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Thieves Take Catalytic Converters, Target Vehicles In Jersey Shore Town: Police Thieves Take Catalytic Converters, Target Vehicles In Jersey Shore Town: Police
Thieves Take Catalytic Converters, Target Vehicles In Jersey Shore Town: Police Police in one Monmouth County township are looking into three incidents of thieves targeting vehicles, authorities said. Wall Township police said they're investigating after a report of an attempted burglary at a home on Apple Ridge Circle. It happened at around 3 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 31. Officers said multiple people had broken into the garage through a window. The suspects couldn't get into the home because the door between the garage and the house was locked. The homeowner was woken up by the noise from the break-in and called police. The suspects left through the garage door and po…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Burglary Suspect Shot By Police At Central Jersey Car Dealership: Prosecutor Burglary Suspect Shot By Police At Central Jersey Car Dealership: Prosecutor
Burglary Suspect Shot By Police At Central Jersey Car Dealership: Prosecutor A suspect breaking into vehicles at a car dealership was shot by police while fleeing in Central Jersey, authorities said. On Tuesday, June 27 at 3:07 a.m., the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit received a report of an officer-involved shooting at Sansone Auto Mall in Woodbridge, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone. Initial investigation revealed that the Woodbridge Police Department received a 911 call at 2:14 a.m., reporting a suspicious incident at the auto mall on Route 1.  While conducting the investigation, one of the…

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by Jon Craig
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Brick Police Arrest Toms River Pair For Breaking Into Multiple Vehicles, Possessing Heroin Brick Police Arrest Toms River Pair For Breaking Into Multiple Vehicles, Possessing Heroin
Brick Police Arrest Toms River Pair For Breaking Into Multiple Vehicles, Possessing Heroin Two men accused of breaking into multiple parked vehicles have been arrested by police in Ocean County, authorities said. At about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, Brick Patrol Officer Kyle Patrick, K-9 Officer Scott Smith, Ptl. Kyle Dudak and Ptl. John Sullivan were dispatched to Collins Court in the Green Briar section of the township for a motor vehicle burglary in progress, according to a department spokeswoman. A caller reported that there were two unknown subjects attempting to burglarize motor vehicles in the neighborhood, according to Ptl. Victoria Finelli.  The suspects reportedl…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
BEWARE: Thief With Florida Plates Cleaned Out Jersey Shore Man's 2020 Audi BEWARE: Thief With Florida Plates Cleaned Out Jersey Shore Man's 2020 Audi
Beware: Thief With Florida Plates Cleaned Out Jersey Shore Man's 2020 Audi Police in Ocean County are warning residents to be on the lookout for a car burglar from out-of-state. On Monday at 9:17 p.m., Jackson police responded to a home on Bridgewater Court regarding a theft. A victim told Jackson Patrol Officer Andrew Brodzinski that he and his wife arrived home just after 9 p.m. and parked his 2020 Audi in the driveway. A short while later, the victim said he observed a white Porsche SUV with an unknown Florida license plate, parked at the end of his driveway, according to police. The victim went outside and observed a stranger standing next to his vehicl…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Bergen Sheriff's Officer, PalPark Police Nab Overnight East Bergen Burglary Suspects Bergen Sheriff's Officer, PalPark Police Nab Overnight East Bergen Burglary Suspects
Bergen Sheriff's Officer, PalPark Police Nab Overnight East Bergen Burglary Suspects A Bergen County sheriff’s officer helped Palisades Park police capture a pair of burglars who authorities said have been breaking into vehicles in East Bergen overnight. Sheriff’s Officer Michael Griffin was on patrol around 3 a.m. Saturday when he heard an alert and spotted borough resident Christopher Bueno, 22, and Dakota Cirelli, 19, of Elmwood Park on 10th Street. Griffin grabbed the two, who were arrested by borough police, said Capt. Anthony Muccio, the officer in charge of the department. Each was charged with four counts of attempted vehicle burglary and turned over to Cliffside P…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Sheriff: Paterson Man Nabbed After Stealing Same Vehicle Twice Sheriff: Paterson Man Nabbed After Stealing Same Vehicle Twice
Sheriff: Paterson Man Nabbed After Stealing Same Vehicle Twice Passaic County sheriff’s detectives busted an 18-year-old Paterson man who they said stole the same BMW 325 twice in a little over a week. The key, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said, was LoJack. Detectives were investigating the May 29 theft of the vehicle -- which was found unoccupied on May Street in Paterson -- when it was stolen again nine days later, the sheriff said. This time, the BMW was found in the 100 block of East 19th Street, he said. Combining information from LoJack with surveillance video from homes and businesses, Berdnik’s investigators identified Yulian Paulino-Rivera as…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Vigilant Officers Nab 3 In Pre-Dawn Clifton Vehicle Burglaries Vigilant Officers Nab 3 In Pre-Dawn Clifton Vehicle Burglaries
Vigilant Officers Nab 3 In Pre-Dawn Clifton Vehicle Burglaries Clifton police arrested three people in separate pre-dawn car burglaries. Officers on foot patrol amid a rash of thefts from vehicles in the Athenia neighborhood watched as Alissa Stella, 46, of Clifton “walked down a driveway on Marrion Street, entered an unlocked vehicle and rummaged through it” shortly before 3:30 a.m. Thursday, Detective Sgt. Robert Anderson said. They grabbed her as she walked away with some loose change, he said. Stella “struggled and attempted to pull away from the arresting officers as she was being handcuffed,” Anderson said. Police charged her with burglary, the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Owners Made It Easy For Pair To Take Cash, Checks, Cellphones From Vehicles, Clifton PD Says Owners Made It Easy For Pair To Take Cash, Checks, Cellphones From Vehicles, Clifton PD Says
Owners Made It Easy For Pair To Take Cash, Checks, Cellphones From Vehicles, Clifton PD Says Clifton patrol officers captured two men and recovered a trove of valuables taken from at least eight vehicles that they said their owners had left unlocked. Among the items taken with little effort were cash, checks, cellular phones, a purse, power tools and a tablet, they said. Officers were responding to a report of a vehicle burglary on Clinton Avenue when they spotted Mauricio Mejia, 18, of Clifton and Christian Martinez, 19, of Passaic, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Seeing police, both ran behind a nearby commercial building, Bracken said. The officers quickly found and grabbed…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Rochelle Park Vehicle Burglary Victim Beaten, Zapped With Stun Gun, Police Nab 3 Rochelle Park Vehicle Burglary Victim Beaten, Zapped With Stun Gun, Police Nab 3
Rochelle Park Vehicle Burglary Victim Beaten, Zapped With Stun Gun, Police Nab 3 A Rochelle Park car burglary victim was beaten and zapped with a stun gun when he followed one of three teen thieves, authorities said. Officers Brian Gallina and Jim Zenock arrested all three in connection with several vehicle burglaries early Sunday, they said. A victim in one of the break-ins followed a 16-year-old boy while calling police. The teen “violently attacked the victim, striking him several times and shocking him with a stun gun,” Detective Sgt. James M. DePreta said. Paramus and Maywood police helped their Rochelle Park colleagues catch the assailant, another 16-year-old bo…

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by Jerry DeMarco