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‘Walkout’ Thieves Continue To Victimize Area Bank Customers, Fort Lee Police Nab Four ‘Walkout’ Thieves Continue To Victimize Area Bank Customers, Fort Lee Police Nab Four
‘Walkout’ Thieves Continue To Victimize Area Bank Customers, Fort Lee Police Nab Four Plainclothed Fort Lee detectives captured a group of “walk out” thieves who’d been following bank customers and distracting them long enough to steal their money and other valuables, authorities said. Law enforcement agencies throughout the region have been kept busy by the thieves, who blend in with the local citizenry and identify people making large cash withdrawals from their banks, Fort Lee Police Capt. Edward Young said. They then employ various distraction tactics – puncturing tires, for instance – or simply follow victims to their homes and burglarize the residences when nobody’s ho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Clifton Moving Company Owner Jacked Up Fees Once He Had Clients’ Stuff Clifton Moving Company Owner Jacked Up Fees Once He Had Clients’ Stuff
Clifton Moving Company Owner Jacked Up Fees Once He Had Clients’ Stuff The owner of a number of moving companies admitted in court Wednesday that he forced clients to pay him more than originally agreed rates by holding their belongings hostage, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Clifton resident Rami Zubidat, 31, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He is scheduled to be sentenced in November. Zubidat and his co-conspirators extorted hundreds of clients by first enticing them with lowball rates for moving services. Then, on the day of the move, once clients’ belongings were loaded on company trucks, Zubidat and his co-conspirators would demand up…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Lyft Driver Kidnapped At Gunpoint In Newark, Forced To Make Several Stops Lyft Driver Kidnapped At Gunpoint In Newark, Forced To Make Several Stops
Lyft Driver Kidnapped At Gunpoint In Newark, Forced To Make Several Stops Police in Newark are looking for a group of people who forced a ride share driver at gunpoint to take them to various locations in the area before robbing the driver, Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said.  The Lyft driver picked up a fare on the 700 block of S. 18th Street around 3:30 p.m. April 7. Three passengers, who may have been juveniles, entered the vehicle and one pulled the gun.  They first ordered the driver to take them to Capital One bank at 487 Springfield Ave., where two of the passengers entered as the third continued to hold the driver at gunpoint.  Ne…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
6 Holdups In One Month: Serial Bank Robber From Passaic Gets 7½ Years 6 Holdups In One Month: Serial Bank Robber From Passaic Gets 7½ Years
6 Holdups In One Month: Serial Bank Robber From Passaic Gets 7½ Years A Passaic man was sentenced to 7½ years in federal prison Tuesday for robbing six banks in one month -- including a Wells Fargo branch in Clifton. Quentin Morales, 27 -- a/k/a “Quinton Morales” -- will have to serve nearly all of the term because there's no parole in the federal prison system.  Hours after the FBI posted a reward for his capture, state parole officers arrested Morales last summer. He eventually accepted a plea deal from the government. SEE: Passaic Man Admits Serial Bank Robberies Morales wore "some form of dark hat or head covering, a long-sleeved shirt or jacket, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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REPORT: This New Jersey Bank Is Not Serving People Of Color For Home Loans REPORT: This New Jersey Bank Is Not Serving People Of Color For Home Loans
Report: This New Jersey Bank Is Not Serving People Of Color For Home Loans New data found that nearly two-thirds of mortgage lenders are denying home loans for people are color at higher rates than for white people, the New York Times reports. The Center for Investigative Reporting found that the pattern is widespread across the U.S., but some lenders stood out more than others, the article says. TD Bank has several locations across Bergen and Passaic counties. None are specified in the New York Times article. TD Bank, with headquarters in Cherry Hill, was most likely to deny loan applications in 2015 and 2016, The Times says. The article says: TD Bank is more…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Six Holdups In One Month: Passaic Man Admits Serial Bank Robberies Six Holdups In One Month: Passaic Man Admits Serial Bank Robberies
Six Holdups In One Month: Passaic Man Admits Serial Bank Robberies CLIFTON, N.J. -- A Passaic man admitted robbing six banks in one month -- including a Wells Fargo branch in Clifton. Hours after the FBI posted a reward for his capture, state parole officers last summer arrested Quentin Morales, 25. Morales, 25, worn "some form of dark hat or head covering, a long-sleeved shirt or jacket, black or orange sunglasses, and/or what appeared to be prescription glasses" during the holdups -- and used a demand note each time, the FBI said at the time. “You are being robbed. Give me all your large bills. No alarms. No dye packs. You got 10 seconds,” rea…

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by Jerry DeMarco