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Familiar Foe Nabbed With Knife Following Failed McDonald's Bathroom Robbery Bid: Hackensack PD Familiar Foe Nabbed With Knife Following Failed McDonald's Bathroom Robbery Bid: Hackensack PD
Familiar Foe Nabbed With Knife Following Failed McDonald's Bathroom Robbery Bid: Hackensack PD An ex-con with the proverbial arm's-length rap sheet unsuccessfully tried to rob a man at knifepoint in the bathroom of a Hackensack McDonald's, authorities said. Shajee Jackson, 30, wasn’t difficult to identify following the aborted holdup at the Essex Street eatery at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13. Calling him "known to police" would be an understatement. The 28-year-old victim told police Jackson followed him into the bathroom, then pulled a large knife, demanded money and threatened to stab him, the victim told police. The victim refused and his assailant fled empty-handed, said Capt…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Theft Of Drugs From Bergen Prosecutor's Evidence Room Centers On Veteran Detective: Sources Theft Of Drugs From Bergen Prosecutor's Evidence Room Centers On Veteran Detective: Sources
Theft Of Drugs From Bergen Prosecutor's Evidence Room Centers On Veteran Detective: Sources A ranking detective with the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office is at the center of an investigation by the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office into the sale of several kilos worth of drugs stolen from an evidence room, multiple sources said. At least one arrest was expected as part of what sources say was an undercover sting involving the New Jersey State Police that led to the theft and sale of more than a dozen kilos of narcotics that had been seized as evidence. An investigation was confirmed -- without elaboration -- by both agencies. Neither has publicly identified the department vet…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Loaded Gun Found In Children's Toys: 5 Adults, Two Juveniles Seized In Little Ferry House Raid Loaded Gun Found In Children's Toys: 5 Adults, Two Juveniles Seized In Little Ferry House Raid
Loaded Gun Found In Children's Toys: 5 Adults, Two Juveniles Seized In Little Ferry House Raid Police who raided a rented Little Ferry home found a loaded gun in a children’s play area in a bag atop a pile of toys, authorities said. Six adults and three juveniles were initially taken into custody following the joint raid of the troubled John Street home by tactical squads from the Little Ferry and Lyndhurst police departments. Five adults were charged, only two of whom actually live there, according to police records. In addition to a loaded .22-caliber revolver that reportedly turned up in a children's basement play area, police said they located a loaded Glock 32 handgun with an a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Manager At Bergen-Based Entertainment Union Charged With Embezzling $1.7M Manager At Bergen-Based Entertainment Union Charged With Embezzling $1.7M
Manager At Bergen-Based Entertainment Union Charged With Embezzling $1.7M The former office manager of a Bergen County-based union representing behind-the-scenes workers in the entertainment industry was arrested on charges of embezzling $1.7 million from the local. Theresa Gremillot, 58, of Saddle Brook, pocketed an estimated 3,000 debits from the operating accounts of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local #632 between Jan. 1, 2019 and July 1, 2023, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. That’s an average of nearly 13 transactions a week. Gremillot was arrested on Wednesday, Nov. 8, and booked into the Bergen County Jail to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Repeat Offender Released From Jail Caught Stealing In Teaneck Again: Police Repeat Offender Released From Jail Caught Stealing In Teaneck Again: Police
Repeat Offender Released From Jail Caught Stealing In Teaneck Again: Police Career criminal Aley Beretay had been released from jail barely 24 hours earlier when Teaneck police arrested him yet again. It was nothing new for them – or for Beretay, who’s been busted dozens of times in his adult life, although never for anything significant enough to put him away for very long. Beretay, 40, had served several months in the Bergen County Jail for a previous incident when he was released on Nov. 1. Three days later, he was back behind bars. Beretay was caught on Saturday trying to hide a $600 bicycle stolen from a Cedar Lane home in an Oakdene resident’s backyard, Tea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
Hackensack Kosher Pitmaster Spotlighted On New Show Hackensack Kosher Pitmaster Spotlighted On New Show
Hackensack Kosher Pitmaster Spotlighted On New Show A Hackensack kosher BBQ food truck/pop-up will be featured on the first episode of a new show devoted to the best in kosher cuisine.  The Wandering Que, located at 75 Burlews Court and appearing a is being profiled on the new TV show "Schmoozing and Cruising", streaming on ChaiFlicks and premiering on Thursday, Nov 16.  On "Schmoozing and Cruising", host CW Silverberg visits innovative kosher restaurants. ChaiFlicks describes itself as the leading streaming service for Jewish storytelling. The pitmaster at The Wandering Que is Ari White, a native of El Paso. He bought a BBQ pit on Ebay an…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Bergen Dad, Son Busted Again, This Time In $2.5M Jersey Shore ‘Fix-and-Flip’ Scheme Bergen Dad, Son Busted Again, This Time In $2.5M Jersey Shore ‘Fix-and-Flip’ Scheme
Bergen Dad, Son Busted Again, This Time In $2.5M Jersey Shore ‘Fix-and-Flip’ Scheme It seemed state and federal prosecutors had thrown all they could at a Bergen County father and son for a series of multi-million-dollar investment scams. But state authorities announced a new indictment against both men on Monday, Nov. 6. This time, George Bussanich, Sr., 65, of Park Ridge, and George Bussanich, Jr., 43, of Upper Saddle River, are charged with defrauding investors and mortgage lenders out of more than $2.5 million through a “fix and flip” investment scam involving Jersey Shore real estate. Victims believed they were funding the purchase, renovation, and resale of four…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Love-Triangle Husband Sentenced To Life In Murder Of Popular Teaneck Software Engineer Love-Triangle Husband Sentenced To Life In Murder Of Popular Teaneck Software Engineer
Love-Triangle Husband Sentenced To Life In Murder Of Popular Teaneck Software Engineer For more than 12 years since popular software engineer Robert Cantor was brutally murdered in his Teaneck home, his twice-convicted killer has neither admitted it nor expressed any remorse. Sui Kam “Tony” Tung, 60, now has whatever’s left of his life to spend with whatever feelings he has following his sentencing Friday in Hackensack. This past July, jurors in that same courtroom convicted Tung of murdering Cantor, with whom his wife had been having an affair, in March of 2011. Superior Court Judge Christopher Kazlau said he’d seen enough of Tung to not be surprised by his refusal to spea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
TUGBUST: Rochelle Park Masseuses Rub Undercover Customers Wrong Way, Police Say TUGBUST: Rochelle Park Masseuses Rub Undercover Customers Wrong Way, Police Say
Tugbust: Rochelle Park Masseuses Rub Undercover Customers Wrong Way, Police Say An undercover crew of gangbusters blocked a between-the-sheets operation at a local Rochelle Park massage parlor, authorities said. Township police detectives targeted the Fuji Salon on Woodland Avenue following a tip from a “concerned resident,” Capt. James DePreta said. The owner and two employees were arrested after an undercover sting led to under-the-table offers, the captain said. Yeong Herin, 68, of Cliffside Park, was charged with promoting prostitution and possession of property derived from criminal activity – namely $2,000 in alleged proceeds that DePreta said were seized. Bust…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Jackpot! Bergen County Lotto Player Wins Big Jackpot! Bergen County Lotto Player Wins Big
Jackpot! Bergen County Lotto Player Wins Big A lottery player in Bergen County had a very happy Halloween. A ticket purchased in Hackensack matched all five numbers in the Jersey Cash 5 jackpot drawing on Tuesday, Oct. 31, winning $494,247. The winning numbers were 16, 33, 35, 39, 44 and the XTRA number was: 02. The winning ticket was sold at a BP on Route 17.

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Landmark Liquor Store In Englewood Severely Damaged By Fire Landmark Liquor Store In Englewood Severely Damaged By Fire
Landmark Liquor Store In Englewood Severely Damaged By Fire Fire severely damaged a landmark business that has been part of Englewood's fabric for well over a century, officials said. The two-alarm blaze at I Wides Liquors on West Englewood Avenue broke out around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31. Firefighters kept the flames from spreading past the front of the building and had the blaze under control in barely an hour. The damage nonetheless was significant enough to render the building uninhabitable. Although an official cause wasn't immediately released, fire officials said they didn't suspect any wrongdoing. Mutual aid responders included firefight…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Caller Leads North Arlington PD To Overnight Out-Of-Town Car Burglar Caller Leads North Arlington PD To Overnight Out-Of-Town Car Burglar
Caller Leads North Arlington PD To Overnight Out-Of-Town Car Burglar North Arlington police nabbed a pre-dawn car burglar from out-of-town after being alerted by a caller, authorities said. The call of a burglary in progress behind a commercial building on River Road next to the Little League field along the Passaic River came in at shortly before 6 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 29, Lt. Michael Horton said. A masked burglar in a white pickup truck was burglarizing vehicles, the lieutenant said. Responding officers seized repeat offender Damon Wise, 51, of Newark as he fled the scene, Horton said. In his truck was a DeWalt toolbox that had just been stolen, he said. W…

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by Jerry DeMarco