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Feds: Elizabeth Man Bribed Postal Carriers To Steal Packages Of Checkbooks, iPhones, More Feds: Elizabeth Man Bribed Postal Carriers To Steal Packages Of Checkbooks, iPhones, More
Feds: Elizabeth Man Bribed Postal Carriers To Steal Packages Of Checkbooks, iPhones, More Federal agents on Thursday arrested an Elizabeth man who they said bribed U.S. Postal Service carriers to steal check books, credit cards and electronics from the mail. U.S. Postal Inspection Service agents watched as Jabre “Jab” Beauvoir, 21, met with a carrier in a mail van in Secaucus and collected a package that they’d planted, a complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Newark says. Beauvoir – using the handle “Neck Tat” -- believed he was getting a stolen iPhone 6 Plus, it says. The carrier told them that Beauvoir had offered $20O for every stolen check book and a split of the procee…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
HEROES: Englewood Police, Firefighters, Dispatcher DPW Workers Save Lives HEROES: Englewood Police, Firefighters, Dispatcher DPW Workers Save Lives
Heroes: Englewood Police, Firefighters, Dispatcher DPW Workers Save Lives A police officer who was nearly killed when a gunman dragged him with a car, a trio of men in blue who revived a heart attack victim along with a group of firefighters who rescued a man overcome by freon fumes and two DPW workers who freed a trapped elderly driver are among several Englewood first responders recently honored for their heroism. Police Officer Anthony Gallo had stopped two upstate New York men in a car last year when the driver ran off. Gallo bolted after him while Officer Maciej Mlynaryk dealt with a front-seat passenger -- who got into the driver’s seat and hit the gas. Ha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Ramsey PD: Mailbox Fishing Thieves Caught In The Act, Chief Urges Caution Ramsey PD: Mailbox Fishing Thieves Caught In The Act, Chief Urges Caution
Ramsey PD: Mailbox Fishing Thieves Caught In The Act, Chief Urges Caution Ramsey police captured two suspected thieves near the borough post office with glue traps, shoe laces and other devices used to fish mail from drop boxes, authorities said. Both men ran around the Main Street post office to a car parked on North Island Avenue after Officer Bryan Arsi spotted them shortly before 1 a.m. Monday, Police Chief Bryan Gurney said. Detectives Adam Macaluso and Jaclyn Sabatelli, Lt. Brian Lyman, Sgt. Casey Hines and Officer Robert McMackin converged on the car with Arsi and took the pair into custody after finding the so-called tools of the trade, the chief said Wed…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Bloomfield Man With Long Criminal Record Printed Up Fake Checks At Home Bloomfield Man With Long Criminal Record Printed Up Fake Checks At Home
Bloomfield Man With Long Criminal Record Printed Up Fake Checks At Home A 44-year-old Bloomfield man has been found guilty of multiple charges, including printing up and cashing fraudulent checks, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said Wednesday.  A search of Woody Armand's apartment on Nov. 4, 2018, by U.S. Postal Service investigators and Bloomfield police turned up 37 decks of heroin, oxycodone, a handgun hidden behind a painting, debit cards that belonged to others as well as multiple checks. Armand was not the payer or the payee of the checks. About 1,000 blank checks and printing equipment were also found.  Investigators determined Armand was…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Feds: Wallington Doc, Fair Lawn Drug Store Owners Defraud US Workers' Comp Out Of $10 Million Feds: Wallington Doc, Fair Lawn Drug Store Owners Defraud US Workers' Comp Out Of $10 Million
Feds: Wallington Doc, Fair Lawn Drug Store Owners Defraud US Workers' Comp Out Of $10 Million Postal workers traveled from as far as Florida and Georgia to visit a Wallington doctor who helped the owners of a Fair Lawn pharmacy defraud a federal workers’ compensation program out of $10 million, authorities said. Federal agents on Tuesday raided the Morrissee Avenue home-office of Dr. Mark Filippone, 71, whom they accused of submitting bogus reports that allowed hundreds of now-former U.S. Postal Service employees to submit disability claims for injuries they purportedly suffered on the job. Filippone, a licensed physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist, also prescribed “expen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Pair Nabbed With 130 Stolen Postal Service Money Orders On Route 17, Rochelle Park Police Say Pair Nabbed With 130 Stolen Postal Service Money Orders On Route 17, Rochelle Park Police Say
Pair Nabbed With 130 Stolen Postal Service Money Orders On Route 17, Rochelle Park Police Say Rochelle Park police nabbed two men carrying 130 blank money orders stolen from the U.S. Postal Service, along with devices used to forge them and merchandise stolen from Home Depot, authorities said. Officer Jared Shatkin stopped their a Nissan Maxima carelessly pulling onto northbound Route 17 from a business entrance, Detective Sgt. James M. DePreta said Wednesday. He stopped the pair, who had several pieces of Home Depot merchandise scattered throughout the sedan, he said. "No forms of payment could be provided to verify these items, which were later found to be purchased with bar code…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Englewood Police Revive Heart Attack Victim With Assist From Postal Supervisor Englewood Police Revive Heart Attack Victim With Assist From Postal Supervisor
Englewood Police Revive Heart Attack Victim With Assist From Postal Supervisor POLICE HEROES: A trio of Englewood police officers revived a heart attack victim with an assist from a local postal supervisor. It happened quickly: One second, 67-year-old mail handler Aubrey Harvey was standing by the timeclock talking with the Englewood postmaster, the same as he always does before his morning break -- the next he was gasping for air on the floor. Harvey, who's been with the U.S. Postal Service nearly 50 years, "was having what looked like a seizure," supervisor Ramón Maldonado said. "He was totally unresponsive and gasping for air." A 911 dispatcher told him someone ne…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
HERO: Wayne Postal Carrier Saves Woman After Finding Son, 2, In The Street HERO: Wayne Postal Carrier Saves Woman After Finding Son, 2, In The Street
Hero: Wayne Postal Carrier Saves Woman After Finding Son, 2, In The Street Postal carrier Steve Garofalo knew something was wrong when he saw a 2-year-old boy alone outside while on his route in Wayne. Garofalo, 57, of Totowa told CBS2 that he asked the youngster where his mother was and he pointed inside. He found the woman unconscious from a bad reaction to medication and quickly dialed 911, CBS2 reported. “If it wasn’t for him, the EMT wouldn’t have gotten there as quickly and I would’ve been brought to the hospital,” she told the TV station. Garofalo, who’s been on the route for 32 years, received a Life Saving Award Thursday from the U.S. Postal Service. G…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
He Did It Again: Fair Lawn Detective Makes Another Arrest In Mailbox Check-Theft Spree He Did It Again: Fair Lawn Detective Makes Another Arrest In Mailbox Check-Theft Spree
He Did It Again: Fair Lawn Detective Makes Another Arrest In Mailbox Check-Theft Spree The arrests continue to pile up for a Fair Lawn police detective who’s been tracking down checks stolen from a trio of post office drop boxes. A borough victim reported a $1,000 check that she’d mailed at the Radburn Post Office on Abbott Road was fraudulently cashed into another account, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Detective Paul Donohue investigated and arrested Kilver Paulino, 19 of Paterson. Paulino admitted he cashed the check, withdrew the money after the check cleared and kept $350, Metzler said. He said he gave the rest of the money to an unidentified person, the sergeant said. Paul…

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by Jerry DeMarco