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Illegal Border Crosser Seized By ICE After Punching Local NJ Officer In Face Illegal Border Crosser Seized By ICE After Punching Local NJ Officer In Face
Illegal Border Crosser Seized By ICE After Punching Local NJ Officer In Face A Guatemalan national who authorities said crossed the U.S. border illegally was seized by federal agents after he punched a Closter police officer in the face. Emiliano Cotzalo-Santiago, 24, was living in Palisades Park and working on a construction site in Closter when he began walking down the middle of Cedar Lane, obstructing traffic, Police Capt. Vincent Aiello said. This prompted calls to police. Cotzal-Santiago “attacked the first officer that he came in contact with by punching him in the face,” the captain said. A second officer sustained cuts on his hand as they attempted to han…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Drug Buyer Attacks Detectives, Out-Of-Town Dealer Caught With Loaded Gun: Passaic Sheriff Drug Buyer Attacks Detectives, Out-Of-Town Dealer Caught With Loaded Gun: Passaic Sheriff
Drug Buyer Attacks Detectives, Out-Of-Town Dealer Caught With Loaded Gun: Passaic Sheriff A 50-year-old man who was busted buying drugs from a Little Ferry driver in Paterson fought with Passaic County sheriff's officers before he was subdued, authorities said. The dealer who sold him the drugs, they said, is an ex-con who had a gun in his car. Both are now facing serious charges. Working from a tip, Bureau of Narcotics detectives watched as Andre Morales, 36, sold some drugs to Luis Santos, 50,  near the corner of Marshal and Slater streets from his 2012 Chevy Cruze, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik said. The detectives grabbed each of them at separate locations m…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Man Hit With New Charge, 4 Neighbors Arrested In Viral Bias Intimidation Incident NJ Man Hit With New Charge, 4 Neighbors Arrested In Viral Bias Intimidation Incident
NJ Man Hit With New Charge, 4 Neighbors Arrested In Viral Bias Intimidation Incident The Mount Laurel man arrested in July for bias intimidation of his neighbors and other crimes has been charged with leaving a threatening note on one of his victim’s cars earlier this year, and also vandalizing the victim’s vehicle, authorities said. Edward C. Mathews, 45, of Gramercy Way, was charged Tuesday with bias intimidation and harassment, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Four other rioters and neighbors were also charged with discharging pepper spray at police, throwing a brick through Mathews' home and more. Mathews was served with the new charges at the B…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
WATCH: Body Camera Captures Attack On Newark Police Officers WATCH: Body Camera Captures Attack On Newark Police Officers
Watch: Body Camera Captures Attack On Newark Police Officers Body-worn camera footage captured a violent attack on a pair of Newark police officers that led to the arrest of four men earlier this week. Officers and an Essex County Prosecutor's Office detective were patrolling Fabyan Place and Cypress Street and approached a man who was thought to be in possession of a gun around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. That's when the suspect's two brothers came to the scene and physically interfered with the arrest. Body cam footage shows men ambushing an officer, holding him up against a fence and then throwing anothe…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Authorities: Contractor Fires Shots, Wrestles With Westwood Police Authorities: Contractor Fires Shots, Wrestles With Westwood Police
Authorities: Contractor Fires Shots, Wrestles With Westwood Police A fencing contractor with a criminal past was jailed after he fired an illegally owned gun inside his Westwood home and then fought with the responding officers, police said. No one was struck when Philip Pinto, 60, fired two shots from a Smith & Wesson handgun inside his home around 8 p.m. Monday, Police Capt. Jay Hutchinson said. Pinto then wrestled with several officers who rushed to the house off the corner of Roosevelt and Palm streets, Hutchinson said. Police eventually subdued Pinto and took him into custody. They charged him with six counts of aggravated assault on a law enfo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Lyndhurst PD: Officer Injured In Brawl With Drunken Assailant Lyndhurst PD: Officer Injured In Brawl With Drunken Assailant
Lyndhurst PD: Officer Injured In Brawl With Drunken Assailant A drunken Lyndhurst man who was sent home after screaming obscenities at police on a local street before dawn Wednesday turned and came back swinging before being subdued, authorities said. Officer Angel Batista was on patrol when he spotted a vehicle stopped in the eastbound lane of Kingsland Avenue shortly before 2 a.m. Standing in the roadway on the passenger side was 27-year-old John Parise, who began yelling obscenities at him, Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. The driver of the stopped car then suddenly accelerated, making a U-turn, Auteri said. Batista got out of his cruiser and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Hackensack PD: School Dropoff Mom Who Blocked Traffic Bites One Officer, Punches, Kicks Others Hackensack PD: School Dropoff Mom Who Blocked Traffic Bites One Officer, Punches, Kicks Others
Hackensack PD: School Dropoff Mom Who Blocked Traffic Bites One Officer, Punches, Kicks Others A Hackensack mother who blocked a lane of traffic while dropping her child off at school Monday morning bit a police lieutenant on the neck, punched a captain in the chest and kicked a third officer before being subdued, authorities said. After a license plate check found that the registration for the vehicle driven by Parona Brown was expired, police Lt. Tina Cappadonna asked her to park and allow a growing line of other parents at Fairmount Elementary School to drop off their children while she spoke to her around 8:30 a.m., Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Brown, 30, "refused to cooperate," DeW…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
VERDICT: Paterson Man Fatally Shot One Man In Face, Wounded Other In Back VERDICT: Paterson Man Fatally Shot One Man In Face, Wounded Other In Back
Verdict: Paterson Man Fatally Shot One Man In Face, Wounded Other In Back UPDATE: A Paterson man who killed one man by shooting him in the face and wounded another by shooting him the back must serve nearly 58 years in state prison before he'll be eligible for parole. https://southpassaic.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/58-years-minimum-for-paterson-gunman-who-shot-killed-one-man-in-face-wounded-other-in-back/742082/ ****** Jurors in Paterson needed five days of deliberations to convict a 21-year-old city man of murder and other counts for killing another man by shooting him in the face. Bullets fired by Tamaj Lennon also struck another victim in the back in the Apr…

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by Jerry DeMarco