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Told Not To Smoke, Lyft Passenger From Jersey City Assaults Driver, Snatches Keys: Leonia PD Told Not To Smoke, Lyft Passenger From Jersey City Assaults Driver, Snatches Keys: Leonia PD
Told Not To Smoke, Lyft Passenger From Jersey City Assaults Driver, Snatches Keys: Leonia PD A passenger assaulted a Lyft driver, took the keys and took off when she wasn't allowed to smoke during the ride, police in Leonia said. Tiffanie Grant, 41, of Jersey City got into a heated exchange with the driver, who stopped on Fort Lee Road near Spring Street around 2 p.m. last Friday afternoon, June 9, Leonia Police Chief Scott Tamagny said. "That's where the argument became physical," the chief said. After punching and grabbing the driver by the neck, Grant snatched the keys and hopped out, Tamagny said. Special Law Enforcement Officer II Steve Oxnard and Officer Anthony Mikatarian …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Broad-Daylight Mugging Of Woman Outside Englewood Cafe Solved By Sharp-Eyed Detective Broad-Daylight Mugging Of Woman Outside Englewood Cafe Solved By Sharp-Eyed Detective
Broad-Daylight Mugging Of Woman Outside Englewood Cafe Solved By Sharp-Eyed Detective GOTCHA! A fresh eye cracked the mugging of a woman who got into a fierce broad-daylight struggle with a robber outside an Englewood cafe over a year ago, authorities announced. Surveillance images show the suspect cruising the area on a bicycle before donning a face mask, pulling up a hood and riding up to the woman, who was having cake and coffee outside Dulce Le Leche on busy West Palisade Avenue in early November 2020. The would-be robber tried snatching the woman's wallet, but he didn't know what he was in for: She wasn't giving it up that easily, Detective Lt. Fred Pulice said. The wa…

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by Jerry DeMarco