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Former Bicycle Bandit From Teaneck Charged With Trafficking Child Porn Former Bicycle Bandit From Teaneck Charged With Trafficking Child Porn
Former Bicycle Bandit From Teaneck Charged With Trafficking Child Porn A 22-year-old security guard from Teaneck was busted on Thursday for trafficking child porn, authorities said. Dashawn D. Hooks already had a record that included a fierce broad-daylight struggle with a female mugging victim in Englewood a few years ago. This time, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said, Cyber Crimes Unit investigators found that Hooks “used the Internet to view, download, possess, distribute, and share items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children.” Hooks was charged with possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material, t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Accused Englewood Shopping Center Mugger Had Just Been Busted For Non-Support, Records Show Accused Englewood Shopping Center Mugger Had Just Been Busted For Non-Support, Records Show
Accused Englewood Shopping Center Mugger Had Just Been Busted For Non-Support, Records Show Exactly 10 days after being arrested and then released from jail for failing to pay child support, records show, an Englewood man was charged with mugging a resident at a city shopping center. Ogaro B. Coombs, 35, fled Palisades Court with the 45-year-old victim's cellphone and hat after hitting him several times in the face around 10:45 p.m. Sunday, July 23, Detective Lt. Fred Pulice said. Responding officers quickly nabbed Coombs, who Pulice said was carrying the proceeds. The victim wasn't seriously injured, the lieutenant said. It was more than 11 years ago that Coombs led police on a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEE ANYTHING? Mugger Strikes Twice In Englewood SEE ANYTHING? Mugger Strikes Twice In Englewood
SEE Anything? Mugger Strikes Twice In Englewood A mugger who targeted two victims within a half-hour in Englewood beat one of them, taking his cellphone, authorities said. The thug failed on his first try when a 34-year-old man he stopped on James Street got away without giving up any property shortly after 11:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30, Lt. Fred Pulice said. He struck for real shortly before midnight, approaching a 29-year-old man in Depot Square Park and demanding what was in his pockets, Pulice said. The man refused and was punched in the face several times, thrown to the ground and kicked, the lieutenant said. The victim, who had his …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
NJ Cancer Nurse Dies After Being Knocked Down By Homeless Mugger In Times Square NJ Cancer Nurse Dies After Being Knocked Down By Homeless Mugger In Times Square
NJ Cancer Nurse Dies After Being Knocked Down By Homeless Mugger In Times Square A cancer nurse from New Jersey died after a day and a half of fighting for her life, after being knocked down by muggers in Times Square. Maria Ambrocio, 58 -- who worked at Bayonne Medical Center -- was walking through Times Square with friends after a trip to the  Philippines Consulate and lunch around 1:30 p.m., the New York Post reports. Meanwhile, Jermaine Foster grabbed a cell phone out of a 29-year-old woman's hands on West 41st Street and Broadway, then shoved Ambrocio to the ground while he fled, police said. Ambrocio was rushed to Bellevue with head trauma, and was pronounced de…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
SEE ANYTHING? Masked Muggers Beat New Milford Driver, 17, For $300 In Bergenfield SEE ANYTHING? Masked Muggers Beat New Milford Driver, 17, For $300 In Bergenfield
SEE Anything? Masked Muggers Beat New Milford Driver, 17, For $300 In Bergenfield Bergenfield police were searching for the muggers who they said beat a 17-year-old New Milford boy while stealing his wallet. Three robbers were all wearing masks when they approached the victim as he sat in his car on Ames Avenue shortly after 6 p.m. Monday, Detective Lt. William Duran said. Two of the bandits got into the car and began punching him in the face and body, causing minor injuries, Duran said. They fled with his wallet, which he said held about $300. Dumont police assisted in searching for the muggers, who fled through Twin Borough Park. The Bergenfield Volunteer Ambulance …

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by Jerry DeMarco