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Daredevil Street Racer Who Taunted Cops Arrested In Hasbrouck Heights Burglary: Police Daredevil Street Racer Who Taunted Cops Arrested In Hasbrouck Heights Burglary: Police
Daredevil Street Racer Who Taunted Cops Arrested In Hasbrouck Heights Burglary: Police A 19-year-old man who made headlines in May for taunting Newark police in viral videos is among three people who have been arrested in a string of burglaries across North Jersey, police said. New York City resident Anthony Ginestri, of Queens, who is known as Squeeze.Benz on social media, and a 16-year-old boy were identified as Fairfield Police Detective Rick Alves as two of the three suspects in the cases, the first of which happened on Feb. 6 at a Speedway Gas Station on Route 46 East, Fairfield, NJ police said. Police were called to the gas station just before 2 a.m., where a grey SUV w…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
'Static Never Dies': Anonymous Tip Leads To Arrest Of NJ Man, Cops Say 'Static Never Dies': Anonymous Tip Leads To Arrest Of NJ Man, Cops Say
'Static Never Dies': Anonymous Tip Leads To Arrest Of NJ Man, Cops Say Police in North Jersey have arrested a 25-year-old man wanted for eluding an officer this week, they said. Deyah Shaabneh was arrested thanks to an anonymous tip, Fairfield police said on Saturday, April 27. Shaabneh was believed to have been in possession of a concealed carry weapon and is known to drive a 2023 Acura TLX bearing NJ/X37SBP or NJ/DEMON, which is a fictitious license plate, Fairfield police said. Shaabneh had been wanted for eluding a Fairfield officer on Wednesday, April 24, police said. His permit for concealed carry was deactivated but police warned he may have been …

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by Daily Voice
Police & Fire
NJ Driver Was 10X Over Legal Limit, Going 85 MPH In CT Uber Crash Near University, Police Say NJ Driver Was 10X Over Legal Limit, Going 85 MPH In CT Uber Crash Near University, Police Say
NJ Driver Was 10X Over Legal Limit, Going 85 MPH In CT Uber Crash Near University, Police Say A 19-year-old DUI driver from New Jersey was 10 times over the legal limit and driving at 85 mph when he crashed into an Uber carrying four of his peers from Sacred Heart University in Connecticut last month, officials said. Tyler Delk of South Orange, has been charged with assault with a motor vehicle, DUI, reckless driving, and other offenses on Tuesday, Oct. 24 by Fairfield Police for the Friday, Sept. 29 crash on Jefferson Street.  Delk suffered a brain injury, dissected carotid artery, broken jaw, broken ribs, collapsed lung, and lacerated spleen in the crash, according to a GoFundMe …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Fleeing Mall Suspect Caught After Ordering Uber: Wayne PD Fleeing Mall Suspect Caught After Ordering Uber: Wayne PD
Fleeing Mall Suspect Caught After Ordering Uber: Wayne PD A suspect who ran from a Wayne police officer at the Willowbrook Mall got tripped up when he called for an Uber, authorities said. A mall security guard had flagged down Officer William Hall following shoplifting from the Pac Sun clothing store shortly before 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. The officer approached Khaalil Tariq Branch, 29, of Philadelphia, who “feigned that he was looking for identification and suddenly ran through the parking lot,” the captain said. Hall chased Branch to Willowbrook Boulevard and onto Riverside Drive before he and Officer Matthew Ber…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Comatose NJ Lifeguard Suffers Brain Injury In Crash With Uber In CT Comatose NJ Lifeguard Suffers Brain Injury In Crash With Uber In CT
Comatose NJ Lifeguard Suffers Brain Injury In Crash With Uber In CT A 19-year-old New Jersey resident is in a medically-induced coma following a crash involving several of his Sacred Heart University peers last month in Connecticut. Tyler Delk, of South Orange, was behind the wheel of an Audi that ended up on its roof in a collision with an Uber carrying four female passengers on Friday, Sept. 29, according to Fairfield Police Lt. Edward Nook Jr. and a GoFundMe for Delk. The scene of the crash that left six students in critical condition.DoingItLocal.com The JCC Metrowest in West Orange said Delk is a lifeguard at the facility. The Fairfield, CT crash …

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by Kathy Reakes & Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Running On Empty: High-Speed Route 46 Pursuit Ends With Gasless Long Island Driver In Custody Running On Empty: High-Speed Route 46 Pursuit Ends With Gasless Long Island Driver In Custody
Running On Empty: High-Speed Route 46 Pursuit Ends With Gasless Long Island Driver In Custody A driver from Long Island who led police from several towns on a high-speed pursuit on and off Route 46 was seized after he ran out of gas, authorities said. Jessy Sainteloi, 25, of Uniondale was reportedly weaving in and out of traffic at high speed on the westbound highway in an Acura ILX when Little Falls Police Officer Matt Yannuzzi tried to pull him over Thursday night, April 27. The vehicle had no rear license plate and a temporary registration taped to the rear window, Sgt. Ryan J. Hoyt said. Sainteloi tried to shake the officer by cutting across the Routes 23/80 stretch of the spa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Stolen Car Flips 21 Feet Off Embankment Onto North Jersey Cars (VIDEO) Stolen Car Flips 21 Feet Off Embankment Onto North Jersey Cars (VIDEO)
Stolen Car Flips 21 Feet Off Embankment Onto North Jersey Cars (Video) Stunning footage shows a stolen vehicle flipping more than 21 feet over an embankment before narrowly missing a homeowner and landing on two vehicles in North Jersey on New Year's Eve (scroll for video). The driver of the vehicle apparently lost control and drove over the embankment before crashing into a house and on top of the vehicles parked in the driveway of 52 Hilltop Dr., in North Caldwell at 12:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 1, local police said. Occupants of the stolen vehicle were able to escape and fled on foot. Detective Herbert, Officer Moskalow, and surrounding agencies later arrested …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
North Jersey Trucker Beating Coworker With Plank Stabbed With Pocketknife In Parking Lot Attack North Jersey Trucker Beating Coworker With Plank Stabbed With Pocketknife In Parking Lot Attack
North Jersey Trucker Beating Coworker With Plank Stabbed With Pocketknife In Parking Lot Attack One man was stabbed with a pocket knife and another beaten with a wooden plank during a brawl between North Jersey truckers that broke out early Friday morning, authorities said. Alptug Akkus and Bryan Tay, both of Paterson, had been working together in Arizona when they got in a dispute earlier in the week, Police Chief Anthony Manna said. Surveillance tapes show Tay, 40, hiding behind a car in the KZY Logistics parking lot on Commerce Road, armed with a plank, apparently waiting for Akkus, 29, to pull in and drop off his tractor trailer, Manna said. As Akkus pulled in, Tay jumped ou…

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by Cecilia Levine