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Teen Burglar Caught After Ransacking Bergen County Apartment, Police Say Teen Burglar Caught After Ransacking Bergen County Apartment, Police Say
Teen Burglar Caught After Ransacking Bergen County Apartment, Police Say A Maywood resident returned to her apartment on Tuesday, Nov. 19, to find a light on in the rear bedroom and assumed her husband was home, authorities said. Instead, an unknown man emerged, fled through the bedroom window, and left the Howcroft Road apartment ransacked, according to Maywood Police Chief Terence Kenny. Officers from Maywood and Rochelle Park police departments responded to the scene at 5:14 p.m., established a perimeter, and began their search, Kenny said. They determined the suspect had entered through an unlocked rear window, he added. Shortly after, Detective Brian Rubio…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Cops ID Motorcyclist, 37, Killed In Route 17 Crash Cops ID Motorcyclist, 37, Killed In Route 17 Crash
Cops ID Motorcyclist, 37, Killed In Route 17 Crash Police have identified the motorcyclist killed in a crash on Route 17 in Bergen County this week. Daniel Wenzel, 37, of Milford, PA collided with another vehicle on the southbound side of the highway near the Essex Street ramp in Maywood around 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 10, Maywood Police Detective Sgt. William Phayre said.  Wenzel's Facebook profile shows he has ties to North Bergen and was a marine diesel mechanic at the NY Waterway. An investigation found Wenzel had collided with another vehicle, causing it to veer off the roadway into a grass median. The driver of the…

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by Cecilia Levine
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GOTCHA! Ex-Con With 30-Year Rap Sheet Charged With Robbing Maywood Dry Cleaners (UPDATE) GOTCHA! Ex-Con With 30-Year Rap Sheet Charged With Robbing Maywood Dry Cleaners (UPDATE)
Gotcha! Ex-Con With 30-Year Rap Sheet Charged With Robbing Maywood Dry Cleaners (Update) You’d be hard-pressed to find a law enforcement officer who didn't recognize the strong-arm robber who assaulted the owner of a Maywood dry cleaners for all of $400. Didn’t take long for Maywood police to find 53-year-old ex-con Shawn Todd of Hasbrouck Heights, who authorities said accosted the owner of Timely Cleaners & Furriers on West Pleasant Avenue late Thursday afternoon. Todd has a rap sheet nearly 30 years long, with arrests and convictions for robbery, aggravated assault and assaulting police. Suffice to say it was no surprise for many who know him to see Todd on surveillance …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Wanted Out-Of-Town Couple In Stolen Minivan Nabbed By Maywood Officer Wanted Out-Of-Town Couple In Stolen Minivan Nabbed By Maywood Officer
Wanted Out-Of-Town Couple In Stolen Minivan Nabbed By Maywood Officer A Maywood police officer nabbed a wanted couple in a stolen minivan after they pulled into the parking lot of a closed car wash, authorities said. The Pontiac minivan had only just been reported stolen out of Paterson when Officer Alana Luna spotted it on Essex Street, Detective Sgt. William Phayre said. The driver – Chante S. Royal 23, of Newark – was carrying several crack pipes and empty wax folds with heroin residue, the sergeant said. Her passenger, ex-con James K. Bell-Sanders, 33, of Passaic, gave police a false name, but they quickly identified him – and discovered there was an act…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Mall Shopping Spree With Stolen Credit Cards, Driver's Licenses Derailed By Officer: Maywood PD Mall Shopping Spree With Stolen Credit Cards, Driver's Licenses Derailed By Officer: Maywood PD
Mall Shopping Spree With Stolen Credit Cards, Driver's Licenses Derailed By Officer: Maywood PD GOTCHA! A group of ID thieves were headed to an apparent shopping spree at a mall in Paramus when they were stopped by a Maywood police officer who found an "alarming" amount of credit cards and driver's licenses in innocent victims' names, authorities said. Officer Matthew DellaBella stopped the Subaru Forester after the driver, Karina Espinal, 26, of Newark, made an illegal turn at Maywood Avenue and Essex Street, Police Chief Terence R. Kenny said. Espinal told the officer they were headed to the Garden State Plaza to do some holiday shopping, the chief said. She "didn't have her driver…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Maywood Police Catch NYC Fugitive, Seize Pot, Pills, More Maywood Police Catch NYC Fugitive, Seize Pot, Pills, More
Maywood Police Catch NYC Fugitive, Seize Pot, Pills, More Maywood police nabbed a New York City fugitive during a Route 17 traffic stop that they said turned up more than 120 pills, 15 bags and containers of pot for sale, and a ledger listing drug deals. Officers Benjamin Singer and Christopher Melber were on a roving DWI patrol shortly before 1:30 a.m. Tuesday when they saw a maroon Ford Fusion with New York license plates heading east on Essex Street with its high beams on, Detective Sgt. Matthew Parodi said. After stopping the driver for not maintaining a lane, the officers smelled raw marijuana and obtained her consent to search the vehicle, P…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Pot Smell Leads Maywood Officer To Stolen Handgun, Hackensack Man's Arrest Pot Smell Leads Maywood Officer To Stolen Handgun, Hackensack Man's Arrest
Pot Smell Leads Maywood Officer To Stolen Handgun, Hackensack Man's Arrest The smell of pot led to the search of an older-model sedan and the discovery of a .38 Special reported stolen out of North Carolina, Maywood police said. Police Department arrested Adrian Gentles, 33, of Hackensack, on weapons and drug related charges. Officers Brian Rubio and Officer Ben Singer stopped a red 1998 Honda Accord for various motor vehicle violations on Essex Street around 5:10 a.m. Sunday, Detective Jason Liaban said. While speaking with Gentles, Rubio smelled marijuana, Liaban said. “A probable cause search of the vehicle yielded marijuana, drug paraphernalia and a HMW Wind…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
3 Suspicious Bags Bring Bomb Squad To Maywood 3 Suspicious Bags Bring Bomb Squad To Maywood
3 Suspicious Bags Bring Bomb Squad To Maywood MAYWOOD, N.J. -- Bergen County's bomb squad had a busy Friday morning in Maywood after a trio of suspicious bags were found in the same area. All turned out harmless. Two separate backpacks were found by a police officer at an Essex Street bus shelter near Maywood Avenue around 4:45 a.m., Police Chief David Pegg said. The streets were closed off and the area secured. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bomb Squad found both backpacks stuffed with papers, the chief said. A jogger then called police just before 6:30 a.m. after finding a suspicious bag on Maywood Avenue between Essex Street and Dem…

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by Jerry DeMarco