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Four Charged With Mugging Hackensack Boy For $3,000, Jacket, AirPods At Mall In Paramus
A 16-year-old Hackensack boy was lured to a mall in Paramus where he was beaten and robbed of $3,000, a jacket and a pair of AirPods, authorities said.
Manuel Pimentel-Reyes, 20, of Hackensack and three juveniles surrendered to police after being identified as the muggers, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said on Monday, April 18.
The victim told police a friend led him to the 5th floor of the south parking garage in the Garden State Plaza shortly before 9 p.m. last Thursday on the pretext of meeting some acquaintances of theirs, the chief said.
Instead, he said, he was punched, kicked and r…
Unregistered, Suspended: Officer Finds Out-Of-State Duo With Gun In Route 17 Speeding Stop
A Paramus police officer found an out-of-state duo carrying a loaded gun, nearly five dozen pills and several bags of pot for sale after stopping their speeding sedan on Route 17, authorities said.
Naqwain Johnson, 36, of Schenectady, NY and Justin Hawkins, 30, of Dallas, NC were in an unregistered 2007 Buick Lacrosse stopped by Officer Michael Mordaga on the southbound highway near the entrance to the southbound Garden State Parkway shortly after 2:30 a.m. Monday.
They’d been smoking pot in the car and Hawkins, who was driving, had a suspended license, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. …
