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Purse Snatcher Racked Up $600 On Victim's Credit Card, Lyndhurst Police Say Purse Snatcher Racked Up $600 On Victim's Credit Card, Lyndhurst Police Say
Purse Snatcher Racked Up $600 On Victim's Credit Card, Lyndhurst Police Say A 49-year-old Paterson man accused of swiping a woman's purse at a Lyndhurst shopping center was arrested after a traffic stop in Millburn, police said. Luis Infantes Reyes was identified as the assailant who stole the 20-year-old victim's bag out of her shopping cart at a store on the 400 block of Valley Brook Avenue Tuesday, June 11, Lyndhurst Police Chief Richard L. Jarvis said in a release. The victim later learned that her credit card had be used to make $600 worth of purchases at stores in the area, according to Jarvis. With the help of surveillance video and investigators from the M…

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by Cecilia Levine
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GOTCHA! Fleeing Check Forger Nabbed By Lyndhurst Patrol, Detectives: PD GOTCHA! Fleeing Check Forger Nabbed By Lyndhurst Patrol, Detectives: PD
Gotcha! Fleeing Check Forger Nabbed By Lyndhurst Patrol, Detectives: PD He showed the bank teller a driver's license with his photo on it. The name on the DL matched that on a $3,400 check he was trying to cash. But something didn't smell quite right. Lyndhurst police who responded to a call from the bank arrested Russel Fastnacht, 52, of Newark moments later. Officer Michael D’Alessandro was joined at the Citizen's Bank on Ridge Road by Detectives Tom McSweeney and Steve Batista shortly before 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 11, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. "They were advised at that time that the suspect had fled the bank after being challenged by a bank…

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by Jerry DeMarco