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Wayne PD: Worker Watching Live Video Points Police To Overnight Fertilizer Store Burglar
A 60-year-old Wayne man chiseled his way into a township fertilizer store before dawn Thursday as an employee watched on surveillance video, said police who then caught the burglar inside. Officers were responding to a burglar alarm shortly before 3 a.m. when the employee of Wayne Wholesale Fertilizer in the township’s Mountain View section called police headquarters and said he’d seen an intruder on video. Given the “size of the interior and the many obstructions created by products and equipment,” police summoned two Passaic County sheriff’s K-9s, Detective Capt. Daniel Daly said. Office…
Police & Fire
Duo Charged With Vandalizing Police Cars During Newark Protests
Two men were charged after vandalizing marked police cars during protests in Newark, authorities said. Eric Stone, 29, of New York and Julio Rodriguez, 27, of New Brunswick vandalized the cars at the First Police Precinct on 17th Avenue in Newark during protests on May 30, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said in a joint release. Rodriguez and Stone were arrested on June 4. “While we fully support the public’s right to conduct peaceful protests, we cannot turn a blind eye to individuals who blatantly commit …
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Wayne PD: Speedy Officers Nab Burglar Who Broke In While Elderly Resident Was Home
A homeless man broke in while an elderly Wayne woman was home and was about to burglarize another house when a resident there scared him off, authorities said. Responding Officers Adrian Sulejmani and Colin Bush nabbed Henry Smith III, who'd also burglarized a Haledon home, Wayne Detective Capt. Daniel Daly said Friday. The officers found Smith at a nearby bus stop after a Ratzer Road resident told them she’d scared him from her back deck when she caught him peeking into her windows shortly before 11 a.m. Thursday, Daly said. Smith at first gave police bogus information and was found carry…
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Culprits Could Make It Easier Admitting To COVID, ‘Go Home To China’ Graffiti At Wyckoff Eatery
Whoever spray-painted “Go home to China,” “Coronavirus” and “COVID-19” on the windows and front sidewalk of a Wyckoff Chinese restaurant – whether adult or juvenile – faces severe penalties if caught by investigators, authorities said Wednesday. Detectives were reviewing area surveillance video and evidence collected by the Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification following the overnight attack on Gourmet Garden Restaurant on Crescent Avenue. The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office is involved, as well, and are pursuing the incident as a bias crime. Other charges, including …
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Ex-Bergen Athlete Already Charged In Penn State Sex Crimes Busted In Oakland Burglary Spree
A 20-year-old former high school cross-country runner from Oakland burglarized three borough businesses and attempted to break into at least five others, authorities said Tuesday. It began that morning when footage showed Christopher Leymeister vandalizing a surveillance camera at the rear door of Security Headquarters on Elm Street, Lt. Christian Eldridge said. Further investigation found that he also broke into Oakland Wine and Liquor around the corner on Ramapo Valley Road and a BP service station a few blocks from there, Eldridge said. Leymeister also tried and failed to break into a L…
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Authorities: Burglar Caught In The Act During Tenafly Crime Spree Pulls Knife On Police
Caught inside the same house he broke into the night before, a Tenafly burglar brandished a kitchen knife at police before dawn Friday, authorities said. The 3 a.m. standoff capped a crime spree during which the same man and an accomplice burglarized a local restaurant and a California man stole a $7,000 bicycle after smashing the front window of a downtown bike shop, among other offenses, they said. It began after Joseph Farfan, 34, of Anaheim, CA stole the bicycle from Fusion Cycles on Washington Street around 1:30 a.m. this past Monday, Tenafly Police Capt. Michael deMoncada said. Surve…
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Manchester PD: Burglary Ring Leader Captured After Driving Pickup Into Pond During Pursuit
An accused burglary ring leader who drove his pickup truck into a pond during a police chase was arrested on a warrant a short while later, Manchester police said. Craig Orler, 43 -- accused of running the ring that netted more than $100,000 -- had a warrant out for his arrest when he refused to pull over in a motor vehicle stop Wednesday, Manchester police said. He subsequently led police on a pursuit, which ended with Orler driving his 2014 Dodge Ram pickup truck into a pond and running into the woods, police said. He was arrested a short while later on a tip from the public, authori…
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Brick PD: K-9 Helps Nab Burglary Suspect
Brick police tracked down a burglary suspect with help from a Toms River Police Department K-9, authorities said. Ryan Dautorio, 30, of Forked River was arrested in connection with break-ins at a florist shop, car wash and tire store on Thursday night, Brick police said in a news statement. Brick Street Crimes Detective Ryan Talty was surveilling the neighborhood near Cedar Garden Apartments, where several businesses had been hit by recent "smash and grab" burglaries, police said A "glass-break" alarm came into police dispatch from the Added Touch Florist at 1021 Cedar Bridge Ave. shortly …
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Englewood Auto Parts Store Employee, 22, Charged In Fair Lawn Arson
An auto parts store employee who lives in Englewood set a fire at a Fair Lawn home, said authorities who charged him with arson. Detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Arson Unit on Monday arrested Fair Lawn native Jonathan Rossi, 22, who lives in the Tryon Garden complex in Englewood, following an investigation with Fair Lawn police, Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The April 9 fire didn’t do much damage, authorities said. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence. Along with arson, Rossi is charged with trespassing and criminal mischief…
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Brick Police Chase Down Lakewood Man Cutting Copper At Flaming Grill
A 46-year-old man from Lakewood was chased down by police after being discovered cutting copper out of air conditioning units, authorities said. Brick Police Officer Cody Oliverio was patrolling Riverwalk Plaza on Hooper Avenue about 10 p.m. Wednesday when he spotted a man with bolt cutters at the Flaming Grill Buffet, police said in a statement. Oliverio confronted the man, who fled into a wooded area behind the plaza, ignoring orders to stop, police said. Other Brick police officers responded. Detective Ryan Talty and Patrolman Joseph Riccio found Kraig Sorensen lying on the ground&…
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Police: Middlesex County Woman Beats Rival In Street, Charge With Violating NJ
Covid-
19 Order
A Middlesex County resident dragged another woman dating the same man out of her house and began beating her in the street before police came to the victim's rescue, authorities said. Hazlet police arrested Katie Orszulski, 29, of the Parlin section of Old Bridge, after she broke into the victim's home and assaulted her, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Orszulski was charged with burglary, assault, criminal mischief and violating Gov. Phil Murphy's coronavirus orders.
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Authorities: Ex-Con Who Burglarized Liquor Store Coughs On Hoboken Police, Tears Off Mask
An ex-con who burglarized a Hoboken liquor store coughed on several officers at police headquarters and said he had the coronavirus, authorities charged. Darrell Rude, 33, also “kept biting and ripping off face masks and spit shields placed on his face” during processing before dawn Wednesday, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. He also refused to submit to DNA swabbing for the National Crime Information Center database, police said. Rude shattered a glass window to get into Daniel’s Wine & Liquor on Garden Street shortly after midnight, Grewal said. Sgt. Luke Zeszotarski an…
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