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Police Track Down Home Invaders After Wrong-Way NJ Pursuit In Stolen BMW
A 22-year-old man is in custody, and two others are at large, following a New Jersey home invasion and high-speed pursuit in a stolen BMW, police said. Police were called to 6 Cambridge Road in Pompton Lakes around 2:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 18, after residents reported three men entered their house and then stole their 2023 BMW M8 Gran Coupe from their driveway, police said. Surveillance footage showed the suspects inside and outside of the home. One suspect is seen stealing a PlayStation 5 from a downstairs playroom while another entered the kitchen, police said. There, they foudn a Louis Vu…
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NJ Luxury Car Trafficking Ring Dismantled, Four Arrests Made, Prosecutor Says
Four teenagers were arrested on Thursday, Sept. 12 and charged for their participation in an auto theft trafficking network in North Jersey, authorities said. Two juveniles, a 16-year-old Newark resident and a 17-year-old Jersey City resident would use stolen Kias, Hondas and Hyundais to look for high-end luxury vehicles like BMWs and Mercedes, Union County Prosecutor William Daniel said. After identifying target vehicles, they would go to target homes and search for keys/key fobs, Daniel said. Once they got the vehicles, they would contact Tikeem Shearin, 18, and Carlos Espi…
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Police ID Three 20-Somethings Killed In High-Speed South Jersey BMW Crash
Three people in their 20s were killed in a South Jersey crash early Saturday, Aug. 17, police said. A 2006 BMW operated by Ian P. Rodriguez, of Millville, was heading west on Mayslanding Road at a high rate of speed when it suddenly left the roadway to the right on the approach of Panther Road around 8:25 a.m., Vineland Sgt. N. Dounoulis said. The vehicle struck a utility pole, lost control, and overturned while striking an irrigation winch located on the farm field on the northwest corner of the intersection, Dounoulis said. The two passengers of the vehicle, Joquan Carter, 26, and Shamer…
Police & Fire
6 Charged In Luxury NJ Car Thefts: Prosecutor
Five men and one juvenile were recently arrested and charged with numerous residential and vehicle burglaries in Somerset County, authorities said. In October 2023, broke into a Bernards Township home through a rear sliding window and stole a 2023 Mercedes Benz, Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald announced. A 2020 Kia, previously stolen from Newark, was let behind at the scene. Several days later, entry was made into a home in Bernardsville and two BMWs were stolen, authorities said. In November, a Dodge Charger and BMW were stolen, authorities said. In December, police from Gre…
Police & Fire
NY Judge Sees No Remorse, Sentences Bergen 'Bling Bishop' To 9 Years For Swindling Followers
𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A convicted con man from Bergen County known as the "Bling Bishop" used the opportunity he was given to speak before being sent to federal prison for nine years to annoy the judge on Monday. Lamor Whitehead of Paramus must serve a mandatory 7½ years following his conviction by a jury in lower Manhattan in March for swindling the life savings from a parishioners mother, among other crimes. One by one, some of those who were financially destroyed spoke to Manhattan Federal Court Judge Lorna Schofield during the June 17 sentencing hearing. Then it was Whitehead's turn. Bishop …
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Update
: Convicted ‘Bling Bishop’ From Bergen Jailed Ahead Of Sentencing
𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A convicted con man from Bergen County known as the "Bling Bishop" was jailed on Monday after violating terms of his release before this summer's sentencing, federal authorities said. Federal jurors in lower Manhattan convicted Lamor Whitehead of Paramus two months ago of swindling the elderly mom of a parishioner from New Jersey out of her $90,000 life savings, among other counts. They also found him guilty of using ties to New York City Mayor Eric Adams in an attempt to extort a business owner into loaning him $500,000 and of lying to hide a second cellphone from FBI agents as the…
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? Pair Photo'd In NYC Tied To Thefts Of BMWs From Glen Rock Driveway
𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: Authorities have tied the theft of two BMWs from the same Glen Rock home to two men recorded on a parking garage surveillance camera on the other side of the Hudson River. The 2024 X5 and 2023 X1 were both swiped from the driveway of a Greenway Road residence after the thieves forced open a rear window and took the key fobs – which were hanging on hooks near the front door – as well as wallets just before dawn last Nov. 17, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Both vehicles were tracked on Route 20 heading towards Newark, the chief said. The thieves tried using the resident’…
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Paramus Detectives Nab Thief Accused Of Burglarizing Local Home, Stealing BMW, Eluding Pursuit
Paramus police detectives identified and arrested an Irvington resident who they said stole a brand new BMW during a burglary and forced a uniformed officer to terminate a pursuit out of safety concerns. Kasieum Frye, 21, and an accomplice broke into an Oakwood Drive home and snatched the key fob for the 2024 X6 shortly before 4:30 a.m. late last September, Paramus Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. A neighbor alerted police, who found sliding glass doors to the kitchen pried open, the chief said on Wednesday, Feb. 28. Officer Matthew Mulick pursued the SUV on Farview Avenue until high spe…
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Gotcha
! NJ Duo Charged With Beating Gas Station Attendants In Armed Tri-County Robbery Spree
Two men wanted for beating attendants during a two-day spree of quick-stop armed gas station robberies in three New Jersey counties were captured by federal agents, authorities said. Ex-con Ahmad Singletary, 24, and Joseph Young, 26, both of Newark, committed three of the robberies last Sept. 5, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Four more holdups -- also in a single day -- followed exactly a week later, the U.S. attorney said. Singletary "threatened, assaulted, and struck victims in the head" with a Ruger 9 mm P95 handgun, injuring all of them, a complaint filed by the ATF says. Th…
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Stash
House
Raid
: Raw Coke, 150 Pills, $22,775 Seized, Three Arrested: Passaic County Sheriff
Officers in tactical gear safely locked an attack dog into a bathroom as Passaic County detectives raided a Paterson stash house during an operation that netted a third of a pound of raw cocaine, more than 150 illegal pills and $22,775 in cash, authorities said. They also took a BMW and a Hyundai for forfeiture while arresting a second-floor tenant, a fellow city resident and a man from Rockland County, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik said. Complaints of drug dealing focused the attention of the sheriff’s Bureau of Narcotics detectives on the home at the corner of Knickerbocker and G…
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Gotcha
! Leonia Officer Quickly Finds Familiar Face Who Fled Traffic Stop: Police
A repeat offender who might’ve thought he’d given a Leonia police sergeant the slip would've been wrong. It began when Leonia Police Sgt. Ray Forsdahl tried to stop a BMW with New York plates for a violation in the area of Broad and Lakeview avenues, Capt. Chris Garris said. The driver kept going, though, getting onto southbound Route 95, the captain said on Friday, Dec. 1. Forsdahl pursued him for a ways, then dropped back out of safety reasons, he said. Besides, he knew who the driver was. Didn’t take long to figure out where he laid his head, either. To call Brandon Warren, 28,…
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20-Year-Old NJ Driver Clocked At 120 MPH In CT: State Police
A 20-year-old New Jersey man was clocked at 120 miles per hour on a Connecticut roadway, police said. Ethan Steier, of Warren (Somerset County), was in a green BMW when police spotted him near Exit 2 on Route 8 south, around 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 26 in Bridgeport, CT, state police said. The area has a posted speed limit of 55 mph, state police said. When troopers attempted to initiate a traffic stop, Steier accelerated and entered onto I-95 southbound, eluding troopers, police said. Minutes later, another trooper spotted the BMW exiting I-95 southbound at Exit 18 in Westport and tried t…
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Residents Home When Back-Door Burglars Steal Wallets, Fobs, New BMWs: Glen Rock PD
Residents were home when burglars broke in through a back window, snatched their key fobs and wallets and sped off with two new SUVs, police in Glen Rock said. The fobs were hanging on hooks near the front door and the wallets were found nearby, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said of the 6 a.m. break-in on Greenway Road. The burglars drove the 2024 BMW X5 and 2023 BMW X1 taken from the driveway towards Lincoln Avenue and were tracked on southbound Route 20 into Newark, the chief said. Moments later, they tried to use the resident’s credit card at a gas station on McCarter Boulevard, he said. …
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Driver Was Going 100MPH+ Before Triple Fatal Jersey City Crash: Prosecutor
A 23-year-old driver was going more than 100 mph in a crash that left three people dead earlier this week in Jersey City, authorities said. Ziyang Wang, of Jersey City, was behind the wheel of a BMW X5 M0i that struck a Kia Amanti driven by 26-year-old Dylan Weidenfeld head-on, on Paterson Plank Road around 12:45 a.m. Monday, Oct. 16. Weidenfeld and two of Wang's passengers, whose names were not released, both died. A third passenger of Wang's remains in critical condition, while a front-seat passenger suffered non-life-threatening injuries, Suarez said. Wang, who was going more than 100…
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Victim Of Triple Fatal Jersey City Crash Was Actor With Passion For Entertaining
A 26-year-old Jersey City resident was identified as one of three people killed in a violent crash Monday, Oct. 16. Dylan Weidenfeld was operating the Kia that collided with a BMW on Paterson Plank Road around 12:45 a.m., Hudson County prosecutor Esther Suarez said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Relatives identified Dylan as an actor with a passion for entertaining. Honestly, this is the hardest post I ever thought I would share and the last thing I could have ever imagined would... Posted by Lisa Lieberman-Wang on Monday, October 16, 2023 Two passengers in the BMW, which was c…
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Second Of Back-To-Back Cresskill Break-Ins Becomes Overnight Home Invasion
The second of back-to-back overnight residential burglaries in Cresskill turned into a home invasion when a group of intruders entered while people living there slept, authorities said. The first break-in was reported around 3:45 a.m. on Park Avenue near County Road, Cresskill Police Capt. Jason Lanzilotti said. Fifteen minutes later, he said, burglars entered a Florence Avenue home near Knickerbocker Road. A resident said four intruders entered bedrooms and stole valuables, then fled with one of the victims' vehicles, a 2020 BMW. They were last seen fleeing south on Knickerbocker Road in …
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Pursuit Goes Up, Down Route 208, Ends In Wyckoff Crash: Franklin Lakes PD
A late-night pursuit that began in Franklin Lakes ended with a crash in Wyckoff and all four occupants bailing out, authorities said. Franklin Lakes Officer Matthew Garrison was on routine patrol when he spotted a suspicious-looking BMW X2 on Longbow Drive near Franklin Lake Road around 10 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30, Capt. Mark McCombs said. An attempt to stop the vehicle on nearby Orchard Lane prompted the driver to hit the gas and speed off, he said. Items were tossed out of the gold SUV's window as it headed south on Route 208. It exited on Cedar Hill Avenue only to get back on 208 going …
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Car Seller Near GWB Says 'Buyers' Carjacked Him Instead: Fort Lee PD
A man who said he thought he was selling his car told Fort Lee police it was taken from him at gunpoint instead. The purported victim told officers responding to an 8:32 p.m. call Thursday, Aug. 18 outside the Hunt-Stellato Funeral Home on Palisade Avenue that he “had listed a vehicle for sale online and agreed to meet with a possible buyer at a mutual location, which happened to be in Fort Lee,” Deputy Police Chief Edward Young said. Young didn’t identify the types of vehicles. However, an alert broadcast by police borough Thursday night described the car the robbers showed up in as a BMW…
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NY Fugitive Nabbed After Crashing Stolen Car, Running Through Route 4 Traffic: Rochelle Park PD
A fugitive who crashed a stolen car while being chased by Rochelle Park police ran across six lanes of traffic on Route 4 before he was captured in Paramus, authorities said. Officer Hasan Shah was on Essex Street when he spotted the BMW 5 Series sedan, which had been reported stolen out of New York City, around 8:45 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15, Capt. James DePreta said. The driver, Adonis Padilla, 27, of New York, hit the gas, leading a brief pursuit that ended when he hit a light pole at the eastbound Route 4 entrance ramp from Paramus Road, the captain said Wednesday. Padilla -- who was …
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Police Chase Ends In Stolen Car Arrest Off Route 4
A fugitive who crashed a stolen car while being chased by Rochelle Park police ran across six lanes of traffic on Route 4 before he was captured in Paramus, authorities said. Officer Hasan Shah was on Essex Street when he spotted the BMW 5 Series sedan, which had been reported stolen out of New York City, around 8:45 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15, Capt. James DePreta said. The driver, Adonis Padilla, 27, of New York, hit the gas, leading a brief pursuit that ended when he hit a light pole at the eastbound Route 4 entrance ramp from Paramus Road, the captain said Wednesday. Padilla -- who was wante…
Police & Fire
Band Of Brazen Burglars Who Blew Through Bergen, Elsewhere Charged in Crime Spree: Prosecutor
A band of brazen burglars who broke into homes and stole vehicles in Bergen County and elsewhere in the state – sometimes while the owners were home – was derailed by a group of crime fighters from various jurisdictions. The theft of a BMW SUV from an Alpine home last Christmas brought the crew to the attention of detectives in the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. The vehicle was used in other burglaries and attempts in Cresskill, Montville, and Rumson, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Thursday, Aug.. 3. Three of them returned to Alpine on Dec. 27 and had broken into a home, th…
Police & Fire
Thieves Break Into Wyckoff Home, Swipe BMW, Crash After High-Speed Chase
Thieves broke into a Wyckoff home, snatched the owner's car keys, then led a chase that at one point hit 120 miles an hour before they crashed into an East Orange police car later on, authorities confirmed. Two of those responsible were also involved in an armed home invasion and the theft of another vehicle in Livingston, law enforcement sources said. The Wyckoff homeowners were away when borough police were called to their Van Houten Avenue residence at 4:45 a.m. Tuesday, July 25, Lt. Joseph Soto said. The thieves had pulled up in a black sedan and stole the owner’s four-door BMW from th…
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14-Year-Old Boy Rams Paramus Police Vehicle With SUV Stolen From Jersey Shore
A 14-year-old boy rammed a Paramus police vehicle with an SUV stolen from the Jersey Shore before he and two companions were captured, authorities said. Paramus Police Chief Robert Guidetti said the 2020 BMW X7 was reported stolen during a burglary more than 50 miles away in the affluent Monmouth County town of Marlboro. Officer Nicholas Perna and the driver spotted one another at the same moment shortly before 11:30 p.m. Monday, July 24, the chief said. At that point, the Newark juvenile hit the gas and headed right for the officer’s cruiser, he said. Perna quickly turned his wheel – an…
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Alpine Driver, 44, Killed In Crash Outside CNBC Campus In Englewood Cliffs
A 44-year-old Alpine resident was killed when his car slammed into a tree on Route 9W in Englewood Cliffs over the weekend, authorities said. The Asian driver was alone when his southbound BMW ran off the road near the CNBC Sylvan Avenue campus shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday, July 23, Detective Lt. Ronald F Waldt said. Englewood Cliffs firefighters extricated the driver. Video from the scene.Dakota Santiago Desk@freedomnews.tv The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Investigations Unit was notified. …
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Sharp-Eyed Leonia Officer Nabs Jersey City Pair With Loaded Guns
A Leonia patrol officer picked off two young Jersey City men who authorities said had two loaded guns when he stopped them. Officer Devon O’Donnell stopped a 2019 BMW 530i driven by George I. Cannon, 21, for multiple motor vehicle violations on Grand Avenue after it came off Fort Lee Road shortly after 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 18, Police Chief Scot Tamagny said. The officer immediately spotted a large bag of pot, leading to a search that turned up the handguns, Tamagny said. O’Donnell arrested Cannon and his passenger, Benu Amuntehu, 19, with help from Sgt. Sihoon Chung and Office Debbie Ma…
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Stolen BMW Crashes During Rt. 287 Chase, 4 Of 5 Nabbed After Several-Hour Search
Four people were arrested and one is still at large after crashing a stolen BMW on Route 287 and fleeing from police, prompting a search that lasted several hours, authorities said. Police in Lincoln Township attempted to stop a stolen black BMW 750 on Route 202 around 9:20 a.m. Sunday, July 9. The vehicle then entered Rt. 287 northbound and became disabled as five occupants ran from the scene. Montville Township officers assisted with a several-hour search, eventually locating four of the five occupants. Newark residents Diana Graham, 21, Nathan Holmes,18, and two 16-year-olds, were char…
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Pursuit
: Stolen Car Collisions Injure Homeland Security Agent,
Njsp
Detectives, Teen Thief
UPDATE: Two New Jersey State Police detectives were struck and a U.S. Homeland Security agent rammed head-on by a quartet of car thieves, one of them a 15-year-old who had his leg broken during a pursuit, authorities confirmed. Three adults and the injured juvenile were seized following a chain reaction of collisions in Newark involving a stolen SUV, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said on Friday, June 30. It began with the theft of the 2021 BMW X6 in Cedar Grove around 7:30 a.m. Thursday, June 22, the attorney general said. Members of the New Jersey State Police Auto Theft…
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Police
Chase
: Federal Agent,
Njsp
Detective Injured In Collisions With Fleeing Thieves
UPDATE: Two New Jersey State Police detectives were struck and a U.S. Homeland Security agent rammed head-on by a quartet of car thieves, one of them a 15-year-old who had his leg broken during a pursuit, authorities confirmed. Three adults and the injured juvenile were seized following a chain reaction of collisions in Newark involving a stolen SUV, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said on Friday, June 30. It began with the theft of the 2021 BMW X6 in Cedar Grove around 7:30 a.m. Thursday, June 22, the attorney general said. Members of the New Jersey State Police Auto Theft…
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DUI Driver Sentenced For Crash That Killed Popular NJ Restaurant Owner
A repeat drunk-driving offender was sentenced to 12 years in New Jersey State Prison for a crash that killed a popular restaurant owner last September. Desmond Newberry, 45, of Marlton, was sentenced on Monday, June 19 for causing the death of Mount Laurel's Glenn Keen in the parking lot of Cucina Carini, the restaurant he owned, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw. Newberry pleaded guilty earlier this year to aggravated manslaughter. The investigation began on Sept. 3, 2022, when officers from the Mount Laurel Police Department were dispatched to t…
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Trio Of Kiddie Car Thieves, One 13, Captured By Paramus PD, Suspected In CT Thefts
A 13-year-old boy was among a trio of underage car thieves captured by Paramus police overnight at the Mercedes Benz dealership on Route 17. Authorities believe the young teens are part of a crew responsible for similar incidents in Fairfield County, CT, Paramus Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. Officer Nick Perna spotted a black BMW 530 with one occupant in the parking lot of a medical building next door to the dealership late last week, Guidetti said. A quick computer check showed the license plate had been reported stolen out of New York City and the BMW was swiped in Bridgeport, CT, t…
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Stolen BMW Driver Makes Wrong-Way Getaway On Rt. 206, Suspected Accomplice Runs Into Woods: PD
A suspect is still at large after driving behind a stolen BMW making a wrong-way getaway on Rt. 206, veering off the highway, and running into the woods, prompting a several-hour search involving K9 troopers and a state police helicopter. The Peapack and Gladstone Police Department was called to the southbound side of the highway around 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, June 7 to assist officers in Chester as they chased the stolen vehicle. An Audi was following the BMW, which headed southbound and at times “drove into oncoming traffic on Rt. 206,” police said. The chase was ended for safety reasons — …
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