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Man Who Dropped Gun, Pretended To Be Cop Arrested At Jersey Shore Church: Police Man Who Dropped Gun, Pretended To Be Cop Arrested At Jersey Shore Church: Police
Man Who Dropped Gun, Pretended To Be Cop Arrested At Jersey Shore Church: Police A Sunday morning service at a Point Pleasant Beach church was disrupted when a man dropped a gun and falsely claimed to be a police officer, authorities said. Randolph Tashman of Toms River was arrested on Sunday, Nov. 17, the Point Pleasant Beach Police Department said in a news release.  Officers responded to a report of a man who dropped a gun from his pocket at an unnamed church at around 9:53 a.m. Church security escorted Tashman of Toms River outside to wait for police to arrive. Investigators said Tashman wasn't the gun's registered owner of the firearm and didn'…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Manalapan Officer Who Stalked Girl Inappropriately Messaged Second Teen, Prosecutors Say Manalapan Officer Who Stalked Girl Inappropriately Messaged Second Teen, Prosecutors Say
Manalapan Officer Who Stalked Girl Inappropriately Messaged Second Teen, Prosecutors Say A Manalapan police officer was indicted after he was accused of inappropriately contacting a second teen girl, authorities said. A grand jury indicted 47-year-old Kevin Ruditsky on 19 counts, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said in a news release on Thursday, Oct. 24. Ruditsky is suspended without pay from his job as a patrolman for the Manalapan Township Police Department. Ruditsky was facing charges related to accusations of stalking a then-16-year-old girl in 2023. The indictment revealed new allegations against him from a second girl — who was 17 at the time — when…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
HOME INVASION: Accused NYPD Impersonators Jailed In Gunpoint Bergen Robbery HOME INVASION: Accused NYPD Impersonators Jailed In Gunpoint Bergen Robbery
Home Invasion: Accused Nypd Impersonators Jailed In Gunpoint Bergen Robbery UPDATE: Two men accused of posing as New York City detectives to rob a Fair Lawn resident at gunpoint during a home invasion last fall have been brought to Bergen County after being arrested out of state. Whether local or federal authorities will be prosecuting them and four alleged accomplices -- three of whom have already been released -- remains an open question, at least publicly. All seven were arrested in New York State last month and charged in a Nov. 17, 2022 home invasion in which residents were zip-tied and an undisclosed amount of cash and jewelry was stolen. The two main defen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Accused Police Imposters From Jersey Shore Charged In Botched Bergen County Kidnapping Accused Police Imposters From Jersey Shore Charged In Botched Bergen County Kidnapping
Accused Police Imposters From Jersey Shore Charged In Botched Bergen County Kidnapping It took over a year and a half, but relentless detective work aided by modern tech produced the arrests of two accused police imposters from the Jersey Shore who authorities said tried to abduct an East Rutherford man from outside his home. Anthony Naso of Seaside Heights, Nicholas Polimeni of Toms River and an unidentified accomplice were all wearing bogus police badges when they rushed the victim on Sept. 11, 2020, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The victim told police he'd just returned to his Lincoln Place home shortly before 10 p.m. when the trio “grabbed him on his stairca…

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by Jerry DeMarco