the next day and was promptly arrested, authorities said. It began around 1 a.m. Tuesday when a 2021 Mercedes E350 sped past Officer Matthew Luciano at more than 20 miles over the 30-mile-an-hour speed limit on West Main Street, Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. Luciano tried to stop the sedan, but the driver hit the gas, steered around several other vehicles and blew a red light, Cole said. Given the potential danger – not to mention state Attorney General guidelines regarding pursuits – the…

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Bogota PD: Traffic Stop Turns Up Loaded Gun Bogota PD: Traffic Stop Turns Up Loaded Gun
Bogota PD: Traffic Stop Turns Up Loaded Gun A traffic stop produced an illegal handgun and the arrests of two men, Bogota police said. Officer Lewis Duenas stopped their Honda SUV on Elm Avenue around 9 p.m. Wednesday as part of a “Drive Sober Get Pulled Over, Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. The driver, Deondrey Ogletree, 26, reached for his paperwork, when backup Officer Matthew Luciano spotted the 9mm Taurus handgun in the glove compartment, the sergeant said. Both were joined by Officers George Hondros, Kevin Geraghty and Michael Ferrara in arresting Ogletree and his passenger, Ryan Gray, 27, both recently of Bogota and neither of whom …

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ROAD RAGE: Bogota Motorist Angered By Female Student Driver Pulls Knife, Police Say ROAD RAGE: Bogota Motorist Angered By Female Student Driver Pulls Knife, Police Say
Road Rage: Bogota Motorist Angered By Female Student Driver Pulls Knife, Police Say A Bogota man angered by the pace of a student driver pulled a knife on her boyfriend and then barricaded himself in his home when police arrived, authorities said. Christopher Meli, 51, was upset with a temporary backup on Leonia Avenue as a man was teaching his girlfriend to parallel park on Monday, Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. Meli began honking his horn and exchanged words with the 29-year-old man before initially leaving, Cole said. He then returned with a pocket knife and threatened him, the sergeant said. Meli barricaded himself when police arrived but surrendered a short time later, Co…

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Bogota Police Charge Newark Man Wanted In NYC With Knifepoint Threat Bogota Police Charge Newark Man Wanted In NYC With Knifepoint Threat
Bogota Police Charge Newark Man Wanted In NYC With Knifepoint Threat Bogota police arrested a wanted Newark man after they said he pulled a knife on a local resident before dawn Thursday. The resident came to headquarters around 1 a.m. to report the alleged threat by Aaron Lorenzo, 31, of Newark, Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. Lorenzo had visited the victim’s apartment with a friend of a friend, Cole said. Soon after a description was given out to patrol officers, Sgt. Thomas Riedel and Officer Ryan Ward found him. Lorenzo, who was wanted on an arrest warrant out of New York City, gave them several bogus names, Cole said. They also found him carrying a small amo…

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VIDEO: Bogota PD In Humvee Rescue Bride, Groom, Guests Stranded In Rising Floodwaters VIDEO: Bogota PD In Humvee Rescue Bride, Groom, Guests Stranded In Rising Floodwaters
Video: Bogota PD In Humvee Rescue Bride, Groom, Guests Stranded In Rising Floodwaters Some say you can count on at least one thing going wrong on your wedding day, but a bride and groom stranded in Bogota during Saturday’s flash flooding actually had good fortune – thanks to a handy piece of police property. "We'd usually use something else, but the water was coming up so fast, we grabbed the Humvee," Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. Cole and Officer Michael Laferrera reached the stranded vehicle at River Road and Elm Avenue -- an area prone to flooding -- around 6:15 p.m. "They were shocked not just to be stuck in the water but to see us in the Humvee,' Cole said. &…

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