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HIM AGAIN? Ex-Con Busted In Ridgefield Park Scrapyard Break-In Pretends To Be Asleep: Police HIM AGAIN? Ex-Con Busted In Ridgefield Park Scrapyard Break-In Pretends To Be Asleep: Police
HIM Again? Ex-Con Busted In Ridgefield Park Scrapyard Break-In Pretends To Be Asleep: Police The phrase “known to police” refers to repeat offenders such as Willie Carter, an ex-con with a massive rap sheet who was arrested this week for committing yet another burglary, this one at a Ridgefield Park scrapyard. Willie Edward Carter, 56, of Newark, has been at it for more than 35 years, dating back to convictions that sent him to prison in Georgia for burglary, forgery and gun possession. He’s been arrested dozens of times in several North Jersey communities across multiple counties since then. Often it's for burglary and theft, but there have also been several arrests for assaults …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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PD: Career Englewood Burglar Chased Down By Bergenfield Police, Judge Once Again Cuts Him Loose PD: Career Englewood Burglar Chased Down By Bergenfield Police, Judge Once Again Cuts Him Loose
PD: Career Englewood Burglar Chased Down By Bergenfield Police, Judge Once Again Cuts Him Loose An Englewood ex-con whose rap sheet includes dozens upon dozens of charges stretching back more than 25 years fled from police who caught him burglarizing a Bergenfield scrap metal yard overnight, authorities said. Willie Edward Carter, 54, was carrying a large duffel bag with copper scraps hanging out of it when officers who heard banging while responding to a burglary at Bergen Scrap Metal on Hill Place found him inside around 1:15 a.m., Police Chief Mustafa Rabboh said. Carter dropped the bag and ran, hopping a fence, before Officers Andres Enriquez and Kevin Helder chased him down, Rabb…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Englewood PD: Arrest-Prone Ex-Con, 50, Caught Burglarizing New Home Englewood PD: Arrest-Prone Ex-Con, 50, Caught Burglarizing New Home
Englewood PD: Arrest-Prone Ex-Con, 50, Caught Burglarizing New Home ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- Dozens of arrests over nearly 25 years followed ex-con Willie Edward Carter into some shrubs, where Englewood police said they found him hiding after he broke into a house under construction. Carter, a 50-year-old career burglar with a long history of stealing copper piping and other valuables to hock, remained held Friday in the Bergen County Jail, records show. Responding to the 4:30 a.m. burglary call Monday in the 300 block of Tenafly Road, Officer Chris Formisano heard someone climbing over a nearby fence, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said. Moments later, Officer …

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by Jerry DeMarco