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Authorities: Investigator Went On $7.5K Shopping Spree With Dead NJ Woman's Credit Cards Authorities: Investigator Went On $7.5K Shopping Spree With Dead NJ Woman's Credit Cards
Authorities: Investigator Went On $7.5K Shopping Spree With Dead NJ Woman's Credit Cards A 49-year-old investigator with Burlington County Medical Examiner's Office went on a $7,500 shopping spree using a dead woman's credit cards after bringing her body to the morgue, authorities said. A flight to Haiti, computer, luxury watches and electronics were among the credit card purchases made by Willie Garcon, 49, of New York Avenue in Brooklyn, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said Friday. Garcon brought the woman's body to the Burlington County morgue in Westampton after she was found dead in March by police performing a wellness check, Coffina said. He beg…

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by Jon Craig
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Wayne PD: Officer Nabs Mail Thieves With Hundreds Of Stolen Checks, Credit Cards, More Wayne PD: Officer Nabs Mail Thieves With Hundreds Of Stolen Checks, Credit Cards, More
Wayne PD: Officer Nabs Mail Thieves With Hundreds Of Stolen Checks, Credit Cards, More A Wayne police officer nabbed three Paterson men before dawn Tuesday with several hundred pieces of stolen mail – including checks, credit cards and more, authorities said. All belonged to residents of Wayne, Pompton Plains, Fairfield, and Haskell, Detective Capt. Daniel Daly said. Responding to a resident's 5 a.m. call, Officer David Fox spotted the suspects in a vehicle on Webster Drive, Daly said. Arrested were Jose Veras, 18, Edward Lopez, 19 and Osvaldo Rios, 22, all of whom were processed and released pending court hearings on charges of theft, conspiracy and credit card fraud. “The…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEEN HER? Police Seek Woman Who Racked Up $13K In Charges At Monmouth County Home Depot SEEN HER? Police Seek Woman Who Racked Up $13K In Charges At Monmouth County Home Depot
Seen HER? Police Seek Woman Who Racked Up $13K In Charges At Monmouth County Home Depot Police seek the public's help in finding a woman suspected of using a fraudulent credit card to make $13,000 in purchases at a Monmouth County home improvement store, authorities said. Old Bridge police posted a surveillance photo of the woman on their Facebook page on Wednesday.  The woman used the card on March 6 to buy items at Home Depot store in Freehold Township, police said. She left the store in a silver or gray mid-sized SUV, they said. The victim of the fraud lives in Old Bridge.  Anyone who can identify the woman is asked to call Old Bridge Detective Curt Halas at 732…

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by Jon Craig
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SEEN HER? North Brunswick Police Pursue Mall Thief SEEN HER? North Brunswick Police Pursue Mall Thief
Seen HER? North Brunswick Police Pursue Mall Thief North Brunswick police sought the public's help pursuing a purse snatcher who they said went on a shopping spree with stolen credit cards. Store camera images show a Volvo XC that police in a Facebook post said the suspect might be driving. The thief charged up more than $1,000 on the stolen cards at the Cherry Hill Mall and Neshimany Mall in Bensalem, PA on Feb. 25, they said. "If THIS IS YOU or you can identify this suspect," the post says, contact the North Brunswick Detective Bureau: (732) 247-0922 ext. 331 or email jstrzy@northbrunswicknj.gov.  Tips can be anonymous, police said…

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by Jon Craig
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SEEN THIS GUY? Police Want To Question Him About Stolen ATM Credit, Debit Card Info SEEN THIS GUY? Police Want To Question Him About Stolen ATM Credit, Debit Card Info
Seen This GUY? Police Want To Question Him About Stolen ATM Credit, Debit Card Info Police sought the public’s help Thursday finding a man suspected of attaching a skimmer to an ATM machine to steal credit and debit card numbers in Passaic County -- and possibly elsewhere. Bloomingdale police said they received separate reports on consecutive days last week of someone making transactions with cards whose numbers were stolen after they’d used an ATM at the 7-Eleven at Riverside Square off Main Street. “It was believed that there was a skimming device attached to the ATM at some point but has since been removed,” they said. The man in the screen grabs above was caught on vi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Paterson Home Aide Goes On $7,200 Shopping Spree With Hawthorne Patient’s Credit Card Police: Paterson Home Aide Goes On $7,200 Shopping Spree With Hawthorne Patient’s Credit Card
Police: Paterson Home Aide Goes On $7,200 Shopping Spree With Hawthorne Patient’s Credit Card A home health aide used a Hawthorne patient’s credit card to charge thousands of dollars in purchases for herself, authorities said. The victim said the Hawthorne Avenue victim gave Jessica Salgado, 33, of Paterson the card to buy only groceries. Salgado told police that she spent the $7,218.43 on “a few other items” and intended to pay him back, Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. Police charged Salgado with fraudulent use of a credit card and theft and released her pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Credit Card Con Artist Takes Advantage Of Kind-Hearted Lyndhurst Salon Owner Police: Credit Card Con Artist Takes Advantage Of Kind-Hearted Lyndhurst Salon Owner
Police: Credit Card Con Artist Takes Advantage Of Kind-Hearted Lyndhurst Salon Owner A woman who stiffed a kind-hearted Lyndhurst salon owner out of more than $600 by claiming that she had to go to her car to get her debit card was in the middle of a spree of cons, said police who caught her. Christina Riccardelli, 22 of Howell Township, gave detectives a full confession, they said – and then smiled for her mugshot. It began on Dec. 4, when Riccardelli told the owner of Hilights Salon on Ridge Road in Lyndhurst, Tricia DiFranco, that she was “desperate” to have her hair colored for her birthday. “Six hours & 30 ounces of color [later], she was so so happy,” said DiFran…

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by Jerry DeMarco