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Baby Blue Bike Wheels Helps Cops Catch Truck Thief: Fairfield PD Baby Blue Bike Wheels Helps Cops Catch Truck Thief: Fairfield PD
Baby Blue Bike Wheels Helps Cops Catch Truck Thief: Fairfield PD A 48-year-old Paterson resident was arrested for stealing a truck after police spotting him riding a bicycle in Fairfield on Friday, Feb. 20, authorities said. At 1:30 p.m., police in Fairfield received a call from a victim of a vehicle theft in Totowa, officers said. The victim said their red Ford F-250 was missing from their yard and using GPS they tracked it to a Red Roof Inn in Fairfield, police said. Police went to the area and found the vehicle in the parking lot of the Adult Emporium, officers said. Video obtained from a nearby business showed Giovanni Nieves, driving the vehicl…

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by Sam Barron
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STALKER: Saddle Brook Man, 58, Charged With Secretly Tracking Ex From Lyndhurst, 33 STALKER: Saddle Brook Man, 58, Charged With Secretly Tracking Ex From Lyndhurst, 33
Stalker: Saddle Brook Man, 58, Charged With Secretly Tracking Ex From Lyndhurst, 33 A 58-year-old Saddle Brook resident who'd dated a Lyndhurst woman 25 years his junior hid a GPS tracking device on her SUV. Lyndhurst Police Detective Chris Cuneo obtained and reviewed surveillance video after the 33-year-old woman found the device on her Range Rover and called police earlier this month, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said on Wednesday, June 21. Cuneo identified Jesus Martinez as the culprit, the lieutenant said. Martinez was charged with stalking and released pending court action, he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Man Accused Of Shooting Parents On Christmas Identified UPDATE: Man Accused Of Shooting Parents On Christmas Identified
Update: Man Accused Of Shooting Parents On Christmas Identified UPDATE (DEC. 29): A bodybuilder who was picked up from the Bergen County Jail on Wednesday by Nassau County detectives shot his parents in their Long Island mansion on Christmas in a dispute over his 1-year-old son, authorities said. READ MORE.... ****** PREVIOUS STORY: A fleeing driver captured in Mahwah after police said he shot his parents in their $3 million Long Island mansion on Christmas morning is a bodybuilding personal trainer from Brooklyn. Dino Tomassetti, 29, recently of the borough's East Williamsburg section, remained held Sunday in the Bergen County Jail on a detainer out …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Thief Steals Newark Police Car Thief Steals Newark Police Car
Thief Steals Newark Police Car A thief who stole a marked Newark police car Thursday was captured a short time later in Nutley, authorities said. Authorities followed the vehicle on GPS after it was stolen at a shopping center on McCarter Highway (Route 21). At one point it was pegged near the Belleville Turnpike bridge from North Arlington, said police who were monitoring the incident. The vehicle then headed north on Route 21 before it somehow became disabled on the highway, they said. Nutley police spotted the car and grabbed the suspect, who was taken to Newark police headquarters. No damages were reported. CHECK…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fingerprints Lead To Charges Against Adult, Juveniles In PalPark Vehicle Theft Fingerprints Lead To Charges Against Adult, Juveniles In PalPark Vehicle Theft
Fingerprints Lead To Charges Against Adult, Juveniles In PalPark Vehicle Theft A Newark man was charged with stealing a Mercedes Benz from a Palisades Park driveway thanks to a fingerprint match, authorities said. Raymond Branch, 19, and two juveniles were involved in the July 24 theft, Detective Sgt. Alex Monteleone said. The owner told police his GPS tracked the Mercedes to Newark, where city police found the vehicle and had it processed for fingerprints, Monteleone said. The prints matched Branch's as well as those of the two juveniles, all of whom have criminal histories, the sergeant said. South Orange police notified their Palisades Park colleagues after they …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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BMW With More Than $3K Cash Stolen From Morris County Driveway Found Abandoned In Irvington BMW With More Than $3K Cash Stolen From Morris County Driveway Found Abandoned In Irvington
BMW With More Than $3K Cash Stolen From Morris County Driveway Found Abandoned In Irvington A BMW containing more than $3,000 cash that was stolen from the driveway of a Morris County home was later found abandoned in Irvington, authorities said. A resident of Knollwood Road in Hanover reported having a black 2016 BMW B42 stolen from his driveway sometime between 1:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. on July 19, police said. The car had been packed for an upcoming vacation and was equipped with $3,000 in cash, as well as several laptops and iPads, police said. The car, which was left with a key fob inside, was later found abandoned in Irvington using its GPS tracking system, police said.

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by Valerie Musson
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Wayne PD: Officers Nab Accused Ambulance Thief Burglarizing Route 23 Starbucks Wayne PD: Officers Nab Accused Ambulance Thief Burglarizing Route 23 Starbucks
Wayne PD: Officers Nab Accused Ambulance Thief Burglarizing Route 23 Starbucks A repeat offender caught driving a stolen ambulance last year was arrested by Wayne police after he broke into a Starbucks on Route 23 overnight, authorities said Wednesday. Officers Kevin MacDonald, Michael Sweeney and Trevor Costabile found Jonathan Roman, 35, hiding in a storeroom after responding to a burglar alarm at the Willowbrook Mall-area café shortly after 3:30 a.m. Monday, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. Roman, of Paterson, had stashed more than $500 that he’d stolen from shop registers in a refrigerator, Daly said. An alarm company representative told police a burglar was seen o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Stolen Cab Thief Face-Plants After Fleeing Police, Crashing In Fairview Stolen Cab Thief Face-Plants After Fleeing Police, Crashing In Fairview
Stolen Cab Thief Face-Plants After Fleeing Police, Crashing In Fairview Thieves in a cab stolen out of Union City crashed into another vehicle, injuring two occupants, while trying to flee police in Fairview, authorities said. Borough police spotted the stolen 2008 Crown Victoria at Anderson and Day avenues around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday after getting a call from the cab company, which had been tracking it on GPS, Police Chief Martin Kahn said. The driver hit the gas, then T-boned a small SUV at the Shaler Avenue intersection two blocks away, he said. Passenger Luis Flores, 23, struggled with officers who eventually got him out of the taxi, said Kahn, who was among…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Feds, Locals Smash Burglary Crew That Targeted Asians In NJ, PA Feds, Locals Smash Burglary Crew That Targeted Asians In NJ, PA
Feds, Locals Smash Burglary Crew That Targeted Asians In NJ, PA A second-story burglary crew whose methods were based on “stereotype and opportunity” worked from a hit list of more than 50 homes owned by Asians in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, federal authorities charged Tuesday. Local, state and federal law enforcement authorities who teamed up to smash the ring found notes in the defendants’ cars “containing the home addresses of individuals of Asian descent with derogatory descriptive terms to identify the ethnicity of the homeowners,” Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Rachael A. Honig said. Crew members got those addresses by breaking into the vict…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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AG: Essex Detective Indicted For Illegally Attaching Hidden GPS To Suspect's Vehicle AG: Essex Detective Indicted For Illegally Attaching Hidden GPS To Suspect's Vehicle
AG: Essex Detective Indicted For Illegally Attaching Hidden GPS To Suspect's Vehicle An Essex County prosecutor’s detective who stuck a hidden GPS on a suspect’s vehicle without permission was indicted Monday on official misconduct charges, authorities said. Timothy Kealy, 27, of Bloomfield was working with the Essex County Prosecutor’s Narcotics Task Force when he bought and installed the tracking device without getting a supervisor’s permission to apply to a judge for a warrant, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced. A court-issued warrant is required by law for law enforcement to install a GPS device on a vehicle. Kealy was suspended as a resu…

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by Jerry DeMarco