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Would-Be Burglar Aborts Break-In, Bolts After Busting Bergen Pharmacy Window: Police Would-Be Burglar Aborts Break-In, Bolts After Busting Bergen Pharmacy Window: Police
Would-Be Burglar Aborts Break-In, Bolts After Busting Bergen Pharmacy Window: Police A would-be burglar bolted after breaking a window at a Cresskill pharmacy, authorities said. A passerby who saw the aborted attempt at Hudson Drug on Union Avenue dialed 911 shortly after 8 p.m. Friday, March 17, Capt. Jason Lanzilotti said. Officers found broken glass and no entry, the captain said Tuesday. The witness told police the bandit, who ran south on Willow Street, had on dark clothing and a baseball cap, Lanzilotti said. Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification forensics investigator gathers evidence following what local police said was an aborted burglary …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Wayne Neighbor's Call Leads To Car Burglary Arrest Wayne Neighbor's Call Leads To Car Burglary Arrest
Wayne Neighbor's Call Leads To Car Burglary Arrest Thanks to a citizen’s call, a Wayne police officer seized a car burglar who’d just swiped a laptop, authorities said. Officer Diego Ocampo was responding to a vehicle burglary call from Riverview Drive when he spotted Anthony Cole of Rahway on the lower end of Valley Road shortly after 11:30 p.m. Sunday, March 27, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. Cole, 41, was fumbling with a backpack before the officer stopped him, Daly said. Officer Donald Cook spotted the laptop in the grass nearby, the captain said. Turned out it belonged to a neighborhood resident who confirmed moments later that it ha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
PD: Accused Montclair Car Thief Assaults Officers During Morris County Search For Stolen Jaguar PD: Accused Montclair Car Thief Assaults Officers During Morris County Search For Stolen Jaguar
PD: Accused Montclair Car Thief Assaults Officers During Morris County Search For Stolen Jaguar A Montclair man caught with a stolen Jaguar resisted arrest and fought police who asked for the keys at a Morris County hotel, authorities said. A report of a stolen 2020 Jaguar led police to a local Marriott hotel on Tuesday, August 4, where a witness told officers that a thin black man had parked a Jaguar in the parking lot and locked it before heading east down Route 10, Hanover police said in a release. After reviewing surveillance footage, officers located Nasir A. Usher, 21, at the Red Carpet Inn on Route 10, authorities said. Usher, who police say matched the witness’s descript…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Edgewater PD: Ex-Con Caught Testing Door Handles Claims He Was Helping Owners Edgewater PD: Ex-Con Caught Testing Door Handles Claims He Was Helping Owners
Edgewater PD: Ex-Con Caught Testing Door Handles Claims He Was Helping Owners An ex-con caught testing vehicle door handles in Edgewater told police that he did it to help the owners, authorities said. Officer Jorge Vanegas watched as Parrish Cornejo, 35, of Union City peered into a borough resident’s pickup truck parked on River Road near the Fort Lee border, then pulled on the driver’s side door handle around 11 p.m. Tuesday, Detective Teddy Wetklow said. The door was locked, so Cornejo continued on – just as backup Officers Mike Colon and Tyler Iafelice arrived. Questioned by Vanegas, Cornejo said the truck wasn’t his and that he didn’t have permission to go into…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Moonachie PD: 'Shoot Me!' Cornered Car Burglar Shouts Moonachie PD: 'Shoot Me!' Cornered Car Burglar Shouts
Moonachie PD: 'Shoot Me!' Cornered Car Burglar Shouts “Shoot me!” a Paterson car burglar shouted at a Moonachie police officer who’d chased him down before dawn Wednesday, authorities said. A homeowner flagged down Officer Robert Bauer on Jackson Place around 12:49 a.m. saying he’d scared off a man trying to get into two cars in driveway, Police Chief Richard Behrens said. Bauer radioed a description of the burglar to Officer Sean Mulligan, who spotted a vehicle with its brake lights shining in the driveway of a Joseph Street home, Behrens said. A man seated behind the wheel matched the description given by the resident, he said. As Mullig…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Roselle Man, 30, Indicted In Linden Arson Spree Roselle Man, 30, Indicted In Linden Arson Spree
Roselle Man, 30, Indicted In Linden Arson Spree A Union County grand jury returned a nine-count indictment against a Roselle man accused of setting a series of fires in Linden. Marcus D. Wise, 30, set fires to a Linden school, homes and dumpster last July 25, Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo said. The first fire broke out at a business on the 800 block of North Wood Avenue around 10 p.m. A half-hour later, a fire was reported at a vacant home on the 900 block of Seymour Avenue Two more fires were reported after midnight -- one a brush fire on the 20 block of East Curtis Street and the other a dumpster fire on the 300 …

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by Cecilia Levine