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Attempted Burglary Prompts Warning From Police In Bergen County Town Attempted Burglary Prompts Warning From Police In Bergen County Town
Attempted Burglary Prompts Warning From Police In Bergen County Town Police are urging residents in Washington Township (Bergen County) to stay vigilant following an attempted burglary on the west side of town, officials said. The incident occurred around 8:47 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024, when patrol units were dispatched to a home after the homeowner reported suspicious activity captured on their security camera system, police said in a news release.  Home surveillance footage showed one individual appearing to prepare to enter the home. Responding officers canvassed the area but were unable to locate the suspect. Police released an image of the …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Handgun Seized, 5 Burglars Captured Following Wild Pursuit Through Wyckoff, Franklin Lakes Handgun Seized, 5 Burglars Captured Following Wild Pursuit Through Wyckoff, Franklin Lakes
Handgun Seized, 5 Burglars Captured Following Wild Pursuit Through Wyckoff, Franklin Lakes Five burglars are in custody after a pursuit from Franklin Lakes into Wyckoff, which resulted in the vehicle overturning early Saturday, Aug. 24, authorities said. A Birch Road resident called 911 reporting two people inside her home, Franklin Lakes Police Capt. Robert Grassi said. Responding officers located a suspect vehicle, a white 2016 Ford Fusion, near the home and tried to conduct a motor vehicle stop. The vehicle fled and a pursuit ensued into neighboring jurisdictions. The suspect vehicle overturned on Russell Avenue in Wyckoff, and two suspects were taken into custody by Offi…

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by Cecilia Levine
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'I Just Struck a Pedestrian': 911 Call Released In Deadly Cyclist Crash Involving Trooper 'I Just Struck a Pedestrian': 911 Call Released In Deadly Cyclist Crash Involving Trooper
'I Just Struck a Pedestrian': 911 Call Released In Deadly Cyclist Crash Involving Trooper The New Jersey State Attorney General's Office released surveillance camera footage and police radio transmissions after a state trooper struck and killed a Morris County cyclist in February. At 6 a.m., on Monday, February 5, Kesene Grier was driving an unmarked police SUV when she struck Raul Diaz, a 59-year-old Long Valley resident in Hackettstown, the state attorney general's office said. Diaz was transported to Hackettstown Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, the state attorney general's office.  "I just struck a pedestrian on a bike," Grier is heard saying on police radio…

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by Sam Barron
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Woman, 22, Tells Authorities She Was Sexually Assaulted In JC By Stranger Who Picked Her Up Woman, 22, Tells Authorities She Was Sexually Assaulted In JC By Stranger Who Picked Her Up
Woman, 22, Tells Authorities She Was Sexually Assaulted In JC By Stranger Who Picked Her Up A 22-year-old woman told authorities that she was sexually assaulted by a stranger whose car she got into near Jersey City's Journal Square. The woman told police she voluntarily got into a white vehicle after the stranger approached her around 7 a.m. Sunday, June 2, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The driver then headed to the area of Eighth and dead-ended Division Street by the Roberto Clemente Sports Complex in the shadow of the New Jersey Turnpike overpass, she said. It was there, the woman told police, that she was sexually assaulted, Suarez said. A person of intere…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Reign Of Terror: NJ Ex-Con Gets 16 Years For Series Of Armed Robberies, Carjackings Reign Of Terror: NJ Ex-Con Gets 16 Years For Series Of Armed Robberies, Carjackings
Reign Of Terror: NJ Ex-Con Gets 16 Years For Series Of Armed Robberies, Carjackings 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A 25-year-old ex-con from Trenton who’s already served 2½ years in state prison is headed to federal prison for 16 more for a string of gunpoint carjackings and robberies. Joshua M. Perez was one of three armed robbers who commited a Oct. 10 carjacking, another on Dec. 5 and the robbery later than second night of a local gas station, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Surveillance cameras captured video of Perez and two other robbers emerging from a sedan, pointing handguns at occupants of another vehicle, Sellinger said. They then fled with money and cellphones in the victims…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Paterson Parolee Just Out Of Prison Caught Carrying Loaded Gun Police: Paterson Parolee Just Out Of Prison Caught Carrying Loaded Gun
Police: Paterson Parolee Just Out Of Prison Caught Carrying Loaded Gun After spending nearly three years in state prison, a recently-released Paterson parolee was caught with a loaded gun thanks to a city surveillance camera, authorities said. Officer Edgar Torres was monitoring crime hot spot areas from headquarters Wednesday night when his attention was drawn to a feed of a man and woman arguing in front of a Carroll Street apartment building. As Torres watched, the man suddenly pulled a gun from his pocket. Torres alerted all area units and, moments later, Sgt. Richard LaTrecchia and Detectives James Jenkins, Mustafa Dombayci and Suquan Gary converged on t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Known Car Burglar Sought In 15 Vehicle Break-Ins, Attempts In Rochelle Park Caught In Passaic Known Car Burglar Sought In 15 Vehicle Break-Ins, Attempts In Rochelle Park Caught In Passaic
Known Car Burglar Sought In 15 Vehicle Break-Ins, Attempts In Rochelle Park Caught In Passaic GOTCHA! A repeat offender wanted for a car burglary spree in Rochelle Park earlier this month was caught in Passaic. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/hackensack/police-fire/car-burglar-sought-in-15-rochelle-park-vehicle-break-ins-attempts-captured-in-passaic/779304/ ****** ORIGINAL STORY: A repeat offender who was charged with 18 car burglaries in less than a month last year in Rochelle Park was at it again, said detectives who asked the public's help in finding him. Home and business surveillance cameras helped identify 22-year-old Rashawn Vaughan of Newark in all of the Nov. 4 incident…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEEN HIM? He Stole A Baby Jesus Nativity Statue, Glen Rock Police Say SEEN HIM? He Stole A Baby Jesus Nativity Statue, Glen Rock Police Say
Seen HIM? He Stole A Baby Jesus Nativity Statue, Glen Rock Police Say Glen Rock police asked the public for help finding a man who they said snatched a baby Jesus from a home nativity scene the morning after Christmas. The accused thief, believed to be in his early 20s, took the statue from the front yard of a South Highwood home just before 7 a.m., said police, who released surveillance images. They asked that anyone who sees, recognizes or knows where to find him to call Glen Rock detectives: (201) 670-3948 or (201) 670-3947. ****** SEE ANYTHING? Glen Rock police asked residents in neighborhoods barely a mile and a half apart to check their exterior surve…

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by Jerry DeMarco