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UPDATE: Lyft Driver Gets 7 Years For Fondling Pre-Teen Prospect Park Passenger Separate Times UPDATE: Lyft Driver Gets 7 Years For Fondling Pre-Teen Prospect Park Passenger Separate Times
Update: Lyft Driver Gets 7 Years For Fondling Pre-Teen Prospect Park Passenger Separate Times A former U.S. military member from Morris County who was convicted of sexually assaulting a Passaic County pre-teen while working as a Lyft driver was sentenced to seven years in state prison. Julio Mejia, 43, of Wharton also must register as a sex offender and remain under lifetime parole supervision, under the sentence handed down by Superior Court Judge Joseph A. Portelli in Paterson. Mejia rejected a plea deal after investigators said the underage Prospect Park girl told them he had sex with her after she took a Lyft ride in August 2019 and then again after several weeks of texting. He…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Prospect Park Home, Vehicle Burglaries Cracked With Arrest Of Habitual Paterson Offender Prospect Park Home, Vehicle Burglaries Cracked With Arrest Of Habitual Paterson Offender
Prospect Park Home, Vehicle Burglaries Cracked With Arrest Of Habitual Paterson Offender A habitual offender was charged with burglarizing homes and vehicles in Prospect Park and elsewhere. Francisco Sanchez, 32, of Paterson had been busted for burglary in Paterson in May and spent a week in the Bergen County Jail before a judge released him pending further court action. He was back behind bars a month later – again for burglary, records show. Sanchez spent three weeks in the Bergen County lockup this time before being released again -- once again, pending further court action -- on July 20. Paterson police arrested Sanchez yet again this past Tuesday, Aug. 29, and sent him b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Employee Charged With Embezzling $122,000 From Bergen Company Employee Charged With Embezzling $122,000 From Bergen Company
Employee Charged With Embezzling $122,000 From Bergen Company An employee in a Ramsey company's accounts receiving department embezzled $122,000 from her employer, police charged. Kimberly Soto, 36, of Prospect Park used her access to company accounts at Ui Solutions to fraudulently divert [the money] from the company to her own personal account" over the course of a year, beginning in February 2020, Ramsey Police Chief Brian Lyman said. Soto was charged with theft and released pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, the chief said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Schools
Temple Student Killed Off Campus While Unpacking SUV Temple Student Killed Off Campus While Unpacking SUV
Temple Student Killed Off Campus While Unpacking SUV A 21-year-old Temple University student was shot and killed off-campus while unpacking his SUV Sunday afternoon, officials said. Samuel Sean Collington, of Prospect Park, was shot twice in the chest during what was an attempted robbery in the 2200 block of North Park Avenue around 1:30 p.m, police said. He was pronounced dead at an area hospital a short time later. The DelCo native was a political science and philosophy major and was set to graduate next year, the university said in a statement. This afternoon, my nephew Samuel Collington was shot and killed while entering his off-ca…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Prospect Park Detective Nabs Paterson Ex-Con In Burglary Spree, Bail Reform Frees Him Prospect Park Detective Nabs Paterson Ex-Con In Burglary Spree, Bail Reform Frees Him
Prospect Park Detective Nabs Paterson Ex-Con In Burglary Spree, Bail Reform Frees Him A Prospect Park detective responding to a burglary call nabbed a Paterson ex-con who police said also broke into two other homes this month. Abdulla Taylor, 27, had been free since last October after serving nearly three years in state prison for a trio of burglary convictions in Bergen and Passaic counties. Detective Arthur Canestrino spotted and captured Abdulla after a brief chase as he and several colleagues converged on North 10th Street in response to the noontime call Wednesday, Capt. Ammen Matari said. Further investigation tied Taylor to two other residential break-ins, said Matar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Prospect Park PD: Morris County Driver Found With 750 Heroin Folds After Running Stop Sign Prospect Park PD: Morris County Driver Found With 750 Heroin Folds After Running Stop Sign
Prospect Park PD: Morris County Driver Found With 750 Heroin Folds After Running Stop Sign A Morris County driver who ran a stop sign was carrying 750 heroin folds for sale, Prospect Park police said. Officer Greg Williams stopped a 2019 Nissan Altima on Hopper Street and Belle Avenue shortly before noon Monday, Detective Sgt. Walter Richmond said. Williams arrested the driver, 20-year-old Jerelle Wright of Riverdale, after finding the heroin and a bag of pot, Richmond said. He charged Wright with drug possession counts, issued several summonses, then released him pending a hearing in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Alert Officer, Diligent Detectives Stop Prospect Park Car Burglary Spree, Valuables Returned Alert Officer, Diligent Detectives Stop Prospect Park Car Burglary Spree, Valuables Returned
Alert Officer, Diligent Detectives Stop Prospect Park Car Burglary Spree, Valuables Returned A string of pre-dawn Prospect Park vehicle burglaries ended when a rookie police officer nabbed a Paterson man in the act, authorities said. Officer Yeisy Reyes Jr. was on patrol when he spotted Wesley Bethea, 51, testing car-door handles in the area of Hopper Street and Brown Avenue shortly before 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, Capt. Ammen Matari said. A security alarm on one of the vehicles began blaring, sending Bethea running, Matari said. Joined by Sgt. Amy Perlmutter and Officer Jawad Hataf, Reyes took Bethea into custody. They found him carrying a flashlight and some stolen property, the capta…

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by Jerry DeMarco