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SEEN HIM? Released Unlicensed Driver Remains Fugitive After Hitting Wayne Pedestrian In Wanaque SEEN HIM? Released Unlicensed Driver Remains Fugitive After Hitting Wayne Pedestrian In Wanaque
Seen HIM? Released Unlicensed Driver Remains Fugitive After Hitting Wayne Pedestrian In Wanaque A driver who struck and seriously injured a pedestrian from Wayne as he crossed a Wanaque street has remained a fugitive, authorities said. A judge released Fredi Landero, 41, of Fall River, Massachusetts, with conditions following the December 2019 crash on Ringwood Avenue, which sent the 62-year-old victim to the hospital. Landero was driving without a license at the time, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. A judge in Paterson released him from the Passaic County Jail the following day -- with pretrial monitoring -- after which Landero took off, she said. A grand jury in …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Judge Releases Babysitter, 64, Charged With Raping Passaic Girl, 8 Judge Releases Babysitter, 64, Charged With Raping Passaic Girl, 8
Judge Releases Babysitter, 64, Charged With Raping Passaic Girl, 8 A 64-year-old babysitter raped an 8-year-old Passaic girl he was watching, then was released by a judge with conditions, authorities said. Juan Jimenez, also of Passaic, was babysitting the girl at a daycare located in an apartment at 70 Passaic Street when he sexually assaulted her, they said. Detectives arrested Jimenez on charges of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and child endangerment for “engaging in acts of sexual penetration and sexual contact” with the girl on July 22, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman said in a joint anno…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
PROSECUTOR: Hanover Woman Accused Of Arson PROSECUTOR: Hanover Woman Accused Of Arson
Prosecutor: Hanover Woman Accused Of Arson A 51-year-old Hanover woman was charged with arson, authorities said. Fire officials and local police responding to a residential garage fire on Harvest Court on Oct. 11 found Nina Sheller and her husband, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp said in a joint press release with local police. The fire that originated in the passenger compartment of a car parked inside of the garage spread to several other attached units in the same building, which sustained various levels of damage, Knapp said. Sheller took responsibility for the blaze at the scene, where her husband sustained non …

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by Cecilia Levine