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12-Hour Standoff In Guttenberg Ends In Arrest: Police 12-Hour Standoff In Guttenberg Ends In Arrest: Police
12-Hour Standoff In Guttenberg Ends In Arrest: Police A 37-year-old Guttenberg resident was arrested and hit with numerous charges following a 12-hour standoff with police on Wednesday, Dec. 4, authorities said. Officers initially responded to 70th Street and Hudson Avenue after receiving a report of a burglary and criminal mischief, Guttenberg police said. Video evidence showed Oliver Checo walked up to the apartment door, kicked it in, then entered his apartment next door, police said. An active warrant had previously been issued for Checo for criminal mischief and disorderly conduct after he damaged the building’s mailboxes two days prior…

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by Sam Barron
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Secret Rutgers Drug Network Exposed: Seven Arrested In Undercover Bust, Prosecutors Say Secret Rutgers Drug Network Exposed: Seven Arrested In Undercover Bust, Prosecutors Say
Secret Rutgers Drug Network Exposed: Seven Arrested In Undercover Bust, Prosecutors Say A covert social media network used by Rutgers University students to buy and sell drugs led to seven arrests following a months-long investigation, authorities said. The seven were arrested as part of the "Operation RU Pharm" investigation, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said in a news release on Thursday, Dec. 5. The undercover operation exposed a private social media network used by Rutgers students to distribute and purchase drugs. Investigators said they uncovered the online platform created by a former Rutgers student. Dealers posted menus of drugs for students w…

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by Chris Spiker
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Undercover Prostitution Sting At NJ Spas Nets 4 Arrests, Nearly $9.5K Seized Undercover Prostitution Sting At NJ Spas Nets 4 Arrests, Nearly $9.5K Seized
Undercover Prostitution Sting At NJ Spas Nets 4 Arrests, Nearly $9.5K Seized Authorities dismantled a prostitution operation at two Passaic County spas, arresting four people and seizing nearly $9,500 in suspected proceeds, officials announced Wednesday, Dec. 5. The operation conducted on Tuesday, Dec. 3, began after concerned residents tipped off authorities about suspicious activities at the New Paterson Massage & Coco Healthy Spa on McBride Avenue in Paterson and the Eastern Cozy Spa on Overmount Avenue in Woodland Park, Sheriff Thomas Adamo said. Undercover detectives conducting surveillance at the locations reported being offered sexual acts, Adamo sai…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Stolen Jeep Crashes After Palisades Interstate Parkway Pursuit, 5 In Custody (VIDEO) Stolen Jeep Crashes After Palisades Interstate Parkway Pursuit, 5 In Custody (VIDEO)
Stolen Jeep Crashes After Palisades Interstate Parkway Pursuit, 5 In Custody (Video) Five people are in custody following a pursuit involving a stolen Jeep that ended in a crash on the Palisades Interstate Parkway (PIP) Thursday morning, Dec. 5, according to Daily Voice sources. UPDATE: These Are The 5 Shoplifters Who Led Pursuit That Ended In Crash On PIP, Cops Say The incident began in Edgewater, where police initiated the pursuit. The stolen vehicle entered the southbound lanes of the PIP, where it was spotted by a Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Department sergeant, sources told Daily Voice. The chase lasted about a mile before the vehicle crashed. All five su…

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by Cecilia Levine
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DNA Match Cracks 1997 NJ Murder Case, Suspect Arrested In Canada DNA Match Cracks 1997 NJ Murder Case, Suspect Arrested In Canada
DNA Match Cracks 1997 NJ Murder Case, Suspect Arrested In Canada After 27 years, authorities announced an arrest in a major Bridgewater cold case murder. Robert Creter, a 60-year-old Winnipeg, Manitoba resident was charged with the murder of Tamara "Tammy" Tignor, 23, of Newark,  Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald said Monday, Dec. 2. Bridgewater police received a 9-1-1 call reporting the discovery of Tignor's body by a Bridgewater resident on a dirt access road that ended in a cul-de-sac off Gilbride Road near Washington Valley Park on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 1997, McDonald said. An autopsy determined her death to be a homicide, authorities sai…

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by Sam Barron
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Toms River Man Died In Police Custody: Bodycam Footage Shows His Arrest Toms River Man Died In Police Custody: Bodycam Footage Shows His Arrest
Toms River Man Died In Police Custody: Bodycam Footage Shows His Arrest Authorities have released body camera video of the incident when a Toms River man died while police tried to detain him. The state Attorney General’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability made the footage public on Tuesday, Nov. 26. The video showed the Friday, Apr. 19 encounter that ended with the death of 47-year-old John Cassidy. The incident began at a gas station on Route 37 near West End Avenue at around 1 p.m. Island Heights police officers Peter Muscarella, Dominique D’Amico-Violante, and Lt. Paul Rutledge attempted to arrest Cassidy on active warrants. The f…

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by Chris Spiker
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Bronx Man Found With Loaded Handgun, High-Capacity Mag In NJ Domestic Dispute: PD Bronx Man Found With Loaded Handgun, High-Capacity Mag In NJ Domestic Dispute: PD
Bronx Man Found With Loaded Handgun, High-Capacity Mag In NJ Domestic Dispute: PD A Bronx man was arrested in Bergen County after police responded to a domestic violence incident and found a loaded handgun and $22,000 in cash, authorities said. Police arrested 20-year-old Kcire Henderson at an apartment on Waterside Drive in Little Ferry on Thursday, Nov. 21 around noon, after responding to reports of a domestic violence incident, according to the police report obtained by Daily Voice. Officers arriving at the scene heard screaming and forced entry into the apartment. There, a man later identified as Kcire Henderson ran from the apartment carrying a red bag but was detai…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Newark Sanitation Worker Pointed Handgun At Woman: Police Newark Sanitation Worker Pointed Handgun At Woman: Police
Newark Sanitation Worker Pointed Handgun At Woman: Police A 42-year-old East Orange resident was arrested and charged with pointing a gun at a woman while working as a sanitation worker in Newark on the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 12, authorities said. At 7:16 a.m., police responded to South 14th Street and Springfield Avenue on a report of a man with a gun, Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda said.  Rahman Grimsley was arrested at the scene following an altercation with a female driver, Miranda said. The woman reported that the sanitation worker pointed a handgun at her, Miranda said. No injuries have been reported, Miranda said…

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by Sam Barron
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Union City Man Made Sexual Contact With 6-Year-Old: Prosecutor Union City Man Made Sexual Contact With 6-Year-Old: Prosecutor
Union City Man Made Sexual Contact With 6-Year-Old: Prosecutor A 48-year-old Union City man was arrested and charged on Wednesday, Nov. 6 with making sexual contact with a 6-year-ol girl earlier this year, authorities said. Edgar Fernando-Gomez made sexual contact with the girl in May at a residence in Jersey City, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The victim was known to Fernando-Gomez, authorities said. Fernando-Gomez was charged with sexual contact and endangering the welfare of a child, Suarez said. He was arrested at his residence and transported to the Hudson County Correctional Facility pending his first court appearance, Suarez …

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by Sam Barron
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Two Men Smashed Windshields, Tossed Urine At Cops: Jersey City Police Two Men Smashed Windshields, Tossed Urine At Cops: Jersey City Police
Two Men Smashed Windshields, Tossed Urine At Cops: Jersey City Police Two men were arrested and charged on Sunday, Nov. 3 after they smashed six windshields in Jersey City and later threw urine on a cop, authorities said. At 2:45 a.m., officer heard a loud bag and began pursuing two men on foot, quickly apprehending, Isman Coyoy Cahuex, a 20-year-old Newark resident and Isaiah Drouet, a 22-year-old Jersey City resident, Kimberly Wallace-Scalfione, a spokeswoman for the mayor's office said. The two men were observed jumping on top of a North Patrol vehicle damaging the front windshield, Wallace-Scalfione said. In total, approximately 6 vehicles sustained wind…

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by Sam Barron
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Irvington Man Trespassed At Daycare Center With Drug Paraphernalia: Hoboken PD Irvington Man Trespassed At Daycare Center With Drug Paraphernalia: Hoboken PD
Irvington Man Trespassed At Daycare Center With Drug Paraphernalia: Hoboken PD An Irvington man was arrested and charged with trespassing at a daycare center in Hoboken on Wednesday, Oct. 30, authorities said. At 11:45 a.m., officers were alerted that a man, later identified as Kevin Nguyen, had gotten into the playground area of a nearby daycare and was attempting to get inside the building, Hoboken police said.  Officers recognized the suspect as Nguyen, and school employees told officers he’d trespassed on school property before, police said. A search incident to arrest located two glass cylindrical tubes commonly used to smoke and ingest CDS crack cocain…

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by Sam Barron
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Intoxicated Driver Who Nearly Caused Bergen County Crash Found With Cocaine, Police Say Intoxicated Driver Who Nearly Caused Bergen County Crash Found With Cocaine, Police Say
Intoxicated Driver Who Nearly Caused Bergen County Crash Found With Cocaine, Police Say A 40-year-old Newark man was arrested and charged with driving under the influence and possessing cocaine in Lyndhurst on Sunday, Oct. 27, authorities said. At 12:08 a.m., officers were on patrol in the area of Ridge Road and Kingsland Avenue when they observed a silver Mazda CX5 delaying traffic which nearly caused a crash, Lyndhurst police said. Upon making contact with the driver, officers detected an odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from the driver’s, later identified as Sergio Torres, breath, police said.  Torres performed a series of field sobriety tests and was arre…

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by Sam Barron