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Paramus Man Who Stabbed Dad Dead Tried Burning Body To Destroy Evidence, Detectives Say Paramus Man Who Stabbed Dad Dead Tried Burning Body To Destroy Evidence, Detectives Say
Paramus Man Who Stabbed Dad Dead Tried Burning Body To Destroy Evidence, Detectives Say UPDATE: A Paramus man who’d just stabbed his father to death dragged the body to a bathroom and tried to set it on fire last week as part of an attempt to conceal what he’d done, authorities said. Melvin Thomas repeatedly stabbed his father, 61-year-old Manuel Thomas, in the chest with a kitchen knife on Valentine’s Day, a criminal complaint says. He then dragged the bloody corpse to a bathroom where he tried igniting it with a lighter, according to the complaint filed by Paramus Police Detective Justin Sicari. “This attempt failed,” the detective wrote. Melvin Thomas wiped off the bloody…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Drug Raid Turns Up Crack Cocaine In Essex County: Sheriff Drug Raid Turns Up Crack Cocaine In Essex County: Sheriff
Drug Raid Turns Up Crack Cocaine In Essex County: Sheriff Five men are behind bars and a large quantity of crack sits in an Essex County evidence locker after police raided a Newark home early Tuesday, Jan. 17, authorities say.  Deputies executed a search warrant at a home on North 9th Street just before 11:30 a.m., said Sheriff Armando B. Fontoura in a statement. During the search, investigators say they found "over 400 vials" of crack cocaine and "around 200 decks" of heroin on the property.  Five suspects were arrested in connection with the bust, the sheriff said — 44-year-old Kareem W. Koon of East Orange, 44-year-old Jamar Horne of…

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by Mac Bullock
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UPDATE: Four Charged With Murder In Fairview Robbery Slaying, Most From North Bergen UPDATE: Four Charged With Murder In Fairview Robbery Slaying, Most From North Bergen
Update: Four Charged With Murder In Fairview Robbery Slaying, Most From North Bergen Four men, most from North Bergen, were arrested and charged with murder and other offenses Monday in the killing of a Fairview man during a weekend robbery at his home. A fifth was charged with hindering the investigation. One of the murder weapons was recovered during what were no fewer than a half-dozen warranted searches. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella was expected to issue a release with mugshots and more information on Tuesday. Two gunmen shot and killed the 23-year-old victim after they and a third suspect entered his ground-floor Fourth Street home Saturday night, authorities…

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by Jerry DeMarco