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Construction Worker Helps Capture Violent Ex-Con In Edgewater Police Assault, Authorities Say
A fleeing ex-con assaulted two Edgewater police officers before a good Samaritan helped capture him, authorities said.
Jason Westlee, 34, of East Orange was loading merchandise stolen from the Old Navy in the Edgewater Commons mall into a UHaul truck with a female companion from Brooklyn when police rolled up last Wednesday, Chief Donald Martin said.
As they questioned the pair, Westlee pushed one of the officers and ran toward a building under construction, Martin said.
Westlee kicked his pursuers, injuring one of them, before he was subdued with the construction worker's help, the chief …
Woman Hit With Baseball Bat In Edgewater Parking Lot Brawl, Hudson Trio Charged
A North Bergen man hit a woman in the head with an aluminum baseball bat during a wild brawl in the parking lot of the Edgewater Target, authorities said.
Edgewater police quickly restored order, with help from their Cliffside Park and Fort Lee colleagues, after finding the injured woman among several people fighting in the parking lot on River Road late last Wednesday, Police Chief Donald Martin said.
EMTs took the victim to a local hospital with a head injury, Martin said.
Officers, meanwhile, grabbed Amakar Albuja, 19, of West New York -- and the bat -- after finding him holding it, the…