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Helicopter Pilots Masterfully Tracking BMW Thief Who Fled NJ State Police
The NYPD has shared a video of its aviation unit tracking a New Jersey car thief in Manhattan. Just after pilots finish explaining how technology inside of the helicopter assists police work, they're notified of a felony vehicle — a white BMW with New York plates on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, on Monday, Feb. 26. They follow the vehicle from the air as it sits in traffic on the Belt Parkway. As the BMW heads east on the Belt Parkway, the NYPD learns that the vehicle had fled from New Jersey State Police, in Warren County New Jersey, an officer in the video can be heard saying. The…
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Good Samaritans Become Victims When NJ Driver In I-95 Crash Flees In Their Car: Police
A 54-year-old New Jersey man has been arrested after police in Delaware say he stole the vehicle of a Good Samaritan checking on him after a crash. Nadeem Cassiem of Keasbey (Woodbridge) was heading south on I-95 in a Toyota Rav4 in Newark, DE near State Route 273 around 7:10 a.m. Wednesday Feb. 7, when he rear-ended a white Dodge RAM pickup, Delaware State Police said. A concerned passerby stopped to check on the drivers for injuries, at which point the Cassiem got into the Good Samaritan’s Mercury Mountaineer and fled southbound on I-95 in the stolen SUV, DSP said. Troopers ide…
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'Nowhere Else To Run:' Bodycam Footage Shows NJ Porsche Thief's NY Capture After 75-Mile Drive
Police in New York have released footage of the moment they captured a 20-year-old suspected Porsche thief who swiped the vehicle from a New Jersey car dealership, they said. Jayden Martell, of Newark, allegedly drove the vehicle nearly 75 miles from the Great Meadows, NJ, dealership to Yonkers, NY, where he was arrested on Monday night, Oct. 30, Yonkers police said. Yonkers police got a call Monday night from the car dealership saying the 2021 Porsche Macan stolen the day before was being tracked entering Yonkers, the department said. Fourth Precinct Officers Pete Denyssenko and Virginia …
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Stolen Car Left In Flames On Route 80, Trio Captured By
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, 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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Parent's Worst Nightmare: Car Thief Steals Vehicle With NJ Child Still Inside, Reports Say
A family in Essex County experienced every parent's worst nightmare on Wednesday, July 5. The Irvington family's black Mercedes was stolen on Elmwood Avenue — their 7-year-old child inside, abc7 and CBS News report. The father had put his son, who was diagnosed with autism, in the vehicle when another man jumped behind the wheel and drove off, the outlet said citing police. The car was found several blocks away with the child inside and unharmed, according to reports. A suspect remains at large, according to reports. Irvington Police did not respond to Daily Voice's request for informatio…
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: Stolen Car Collisions Injure Homeland Security Agent,
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Detectives, Teen Thief
UPDATE: Two New Jersey State Police detectives were struck and a U.S. Homeland Security agent rammed head-on by a quartet of car thieves, one of them a 15-year-old who had his leg broken during a pursuit, authorities confirmed. Three adults and the injured juvenile were seized following a chain reaction of collisions in Newark involving a stolen SUV, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said on Friday, June 30. It began with the theft of the 2021 BMW X6 in Cedar Grove around 7:30 a.m. Thursday, June 22, the attorney general said. Members of the New Jersey State Police Auto Theft…
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Suspected Car Thieves Caught On Jersey Shore: Police
A pair of suspected car thieves was arrested on the Jersey Shore, authorities said. The Marlboro Township Police Department detective bureau charged the pair this week with stealing a vehicle on Monday June 19. It was stolen from the parking lot of Maple Tree Plaza, police said. Marlboro detectives along with assistance from the New Jersey State Police Auto Task Force were able to identify the suspects. The unidentified individuals were subsequently charged with: two counts of theft. one count of employing a juvenile in the commission of a crime. two counts of town ordinance, trespass…
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: Federal Agent,
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Detective Injured In Collisions With Fleeing Thieves
UPDATE: Two New Jersey State Police detectives were struck and a U.S. Homeland Security agent rammed head-on by a quartet of car thieves, one of them a 15-year-old who had his leg broken during a pursuit, authorities confirmed. Three adults and the injured juvenile were seized following a chain reaction of collisions in Newark involving a stolen SUV, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said on Friday, June 30. It began with the theft of the 2021 BMW X6 in Cedar Grove around 7:30 a.m. Thursday, June 22, the attorney general said. Members of the New Jersey State Police Auto Theft…
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Hackensack Ex-Con Charged With ½ Pound Of Coke, $12G Sketchy Cash In Illegally Parked Corvette
A hardcore ex-con was charged with having nearly a half-pound of cocaine and $12,000 in suspect cash in a stolen car that he left idling in a fire lane outside a shopping mall in Hackensack. Jarrett Bruce, 39, was initially released at the Shops at Riverside just off westbound Route 4 after Lt. Sean Briggs ran a computer check, found a mismatched VIN and impounded the 2022 Chevy Corvette in early April, Hackensack Police Capt. Michael Antista said. Discovering that the ‘vette had been reported stolen, police had grounds to seek -- and obtain -- a search warrant. They found the drugs and cas…
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NJ Man Who Killed GF Found On Maryland Roadside: Prosecutor
A 59-year-old Lakewood man has been charged with killing his live-in girlfriend before fleeing to Maryland, authorities said. John Filistovich was charged on Thursday, June 1 with murder in connection with the beating and suffocation of Betty Perry, 60, of Lakewood, they said. On Tuesday, May 30, at approximately 12:15 p.m., Lakewood Township Police responded to a residence on Thornbury Court to conduct a welfare check on Perry, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. Police found the dead body of a woman, later identified as Perry, on the floor of the bed…
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Ex-Con Kidnapper Gets 43 Years, No Parole, For Rape, Arson, Assault Rampage Through NJ, NY, PA
UPDATE: An ex-con who kidnapped and raped his ex-girlfriend in Pennsylvania, then torched a used car dealership in Paterson and rammed a stolen SUV into police cars at both ends of the George Washington Bridge was sentenced to 43 years in federal prison. Luis Figueroa, 42, first took a plea deal from the government that called for him to serve 26 years in a federal penitentiary. Then he abruptly withdrew his plea, took his chances with a trial – and lost. Federal jurors in Newark convicted Figueroa in May 2022 of kidnapping, criminal sexual abuse, illegal gun possession and assaulting…
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14-Year-Old In Stolen Car Kills NJ Driver In Head-On NY Crash: Police
A New Jersey man was killed when a 14-year-old driver in a stolen car struck his vehicle head-on early Tuesday, March 28 in New York, authorities said. The teen was heading south in a Toyota 4Runner on Route 9 in Rhinebeck when he struck Jonathan A. Kiech, 49, of Fords, who was heading north, around 6:30 a.m., Dutchess County Sheriff's Office Capt. John Watterson said. Kiech was pronounced dead at the scene, and the juvenile was taken to MidHudson Regional Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. He was since remanded to a detention facility pending further investigation/c…
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'SOS' Button Ripped From Stolen BMW, Occupants Busted With Heroin At NJ Motel: Police
A trio in stolen BMW with heavy tints and the "SOS" button ripped from the ceiling had outstanding warrants and heroin, authorities said. Officers in the Secaucus Police Department's Anti-Crime Unit were patrolling near the Rodeway Inn Motel on Route 3, around 9:05 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22, when they noticed a 2021 BMW 540i pull into the parking lot, Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Verly Antenor, 21, of Roselle Park, was behind the wheel, police said. He got out of the car and went into the motel for a few minutes, and then left with Arthur Garlick and Laura Probst, Miller said. The tr…
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Delinquent With Ankle Monitor Among Trio Caught In North Jersey Stolen Car Pursuit, 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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Rash Of Car Break-Ins Reported In Middletown: Police
Middletown police are investigating a rash of car break-ins and attempted thefts over the weekend. During the early morning hours of Sunday, Dec. 18, Middletown police responded to four reports of burglaries, attempted burglaries and thefts occurring in the Oak Hill and Lincroft sections of the township, police said. At approximately 3:55 a.m., male suspects attempted to steal a vehicle that was parked in a driveway at a residence in Bamm Hollow Estates, in Lincroft. Additionally, the suspects were observed on home security cameras entering the garage through a garage window,…
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Police Not Fooled By Bomb Threat At NJ Mall, Nab Stolen Car Trio
The driver of a stolen car stopped by Wayne police called in a bomb threat at the Macy’s in the Willowbrook Mall in the hopes of distracting them, authorities charged. Capt. Michael McNiff wasn’t fooled. While units responded to the 911 call at the mall, McNiff reminded officers on the road that it could be a diversionary tactic, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. Sure enough, the call was traced to Shaquanda White, 30, of East Orange, who was driving a Honda Accord that had just been stopped by Officer Chris Savitsky outside the Yard House restaurant at Willowbrook, the captain said. The se…
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Thief Steals Vehicle With Sleeping Infant Inside In Essex County: Sheriff
An infant was reunited with his father after a thief jumped behind the wheel of a vehicle he was sleeping in on Monday, Nov. 14 in Essex County, authorities said. The thief stole the car from the area of Joyce Street and Scotland Road in Orange, around 5:50 p.m., moments before the baby's parent called 911, Essex County Sheriff Armando B. Fontoura said. A Sheriff’s Officer responded and found the vehicle in the middle of the street on Conover Terrace. He then checked the vehicle for occupants and saw the child asleep in a car seat. The baby was evaluated by St. Clare’s EMS, found …
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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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1 Killed, 3 Hurt In Crash During Central Jersey Police Chase
One person was killed and three others were hurt in a crash that occurred during a police chase, authorities said. The Attorney General’s Office is investigating the crash on Route 9 south in Old Bridge after a Marlboro police officer attempted to stop a vehicle at 2:14 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 9. The vehicle being pursued struck unrelated civilian vehicles. It was a suspect in an attempted car theft. The identities of the decedent and the other individuals are not being released at this time. The investigation is ongoing and no further information is being released at this time.
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' Star's Stolen Porsche Found Totaled After North Jersey Pursuit
"Real Housewives of New Jersey" star Dolores Catania found her stolen Porsche — but it's completely destroyed, Daily Voice has learned. The car — which was purchased for her by ex-boyfriend David Principe for her 50th birthday in Season 11 — was stolen by thieves from her current boyfriend Paulie Connell's Edgewater apartment last weekend, Connell tells Daily Voice. Police pursued thieves in the car from Elizabeth before it was found totaled in Linden, having crashed into a pole, Connell said. "[Dolores] had just finished with Bravocon and she had a lot of stuff in the car b…
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Parolee Who Ran Over Tow Yard Worker While Stealing Car Captured At NJ Hotel: US Marshals
Members of the US Marshals Service captured a 34-year-old parolee who earlier this year ran over a tow yard worker while trying to steal a car, they said. Tyesha Smith, convicted in a 2014 robbery, ran over the employee at Hawk's Tow Yard in Trenton last February and has been wanted ever since, the US Marshals Service New York/ New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force said. She was arrested around 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, at the Red Roof Inn in Lawrence, a spokesman for the US Marshals said.
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: Unique Tattoo Makes ID’ing NJ Car Thief Simple, Police Say
When it comes to distinguishing marks, it's tough to beat an enormous butterfly-skull neck tattoo. It helped police identify an 18-year-old Newark man charged with breaking into homes or vehicles in no fewer than three North Jersey counties. Authorities in Rochelle Park became the latest to charge Zaire Gaskins, with police in even more towns possibly following. ROCHELLE PARK: Gaskins and two accomplices tried taking a BMW from a residence on West Oldis Street on Sept. 18, Police Lt. James DePreta said. When they couldn’t find the keys inside the vehicle, one of them unsuccessfully tried t…
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Attempted Car Theft Reported Near Gov. Murphy's Middletown Mansion
There was an attempted car theft at a home near Gov. Phil Murphy's mansion near the Navasink River in Middletown, authorities said. At approximately 3:25 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11, there was a break-in at a garage that is in close proximity to the governor’s house, Middletown police said. The suspects tried to break into the home's garage and steal a Range Rover. A neighbor spotted them, and they sped off in a white BMW SUV, police said. News 12 reported this occurred at the home next door to the governor's mansion. Police presence had since been beefed up in Murphy's neighborho…
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Newark Woman Nabbed For Role In CT McLaren Sports Car Theft: Police
A Newark woman is facing charges for her alleged role in stealing a sports car valued at over $200,000 from a Connecticut home. New Canaan Police were called just after 8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28, on reports that a 2020 McLaren GT sports car had been stolen from inside the garage of a home located in the northwest section of town. Investigators were able to identify a suspect vehicle believed to be tied to the theft, which led them to 26-year-old Deasia Foster, police said. Detectives questioned Foster about the theft and later determined that she had given them false and misleading informatio…
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Thieves Enter Morris County Home, Find Keys And Nab Hyundai In Brazen Car Burglary: Police
Two thieves entered a Morris County home to find a set of keys and brazenly steal a car that was sitting in the driveway, authorities said. The suspects entered an unlocked 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe parked in a driveway at a home on Sandy Hill Road in Chatham Township around 6:15 a.m. on Sunday, August 14, local police said. The suspects then entered the home through the garage door that had been left open and found the keys to the Santa Fe, police said. The suspects fled in the stolen car and a Black Infinity QX6. At approximately 6:15 a.m. two suspects entered an unlocked vehicle parke…
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Man With Rifle Nabbed In NJ Crash While Fleeing In Stole Car From PA Burglary: Police
A central Pennsylvania man has been arrested in New Jersey after he was car crash in a stolen vehicle following a burglary of his neighbor's home, police say. Allen Vasquez of the 7800 block of Clearfield Street in Swatara Township, Pennsylvania, broke into his neighbor's home in the 7600 block of the same street around 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 13, police allege. Vasquez was spotted on a neighbor's security camera entering the home with a rifle as pictured. "Vasquez took personal property and keys to the victim's vehicle that was parked outside," police say. He was in a car in New Jer…
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3 Teens Get Into Fiery Crash In Stolen Mercedes After High-Speed Chase In Morris County: Police
Three teens were nabbed after fleeing from police during a high-speed chase and crashing a stolen Mercedes — and two suspects remain at large, authorities said. Denville Police saw a black Mercedes Benz heading east on Route 46 matching the description of one that had been stolen out of Parsippany earlier in the evening just before 4 a.m. on Wednesday, July 13, a press release said. As officers attempted to stop the vehicle, the driver sped off onto Route 53 south and continued to ignore their lights and sirens. The Mercedes driver then veered off the road while trying to navigate a turn n…
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Man Steals Central Jersey Police Car, Crashes It Twice: Report
A Paterson man was arrested after stealing a South Amboy police car and getting into two different crashes, NJ Advance Media reported. Woodbridge police responded to the stolen car at 1:05 p.m. on Monday, July 4. After crashing the stolen car on Route 35, Jamil T. Robinson, 28, fled on foot and allegedly tried to carjack three other vehicles, the outlet said. Robinson was charged with three counts of carjacking, as well as assault by auto, resisting arrest, receiving stolen property, obstruction, and endangering an injured victim, according to the report. Click here for the complete story…
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: Paramus Residents Home As Brazen Bandit Enters, Takes Keys, Flees With Hi-End Sedan
A brazen thief entered a Paramus home at night while the owners were upstairs, took the keys to their BMW and drove off with it, authorities said. It was at least the third time in the past several months in Paramus that a brazen burglar has gone into someone's home to snatch keys to high-end vehicles, said Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg, who released home security video of the theft from various angles. An undetermined number of bandits pulled up to the Bruce Drive home off Oradell Avenue in a white SUV around 10:30 p.m. Monday, June 20, Ehrenberg said Wednesday. One of them got out, fou…
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‘It Only Takes Seconds:’ 2 Cars Stolen Out Of Morris County In Broad Daylight, Police Say
See anything? Police are investigating after two cars were stolen out of Morris County in broad daylight. The cars were taken from Crescent Road and the center business district in Florham Park on Tuesday, May 31, the police department and office of emergency management said. A search was also underway for a third vehicle potentially stolen from the Summit Medical Group complex, police said. The two vehicles confirmed stolen were left unlocked with the keys inside. “Please lock your doors and take out your fobs,” said Florham Park Police. “It only takes seconds for a thief waiting for an …
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Stolen Car Crashes On Jersey Shore, 2 Suspects Arrested, 2 At-Large
A stolen car carrying four suspects crashed on the Jersey Shore, authorities said. Holmdel police said the suspects fled on foot after the crash early Friday, May 13 at Everett Road and Route 520. Police caught two of the suspects, they said. Two others remained at large. On Thursday afternoon, May 12, an unconfirmed report said that a stolen Mercedes had struck a home at Oakcrest Court off Centerville Road. That sedan then reportedly fled toward Middletown, accompanied by an Audi, reports said. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES
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