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HIGHWAY ROBBERY: Armed Duo Sought In Overnight Gas Station Holdup Spree In Bergen, Passaic HIGHWAY ROBBERY: Armed Duo Sought In Overnight Gas Station Holdup Spree In Bergen, Passaic
Highway Robbery: Armed Duo Sought In Overnight Gas Station Holdup Spree In Bergen, Passaic Two bandits robbed multiple gas stations in Bergen and Passaic counties at gunpoint shortly before dawn on Sunday, responders said. The BP on eastbound Route 3 in Clifton was held up at 5 a.m. Jan. 7. One of the robbers had a handgun, the attendant told police. Less than 10 minutes later a similar gunpoint robbery occurred at the Shell station on northbound Route 3 off the corner of Malcolm Avenue. The third holdup occurred shortly before 5:30 a.m. at a gas station on Route 46 in LIttle Ferry. Police believed the same bandits were involved. They fled in what witnesses said was a black Kia…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Morris County Gas Station Robbed At Gunpoint (DEVELOPING) Morris County Gas Station Robbed At Gunpoint (DEVELOPING)
Morris County Gas Station Robbed At Gunpoint (Developing) A Morris County gas station was robbed at gunpoint, developing reports say.  Two men showed a handgun as they robbed the Shell gas station on Route 10 W. in Hanover shortly before 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, July 28, according to initial and unconfirmed reports. The men then fled in a blue BMW, the initial report says. Police did not immediately return DailyVoice.com’s request for additional details. This is a developing story. Check back for more.

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by Valerie Musson
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Teens Threaten To Shoot Warren County Vape Shop Workers, Flee With Nearly $1K In Proceeds: PD Teens Threaten To Shoot Warren County Vape Shop Workers, Flee With Nearly $1K In Proceeds: PD
Teens Threaten To Shoot Warren County Vape Shop Workers, Flee With Nearly $1K In Proceeds: PD Two teens were jailed after robbing a Warren County vape shop at gunpoint, authorities said. The 17-year-old boys from Hudson and Monmouth counties walked into Good Guy Vapes on Main Street in Hackettstown and started to asked about different items just before 6:25 p.m. Friday, local police said. The suspects then failed to show identification when trying to purchase the items, authorities said. When a worker asked about being involved in a previous theft from the store, the suspects acted “irate,” and one of them threatened to shoot them with a .22 gun, police said. The workers then back…

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by Valerie Musson
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UPDATE: Armed Suspect Accused Of Abducting Infant Reportedly In Custody UPDATE: Armed Suspect Accused Of Abducting Infant Reportedly In Custody
Update: Armed Suspect Accused Of Abducting Infant Reportedly In Custody A 27-year-old man accused of abducting an infant girl was apparently arrested in East Orange approximately 30 minutes after police issued an Amber Alert. The baby girl, Chinna Payne, was unharmed, initial police reports say. Damion Payne, 27, was accused of abducting the girl at gunpoint, according to a BOLO (Be On The Lookout) alert issued at 2:37 p.m. He then fled in a white Nissan Altima with Virginia plates, police said. Payne was reportedly located on South Munn Avenue, in East Orange.

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Turnpike Toll Collector Robbed At Gunpoint In Newark NJ Turnpike Toll Collector Robbed At Gunpoint In Newark
NJ Turnpike Toll Collector Robbed At Gunpoint In Newark Authorities are seeking the individual who robbed a New Jersey Turnpike toll collector at gunpoint over the weekend. The female collector was held at gunpoint robbed of the cash in her register by an individual in an older model BMW Saturday afternoon, State Police Trooper Charles Marchan said. The incident occurred at the interchange 14 in Newark around 2:15 p.m. The toll collector was not injured.  "This is an active investigation and there is no further information available at the moment," Marchan said.

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by Cecilia Levine
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SEE ANYTHING? Armed Trio Robs Hoodie Buyers In Vacant Lodi Apartment SEE ANYTHING? Armed Trio Robs Hoodie Buyers In Vacant Lodi Apartment
SEE Anything? Armed Trio Robs Hoodie Buyers In Vacant Lodi Apartment LODI, N.J. – Two online hoodie buyers were forced into the bedroom of a vacant Lodi apartment by three men and robbed at gunpoint of jewelry, cash, cellphone and car keys, authorities said. One of the robbers had a “distinguishing deformity to his eye,” Deputy Police Chief Donald Scorzetti said Tuesday. After meeting online, the victims arranged a meeting around 7:45 p.m. Monday at a residential building near the corner of Westervelt and Home places in Lodi, Scorzetti said. They were then forced into a bedroom of a vacant apartment at gunpoint and robbed, he said. Besides the deformed ro…

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by Jerry DeMarco