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Quick-Thinking Attendant Avoids Armed Robbery: River Edge PD Quick-Thinking Attendant Avoids Armed Robbery: River Edge PD
Quick-Thinking Attendant Avoids Armed Robbery: River Edge PD A quick-thinking gas station attendant avoided an armed robbery, River Edge police said. The pump jockey at the Delta station next to the Dollar Deal shopping center on Kinderkamack Road told them he saw a dark-colored sedan back into the area of the tire pump shortly after 9 p.m. Monday, Oct. 30, River Edge Police Chief Michael J. Walker said. It looked like three occupants were in it, he said. A customer who'd just gotten gas was pulling out of the station when a passenger in the sedan got out and began walking toward him, the attendant told police. The stranger wore all dark clothing, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Accused Getaway Driver Joins NYC Pair Jailed In Violent Bergenfield Gas Station Robbery UPDATE: Accused Getaway Driver Joins NYC Pair Jailed In Violent Bergenfield Gas Station Robbery
Update: Accused Getaway Driver Joins NYC Pair Jailed In Violent Bergenfield Gas Station Robbery UPDATE: A 19-year-old Honduran national was the wheelman for a duo who pistol-whipped a Bergenfield gas station attendant during a robbery earlier this year, authorities said. And that’s not all for Bronx resident Cesar Herrera Valerio. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement filed a detainer a short time after Valerio was booked into the Bergen County Jail, records show. ICE places detainers on immigrants believed to be illegally living in the United States. Federal judges in Newark then hold hearings to determine whether – and, if so, when -- they'll be deported. For now, Valerio joins…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Driver Extricated, Hospitalized After SUV Slams Into Downtown Ramsey Jewelry Store Driver Extricated, Hospitalized After SUV Slams Into Downtown Ramsey Jewelry Store
Driver Extricated, Hospitalized After SUV Slams Into Downtown Ramsey Jewelry Store A driver was extricated by firefighters and hospitalized with serious injuries early Saturday after a large SUV slammed into a jewelry store in Ramsey's downtown business district. It was shortly before 7 a.m. May 13, when the Mercedes-Benz GLS smashed through the front of Apolo Jewelers, between Bici Restaurant and a Delta gas station at Main and Arch streets. The vehicle obliterated the entire front of the business, smashing cases and ripping off portions of the facade. It also took out a light pole, snapped a small tree and knocked two garbage cans onto Main Street. The vehicle obl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bergen Prosecutor: NYC Pair Nabbed In Violent Armed Gas Station Robbery In Bergenfield Bergen Prosecutor: NYC Pair Nabbed In Violent Armed Gas Station Robbery In Bergenfield
Bergen Prosecutor: NYC Pair Nabbed In Violent Armed Gas Station Robbery In Bergenfield One of two Bronx men charged with pistol-whipping a Bergenfield gas station attendant during a robbery earlier this year was captured by Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives and federal agents as he arrived at Newark Airport on a flight from Honduras. Nixon Francisco-Colon, 34, was seized with help from U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents last Sunday, July 16, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He has remained held in the Bergen County Jail ever since, records show. Charged with Francisco-Colon is Melvin R. Inoa, 25, who was arrested at his apartment on Clay Street and rem…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Feds: NJ Service Station Manager Admits Stealing $78,000 From Amtrak, Regular Customers Feds: NJ Service Station Manager Admits Stealing $78,000 From Amtrak, Regular Customers
Feds: NJ Service Station Manager Admits Stealing $78,000 From Amtrak, Regular Customers A New Jersey service station manager admitted stealing $78,000 from more than 17 customers, including Amtrak, through bogus charges for gas, federal authorities said. Umer Hassan Mir, 40, of South Amboy told a federal judge in Newark on Tuesday that he deposited the charges into the coffers of a Delta gas station in Metuchen, then siphoned off the proceeds in cash from the register over the course of 3½ years. Some of the bogus charges were entered on fuel credit cards leased by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and assigned to Amtrak vehicles, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SENTENCED: Drugged Driver In Gas Station Crash That Killed 3 Could Be Out In 22½ Years SENTENCED: Drugged Driver In Gas Station Crash That Killed 3 Could Be Out In 22½ Years
Sentenced: Drugged Driver In Gas Station Crash That Killed 3 Could Be Out In 22½ Years UPDATE: A drug-addicted Sussex County driver who killed a father, son and gas station attendant in a horrific crash on Route 23 in Wayne three years ago was sentenced to a plea-bargained 25½ years without parole in state prison. Jason Vanderee, 32, of Vernon Township, apologized to the survivors during his sentencing in Superior Court in Paterson on Thursday, March 3. His mother also begged for leniency. Superior Judge Marilyn C. Clark held fast to the terms of the plea deal, saying that she hoped it would “bring some degree of justice to the families who have suffered such grievous lo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Wayne PD: Drunken Trespasser Climbs Head First Into Race Car, Can't Get Out Wayne PD: Drunken Trespasser Climbs Head First Into Race Car, Can't Get Out
Wayne PD: Drunken Trespasser Climbs Head First Into Race Car, Can't Get Out Rescuers had to cut off a roll cage to free a drunken trespasser who climbed into a sports car head first and couldn’t get out, authorities said. Jagdeep Singh, 30, apparently got into the Mazda Miata parked at the Delta gas station on southbound Route 23 to take a nap and got wedged upside-down in the roll cage, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. Officers who responded detected an “overwhelming odor of alcohol” and summoned rescuers to get him out, Daly said. Members of the Wayne Township Memorial First Aid Squad cut off the cage and freed the intruder, he said. The Miata's 60-year-old owner…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
KNOW HIM? Butler Police Seek Gas Station Robber KNOW HIM? Butler Police Seek Gas Station Robber
Know HIM? Butler Police Seek Gas Station Robber Authorities in Butler are seeking the public’s help in identifying the man who was caught on surveillance tapes robbing a local gas station. A man driving a black truck robbed the Delta gas station on Route 23 on Thursday, Sept. 3 around 4:25 p.m., Butler police said on Facebook. Anyone with information about the man or vehicle pictured above is asked to contact Detective Jarred Schmiedhauser at 973-838-4100.

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Armed Robbery Of Wayne Gas Station Where OD Driver Killed Similar To Pequannock Holdup UPDATE: Armed Robbery Of Wayne Gas Station Where OD Driver Killed Similar To Pequannock Holdup
Update: Armed Robbery Of Wayne Gas Station Where OD Driver Killed Similar To Pequannock Holdup Authorities suspect the masked bandit who this weekend robbed a Route 23 Delta gas station in Wayne where a horrific heroin-involved crash killed three people earlier this year also held up a Pequannock Delta station two weeks ago. The attendant told uniformed Wayne officers who responded to the northbound Route 23 Delta station around 8:30 p.m. Saturday "displayed a semiautomatic handgun and demanded money," Capt. Christian Wittig said. Authorities didn't say how much was taken, although responders told Daily Voice the preliminary estimate was about $700. "The victim turned over money to …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Attorney: Driver In Gas Station Crash That Killed 3 Didn't Know Heroin Was Laced With Fentanyl Attorney: Driver In Gas Station Crash That Killed 3 Didn't Know Heroin Was Laced With Fentanyl
Attorney: Driver In Gas Station Crash That Killed 3 Didn't Know Heroin Was Laced With Fentanyl The drugged Sussex County driver accused of killing a father, son and gas station attendant in a fiery Route 23 crash didn't know that his heroin was laced with fentanyl, his lawyer said. Defense attorney John Latoracca said if the case goes to trial he'll argue that Jason Vanderee was passed out behind the wheel because of the fentanyl, News12 reports. Vanderee, 29, of Vernon, said he doesn't remember the February crash. Jon Warbeck and his son, Luke, both of Lincoln Park, were getting gas the morning of Feb. 19 when the speeding Honda Pilot with an overdosed Vanderee behind the wheel lit…

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by Cecilia Levine