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NY Man Lights Cigarette Near Gas Pump, Fights Cops After Shoplifting In Bergen County: Police NY Man Lights Cigarette Near Gas Pump, Fights Cops After Shoplifting In Bergen County: Police
NY Man Lights Cigarette Near Gas Pump, Fights Cops After Shoplifting In Bergen County: Police A Rockland County man is facing multiple charges after police say he shoplifted from a Bergen County gas station store, splashed an employee with water, and lit a cigarette near a gas pump before assaulting two officers. Albert Johansmeyer, 28, of Blauvelt, NY, was arrested on Tuesday, April 15, following a wild chain of events at the TigerMart inside the Exxon Gas Station on Chestnut Ridge Road — located just off the Garden State Parkway in Montvale, according to Capt. Alisha Foley. Johansmeyer allegedly stole items from the store and got into an altercation with the store manager outside,…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Authorities: East Rutherford Police Stop Man Trying To Torch Home With People Inside Authorities: East Rutherford Police Stop Man Trying To Torch Home With People Inside
Authorities: East Rutherford Police Stop Man Trying To Torch Home With People Inside HEROES: East Rutherford police nabbed a local man just as he was about to torch a home with three people inside, authorities said. Officers responding to a noon call Monday of a man entering a White Terrace home carrying a gas saw him place the red plastic container on the front steps, Deputy Police Chief Philip Taormina said. Police evacuated the home and found Fabrizio R. Jimenez, a 51-year-old married mapping developer, in a bedroom with a propane tank and a torch, Taormina said Tuesday. They arrested Jimenez and charged him with three counts of attempted murder, two weapons offenses an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hasbrouck Heights Professor Found Unfit To Be Tried In Attempted St. Patrick's Arson Hasbrouck Heights Professor Found Unfit To Be Tried In Attempted St. Patrick's Arson
Hasbrouck Heights Professor Found Unfit To Be Tried In Attempted St. Patrick's Arson UPDATE: A philosophy professor from Hasbrouck Heights who authorities said planned to burn down St. Patricks' Cathedral was found unfit to stand trial, Manhattan's district attorney announced Tuesday. Marc Lamparello, a 37-year-old East Rutherford native who'd been staying at a hotel in the city, was carrying a one-way ticket to Rome when he was caught entering the famed cathedral with four gallons of gasoline, two cans of lighter fluid and lighters on April 17, authorities said. He was charged with attempted arson and reckless endangerment. Earlier that same week, Essex County s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NYPD: Hasbrouck Heights Professor Charged With Attempted Arson, Endangerment At St. Patrick's NYPD: Hasbrouck Heights Professor Charged With Attempted Arson, Endangerment At St. Patrick's
Nypd: Hasbrouck Heights Professor Charged With Attempted Arson, Endangerment At St. Patrick's UPDATE: A philosophy professor from Hasbrouck Heights was charged with attempted arson and reckless endangerment for trying to enter St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan with four gallons of gasoline, two cans of lighter fluid and lighters Wednesday night, the NYPD said Thursday. Marc Lamparello, a 37-year-old East Rutherford native who'd been staying at a hotel in the city, was carrying a one-way ticket to Rome when he was arrested, police said. He remained held at the NYPD's Midtown North Precinct on Thursday as reports emerged that he'd also been arrested by Essex County sherif…

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by Jerry DeMarco