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Pair Convicted Of Kidnapping Teen From Philly, Holding Him In Leonia Apartment Stormed By FBI Pair Convicted Of Kidnapping Teen From Philly, Holding Him In Leonia Apartment Stormed By FBI
Pair Convicted Of Kidnapping Teen From Philly, Holding Him In Leonia Apartment Stormed By FBI A Leonia man and an accomplice from California were convicted of kidnapping a teenager from Philadelphia and bringing him to Bergen County, where the ringleader of their group was shot and killed during a daring and dramatic rescue by the FBI. Eduardo Castelan-Prado, 39, of Leonia, and Jose Ochoa, 32, of Moreno Valley, CA, and their unidentified partner snatched the 17-year-old victim at gunpoint from outside the restaurant where he worked last June 14, apparently to convince his father to pay a drug debt of hundreds of thousands of dollars, authorities said. The men brought the boy to a ga…

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Washington Township PD: Intruder Breaks Into Home, Assaults Elderly Woman, Son Over Drug Debt Washington Township PD: Intruder Breaks Into Home, Assaults Elderly Woman, Son Over Drug Debt
Washington Township PD: Intruder Breaks Into Home, Assaults Elderly Woman, Son Over Drug Debt A struggle erupted when a Passaic County man broke into a Washington Township residence and assaulted an elderly homeowner over a drug debt, authorities said. Salvatore Navarra, 49, of Woodland Park broke into the Manhattan Avenue home near Hoover Avenue on Sunday to settle a score with the woman’s 60-year-old son, Capt. John Calamari said. Navarra assaulted the man’s mother, then struggled with the son before fleeing, Calamari said. Officers provided medical treatment to the victims. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence. Police later arrested N…

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