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Closter PD: Trio Who Tossed Trash Caught With Bogus Credit Cards, Pot, $17,000 Illegal Proceeds Closter PD: Trio Who Tossed Trash Caught With Bogus Credit Cards, Pot, $17,000 Illegal Proceeds
Closter PD: Trio Who Tossed Trash Caught With Bogus Credit Cards, Pot, $17,000 Illegal Proceeds Two Brooklyn men and a juvenile who tossed trash from their car while parked at a Closter shopping center had bogus credit cards, pot and $17,000 in suspicious cash on them, authorities said. Police seized the cards, drugs and cash and took Sayquan Jackson and Ryan Westbook, both 18, and the 17-year-old minor into custody after being called to the Closter Plaza last Tuesday, Detective Lt. Vincent Aiello said. Jackson and Westbrook were charged with money laundering, credit card fraud, possession of fraudulent documents and drug offenses, Aiello said. Delinquency complaints were filed agains…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Ocean County Town Sets Overnight Curfew On Teenagers Ocean County Town Sets Overnight Curfew On Teenagers
Ocean County Town Sets Overnight Curfew On Teenagers Toms River police began an overnight curfew on Thursday after a month of rising complaints about troublesome teenagers  in the North Beach section of town. Anyone 17 and under is prohibited to be on a public street, walkway, alley, park, or any public area or unimproved private property in the North Beach area between 9 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, Toms River Police Department said in a statement. Last month, Point Pleasant Beach similarly had to increase police involvement and crackdown on teens who met on the borough's beachfront for so-called…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Paterson PD: Detectives Enforcing Social Distancing Chase Down Teen With Stolen Handgun Paterson PD: Detectives Enforcing Social Distancing Chase Down Teen With Stolen Handgun
Paterson PD: Detectives Enforcing Social Distancing Chase Down Teen With Stolen Handgun Paterson police detectives enforcing social distancing orders ended up chasing down a 17-year-boy city who was carrying a stolen gun, authorities said. Ceasefire Detectives Luis Fernandez, Sal Marotta and Marvin Escobar, accompanied by Passaic County Prosecutor’s Detective Eugene Tolliver, approached a large group that had gathered in front of a home in the area of North 10 Street and Belmont Avenue, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale Jr. said. The teen suddenly broke off from the group and began running east on North 10th Street – while pulling the gun from his waistband and tossin…

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by Jerry DeMarco