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NJ Soccer Player, Licensed Gun Owner Jailed After Threatening Rival With Weapon After Game: PD NJ Soccer Player, Licensed Gun Owner Jailed After Threatening Rival With Weapon After Game: PD
NJ Soccer Player, Licensed Gun Owner Jailed After Threatening Rival With Weapon After Game: PD A Jersey City man has been arrested after pointing a handgun at a rival soccer player after both were ejected from a game in Secaucus over the weekend, police said. Reda Benyamin, 34, and the player on an opposing team began arguing during the game at Shetik Field on County Avenue on May 2, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Both players were ejected and went to their cars to leave after the game. While stopped at a light on Jefferson and County Avenue, Benyamin pulled up next to the player's car and threatened him with a black handgun, police said. Both then left the area. Benyamin…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Union City Police Officer Busted For DWI: Secaucus PD (UPDATED) Union City Police Officer Busted For DWI: Secaucus PD (UPDATED)
Union City Police Officer Busted For DWI: Secaucus PD (Updated) A police officer from Hudson County has purportedly been charged with DWI, according to authorities and various news reports. Mauricio Garces, a 34-year-old Secaucus resident was arrested for driving while intoxicated on Sunday, July 2, Secaucus Police said. Garces has been a police officer in Union City since 2019. At 3:03 a.m., police observed a car stopped in a lane of traffic in the area of Secaucus Road and County Avenue, officers said. The driver of the vehicle was found to be sleeping, police said. Police subsequently arrested and issued Garces a summons, officers said. He was rele…

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by Sam Barron
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Keyport Man With Warrants Nabbed In Secaucus For Overnight Car Burglaries Keyport Man With Warrants Nabbed In Secaucus For Overnight Car Burglaries
Keyport Man With Warrants Nabbed In Secaucus For Overnight Car Burglaries A Keyport man with four outstanding warrants across New Jersey was nabbed in Secaucus on Friday for committing overnight car burglaries, authorities said. Police assembled a “task force” of uniformed midnight tour patrol officers, after over a dozen residents' vehicles were burglarized overnight in the south end of Secaucus, specifically on County Avenue, Helen Street, Blanche Street, and Lincoln Avenue in July and August, according to the Secaucus Police Department. Officers around 2:20 a.m. Wednesday noticed a man walking in the south end, who fit the description of the bur…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Secaucus PD: Burglar Injures Resident During Break-In, Found Hiding By K9 Officer In Warehouse Secaucus PD: Burglar Injures Resident During Break-In, Found Hiding By K9 Officer In Warehouse
Secaucus PD: Burglar Injures Resident During Break-In, Found Hiding By K9 Officer In Warehouse A man who injured a Secaucus resident during a burglary was found hiding in a nearby warehouse by a police K9, authorities said. George Maztek, 29, had forced his way into a woman's County Avenue apartment, stole an item then fled around 2:40 p.m. June 3, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. During the incident, Maztek pushed the resident into a wall causing minor injuries to her hand and arm, police said. Maztek fled the apartment complex toward Windsor Drive, where he broke into the second floor and was located in a darkened, second-floor office by Police K9 Strobe, Miller said. Ma…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Jersey City Woman, 24, Nabbed In Pair Of Hit-Run Crashes, Secaucus Police Say Jersey City Woman, 24, Nabbed In Pair Of Hit-Run Crashes, Secaucus Police Say
Jersey City Woman, 24, Nabbed In Pair Of Hit-Run Crashes, Secaucus Police Say A 24-year-old Jersey City woman was charged in a pair of hit-and-run crashes that occurred last week in Secaucus, authorities said Wednesday. Amanda Hernandez, 24, was arrested on Jan. 5 -- two days after the crashes -- and slapped with multiple charges including assault by auto, leaving the scene of an accident and more. Police were called to the intersection of Paterson Plank Road and County Avenue for a crash, where one of the vehicles fled the scene and the driver of the other suffered minor injuries on Jan. 3, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Moments later, police respon…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Secaucus PD: Fairview Woman, 21, Busted With Ecstasy In Motor Vehicle Stop Secaucus PD: Fairview Woman, 21, Busted With Ecstasy In Motor Vehicle Stop
Secaucus PD: Fairview Woman, 21, Busted With Ecstasy In Motor Vehicle Stop A Fairview driver had ecstasy and her teenage passenger had a warrant for his arrest when police in Secaucus stopped her on motor vehicle violations, authorities said. Vanessa Benavidez, 21, was charged with resisting arrested after being stopped on County Avenue around 12 a.m. on Aug. 11, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Her passenger, a 17-year-old boy from North Bergen, had a $100 warrant out of Jersey City, Miller said. The teen was able to post bail before authorities released him to a parent, according to Miller. Police issued Benavidez a complaint summons and four motor veh…

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by Cecilia Levine