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Armed Mount Vernon Pair Terrorized Gas Attendants Along Major NJ Highways: Prosecutor Armed Mount Vernon Pair Terrorized Gas Attendants Along Major NJ Highways: Prosecutor
Armed Mount Vernon Pair Terrorized Gas Attendants Along Major NJ Highways: Prosecutor A year-long investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office has led to the arrests and indictments of two Westchester, NY men, in a series of armed robberies across three North Jersey counties, authorities said. Veron S. Brown, 26, and Ryan D. Servis, 25, of Mount Vernon, were identified as the masked men terrorizing gas station attendants across the region since January 2024, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The first incident occurred on Jan. 7, 2024, at 4:50 a.m., when Clifton Police responded to an armed robbery at a Route 3 gas station. Two masked men in a black …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Feds Handling Case Against Accused Scarsdale Bank Robber Feds Handling Case Against Accused Scarsdale Bank Robber
Feds Handling Case Against Accused Scarsdale Bank Robber A serial bank robber from the Bronx admitted Wednesday that he held up banks in Fort Lee and Hasbrouck Heights and was planning to hit another in Englewood when federal agents captured him. Eddy Cruz, 42, also admitted during a plea hearing in U.S. District Court in Trenton that he robbed a PNC Bank branch in Jackson Township on Christmas Eve 2013  Cruz said he robbed a TD Bank branch in Fort Lee on Feb. 13, 2017 and another in Hasbrouck Heights on Feb. 18, 2017, wearing a mask to disguise his identity both times and handing the tellers notes demanding cash. Cruz is also charged with a ban…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Friend's Alleged Punch Kills Man Outside Hudson Valley Bar Friend's Alleged Punch Kills Man Outside Hudson Valley Bar
Friend's Alleged Punch Kills Man Outside Hudson Valley Bar Two familiar families -- both coming from lines of first responders -- are now grieving following the death of a young man after authorities said he was knocked unconscious by his friend outside a Pearl River bar. Assault charges were expected to be upgraded to manslaughter against 21-year-old Douglas Guido of Hasbrouck Heights, NJ, following the death of his friend, RJ Hess of Norwood in Bergen County. The two had been together at the Saloon on West Central Avenue in Pearl River in the pre-dawn hours of June 23 when they were asked to leave, a source close to the families told Daily Voice.…

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by Jerry DeMarco