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US Marshals Nab North Jersey Home Burglar: Police US Marshals Nab North Jersey Home Burglar: Police
US Marshals Nab North Jersey Home Burglar: Police A 42-year-old man was captured with help from the US Marshals Service in connection with a recent home burglary in North Jersey, authorities said. Julio Ponce, of Clifton, is believed to have gone into a Nutley home on Monday, Oct. 9, on Raymond Avenue, and taken a woman's purse from a tabletop around 10 a.m., while she was showering, Nutley Police Director Alphonse Petracco and Chief Thomas Strumolo said. The woman said she heard loud knocking at her front door. Moments later, she found her back door wide open and her pocketbook gone, police said. Ponce's arrest was announced on Tues…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Body Of Belleville Man Recovered From Waterfall In Nutley Body Of Belleville Man Recovered From Waterfall In Nutley
Body Of Belleville Man Recovered From Waterfall In Nutley The body of a 57-year-old Belleville man was recovered from under a waterfall in Nutley, according to police. A witness called police to report the body under Third River along Kingsland Street on Friday, Dec. 2, Nutley Police Director Alphonse Petracco and Chief Thomas Strumolo said. The man's body was identified after a recovery effort. His body was taken to the Essex County Medical Examiner's Office. The area of the park is popular attraction, and the water is relatively shallow, police said.  "We cannot speculate the cause of death, until our investigation is concluded, heav…

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by Cecilia Levine
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'We Will Find You,' Nutley Police Say After Repeat Minnesota Burglar's 4th Crime 'We Will Find You,' Nutley Police Say After Repeat Minnesota Burglar's 4th Crime
'We Will Find You,' Nutley Police Say After Repeat Minnesota Burglar's 4th Crime Police in Essex County are hoping that a Minnesota man's second burglary in a month arrest will be a lesson to other criminals. "Let this be a warning for those that think they will get away," Nutley Police Director Alphonse Petracco said. "If you commit a crime in Nutley we will identify, arrest and prosecute you." That's what is happening with Minnesota resident Dylan Waehner-Larson, 29, accused in four Nutley burglaries last month, police said. The first incident was at a gas station on Franklin Avenue on Jan. 5, and later that morning, an occupied apartment, Petracco said alongsid…

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by Cecilia Levine
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STANDOFF: Woman Bloodied, Barricaded Suspect Surrenders In Nutley Domestic Incident STANDOFF: Woman Bloodied, Barricaded Suspect Surrenders In Nutley Domestic Incident
Standoff: Woman Bloodied, Barricaded Suspect Surrenders In Nutley Domestic Incident UPDATE: A man and woman were taken to separate hospitals following a domestic incident and brief standoff that sent two Nutley schools into lockdown on Wednesday. Officers in police vests and carrying rifles converged on the Humbert Street home off Park Avenue shortly after 9 a.m., a witness told Daily Voice. Eastwick College and Washington Elementary School were subsequently placed on lockdown and area traffic diverted. The woman was hospitalized with serious injuries while negotiators talked with the suspect, eventually convincing him to come out peacefully, Nutley Police Director Alpho…

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by Jerry DeMarco