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Girl Beaten, Held Captive At Gunpoint In Franklin Lakes Home By Passaic County Trio, Police Say
One suspect jumped from a second-floor window and two others were also arrested following a reported gunpoint assault on a teenage girl Sunday night in Franklin Lakes, authorities said.
Detectives were still trying to sort out stories after an initial investigation found that two Passaic County men struck and threatened an underage girl taken to a McCoy Road home against her will, they said.
Donte Aste, 21, of Paterson, and Ezequiel Diaz, 19, of Passaic were both charged with aggravated assault, criminal restraint and illegal possession of a .40-caliber Taurus handgun, Capt. John Bakelaar s…
Port Authority PD: Man Who Assaulted, Abducted Companion At Newark Airport Captured After Crash
Port Authority police captured a driver who they said assaulted a companion at Newark Airport, sped off with her and her friend in his SUV and then crashed.
The incident began Thursday afternoon at the Terminal B arrivals area, Port Authority Media Relations Deputy Director Amber Greene said.
Jason Strong, 30, of Staten Island, assaulted a woman, then sped off with her and her friend in the Cadillac SRX, which crashed along Meeker Avenue in Newark, Greene said.
The 6-foot, 180-pound Strong -- who already was wanted on warrants -- took off on foot and was quickly captured, she said.
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Lyndhurst PD: Union Township Man, 27, Choked Pregnant Woman
A Union Township man with a criminal history remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Monday after police said he choked a pregnant woman in Lyndhurst.
Quadree Manderville, 27, and the victim – who is nearly nine months pregnant -- were at a birthday party Sunday when they got into a dispute, borough police said.
Manderville choked her and threw her to the floor, after which she got her cellphone and dialed 911, they said.
The woman, who is due next week, was briefly hospitalized for an evaluation before being released, police said.
No one else was injured, they said.
Manderville is ch…
