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GOTCHA! NJ Man Wanted For Fort Lee Gas Station Holdup Chased Down By NY State Troopers GOTCHA! NJ Man Wanted For Fort Lee Gas Station Holdup Chased Down By NY State Troopers
Gotcha! NJ Man Wanted For Fort Lee Gas Station Holdup Chased Down By NY State Troopers A New Jersey man wanted for robbing a gas station convenience store in Fort Lee was captured in New York State following a pursuit that began on the Tappan Zee Bridge. Shahzad A. Khan, 41, of Carteret had just held up a Rockland County mini-mart when New York State Police tried to stop his southbound 2014 Chevy Equinox on the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge over the Hudson River shortly after 9:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 12, authorities said. Khan exited onto the Sprain Brook Parkway -- and directly into a moving roadblock, State Police said. What wasn’t known at the time, authorities said, was that…
Plainfield Man, 23, Indicted In Armed Sexual Assaults: Prosecutor Plainfield Man, 23, Indicted In Armed Sexual Assaults: Prosecutor
Plainfield Man, 23, Indicted In Armed Sexual Assaults: Prosecutor A 23-year-old man from Plainfield has been indicted in connection with two armed sexual assaults, authorities said. A Union County grand jury returned a seventeen-count indictment against Terence Rhue charged in two violent sexual assaults which occurred in both Plainfield and Westfield in October 2021, Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel said. Rhue is charged with three counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, two counts of second-degree sexual assault, three counts of third-degree aggravated criminal sexual contact, two counts of third-degree posses…
GOTCHA! FBI Captures Accused Kidnapper Of 70-Year-Old Paterson Businessman GOTCHA! FBI Captures Accused Kidnapper Of 70-Year-Old Paterson Businessman
Gotcha! FBI Captures Accused Kidnapper Of 70-Year-Old Paterson Businessman The FBI announced that its agents had captured a New York City man wanted for the brutal beating and armed kidnapping of a 70-year-old Paterson bodega owner. Surveillance footage shows Reginald J. Law, 35, and an accomplice bursting into the Easter Grocery and Food Market at 10th Avenue and East 28th Street last Oct. 8. While one grabbed owner Miguel Espejo in a chokehold, the other pointed a gun at him. The trio wrestled in front of the counter, knocking over items, before Espego was pistol-whipped, dragged from the store and shoved into the back of a rented U-Haul box truck with Arizona …
SEEN HIM? FBI Offers $5,000 For Help Catching Accused Kidnapper Of Paterson Businessman, 70 SEEN HIM? FBI Offers $5,000 For Help Catching Accused Kidnapper Of Paterson Businessman, 70
Seen HIM? FBI Offers $5,000 For Help Catching Accused Kidnapper Of Paterson Businessman, 70 The FBI turned to the public for help finding a New York City man wanted for the brutal beating and armed kidnapping of a 70-year-old Paterson bodega owner. Reginald J. Law, 35, has a tattoo on one arm of the familiar “laugh now/cry later” mask and a tattoo on his torso of a woman, the bureau said. Surveillance footage shows Law and an accomplice bursting into the Easter Grocery and Food Market at 10th Avenue and East 28th Street last Oct. 8. While one grabbed owner Miguel Espejo in a chokehold, the other pointed a gun at him. The trio wrestled in front of the counter, knocking over items…
KNOW THEM? Police Seek ID For Suspects In Newark Shootings, Armed Robberies KNOW THEM? Police Seek ID For Suspects In Newark Shootings, Armed Robberies
Know Them? Police Seek ID For Suspects In Newark Shootings, Armed Robberies Authorities in Newark are seeking the public’s help identifying two suspects involved in a series of shootings and armed robberies earlier this week. Police responding to a report of a robbery on Pacific Street located a victim who stated that he had been assaulted and held at gunpoint by two suspects who took his wallet and fled in a white Toyota 4 Runner around 4 p.m. Monday, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. Meanwhile, the same Toyota struck a vehicle near North 5th Street and Third Avenue about 40 minutes later and shot at the driver who had tried to follow them nea…
Authorities Capture NYC, Westchester Men Sought In Violent Bergen, Passaic Holdups Authorities Capture NYC, Westchester Men Sought In Violent Bergen, Passaic Holdups
Authorities Capture NYC, Westchester Men Sought In Violent Bergen, Passaic Holdups Two men went on a violent armed robbery spree in Bergen and Passaic counties -- beating one victim, throwing hot coffee in another’s face and threatening others with a knife -- before they were captured, authorities said. Asbiel Feliz, 23, of Mount Vernon was being held in the Westchester County Jail in Valhalla and Ricky Quesada, 24, in the Manhattan Detention Center following their arrests, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Monday. The pair apparently used the same Nissan during the spree, which Musella said began on Oct. 9 when a victim who posted an “Offer Up” ad selling an xBo…
Taxi Rolls, Crashes On Route 3 During Robbery Attempt Taxi Rolls, Crashes On Route 3 During Robbery Attempt
Taxi Rolls, Crashes On Route 3 During Robbery Attempt A moving taxi overturned and crashed on Route 3 in Clifton when a passenger from the Jersey Shore stabbed and slashed the driver during a robbery attempt, authorities said. The cabbie was taking Jordan White, 20, to Montclair after picking him up in Manhattan when White convinced him to open the divider between them on westbound Route 3 around 4 a.m. Monday, Lt. Robert Bracken said. White, of Galloway in Atlantic County, pulled a box cutter and demanded the driver's cellphone and cash, Bracken said. When the driver refused, White stabbed and slashed him on the shoulder, back and chest, the…
UPDATE: 'Not A School Shooting,' Prosecutor Says After Teen Is Grazed In Brick UPDATE: 'Not A School Shooting,' Prosecutor Says After Teen Is Grazed In Brick
Update: 'Not A School Shooting,' Prosecutor Says After Teen Is Grazed In Brick UPDATE: A 16-year-old victim grazed in the arm by a shot on Tuesday was struck a quarter-mile from Brick Memorial High School and then ran there for help, authorities said. “It’s important for everyone to know this was not a school shooting," Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. EMS responded and treated the victim, who was taken to Ocean Medical Center following the 1:47 p.m. incident, the prosecutor and Brick Township Police Chief James Riccio said in a joint announcement. Area schools were placed on lockdown and then sheltered in place as a precaution. Students …
Fugitive Wanted For Attempted Murder Found In E. Orange Fugitive Wanted For Attempted Murder Found In E. Orange
Fugitive Wanted For Attempted Murder Found In E. Orange A 42-year-old East Orange man was arrested in the city after allegedly stabbing a family member early this month in Massachusetts, the State Police said Tuesday. Sonny Thompson was found in a recreational vehicle June 10 following an investigation by the State Police Fugitive Unit and detectives from the Massachusetts State Police. Authorities in Massachusetts contacted New Jersey law enforcement after Thompson attacked the family member June 8 in Lynn, Massachusetts. He was subsequently charged with armed assault with intent to murder and mayhem. Thompson was being held at the Essex Cou…
Man Accused Of Shooting David Ortiz Was Wanted In Clifton Street Robberies Man Accused Of Shooting David Ortiz Was Wanted In Clifton Street Robberies
Man Accused Of Shooting David Ortiz Was Wanted In Clifton Street Robberies The man accused of shooting baseball legend David “Big Papi” Ortiz has been wanted for a pair of street robberies in Clifton last year, Daily Voice has learned. Rolfi Ferreira Cruz, 25, of Reading, PA, “admitted that he was the person who fired at former baseball player David Ortiz,” the National Police in the Dominican Republic said in a release. “The investigators indicated that the weapon used was a pistol mark HI-POWER” that was recovered after another man hid it, the National Police said. They also said that Cruz – known as “Sandy” – was among a group of seven men offered $7,800 to s…