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Detectives Nab Bronx Pair In Violent Bergen County Carjackings Detectives Nab Bronx Pair In Violent Bergen County Carjackings
Detectives Nab Bronx Pair In Violent Bergen County Carjackings A pair of violent Bergen County carjackings – one that produced a 110 mph pursuit and another that left a driver wounded – both involved a Bronx man who’s now in custody, authorities said. Authorities have moved to extradite Dariel Perez-Grullon and an accused associate, Luis Guzman-Encarnacion, both 22, to New Jersey to face charges. The first incident literally began and ended in minutes after a 31-year-old livery driver had his Lexus E350 taken by gunpoint outside a home on Pascack Road in Washington Township shortly before 1 a.m. March 23. Paramus police spotted the vehicle soon after …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Driver Dragged From Mercedes, Thrown To Ground By Clifton Carjacker Driver Dragged From Mercedes, Thrown To Ground By Clifton Carjacker
Driver Dragged From Mercedes, Thrown To Ground By Clifton Carjacker A woman hanging campaign flyers in Clifton was pulled from her new Mercedes by a carjacker who threw her down before speeding off with the vehicle, authorities said. The 43-year-old victim told police she'd hung some fliers and got back into her car when she was grabbed by the shoulder and "forcibly removed" from the 2022 white GLE at Getty and Crooks Avenue around 7 p.m. Friday, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Newark police found the vehicle found parked on Division Street around 8:30 p.m. that same night, he said. The woman wasn't seriously injured. ****** ALSO SEE: A gunman robbed …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Carjackers With Guns, Knives Drag Out Driver, Steal SUV, New Milford Motorist Tells Teaneck PD Carjackers With Guns, Knives Drag Out Driver, Steal SUV, New Milford Motorist Tells Teaneck PD
Carjackers With Guns, Knives Drag Out Driver, Steal SUV, New Milford Motorist Tells Teaneck PD A group of robbers armed with guns and knives carjacked an 18-year-old New Milford driver in Teaneck, cutting him on the cheek before speeding off in his SUV toward New York City, the purported victim told police. The driver -- who suffered a deep gash that ran from his temple to his jawline -- told police he'd been out with friends Sunday night in Queens and noticed a vehicle following him across the Whitestone Bridge. He got onto westbound Route 4 with the vehicle still behind, he said, then exited at Hackensack Avenue and headed up New Bridge Avenue to Boulevard with the intention of goi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Carjackers Drag Driver Onto Route 4 Before Fleeing With Luxury SUV Carjackers Drag Driver Onto Route 4 Before Fleeing With Luxury SUV
Carjackers Drag Driver Onto Route 4 Before Fleeing With Luxury SUV An Englewood motorist narrowly escaped serious injury — or worse — when he was dragged nearly 20 feet onto Route 4 by a pair of carjackers who sped off in his Range Rover, authorities said. The 34-year-old victim had gotten out and gone to the attendant to get change for the electric tire inflator when the incident occurred at the BP station on westbound Route 4 near the George Washington Bridge shortly before 10:30 p.m. Thursday, April 21, Englewood Police Lt. Fred Pulice said. As he did, a dark-colored Audi sedan with four occupants pulled in front of the Range Rover, Pulice said. Two go…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Feds Charge NJ Man With Hate Crimes For Series Of 'Blood Bath' Assaults On Orthodox Jews Feds Charge NJ Man With Hate Crimes For Series Of 'Blood Bath' Assaults On Orthodox Jews
Feds Charge NJ Man With Hate Crimes For Series Of 'Blood Bath' Assaults On Orthodox Jews UPDATE: An antisemitic Jersey Shore man who authorities said warned of a “blood bath” before an hours-long spree of violent attacks on members of the Orthodox Jewish community in and around Lakewood has been charged with federal hate crimes. Dion Marsh, 27, of Manchester, originally was charged locally with three counts of attempted murder and bias intimidation after police said he ran down two men and stabbed another in the chest last weekend. U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger announced on Wednesday, April 20 that his office and the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Carjacking Reported On Jersey Shore (DEVELOPING) Carjacking Reported On Jersey Shore (DEVELOPING)
Carjacking Reported On Jersey Shore (Developing) Police were responding to a carjacking on the Jersey Shore, according to developing and unconfirmed reports. The theft occurred about noon on Tuesday, April 19 on White Street in Red Bank, initial reports said. EMS was requested. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES

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by Jon Craig
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Carjacker's Anti-Semitic Jersey Shore Rampage Sparks Sadness, Outrage Carjacker's Anti-Semitic Jersey Shore Rampage Sparks Sadness, Outrage
Carjacker's Anti-Semitic Jersey Shore Rampage Sparks Sadness, Outrage Jewish communities around the world were left reeling following a series of anti-Semitic attacks against Orthodox Jews carried out by a carjacker on the Jersey Shore last week. All three victims of 27-year-old Dion Marsh's violent crime spree in Jackson and Lakewood were believed to have been Orthodox Jews. Marsh struck two pedestrians and stabbed a victim before his arrest on Friday, April 8, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) was "saddened and outraged" by the attacks. “I am personally horrified at the cruelty with which the suspect alle…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Land Rover Stolen In Monmouth County (DEVELOPING) Land Rover Stolen In Monmouth County (DEVELOPING)
Land Rover Stolen In Monmouth County (Developing) Police on the Jersey Shore were on the lookout for a white Range Rover that had been stolen, according to developing and unconfirmed reports. The carjacking was reported at about 11 a.m. on Friday, April 8 in Middletown, initial reports said. No other details were immediately available. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Trauma Surgeon Shot In Attempted Carjacking Aided By Hopkins Colleagues Trauma Surgeon Shot In Attempted Carjacking Aided By Hopkins Colleagues
Trauma Surgeon Shot In Attempted Carjacking Aided By Hopkins Colleagues What they first thought was a twisted April Fools joke turned out to be a chilling reality for surgeons in the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Friday morning. One of their own surgeons had been shot in an attempted carjacking, and he needed their help. Officers found Madhu Subramanian, 38, suffering a gunshot wound in the 1200 block of East 36th Street in Northeast Baltimore just after 7 a.m., city police said.  According to the hospital website, Subramanian specializes in acute care, trauma surgery, critical care, burn care, and general surgery. The hospital's chief trauma surgeon …

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by David Cifarelli
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Carjacking Attempt Recorded In Toms River (VIDEO) Carjacking Attempt Recorded In Toms River (VIDEO)
Carjacking Attempt Recorded In Toms River (Video) Toms River police have released a video of a carjacking suspect. On Wednesday, March 30,  suspects in a silver Audi — believed to be stolen out of Clifton — attempted to steal a vehicle on Todd Road, Toms RIver police said. The vehicle’s owner was inside the car at the time and startled the suspect who then fled the area, police said. Immediately after, the same suspects purportedly made attempts to steal vehicles in Wall Township. The vehicle was most likely targeted due to the position of the mirrors, which allowed the suspects to see it was unlocked, police said. Motorists are ur…

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by Jon Craig
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Newark Man Convicted In Crime Spree That Killed Beloved EMT, Mom Priscilla Godoy Newark Man Convicted In Crime Spree That Killed Beloved EMT, Mom Priscilla Godoy
Newark Man Convicted In Crime Spree That Killed Beloved EMT, Mom Priscilla Godoy A Newark man has been convicted of charges in connection with a crime spree and crash that killed a 29-year-old mom and EMT in 2018, authorities announced. Najeeh Green, now 30, was involved the spree that resulted in a man being shot in Newark, a woman being carjacked at gunpoint in East Orange as she unloaded packages from her car, and ultimately the death of Priscilla Godoy, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said. Godoy’s skull was crushed when she was pinned between two parked cars on South 14th Street around 11:44 p.m. on May 5, 2018, as she tried to avo…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Carjacking, High-Speed Chase Ends In Central Jersey Crash (DEVELOPING) Carjacking, High-Speed Chase Ends In Central Jersey Crash (DEVELOPING)
Carjacking, High-Speed Chase Ends In Central Jersey Crash (Developing) Suspects wanted in a carjacking and several armed robberies purportedly crashed their car during a high-speed chase, according to developing and unconfirmed reports. The carjacking attempt occurred at about 8:30 a.m. Thursday, March 3 on Route 18 in East Brunswick, initial reports said.  A high-speed chase ensued along Route 27 in North Brunswick. The chase reached speeds of 80 mph, an unconfirmed report said. It was unclear if the armed robberies are the same ones that occurred earlier Thursday on the Rutgers University campus. This is a developing news story. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATE…

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by Jon Craig