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Police Chase Ends In GWB Crash, Three Suspected Newark, Belleville Gas Station Robbers In Cuffs Police Chase Ends In GWB Crash, Three Suspected Newark, Belleville Gas Station Robbers In Cuffs
Police Chase Ends In GWB Crash, Three Suspected Newark, Belleville Gas Station Robbers In Cuffs A high-speed police chase from Newark ended with a crash on the George Washington Bridge and the arrests of three suspects wanted for the gunpoint robberies of two gas stations, authorities said. Newark police pursued the suspects -- who were wanted for holding up pump jockeys in the Brick City and Belleville -- more than 15 miles to the lower level of the eastbound GWB, where the crash occurred shortly before 11:30 p.m. Sunday, responders said. Port Authority police seized one of the suspects and Newark police nabbed the other two, the authority's Rudy King said. There were no injuries re…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
'Disgusting': Bergen County Man Dumped At Least 3 Deer Carcasses In Newark, Police Say 'Disgusting': Bergen County Man Dumped At Least 3 Deer Carcasses In Newark, Police Say
'Disgusting': Bergen County Man Dumped At Least 3 Deer Carcasses In Newark, Police Say A Bergen County man was arrested for repeatedly dumping deer carcasses in Newark, authorities said. Paul A. Bartella, 60, of North Arlington, is accused of leaving the carcasses in Newark three times across the city since June, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. He was arrested on warrants Wednesday night, after an incident on Verona Avenue near Broadway, police said. He did the same on Aug. 3 on Chester Avenue and Riverside avenues, and on June 24, on the 200 block of Oraton Street, O'Hara said. VICE detectives charged Bartella with disposal of solid waste, transpor…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
SEEN HIM? Arrest Warrant Issued For Man Accused Of Mugging Woman On Newark Street SEEN HIM? Arrest Warrant Issued For Man Accused Of Mugging Woman On Newark Street
Seen HIM? Arrest Warrant Issued For Man Accused Of Mugging Woman On Newark Street Newark police have issued a warrant for the arrest of a man accused of mugging a woman on a local street earlier this month. Miguel Nieves is accused of robbing a woman of her belongings near Verona and Mt. Prospect avenues on Feb. 10 around 7:15 a.m., Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. Nieves then fled northbound on Verona Avenue, Ambrose said. Nieves is 5’8” and 130 pounds with a light complexion, black hair and brown eyes. Director Ambrose urges anyone with information about the whereabouts of Miguel Nieves to call the Department's 24-hour Crime Stopper ti…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
17 Busted For Illegal Dumping In Newark, Police Charge 17 Busted For Illegal Dumping In Newark, Police Charge
17 Busted For Illegal Dumping In Newark, Police Charge Five men were charged and 12 issued summonses for illegal dumping in Newark since October, authorities announced Tuesday. “I am hopeful that any suspect found guilty of illegal dumping in Newark faces a sentence by the judicial system harsh enough to deter these crimes in the future,” Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. The most recent incident occurred Dec. 27, after a railroad worker spotted Liel Moises, 46, Richard Salernitano, 53, both of Newark, dumping construction debris from a truck parked near the train tracks at 14-16 Meeker Pl., Ambrose said. Both we…

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by Cecilia Levine