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Jersey City Theft Crew's Plan To Beat Competition Goes Awry, 5 Arrested: Police Jersey City Theft Crew's Plan To Beat Competition Goes Awry, 5 Arrested: Police
Jersey City Theft Crew's Plan To Beat Competition Goes Awry, 5 Arrested: Police Five would-be package thieves from separate crews were arrested in Wayne after plans to beat out their competition last week in Wayne went awry, authorities said. Police received a 9-1-1 call reporting a burglary in progress at a hoem on Ratzer Road around 3:50 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, Wayne Police Capt. Dan Daly said. The caller said that two men were in his garage and one was in his backyard. He then said that the men fled and were in a black sedan on Kievit Road. The caller also told police that the suspect vehicle was a Honda. While responding officers found two black sedans on Kiev…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police Bust Newark Couple With 10 Stolen Motorcycles, Jet Ski, $14.7K Police Bust Newark Couple With 10 Stolen Motorcycles, Jet Ski, $14.7K
Police Bust Newark Couple With 10 Stolen Motorcycles, Jet Ski, $14.7K A search warrant of a Newark couple's home turned up 12 stolen vehicles including a jet ski, 10 motorcycles and sedan, and nearly $14.700 in cash, authorities said. Jose Ventura, 34, and Carmen Y. Martinez, 31, were charged Thursday with receiving stolen property after a nearly two-month investigation, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. Search warrants executed at a home on the 700 block of South 11th Street turned up $14,741.00 in cash; three motorcycles stolen out of Jersey City, Hoboken and New York City; seven motorcycles with defaced vehicle identification…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Teen Accused Of Making Threat Against Bayonne High School Teen Accused Of Making Threat Against Bayonne High School
Teen Accused Of Making Threat Against Bayonne High School A Jersey City resident was arrested in connection with an online threat made against Bayonne High School Tuesday, police said.  Deandre Jefferson, 18, was arrested at his McAdoo Avenue home around 11:20 p.m., as law enforcement was still investigating a shootout in Jersey City Tuesday afternoon that left six people dead, including two suspects and a police officer, Detective Joseph Seals. Seals was raised in Bayonne.  The threat, posted online around 5:45 p.m., specifically referenced the shootings in Jersey City. The threat was not credible, police also said.  Jefferson has…

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by Paul Milo