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Registered Rockland Sex Offender Gets House Arrest For Violating Federal Release With Minor Registered Rockland Sex Offender Gets House Arrest For Violating Federal Release With Minor
Registered Rockland Sex Offender Gets House Arrest For Violating Federal Release With Minor A registered sex offender from Rockland County who spent a year in federal prison for assaulting a woman on a flight from Israel to Newark Liberty International Airport was sentenced Thursday to time served for sexually abusing a minor after his release, authorities said. Yoel Oberlander, 39, of Monsey had served a plea-bargained year behind bars for the airborne May 2016 assault when he was arrested by Ramapo police in June 2019. Oberlander later admitted that he’d picked up an underage victim for sex in his car during what was three years of federal supervised release, U.S. Attorney Craig…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Authorities: Newark Man In Stolen Car Nabbed In Pair Of Bloomfield Shootings Authorities: Newark Man In Stolen Car Nabbed In Pair Of Bloomfield Shootings
Authorities: Newark Man In Stolen Car Nabbed In Pair Of Bloomfield Shootings A 19-year-old Newark man was driving a stolen car when he shot two people who were both hospitalized last weekend in Bloomfield, authorities said. Tre Byrd was arrested Tuesday and charged with attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, weapon possession and more in connection with both Friday night shootings, Bloomfield Public Safety Director Samuel A. DeMaio said Wednesday. One victim had been shot in the shoulder and was lying in the street with an electric scooter between his legs on Arlington Avenue near Federal Plaza around 10 p.m. Friday, DeMaio said. The man, who had …

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by Cecilia Levine
News
LOCKDOWN: Two Inmates At Hudson Lockup Test Positive For COVID-19 LOCKDOWN: Two Inmates At Hudson Lockup Test Positive For COVID-19
Lockdown: Two Inmates At Hudson Lockup Test Positive For Covid-19 The Hudson County Jail went into lockdown Sunday after two inmates tested positive for coronavirus, officials said. The inmates were quarantined in the hospital's rehabilitation center and will be treated according to guidelines established March 13, Hudson County spokesperson James Kennelly told NorthJersey.com. None of the immigration detainees being held at the Kearny jail or staff tested positive for COVID-19, Kennelly said. The news comes days after a corrections officer at the Bergen County Jail tested positive for COVID-19, prompting seven co-workers to self-quarantine as well.…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
East Orange Man Charged With Killing Jersey City Dad, 28 East Orange Man Charged With Killing Jersey City Dad, 28
East Orange Man Charged With Killing Jersey City Dad, 28 An East Orange man was charged in the first Jersey City homicide of 2020, authorities said. Eric Ballon, 33, was arrested without incident Friday at the Essex County Jail -- where he was being held on unrelated charges -- in connection with the March 6 killing of Rashawn Bethea, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Bethea, 28, was gunned down around 11:30 p.m. in front of a home on Wegman Parkway, up the street from near Audubon Park in the city's Greenville section, Suarez said.  EMS pronounced him dead at the scene from gunshot wounds to the torso 15 minutes later, and …

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Hillside Man, 20, Charged In Bloomfield Carjacking Hillside Man, 20, Charged In Bloomfield Carjacking
Hillside Man, 20, Charged In Bloomfield Carjacking A 20-year-old Hillside man was charged in a Bloomfield carjacking, police said Monday. Four people began walking toward the victim moments after she parked her grey Toyota RAV4 in her driveway on Fontaine Avenue (Halcyon Pond) around 6:40 p.m. Jan. 23, Bloomfield Director of Public Safety Samuel A. DeMaio said. One person, later identified as Naszir Mitchel, 20, approached the victim from behind -- demanding her keys and belongings, DeMaio said. Mitchel then got in her car with the other three individuals and fled, authorities said. Police tracked the victim's cell ph…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Bloomfield Burglar Hit At Least 3 Businesses, Tried To Flee In Taxi: Police Bloomfield Burglar Hit At Least 3 Businesses, Tried To Flee In Taxi: Police
Bloomfield Burglar Hit At Least 3 Businesses, Tried To Flee In Taxi: Police A Newark man has been charged in a series of smash-and-grab burglaries in Bloomfield Sunday, police said.  Responding to an activated alarm at John's Deli on West Passaic Avenue, police discovered that the glass front door had been smashed with a rock and that $200 had been taken from the cash register.  As officers checked around the building, they saw that the front door to another business, Prissy Paws, had been damaged. Officers found that the business had been ransacked and about $100 was taken from the register.  Officers combing the area spotted a man walking south on…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
NY Man Charged In Carjacking Spree Throughout Newark, Elizabeth NY Man Charged In Carjacking Spree Throughout Newark, Elizabeth
NY Man Charged In Carjacking Spree Throughout Newark, Elizabeth A Brooklyn man suspected of several carjackings in Newark and Elizabeth last month is in custody, Newark police said Tuesday.  Jaheem Fulmore was arrested at his home and be being held at the Essex County jail. An investigation is underway to identify others who took part in the rash of carjackings Oct. 13 to Oct 16.  “Our detectives followed leads to Brooklyn, where they positively identified the suspect,” Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said. “With the help of the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI, we were able to obtain search warrants and arrest warrants.” This story …

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Nutley Police Officer OK After Fleeing Newark Driver Hits Him: Police Nutley Police Officer OK After Fleeing Newark Driver Hits Him: Police
Nutley Police Officer OK After Fleeing Newark Driver Hits Him: Police A Nutley police officer suffered minor injuries to his arm when a Newark motorist struck him with her vehicle July 6, the department said in a statement.  Police approached a suspicious vehicle driven by Shanoa Glover, 30, on Franklin Avenue. Glover hit the officer when she fled from the scene, according to police.  Police briefly chased her but broke off the pursuit. She was identified and later arrested by authorities in Newark.  Glover has been charged with aggravated assault, obstruction and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.  She was also issued numer…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Irvington Man Charged In Fatal Shooting Irvington Man Charged In Fatal Shooting
Irvington Man Charged In Fatal Shooting An Irvington man has been arrested for gunning down another city resident a week ago, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said Wednesday.  Matthew Beckley, 26, has been charged with murder and illegal possession of a weapon. He was being held at the Essex County jail in Newark.  Authorities say Beckley gunned down 34-year-old Gregory Wright June 19 in the 100 block of Maple Avenue in Irvington. He was pronounced dead at University Hospital in Newark at 9:24 p.m., about a half-hour after he was shot.   Anyone with information about Wright's death is asked to contac…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Owner Of Nutley Tanning Salon Secretly Filmed Clients, Prosecutor Says Owner Of Nutley Tanning Salon Secretly Filmed Clients, Prosecutor Says
Owner Of Nutley Tanning Salon Secretly Filmed Clients, Prosecutor Says The owner of a Nutley tanning salon was arrested on drug possession and other charges, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said Thursday. Martino Poli, 38, of Stanhope, owns the Sun of a Beach salon on Franklin Avenue and was being held at the Essex County jail. Police began to investigate the business after a female customer reported seeing a camera lens in the tanning bed she was using. The camera appeared to be recording her, the woman said. Police searched the business Wednesday and found “surreptitious recording devices,” the prosecutor’s office said. Police also allegedly found co…

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by Paul Milo
Lifestyle
Comic Artie Lange Leaving Jail, Will Head Back To Rehab: Report Comic Artie Lange Leaving Jail, Will Head Back To Rehab: Report
Comic Artie Lange Leaving Jail, Will Head Back To Rehab: Report Comedian Artie Lange will be released from the Essex County jail at the end of the week to resume his participation a drug rehabilitation program, Radar Online reported Monday.  “He will remain in the Essex County Jail, which is located in Newark, until the end of the week when he is expected to be moved to a treatment facility for a variable length stay,” a spokesperson for the Essex County Prosecutor told Radar. “He will continue in Drug Court probation.” Lange, a 51-year-old Union native, was arrested last month for violating the conditions of the court-ordered rehabilitation progra…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Newark Police Officer Indicted In Fatal Shooting Following High-Speed Chase Newark Police Officer Indicted In Fatal Shooting Following High-Speed Chase
Newark Police Officer Indicted In Fatal Shooting Following High-Speed Chase A Newark police officer has been indicted on manslaughter, assault, official misconduct and other charges for shooting and killing a fleeing suspect earlier this year, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office announced Tuesday night. Crespo was being held at the Essex County jail and was expected to make an initial court appearance tomorrow or Thursday. Around 11:30 p.m. Jan. 28, a car containing Gregory Griffin, 46, and Andrew Dixon, 35, was stopped at Clinton Avenue and Thomas Street. The officer believed she saw a gun in the vehicle, authorities said. Griffin and Dixon fled the stop and …

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by Paul Milo