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Fugitive Former Paramus Basketballer Turned Bail Reform Poster Boy Captured In Rockland Fugitive Former Paramus Basketballer Turned Bail Reform Poster Boy Captured In Rockland
Fugitive Former Paramus Basketballer Turned Bail Reform Poster Boy Captured In Rockland The increasingly violent criminal career of a former Paramus Catholic High School basketball player continued when he tried to carjack a woman in Park Ridge, then led police on a pursuit, authorities said. Police in the Rockland County town of Stony Point later captured Jordan Dufont, 23, after a foot chase, Park Ridge Police Chief Joseph Madden said on Thursday, Aug. 17. Dufont had only just been released on Aug. 3 after spending five weeks in the Bergen County Jail following another pursuit and a combative arrest off Route 17 in Paramus. Police in Park Ridge got a call this time shortly…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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GOTCHA! Armed, Dangerous Fugitive Wanted By NYPD, ATF Captured By Fairview Police GOTCHA! Armed, Dangerous Fugitive Wanted By NYPD, ATF Captured By Fairview Police
Gotcha! Armed, Dangerous Fugitive Wanted By Nypd, ATF Captured By Fairview Police An armed and dangerous fugitive wanted by the NYPD and ATF had nowhere to run when Fairview police surprised him, authorities said. Alvin Eusebio, a 37-year-old ex-con, was wanted for shootings in Manhattan and Queens, as well as federal firearm offenses in Miami, when a colleague from the NYPD warrant squad told Fairview Police Detective Lt. Michael Martic that he might be in town. An Uber driver from the city had apparently dropped Eusebio off at an apartment building at the corner of Broad Avenue (Route 1&9) and Prospect Avenue in Fairview, the lieutenant said. Detectives obtained …

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38 SPECIAL: Garfield Police Chase Ends With Elmwood Park Crash, Gun Arrest 38 SPECIAL: Garfield Police Chase Ends With Elmwood Park Crash, Gun Arrest
38 Special: Garfield Police Chase Ends With Elmwood Park Crash, Gun Arrest A pre-dawn police pursuit from Garfield into Elmwood Park ended with a crash, the arrest of a passenger carrying a gun and a search for the fleeing driver, authorities said. Sparks flying from beneath an Infiniti Q50 with New York licenses plates as it crossed the railroad tracks on Outwater Lane caught the attention of Officer Joseph Kopacz, who tried to stop the sedan for speeding shortly before 1 a.m., Capt. Richard Uram said. Kopacz got out and spotted two men and two women in the car – one of whom was trying to conceal a fanny pack holding what appeared to be a silver handgun, Uram sai…

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by Jerry DeMarco