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GOTCHA! Ex-Con With 30-Year Rap Sheet Charged With Robbing Maywood Dry Cleaners (UPDATE) GOTCHA! Ex-Con With 30-Year Rap Sheet Charged With Robbing Maywood Dry Cleaners (UPDATE)
Gotcha! Ex-Con With 30-Year Rap Sheet Charged With Robbing Maywood Dry Cleaners (Update) You’d be hard-pressed to find a law enforcement officer who didn't recognize the strong-arm robber who assaulted the owner of a Maywood dry cleaners for all of $400. Didn’t take long for Maywood police to find 53-year-old ex-con Shawn Todd of Hasbrouck Heights, who authorities said accosted the owner of Timely Cleaners & Furriers on West Pleasant Avenue late Thursday afternoon. Todd has a rap sheet nearly 30 years long, with arrests and convictions for robbery, aggravated assault and assaulting police. Suffice to say it was no surprise for many who know him to see Todd on surveillance …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Wanted Out-Of-Town Couple In Stolen Minivan Nabbed By Maywood Officer Wanted Out-Of-Town Couple In Stolen Minivan Nabbed By Maywood Officer
Wanted Out-Of-Town Couple In Stolen Minivan Nabbed By Maywood Officer A Maywood police officer nabbed a wanted couple in a stolen minivan after they pulled into the parking lot of a closed car wash, authorities said. The Pontiac minivan had only just been reported stolen out of Paterson when Officer Alana Luna spotted it on Essex Street, Detective Sgt. William Phayre said. The driver – Chante S. Royal 23, of Newark – was carrying several crack pipes and empty wax folds with heroin residue, the sergeant said. Her passenger, ex-con James K. Bell-Sanders, 33, of Passaic, gave police a false name, but they quickly identified him – and discovered there was an act…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Mall Shopping Spree With Stolen Credit Cards, Driver's Licenses Derailed By Officer: Maywood PD Mall Shopping Spree With Stolen Credit Cards, Driver's Licenses Derailed By Officer: Maywood PD
Mall Shopping Spree With Stolen Credit Cards, Driver's Licenses Derailed By Officer: Maywood PD GOTCHA! A group of ID thieves were headed to an apparent shopping spree at a mall in Paramus when they were stopped by a Maywood police officer who found an "alarming" amount of credit cards and driver's licenses in innocent victims' names, authorities said. Officer Matthew DellaBella stopped the Subaru Forester after the driver, Karina Espinal, 26, of Newark, made an illegal turn at Maywood Avenue and Essex Street, Police Chief Terence R. Kenny said. Espinal told the officer they were headed to the Garden State Plaza to do some holiday shopping, the chief said. She "didn't have her driver…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Maywood Police Catch NYC Fugitive, Seize Pot, Pills, More Maywood Police Catch NYC Fugitive, Seize Pot, Pills, More
Maywood Police Catch NYC Fugitive, Seize Pot, Pills, More Maywood police nabbed a New York City fugitive during a Route 17 traffic stop that they said turned up more than 120 pills, 15 bags and containers of pot for sale, and a ledger listing drug deals. Officers Benjamin Singer and Christopher Melber were on a roving DWI patrol shortly before 1:30 a.m. Tuesday when they saw a maroon Ford Fusion with New York license plates heading east on Essex Street with its high beams on, Detective Sgt. Matthew Parodi said. After stopping the driver for not maintaining a lane, the officers smelled raw marijuana and obtained her consent to search the vehicle, P…

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by Jerry DeMarco