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TRAILER PARK CRASH: Wayne Police Car Rammed During Mobile Home Raid TRAILER PARK CRASH: Wayne Police Car Rammed During Mobile Home Raid
Trailer Park Crash: Wayne Police Car Rammed During Mobile Home Raid A Wayne police car was rammed during a quick-strike takedown of a local trio’s drug-dealing operation from a residence in a mobile home community, authorities said. A tipster pointed authorities to the Fourth Street home of Tyler J. Simmons, 27, and Savannah L. Sommer, 26, in Finn’s Mobile Home Park, Police Chief Jack McNiff said. Members of the department’s Special Ops and Narcotics unit set up surveillance that found the couple selling heroin from the home, the chief said. Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Bureau and uniformed officers then joined in a special operation that pr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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47 Guests Seized As Wayne Police Pull Plug On Illegal Pop-Up Party 47 Guests Seized As Wayne Police Pull Plug On Illegal Pop-Up Party
47 Guests Seized As Wayne Police Pull Plug On Illegal Pop-Up Party An illegal pop-up party in Wayne was beginning to heat up when an army of police suddenly burst in. A total of 47 party-goers were temporarily taken into custody after New Jersey State Police spotted advertisements posted by the organizers on social media and tipped off Wayne Police Chief Jack McNiff. Nearly 500 guests were expected at the Saturday night bash in a vacant commercial building near the Willowbrook Mall, but police pulled the plug before that could happen, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. Detectives who had eyes on the building before the scheduled start time watched several p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Human Fetus Found In North Jersey Homeowner's Basement: Prosecutor Human Fetus Found In North Jersey Homeowner's Basement: Prosecutor
Human Fetus Found In North Jersey Homeowner's Basement: Prosecutor North Jersey homeowners found a human fetus in a storage container in their basement Mother's Day, authorities said. Wayne police officers were called to the local home around 5:45 p.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Wayne Police Chief Jack McNiff said. The Medical Examiner’s Office took custody of the remains, and an autopsy will be conducted as part of the investigation. The investigation is active and ongoing. The Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office asks anyone with additional information about this incident to contact us on our tips line at 1-877-370-PCPO or tip…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Accused Accomplice Charged In Shooting Outside Mother's In Wayne Accused Accomplice Charged In Shooting Outside Mother's In Wayne
Accused Accomplice Charged In Shooting Outside Mother's In Wayne A parolee accused of firing a gun at three people outside Mother’s Ale House in Wayne last month had help, authorities said. Ex-con Errol Heber, 36, of Passaic “was identified as an accomplice to the shooting,” Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said in a joint announcement Wednesday with Wayne Police Chief Jack McNiff and East Rutherford Police Chief Dennis M. Rivelli. The trio didn’t elaborate on Heber’s alleged role. They did shed some light, however, on how the accused gunman, 33-year-old parolee Robert Jackson of South Hackensack, was charged. No one was struck when gunf…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Babysitter Gets Three Years For Fondling Wayne Youngster, 13, After Sharing Booze, Pot Babysitter Gets Three Years For Fondling Wayne Youngster, 13, After Sharing Booze, Pot
Babysitter Gets Three Years For Fondling Wayne Youngster, 13, After Sharing Booze, Pot UPDATE: A 33-year-old babysitter was sentenced to three years in state prison Friday for fondling a 13-year-old Wayne youngster after giving the victim booze and pot. Joseph Montgomery of Paterson wasted little time accepting a deal from prosecutors after authorities charged him in February with aggravated criminal sexual contact, criminal sexual contact and child endangerment. He pleaded guilty in March to a single second-degree child endangerment charge that requires him to serve 2½ years before he'll be eligible for parole. Wayne police had responded to a local home on Jan. 2 on a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Babysitter Admits Fondling Wayne Youngster, 13, After Sharing Booze, Pot Babysitter Admits Fondling Wayne Youngster, 13, After Sharing Booze, Pot
Babysitter Admits Fondling Wayne Youngster, 13, After Sharing Booze, Pot A 33-year-old babysitter admitted Friday that he fondled a 13-year-old Wayne youngster on New Year’s Eve after giving the victim booze and pot, authorities said. Joseph Montgomery wasted little time accepting a deal from prosecutors that will see him sentenced to three years in state prison, 85% of which he must serve before becoming eligible with parole. Family members watched as Montgomery entered the plea in Superior Court in Paterson, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Wayne Police Chief Jack McNiff said in a joint release. McNiff’s officers had responded to the home on Ja…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Not So Fast: NJ Police Chief Corrects School Board Member’s Claims About COVID Response Not So Fast: NJ Police Chief Corrects School Board Member’s Claims About COVID Response
Not So Fast: NJ Police Chief Corrects School Board Member’s Claims About COVID Response A local Board of Education trustee got more than she bargained for when she blasted her township police department's response to the coronavirus pandemic. Dawn Kumar, saying that she was speaking as a private citizen, said during an online Wayne Township Council meeting earlier this month that she’d seen a police officer not wearing a face mask in Costco, as well as high school students ignoring social distancing by gathering on a local field. Kumar, 33, a self-described “teacher turned homemaker" who became a BOE member six months ago, said these were examples of Mayor Chris Vergano and t…

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by Jerry DeMarco