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Lawrence, MA

Detectives Nab Out-Of-State Dealers In Teaneck With Coke, Loaded Guns, $25G: Prosecutor Detectives Nab Out-Of-State Dealers In Teaneck With Coke, Loaded Guns, $25G: Prosecutor
Detectives Nab Out-Of-State Dealers In Teaneck With Coke, Loaded Guns, $25G: Prosecutor Three Massachusetts men were carrying several ounces of cocaine, two loaded handguns and $25,515 in suspected drug money when they were stopped in Teaneck, authorities said. Narcotic Task Force detectives had learned that Kelvin Perez, 36, Brayan Lebron, 23, and Joseph Espinal, 22, all of Lawrence, MA were “transporting bulk amounts of suspected narcotics, weapons, and money derived from criminal activity” through the area, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Espinal works as a security guard, and the other two are unemployed, the prosecutor said. The stop on Wednesday, Oct. 5, tur…
9 Charged With Stealing $1.3M Worth of Vehicles In NJ, NY, PA, CT, MA, Shipping Them Overseas 9 Charged With Stealing $1.3M Worth of Vehicles In NJ, NY, PA, CT, MA, Shipping Them Overseas
9 Charged With Stealing $1.3M Worth of Vehicles In NJ, NY, PA, CT, MA, Shipping Them Overseas An international ring of identity thieves stole $1.3 million worth of vehicles and watercraft from dealerships in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Massachusetts using fraudulently obtained digital driver's licenses, authorities charged. Nine defendants used the stolen identities of U.S. citizens in Puerto Rico -- along with fake Puerto Rico driver’s licenses, Social Security cards, debit cards and birth certificates -- to obtain the licenses from motor vehicle agencies in Jersey City and North Bergen, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. They used thos…
NJ Violin Teacher Sexually Assaults 12-Year-Old Student, Authorities Say NJ Violin Teacher Sexually Assaults 12-Year-Old Student, Authorities Say
NJ Violin Teacher Sexually Assaults 12-Year-Old Student, Authorities Say An accomplished violinist and music teacher sexually assaulted a 12-year-old student of his in 2016, authorities announced. Dezheng Ping, 57, of Lawrence, was arrested and charged on Sept. 23 in Middlesex County, Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. An extensive investigation found that Ping sexually assaulted the child during violin lessons held at Ping's then-Plainsboro home, Ciccone said alongside Plainsboro Police Chief Fred Tavener. Ping is employed by Rider University at the Westminster Choir College and provides private violin instruction in West Windsor and Plainsboro. He was cha…
Ridgewood Native Joseph R. May Dies, 94 Ridgewood Native Joseph R. May Dies, 94
Ridgewood Native Joseph R. May Dies, 94 Joseph "Joe" Richard May, 94, formerly of Chatham,  passed away of natural causes on July 26.  He was at the home of his son David in Corona, CA, where he moved recently after losing vision in one eye. He is reunited in Heaven with Martha Jane May, his wife of 50 years who passed away in 2009. Born in Ridgewood to bridge designer Joseph Otto and Marcella Mary (Urell) May on June 29, 1926, he was the youngest of three children.  After graduating from Ridgewood High School in 1944 during WWII, Joe joined the Army Air Corps. He was in airplane mechanic school when the war ended but his serv…
Massachusetts Man, 20, Charged In Shooting, Stabbing Outside Paterson Home Massachusetts Man, 20, Charged In Shooting, Stabbing Outside Paterson Home
Massachusetts Man, 20, Charged In Shooting, Stabbing Outside Paterson Home One of two men who police said shot at and repeatedly stabbed an 18-year-old Paterson man in the stomach earlier this month was in custody, authorities announced Friday. Jefferson Acosta, 20, of Lawrence, MA was arrested Thursday on Market Street in connection with the Feb. 6 assault at a North 4th Street home, Massachusetts, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. The victim had received a text telling him to come outside, where gunshots were fired at his feet and he was stabbed, responders said at the time. Polic…
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…
NJSP: Route 46 Stop Turns Up 40 Pounds Of Coke At South Hackensack Motel, $119,500 Drug Cash NJSP: Route 46 Stop Turns Up 40 Pounds Of Coke At South Hackensack Motel, $119,500 Drug Cash
Njsp: Route 46 Stop Turns Up 40 Pounds Of Coke At South Hackensack Motel, $119,500 Drug Cash Two Massachusetts men were caught with nearly 40 pounds of cocaine in their South Hackensack motel room, said State Police who also seized more than $119,500 from the pair following a Route 46 traffic stop in Ridgefield Park. Members of the New Jersey State Police Trafficking North Unit assigned to the Opioid Enforcement Task Force stopped a Nissan Rogue on the highway at 4:45 p.m. Monday, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Wednesday. They found roughly $44,000 in cash in two secret compartments built into the vehicle, Grewal said. After taking both occupants into custody, the trooper…