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Man With Rifle Nabbed In NJ Crash While Fleeing In Stole Car From PA Burglary: Police Man With Rifle Nabbed In NJ Crash While Fleeing In Stole Car From PA Burglary: Police
Man With Rifle Nabbed In NJ Crash While Fleeing In Stole Car From PA Burglary: Police A central Pennsylvania man has been arrested in New Jersey after he was car crash in a stolen vehicle following a burglary of his neighbor's home, police say. Allen Vasquez of the 7800 block of Clearfield Street in Swatara Township, Pennsylvania, broke into his neighbor's home in the 7600 block of the same street around 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 13, police allege. Vasquez was spotted on a neighbor's security camera entering the home with a rifle as pictured. "Vasquez took personal property and keys to the victim's vehicle that was parked outside," police say. He was in a car in New Jer…

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by Jillian Pikora
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3 Teens Get Into Fiery Crash In Stolen Mercedes After High-Speed Chase In Morris County: Police 3 Teens Get Into Fiery Crash In Stolen Mercedes After High-Speed Chase In Morris County: Police
3 Teens Get Into Fiery Crash In Stolen Mercedes After High-Speed Chase In Morris County: Police Three teens were nabbed after fleeing from police during a high-speed chase and crashing a stolen Mercedes — and two suspects remain at large, authorities said. Denville Police saw a black Mercedes Benz heading east on Route 46 matching the description of one that had been stolen out of Parsippany earlier in the evening just before 4 a.m. on Wednesday, July 13, a press release said. As officers attempted to stop the vehicle, the driver sped off onto Route 53 south and continued to ignore their lights and sirens. The Mercedes driver then veered off the road while trying to navigate a turn n…

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by Valerie Musson
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Long Island Man Charged After Carlstadt Residents Find Wheels Gone, Vehicles On Wood Blocks Long Island Man Charged After Carlstadt Residents Find Wheels Gone, Vehicles On Wood Blocks
Long Island Man Charged After Carlstadt Residents Find Wheels Gone, Vehicles On Wood Blocks Three different residents in one Bergen County neighborhood found their cars on wood blocks, said authorities who charged a Long Island man with jacking up the vehicles and stealing all the wheels. Gilberto Grullon, 26, of the Suffolk County town of Brentwood, NY, surrendered to Carlstadt police late last week, Sgt. John Cleary said. Detectives had identified him in the late-April thefts of $12,000 worth of tires and rims from vehicles in the area of Marsan Drive and 8th Street, Cleary said. Police charged Grullon with theft, then released him pending a first appearance in Central Judicial…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Occupants Flee After SUV Slams Into Popular Passaic County Flower Shop Occupants Flee After SUV Slams Into Popular Passaic County Flower Shop
Occupants Flee After SUV Slams Into Popular Passaic County Flower Shop Two occupants bailed out and bolted after a stolen SUV slammed into a Haledon flower shop early Wednesday. The Ford -- reported stolen out of Easton, PA -- sped down West Broadway before crashing into Morningside Greenhouse at the five-points corner at Central Avenue at 6:20 a.m. Co-owner Tara Fisher, who lives upstairs, said she shouted at the fleeing suspects after being roused from sleep, then tried chasing them. A police investigation was continuing, said Lt. Chris LeMay. The occupants bolted after the SUV struck Morningside Greenhouse in Haledon.Al Gasparini Now in its third gene…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Suspect Nabbed In Hudson County Car Theft And Burglary Spree: Police Suspect Nabbed In Hudson County Car Theft And Burglary Spree: Police
Suspect Nabbed In Hudson County Car Theft And Burglary Spree: Police A suspect has been arrested and hit with numerous charges following a spree of car thefts and burglaries in Hudson County, authorities announced. Tyhaze Williams, 23, of Jersey City, was one of three suspects who ran from officers responding to a report of several attempted car burglaries on Luhmann Terrace in Secaucus shortly before 2:35 a.m. on Thursday, June 23, police said. Williams was tracked down and arrested as the other two suspects escaped despite officers’ attempts to locate them. During his arrest, Williams was found to be in possession of property stolen from a vehicle on Grac…

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by Valerie Musson
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WATCH: Paramus Residents Home As Brazen Bandit Enters, Takes Keys, Flees With Hi-End Sedan WATCH: Paramus Residents Home As Brazen Bandit Enters, Takes Keys, Flees With Hi-End Sedan
Watch: Paramus Residents Home As Brazen Bandit Enters, Takes Keys, Flees With Hi-End Sedan A brazen thief entered a Paramus home at night while the owners were upstairs, took the keys to their BMW and drove off with it, authorities said. It was at least the third time in the past several months in Paramus that a brazen burglar has gone into someone's home to snatch keys to high-end vehicles, said Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg, who released home security video of the theft from various angles. An undetermined number of bandits pulled up to the Bruce Drive home off Oradell Avenue in a white SUV around 10:30 p.m. Monday, June 20, Ehrenberg said Wednesday. One of them got out, fou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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‘It Only Takes Seconds:’ 2 Cars Stolen Out Of Morris County In Broad Daylight, Police Say ‘It Only Takes Seconds:’ 2 Cars Stolen Out Of Morris County In Broad Daylight, Police Say
‘It Only Takes Seconds:’ 2 Cars Stolen Out Of Morris County In Broad Daylight, Police Say See anything? Police are investigating after two cars were stolen out of Morris County in broad daylight. The cars were taken from Crescent Road and the center business district in Florham Park on Tuesday, May 31, the police department and office of emergency management said. A search was also underway for a third vehicle potentially stolen from the Summit Medical Group complex, police said. The two vehicles confirmed stolen were left unlocked with the keys inside. “Please lock your doors and take out your fobs,” said Florham Park Police. “It only takes seconds for a thief waiting for an …

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by Valerie Musson
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Fleeing Vehicle Thieves Nearly Run Down Owner, Nabbed On Route 17 In Paramus Fleeing Vehicle Thieves Nearly Run Down Owner, Nabbed On Route 17 In Paramus
Fleeing Vehicle Thieves Nearly Run Down Owner, Nabbed On Route 17 In Paramus A fleeing getaway car full of ski-masked thieves nearly struck a Bergen County homeowner who'd stopped them from stealing his luxury SUV, authorities said. The resident called police with the license plate number of the car that had just missed him outside his home, Saddle River Police Chief Jason Cosgriff said. Paramus police captured the quartet on southbound Route 17 moments later, then handed them over to their Saddle River colleagues, he said. The thieves were trying to take a $200,000 Mercedes when the High Ridge-neighborhood homeowner stopped them shortly after 3:30 p.m. Monday, Cos…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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GOTCHA! Burglar Captured By Paramus Police After Getaway Car Splits Without Him GOTCHA! Burglar Captured By Paramus Police After Getaway Car Splits Without Him
Gotcha! Burglar Captured By Paramus Police After Getaway Car Splits Without Him One of three burglars who broke into a Paramus home overnight was captured by borough police after a stolen getaway car sped off without him, authorities said. The Henry Street homeowners' daughter was asleep on a couch on the first floor when she was startled by two burglars -- both wearing dark clothing and ski masks -- around 4:30 a.m. Monday, May 16, Police Chief Kenneth R. Ehrenberg said. One of them had pried open a first-floor window, climbed in and opened a back door for his companion, the chief said. The third burglar rifled through an Audi parked in the driveway, he said. The ba…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Pursuits Are Back, And Paramus Police Are Already In The Plus Column Pursuits Are Back, And Paramus Police Are Already In The Plus Column
Pursuits Are Back, And Paramus Police Are Already In The Plus Column Paramus police -- no longer hamstrung by limits on pursuits -- captured a trio of teenage car thieves who crashed into a tree off Route 17 after they were caught prowling local neighborhoods, authorities said. Officer Kevin Grady was on patrol when he spotted the ski-masked bandits from Kearny scoping out vehicles around Polly Ann Terrace and Ivanhoe Drive in a Honda CRV shortly before 2 a.m. Wednesday, May 4, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Grady tried to stop the SUV, which had been reported stolen out of Livingston, the chief said. The driver, 19-year-old Jason Cathcart, hit the ga…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Car Thieves Ram Police Vehicle While Fleeing Mahwah Neighborhood Car Thieves Ram Police Vehicle While Fleeing Mahwah Neighborhood
Car Thieves Ram Police Vehicle While Fleeing Mahwah Neighborhood A Mahwah police vehicle was struck overnight by car thieves fleeing a private community on the wrong side of the road. Township police responding to a stolen vehicle report had converged on Rio Vista when a gray Chrysler suddenly roared up Seminary Drive on the wrong side of the tree-lined median shortly before 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 2. The Chrysler hit the parked patrol car with its front driver's side as it reached Ramapo Valley Road (Route 202) and kept going. Police pursued the vehicle on Route 202 toward Oakland, then lost sight of it near Navajo Way. No serious injuries were reporte…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NOT SO FAST: Thief Hops Inside Woman's Unlocked Car And Drives Off, Police In NJ Say NOT SO FAST: Thief Hops Inside Woman's Unlocked Car And Drives Off, Police In NJ Say
NOT SO FAST: Thief Hops Inside Woman's Unlocked Car And Drives Off, Police In NJ Say A Somerset County man hopped behind the wheel of a woman's car  left unlocked and parked outside of her job and drove off, authorities said. Surveillance tapes show James Owens, age 39, Somerville, getting inside of the vehicle parked at a business on Route 22 before heading east on Route 22 around 11:35 a.m. on Thursday, April 28 in Branchburg, Acting Somerset County Prosecutor Annmarie Taggart said. Owens took the car to Somerville and parked it near Mechanic Street, Taggart said alongside County Detectives John W. Fodor. Police found the stolen car soon after, and identifi…

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by Cecilia Levine