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GOTCHA! Mahwah, Upper Saddle River PDs Nab Rockland Man In Commercial Burglary Spree GOTCHA! Mahwah, Upper Saddle River PDs Nab Rockland Man In Commercial Burglary Spree
Gotcha! Mahwah, Upper Saddle River PDs Nab Rockland Man In Commercial Burglary Spree Police from Mahwah and Upper Saddle River teamed up to nab a serial burglar from Rockland County who broke into several well-known area businesses – including a local mini mart that was victimized twice, authorities said. Carlos M. Martinez Amaya wasn't only charged with burglarizing the Mahwah Bar & Grill, Ernie’s Ice Cream and the Fardale Deli & Mini Mart (twice). He's also accused of commercial burglaries in Upper Saddle River and Franklin Township and with pointing a gun at someone. Minimal proceeds were taken during break-ins the same night, March 31, at Ernie’s on Franklin Tu…

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SERIOUSLY? Yet Another Tractor-Trailer Crash Jams Morning Rush Near NJ/NY Border SERIOUSLY? Yet Another Tractor-Trailer Crash Jams Morning Rush Near NJ/NY Border
Seriously? Yet Another Tractor-Trailer Crash Jams Morning Rush Near NJ/NY Border Another tractor-trailer jack-knifed, landing on its side, on a notorious stretch of road near the New Jersey-New York border in northwest Bergen County before dawn Tuesday. Northbound Route 17 was temporarily closed near the Route 287 flyover in Mahwah just south of Rockland County near Mountainside Avenue after the 4:09 a.m. crash on Aug. 29, Police Chief Timothy O'Hara said. "The driver told the officers that he was traveling northbound in the right lane when he felt the load shift in the trailer because of what he described as 'angled pavement' in a temporary lane due to construction in …

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PHONY-BALONEY: Allendale Resident’s Tale Of Tangling With Home Invader Not True, Police Charge PHONY-BALONEY: Allendale Resident’s Tale Of Tangling With Home Invader Not True, Police Charge
Phony-baloney: Allendale Resident’s Tale Of Tangling With Home Invader Not True, Police Charge An Allendale resident who told police he fought off an intruder who forced his way into his condo apparently made it all up, authorities said. Police from surrounding towns and a Bergen County sheriff’s K-9 unit converged on Trotters Lane and West Orchard Street after Deryck Smith, a 31-year-old graphic designer, reported the alleged home invasion around 10 a.m. this past Monday, Chief Michael T. Dillon said. They conducted a primary search throughout the neighborhood and along the nearby railroad tracks, residents said. Mahwah police even sent up a drone. Smith allegedly described the pu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Route 17 N/B Reopened After Overhead Sign In Wild Tractor-Trailer Crash Is Replaced UPDATE: Route 17 N/B Reopened After Overhead Sign In Wild Tractor-Trailer Crash Is Replaced
Update: Route 17 N/B Reopened After Overhead Sign In Wild Tractor-Trailer Crash Is Replaced UPDATE: Northbound Route 17 in Mahwah was reopened around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday following a wild tractor-trailer crash earlier in the day. Only one lane of the southbound highway was open during the evening rush. There miraculously were no serious injuries in the crash, which left the rig scattered across both sides of the highway near the New York State border around 10 a.m. Aug. 2, Mahwah Mayor Jim Wysocki said. The rig had split into pieces, with a huge container landing on a passing SUV on the other side of the divider and thousands of lemons spilling onto the highway. An overhead signp…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Northbound Route 17 Reopened After Wild Tractor-Trailer Crash Damages Overhead Sign UPDATE: Northbound Route 17 Reopened After Wild Tractor-Trailer Crash Damages Overhead Sign
Update: Northbound Route 17 Reopened After Wild Tractor-Trailer Crash Damages Overhead Sign UPDATE: Northbound Route 17 in Mahwah as reopened around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday following a wild tractor-trailer crash earlier in the day. Only one lane of the southbound highway was open during the evening rush. There miraculously were no serious injuries in the crash, which left the rig scattered across both sides of the highway near the New York State border around 10 a.m. Aug. 2, Mahwah Mayor Jim Wysocki said. The rig had split into pieces, with a huge container landing on a passing SUV on the other side of the divider and thousands of lemons spilling onto the highway. An overhead signpo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
WILD CRASH: Tractor-Trailer Splits In Pieces, Lands On Car On Route 17 WILD CRASH: Tractor-Trailer Splits In Pieces, Lands On Car On Route 17
Wild Crash: Tractor-Trailer Splits In Pieces, Lands On Car On Route 17 UPDATE: Northbound Route 17 in Mahwah was reopened around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday following a wild tractor-trailer crash earlier in the day. Only one lane of the southbound highway was open during the evening rush. There miraculously were no serious injuries in the crash, which left the rig scattered across both sides of the highway near the New York State border around 10 a.m. Aug. 2, Mahwah Mayor Jim Wysocki said. The rig had split into pieces, with a huge container landing on a passing SUV on the other side of the divider and thousands of lemons spilling onto the highway. An overhead sign …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
HEROES: Mahwah Police Resuscitate Rockland Teen At Ramapo Reservation HEROES: Mahwah Police Resuscitate Rockland Teen At Ramapo Reservation
Heroes: Mahwah Police Resuscitate Rockland Teen At Ramapo Reservation A drowning teen from Rockland was resuscitated by Mahwah police after his friends pulled him from a lake in the Ramapo mountains, authorities said. The 17-year-old Spring Valley boy was surrounded by his friends when Mahwah Police Officers Nicholas Williams, Ryan Moore, Connor Gilgen, Luke Rice and Liam Kantanas reached the upper lake at the Ramapo Reservation around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 5, Capt. Guido Bussinelli said. He was unresponsive from all the water he’d ingested but had a pulse, the captain said. The boy apparently had jumped into the lake, began to struggle and was underwate…

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HEROES: Mahwah Firefighters Free Box Truck Driver Pinned In Crash HEROES: Mahwah Firefighters Free Box Truck Driver Pinned In Crash
Heroes: Mahwah Firefighters Free Box Truck Driver Pinned In Crash Mahwah firefighters extricated a box truck driver following a collision with a garbage truck. The victim's legs were pinned by the crash at the intersection of Edison Road and Leighton Place around 7:45 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 23. The members of Mahwah Res1cue, assisted by Companies 2 and 4, got him out in under 15 minutes and into the hands of township EMS, which took him to a local hospital. Mahwah and Wyckoff police also responded. MORE INFO: Edison Road (Mahwah) Entrapment The box truck driver's legs were pinned in the crash at the intersection of Edison Road and Leighton Place in Ma…

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UPDATE: Gunman Robs Gas Stations, 7-Eleven In Paramus, Fair Lawn, Mahwah In Under 30 Minutes UPDATE: Gunman Robs Gas Stations, 7-Eleven In Paramus, Fair Lawn, Mahwah In Under 30 Minutes
Update: Gunman Robs Gas Stations, 7-Eleven In Paramus, Fair Lawn, Mahwah In Under 30 Minutes UPDATE: Law enforcement agencies in two states were sharing information in the search for a masked gunman who robbed two gas stations in Mahwah, another in Paramus and a 7-Eleven in Fair Lawn of several thousand dollars in less than a half hour. The spree ended with back-to-back holdups of two gas stations on northbound Route 17 in Mahwah barely a couple of minutes from the Rockland County border. The robber entered the Valero station near Route 202 at 11:05 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, Mahwah Police Chief Stephen Jaffe said. He “brandished a handgun at the staff at the register and demanded mone…

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Mahwah Pizzeria 'Robber' Threatens To Shoot Employees, Flees Empty-Handed Mahwah Pizzeria 'Robber' Threatens To Shoot Employees, Flees Empty-Handed
Mahwah Pizzeria 'Robber' Threatens To Shoot Employees, Flees Empty-Handed A would-be robber fled a Mahwah pizzeria empty-handed after threatening to shoot the employees, authorities said. The white suspect was wearing a tan jacket when he entered Mahwah Pizza & Pasta on MacArthur Boulevard shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1, Mayor Jim Wysocki said. He demanded money from the register and threatened to shoot the employees several times, witnesses said. He didn't show a weapon, however. With no leverage, the would-be Dillinger had little choice but to leave. Witnesses said he fled in a silver Jeep Patriot. ANYONE who might have witnessed the incident, see…

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Mail Thieves Nabbed After Stolen Vehicle Rams Police Car After Chase Through Ramapo Campus: PD Mail Thieves Nabbed After Stolen Vehicle Rams Police Car After Chase Through Ramapo Campus: PD
Mail Thieves Nabbed After Stolen Vehicle Rams Police Car After Chase Through Ramapo Campus: PD UPDATE: Two thieves who’d been swiping deliveries from residents' mailboxes led Mahwah police on a stolen car chase onto the Ramapo College campus before the vehicle struck an officer's cruiser and they were captured, authorities said. Police who responded to a suspicious vehicle report at the Rio Vista development off Campgaw Road and Route 202 shortly before 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, spotted the 2021 Honda Civic, Capt. Guido Bussinelli said. The vehicle had been reported stolen out of New York City the day before, he said. Detective Sgt. Eric Larsen and Officer Brian Joyce tried …

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UPDATE: Two Seized By Mahwah Police After Chase Through Ramapo College, Crash UPDATE: Two Seized By Mahwah Police After Chase Through Ramapo College, Crash
Update: Two Seized By Mahwah Police After Chase Through Ramapo College, Crash UPDATE: Two thieves who’d been stealing mail led Mahwah police on a stolen car chase onto the Ramapo College campus before the vehicle struck an officer's cruiser and they were captured, authorities said. Police responding to a suspicious vehicle report at the Rio Vista development off Campgaw Road and Route 202 shortly before 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, spotted the 2021 Honda Civic, which had been reported stolen out of New York City the day before. Detective Sgt. Eric Larsen and Officer Brian Joyce tried to stop the Civic as it pulled onto Campgaw Road, but the driver hit the gas and fle…

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Firefighters Douse Mahwah Basement Blaze Near Rockland Border Firefighters Douse Mahwah Basement Blaze Near Rockland Border
Firefighters Douse Mahwah Basement Blaze Near Rockland Border Firefighters battled heat exhaustion along with a basement blaze Wednesday night in Mahwah. No serious injuries were reported in the fire, which broke out shortly before 8 p.m. in the two-story home on dead-ended Storrs Court off East Crescent Road near the Rockland County border. Firefighters had the blaze knocked down within a half-hour. The cause wasn't immediately determined. Mutual aid at the scene or in coverage included firefighters from Ramsey, Wyckoff, Hillburn, Sloatsburg, Suffern and Tallman, as well as Mahwah police and EMS.

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Victim Robbed Of $250,000 Cash At Gas Station Near NJ/NY Border, Sources Say Victim Robbed Of $250,000 Cash At Gas Station Near NJ/NY Border, Sources Say
Victim Robbed Of $250,000 Cash At Gas Station Near NJ/NY Border, Sources Say Two bandits took $250,000 in cash in a strong-arm robbery at a Route 17 gas station near the Rockland border in Mahwah, multiple sources said. No weapons were used in the 5 p.m. robbery Monday at the Mobil station on the northbound highway, they said. The robbers reportedly fled in a black Nissan after apparently following the victim there. Mahwah police administrators haven't responded to requests for information about the incident. Mayor James Wysocki confirmed the robbery, however. No other details were immediately available, including why the victim was driving around with that much …

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Police & Fire
NJ-Arrested Bodybuilder Charged With Shooting Parents On Christmas Sees Them In Court, Cries NJ-Arrested Bodybuilder Charged With Shooting Parents On Christmas Sees Them In Court, Cries
Nj-arrested Bodybuilder Charged With Shooting Parents On Christmas Sees Them In Court, Cries UPDATE: A bodybuilder who was captured in Mahwah just hours after authorities said he shot his parents in their Long Island mansion on Christmas morning reportedly cried when he saw them in court. Bound with three sets of handcuffs because of his physique, Dino Tomassetti, 29, entered a not-guilty plea during his arraignment on Monday, Feb. 7, on attempted murder, assault, gun possession and child endangerment charges in Nassau County. He looked intently at his father, Rocco Tomassetti, who sat with his mother, Vincenza Tomassetti, the New York Post reported. His father reportedly shook hi…

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Police: Bodybuilder Captured In NJ Shot LI Parents On Christmas In Dispute Over His Baby Police: Bodybuilder Captured In NJ Shot LI Parents On Christmas In Dispute Over His Baby
Police: Bodybuilder Captured In NJ Shot LI Parents On Christmas In Dispute Over His Baby UPDATE: 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. Nassau County police charged Dino Tomassetti, a 29-year-old weight trainer from Brooklyn, with two counts of attempted murder in connection with the shooting. He was also expected to face weapons counts. Tomassetti, of East Williamsburg, had been held in the Bergen County lockup since his Christmas afternoon on Route 17 in Mahwah. He’d apparently been arguing with Vinc…

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MUGSHOT: Man Accused Of Shooting Parents At NY Mansion On Christmas Held For Extradition In NJ MUGSHOT: Man Accused Of Shooting Parents At NY Mansion On Christmas Held For Extradition In NJ
Mugshot: Man Accused Of Shooting Parents At NY Mansion On Christmas Held For Extradition In NJ 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.... https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/mahwah/news/police-bodybuilder-captured-in-nj-shot-li-parents-on-christmas-in-dispute-over-his-baby/822909/ ****** 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 will remain held in the Bergen County Jail pend…

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Residents Help Mahwah Police Nab NYC Duo Burglarizing Vehicles In Northwest Bergen Residents Help Mahwah Police Nab NYC Duo Burglarizing Vehicles In Northwest Bergen
Residents Help Mahwah Police Nab NYC Duo Burglarizing Vehicles In Northwest Bergen With help from residents and law enforcement colleagues, a swarm of Mahwah police captured two New York City men who they said had been burglarizing vehicles in northwest Bergen County using a stolen Mercedes. Officer Kevin McCombs was patrolling the Rio Vista community in response to a recent surge in high-end auto thefts when he spotted an unoccupied 2017 Benz parked in the middle of Brams Hill Drive shortly before 6 a.m. Wednesday, Capt. Guido Bussinelli said. A computer check showed found that it had been stolen on Long Island, he said. As McCombs approached the vehicle, two men came …

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Jersey Ex-Con ID'd As Fleeing Route 287 Stolen Car Driver Who Crashed On NY State Thruway Jersey Ex-Con ID'd As Fleeing Route 287 Stolen Car Driver Who Crashed On NY State Thruway
Jersey Ex-Con ID'd As Fleeing Route 287 Stolen Car Driver Who Crashed On NY State Thruway UPDATE: A driver chased by police more than 40 miles from New Jersey into New York State before crashing a stolen car was identified as an ex-con who’s been involved in previous pursuits and has an arrest record that numbers in the dozens. Dustin Jeandron, 37, recently of Keyport and Trenton, gave New York State troopers a Hell’s Kitchen address after they took him into custody following Wednesday afternoon’s chase. Jeandron was driving a Hyundai sedan reported stolen out of Harrison when a Wayne police officer "spotted the vehicle in Wayne with fictitious plates and attempted to make a sto…

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Authorities: Ex-Con Charged With Murder In Shooting Outside Passaic High-Rise Authorities: Ex-Con Charged With Murder In Shooting Outside Passaic High-Rise
Authorities: Ex-Con Charged With Murder In Shooting Outside Passaic High-Rise A dispute between ex-cons ended with one shooting and killing the other outside a Passaic housing complex, authorities said Wednesday. Detectives from the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office and Passaic police were assisted by federal agents when they captured Nysheem T. Mann, 32, during a traffic stop on Washington Street near Broadway in Paterson early Tuesday night, they said. Mann, of Paterson, was charged with gunning down Donyell Coley two days earlier in the parking lot at Speer Village, where the 41-year-old victim lived. Coley, who was struck several times, arrived at St. Mary’s Ho…

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Police & Fire
Driver Held For Extradition To NJ After Crash-Filled Pursuit From Bergen Ends In Westchester Driver Held For Extradition To NJ After Crash-Filled Pursuit From Bergen Ends In Westchester
Driver Held For Extradition To NJ After Crash-Filled Pursuit From Bergen Ends In Westchester UPDATE: A Connecticut driver who authorities said led officers and troopers on a high-speed chase from Bergen to Westchester counties – ramming police cars from both states along the way -- remained jailed Monday pending extradition to New Jersey. Mahwah police initially began chasing an Acura MDX driven by Henry L. Cofrancesco Jr., 51, of Hamden, CT, on southbound Route 287 last Thursday afternoon. South Nyack and New York State Police joined the pursuit at speeds that law enforcement sources said ranged from 75 to 90 miles an hour.  The chase continued through Rockland County and cr…

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Police & Fire
Authorities: Police Pursuit From NJ Ends In Westchester Authorities: Police Pursuit From NJ Ends In Westchester
Authorities: Police Pursuit From NJ Ends In Westchester UPDATE (JUNE 28): A Connecticut driver who authorities said led officers and troopers on a high-speed chase from Bergen to Westchester counties – ramming police cars from both states along the way -- remained jailed Monday pending extradition to New Jersey. Mahwah police initially began chasing an Acura MDX driven by Henry L. Cofrancesco Jr., 51, of Hamden, CT, on southbound Route 287 last Thursday afternoon. South Nyack and New York State Police joined the pursuit at speeds that law enforcement sources said ranged from 75 to 90 miles an hour. The chase continued through Rockland County a…

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Young Man Drowns At Closed Lake In Mahwah Young Man Drowns At Closed Lake In Mahwah
Young Man Drowns At Closed Lake In Mahwah A Hudson County man who drowned despite an intense effort by rescuers to save him at a closed swimming lake at Darlington County Park in Mahwah didn't know how to swim, friends and loved ones said. Loved ones, neighbors and others have been trying to comfort the family of Kevin Acevedo at the 51st Street apartment in Weehawken where he'd lived his entire life. Kevin had just turned 21 two weeks ago, they said. He and his friend, Andrew Florez, 20, also of Weehawken, weren't supposed to be in the lake, which is open for swimming only on weekends this time of year, Bergen County Sheriff's P…

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Ramsey PD: Rockland Man Who Dumped Coffee On Ex-Wife Flees Up Route 17, Caught By NY Troopers Ramsey PD: Rockland Man Who Dumped Coffee On Ex-Wife Flees Up Route 17, Caught By NY Troopers
Ramsey PD: Rockland Man Who Dumped Coffee On Ex-Wife Flees Up Route 17, Caught By NY Troopers A Rockland driver who sped off from police on northbound Route 17 in Ramsey following an incident with his ex-wife was captured by New York state troopers 40 or so miles up the road, authorities said. Haverstraw police had issued a “stop and hold” on Richard Fernandez, 37, of Pomona, who they said had driven to his ex-wife’s job and spilled coffee on her. A Ramsey officer tried stopping Fernandez at Lake Street mid-Saturday afternoon, but he kept going at speeds of up to 70 miles an hour, Police Chief Bryan Gurney said. Mahwah police picked up the pursuit at the state line split before han…

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Bergen County Condo Owner Taking Out Trash Startled By 10-Foot Snake Bergen County Condo Owner Taking Out Trash Startled By 10-Foot Snake
Bergen County Condo Owner Taking Out Trash Startled By 10-Foot Snake A Bergen County condo owner taking out the trash recently got a frightful scare: On top of the garbage bin was a 10-foot-long snake. The live but lethargic python had a fresh wound on its head. Its eyes were red and bloody. Police quickly found Derek McGuire, a former star track and field star turned bodybuilder who lives in the Mahwah complex. McGuire, 36, owns and operates an online business called “D-Rassic Park.” Run from his basement, it breeds and sells pythons, according to a police report. The entire episode was a sad and unfortunate situation, McGuire said. He clearly didn't mea…

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SNAKE FARM: Startled Resident Finds 10-Foot Python Atop Mahwah Condo Trash Bin SNAKE FARM: Startled Resident Finds 10-Foot Python Atop Mahwah Condo Trash Bin
Snake Farm: Startled Resident Finds 10-Foot Python Atop Mahwah Condo Trash Bin A Bergen County condo owner taking out the trash recently got a frightful scare: On top of the garbage bin was a 10-foot-long snake. The live but lethargic python had a fresh wound on its head. Its eyes were red and bloody. Police quickly found Derek McGuire, a former star track and field star turned bodybuilder who lives in the Mahwah complex. McGuire, 36, owns and operates an online business called “D-Rassic Park.” Run from his basement, it breeds and sells pythons, according to a police report. The entire episode was a sad and unfortunate situation, McGuire said. He clearly didn't mean…

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Route 287 Stop: Mahwah Officers Find 4 Guns, Ammo, Ski Mask, Cash Scattered In Sports Car Route 287 Stop: Mahwah Officers Find 4 Guns, Ammo, Ski Mask, Cash Scattered In Sports Car
Route 287 Stop: Mahwah Officers Find 4 Guns, Ammo, Ski Mask, Cash Scattered In Sports Car Two Mahwah police officers found a pair of North Carolina men carrying four guns, dozens of rounds of ammunition and more during a Route 287 stop, authorities said. Officers Matt Buonacore and Frank Federico stopped the 2015 Dodge Challenger for several traffic violations on the southbound highway shortly after 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Police Chief Stephen Jaffe said. As driver Guilherme Desouza Mendes, 19, retrieved documents from the glove compartment, the officers noticed a box of ammunition, Jaffe said. The passenger, Tyrone K. Williams, 20, “acknowledged to the officers [that] there was a…

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