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Essex County Theft Crew's Plan To Beat Competition Goes Awry, 5 Arrested: Police Essex County Theft Crew's Plan To Beat Competition Goes Awry, 5 Arrested: Police
Essex County Theft Crew's Plan To Beat Competition Goes Awry, 5 Arrested: Police Five would-be package thieves from separate crews were arrested in Wayne after plans to beat out their competition last week in Wayne went awry, authorities said. Police received a 9-1-1 call reporting a burglary in progress at a hoem on Ratzer Road around 3:50 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, Wayne Police Capt. Dan Daly said. The caller said that two men were in his garage and one was in his backyard. He then said that the men fled and were in a black sedan on Kievit Road. The caller also told police that the suspect vehicle was a Honda. While responding officers found two black sedans on Kiev…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police Bust Newark Couple With 10 Stolen Motorcycles, Jet Ski, $14.7K Police Bust Newark Couple With 10 Stolen Motorcycles, Jet Ski, $14.7K
Police Bust Newark Couple With 10 Stolen Motorcycles, Jet Ski, $14.7K A search warrant of a Newark couple's home turned up 12 stolen vehicles including a jet ski, 10 motorcycles and sedan, and nearly $14.700 in cash, authorities said. Jose Ventura, 34, and Carmen Y. Martinez, 31, were charged Thursday with receiving stolen property after a nearly two-month investigation, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. Search warrants executed at a home on the 700 block of South 11th Street turned up $14,741.00 in cash; three motorcycles stolen out of Jersey City, Hoboken and New York City; seven motorcycles with defaced vehicle identification…

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by Cecilia Levine