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Fair Lawn PD: Serial Shoplifter Nabbed 4x In Week, Twice In One Day, $700 Worth Recovered
Fair Lawn police nabbed a serial shoplifter four times in one week, including twice the same day, authorities said.
Officers found Jose Vasquez, 53, of Paterson on Broadway at 27th Street after he swiped $85.80 worth of merchandise from a nearby CVS the morning of Aug. 21, Sgt. Brian Metzler said.
They charged him with shoplifting and defiant trespassing and sent him to the Bergen County Jail.
Vasquez was released soon after – and returned to the CVS, where he stole $451.36 worth of merchandise two days later, Metzler said.
Police found Vasquez, with the stolen items, at a bus stop at Fai…
Fair Lawn PD: Four From Brooklyn, One From Long Island Nabbed With Car Stolen From Jersey City
Fair Lawn police nabbed five out-of-towners with a car stolen out of Jersey City, authorities said.
Police from surrounding towns assisted in the search for the group, who were tracked by GPS in the stolen 2019 Mercedes-Benz to Campbell Road near River Road, Sgt. Brian Metzler said.
Four of them were removed from the stolen vehicle, said Metzler, who identified them as:
Michael Johnson, 30, of Brooklyn;
Chad Watson, 24, of Lawrence, NY;
Jahvis Lambert, 22, of Brooklyn;
Joseph Algernon, 28, of Brooklyn.
In a 2014 Chevy Camaro that had been parked behind them was a fifth suspect, DeVaugh…
