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NEWSBREAK: Fugitive Sought For Shooting Woman In Elmwood Park Killed In Gunfight With Police NEWSBREAK: Fugitive Sought For Shooting Woman In Elmwood Park Killed In Gunfight With Police
Newsbreak: Fugitive Sought For Shooting Woman In Elmwood Park Killed In Gunfight With Police UPDATE: An ex-con wanted for shooting a New Milford woman in Elmwood Park was killed in an exchange of gunfire with law enforcement officers at a Route 46 motel, state authorities confirmed. James Allandale, 61, opened fire on officers who found him at the Knights Inn Pinebook before midnight on New Year's, multiple law enforcement sources with knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. He was in turn shot and killed, they said. The officers were members of the Morris County Sheriff’s Emergency Response Team, according to New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin's office. SERT is …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Food Court Brawl Causes Mayhem At Garden State Plaza Food Court Brawl Causes Mayhem At Garden State Plaza
Food Court Brawl Causes Mayhem At Garden State Plaza UPDATE: A man was beaten, stomped on and bashed in the head with a chair during a vicious brawl Friday night in the food court of the Garden State Plaza in Paramus, authorities said. READ THE STORY HERE: Targeted Victim Beaten By Just-Released Ex-Con, Juvenile, Police Say ****** ORIGINAL STORY: One person was injured in a fist fight that erupted at the Garden State Plaza, creating mayhem throughout the mall around 7 p.m. Friday, May 20, authorities said. The food court fight caused major traffic problems in the parking lot as patrons fled and police converged on the scene. …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Prosecutor: Speeding SUV Kills One, Injures Others, Hits Parked Police Car In Downtown Paterson Prosecutor: Speeding SUV Kills One, Injures Others, Hits Parked Police Car In Downtown Paterson
Prosecutor: Speeding SUV Kills One, Injures Others, Hits Parked Police Car In Downtown Paterson UPDATE:  A Florida ex-con with a massive criminal record was driving an SUV that killed one pedestrian and injured several others in a horrific crash in downtown Paterson, authorities revealed. Harold Rasbin, 31, already had grand theft auto convictions on his record – as well as a string of arrests for burglary, resisting arrest and assault dating back to when he was 15 – when a police officer responding to a call of an attempted break-in spotted him shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said. Rasbin took off on foot, hopped into a Honda that had been left running on Oliver Street and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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ROUTE 80 BUS BRAWL: Ex-Con, Companion Charged With Macing Passengers ROUTE 80 BUS BRAWL: Ex-Con, Companion Charged With Macing Passengers
Route 80 BUS Brawl: Ex-Con, Companion Charged With Macing Passengers An ex-con and his companion Maced fellow passengers during a brawl that broke out on a bus headed west on Route 80, New Jersey State Police said. Anthony Ginwright, 57, and Gloria Bates, 45, both of Atlantic City, also tried to use a Taser during the incident, they said. Troopers responding to a fight in progress came upon the bus near westbound mile marker 67.2 in Ridgefield Park around 5 p.m. Tuesday. They charged Ginwright with three counts of assault, making terroristic threats, possession of drug paraphernalia and several weapons offenses, including being an ex-con in possession of Ma…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Haledon PD: Just-Released Ex-Con Who Did Time For Clifton Beauty Salon Holdup Caught With Gun Haledon PD: Just-Released Ex-Con Who Did Time For Clifton Beauty Salon Holdup Caught With Gun
Haledon PD: Just-Released Ex-Con Who Did Time For Clifton Beauty Salon Holdup Caught With Gun Haledon police caught an ex-con carrying a gun when they stopped him following a drug deal, authorities said. Eric Garcia, 46, of Paterson raised his hands and told Detective Sgt. Timothy Lindberg, Detective Christian Clavo and Lt. George Guzman that he had a gun when they approached him on Belmont Avenue in the middle of the afternoon late last week, Police Chief Angelo J. Daniele said. They took Garcia into custody and found him carrying a 9mm handgun and three vials of crack, Daniele said. Garcia and another man robbed a Clifton beauty salon at gunpoint in 2003, tying up the owner and a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEEN HIM? NJ Career Criminal Stole $70,000 In Jewelry From Home, Carlstadt Police Say SEEN HIM? NJ Career Criminal Stole $70,000 In Jewelry From Home, Carlstadt Police Say
Seen HIM? NJ Career Criminal Stole $70,000 In Jewelry From Home, Carlstadt Police Say Carlstadt police turned to the public for help finding a fugitive ex-con who they said stole more than $70,000 worth of jewelry and other valuables from a borough home. Dwayne Thorpe, 51, who has dozens of felony convictions out of several New Jersey counties the past few decades, has spent much of his adult life in prison. Carlstadt police said he and fellow ex-con Jose Andujar climbed through a resident’s window on the 400 block of 8th Street, ransacked a bedroom and bolted out the back door with the goods on July 13. Responding officers notified by residents captured Andujar as he tried…

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by Jerry DeMarco