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FEDS: Serial Burglar Makes Bogus Calls To Divert Police Before Multiple NJ Drug Store Break-Ins FEDS: Serial Burglar Makes Bogus Calls To Divert Police Before Multiple NJ Drug Store Break-Ins
Feds: Serial Burglar Makes Bogus Calls To Divert Police Before Multiple NJ Drug Store Break-Ins A hapless burglar tried to keep police in a half-dozen Bergen County towns busy with bogus calls of carjackings, kidnappings and other threats to try and buy himself time to break into local drug stores, federal authorities said. Michael J. Gynegrowski, 34, hit pharmacies in Cresskill, Hackensack, Oradell, River Vale and Teaneck, usually by breaking a window, they said. Six of a reported 10 attempts failed, but Gynegrowski did swipe a significant amount of Oxy, promethazine and other medications from an Englewood drug store, investigators told Daily Voice. Police in the various towns …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bystander Saves Cop From 'Guillotine' Chokehold During Unruly NJ Mall Patron's Arrest Bystander Saves Cop From 'Guillotine' Chokehold During Unruly NJ Mall Patron's Arrest
Bystander Saves Cop From 'Guillotine' Chokehold During Unruly NJ Mall Patron's Arrest A bystander came to the aid of a South Jersey police officer who was put in a "guillotine" style chokehold by a disorderly mall patron he was trying to arrest over the weekend, authorities said. Michael Carberry was harassing shoppers at the Deptford Mall around 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 19, bringing police to the scene, Deptford Police Chief Joe Smith said. Patrol Officer Anthony Gatto arrived and found Carberry on the second level of the mall. Carberry was asked to leave the property multiple times but refused, police said. Carberry became confrontational over getting the boot from the …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Vicious Mugger Punches Female Driver In Face, Caught Hiding Nearby: Englewood PD Vicious Mugger Punches Female Driver In Face, Caught Hiding Nearby: Englewood PD
Vicious Mugger Punches Female Driver In Face, Caught Hiding Nearby: Englewood PD A ruthless thug opened a female driver’s door at an Englewood stop sign, punched her in the face twice and demanded money before running away, authorities said. The 58-year-old victim from Englewood wasn’t seriously injured in the attack at the intersection of Highwood Avenue and Tenafly Road around 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 9, Police Lt. Fred Pulice said. Responding officers found Solomon Marshall, 51, also of Englewood, hiding in a nearby driveway and took him into custody. They charged him with robbery and criminal attempt and sent him to the Bergen County Jail, where he remained held Wednesd…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Serial Armenian Church Car Burglar Nabbed By Paramus Detective: Police Serial Armenian Church Car Burglar Nabbed By Paramus Detective: Police
Serial Armenian Church Car Burglar Nabbed By Paramus Detective: Police A 64-year-old Ramsey man has been charged in a trio of car burglaries at an Armenian church in Paramus, authorities announced. Garo Altunyan is accused of stealing $1,200 from a parked car at the Armenian Presbyterian Church on Forest Avenue on Dec. 27, 2022, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. The detective assigned to the case, Josh Capizzi, noticed similar incidents the same church parking lot on March 10 and Aug. 23 last year, and developed a suspect vehicle, according to Ehrenberg. "After staking out the vehicle he was able to positively identify Garo Altunyan as the act…

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by Cecilia Levine
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GOTCHA! 'Daughter In Trouble' Scammer Gets Punked By Paramus Police GOTCHA! 'Daughter In Trouble' Scammer Gets Punked By Paramus Police
Gotcha! 'Daughter In Trouble' Scammer Gets Punked By Paramus Police A cold-hearted scammer who tried to trick a Paramus woman out of $15,000 got duped herself, authorities said. The resident called borough police after getting a call from someone claiming to be a Hackensack police officer, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg explained. The purported officer told her that her daughter had been arrested and needed bail money -- 15 large, in fact, the chief said. A courier named "Daisy" was going to pick up the cash to be delivered to her daughter's attorney, the caller said. Paramus Police Officer Nicole Capone spoke with the would-be victim, then …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Wayne Police Turn Tables On 'Grandson Needs Bail Money' Scammers Who Victimized Elderly Couple Wayne Police Turn Tables On 'Grandson Needs Bail Money' Scammers Who Victimized Elderly Couple
Wayne Police Turn Tables On 'Grandson Needs Bail Money' Scammers Who Victimized Elderly Couple GOTCHA! An elderly couple had just handed over tens of thousands of dollars to a pair of “grandson-in-trouble” scammers and were about to surrender even more when Wayne police came to their rescue. The couple was already at the bank when their adult daughter reached out to township police –and just in time. Posing as a lawyer, one of the scammers had called and convinced the couple that a grandchild “had been involved in a car accident in New York City where a pregnant woman was involved and lost her baby,” Detective Capt. Dan Daly explained. The worried grandparents had already ponied up…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Judge Refuses To Release Garfield Ex-Con Charged With Threatening Adult, Child With Scissors Judge Refuses To Release Garfield Ex-Con Charged With Threatening Adult, Child With Scissors
Judge Refuses To Release Garfield Ex-Con Charged With Threatening Adult, Child With Scissors A judge ordered that a Garfield ex-con remain jailed after authorities said he put a pair of scissors to the neck of an adult and threatened a child during a domestic assault. Several Garfield officers who responded to reports of a domestic dispute found Hugo A. Orejuela, 39, hiding behind a Lincoln Place garage shortly before 11 p.m. Sept. 29, Capt. Mario X. Pozo said. Orejuela had been breaking things before grabbing the scissors and threatening two victims, the captain said. Orejuela pushed one of them to the ground, causing a minor injury, he said. Police charged Orejuela with aggrava…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Peeping Tom Strikes Again At Apartment Complex Along Hackensack River, Police Charge Peeping Tom Strikes Again At Apartment Complex Along Hackensack River, Police Charge
Peeping Tom Strikes Again At Apartment Complex Along Hackensack River, Police Charge A man who was banned from an apartment complex along the Hackensack River after he was caught peeking into windows was back at it, authorities charged. Joshua Purvis, 22, was arrested after Little Ferry police received a call of a peeping Tom at the Waterside Village Apartments beneath the Route 46 bridge shortly after midnight Tuesday, April 5, Chief James Walters said. Purvis, who lives on nearby Liberty Street, was previously banned from the property after surveillance footage showed him “peering through windows and attempting to open them to gain entry,” the chief said. Responding to t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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GOTCHA! Ramsey Police Nab Late-Night Parts Thieves At Route 17 Dealership GOTCHA! Ramsey Police Nab Late-Night Parts Thieves At Route 17 Dealership
Gotcha! Ramsey Police Nab Late-Night Parts Thieves At Route 17 Dealership Ramsey police nabbed a trio of late-night part-strippers from South Jersey at a Route 17 auto dealership. Israel F. Ortiz, 19, and Britney Jimenez, 20, were arrested and a juvenile detained after police converged on the Mitsubishi dealership on the southbound highway just past Island Road shortly at 11:30 Wednesday, Feb. 16. The trio from Sewell in Gloucester County were "in the process of removing parts from a vehicle using battery-powered tools," Ramsey Police Chief Brian M. Lyman said. Jimenez, it turned out, had four outstanding warrants out of Camden County, records show. She and Ort…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hackensack Tenant Charged With Shooting Englewood Man Near Spot Where Dad Was Killed In 1997 Hackensack Tenant Charged With Shooting Englewood Man Near Spot Where Dad Was Killed In 1997
Hackensack Tenant Charged With Shooting Englewood Man Near Spot Where Dad Was Killed In 1997 It was outside a Hackensack apartment complex that Willy Mann's father was brutally killed during his 2nd birthday party 24 years ago. Now Mann himself stands charged with attempted murder for shooting an Englewood man in the very same neighborhood. Responding officers found the 28-year-old victim in the back seat of a Nissan Maxima with multiple gunshot wounds, including one in the neck, outside the Alston Arms on Newman Street shortly after 10:30 p.m. July 11, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. They conducted CPR before the victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Jersey Shore Driver Shatters Car Windows With Steel, Glass Ammo In Slingshot Spree Police: Jersey Shore Driver Shatters Car Windows With Steel, Glass Ammo In Slingshot Spree
Police: Jersey Shore Driver Shatters Car Windows With Steel, Glass Ammo In Slingshot Spree A Wall Township man drove around town shattering car windows with a slingshot, said police who arrested him. Officer Chris Mason arrested Mark Shatkus, 35, Tuesday night after he smashed the rear passenger window of one driver on Allaire Road and the front passenger window of another on Belmar Boulevard near Route 35 using steel and glass projectiles, police said Wednesday in a statement. Shatkus, who drove around in an SUV, also shattered the front passenger window of a car parked in a lot off Belmar Boulevard, they said. No injuries were reported. Police charged Shatkus with aggravated …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Ramsey PD: Mailbox Fishing Thieves Caught In The Act, Chief Urges Caution Ramsey PD: Mailbox Fishing Thieves Caught In The Act, Chief Urges Caution
Ramsey PD: Mailbox Fishing Thieves Caught In The Act, Chief Urges Caution Ramsey police captured two suspected thieves near the borough post office with glue traps, shoe laces and other devices used to fish mail from drop boxes, authorities said. Both men ran around the Main Street post office to a car parked on North Island Avenue after Officer Bryan Arsi spotted them shortly before 1 a.m. Monday, Police Chief Bryan Gurney said. Detectives Adam Macaluso and Jaclyn Sabatelli, Lt. Brian Lyman, Sgt. Casey Hines and Officer Robert McMackin converged on the car with Arsi and took the pair into custody after finding the so-called tools of the trade, the chief said Wed…

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by Jerry DeMarco