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Ex-Con With Violent History Jailed After Fighting Little Ferry Police At HQ Ex-Con With Violent History Jailed After Fighting Little Ferry Police At HQ
Ex-Con With Violent History Jailed After Fighting Little Ferry Police At HQ A violent ex-con from Carlstadt who spent several years in state prison for robbing a group of tourists at knifepoint assaulted Little Ferry police at their headquarters over the weekend, authorities said. Scott Recanati, 50, had gone there Saturday afternoon, Sept. 24, to complain about a victim whom he was under a court order not to contact, Police Chief James Walters said. What he may or may not have known was that the victim had just shown police text messages that he’d sent that same day, the chief said. When Officers Joseph Montemurro and Officer Max Katzner told Recanati they'd hav…

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Route 46 Stop Of Out-Of-State Driver Turns Up Loaded Gun, Hollow-Point Ammo: Little Ferry PD Route 46 Stop Of Out-Of-State Driver Turns Up Loaded Gun, Hollow-Point Ammo: Little Ferry PD
Route 46 Stop Of Out-Of-State Driver Turns Up Loaded Gun, Hollow-Point Ammo: Little Ferry PD A driver was caught with a loaded gun and illegal ammo during a Route 46 traffic stop, authorities said. Victor Rocha, 21, of of Spring, TX was stopped by Officer Joseph Convery near the corner of Route 46 and Grand Street in Little Ferry shortly before 1:30 a.m. Sunday for having heavily tinted front windows, Police Chief James Walters said. Rocha said he'd come from Times Square and was in the area for work, the chief said. A passenger said they were staying at the Knights Inn, he added. Rocha told Convery he owned the Chevy SUV, but a computer check showed a different registered ow…

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Police: Sex-Crazed Fanboy Gropes, Grabs, Chases Male DPW Worker Police: Sex-Crazed Fanboy Gropes, Grabs, Chases Male DPW Worker
Police: Sex-Crazed Fanboy Gropes, Grabs, Chases Male DPW Worker A DPW worker was on the job in Maywood late last week when a driver pulled up and shouted that he wanted to have sex with him, authorities said. Weird, for sure. But it didn't end there. The driver -- identified as Jose Mauricio CardozaRivera, 46 -- had been accused of grabbing a boy the day before in Little Ferry. The Maywood DPW worker told police on Thursday that CarodozaRivera got out and grabbed him by the arm, trying to pull him into his car. He said he shook loose and retreated to his truck, but CardozaRivera opened the door and climbed in. The worker bolted out the driver's …

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Little Ferry PD: Officer Nabs Garfield Repeat Offender, 20, In Burglarized Pickup Little Ferry PD: Officer Nabs Garfield Repeat Offender, 20, In Burglarized Pickup
Little Ferry PD: Officer Nabs Garfield Repeat Offender, 20, In Burglarized Pickup A 20-year-old Garfield car burglar with a string of recent arrests tried talking his way out of an another when a Little Ferry police officer caught him breaking into a pickup truck before dawn, authorities said. Xhonatan Gaba, 20, was sitting in the passenger seat of a Chevy pickup owned by a tenant at the Williamstone Manor Apartments on William Street when Officer Joseph Montemurro rolled up around 3:15 a.m. Saturday, Police Chief James Walters said. Montemurro was cruising the area after finding another vehicle unlocked with its emergency lights flashing and car alarm blaring on Jackson…

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Body Pulled From Hackensack River Body Pulled From Hackensack River
Body Pulled From Hackensack River UPDATE: For days, a Palisades Park detective searched in vain for a troubled borough man whose wife had reported him missing. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/hackensack/news/body-pulled-from-hackensack-river-idd-as-missing-palisades-park-man/805957/ ****** Authorities were trying to identify a man whose body was pulled from the Hackensack River in Little Ferry. Borough police Sgt. John Schwedhelm was on patrol when a trucker flagged him down around 3 p.m. Saturday, Police Chief James Walters said. He pointed the sergeant toward what appeared to be two legs sticking out of the water dur…

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Little Ferry PD: Driver Caught With Gun Blames Philadelphia Unrest Little Ferry PD: Driver Caught With Gun Blames Philadelphia Unrest
Little Ferry PD: Driver Caught With Gun Blames Philadelphia Unrest An Elizabeth driver caught with a gun following a traffic stop told Little Ferry police it was because he’d been to Philadelphia and was “worried about what was currently happening there,” authorities said. Amsell Osorio-Fuentes, 23, remained held in the Bergen County Jail following his arrest on drug and weapons charges shortly after 2:30 a.m. Thursday, records show. It began when Sgt. John Andronaco spotted a 2012 Ford Focus with heavily tinted windows and an expired temporary registration in the parking lot of the 7-Eleven at the corner of Main and Liberty streets, Police Chief James Wal…

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Little Ferry Police: How Are We Doin'? Little Ferry Police: How Are We Doin'?
Little Ferry Police: How Are We Doin'? Little Ferry residents and merchants are invited to assess the borough's police department as part of a process known as accreditation. Members of the department and borough employees also are encouraged to call during the scheduled phone-in period from 9 to 11 a.m. March 3. THE NUMBER: (201) 641-2798 Telephone comments will be fielded by an assessment team from the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police, whose members will examine “all aspects of the Little Ferry Police Department’s policies and procedures, management, operations, and support services” during a visit that same d…

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by Jerry DeMarco