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Homeless Intruder Mops Floors Naked In Private NJ School: Police Homeless Intruder Mops Floors Naked In Private NJ School: Police
Homeless Intruder Mops Floors Naked In Private NJ School: Police A homeless man with a criminal history was recorded on video entering a private school in Rochelle Park at night, stripping and then mopping the floors naked, authorities said. Chayson Ortiz, 30, is accused of trespassing at the Sage Day School both on Christmas Eve and Christmas. Ortiz "proceeded to de-robe and began cleaning and mopping the hallway floors while naked," Rochelle Park Police Capt. James DePreta said. He also rummaged through lost and found boxes, took a break in a teacher's lounge and washed his clothes in the mop bucket, the captain said. Detectives Sgt. Jared Shatkin qu…
TRI-COUNTY CRIME SPREE: Unique Tattoo Makes ID’ing NJ Car Thief Simple, Police Say TRI-COUNTY CRIME SPREE: Unique Tattoo Makes ID’ing NJ Car Thief Simple, Police Say
Tri-county Crime Spree: 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…
Two Police Cars, Stolen Sedan Towed Following Paramus Labor Day Pursuit, Crash Two Police Cars, Stolen Sedan Towed Following Paramus Labor Day Pursuit, Crash
Two Police Cars, Stolen Sedan Towed Following Paramus Labor Day Pursuit, Crash Two Paramus police cars and a stolen sedan all had to be towed following a damaging Labor Day pursuit that ended with several occupants in custody. The pursuit apparently came down Farview Avenue and ended in the rear of the DCH Paramus Honda Prep Center on Pleasant Avenue off Route 17 around 11 a.m. Four and possibly five suspects -- all believed to be juveniles -- were quickly seized. At least one person involved in the incident had to be hospitalized, although it wasn't immediately clear whether that was an officer or suspect. No serious injuries were reported in the damaging pursu…
Uber Driver, Accomplices Stage Knifepoint Holdup Of Passenger At NJ Hotel: Prosecutor Uber Driver, Accomplices Stage Knifepoint Holdup Of Passenger At NJ Hotel: Prosecutor
Uber Driver, Accomplices Stage Knifepoint Holdup Of Passenger At NJ Hotel: Prosecutor An Uber passenger was robbed at knifepoint outside a Saddle Brook hotel by a man who’d conspired with the female driver and another accomplice to hold him up, authorities said. Uber driver Karina Eremyan, 30, of Fair Lawn was behind the wheel when ex-con Antonio Bowen, 28, of Fair Lawn put a knife to the passenger’s neck in the parking lot of the Crowne Plaza Saddle Brook hotel off Route 80 around 3:30 a.m. March 23, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Bowen forced the fare to turn over his backpack, which contained $3,000 and other undisclosed items, the prosecutor said Friday. Th…
Traffic Stop Turns Up Loaded Gun In Passenger's Pocket, Rochelle Park PD Says Traffic Stop Turns Up Loaded Gun In Passenger's Pocket, Rochelle Park PD Says
Traffic Stop Turns Up Loaded Gun In Passenger's Pocket, Rochelle Park PD Says A passenger wanted on a warrant was carrying a loaded gun in his pocket when an Rochelle Park police officer stopped the sedan he was in, authorities said. Officer Chris Kiszka stopped the 2004 Toyota Solara driven by Raymond Hood, 30, of Palmerton, PA for several violations on West Passaic Street around 9 p.m. Friday, Rochelle Park Police Lt. James DePreta said. A computer check turned up the warrant out of Newark, so Hood was taken into custody, DePreta said. Kiszka, Officer Jorge Orihuela and Detective Brian Cobb police then found the .25-caliber Colt in Hood's front pocket, the lieuten…
SEEN IT? Video Shows Truck Involved In Crash That Killed NJ Motorcyclist SEEN IT? Video Shows Truck Involved In Crash That Killed NJ Motorcyclist
Seen IT? Video Shows Truck Involved In Crash That Killed NJ Motorcyclist VIDEO: A semi-trailer truck that authorities said kept going after a motorcyclist from Elmwood Park was killed on Route 17 is seen in a brief surveillance video clip released by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. "The maroon or red semi-trailer truck slowed down to a stop in the right lane of Route 17 South due to traffic ahead" around 8:40 p.m. Tuesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Motorcyclist Mario Andres Uran Gaviria, 41, couldn't stop in time and hit the "bobtail" truck from behind in front of Allied Carpet, the prosecutor said. Gaviria, previously of Montgomery Vi…
Rochelle Park PD: 5 From Four Bergen Towns Charged In SnapChat-Arranged Drug Deal Robbery Rochelle Park PD: 5 From Four Bergen Towns Charged In SnapChat-Arranged Drug Deal Robbery
Rochelle Park PD: 5 From Four Bergen Towns Charged In SnapChat-Arranged Drug Deal Robbery Two Bergen County women used SnapChat to lure a Rochelle Park man to a darkened parking lot where three accomplices beat and robbed him of nearly $900 worth of drugs, an iPod and Airpods, authorities said Tuesday. Within days, Rochelle Park detectives nabbed five people who they said planned and executed the robbery: Jordan Dufont and Jose Perez, both 19 of Westwood; Kevin Henao, 23, of Moonachie; Zsaclene Ayala-Day, 19, of Ridgefield Park; Sage Maxon, 18, of Washington Township. Two of those arrested were captured by Mahwah police earlier this year. SEE: Car Burglary Trio Nabbed At …