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Police & Fire
Wine Bottles Hurled At Linden Liquor Store Employees In Man's $3,000 Tantrum (
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A man who threw bottles of red wine at liquor store employees causing $3,000 in damage is being sought by police in Linden. The man apparently didn't have enough money to pay for his alcohol at Beno's Liquor on North Wood Avenue on Nov. 30, and became upset when the store employee refused to give him a discount, Linden police said. The irate customer threatened to kill the employees and threw several large bottles of wine at the them before grabbing a clear plastic container of small liquor bottles and fleeing, police said. Footage of the incident was released by Linden police. Anyon…
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Convicted Multi-State Date Rapist From Bergen Completes NY Term, Brought Back For NJ Sentencing
A Bergen County man convicted of sexually assaulting women in two different states has completed his prison term in New York and can now be sentenced in New Jersey. Blake Tannen, 32, was arrested after Allendale police traced an abandoned 911 cellphone call to his home on Baldwin Road in November 2015. They said they stopped Tannen's car as he tried to pull away and found a woman in the front passenger seat who'd been sexually assaulted. Tannen, who worked as a store clerk and had met the victim just hours earlier, was charged with sexual assault by force and minor drug possession. Police …
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Battle Rapper Serius Jones Caught Ditching Gun In Bathroom Of Bergen Restaurant: Police
A rapper from Bergen County who recently served time for pimping in California was carrying a gun when Ridgefield Park police investigating the possible violation of a restraining order found him in a local restaurant, authorities said. Saleem Bligen, 41, had fled when officers responded to a call at an apartment building where he once lived on Bergen Avenue and Mount Vernon Street shortly after 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, Lt. Art Jensen said. Officers Kenneth Knebl, Joe Avila, Christopher Dooley and Lavrone Green searched the nearby business district and found Bligen at a local eatery, the l…
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Videos Show Violent Harrah's Atlantic City Pool Stabbing
Videos circulating on Twitter show the stabbing that happened during a brawl at Harrah's Resort and Casino in Atlantic City last week. Music continues to play as a group of men push another on a lounge chair near the pool around around 1:30 a.m. on Nov. 24, according to clips posted by Twitter user @Zzzonerz. A total of three people were stabbed, with warrants issued for the arrests of three people including Kamal Allen, identified by Breaking AC as one of the city's anti-violence workers. Dante Braxton, 24, of Atlantic City: Aggravated assault, possession of a weapon, and possession of a…
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GoFundMe Verifies Campaign By NJ Family Of Man Who Led PA Police On Deadly 100 MPH Chase
The New Jersey family of a 35-year-old man who was shot and killed during a 100 mph chase on US 22 in Pennsylvania has launched a GoFundMe campaign to cover the funeral cost. Krysten Harland Pretlor, who had been living in Johnstown, Pennsylvania prior to the deadly shooting on Thursday, Nov. 3, had a lengthy criminal record including getting caught while hiding out in New Jersey, authorities say. The Garden State native's extensive criminal background includes being captured on May 18, 2017, after the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Squad received a tip that he was in a local resi…
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Prostitution Bust Nets Seven Arrests At Hotels In This Hudson County Town
Several prostitution-related arrests were made in one day as part of a continuous effort to combat violent crimes in one Hudson County town. "We are specifically targeting prostitution because of the additional crime it brings to our hotel," said Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller citing drug-dealing, robberies and sexual assaults. "The day before the Anti-Crime Unit conducted this operation, a prostitute was robbed at knifepoint. The Secaucus Police Department will continue these efforts to ensure the safety of the transient community who stay at our hotels." The arrests were made on T…
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New Jersey Deportees Freed After Being Subject To 'Inhumane Conditions' In Haitian Prison
A pair of New Jersey men being held in a Haitian prison in deplorable and frightening conditions have been released, NorthJersey.com reports. Elizabeth residents Billy Balisage, 42, and Patrick Julney, 38, were among 30 deportees released seemingly at random on Monday, Oct. 24, the outlet said. Both had been deported by US officials for non-citizens who had committed crimes, for Balsiage that was a drug conviction and for Julney those were drug and robbery convictions, the outlet said. Deportation should not be a death sentence. Despite the United States’ clear recognition of the enorm…
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Feds: Knifepoint Robber Who Choked Out Female Harrison Cab Dispatcher Gets 9½ Years
UPDATE: An ex-con who choked out a female dispatcher while robbing a Harrison taxicab company at knifepoint was sentenced to 9½ years without parole in federal prison. Alfuquan Turner, 46, of Newark took his chances with a jury rather than take a deal from the government after he was charged with robbing the Harrison Cab Company on Frank E. Rodgers Boulevard in Sept. 2019. Turner had his face covered with a plastic bag when he demanded money from the dispatcher, who told him there wasn't any in the office, prosecutors told jurors in U.S. District Court in Newark earlier this year. Turner …
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Feds: Jersey Shore Dealer Convicted Of Selling Cocaine, Crack In Monmouth, Ocean Counties
An ex-con was convicted in federal court of selling cocaine and crack along the Jersey Shore, authorities said. Damion “Checks” Helmes, 42, of Cliffwood was the last of 20 defendants convicted of peddling the drug throughout Monmouth County and into Ocean County. Jurors in U.S. District Court in Trenton found Helmes guilty of various drug-dealing charges while acquitting him of two gun offenses following a two-week trial. Helmes had already done time following a drug and gun bust in Keansburg in 2004, records show. Initially busted by the locals, Helmes was charged federally by the FBI’s …
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Scooter-Riding Fugitive Busted By US Marshals On Jersey Shore: Authorities
A 35-year-old Jersey Shore man wanted for spraying Lysol in a victim's face before stabbing him in the chest and robbing him was captured by US Marshals, the service announced. Philip Gross was taken into custody with help from local police after he was spotted riding an electric scooter on Atkins Avenue in Asbury Park Tuesday, Oct. 18, the US Marshals' New York / New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force said. Gross had been wanted since August for the Asbury Park incident that hospitalized the victim with serious injuries, authorities said. He was arrested without incident. Regional Fu…
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HIM? Accused Narcotics Dealer ‘Nitty Gritz’ Wanted By Morris County Sheriff
Seen him? Authorities in Morris County are seeking the public’s help tracking down an accused narcotics dealer known as “Nitty Gritz.” The Morris County Sheriff’s Office CrimeStoppers has issued an arrest warrant for Tyson McCoy — aka “Nitty Gritz” — with charges for first-degree possession with intent/distribution of narcotics, the department said in a release on Monday, Oct. 17. McCoy, pictured above, is 41 years old, 6 feet 1 inch tall, and weighs about 180 pounds, police said. He also has several tattoos, including one depicting barbed wire on his forehead, authorities said. McCoy is …
Business
Police Investigating Sussex County Smoke Shop Burglary
Police are seeking clues on an overnight burglary of a Sussex County smoke shop. The break-in occurred at TC Smoke Shop at 21 Rt. 206 in Stanhope around 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 13, Byram Township police said. No further details about the burglary were released. Any witnesses or anyone with surveillance footage or other information is asked to contact the Byram Township Police detective bureau at (973) 347-2500 ext. 143.
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