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Brooklyn Man Had $1600 In Counterfeit Cash: Denville PD
A Brooklyn man was arrested and charged in Denville on Wednesday, July 3, for having counterfeit money, police said.
Officers responded to a business on Broadway on a report of a man, Marquise Fleming, 31, attempting to make a purchase with a fraudulent $100 bill, Denville police said in a release. Fleming fled from officers but was apprehended following a foot chase, police said.
While searching him, police found him in possession of 16 fraudulent $100 bills, officers said. Fleming was charged with eluding, uttering a forged document and driving with a suspended license, police said.
He w…
High-Speed Pursuit, Crash Nets 3 Arrests In Bergen County, Police Say
Thee people including a 17-year-old were arrested after a high-speed pursuit and subsequent crash in Bergen County early Thursday, June 20, police said.
Oakland police officer Karley Greulich saw a man in all black with his hoodie up and a ski mask near Enterprise Rent-a-Car around 2:40 a.m., Oakland police Capt. Timothy Keenan said.
Upon seeing her patrol car, the man, later identified as Yordalis Reyes-Fernandez, 20, of Paterson ran to his red SUV, which was parked behind M&T Bank, and tried to flee the area, Keenan said.
A registration check of the SUV found it had been st…
BMW Driver Zoomed Through Newark, Filmed Himself Provoking Cops For Clout, Police Say
A 19-year-old Queens man was arrested and charged after eluding Newark police for a social media video, authorities said.
On Thursday, April 11 at 1:16 a.m., police were patrolling Broad Street and Market Street when they observed a black BMW that traveled around their vehicle at a high rate of speed with no license plates, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz G. Fragé said.
The driver, Antonio Ginestri, made a turn from Market Street onto Broad Street, although ‘No Turns’ signs are posted at the intersection, Fragé said . Police initiated a motor vehicle stop, but G…
Ex-Con From Viral Jersey Shore Arrest Video Charged With 1,500 Heroin Bags, Pounds Of Pot, More
An ex-con whose Point Pleasant boardwalk arrest became part of a viral video was busted once again on drug charges, this time along with his roommate, authorities said.
A SWAT team led a raid on the Grand Street apartment in Garfield that Zakee Murphy, 32, shares with fish tank technician Ryene Perry, 34, landing both in jail on various drug-related counts, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
Murphy has been arrested dozens of times in multiple counties over the past decade, records show.
This time he's accused of using the Garfield home to stash the drugs along with more than $8,…
Armed Ex-Con Who Spent Nearly 5 Years In Prison Busted After Chase, Crash: Saddle Brook PD
An ex-con who sped from a Saddle Brook police stop crashed his vehicle into four parked cars in Lodi, then tossed a stolen gun as he tried to run, authorities said.
Officer Marco Torres tried to stop Terrence Kelley, 40, of Paterson for an unspecified violation on eastbound Route 46 near Westminster Place around noon Sunday, Nov. 13, Capt. John A. Zotollo Jr. said.
Kelley had only just been released from state prison in February after serving 4½ years for drug and weapons convictions out of Passaic County, records show.
Instead of stopping for Torres, Kelly hit the gas, said Zotollo, the o…
Drugged Driver Charged After Barely Avoiding Deadly Crash In Sussex County, Police Say
An allegedly drugged driver was charged with multiple counts of aggravated assault and DWI after barely avoiding a deadly crash, authorities said.
Officers attempted to stop a Kia Forte being driven erratically south on Sparta Avenue in Sparta around 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 1, Police Lt. John Lamon said in a release on Tuesday, Sept. 6.
The driver, Christopher Morales, 43, of North Bergen, stopped abruptly in the middle of the road before he allegedly continued on Sparta Avenue.
Morales then approached Andover Road, where two Sparta Police officers were directing traffic from an earl…
PA Man Pleads Guilty In Armed North Jersey Chase, Route 78 Crash That Injured 3
A PA man pleaded guilty to eluding, assault by auto and various weapons offenses after leading police on an armed North Jersey chase ending with a crash that injured three people.
Demarcus A. Caldwell, 35, led New Jersey State Police on a high-speed chase through Bergen, Passaic, Morris, Somerset, and Hunterdon counties before crashing into two vehicles on Route 78 in Clinton Township and injuring three people, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée M. Robeson said.
Caldwell, of Bethlehem, was found with a 9mm handgun when he was taken into custody.
Caldwell pleaded guilty Sept. 24 to second-de…
Authorities: Fleeing NYS Buyer Leads Pursuing Paterson PD To 6,600 Heroin Bags, Gun, $32,800
What began as a Paterson police pursuit of a fleeing New York State drug buyer led to the seizure of 6,660 heroin folds, a loaded gun and $32,800 in proceeds, authorities said.
Paramus and New Jersey State Police joined in chasing down John A. Garulli, 34, of New Windsor on the northbound Garden State Parkway, Paterson Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said.
Moments earlier, members of the city police Narcotics Division detectives saw Garulli buy drugs from ex-con Thomas N. Williams, 26, of Paterson at the corner of McLean Boulevard and East 38th Street, Speziale said.
They tried to st…
Police: DWI Man, 30, Speeds Off During Warren County Stop, Abandons Vehicle And Flees On Foot
A Pennsylvania man was drunk when he sped away from police, abandoned his car at a Warren County apartment complex and fled on foot, authorities said.
Kenneth A. Walker, 30, was pulled over for driving erratically in the parking lot of Coordinated Health on Red School Lane in Phillipsburg around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, Lopatcong Township Police said.
During questioning, Walker was showing clear signs of intoxication but sped away from officers who asked for identifying information, police said.
Walker, of Easton, PA, then fled on foot after abandoning the car at Brakeley Garden Apartments, w…
DWI Motorcyclist, 28, Leads Police On Pursuit Through Passaic, Morris Counties
A Morris County motorcyclist had been drinking when he led officers on a pursuit through three different towns, authorities said.
Lincoln Park Police responded to the area of Valley Road on reports of of an erratic motorcycle driver May 1 around 10:30 p.m., authorities said.
The motorcyclist -- later identified as Elliot Montalvo, 28, of Towaco -- was located on Pinebrook Road, where police said he ran a stop sign, prompting them to pull him over.
The man didn't stop, though, and officers pursued him through Lincoln Park to Montville, back to Lincoln Park and finally to Wayne.
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Clifton Driver, 19, Nearly Hits Police Car, Runs Lights In Passaic PD Chase, Authorities Say
A Clifton driver ran several red lights and nearly hit a police car during a pre-dawn pursuit, authorities said.
A Passaic police officer found no record after doing a license plate check on a Honda Civic whose driver made an improper left turn from Main Avenue onto Washington Avenue shortly before 1 a.m., Capt. Jonathan Schaer said.
The officer tried to stop the vehicle, but the driver – identified as 21-year-old Andrea Korsen – kept going, Schaer said.
Korsen stopped for the light at Main Avenue and Monroe Street, then continued on, nearly hitting the patrol car, as the officer unsuccess…
