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Throngs Of Unruly Teens Break Up NJ Haunted Hayride Event, Police Say Throngs Of Unruly Teens Break Up NJ Haunted Hayride Event, Police Say
Throngs Of Unruly Teens Break Up NJ Haunted Hayride Event, Police Say About 200 teens and young adults caused chaos at a PTA-sponsored hayride in Collingswood, authorities said. The large group was dropped off by several vehicles on the outskirts of Knight Park on Saturday, Oct. 19, the Collingswood Police Department said in a Facebook post. The teens and young adults started fighting each other, ran recklessly through the crowd, and cut in line for the Haunted Hayride. Officers at the event broke up the unruly teens and other Camden County police departments were called in to help. "To ensure the safety of those in attendance, the decision was mad…

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by Chris Spiker
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Armed 16-Year-Old Bergen County Boy Charged With Robbing Local Gas Station: Police Armed 16-Year-Old Bergen County Boy Charged With Robbing Local Gas Station: Police
Armed 16-Year-Old Bergen County Boy Charged With Robbing Local Gas Station: Police A 16-year-old boy from Bergen County has been charged in a robbery of a local gas station in which he flashed a handgun and made off with several hundred dollars, police said. The unidentified teen was wearing a mask and a hooded sweatshirt when he flashed a handgun tucked in his waistband and demanded money in the cash register, along with money on the gas station clerk themself, at a gas station on Hackensack Avenue in River Edge around 4:45 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The teen made off with several hundred dollars. An investigation conducted …

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by Cecilia Levine
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High-Capacity Magazine Found On Shooting Suspects In Passaic County Traffic Stop: Officials High-Capacity Magazine Found On Shooting Suspects In Passaic County Traffic Stop: Officials
High-Capacity Magazine Found On Shooting Suspects In Passaic County Traffic Stop: Officials Three men and a teenage boy have been arrested for two shootings, Passaic and Paterson officials announced on Saturday, June 29.  Gabriel Mercado, 23 of Lodi, NJ;  Issac Mejia, 23 of Paterson, NJ; Steven Batista, 20 of Malden Massachusetts; and a 17-year-old boy from Paterson, NJ were charged in connection with non-fatal shootings in April and June, officials explained in the release.  Mercado and Mejia were arrested during a traffic stop by members of the New Jersey State Police Violent & Organized Crime Control North Bureau in conjunction with the Bureau of Alcohol…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Car Thief Confronted By Wyckoff Homeowner Turns Out To Be 14-Year-Old Garfield Boy Car Thief Confronted By Wyckoff Homeowner Turns Out To Be 14-Year-Old Garfield Boy
Car Thief Confronted By Wyckoff Homeowner Turns Out To Be 14-Year-Old Garfield Boy A would-be car thief who fled a Wyckoff driveway after the new BMW X5’s owner confronted him turned out to be a 14-year-old boy from Garfield, authorities said. The teen hopped into a waiting Dodge Charger that was trailed by a Nissan Rogue, both of which sped from Atwood Place early one late-March morning, Wyckoff Police Lt. Joseph Soto said. Sgt. Ryan Noon tried stopping the Rogue but had to terminate the pursuit because of safety concerns, Soto said. Detective Sgt. Michael DeMaio took it from there, identifying the boy with help from Newark police who’d stopped the Charger, the lieutena…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bergen Grade Schoolers Accused Of Sodomizing Boy With Sex Toy Bergen Grade Schoolers Accused Of Sodomizing Boy With Sex Toy
Bergen Grade Schoolers Accused Of Sodomizing Boy With Sex Toy A group of young boys from Old Tappan are accused of sodomizing another with a sex toy. According to multiple parents, the 8th graders pooled their money to buy the penis-shaped sex aid from a popular gift company. One apparently turned it on another at a local residence while at least two others helped with the horrific assault, they said. Video of the penetration and what the parents said was an equally disgusting subsequent act was apparently recorded and shared. It wasn't immediately clear what physical injuries the victim may have suffered or what medical treatment was needed.  …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police Car Struck, Vehicle Thieves Captured After Crash In Garfield: Authorities Police Car Struck, Vehicle Thieves Captured After Crash In Garfield: Authorities
Police Car Struck, Vehicle Thieves Captured After Crash In Garfield: Authorities A driver wanted for hitting a police cruiser with a stolen BMW was nabbed by Garfield police after he crashed into a pole, igniting a fire, and took off on foot, authorities said. Garfield police spotted the orange 2020 BMW M4 shortly before noon Wednesday, March 27, after colleagues from Newark who were tracking the vehicle via GPS pointed them to Prospect Street after one of their vehicles was hit, Capt. Mario Pozo said. Garfield Police Officer Noah Murphy tried stopping the sedan moments later, the captain said, but the driver threw it in reverse, hit the gas and accidentally slammed int…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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High Schooler Charged With Vehicular Homicide In Hit-And-Run Crash That Killed Teaneck Mom High Schooler Charged With Vehicular Homicide In Hit-And-Run Crash That Killed Teaneck Mom
High Schooler Charged With Vehicular Homicide In Hit-And-Run Crash That Killed Teaneck Mom UPDATE: A high school student who caused a crash that killed a Teaneck mom near her home has been charged with vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a fatal crash, authorities announced on Tuesday. Dymond T. Fryson, 40, briefly clung to life following the horrific 7:52 a.m. Jan. 25 crash at the intersection of Palmer and Sherman avenues. Witnesses said the other driver, a Bogota High School student who was with a classmate, sped through multiple stop signs before his 2015 Ford Explorer slammed into Fryson’s 2022 Nissan Rogue three blocks from the high school. The impact sent Fryson’s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Boys — 15, 16 — Charged With Shooting 14-Year-Old Outside Paterson School Boys — 15, 16 — Charged With Shooting 14-Year-Old Outside Paterson School
Boys — 15, 16 — Charged With Shooting 14-Year-Old Outside Paterson School Two Paterson boys – one 15, the other 16 – are charged with shooting a 14-year-old outside a city grade school last fall. The victim was treated at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center after being wounded near the Halpine Street entrance to School #12 on Oct. 25. A lengthy investigation led to delinquency complaints signed this past week against both youngsters, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In-Charge Isa Abbassi said in a joint announcement. The complaints allege what would be the adult equivalent of attempted murder and weapons offen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Security At Westmount Country Club Nabs Juvenile Worker With Loaded Gun Security At Westmount Country Club Nabs Juvenile Worker With Loaded Gun
Security At Westmount Country Club Nabs Juvenile Worker With Loaded Gun A 17-year-old employee at the Westmount Country Club got caught bringing a loaded gun to work, authorities said. Security at the banquet hall off Rifle Camp Road seized the boy, the handgun and a magazine loaded with hollow-point bullets, Woodland Park Police Capt. Michael Brady said. They turned all over to responding officers, he said. Woodland Park police signed a delinquency complaint charging the teen with weapons-related offenses, the captain said. They then sent him to the Essex Juvenile Detention Center in Newark pending a closed-door hearing, because of his age, in the Famil…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Boy Seized With BB Gun At Rutherford HS Playoff Game Boy Seized With BB Gun At Rutherford HS Playoff Game
Boy Seized With BB Gun At Rutherford HS Playoff Game A 17-year-old boy who apparently thought it was a good idea to bring a BB gun to Rutherford High School's state playoff game against visiting Hanover Park was quickly taken into custody, authorities said. The Friday night lights made it easy for a concerned citizen to see the weapon, which the boy pulled from his waistband to show other fans near the end of the Nov. 3 game, Rutherford Police Chief John Russo said. The citizen went straight to one of the officers on duty. It was "just a matter of minutes," the chief said, before Officer Anthony Bachmann and Sgt. Scott Ahearn seized the boy …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Terrifying Driveway Carjacking Of Garfield Resident Leads To Arrests Of Young Trio Terrifying Driveway Carjacking Of Garfield Resident Leads To Arrests Of Young Trio
Terrifying Driveway Carjacking Of Garfield Resident Leads To Arrests Of Young Trio UPDATE: More than three months have passed since four robbers rushed a Garfield resident in his driveway and took his car, cash and jewelry at gunpoint. An intense investigation of the May 14 carjacking and robbery produced the arrests this week of two 20-year-old men and the detention of a 17-year-old boy, all from Paterson, according to Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella. Investigators also seized two handguns during simultaneous raids on Monday, the prosecutor announced on Wednesday, Aug. 30. It was around 8 o’clock on a Sunday night when the victim was ambushed as he sat in his Lexu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Stolen Car Left In Flames On Route 80, Trio Captured By NJSP, Teaneck PD Stolen Car Left In Flames On Route 80, Trio Captured By NJSP, Teaneck PD
Stolen Car Left In Flames On Route 80, Trio Captured By Njsp, Teaneck PD A young trio was captured by New Jersey State Police troopers and Teaneck police after they left a stolen car engulfed in flames on Route 80, authorities said. An intense search began after troopers found the fully engulfed Chevy Cruze, reported stolen out of Jersey City, on the westbound highway near milepost 69 at 7:40 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 22, NJSP Sgt. First Class Philip Curry said. Teaneck firefighters doused the blaze. Troopers snatched up two of the fleeing occupants and Teaneck police nabbed the third, the sergeant said. Horton Felder, 20, and Zahkir Coleman-Smith, 18, both …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Driver, 14, Leads Paramus Stolen Car Chase Ending With Hackensack Crash, Pet Parakeet Recovered Driver, 14, Leads Paramus Stolen Car Chase Ending With Hackensack Crash, Pet Parakeet Recovered
Driver, 14, Leads Paramus Stolen Car Chase Ending With Hackensack Crash, Pet Parakeet Recovered A 14-year-old boy whose passenger was carrying a pet parakeet in his backpack led Paramus police on an overnight stolen car chase that ended with a crash down a Hackensack dead end. An officer in Upper Saddle River first spotted the 2015 Hyundai Sonata on Lake Street around 2 a.m. and issued an alert to police in surrounding towns. Paramus Officer Michael Mordaga was waiting as the sedan, reported stolen out of Belleville nearly 24 hours before, sped past him on southbound Route 17. Mordaga activated his emergency lights and siren, but the young driver from Newark kept going, Paramus Polic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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TEAMWORK: NY Teens Nabbed By Paramus, Wyckoff PDs After Fleeing Stolen Car Crash Off Route 208 TEAMWORK: NY Teens Nabbed By Paramus, Wyckoff PDs After Fleeing Stolen Car Crash Off Route 208
Teamwork: NY Teens Nabbed By Paramus, Wyckoff PDs After Fleeing Stolen Car Crash Off Route 208 A 16-year-old driver and three teenage companions were captured by police following an overnight stolen car pursuit Wednesday that began in Paramus and ended in a crash just up the road in Wyckoff. Paramus Police Officer Slavko Bajovic saw the driver pull a ski mask over his face as he drove a 2018 Hyundai Elantra west on Route 4 shortly after 1:30 a.m. June 21, Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. A check of the registration showed that the vehicle had been reported stolen out of Lodi the day before, he said. The driver “slowed down abruptly, almost coming to a stop, attempting to elude Off…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Youth Gang Seized Following Vandalism In Hasbrouck Heights Park Youth Gang Seized Following Vandalism In Hasbrouck Heights Park
Youth Gang Seized Following Vandalism In Hasbrouck Heights Park A group of bicycle-riding juveniles were corraled by police after they vandalized a Hasbrouck Heights park, responders said. A resident called police to report parts of the gazebo at the Terrace Avenue Park near Cleveland Avenue spray-painted and broken off around 7 p.m. Thursday, May 25. A detective tried stopping eight of the juveniles on Henry Street a short time later, but they resisted, responders said. Wood-Ridge police joined their Hasbrouck Heights colleagues who immediately converged on the neighborhood. Ten youngsters were brought to police headquarters, according to an initial …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Patrol Units Damaged As Boy, 15, Tops 100MPH In Clifton Police Pursuit Through Several Towns Patrol Units Damaged As Boy, 15, Tops 100MPH In Clifton Police Pursuit Through Several Towns
Patrol Units Damaged As Boy, 15, Tops 100MPH In Clifton Police Pursuit Through Several Towns A 15-year-old stolen car thief damaged two Clifton police vehicles while failing to elude his pursuers, authorities said. A police chase had passed through Passaic, Nutley, East Rutherford and Secaucus – with speeds exceeding 100 miles an hour -- before heading back to Clifton, where a chain-reaction crash occurred, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Officer Mohammed Rayyan was the first to spot the 2021 Ford Bronco on southbound Route 21 near Ackerman Avenue shortly after 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 15. The driver of the vehicle, which had been reported stolen out of Woodland Park earlier in t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Two Guns, Five Arrests In Less Than 24 Hours: Paterson Crime Crackdown Continues Two Guns, Five Arrests In Less Than 24 Hours: Paterson Crime Crackdown Continues
Two Guns, Five Arrests In Less Than 24 Hours: Paterson Crime Crackdown Continues Paterson police took two guns off the street, arrested four young men and seized a juvenile in a span of less than 24 hours, authorities said. It began when a colleague alerted a detective sergeant and two detectives who were on patrol to a man carrying a handgun. The pair recovered the weapon and took Tysaun Beach, 18, into custody on 12th Avenue, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and NJ State Police Major Frederick Fife said in a joint announcement. Two other officers patrolling downtown the same day spotted Cameron Louzan, 20, who was wanted for a carjacking and weapons off…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Juvenile Trio Knock Down Elderly Woman, Chased Down By Passaic PD Juvenile Trio Knock Down Elderly Woman, Chased Down By Passaic PD
Juvenile Trio Knock Down Elderly Woman, Chased Down By Passaic PD A Passaic senior citizen was injured when three shoplifting teens knocked her down, said police who captured the trio soon after. The victim was bruised but otherwise OK after the incident on Jefferson Street with the boys -- two from Newark, one from Lodi, ages 17, 16 and 13, Passaic Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said. One of them is a convicted delinquent with a robbery history who recently cut off a monitoring bracelet while on house arrest, the mayor said. The juvenile tried to escape by scampering across rooftops and climbing fences, but patrol officers chased them down, he said. Police w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'I Shot Myself': Teen Suffers Unfortunate Accident Running From Cops In Hillside 'I Shot Myself': Teen Suffers Unfortunate Accident Running From Cops In Hillside
'I Shot Myself': Teen Suffers Unfortunate Accident Running From Cops In Hillside "I shot myself," is what a 16-year-old boy found lying on the ground on Highland Avenue in Hillside told authorities he was running from Thursday night, April 13, police said. The boy and a group of others were caught trying to burglarize cars on Compton Avenue, just blocks from police headquarters, and took off northbound on foot, Hillside Police Chief Vincent Ricciardi said. During the chase, police said they heard a gunshot. As they arrived at 1527 Highland Ave., the Newark boy was found lying on the ground with gunshot wounds — a Smith & Wesson 9mm handgun containing illeg…

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by Cecilia Levine
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GET THIS: Two Teen Drivers, One 15, Nabbed With Stolen Cars On Palisades Interstate Parkway GET THIS: Two Teen Drivers, One 15, Nabbed With Stolen Cars On Palisades Interstate Parkway
GET This: Two Teen Drivers, One 15, Nabbed With Stolen Cars On Palisades Interstate Parkway A 15-year-old boy drove a stolen car up the Palisades Interstate Parkway to pick up a 17-year-old friend with another stolen vehicle that had become disabled, authorities said. PIP Police Officer Matthew Levine pulled up to the scene of a 2016 Hyundai parked behind a disabled 2015 Hyundai on the parkway’s northbound shoulder in Alpine shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, Lt. Raymond E. Walter said. Levine immediately took the 2016 vehicle’s 15-year-old driver into custody, the lieutenant said. The disabled vehicle’s driver bolted into the woods, he said. Parkway police requested …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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MALL STABBING: Five In Custody After Assault At Willowbrook Food Court MALL STABBING: Five In Custody After Assault At Willowbrook Food Court
Mall Stabbing: Five In Custody After Assault At Willowbrook Food Court UPDATE: A 16-year-old boy stabbed a 14-year-old rival at the Willowbrook Mall during a weekend brawl between two groups from the City of Passaic, police said Monday. There had been an “ongoing issue between them that involved a previous fight in another location,” Wayne Police Detective Capt. Dan Daly said on March 6. The boy was found at the entrance to the food court with a stab wound in his thigh around 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 4, the captain said. The boy who stabbed him fled with others in his group toward the Cinemark movie theater, Daly said. As officers from Wayne, Fairfield and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Teen Carjacker Pistol-Whips Driver In Englewood, Caught Returning To Vehicle Teen Carjacker Pistol-Whips Driver In Englewood, Caught Returning To Vehicle
Teen Carjacker Pistol-Whips Driver In Englewood, Caught Returning To Vehicle A juvenile pistol-whipped a car service driver, took his keys and was about to make off with his vehicle when Englewood police grabbed him. The 17-year-old robber tried carjacking the driver at gunpoint on 3rd Street but ended up taking the keys and running, Lt. Fred Pulice said. The driver, afraid that he'd return, immediately called police, the lieutenant said. Officers were interviewing him when the teen came around the corner, apparently to collect the car, Pulice said. They chased him on foot before catching the youth in Mackay Park. He apparently was carrying the keys to the car tha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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TEEN MURDER: Paterson Boy, 15, Charged With Stabbing 14-Year-Old Dead, Wounding 16-Year-Old TEEN MURDER: Paterson Boy, 15, Charged With Stabbing 14-Year-Old Dead, Wounding 16-Year-Old
Teen Murder: Paterson Boy, 15, Charged With Stabbing 14-Year-Old Dead, Wounding 16-Year-Old A 15-year-old Paterson boy was seized by police on Tuesday for stabbing and killing a 14-year-old city youth and wounding the victim’s 16-year-old companion in broad daylight last week. Delinquency complaints were signed against the boy that would equal adult criminal charges of murder, aggravated assault, and weapons possession, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Acting Paterson Police Chief Bert Ribeiro said. He was placed in detention pending a hearing in the Family Part of Superior Court in Paterson. The incident occurred outside but not on the property of Paterson Eastsi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Delinquent With Ankle Monitor Among Trio Caught After Mahwah Stolen Car Pursuit, Paramus Crash Delinquent With Ankle Monitor Among Trio Caught After Mahwah Stolen Car Pursuit, Paramus Crash
Delinquent With Ankle Monitor Among Trio Caught After Mahwah Stolen Car Pursuit, Paramus Crash A predawn stolen car chase that began at a Mahwah housing development that has become a frequent destination for thieves ended in a crash in Paramus and the seizure of three delinquents from Newark, one of whom was wearing an ankle monitor, authorities said. Township police converged the Rio Vista development in response to multiple 911 calls of vehicles being broken into shortly before 7 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, Capt. Guido Bussinelli said. Moments later, Officer Darren Iurato tried to stop a recently-stolen Honda CRV after it emerged from the complex and headed first toward Campgaw Road and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Teen Trio From Rockland All Caught Packin' Pistols On Paterson Streetcorner: Police Teen Trio From Rockland All Caught Packin' Pistols On Paterson Streetcorner: Police
Teen Trio From Rockland All Caught Packin' Pistols On Paterson Streetcorner: Police Three Rockland County teens mingling on a Paterson street corner were all carrying guns when city detectives rolled up on them, authorities said. Detectives Jonathan Traynor and Kenneth Kerwin approached the trio at the corner 5th Avenue and East 12th Street shortly before 12:30 a.m. last Sunday, Nov. 27, city Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Joined by Detectives Suquan Gary and Joseph Aboyoun, the investigators found all three packing, he said. Sent to the Passaic County Jail on weapons charges were Christain Martinez, 18, of Suffern, who Speziale said was caught with a .22-caliber He…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Special Police Officer IDs Brooklyn Boy, 15, Who Threatened To Blow Up Lyndhurst High School Special Police Officer IDs Brooklyn Boy, 15, Who Threatened To Blow Up Lyndhurst High School
Special Police Officer IDs Brooklyn Boy, 15, Who Threatened To Blow Up Lyndhurst High School A sharp-eyed Lyndhurst special police officer nabbed a 15-year-old boy from Brooklyn who authorities said made a 911 call threatening to blow up the township high school. A Bergen County communications dispatcher told Lyndhurst police shortly after noon on Oct. 7 that an unknown caller using anonymizing technology claimed there was a bomb inside the high school, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. The school was locked down and all 852 students, along with teachers and staff, were escorted out by Lyndhurst police. The Bergen County sheriff’s bomb and K-9 squads checked inside and out and d…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police ID Victim, Car Thief In Central Jersey Pursuit-Crash That Left Innocent Bystander Dead Police ID Victim, Car Thief In Central Jersey Pursuit-Crash That Left Innocent Bystander Dead
Police ID Victim, Car Thief In Central Jersey Pursuit-Crash That Left Innocent Bystander Dead Authorities have charged two people and identified the innocent victim killed by car thieves during a wild police pursuit in Old Bridge on Wednesday, Nov. 9. Samuel Villar, 19, of Somerset, was using the vehicle stolen last month to burglarize cars in Marlboro when police began to pursue the car around 2:15 a.m. up Route 9, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Old Bridge Acting Police Chief Donald F. Fritz, Jr. said. Villar ended up crashing the vehicle near the Spring Valley Road intersection, killing Arturo Tlapa Luna, 33, of Freehold, who was in his vehicle with other mem…

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by Cecilia Levine
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UPDATE: 15-Year-Old Who Shot Hackensack Liquor Store Customer, Robbed Man On Street In Custody UPDATE: 15-Year-Old Who Shot Hackensack Liquor Store Customer, Robbed Man On Street In Custody
Update: 15-Year-Old Who Shot Hackensack Liquor Store Customer, Robbed Man On Street In Custody UPDATE: An underage teenager who robbed a man at gunpoint on a Hackensack street this past weekend was also the shooter who wounded a customer at a city liquor store late last month, authorities said. Although they didn't officially disclose his age, sources with knowledge of the incident said the accused shooter is only 15. He apparently had been sent from New York to stay with family in New Jersey, they said. The boy “brandished a handgun and demanded that the victim turn over a backpack” in this past Sunday’s 7:46 p.m. holdup at Fairmount Avenue and Allen Street, Bergen County Prosecuto…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Detectives Nab 16-Year-Old Street Dealer With Gun, Heroin, Crack Paterson Detectives Nab 16-Year-Old Street Dealer With Gun, Heroin, Crack
Paterson Detectives Nab 16-Year-Old Street Dealer With Gun, Heroin, Crack Paterson detectives busted a 16-year-old city boy Monday with dozens of heroin folds, several vials of crack and a loaded gun, authorities said. Investigators working the "hot spot" neighborhood on and around the corner of 10th Avenue and 26th Street watched as the teen adjusted and then removed the gun from his waistband, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Leaving the gun in a windbreaker, the boy crossed the street before the detectives moved in and grabbed him outside a local market, Speziale said. They found the teen carrying 38 heroin folds and six vials of crack, retrieved t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities: Ramapo High School Threats Unfounded, Police File Delinquency Complaints Authorities: Ramapo High School Threats Unfounded, Police File Delinquency Complaints
Authorities: Ramapo High School Threats Unfounded, Police File Delinquency Complaints An alleged threat at a Bergen County high school proved unfounded, authorities said. Franklin Lakes police said Friday that they consulted with the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office and filed delinquency complaints in connection with the alleged threats against classmates last week at Ramapo High School. The "multiple charges" against the underage teen will be heard behind closed doors by a judge in the Family Part of Superior Court in Hackensack. There was "no immediate threat to staff or students present" when the alleged threats were made, Franklin Lakes Police Capt. Mark McCombs said …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Pursuits Are Back, And Paramus Police Are Already In The Plus Column Pursuits Are Back, And Paramus Police Are Already In The Plus Column
Pursuits Are Back, And Paramus Police Are Already In The Plus Column Paramus police -- no longer hamstrung by limits on pursuits -- captured a trio of teenage car thieves who crashed into a tree off Route 17 after they were caught prowling local neighborhoods, authorities said. Officer Kevin Grady was on patrol when he spotted the ski-masked bandits from Kearny scoping out vehicles around Polly Ann Terrace and Ivanhoe Drive in a Honda CRV shortly before 2 a.m. Wednesday, May 4, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Grady tried to stop the SUV, which had been reported stolen out of Livingston, the chief said. The driver, 19-year-old Jason Cathcart, hit the ga…

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by Jerry DeMarco