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Closter PD Crashes Shopping Spree: NYC Trio Caught With Dozens Of Stolen Credit, Gift Cards Closter PD Crashes Shopping Spree: NYC Trio Caught With Dozens Of Stolen Credit, Gift Cards
Closter PD Crashes Shopping Spree: NYC Trio Caught With Dozens Of Stolen Credit, Gift Cards An illegally parked car at the Closter Plaza shopping center led to the arrests of three Brooklyn men who police said had nearly 50 stolen credit and gift cards. Officer Daniel Hargrave was approaching the car when the trio emerged from a Closter Plaza liquor store, Detective Sgt. Vincent Aiello said. Although they clearly appeared about to get into the car, the men told Hargrave and backup officers who quickly arrived that it wasn’t their vehicle, Aiello said. They also “refused to produce identification and were extremely uncooperative,” he said. Smelling pot, the officers searched the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Ridgewood, Glen Rock Police Nab Shoplifting Crew Led By Career Offender Ridgewood, Glen Rock Police Nab Shoplifting Crew Led By Career Offender
Ridgewood, Glen Rock Police Nab Shoplifting Crew Led By Career Offender At 50 years old, Barry Green has spent most of his adult life behind bars. He was back there Thursday after Ridgewood and Glen Rock police teamed up to grab him and other accused members of a shoplifting crew – all of whom were wanted on several warrants from other towns. Alerted by their village colleagues, Glen Rock police stopped a minivan at the corner of Glen Avenue and South Maple Avenue after the group was involved in a shoplifting attempt Wednesday afternoon at the Franklin Avenue Stop & Shop in Ridgewood, Detective Capt. Forest Lyons said. Those arrested included Green, a care…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Mahwah Pump Jockey Took Pics Of Driver's Credit Cards, Bought $1,370 In Jewelry, Police Charge Mahwah Pump Jockey Took Pics Of Driver's Credit Cards, Bought $1,370 In Jewelry, Police Charge
Mahwah Pump Jockey Took Pics Of Driver's Credit Cards, Bought $1,370 In Jewelry, Police Charge CHECK YOUR STATEMENTS: It took several tries, but a Mahwah gas station attendant finally got an online store in Texas to accept a credit card number stolen from a motorist to pay for $1,370 worth of jewelry that he turned around and hocked, authorities charged. Mahwah Police Detective Lt. Bussinelli and Detective Sgt. Kevin Hebert watched on surveillance video as Bryan Collazzo, 23, of Mahwah completed a gas sale at the Pilot Travel Center on southbound Route 17, then requested the victim’s credit card a second time, Police Chief James N. Batelli said. Collazzo then “disappeared behind the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Daily Voice Reader Tips Produce Arrests Of North Jersey Car Burglary Suspect Daily Voice Reader Tips Produce Arrests Of North Jersey Car Burglary Suspect
Daily Voice Reader Tips Produce Arrests Of North Jersey Car Burglary Suspect Tips from Daily Voice readers helped lead authorities to the arrest of a Rochelle Park car burglary suspect, police said. Joseph Derissio, 21 of Wayne, was identified as the man wanted in surveillance photos for burglarizing cars in Rochelle Park, Maywood and Hackensack and then using stolen credit cards, Rochelle Park Detective Sergeant James M. DePreta said. Derissio was arrested Friday on charges of burglary, theft, and credit card fraud in Rochelle Park and Maywood. Elijah Navarro, 21 of Maywood, was also arrested in connection with two incidents of Maywood vehicle b…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Suspects Who Led Officer On Chase Resulting In Crash Tied To Thefts Across Three States: Police Suspects Who Led Officer On Chase Resulting In Crash Tied To Thefts Across Three States: Police
Suspects Who Led Officer On Chase Resulting In Crash Tied To Thefts Across Three States: Police A Philadelphia trio led Paramus police officers on a brief chase that resulted in a crash -- and then their arrests, authorities said. On Oct. 3, Paramus police officers responded to the Paramus Park Mall on a reports of three people pickpocketing and stealing, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Officer Brian Doughty located Michael Grantham, Kachae Jackson and Danielle Taylor, all from Philadelphia, who fled on foot from the officer into a waiting vehicle, the chief said. Paramus Officer Michael Focarino attempted to stop the car using lights and sirens as it sped away from Paramus Park…

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by Cecilia Levine
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RECOGNIZE HIM? Suspect Wanted For Car Burglaries In Rochelle Park, Maywood, Hackensack RECOGNIZE HIM? Suspect Wanted For Car Burglaries In Rochelle Park, Maywood, Hackensack
Recognize HIM? Suspect Wanted For Car Burglaries In Rochelle Park, Maywood, Hackensack Surveillance photos of a man wanted for burglarizing cars in Rochelle Park, Maywood and Hackensack and then using stolen credit cards were released Wednesday in the hopes that someone can identify him. The suspect, who had a young male accomplice, is in his 20s, slim, with a large tattoo on his arm, Rochelle Park Police Sgt. James DePreta said. He was seen wearing a large gold chain, medallion and bracelet. “He’s wanted for crimes committed over the weekend of Oct. 6,” DePreta said. If you see or know him, please call Rochelle Park PD: (201) 843-1515.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prosecutor: Drug-Dealing Cliffside Imposter Caught With Gun, Bogus Documents, $21,650 In Cash Prosecutor: Drug-Dealing Cliffside Imposter Caught With Gun, Bogus Documents, $21,650 In Cash
Prosecutor: Drug-Dealing Cliffside Imposter Caught With Gun, Bogus Documents, $21,650 In Cash Nearly 15 years after he was last busted for ID theft, a drug dealer who used a stolen identity to rent a Cliffside Park apartment was caught with fraudulently obtained credit cards, counterfeit driver’s licenses, a credit card skimming device, pot, $21,650 in suspected proceeds and a .45 caliber handgun loaded with hollow-point ammunition, authorities said. Obiajulu Ntukogu, 42, was arrested at his Carlyle Towers apartment with Nicole Khemraj, a 32-year-old student from Queens who was carrying a bogus driver’s license and phony credit cards, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Wayne Hills Grad Among 8 Rutgers Football Players Charged In Credit Card Fraud Scheme Wayne Hills Grad Among 8 Rutgers Football Players Charged In Credit Card Fraud Scheme
Wayne Hills Grad Among 8 Rutgers Football Players Charged In Credit Card Fraud Scheme Eight Rutgers University football players were charged for involvement in a credit card fraud scheme with multiple victims, authorities said. Brendan R. Devera, 18 of Totowa, was also charged with promoting organized street crime and money laundering, Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey and Rutgers University Police Chief Kenneth Cop said. Devera graduated from Wayne Hills and started on the Rutgers Football Team as a freshman in 2017. His brother Tyler Devera, a recent Bergen Catholic graduate, committed to the Scarlett Knights in June. The seven other students charged include  Ka…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Prospect Park PD: One Caught, One Sought In West Milford Car Burglary Spree Prospect Park PD: One Caught, One Sought In West Milford Car Burglary Spree
Prospect Park PD: One Caught, One Sought In West Milford Car Burglary Spree West Milford police were searching for a Prospect Park man who they said used stolen credit cards from several cars that he burglarized with a female accomplice. Shamarr Soto, 21, entered four unlocked vehicles in the Upper Greenwood Lake section of town on July 28 along with Alexayra Palma, 25, also of Prospect park, Chief Timothy Storbeck said. Palma who was taken into custody after detectives charged both with the crimes on Aug. 15, Storbeck said. She was released pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Municipal Court in Paterson.  An arrest warrant was issued for Soto -- former…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Edgewater Defendant Indicted In $12M Go-Go Bar Theft Ring Edgewater Defendant Indicted In $12M Go-Go Bar Theft Ring
Edgewater Defendant Indicted In $12M Go-Go Bar Theft Ring An Edgewater man conspired with the owner of a shuttered go-go bar to use stolen credit card information – and illegally acquired gift cards – to steal more than $12 million, authorities said. Kevin Bae, 30, shared a bank account with the Morris County bar owner “into which millions of dollars were transferred” through the scheme, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday. They generated the money through a variety of scams, including scaring elderly people over the phone into buying gift cards by pretending to be a grandchild who was in jail and needed bail money, Grewal said. The own…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Mahwah PD: Rockland Man Ran Credit Card Theft Scam From Hotel Room Mahwah PD: Rockland Man Ran Credit Card Theft Scam From Hotel Room
Mahwah PD: Rockland Man Ran Credit Card Theft Scam From Hotel Room A Rockland man who checked into a Mahwah hotel with a stolen credit card was printing up bogus cards there, said police who busted him after being alerted by a manager. Davidson Gilot, 26, of Spring Valley was running “a complex scam” from the hotel room – but was sniffed out after he tried to pay for an additional night with the stolen card, Chief James N. Batelli said. Gilot bought legitimate credit card numbers off the dark web and stole other numbers, all of which he entered into a credit card reader “to identify an individual's name and information associated with those numbers,” the c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEEN HIM? Smash-Grab Car Burglar Sought in Maywood, South Hackensack SEEN HIM? Smash-Grab Car Burglar Sought in Maywood, South Hackensack
Seen HIM? Smash-Grab Car Burglar Sought in Maywood, South Hackensack He's not your typical car burglar: A brazen thief smashed vehicle windows in Maywood and South Hackensack to steal purses, sunglasses and a digital camera, then used a credit card from one of the thefts at the Garfield Walmart, police said. Police turned to the public for help Wednesday in finding him. The overwhelming majority of car burglars test door handles to find unlocked vehicles.  Not this guy, police said. Owners reported break-ins the same day at the HUMC Fitness and Wellness Center in Maywood and in the 100 block of Wesley Street in South Hackensack. The bandit broke the front…

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by Jerry DeMarco