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Police & Fire
Missing Juvenile Located, Arrested For Stealing Vehicle: Berkeley Heights PD
A missing teenager was located and subsequently arrested for stealing a vehicle on Monday, Oct. 21, in Berkeley Heights, police said. Bernards Township police notified surrounding municipalities of a missing juvenile from a residential school within their township, Berkeley Heights police said. The juvenile was found at a family member's residence in Berkeley Heights hours later but fled prior to the arrival of the police, officers said. Officers then conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle reported stolen from Bernards Township earlier in the day, police said. The driver of the vehicle,…
Business
Walgreens To Close 1,200 Stores
Walgreens plans to close about 1,200 stores over three years amid a decline in prescription drug payments and a rise in online competition. About 500 closures will come in 2025, the company announced in a statement released Tuesday morning, Oct. 15. Specific sites for store closures were not announced. Walgreens said its operating loss in fiscal 2024 was $14.1 billion, an increase of 104.5 percent compared to the year-ago period. Retail sales decreased 3.5 percent compared with the year-ago quarter, "reflecting a challenging retail environment and continued channel shift," Walgreens s…
Police & Fire
Wanted Offender Nabbed By Off-Duty Hasbrouck Heights Detective, On-Duty Officer
A detective and police officer from Hasbrouck Heights teamed up to nab a wanted longtime repeat offender from Garfield. Detective Nicholas Brunetti was off duty when he saw Michael Villamizar, 53, leave the Walgreens on Boulevard and pedal off on a bicycle, Lt. John Behr said. Villamizar was wanted for a May 3 shoplifting at the same pharmacy, the lieutenant said. The detective flagged down Officer John Mullins, who stopped Villamazir on Raymond Street. Villamazir was stuffing items into his backpack just before Collins took him into custody with help from responding Officers Joseph Oliv…
Police & Fire
Sibling
Thievery
: Brothers Captured Same Day, Charged With Separate Crimes, Haledon Police Say
A thief tried to outrun Haledon police while pushing a shopping cart packed with nearly $2,800 worth of hot merchandise on the very same day that they arrested his older brother for stealing a car, authorities said. Borough resident Ahmad Elfki, 20, was still in the Walgreens on Belmont Avenue when Officer Kris Duci, Corporal April Latona and Detective Lt. Tim Lindberg arrived, they said. Elfki (above, left), who was previously banned from the store, bolted out an emergency fire exit, triggering an alarm, Deputy Police Chief George Guzman Jr. said. He hustled toward Morrissee Avenue with “…
Police & Fire
Paterson Car Thief Also Stole From Walgreens: Fairfield PD
A 35-year-old Paterson man was arrested in Fairfield on Tuesday, Feb. 26 after he stole a car and $545 worth of items from Walgreens, police said. At 7:52 a.m., police in Fairfield were alerted a Toyota Camry stolen from Passaic the day before had entered the town, traveling east on Route 46, officers said on Facebook. The vehicle was located on Route 46 East near Hollywood Avenue and the driver, Rafael Romero-Perez, was arrested, police said. The car was searched and police found $545.16 worth of items shoplifted from a Walgreens in West Caldwell, police said. Romero-Perez matched the desc…
Police & Fire
Gotcha
! Police From Neighboring Towns, Sheriff's K9 Help Hillsdale PD Nab Career Criminal
Teamwork with their colleagues in neighboring Pascack Valley towns helped Hillsdale police capture a drug-addicted repeat offender as he fled yet another crime, authorities said. Ex-con Daniel Margulies, 32, of Teaneck bolted from the Walgreens at the Plaza at Hillsdale with several items late Sunday afternoon, Feb. 18, Officer Jordan Bruce reported. He made it to the train station when Bruce and Officer Sean Marro him moments later.The officers chased him down Broadway before Margulies began ducking through backyards, he said. To call Margulies “known to police” overstates the obviou…
Police & Fire
Arrest, Release, Repeat: Career Petty Criminal Busted By Lyndhurst Police
A repeat offender with the proverbial arm's-length rap sheet spent all of three days in the Bergen County Jail before a judge released him on shoplifting charges out of Lyndhurst. Paul Spana, 58, Kearny, has spent a considerable portion of his adult life being arrested and then quickly released after he's jailed -- and sometimes before he's even brought to the lockup, records show. This time he ran through the parking lot after snatching $155 worth of laundry detergent from the Walgreens on Valley Brook Avenue, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Officer Robert Litterio watched as Spana hid…
News
Gotcha
! Offender Wanted For Throwing 70-Year-Old CVS Employee To Floor Nabbed By Fair Lawn PD
Fair Lawn police captured a 22-year-old repeat offender wanted for throwing down a 70-year-old CVS worker who tried to stop him from shoplifting, authorities said. Brandon Flores fled the CVS on Broadway and avoided capture for nearly a month following the Nov. 7 shoplifting-turned-robbery. Then, on Dec. 1, he snatched more than $70 worth of merchandise from a Walgreens on River Road, Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Responding Officers Luis Vasquez, Peter Federico and Anthony Burgos quickly nabbed Flores on Route 20 in Paterson, the sergeant said. Flores was charged with s…
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Bogus
Bucks
: East Brunswick Woman Used Counterfeit Cash At CT Walgreens, Police Say
A Central Jersey woman was arrested for using counterfeit cash at a Walgreens store in Connecticut, police said. Khadijah Latifah Tabitha Greene, 29, of East Brunswick, apparently used the money at the New Canaan sore last March, Lt. Marc DeFelice said. Greene was taken into custody on Thursday, Dec. 15 by New Canaan Police and charged with larceny and forgery, DeFelice said. She was processed and released on a $50,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court on Thursday, Dec. 29.
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! Porch Pirate Pinched After Pilfering Package, Rochelle Park Police Say
Porch pirating is in full swing as Christmas draws nearer, say Rochelle Park police who worked with their colleagues in Essex County to nab a suspect from South Jersey. A doorbell camera at a West Oldis Street home captured images of 21-year-old Leandro Malara of Gloucester City snatching a package, Lt. James M. DePreta said. Malara wore a distinctive Adidas-style tracksuit and left his four-door 2018 Maserati -- with stolen license plates-- running out front, he said. Detective Brian Cobb broadcast images of the package thief and was working soon after with his colleagues in Millbu…
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Gotcha
! Fugitive Captured By Oakland Police After Getaway Driver Splits
A fugitive from New York had just left a Bergen County pharmacy with a bag full of stolen merchandise when he found his getaway driver gone -- and police there instead, authorities said. A UPS driver told Oakland police that both men had approached him on the street a short time earlier. One of them showed him a bogus New Jersey identification card in a failed attempt to collect a package, Capt. Timothy Keenan said. What they didn’t know, Keenan said, was that the UPS “is familiar with the actual residents of that address.” The pair sped off in a black Nissan after he refused their reques…
Business
Here's What's Replacing Shuttered NJ ShopRite Store, Report Says
At Home decor chain plans to open another New Jersey location in Middletown, the Asbury Park Press reports. At Home recently signed a lease to open in Middletown Plaza and will move into the 20-year-old space formerly occupied by ShopRite at 1425 Route 35, the outlet says. ShopRite moved across Route 35 to the Kings Commons Shopping Center where the business remodeled a former Sears store, according to the report. While At Home fills a major vacancy at Middletown Plaza, there are still others, such as the former Walgreens, which occupies more than 14,000 square feet, the outlet said. …
News
Rochelle Park Police Nab Hackensack Driver With Ghost Gun, High-Capacity Mag, Authorities Say
A repeat offender with a nearly 15-year criminal history is facing more serious charges after a Rochelle Park police stop turned up a ghost gun, authorities said. Officer Chris Kiszka pulled over Ricardo Clayton Huslin, 38, of Hackensack near the Ramada Inn on Passaic Street shortly after 12:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1. "An on-scene investigation led to a positive alert from a Bergen County Sheriff's K-9," Lt. James DePreta said. "A subsequent search turned up a 9mm Polymer 80 handgun, equipped with a 15-round magazine." Sgt. Jared Shatkin and Officer Jorge Orihuela assisted in the arrest, th…
Police & Fire
Unidentified Man Steals Nearly $700 In Razors From Morris County CVS, Flees In Rideshare: PD
Recognize him? Authorities are seeking the public’s help identifying a man they say stole hundreds of dollars’ worth of razors from a Morris County CVS store and fled in a rideshare vehicle. The suspect pictured above stole about $680 worth of razors from CVS on East Main Street in Denville just before 4:20 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 20, the Morris County Sheriff’s Office said in a release. The suspect then tried to steal several more items from the Walgreens down the street before an employee confronted him and chased him out of the store, police said. The man was then seen getting into the …
News
NJ Pharmacist Needed Double Lung Transplant But Insurance Denied It — Now He's Gone
John Jukić's family says he would still be alive today had his insurance company granted him the double lung transplant he needed back in April. The 46-year-old Clark dad and Colonia pharmacist suffered lung damage from COVID-19 he contracted last October, and needed a double lung transplant. His only hope was a double lung transplant, his wife Mirla said. However, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois apparently denied him the life-saving treatment, and while his family was in the process of appealing the decision, John on Monday, June 13. Blue Cross Blue Shield did not immediately resp…
News
Peanut Butter Snack Sold At Walgreens Recalled Due To Possible Salmonella Contamination
A peanut butter snack product sold in Walgreens stores is being recalled because it may be contaminated with Salmonella. F&S Produce Co. is recalling a limited quantity of its Protein Power Snack because it contains a cup of 0.75oz JIF peanut butter which could be contaminated with Salmonella, the company announced on Tuesday, June 7. The recalled products were distributed in Walgreens stores in New York and New Jersey, according to the announcement. The product is currently past its expiration date, and the last lot of recalled products have a Best By date of 05/28/22, whi…
Police & Fire
Newark Police Seek Gas Station Shooting Suspect
Newark Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect in connection with a shooting that resulted in an injury on Oct. 22. The shooting happened at around 6:33 p.m. at an Exxon Gas Station in the 300 block of Springfield Avenue, authorities said. When police arrived, the suspect fled through the rear of the gas station and into the parking lot areas of Home Depot and Walgreens, authorities said. The suspected shooter is described as a Black male, wearing a grey zippered sweatshirt with a hood, light blue jeans, and white sneakers. Anyone with information about criminal …
News
Hackensack Rooming House Resident Slashed In Face With Box Cutter, Arrest Made
A man was jailed after slashing a fellow resident’s face with a box cutter during an argument at a Hackensack rooming house, authorities said. Arlando T. McCoy, a 51-year-old manager of a local Walgreens, fled the Euclid Avenue home early Sunday evening but was nabbed by police a few block away, said Capt. Darrin DeWitt, the officer in charge of the department. “He still had the box cutter,” DeWitt said. The victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center for treatment of a large gash on the left side of his ace. McCoy, meanwhile, was charged with aggravated assault and weapons o…
News
Off-Duty Passaic Police Officer Says He Was Shot At In Clifton
An off-duty City of Passaic police officer reported being shot at in Clifton on the way home from work earlier this week, authorities from both cities confirmed. The officer told Clifton police that a Jeep Cherokee with heavy front-end damage was following him when someone in it opened fire at Main and Clifton avenues near the Walgreens around 11 p.m. Monday, they said. The officer wasn't injured but went to St. Joseph's Regional Hospital in Paterson for an evaluation, they added. Clifton police were investigating. The Passaic County Prosecutor's Office was notified. Neither local police …
News
'Shots At The Shore': COVID Vaccines Offered At These Three NJ Beaches This Weekend
Get ready for a different type of shots Down the Shore this weekend: COVID-19 shots. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced "Shots at the Shore" -- a new vaccine initiative -- in Asbury Park Friday alongside several local and county officials. Stations will be set up at the following locations from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Grande Arcade on the boardwalk, Asbury Park Gateway National Recreational Area, in Sandy Hook The gazebo at Pier Village, Long Branch Patients can take their picks from Moderna, Pfizer or Johnson & Johnson, and follow up for the second shot at any Walgreens pharmacy, fr…
News
Dog Strangled To Death Leads To Felony Charges For 4 Pennsylvania PetSmart Employees
Four PetSmart employees in Pennsylvania have been charged with felony animal cruelty after the death of a dog, according to court documents. Julie Miller, 32 and Elizabeth Doty, 21 were assigned to the grooming area of a PetSmart in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood when A.J. Ross, local CBS Sports reporter and Pittsburgh native, came in with her 12-year-old toy poodle Kobe for a nail trim on Nov. 17, as stated in court documents. Due to COVID-19 social distancing restrictions, she wasn’t allowed to stay in the grooming area, so Ross went to the Walgreens next door. When she returne…
Police & Fire
Police: NY Man, 28, Tried To Fill Fraudulent Codeine Prescription At Warren County Walgreens
A New York man was found with several stolen prescription blanks after attempting to fraudulently receive Codeine from a Warren County Walgreens, authorities charged. The 28-year-old Jackson Heights man —whose name authorities did not make public — tried to fill a fraudulent Codeine prescription on a stolen New York State blank from Walgreens in Warren County around 12:30 p.m. on March 22, Mansfield Township police said. The man tried but was prevented from running away as officers arrived, police said. A search of the man’s vehicle turned up several additional prescription blanks, which p…
News
Covid-
19: Pennsylvania Health Officials Roll Out New Vaccine Phases Amid Statewide Delay
Pennsylvania health officials announced a clearer, multi-phase path toward statewide vaccine distribution Friday, in the midst of a statewide inoculation delay. "There is a delay of about 24 hours through the hospitals, and both through Walgreens and CVS, our partners in the long-term care mission by up to 72 hours," Pennsylvania Department of Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine said. "We expect that more vaccinations have been given, but that's the data we have right now." The largest concern for the state's health department was when the shipment of the second dose of vaccinations w…
News
'Raise Your Sleeves': Six Vaccine Mega Sites Coming Next Month To New Jersey
Six vaccine "mega sites" are expected to open across New Jersey in early January, Gov. Phil Murphy announced during Friday's COVID-19 briefing. The sites will be able to inoculate frontline healthcare workers, and will accommodate essential workers before moving to adults over the age of 65 and those with high-risk medical conditions. The news comes three days after a nurse at University Hospital in Newark became the first New Jersey resident to receive Pfizer's vaccine. Since then, "healthcare heroes" have been vaccinated at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Atlant…
Obituaries
Lifelong Union County Resident Andrew Zagorski, 28, Was Loving Husband To HS Sweetheart
Andrew Joseph Zagorski of Linden died on Nov. 25, 2020. He was 28 years old. Born in Summit and raised in Elizabeth, Andrew graduated Valedictorian from St. Mary of the Assumption High School and earned his BS in Business Management from Rutgers University, his obituary says. Andrew worked as a sales representative for 1 800 Heaters in Edison, and previously as a store manager for Walgreens in Edison. He was remembered as a doting husband to his high school sweetheart, Erin; an "expert video gamer" and foodie. Services were held Dec. 5, at St. John the Apostle Church in Clark. Click…
Police & Fire
‘
Help
ME!’ Clifton PD Rescues Couple Kidnapped By Violent Sex Offender Posing As Police Officer
“HELP ME!” a Morris County woman mouthed to a stranger in the parking lot of a Clifton bank after she and a companion were kidnapped by a violent registered sex offender. That brought Clifton police, who captured both the abductor and an accomplice, authorities said. The 28-year-old woman and her companion, a 32-year-old West Milford man, told police that they were parked near the corner of Main and Vreeland avenues around 10:45 p.m. Friday when there was a tap on the driver’s side window. Travis Mann, 39, of Hewitt identified himself as a police officer and said they were breaking the law…
News
Free NJ Narcan Giveaway Begins Thursday, No ID Or Script Needed
Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella will visit a local pharmacy to answer questions Thursday when New Jersey begins a three-day giveaway of the overdose-reversal drug Narcan. State residents can obtain a packet containing two doses of the nasal spray anonymously without a prescription or appointment through Saturday (Sept. 24-26) for free at participating pharmacies. The free doses will be available at 322 pharmacies, including several locations of Acme, CVS, Rite Aid, Sav-On, ShopRite, Stop & Shop, Walgreens, Walmart, Weis Markets and independent pharmacies throughout the state, auth…
News
Free NJ Narcan Giveaway: No ID Or Script Needed
New Jersey will offer the opioid overdose-reversal drug Narcan for free at pharmacies later this month, authorities announced Wednesday. But be warned: Health and law enforcement professionals emphasize that nalaxone isn't a miracle drug or fallback option. Opioid users can still die depending on how much is in their system and in what combination. State residents can obtain a packet containing two doses of the nasal spray anonymously without a prescription or appointment from Sept. 24 to Sept. 26, Gov. Murphy and Human Services Commissioner Carole Johnson said. The free doses will be avai…
Police & Fire
Know
Them
? Pair Wanted In Newark Walgreens Gunpoint Robbery
Authorities are seeking the public's help identifying two men they say carried out a gunpoint robbery at Walgreens in Newark. The men were armed with a handgun when they pulled up to the Ferry Street drug store in a red 2008-2012 Ford Escape around 4:10 a.m., Friday, July 17, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. They robbed the store then took off on foot eastbound toward Prospect Street, Ambrose said. The first suspect was in his late thirties and 5 feet 6 inches tall with a slim build. He was wearing a black face mask, a gray hoodie and gray pants during the i…
Police & Fire
Thieving Essex Couple Who Came, Fled In Uber Caught By Lyndhurst Police, Authorities Say
Teamwork helped Lyndhurst police nab a shoplifting Essex County couple who tried to flee in an Uber, authorities said. Chrisann Shaffer, 40, Bloomfield and Jeffrey Uhrig, 45, Newark, took a different Uber to the Walgreens on Valley Brook Avenue and ran off with a bundle of stolen merchandise after an employee caught them on Wednesday, Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. Both ran past the waiting Uber and temporarily vanished, Auteri said. Detective William Kapp radioed ahead after learning that they apparently grabbed another Uber, the lieutenant said. Sgt. Phil Reina spotted and stopped …
Police & Fire
Oakland PD: Drug-Using Ex-Con From NY Was Carrying Gun
An ex-con nabbed by Oakland police on drug charges was carrying a handgun, authorities said. They first grabbed Logan Dipaolo, 24, of Chester, NY, after receiving a call shortly before 9 a.m. Monday of a man who at first was laying outside a vehicle on Franklin Avenue, Police Detective Lt. Christian Eldridge said. Seeing a responding officer, Dipaolo got up and ran into the woods near Route 287, Eldridge said. Officer Christopher Tinio and Detective Robert Hintzen quickly got him into custody, then found several heroin folds and hypodermic needles in his car, the lieutenant said. Dipaolo …
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