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NJ Teen Released After Stealing Running Vehicles Does It Again -- And Again NJ Teen Released After Stealing Running Vehicles Does It Again -- And Again
NJ Teen Released After Stealing Running Vehicles Does It Again -- And Again A Clifton teen who stole vehicles that their owners left running was busted by police – then went right back to it after he was released, authorities said. Several vehicles had been taken from the Botany Village area of the city, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. All were recovered within a three-to-four-block radius of Center Street “usually within 24 hours from the time of each theft,” Bracken said. Police were paying particular attention to the area when Officer Garrell Middleton stopped a stolen 2018 Honda CRV on Main Avenue and arrested Jeffrey Luzon, 19, the lieutenant said. Luzon …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SHOOTOUT: Belleville Man Wounded In Clifton Gunfight SHOOTOUT: Belleville Man Wounded In Clifton Gunfight
Shootout: Belleville Man Wounded In Clifton Gunfight SEE ANYTHING? Authorities were searching for a gunman who wounded a Belleville man during a shootout on a Clifton street. Several shots were fired outside a Mahar Avenue home near Fleischer Place in the Botany Village neighborhood shortly before 10:30 p.m. Monday, police reported. A small-caliber bullet struck the 34-year-old victim, who was conscious when placed into an ambulance, responders said. He was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, where he remained Tuesday in stable condition, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Thomas Rinaldi said in a…

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by Jerry DeMarco