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GOTCHA! Band Of Bandits Charged In Back-To-Back Route 46 Gas Station Holdups: Bergen Prosecutor GOTCHA! Band Of Bandits Charged In Back-To-Back Route 46 Gas Station Holdups: Bergen Prosecutor
Gotcha! Band Of Bandits Charged In Back-To-Back Route 46 Gas Station Holdups: Bergen Prosecutor A quartet of disguised New Yorkers tied to holdups on their side of the Hudson committed back-to-back gunpoint robberies of gas station convenience stores just minutes from the George Washington Bridge, authorities charged. The total take: five grand. Rahquan Brooks, 20, and Kevin Ulysses, 19, of the Bronx had two juveniles with them when they drove up to the Exxon station on eastbound Route 46 just before the Overpeck Creek bridge in Ridgefield Park shortly before 4:30 a.m. July 24, 2022, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The silver sedan had been carjacked out of Brooklyn thre…
Prosecutor Details Sneaky Upskirt Tactics Utilized By NJ Sunoco Station Cashier For Months Prosecutor Details Sneaky Upskirt Tactics Utilized By NJ Sunoco Station Cashier For Months
Prosecutor Details Sneaky Upskirt Tactics Utilized By NJ Sunoco Station Cashier For Months A cashier at a Sunoco station has been arrested for taking multiple upskirt photos of women while at work over the course of nearly two years, authorities in Somerset County said. Miguel A. Melchor-Gomez, 54, of North Plainfield, who worked at the Sunoco station on Stirling Road in Watchung, filmed underneath his unsuspecting victims' clothing in one of two ways from December 2021 to Aug. 19, 2023, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald. said. Melchor-Gomez either pretended that the credit card machine malfunctioned and directed his victims to the counter where he would stand clos…
North Jersey Township Rallies Around Longtime Sunoco Employee Injured In Crash North Jersey Township Rallies Around Longtime Sunoco Employee Injured In Crash
North Jersey Township Rallies Around Longtime Sunoco Employee Injured In Crash Aaron Curry, who has worked at the Sunoco in Mahwah for 30 years, has had a rough time recently. Curry developed an illness, which led to him getting in a car crash last month and he has been hospitalized ever since. With insurance not covering most of his expenses, a fundraiser has been created to assist him. As of Tuesday, July 18, almost $13,000 has been raised. Aaron "is the kindest, most hardworking, and most dependable person on our morning shift his colleagues have ever met," Bill and Maureen Laforet, who run the Mahwah Sunoco said.   Donors also expressed their love for C…
Robbery Duo Flees Hackensack Gas Station With Hundreds In Cash Robbery Duo Flees Hackensack Gas Station With Hundreds In Cash
Robbery Duo Flees Hackensack Gas Station With Hundreds In Cash Two bandits in hoodies and ski masks fled a Hackensack gas station with nearly $500 in cash from a strong-arm robbery Sunday night, authorities said. No weapon was shown in the holdup of the Sunoco station on Polifly Road just off Routes 17 and 80 around 9:30 p.m. March 19, they said. The 31-year-old station attendant wasn't injured, police said. The robbers were last seen headed east on Lodi Street, witnesses told them. The robbers fled the Sunoco station on Polifly Road in Hackensack with nearly $500 in cash Sunday night, March 19, authorities said.Kyle Mazza/UNF News for DAILY VOIC…
One-Man Crime Wave: Arrest Made In Armed Gas Station, 7-Eleven Robberies In Four Bergen Towns One-Man Crime Wave: Arrest Made In Armed Gas Station, 7-Eleven Robberies In Four Bergen Towns
One-Man Crime Wave: Arrest Made In Armed Gas Station, 7-Eleven Robberies In Four Bergen Towns Authorities charged an Essex County man with robbing three gas stations and two convenience stores in Bergen County at gunpoint – four of them in one night. Thomas Johnson, 30, of East Orange brandished a handgun while holding up two gas stations in Mahwah, another in Paramus and a 7-Eleven in Fair Lawn of several thousand dollars in less than half an hour late last month, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Johnson did it again three nights later, robbing a 7-Eleven in Elmwood Park of $650 as two employees locked themselves in the bathroom and called police, the prosecutor said. T…
WINNERS: Five NJ Powerball Lottery Players Take Home $50K+ WINNERS: Five NJ Powerball Lottery Players Take Home $50K+
Winners: Five NJ Powerball Lottery Players Take Home $50K+ Five New Jersey Lottery tickets matched four of the five white balls and the Power Ball drawn on Monday, Jan. 30,  The second-tier prizes were worth $50,000. One of those tickets was purchased with the Power Play option, multiplying the prize to $100,000.  Those tickets were sold at the following locations: Atlantic County ($100,000): Sunoco, 6501 Delilah Rd., Egg Harbor Township; Atlantic Count ($50,000): Shore True Value Hardware, 515 New Rd., Somers Point; Burlington County ($50,000): BJ’s Deli, 115 Creek Rd., Mount Laurel; Camden County ($50,000): Froggies Discount Liquor…
Two Hospitalized In Route 46 Gas Station Stabbings: Palisades Park PD Two Hospitalized In Route 46 Gas Station Stabbings: Palisades Park PD
Two Hospitalized In Route 46 Gas Station Stabbings: Palisades Park PD UPDATE: Two Palisades Park men were hospitalized and a third jailed following an overnight stabbing at a Route 46 gas station, authorities said. Both victims were confronted by Gerberth E. Fuentes, 19, outside the convenience store of the Sunoco station on eastbound Route 46 before dawn Monday, Jan. 30, Sgt. George Beck said. It's unclear what precipitated the argument. Fuentes stabbed one victim, 20, with a folding knife in the right hip and back, and the other, 18, in the right leg, Beck said. Both went to different hospitals in private vehicles -- the older victim to Holy Name Hospital…
UPDATE: Gunman Robs Gas Stations, 7-Eleven In Paramus, Fair Lawn, Mahwah In Under 30 Minutes UPDATE: Gunman Robs Gas Stations, 7-Eleven In Paramus, Fair Lawn, Mahwah In Under 30 Minutes
Update: Gunman Robs Gas Stations, 7-Eleven In Paramus, Fair Lawn, Mahwah In Under 30 Minutes UPDATE: Law enforcement agencies in two states were sharing information in the search for a masked gunman who robbed two gas stations in Mahwah, another in Paramus and a 7-Eleven in Fair Lawn of several thousand dollars in less than a half hour. The spree ended with back-to-back holdups of two gas stations on northbound Route 17 in Mahwah barely a couple of minutes from the Rockland County border. The robber entered the Valero station near Route 202 at 11:05 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, Mahwah Police Chief Stephen Jaffe said. He “brandished a handgun at the staff at the register and demanded mone…
Back-To-Back Route 46 Gas Station Robberies Net Band Of Bandits $5,000 Back-To-Back Route 46 Gas Station Robberies Net Band Of Bandits $5,000
Back-To-Back Route 46 Gas Station Robberies Net Band Of Bandits $5,000 SEE ANYTHING? A pair of Route 46 gas station holdups less than a mile and barely five minutes apart netted a group of masked robbers a combined $5,000, authorities said. Five of them pulled into the Exxon station on the eastbound highway in Ridgefield Park in a silver sedan shortly before 4:30 a.m. Sunday, Police Chief Joseph Rella said. All wore hoodies, face coverings and gloves. Although no weapon was shown, one of the robbers held his hand over his jacket pocket, suggesting he had a gun, the chief said. The quintet fled with $3,000 in cash. ANYONE who might have seen something or…
PA Men Who Ran Out Of Gas Get Lift From Officers To Their Car — Then Police Station PA Men Who Ran Out Of Gas Get Lift From Officers To Their Car — Then Police Station
PA Men Who Ran Out Of Gas Get Lift From Officers To Their Car — Then Police Station A pair of Pennsylvania men who ran out of gas got a lift from police officers back to their dilapidated vehicle, then then police station after authorities found drugs and ammo in the car, they said. Lower Moreland officers were patrolling Philmont Avenue when they saw a silver Nissan Altima parked at the Sunoco gas station, unoccupied, and the driver’s side door was left open on Wednesday, April 13, their department said in a release. The vehicle did not have a driver’s side door handle, a passenger’s side mirror, or a passenger’s door handle. Officer began to survey the area to try …
Gas Station Grapple Injures 2 NJ Officers, Disorderly Man Released On Summons: Police Gas Station Grapple Injures 2 NJ Officers, Disorderly Man Released On Summons: Police
Gas Station Grapple Injures 2 NJ Officers, Disorderly Man Released On Summons: Police Two police officers were injured during a gas station grapple with a man who threw a bottle at a passing car in Camden County Friday, April 15, authorities said. Robert Allen was stopped based on his description by Gloucester Township officers while walking on Blackwood Clementon Road near the Sunoco gas station at 8:30 a.m., local police said. The officers tried to stop him, however, he continued walking away before running into a nearby Sunoco store, police said. There, he ran behind the cash register while refusing to follow the officer's commands to stop. The officer tried again to arr…
Mini-Van Slams Into Route 17 Gas Station Mini-Van Slams Into Route 17 Gas Station
Mini-Van Slams Into Route 17 Gas Station A minivan slammed into the front of a busy gas station mini-mart on Route 17 in Paramus. Paramus EMS took one victim to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren’t considered serious following the multi-vehicle crash, responders said. No other injuries were reported. Borough firefighters and a Paramus Police Emergency Services Unit also responded to the Sunoco station on southbound Route 17 next to the PC Richard & Son before the entrance to the Garden State Parkway late Sunday afternoon.
Armed Robber From Jersey City Gets 14 Years-Plus In Fed Pen For Pennsylvania Holdup Armed Robber From Jersey City Gets 14 Years-Plus In Fed Pen For Pennsylvania Holdup
Armed Robber From Jersey City Gets 14 Years-Plus In Fed Pen For Pennsylvania Holdup A federal judge in Philadelphia sentenced a New Jersey man to a plea-bargained 14 years and nine months in prison for robbing a Pennsylvania gas station convenience store with a sawed-off rifle. Brandon Garcia, 22, of Jersey City, poked one Allentown Speedway station employee with the gun as he ordered him to “get down!” while demanding cash and Newports during one of the robberies on March 28, 2017, Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said. A good Samaritan who’d pulled in for gas saw Garcia all dressed in black with his hood up and holding a gun, so he dialed 911. The citize…