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Guillermo Carrillo-Iraheta

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Gang Member's Accomplice Sentenced After Victim Dumped In Orange County Gang Member's Accomplice Sentenced After Victim Dumped In Orange County
Gang Member's Accomplice Sentenced After Victim Dumped In Orange County The confessed accomplice of a Rockland gang member was sent to federal prison for three years Wednesday for smashing a carjacked cab driver in the head with a beer bottle before others dumped the victim on the side of the New York State Thruway in Orange County. Arlyn Jowany Carrasco Cruz, 28, will have to serve just about all of the sentence because there is no parole in the federal prison system. Cruz and five accomplices carjacked the driver of a 2008 Dodge Caravan in the early morning hours of Dec. 26, 2016, in Ridgewood, N.J., forcing him into the back of the vehicle, authorities said.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Carjacker Admits Smashing Cabbie Dumped In Woodbury With Beer Bottle Carjacker Admits Smashing Cabbie Dumped In Woodbury With Beer Bottle
Carjacker Admits Smashing Cabbie Dumped In Woodbury With Beer Bottle A New Jersey man admitted Wednesday that he smashed a cab driver in the head with a beer bottle during a carjacking before accomplices dumped the victim on the Thruway near Woodbury. Arlyn Jowany Carrasco Cruz, 27, of Waldwick and five accomplices carjacked the driver of a 2008 Dodge Caravan in the early morning hours of Dec. 26, 2016, forcing him into the back of the vehicle, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick said. As they drove toward Waldwick, Cruz "struck the victim in the head with a beer bottle," he said. The others dropped off Cruz and continued driving the cab t…

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by Jerry DeMarco