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Bergen Prosecutor: 5 Chinese Nationals, 2 Others Nabbed With 81 Pounds Of Pot, 6,000 THC Vapes Bergen Prosecutor: 5 Chinese Nationals, 2 Others Nabbed With 81 Pounds Of Pot, 6,000 THC Vapes
Bergen Prosecutor: 5 Chinese Nationals, 2 Others Nabbed With 81 Pounds Of Pot, 6,000 THC Vapes Bergen County prosecutors detectives seized 81 pounds of marijuana and 6,000 THC oil vape cartridges worth a combined $500,000 on the street while arresting seven suspects from New York in Fort Lee. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said his Narcotic Task Force “received information that several individuals were involved in the distribution of large quantities of marijuana and THC hash oil vaporizer cartridges in New York City and Bergen County.” They arrested seven of them, all from New York, with help from Fort Lee police and a Bergen County Regional SWAT team, the prosecutor said. F…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Rochelle Park PD: NYC Party-Goer Caught Burglarizing Home Next Door Says He Sought Car Keys Rochelle Park PD: NYC Party-Goer Caught Burglarizing Home Next Door Says He Sought Car Keys
Rochelle Park PD: NYC Party-Goer Caught Burglarizing Home Next Door Says He Sought Car Keys A New York man attending a party in Rochelle Park tore a screen from a neighbor's window, climbed into her house and stole a watch and cash, then told police who caught him that he was trying to find his car keys, authorities said. Detectives reviewing surveillance video from a nearby house saw Carlos Allaico, 18, break into the Colling Avenue home on Saturday, Detective Sgt. James DePreta said. Allaico claimed he "wanted to leave to go back to NYC and was searching for car keys," DePreta said. Allaico was charged with burglary, theft, criminal mischief, and possession of marijuana and rel…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police Pursuit: Car Thieves Leave Ski-Masked Newark Partner Behind Police Pursuit: Car Thieves Leave Ski-Masked Newark Partner Behind
Police Pursuit: Car Thieves Leave Ski-Masked Newark Partner Behind Two masked car thieves approached by police in a Bergen County neighborhood in the middle of the night left behind their partner -- a Newark man who was arrested while they eluded pursuing officers, authorities said. Paramus police began searching for a black Range Rover after a Route 17 Exxon station attendant said they stole gas just after 3 a.m. Tuesday, Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. They got another call just before 4 a.m. of two occupants from a similar vehicle walking through residents’ driveways on Highland Avenue, he said. Officer William Stallone found the parked Range Rover – wh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Paramus Police Pursuit: Car Thieves Left Ski-Masked Partner Behind Paramus Police Pursuit: Car Thieves Left Ski-Masked Partner Behind
Paramus Police Pursuit: Car Thieves Left Ski-Masked Partner Behind Two masked car thieves approached by police in a Paramus neighborhood in the middle of the night left behind their partner, who was arrested while they eluded pursuing officers, authorities said. Police began searching for a black Range Rover after a Route 17 Exxon station attendant said they stole gas just after 3 a.m. Tuesday, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. They got another call just before 4 a.m. of two occupants from a similar vehicle walking through residents’ driveways on Highland Avenue, he said. Officer William Stallone found the parked Range Rover – which had been reported …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Oakland Dad Arrested After Bringing Son, 4, To Court While High Police: Oakland Dad Arrested After Bringing Son, 4, To Court While High
Police: Oakland Dad Arrested After Bringing Son, 4, To Court While High Oakland police arrested a local dad who they said brought his 4-year-old son to court with him to answer drug-related charges while he was high. Jared Spingler, 37, was "heavily under the influence" of some type of narcotic when Officers Jonathan Coleman and Bryan Rowin found him sitting in Municipal Court with his son last Thursday, Lt. Christian Eldridge said. They arrested Spingler on charges of child endangerment and driving while under the influence of drugs, he said. Spingler, his now-ex-wife and their son were featured in news stories after the boy beat cancer in 2015, just before h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Haworth PD: Out-Of-State Uber Driver Had Illegal BB Gun Stashed Under Seat Haworth PD: Out-Of-State Uber Driver Had Illegal BB Gun Stashed Under Seat
Haworth PD: Out-Of-State Uber Driver Had Illegal BB Gun Stashed Under Seat Haworth police charged an Uber driver with weapons offenses after finding a BB gun that resembled the real thing in her car, authorities said Friday. Officer Kevin McKeary stopped a car driven by 23-year-old Karleen C. Rodriguez of Yonkers on Schraalenburgh Road for several motor vehicle violations, Detective Sgt. Justin Fox said. Smelling the odor of burning marijuana, he searched the vehicle, where he found the weapon stashed under the passenger seat, Fox said. Rodriguez couldn't explain why she had the weapon, which New Jersey requires a gun permit to purchase, the sergeant said. She w…

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by Jerry DeMarco