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Fair Lawn Police Captain Cracks Months-Old Cell Tower Battery Thefts
FAIR LAWN, N.J. – Thanks to a Fair Lawn police captain, one of two CVS shoplifters caught in the act was also charged with swiping four cellphone tower batteries several months ago, authorities said.
Hawthorne couple Michael Wright, 41, and Nicole Paletta, 36 -were carrying nearly $50 worth of items taken from the River Road pharmacy when police arrested them a short time later.
Paletta was released pending a court hearing.
Wright, however, was held, after Capt. Joseph Dawicki identified him as the burglar who took the batteries from a Saddle River Road tower last Dec. 19.
Wright, who was…
Former Kidnapper Parked Stolen Car In Handicap Spot, Fair Lawn Police Say
FAIR LAWN, N. J. -- A pair of panhandlers in a Fair Lawn CVS parking lot -- one of them an ex-con who served time for kidnapping -- got there in a stolen car that they parked in a handicap spot, said police who arrested them.
Borough officers discovered that ex-con Geno LoCascio, 40, and Jordan Roy Stevens, 29, were wanted on warrants when grabbed them at the River Road pharmacy last Tuesday night, Sgt. Brian Metzler said.
LoCascio, who was paroled from state prison last March after serving three years for kidnapping, was taken into custody after giving police a fake name, he said.
Stevens…
