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Two Men Broke Into Several Gas Stations To Swipe Vape Products: Somerset County Prosecutor Two Men Broke Into Several Gas Stations To Swipe Vape Products: Somerset County Prosecutor
Two Men Broke Into Several Gas Stations To Swipe Vape Products: Somerset County Prosecutor Two South Plainfield men were recently arrested and charged with burglarizing several gas stations on Route 22 in Somerset County in May, authorities said. On Thursday, May 2, at 3:16 a.m., Macario Wilchez, a 20-year-old South Plainfield resident wearing a hoodie, face mask and glove broke the glass in the front door of a gas station to gain entry and stole numerous vape products before fleeing the area, Somerset Prosecutor John McDonald said.  On Saturday, May 4, at 1:10 a.m., the gas station was burglarized again by Wilchez who broke the glass door to enter and stole vape products be…

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by Sam Barron
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Raritan Man Nabbed In Failed Hillsborough Break-Ins: Police Raritan Man Nabbed In Failed Hillsborough Break-Ins: Police
Raritan Man Nabbed In Failed Hillsborough Break-Ins: Police A 35-year-old Raritan man was was arrested and charged with breaking into a home in Hillsborough Township last week, police said. Hillsborough Township police responded to a home on Post Court on a report of a man attempting to open the front door, where a man named Richard Linker tried to break in around 10 p.m. Friday, March 1, local police said. After the front door gambit failed, Linker walked through the open garage doors and began pulling on the locked interior garage door, police said. After pulling on the interior garage door, Linker left the area, police said. Linker then went to …

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by Sam Barron
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Bean Bag Chair Set On Fire, Housing Complex Evacuated: Jackson PD Bean Bag Chair Set On Fire, Housing Complex Evacuated: Jackson PD
Bean Bag Chair Set On Fire, Housing Complex Evacuated: Jackson PD A 30-year-old man from Ocean County was arrested early Monday after allegedly setting a neighbor's bean bag chair on fire, prompting the evacuation of the housing complex authorities said. At 1:49 a.m. Monday, police responded to a residence on Chatham Court located in the Gardens at Jackson 21 for a disturbance in progress, police said. A man armed with a baseball bat reportedly threatened his neighbors and took a bean bag chair from the caller’s porch and lit it on fire on the grass in a common area at the complex, police said. Jackson Officer John Araneda arrived on scene first and…

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by Jon Craig
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PD: Accused Montclair Car Thief Assaults Officers During Morris County Search For Stolen Jaguar PD: Accused Montclair Car Thief Assaults Officers During Morris County Search For Stolen Jaguar
PD: Accused Montclair Car Thief Assaults Officers During Morris County Search For Stolen Jaguar A Montclair man caught with a stolen Jaguar resisted arrest and fought police who asked for the keys at a Morris County hotel, authorities said. A report of a stolen 2020 Jaguar led police to a local Marriott hotel on Tuesday, August 4, where a witness told officers that a thin black man had parked a Jaguar in the parking lot and locked it before heading east down Route 10, Hanover police said in a release. After reviewing surveillance footage, officers located Nasir A. Usher, 21, at the Red Carpet Inn on Route 10, authorities said. Usher, who police say matched the witness’s descript…

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by Valerie Musson
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Edgewater PD: Ex-Con Caught Testing Door Handles Claims He Was Helping Owners Edgewater PD: Ex-Con Caught Testing Door Handles Claims He Was Helping Owners
Edgewater PD: Ex-Con Caught Testing Door Handles Claims He Was Helping Owners An ex-con caught testing vehicle door handles in Edgewater told police that he did it to help the owners, authorities said. Officer Jorge Vanegas watched as Parrish Cornejo, 35, of Union City peered into a borough resident’s pickup truck parked on River Road near the Fort Lee border, then pulled on the driver’s side door handle around 11 p.m. Tuesday, Detective Teddy Wetklow said. The door was locked, so Cornejo continued on – just as backup Officers Mike Colon and Tyler Iafelice arrived. Questioned by Vanegas, Cornejo said the truck wasn’t his and that he didn’t have permission to go into…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Moonachie PD: 'Shoot Me!' Cornered Car Burglar Shouts Moonachie PD: 'Shoot Me!' Cornered Car Burglar Shouts
Moonachie PD: 'Shoot Me!' Cornered Car Burglar Shouts “Shoot me!” a Paterson car burglar shouted at a Moonachie police officer who’d chased him down before dawn Wednesday, authorities said. A homeowner flagged down Officer Robert Bauer on Jackson Place around 12:49 a.m. saying he’d scared off a man trying to get into two cars in driveway, Police Chief Richard Behrens said. Bauer radioed a description of the burglar to Officer Sean Mulligan, who spotted a vehicle with its brake lights shining in the driveway of a Joseph Street home, Behrens said. A man seated behind the wheel matched the description given by the resident, he said. As Mullig…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Roselle Man, 30, Indicted In Linden Arson Spree Roselle Man, 30, Indicted In Linden Arson Spree
Roselle Man, 30, Indicted In Linden Arson Spree A Union County grand jury returned a nine-count indictment against a Roselle man accused of setting a series of fires in Linden. Marcus D. Wise, 30, set fires to a Linden school, homes and dumpster last July 25, Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo said. The first fire broke out at a business on the 800 block of North Wood Avenue around 10 p.m. A half-hour later, a fire was reported at a vacant home on the 900 block of Seymour Avenue Two more fires were reported after midnight -- one a brush fire on the 20 block of East Curtis Street and the other a dumpster fire on the 300 …

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by Cecilia Levine