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Teen Trio Caught With Gun After Crashing Stolen Car During Pursuit: Lyndhurst PD Teen Trio Caught With Gun After Crashing Stolen Car During Pursuit: Lyndhurst PD
Teen Trio Caught With Gun After Crashing Stolen Car During Pursuit: Lyndhurst PD Three young teenagers who ran after one of them crashed a stolen car into a tree during a Lyndhurst police pursuit left a handgun in the vehicle, authorities said. It was around 11 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, when Officer Michael Clifford spotted the Kia Soul in the area of Page Avenue and Lewandowski Street, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. The subcompact had been reported stolen out of Clifton four days earlier, he said. Clifford tried to stop it but the 16-year-old driver from Passaic hit the gas and sped off on Page Avenue. The officer pursued the vehicle through Lyndhurst, along Schu…

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Lyndhurst PD: $1,600 Supermarket Shoplifting Spree Stopped By Arrest Of Newark Offender Lyndhurst PD: $1,600 Supermarket Shoplifting Spree Stopped By Arrest Of Newark Offender
Lyndhurst PD: $1,600 Supermarket Shoplifting Spree Stopped By Arrest Of Newark Offender Lyndhurst police chased down a repeat offender from Newark who was wanted for stealing more than $1,600 worth of merchandise in a recent shoplifting spree -- from the same supermarket. Marquis Harris, 34, Newark already had a record of arrests in several counties -- including in each of the previous four years -- when township police responded to a call from the Stop & Shop on Lewandowski Street at 5:15 p.m. Friday, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. He was in the back seat of a silver Honda Civic that was seen fleeing the store when Lt. James Goral quickly pulled it over before nearby …

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BUSTED: Lyndhurst PD Nabs Ex-Con Wanted In Multi-Thousand-Dollar Clifton Thefts BUSTED: Lyndhurst PD Nabs Ex-Con Wanted In Multi-Thousand-Dollar Clifton Thefts
Busted: Lyndhurst PD Nabs Ex-Con Wanted In Multi-Thousand-Dollar Clifton Thefts GOTCHA! A Bloomfield ex-con wanted for shoplifting thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from a Clifton supermarket was captured by Lyndhurst police as he tried to swipe nearly $450 worth of soap in their town, authorities said. A team of Lyndhurst detectives and uniformed officers converged on the Stop & Shop after a security officer at the Lewandowski Street supermarket recognized Quaire Wilson, 31, and called them, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Wilson’s picture had been sent to area Stop & Shop stores following a pair of thefts of more than $1,000 each from a Clifton loc…

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Lyndhurst PD: Fleeing Couple Risks Public Safety, Captured With Help From Kearny, JC Police Lyndhurst PD: Fleeing Couple Risks Public Safety, Captured With Help From Kearny, JC Police
Lyndhurst PD: Fleeing Couple Risks Public Safety, Captured With Help From Kearny, JC Police A fleeing shoplifter put the public at risk by speeding off from pursuing Lyndhurst police and then crashing her car in Kearny, authorities said. A manager confronted Kiana Brooks, 28, of East Orange and 21-year-old Movado Thomas of the Bronx when they tried to leave the Stop and Shop on Lewandowski Street with about $200 worth of stolen merchandise around 6:30 p.m. Friday, Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. Sgt. Richard Holicki spotted their black Range Rover on Schuyler Avenue in North Arlington a short time later. Brooks was behind the wheel, Auteri said. “His attempts to stop the veh…

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