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Burglar Arrested After Foot Pursuit In North Jersey Town, Police Say Burglar Arrested After Foot Pursuit In North Jersey Town, Police Say
Burglar Arrested After Foot Pursuit In North Jersey Town, Police Say A 29-year-old Rockaway resident was arrested for burglary following a foot pursuit in Fairfield on Tuesday, July 2, authorities said. At 9:35 p.m., officers responded to a vehicle burglary at a business on Daniel Road East, Fairfield police said in a release. Police noticed Matthew Logan, who matched the description of the suspect, in the parking lot of the PNC Bank on Little Falls Road, officers said. Logan ran from police, disobeying orders to stop, before being apprehended, officers said. Upon apprehension, Logan was found to be in possession of a window punch, police said. He was charg…

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by Sam Barron
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2-Hour Search Leads To Arrests Of TJ Maxx Shoplifters In Morris County, Authorities Say 2-Hour Search Leads To Arrests Of TJ Maxx Shoplifters In Morris County, Authorities Say
2-Hour Search Leads To Arrests Of TJ Maxx Shoplifters In Morris County, Authorities Say Two shoplifters were arrested on Monday, June 17 after attempting to steal more than $3,500 from a TJ Maxx in Morris County and leading police on a foot pursuit and lengthy search, authorities said. Officers observed Mark Rodriguez, a 36-year-old Clifton resident and Saul Torres, a 68-year-old Passaic resident exiting TJ Maxx in the Valley Mall in Gillette with shopping carts full of stolen items, Long Hill police said. When approached by the police, the suspects abandoned the merchandise and fled on foot, officers said. Torres was apprehended immediately outside the store, police said…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
GOTCHA! Ex-Con In Englewood Stabbing Nabbed, Handgun Recovered By Teaneck Police GOTCHA! Ex-Con In Englewood Stabbing Nabbed, Handgun Recovered By Teaneck Police
Gotcha! Ex-Con In Englewood Stabbing Nabbed, Handgun Recovered By Teaneck Police An uncooperative stabbing victim couldn't keep Englewood police from identifying his assailant -- an ex-con who authorities said was carrying a gun when he was captured by their Teaneck colleagues. Tahref L. Folkes, 33, tried to duck them but was chased down shortly before noon Wednesday, police said. They also recovered a handgun that they said he stashed in a local store during the foot pursuit. Folkes, who has a lengthy rap sheet dating back to 2009, was released from state prison last July after serving 5½ years on a second career gun conviction, records show. A third would put him aw…

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by Jerry DeMarco