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FOUND! Missing Garfield Man Returns Home After A Week, Police Say FOUND! Missing Garfield Man Returns Home After A Week, Police Say
Found! Missing Garfield Man Returns Home After A Week, Police Say A Garfield man who'd been missing for nearly a week turned up a short time after authorities turned to the public for help finding him, police said. Charles Jeter Jr., 39, had been reported missing by his family after last seeing him at his Garfield Avenue home around 7 p.m. Feb. 22, police Capt. Richard Uram said. Police issued an alert on Monday, Feb. 28.On Tuesday, Uram announced that Jeter had returned home.

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GOTCHA! Carjacker Captured By Garfield Police Officer Moments After Seizing BMW From Owner GOTCHA! Carjacker Captured By Garfield Police Officer Moments After Seizing BMW From Owner
Gotcha! Carjacker Captured By Garfield Police Officer Moments After Seizing BMW From Owner A Garfield police officer captured a carjacker moments after he took a sedan as the owner warmed it up early Friday, authorities said. The Pierre Avenue victim told police he was sitting in his 2018 BMW 530 shortly before 7:30 a.m. when a robber opened the driver’s side door and told him to get out, Capt. Richard Uram said. When he refused, the owner said, the robber lifted his jacket, displaying a dark-colored object in his waistband, Uram said. The owner got out and the carjacker drove off in the sedan, the captain said. Officer Lukasz Chmielewski responded instantly and spotted Daniel …

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PD: Mom Assaults Female Officer After Leaving Child Alone In Car Outside Walmart PD: Mom Assaults Female Officer After Leaving Child Alone In Car Outside Walmart
PD: Mom Assaults Female Officer After Leaving Child Alone In Car Outside Walmart A woman who left her 4-year-old child alone in a car in a handicapped spot outside the Walmart in Garfield was jailed after kicking a police officer, authorities said. Officer Marlene Martinez found the unattended youngster in a rear child seat, with the driver's side door unlocked, after not seeing a handicapped placard shortly after 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Capt. Richard Uram said. Martinez was trying to locate a parent when Latoya N. Williams-Edwards, 32, of Hollis, Queens walked up, said she'd left the youngster alone and then got into her and drove off, Uram said. The officer activated her…

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Paterson Native Charged With Assaulting Ex-GF, Carrying Drugs In Garfield Paterson Native Charged With Assaulting Ex-GF, Carrying Drugs In Garfield
Paterson Native Charged With Assaulting Ex-GF, Carrying Drugs In Garfield Garfield police captured a Paterson native who they said assaulted a former girlfriend, damaged her property and then fled after she kicked him in the groin. Officers Daniel Drazek and Isaac Perez found Shakar Bragg, 33, near the corner of Lanza Avenue and Davision Street following last week's incident, Capt. Richard Uram said. Bragg, who was out of breath and sweating, gave them a fake name and was arrested, Uram said. The officers also found him carrying heroin, the captain said. They charged Bragg with aggravated assault, simple assault, criminal restraint, burglary, hindering and drug…

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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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Firefighters Battle Wind-Whipped Blaze, Water Problems, Frigid Temps In Garfield Firefighters Battle Wind-Whipped Blaze, Water Problems, Frigid Temps In Garfield
Firefighters Battle Wind-Whipped Blaze, Water Problems, Frigid Temps In Garfield UPDATE: Fierce frigid winds fanned a furious fire that engulfed one home and damaged another Monday night in Garfield, displacing 13 residents. Two cats were rescued, as well. Wires also caught fire -- with one of them falling next to an engine -- and a transformer blew shortly after the Scudder Street blaze broke out around 10 p.m. A firefighter sustained a shoulder injury that was treated at the scene, Police Capt. Richard Uram said. No other injuries were reported, he said. Flames consumed the first two floors of one home while quickly spreading. A neighboring home caught fire roughly…

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Authorities: Traffic Stop Turns Up Loaded Gun In Garfield Authorities: Traffic Stop Turns Up Loaded Gun In Garfield
Authorities: Traffic Stop Turns Up Loaded Gun In Garfield A Garfield man remained held after police found a loaded handgun in his car following an overnight traffic stop, authorities said. Officer Joseph Kopacz was backed up by Officer Jaime Vazquez after he stopped a Nissan Altima near the corner of Palisade and Van Winkle avenues shortly after 1:30 a.m. last week. Kopacz “detected a strong odor” of pot coming from the car and summoned a Bergen County Sheriff’s K-9 Officer Sohrab Moussavian and Cash, who indicated contraband in the trunk, Capt. Richard Uram said. Police obtained a warrant and found both a defaced .380-caliber handgun and more dr…

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Responders Rally For Popular Garfield Police Officer Who Lost Cats, Home In Fierce Fire Responders Rally For Popular Garfield Police Officer Who Lost Cats, Home In Fierce Fire
Responders Rally For Popular Garfield Police Officer Who Lost Cats, Home In Fierce Fire YOU CAN HELP: Responders, friends and community members are rallying to assist a Garfield police officer whose home was destroyed by a raging fire that killed her two cats and displaced her family and five others. No one was in the Van Winkle Avenue residence that had been home for more than 30 years to four-year Garfield Police Department veteran Rebecca Schmidt and her parents and brother when the blaze broke out around 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Brother Adam Schmidt rescued the family dog, but his sister’s two cats perished in the fire, which engulfed their home and another and severely damaged…

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UPDATE: Cats Killed, Dog Rescued In Raging Garfield House Fire (PHOTOS, VIDEO) UPDATE: Cats Killed, Dog Rescued In Raging Garfield House Fire (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Update: Cats Killed, Dog Rescued In Raging Garfield House Fire (Photos, Video) UPDATE: A dog was rescued but two cats died in a raging fire Saturday night in Garfield that engulfed one home, destroyed another and damaged a third, displacing six families, authorities said. Garfield Police Sgt. Pedro Gongora, Officers Sebastian Tyburski and Noah Murphy and Detective Sgt. Marc Amos arrived shortly after 7:30 p.m. to find a Van Winkle resident fleeing his home out the back with his dog, Capt. Richard Uram said. The first house soon was fully involved. The blaze quickly ravaged a neighboring home and spread to the third. Fourteen mutual aid companies responded to assist…

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PHOTOS, VIDEO: Multi-Alarm Fire Engulfs Garfield Homes PHOTOS, VIDEO: Multi-Alarm Fire Engulfs Garfield Homes
Photos, Video: Multi-Alarm Fire Engulfs Garfield Homes UPDATE: A dog was rescued but two cats died in a raging fire Saturday night in Garfield that engulfed one home, destroyed another and damaged a third, displacing six families, authorities said. Garfield Police Sgt. Pedro Gongora, Officers Sebastian Tyburski and Noah Murphy and Detective Sgt. Marc Amos arrived shortly after 7:30 p.m. to find a Van Winkle resident fleeing his home out the back with his dog, Capt. Richard Uram said. The first house soon was fully involved. The blaze quickly ravaged a neighboring home and spread to the third. Fourteen mutual aid companies responded to assist…

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Alert Resident Helps Garfield Police Nab Paterson Van, Bicycle Thieves Alert Resident Helps Garfield Police Nab Paterson Van, Bicycle Thieves
Alert Resident Helps Garfield Police Nab Paterson Van, Bicycle Thieves Two thieves using a van stolen out of Maywood were snatching bicycles in Garfield overnight when a resident's call brought police, authorities said Thursday. Responding officers stopped the van on Route 46 and nabbed repeat offenders Jose Gonzalez, 40, and Emmanuel Bernard, a-30-year-old Dominican national. Both live in Paterson. A Spring Garden Lane resident alerted police to the thefts shortly after 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, Capt. Richard Uram said. The van had its headlights off when Officer Jaroslaw Wdowiak spotted it on Shaw Street, Uram said. Wdowiak stopped the van in Elmwood Park, whe…

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