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Police: Ex-Employee Busted After Burglarizing Bergen Restaurant 5 Times Police: Ex-Employee Busted After Burglarizing Bergen Restaurant 5 Times
Police: Ex-Employee Busted After Burglarizing Bergen Restaurant 5 Times A former employee broke into an Oakland restaurant five times and stole $20,000, said police who arrested him. Artan Reci, 33, of Riverdale "entered the restaurant during the overnight hours on several occasions over the course of several weeks," Police Lt. Christian Eldridge said. The owners called police after reviewing surveillance video of the thefts, Eldridge said. Detectives then set up surveillance at the restaurant and caught Reci, he said. They charged him with five counts each of burglary and theft and sent him to the Bergen County Jail. Hours later, a judge in Hackensack rele…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Oakland Driver Charged With Assault By Auto In DWI Crash That Injured Passenger Oakland Driver Charged With Assault By Auto In DWI Crash That Injured Passenger
Oakland Driver Charged With Assault By Auto In DWI Crash That Injured Passenger An Oakland driver was drunk when he crashed his car into a utility pole, sending his female passenger to the hospital, authorities said. Tyler Pratt, 29, was driving a 2019 Hyundai Elantra that slammed into the pole on Ramapo Valley Road just south of the Oakland Diner on Sunday, Lt. Christian Eldridge said. His passenger, also 29, was taken to Chilton Medical Center in Pompton Plains with a leg injury, he said. Detective Sgt. Mark Piercy arrested Pratt, assisted by Eldridge and Officer Michael DiDonato. Pratt was charged with assault by auto, DWI and refusing to submit to a breath test b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Oakland PD: Landscape Equipment Thief Captured In Paterson Oakland PD: Landscape Equipment Thief Captured In Paterson
Oakland PD: Landscape Equipment Thief Captured In Paterson Oakland police tracked down and arrested a Paterson man who they said stole a large collection of landscaping equipment hours earlier. Several backpack leaf blowers, weed whackers, a pole trimmer and other miscellaneous equipment were taken after someone cut the hinge on the side door of a trailer parked in a lot off Bauer Drive sometime between 4:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon and 7:15 a.m. Monday. Detective Sgt. Mark Piercy and Officer Timothy McDonough investigated and, soon after, Juan Rojas-Cabezas, 26, was arrested in Paterson, Lt. Christian Eldridge said. He had one of the stolen items wi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bail Reform: Repeat Offender Charged With Lying In Bergen Stop Freed Again Bail Reform: Repeat Offender Charged With Lying In Bergen Stop Freed Again
Bail Reform: Repeat Offender Charged With Lying In Bergen Stop Freed Again Lying to a police officer might work in certain instances, and only for a while, but not if you’re a repeat offender with a history of arrests in nearly a dozen Bergen and Passaic county towns. Che Muller tried after Oakland Police Officer Bryan Rowin stopped him on Route 208, authorities said. He “provided incorrect personal information” during last week’s stop in a bid to not only hide the warrants out of Glen Rock, Ramsey and Wyckoff, but also the fact that he was driving while suspended, Lt. Christian Eldridge said. Muller, 29,  can be described as "known to police": He has a hist…

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by Jerry DeMarco