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GOTCHA! Fugitive Accused Of Trying To Run Down Clifton Police Officer Captured In Belleville GOTCHA! Fugitive Accused Of Trying To Run Down Clifton Police Officer Captured In Belleville
Gotcha! Fugitive Accused Of Trying To Run Down Clifton Police Officer Captured In Belleville A fugitive wanted for hitting a Clifton police officer with his car was captured in Belleville by a Passaic County sheriff's detective and U.S. Marshals. Alberto Maymi-Sepulveda, 42, of Clifton, was exiting the Bank of America on Washington Street when Detective Luis Pagan and his federal companions snatched him up on Wednesday, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Maymi-Sepulveda had eluded a manhunt for just over a month. Officers were responding to a June 18 report of a possible crime in progress on Valley Road near Gillies Street, Clifton Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said la…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Pair Charged In Cold-Blooded Killing Of Beloved Paterson Camp Counselor Pair Charged In Cold-Blooded Killing Of Beloved Paterson Camp Counselor
Pair Charged In Cold-Blooded Killing Of Beloved Paterson Camp Counselor Two days after he was laid to rest, authorities announced the capture of two men accused of participating in the cold-blooded execution of a camp counselor from Paterson who’d worked for the city DPW. The gunman who authorities believe fired the fatal shots at Nasir Davis, 26, on May 3 has yet to be publicly identified. They did say on Friday, however, that they’d arrested Anthony Powell, 24, for his alleged role in arranging the hit, and Joseph Shoulars, 22, for allegedly snatching and stashing the murder weapon. Powell, who was captured on Tuesday, was charged with first-degree murder as…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Armor-Piercing Bullets, Glock Handgun, High Capacity Magazine, Drugs Seized by Brick Police Armor-Piercing Bullets, Glock Handgun, High Capacity Magazine, Drugs Seized by Brick Police
Armor-Piercing Bullets, Glock Handgun, High Capacity Magazine, Drugs Seized by Brick Police Armor-piercing bullets, drugs, a Glock handgun and a high-capacity magazine were among the items seized in a series of Jersey Shore arrests. On Friday, April 1 at 8:30 p.m., the Brick Police Department's Street Crimes Unit investigated suspicious activity in the Maple Leaf Apartment Complex. It resulted in a motor vehicle stop near Maple Avenue and Herbertsville Road.  Three subjects were arrested after detectives discovered a loaded Glock 17 handgun with a 30-round high capacity magazine containing hollow-point bullets, police said. A second magazine also was discovered loaded with a…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Central Jersey Man Arrested With Child Pornography Central Jersey Man Arrested With Child Pornography
Central Jersey Man Arrested With Child Pornography A 46-year-old man from Monmouth County has been arrested for possessing and distributing child pornography, authorities said. Christopher Moran of Aberdeen was charged with third-degree possession of child pornography and second-degree distribution of child pornography, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni. The charges stem from a tip received by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) from an online social media platform. NCMEC forwarded the tip to the New Jersey Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Regional T…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Officer Who Saved Infant In Train Station Recognizes Man Who Bound Teen Girl In Home Invasion Officer Who Saved Infant In Train Station Recognizes Man Who Bound Teen Girl In Home Invasion
Officer Who Saved Infant In Train Station Recognizes Man Who Bound Teen Girl In Home Invasion The same New Jersey Transit police officer who helped saved an infant over the summer in Newark Penn Station is credited with spotting a man wanted for tying a teen girl up and putting her in a closet last month in a violent Montclair home invasion, authorities said Monday. Police Officer Bryan Richards was on patrol Monday, Nov. 9, when he recognized Newark's Anthony L. Harper, who was in Newark Penn Station, NJ Transit officials said. The officer recognized Harper's face from bulletin issued by the Montclair police, NJ Transit officials said. Harper, 30, had been wanted for brea…

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by Cecilia Levine