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SEEN HIM? NJ Career Criminal Stole $70,000 In Jewelry From Home, Carlstadt Police Say SEEN HIM? NJ Career Criminal Stole $70,000 In Jewelry From Home, Carlstadt Police Say
Seen HIM? NJ Career Criminal Stole $70,000 In Jewelry From Home, Carlstadt Police Say Carlstadt police turned to the public for help finding a fugitive ex-con who they said stole more than $70,000 worth of jewelry and other valuables from a borough home. Dwayne Thorpe, 51, who has dozens of felony convictions out of several New Jersey counties the past few decades, has spent much of his adult life in prison. Carlstadt police said he and fellow ex-con Jose Andujar climbed through a resident’s window on the 400 block of 8th Street, ransacked a bedroom and bolted out the back door with the goods on July 13. Responding officers notified by residents captured Andujar as he tried…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities: Carlstadt Officer Not Fooled By Wanted Newark Driver Switching Seats Authorities: Carlstadt Officer Not Fooled By Wanted Newark Driver Switching Seats
Authorities: Carlstadt Officer Not Fooled By Wanted Newark Driver Switching Seats A wanted Newark man tried to avoid detection by switching seats with his passenger when a Carlstadt police officer stopped him for making an illegal turn, authorities said. The silver Nissan that illegally turned right off northbound Route 120 into the Hampton Inn parking lot also had tinted windows and an obstructed license plate when Officer Matthew Bartlett stopped it, Police Chief Thomas Berta said Monday. The vehicle shook heavily as Bartlett approached it – the result of 22-year-old Shareef Kamara swapping seats with a female passenger who had her young daughter with her, Berta said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Two-Lane Blacktop: Nearly 200 Summonses Issued In Carlstadt Drag Race Two-Lane Blacktop: Nearly 200 Summonses Issued In Carlstadt Drag Race
Two-Lane Blacktop: Nearly 200 Summonses Issued In Carlstadt Drag Race A large group of drivers and spectators received nearly 200 summonses from police who busted a street race on an industrial stretch in Carlstadt. Borough police responding to complaints of late night of thunder on Commerce Boulevard crashed Friday’s event with help from their colleagues in East Rutherford and Moonachie and Bergen County sheriff’s officers, Acting Police Chief Thomas Berta said. A total of 55 vehicles were illegally parked in the right lanes on either side of the road as spectators watched the car club event, Berta said. “Motorists and passengers were detained by the office…

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by Jerry DeMarco