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Serial NJ Phony Fire Inspector Has Yet To Learn His Lesson, Police In DC Say
He's a little bit older and a little bit grayer, but Michael Carrion is the same phony fire inspector now that he was in 2018, authorities in Washington DC say. Carrion, who was being held at Riker's Island for a parole violation when he was being sought out of various New Jersey towns in 2018, is now wanted out of the nation's capital for pulling the same stunt that landed him in trouble with the law back then. CarrionMUGSHOT: Courtesy WAYNE PD This time, 56-year-old Carrion posed as a fire inspector at a DC bagel shop on April 21, and left with nearly $1,000 in cash, according to DC N…
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Armed Robbers Held Victims Captive In NJ Hotel Bathroom: Police
Two men were arrested while one remains at large following an armed captivity and robbery of three victims in a Secaucus hotel room last month, authorities said. Nyshiem O. Inmon met with the three victims in their hotel room at the Aloft hotel on Harmon Meadow Boulevard, around 3 a.m. on Jan. 26, before Lyemel Summerville and another suspect barged in with handguns, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Three of the victims were held against their will in the bathroom of the hotel room, and when one of the victims refused to go in, Inmom stabbed him in his leg, Miller said. Inmon and …
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Laborer Charged With Torching Vehicles On Local Bergen Street Awaits Move From Rikers To NJ
A Bronx laborer wanted for setting a fire that consumed a pickup truck and a sedan on a quiet Wallington street remained held on Rikers Island following his capture in the city. An extradition hearing for Eliezer Bisono Aguilera, 22, is scheduled for next Tuesday, Jan. 31, in Bronx Supreme Court, according to New York City Department of Correction records. Aguilera was wanted for a 4:30 a.m. arson fire last Nov. 15 on Morrissee Avenue that was doused by Wallington firefighters, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Destroyed by the flames were a 2009 Chevrolet Colorado and a 2016 Kia…
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Former NJ Pain Doctor Dies By Suicide In NY Jail: AP
Drexel University's former chairman of the neurology department convicted of sexually assaulting patients died by suicide in a New York City jail, sources tell the Associated Press. Dr. Ricardo Cruciani was found unresponsive in a shower area of the Eric M. Taylor Center on Rikers Island Monday, Aug. 18, the AP reports. The 68-year-old doctor's attorney confirmed that he died but not the manner of death. Cruciani, who was facing life in prison, allegedly got dozens of female patients hooked on painkillers he prescribed before sexually abusing them over the course of 15 years at area h…
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NYC Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Englewood Shooting Where Child Was Present
Englewood detectives have charged an accused gunman and three other people in connection with a city shooting last month. A 2-year-old child was at the Forest Park Gardens apartment when the 27-year-old victim was shot in the leg on Feb. 3, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The man was treated at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center before being released. Police initially arrested Dasia Bethea, 27, who lives in the apartment, and Dana Proctor, 44, of McDonough, GA on child endangerment charges the following day. They also charged both of them and Tierney Thompson, 48, of West H…
Police & Fire
Corrections Officer Honored For Saving Baby On NJ Turnpike Strangles Estranged Wife: Report
A Manhattan prison corrections officer once honored by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg for saving a baby's life on the NJ Turnpike was arrested for beating and strangling his estranged wife on New Year's, the New York Post reports. Shon Brown slashed his wife's car tires then followed her ride home to Yonkers demanding to know where she had been, before screaming at her and throwing her into a glass wall, the outlet says citing a criminal complaint filed in Westchester County, NY. Brown then choked the woman until she passed out and yelled "I'm going to kill you," before leavin…
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Hasbrouck Heights Professor Accused Of Attempted St. Patrick's Arson Dies In Verrazano Leap
A philosophy professor from Hasbrouck Heights who authorities said planned to burn down St. Patrick's Cathedral died by suicide last week, nearly a month after being released from Rikers Island amid the coronavirus outbreak. A judge ordered Marc Lamparello, 38, to participate in an outpatient program at Bergen New Bridge Medical Center after releasing him on March 20 as part of an effort to stem the rapid spread of COVID-19 through the city jail system. Lamparello jumped from Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge last Friday, a week after police prevented a similar suicide try at the George Washington …
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Rikers Island Reports First Inmate Coronavirus Death
Rikers Island, which has been hit hard by COVID-19, had its first coronavirus-related inmate death, that of a 53-year-old ex-con who’d been transferred to Bellevue Hospital 10 days earlier. Michael Tyson, who reportedly was arrested on a parole violation on Feb. 28, was one of 273 inmates at Rikers who tested positive for the virus, according to the New York City Department of Corrections. A total of 321 correctional staff members – including four officers who died -- and 53 health professionals in the New York City jail system have died from COVID-19, the department reported. Tyson was r…
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Imprisoned Harvey Weinstein Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein has tested positive for the coronavirus, the head of the New York State corrections officers union confirmed on Sunday. Weinstein, the 68-year-old former movie producer serving a prison sentence for sexual assault and rape, was placed in isolation at Wende Correctional Facility, said Michael Powers, president of the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association. Weinstein was transferred to the maximum security prison east of Buffalo from Rikers Island on Wednesday, authorities said. Rikers reportedly has one of the country's highe…
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Route 46 Motel Stabbing Suspect Caught, Brought To Bergen From NYC
A man who authorities said stabbed and slashed a 21-year-old Hasbrouck Heights victim at the Red Carpet Inn on Route 46 in Elmwood Park this past 9/11 was brought to Bergen County Tuesday morning to face attempted murder charges. Anthony James Mosley, 57, had been held on Rikers Island on an arrest warrant out of Elmwood Park since Oct. 29 pending extradition to New Jersey , Police Chief Michael Foligno said. The Ohio native was also charged with aggravated assault and weapons possession, he said. The victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center for treatment of injuries to his…
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Wayne PD: Imposter 'Fire Inspector' Wanted In Seven States Is Caught
WAYNE, N.J. – Authorities have caught an ex-con wanted in seven states who police say has been scamming North Jersey businesses – including a Cinnabon store at the Willowbrook Mall – out of hundreds of dollars each by posing as a fire inspector. Michael A. Carrion -- who’s currently being held on Rikers Island on a parole violation – is wanted by police in Carlstadt, Fort Lee, Rochelle Park and in six other states, using various aliases, addresses, birth dates and Social Security numbers, Wayne Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Carrion, 52, told employees at the Willowbrook Cinnabon in …
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Dogged Work: Englewood Detectives Bust Trio In May 2016 Home Invasion
ENGLEWOOD, N.J. – Persistent work by Englewood police detectives cracked a 20-month-old home invasion with the arrests of two city men and a Teaneck woman. The investigation into the May 2016 townhouse complex robbery “involved hundreds of hours of surveillance, as well as the execution of dozens of search warrants, communication data warrants and grand jury subpoenas,” Detective Capt. Tim Torell said. Over the past week, Torell said, charges were brought against Jordan McConneaughey, 19, of Englewood; Taylor Hankins, 20, of Teaneck – who police said was the getaway driver -- and an 18-year…
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