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140 Shopping Carts Stolen From Rochelle Park ShopRite: Man, 77, Younger Pal Busted 140 Shopping Carts Stolen From Rochelle Park ShopRite: Man, 77, Younger Pal Busted
140 Shopping Carts Stolen From Rochelle Park ShopRite: Man, 77, Younger Pal Busted A 77-year-old Cuban national and a middle-aged accomplice from Newark were arrested after 140 shopping carts were stolen from the Rochelle Park ShopRite over the course of two weeks, authorities said. The carts began vanishing from the parking lot of the West Passaic Street supermarket on March 27, Rochelle Park Police Capt. James M. DePreta said.By early this week, 140 were gone, the captain said. Total value: $28,000 (or $200 per).  Reviewing surveillance video with supermarket security, Rochelle Park Detective Sgt. Jared Shatkin and Detective Nick Mercoun identified a distinctive r…
Ex-Con Involved In Undercover Shooting Charged With Drug-Induced Death Of Garfield Man Ex-Con Involved In Undercover Shooting Charged With Drug-Induced Death Of Garfield Man
Ex-Con Involved In Undercover Shooting Charged With Drug-Induced Death Of Garfield Man UPDATE: An ex-con from Garfield who served time for a botched drug deal that led to the shooting of an undercover police officer was arrested on Thursday and charged with causing the overdose death of a 30-year-old user late last summer. Melvin Guzman, 29, is charged with strict liability in the drug-induced death of Ivan Santiago of Passaic last Sept. 17, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced on March 28. Santiago and another user were hospitalized after overdosing at a home on Lincoln Place, the prosecutor said. He was pronounced dead soon after. “A six-month investigation by t…
GHOULISH: Englewood Pair Caught Burglarizing Bogota Home Where Military Vet, 74, Died In Fire GHOULISH: Englewood Pair Caught Burglarizing Bogota Home Where Military Vet, 74, Died In Fire
Ghoulish: Englewood Pair Caught Burglarizing Bogota Home Where Military Vet, 74, Died In Fire A rookie policeman and a veteran sergeant nabbed two Englewood men moments after they burglarized a home where a 74-year-old military veteran was killed in a fire four months ago, authorities said. Officer Anthony Montano and Sgt. Thomas Riedel were on patrol around 12:45 a.m. Wednesday, March 27, when they saw a 2008 Jeep Commander back out of the driveway of the River Road home where Gerald Gaimo died in an intense pre-dawn house fire last November, Lt. Geoffrey Cole said. The home had been boarded up following the fire, he noted.The Jeep driver suddenly turned the wrong way down a one-wa…
'Entertainer' Who's Worked With Kids Charged With Sex Crimes In Bergen, Rockland 'Entertainer' Who's Worked With Kids Charged With Sex Crimes In Bergen, Rockland
'Entertainer' Who's Worked With Kids Charged With Sex Crimes In Bergen, Rockland A deejay from Rockland County who’s worked with children in a number of Bergen County towns is facing sex assault charges in both states, Daily Voice has learned. Andrew Villafuerte – aka “Droovy” – 33, of Airmont, NY, is charged with three separate instances of aggravated criminal sexual contact, as well as child endangerment, out of New Milford, NJ, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Friday, March 1. Musella, who described the defendant as an entertainer, said an investigation by his Special Victims Unit and New Milford police found that Villafuerte "had sexually assaulted a ch…
Paramus Detectives Nab Thief Accused Of Burglarizing Local Home, Stealing BMW, Eluding Pursuit Paramus Detectives Nab Thief Accused Of Burglarizing Local Home, Stealing BMW, Eluding Pursuit
Paramus Detectives Nab Thief Accused Of Burglarizing Local Home, Stealing BMW, Eluding Pursuit Paramus police detectives identified and arrested an Irvington resident who they said stole a brand new BMW during a burglary and forced a uniformed officer to terminate a pursuit out of safety concerns. Kasieum Frye, 21, and an accomplice broke into an Oakwood Drive home and snatched the key fob for the 2024 X6 shortly before 4:30 a.m. late last September, Paramus Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. A neighbor alerted police, who found sliding glass doors to the kitchen pried open, the chief said on Wednesday, Feb. 28. Officer Matthew Mulick pursued the SUV on Farview Avenue until high spe…
What Happens When You Try To Rob Two Stores Across From Police HQ? Ask Little Ferry PD What Happens When You Try To Rob Two Stores Across From Police HQ? Ask Little Ferry PD
What Happens When You Try To Rob Two Stores Across From Police HQ? Ask Little Ferry PD "This is a robbery, give me all your Oxy pills and Percocet,” read the note a would-be robber handed to a female pharmacist at a CVS in Little Ferry. “Otherwise my boys are coming in.” The unarmed bandit might have succeeded had he not chosen a target DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET from police HQ. It was shortly before noon Wednesday, Feb. 21, when Santiago Munoz-Pelaez entered the Liberty Street CVS in a blue hoodie, batting gloves and a mask covering his nose and mouth, Little Ferry Police Chief James Walters said. The pharmacist backed up after reading the note and told Munoz-Pelaez, 25, of…
Cliffside Officer Nabs Passing Motorist With Loaded Gun, High-Capacity Mag: PD Cliffside Officer Nabs Passing Motorist With Loaded Gun, High-Capacity Mag: PD
Cliffside Officer Nabs Passing Motorist With Loaded Gun, High-Capacity Mag: PD When a Cliffside Park police officer asked a motorist he'd stopped for having bogus plates whether there was anything inside the car that he should be concerned about, he got a blunt answer. Namely: A loaded gun, authorities said. Melvin E. Chinchillalavandaverde, 24, "seemed nervous" when Officer Julio Perez-Tavera stopped his red 2007 Hyundai Tiburon near the corner of Riverview Place and Palisades Avenue shortly after 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6, Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said. So the officer asked a natural question, then got Chinchillalavandaverde's consent to search the c…
TEAMWORK: Lyndhurst Detectives, Off-Duty And Uniformed Officers Nab Teen Car Thieves TEAMWORK: Lyndhurst Detectives, Off-Duty And Uniformed Officers Nab Teen Car Thieves
Teamwork: Lyndhurst Detectives, Off-Duty And Uniformed Officers Nab Teen Car Thieves Lyndhurst police boxed in a pair of Passaic teens and quickly took both into custody as they tried to pass through town in an SUV stolen out of Clifton, authorities said. Officer Michael D’Alesandro, who'd just finished his shift, spotted the Acura MDX on Ridge Road, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Detectives Chris Cuneo and Nick Abruscato pulled up on the teens on Second Avenue, the lieutenant said. As soon as the lights on their police cruiser were activated, the pair bailed out and tried to run, he said. Coming from the other direction was Detective Matt Giunta, Auteri said. Abrusc…
Route 17 Shopping Center Fires Set By Rockland Man: Bergen Prosecutor Route 17 Shopping Center Fires Set By Rockland Man: Bergen Prosecutor
Route 17 Shopping Center Fires Set By Rockland Man: Bergen Prosecutor Back-to-back fires behind two Ramsey shopping centers were deliberately set by an unemployed Rockland man, authorities charged. Nicholas Todaro, 37, of Orangeburg ignited the first one in a wooded area behind the Spring Street shopping center just off northbound Route 17 shortly after 6:30 p.m. Jan. 5, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Roughly 20 minutes later, he set a second fire in a wooded area behind the Interstate Shopping Center nearly a mile down the road on the highway’s southbound side, the prosecutor said. Ramsey firefighters quickly doused both blazes, Musella said. …
Hotel Heroin Dealer With Young Kids Had 'Brick' Of Smack: Rochelle Park PD Hotel Heroin Dealer With Young Kids Had 'Brick' Of Smack: Rochelle Park PD
Hotel Heroin Dealer With Young Kids Had 'Brick' Of Smack: Rochelle Park PD A convicted drug dealer had two young children with him when a pair of Rochelle Park detectives caught him selling heroin at a hotel just off the Garden State Parkway, authorities said. Detectives Sgt. Jared Shatkin and Nick Mercoun were joined by a team of officers as Ricardo Murdock, 31, of Paterson did business in the parking lot of the Ramada By Wyndham at the Route 160 exit off the northbound parkway, Capt. James DePreta said. They seized Murdock, who was carrying Ecstasy and drug proceeds, and a male buyer, the captain said. Murdock has a rap sheet, mostly involving drugs, that stret…
SURPRISE! Fleeing Wrong-Way Driver Is Found, Jailed After Aiming At Officers:  Mahwah PD SURPRISE! Fleeing Wrong-Way Driver Is Found, Jailed After Aiming At Officers:  Mahwah PD
Surprise! Fleeing Wrong-Way Driver Is Found, Jailed After Aiming At Officers: Mahwah PD Mahwah police broke off the brief pursuit of a speeding, wrong-way driver who’d gunned his car straight at two officers on Friday for two sound and simple reasons. For one thing, there was a significant public safety risk, it being the middle of the afternoon of a holiday weekend, they said. For another: Turns out the guy works in town. It wasn’t long after the incident on Franklin Turnpike on Friday, Dec. 29 that police said they found and arrested 21-year-old Danny Hamlin of West Milford at his warehouse job. Lt. Michael Blondin and Officer Brian Doolittle were directing traffic a…
BIAS CRIME: Englewood Man Attacks Couple Trying To Stop Vandalism Of Pro-Israel Sign: Leonia PD BIAS CRIME: Englewood Man Attacks Couple Trying To Stop Vandalism Of Pro-Israel Sign: Leonia PD
Bias Crime: Englewood Man Attacks Couple Trying To Stop Vandalism Of Pro-Israel Sign: Leonia PD A 23-year-old Englewood man assaulted a man and hit a woman who tried to stop him from vandalizing a pro-Israel sign on a Leonia street, authorities charged. The couple was headed across the Edgewood Road bridge over Route 95 shortly before 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 20, when they saw Keon Jordan Davis Williams damaging the sign, Leonia Police Chief Scott Tamagny said. They pulled over and exchanged words with him, the chief said. Davis-Williams then “knocked the driver’s cellphone out of his hand, damaging the cellphone, then assaulted the driver and struck the passenger when she attempted…
Repeat Lyndhurst Offender Shoots Acquaintance In Home With Airsoft Gun: Police Repeat Lyndhurst Offender Shoots Acquaintance In Home With Airsoft Gun: Police
Repeat Lyndhurst Offender Shoots Acquaintance In Home With Airsoft Gun: Police A Lyndhurst man who’s had several run-ins with police lately was arrested after he shot an acquaintance with an airsoft gun, authorities said. An eyewitness report of a man brandishing a handgun brought Officers Matthew Dudek, Anthony Giaquinto, and Robert Litterio to a home on Copeland Avenue between Stuyvesant and 10th Street. Witnesses reportedly told police 33-year-old resident Ronnie Williams had fired several projectiles from an airsoft gun, hitting one of them. Thankfully, the victim wasn’t seriously injured, they said. Airsoft guns are replica weapons designed to shoot recycled pl…
Aide In Englewood After-School Program Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen Aide In Englewood After-School Program Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen
Aide In Englewood After-School Program Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen A now-former aide with an after-school program in Englewood was arrested over the weekend and charged with sexually assaulting a preteen, authorities confirmed on Monday. Johnathan Jones, 21, “sexually assaulted a child under the age of 13 in Englewood while in a supervisory role,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Dec. 4. Jones, who lives in the Passaic County town of Bloomingdale, was employed by the city Recreation Department as an aide with the “SunFun at McCloud” After-School Program at the Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School on Tenafly Road, District Schools Supt. Dr.…
Bicycle-Riding Career Offender With 20-Year Record Captured With Stolen Goods In Teaneck: PD Bicycle-Riding Career Offender With 20-Year Record Captured With Stolen Goods In Teaneck: PD
Bicycle-Riding Career Offender With 20-Year Record Captured With Stolen Goods In Teaneck: PD A career burglar with a record spanning exactly half of his entire life was arrested by Teaneck police after a resident reported seeing him stash a bicycle, a suitcase filled with 50 Red Bulls and a bag with several Roku streaming sticks inside in their backyard, authorities said. Police responded to the resident’s Oakdene Avenue home shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, Police Chief Andrew McGurr said. The resident led them to the stash in the backyard, the chief said. Police returned to the neighborhood two hours later after residents reported seeing the same man running through neigh…
Homeless Laborer Kicks Englewood Hospital EMT In Face In Ambo, Faces Severe Charges: PalPark PD Homeless Laborer Kicks Englewood Hospital EMT In Face In Ambo, Faces Severe Charges: PalPark PD
Homeless Laborer Kicks Englewood Hospital EMT In Face In Ambo, Faces Severe Charges: PalPark PD A homeless day laborer from Palisades Park deliberately kicked a female EMT in the face as an ambulance took him to the hospital for alcohol treatment, authorities said. Police said they called the ambulance for Xavier Contreras, 41, under the provisions of a state law known as the Alcohol Treatment and Rehabilitation Act (ATRA). Area emergency responders are familiar with Contreras, an Ecuadorian national who'd previously been arrested for trespassing and various other misdemeanors over the past several years. Under ATRA, alcoholics and drunks can't be prosecuted simply because they dran…
Driver Who Hit Pedestrian In River Vale Charged With Assault By Auto, DWI Driver Who Hit Pedestrian In River Vale Charged With Assault By Auto, DWI
Driver Who Hit Pedestrian In River Vale Charged With Assault By Auto, DWI A Mahwah driver with a criminal history was drunk when he struck a pedestrian in River Vale, authorities said. Nicholas M. Manuele, 27, was charged with assault by auto and DWI in a school zone following the early evening crash on Demarest Avenue on Wednesday, Oct. 25, River Vale Police Chief Christopher Bulger said. Hillsdale police took the initial call and contacted their River Vale colleagues, the chief said. The pedestrian was treated at the scene and brought to a local hospital with injuries that Bulger said weren't life-threatening. Manuele, already had a history of mostly drug-rel…
Garfield Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Underage Teen Garfield Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Underage Teen
Garfield Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Underage Teen An unemployed 32-year-old Garfield man sexually assaulted an underage teen, investigators charged. Jarrell M. Taver Hudson is charged with a single offense against the child, who Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said was between 13 and 14 at the time. Detectives arrested Hudson on Wednesday following an investigation that began with a tip two months ago from the state Division of Child Protection & Permanency, the prosecutor said on Thursday, Sept. 27. Hudson -- who lives on River Drive near the Wall Street Bridge -- remained held in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appeara…
Parking Attendant From Wood-Ridge Busted On Child Porn Charges Parking Attendant From Wood-Ridge Busted On Child Porn Charges
Parking Attendant From Wood-Ridge Busted On Child Porn Charges A 22-year-old parking attendant from Wood-Ridge was charged with trafficking child porn. Galo Fernandez was taken into custody by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Cyber Crimes Unit and borough police during a raid of his apartment in a two-family home on Wood Ridge Street just off Moonachie Avenue near southbound Route 17 on Wednesday, Sept. 13. An investigation that records show began in January found that Fernandez “used the Internet to view, download, possess, distribute, and share items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Bergen County …
Police Find Guns, Seize Fair Lawn Man Awaiting Trial In GS Parkway Crash That Injured Students Police Find Guns, Seize Fair Lawn Man Awaiting Trial In GS Parkway Crash That Injured Students
Police Find Guns, Seize Fair Lawn Man Awaiting Trial In GS Parkway Crash That Injured Students A repeat offender from Fair Lawn who authorities said was under the influence in a school bus crash that injured two students on the Garden State Parkway seven months ago was arrested after a traffic stop turned up two illegal rifles, a handgun and more, borough police said Thursday. Ali Vlashi was unable to maintain a lane when Officer Matthew Hearon pulled him over on Maple Avenue shortly before midnight Aug. 31, Sgt. Sean Macys said. The officer “noticed the butt ends of two rifles protruding from the rear seat,” Macys said. A search produced the two rifles – one of which was loaded – a…
GOTCHA! Just-Released Repeat Offender Pinched For Porch Pirating In Franklin Lakes GOTCHA! Just-Released Repeat Offender Pinched For Porch Pirating In Franklin Lakes
Gotcha! Just-Released Repeat Offender Pinched For Porch Pirating In Franklin Lakes A repeat offender was caught snatching packages from a trio of mailboxes in a Franklin Lakes neighborhood, authorities said. Officers responding to a call of a trespasser at a Franklin Lakes Road residence grabbed Salvatore Cardinale, 47, of Hackensack on Mulberry Way shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 29, Capt. Mark McCombs said. Cardinale, who already had an outstanding warrant from the borough of Middlesex, had only just been released from the Bergen County Jail the day before after being arrested for shoplifting in Paramus over the weekend, records show. Franklin Lakes police charged…
Blood-Soaked Homeless Man Seized In Stabbing Of Fellow Englewood Squatter Blood-Soaked Homeless Man Seized In Stabbing Of Fellow Englewood Squatter
Blood-Soaked Homeless Man Seized In Stabbing Of Fellow Englewood Squatter UPDATE: A homeless man drenched in blood and holding a knife was captured by Englewood police without incident after he stabbed a fellow squatter in a vacant building, authorities said. The 44-year-old victim was expected to survive cuts to his hands, elbow, shoulder and foot, as well as an injury to the bridge of the nose, following the attack shortly before 1:30 p.m. Thursday, July 20, Detective Lt. Fred Pulice said. The victim staggered out of the long-unoccupied building at 215 West Englewood Avenue near Lafayette Place and collapsed on the sidewalk, witnesses told responding officers, …
Restraining Order Violator Caught Burglarizing Teaneck Home, Officers Elbowed, Headbutted: PD Restraining Order Violator Caught Burglarizing Teaneck Home, Officers Elbowed, Headbutted: PD
Restraining Order Violator Caught Burglarizing Teaneck Home, Officers Elbowed, Headbutted: PD A repeat offender caught red-handed inside a home he was burglarizing elbowed one Teaneck police officer in the face and headbutted another after he was arrested, authorities said. The burglary victim notified police after seeing Adrian K. Williams in the Alicia Avenue home around 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 12, Police Chief Andrew R. McGurr said. A court order prohibited Williams from being there, records show. In fact, a criminal history over the past couple of years has mostly involved violating such orders in Teaneck. Responding officers found William near the front door, McGurr said.&…
Cyber Sleuths Bust Maywood Contractor With Child Porn: Bergen Prosecutor Cyber Sleuths Bust Maywood Contractor With Child Porn: Bergen Prosecutor
Cyber Sleuths Bust Maywood Contractor With Child Porn: Bergen Prosecutor A divorced contractor from Maywood was caught collecting child porn, authorities said. Keith J. Balasa, 55, was arrested during a raid of his Lafayette Avenue home on Friday, July 7, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Members of the prosecutor’s Cyber Crimes Unit found that Balasa “used the Internet to view, download and possess items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Musella said. He didn’t say what kind of images (videos or still photos) or how many were found. Records at the Bergen County Jail -- where Balasa remained Friday night pe…
Paramus Mall Shoplifting Becomes Robbery When Female Employee Is Thrown To Floor Paramus Mall Shoplifting Becomes Robbery When Female Employee Is Thrown To Floor
Paramus Mall Shoplifting Becomes Robbery When Female Employee Is Thrown To Floor A shoplifter threw an employee at the Nieman Marcus store in Paramus to the floor after she caught him stealing more than $1,000 worth of clothing, authorities said. Jimmy Sattan, 31, of Jersey City was chased down and captured by Paramus Police Officer Michael Mordaga in the Garden State Plaza parking lot moments after the 8 p.m. robbery on June 5, Police Chief Robert M. Guidetti said. Sattan was leaving the store with $1,148 worth of hidden Fendi sweat pants, sweatshirts and jeans when the employee tried stopping him, the chief said. Mordaga, who was on patrol outside the store, saw Satt…
Homeless Burglar Throws Rock Through Back Window, Finds Elmwood Park Resident Home: Police Homeless Burglar Throws Rock Through Back Window, Finds Elmwood Park Resident Home: Police
Homeless Burglar Throws Rock Through Back Window, Finds Elmwood Park Resident Home: Police A homeless career criminal who threw a rock through the back door of an Elmwood Park residence during an attempted burglary didn't realize someone was home, authorities said. The homeowner was headed to work moments earlier when she spotted Tyler Demouth, 26, lurking around the neighborhood shortly before 9 a.m. Friday, June 2, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. "She got a good look at him before she drove off," the chief said. Soon after, police got a call from her adult son. Demouth had thrown a large rock through the back door, shattering the glass, Foligno said. Discovering the resi…
DEAD END: Elmwood Park Police Capture Fleeing Driver After 7-Eleven Car Theft DEAD END: Elmwood Park Police Capture Fleeing Driver After 7-Eleven Car Theft
Dead END: Elmwood Park Police Capture Fleeing Driver After 7-Eleven Car Theft A Bronx man was captured by Elmwood Park police moments after he swiped a sedan from outside a local 7-Eleven early Wednesday, authorities said. Officers responding to the victim’s call spotted the 2016 Chrysler 200 turning off Broadway onto Mola Boulevard shortly before 1 a.m. May 17, Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Jeffrey Ciman, 48, initially refused to stop but eventually pulled over and was taken into custody on dead-ended Iozia Terrace, the chief said. The sedan was returned to the victim, Foligno said. Ciman, meanwhile, was brought to headquarters, where the chief s…
Underage Teen Sexually Assaulted By Westchester Man, 27, Repeatedly In River Edge: Prosecutor Underage Teen Sexually Assaulted By Westchester Man, 27, Repeatedly In River Edge: Prosecutor
Underage Teen Sexually Assaulted By Westchester Man, 27, Repeatedly In River Edge: Prosecutor A tipster led authorities to a warehouse manager from Westchester who they said traveled to Bergen County for sex with an underage teen he met online. Eric Palese, 27, of Tarrytown sexually assaulted the under-16-year-old child multiple times in River Edge, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Thursday, April 6. Based on the charges, it was at least a half-dozen times during the second and third weeks of March. Authorities began investigating the 6-foot, 270-pound Palese after the tip came in on Monday, the prosecutor said. “The caller reported that the suspect contacted the chil…
Accused Serial Masturbator From Hudson Jailed In Bergen After Transit Bus Incident Accused Serial Masturbator From Hudson Jailed In Bergen After Transit Bus Incident
Accused Serial Masturbator From Hudson Jailed In Bergen After Transit Bus Incident East Rutherford police snatched a 24-year-old serial masturbator from a commuter bus following another incident, authorities said. Marvin Vargas of Jersey City was taken from the NJ TRANSIT bus and booked on lewdness charges after police were called to a bus shelter on Paterson Plank Road around 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 30, Capt. Jeff Yannacone said. Vargas had masturbated in front of a female passenger, also 24, on the #163 bus, which runs between Ridgewood and the Port Authority bus station in Manhattan, the captain said. "Nothing was said to the female, but he was looking at her," Yann…
GOTCHA! Arrest Made In DWI Hit-And-Run That Seriously Injured Closter Pedestrian, 75 GOTCHA! Arrest Made In DWI Hit-And-Run That Seriously Injured Closter Pedestrian, 75
Gotcha! Arrest Made In DWI Hit-And-Run That Seriously Injured Closter Pedestrian, 75 UPDATE: A 75-year-old retired bank vice president from Closter who was struck by a drunk hit-and-run driver on a local street has died. Charges have been upgraded against the driver, a 36-year-old Ecuadorian national and father of four living in Hackensack. SEE: Retired Bank Exec Struck In DWI Hit-And-Run In Closter Dies, Charges Against Driver Upgraded ****** UPDATE: An Ecuadorian national living in Hackensack who police said fled the scene after severely injuring a 75-year-old former bank vice president in Closter was drunk at the time, authorities said on Monday. Jesus T. Yunganaula T…
Woman With Handgun Seized At Konica-Minolta HQ Off Route 17 Woman With Handgun Seized At Konica-Minolta HQ Off Route 17
Woman With Handgun Seized At Konica-Minolta HQ Off Route 17 Ramsey police quickly defused an anxious situation when they seized a woman with a loaded gun at the Konica Minolta headquarters just off Route 17, authorities said. The facility on Williams Drive briefly went into a shelter-in-place as officers responded to a report of a suspicious person with a firearm on the grounds shortly before 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, Detective Jaclyn Sabatelli said. These included officers in tactical gear, employees said. Police seized Charisma Bryant, 28, of Newark without incident moments later, Sabatelli said. The incident occurred the same day that Vice Pr…