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Authorities: Clifton Police Sergeant Nabs Fleeing Bank Robber Authorities: Clifton Police Sergeant Nabs Fleeing Bank Robber
Authorities: Clifton Police Sergeant Nabs Fleeing Bank Robber GOTCHA! A Clifton police sergeant rushing to the scene nabbed a bank robber as he fled,  authorities said. Robert Fitzpatrick, 33, of Elizabeth was charged with robbing the Wells Fargo branch on Main Avenue near the Clifton Commons mall off Route 3 shortly after 9 a.m. Monday, Detective Sgt. Robert Anderson said. Moments earlier, he'd handed a teller a note demanding cash and fled with undisclosed proceeds, Anderson said. No weapon was shown, he said. Sgt. Bruce Lawson was headed to the call when he spotted Fitzpatrick, who fit the robber's description -- and captured him. Fitzpatri…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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U.S. Marshals Capture Fugitive Wanted In Sex Assault Of Union County Girl U.S. Marshals Capture Fugitive Wanted In Sex Assault Of Union County Girl
U.S. Marshals Capture Fugitive Wanted In Sex Assault Of Union County Girl A fugitive wanted in a 2018 Union County sexual assault of a child was found in Tennessee, authorities said Wednesday. Jose A. Donis, 53, was taken into custody by members of the U.S. Marshals Service Tuesday evening in the Whispering Hills neighborhood of Nashville, Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Plainfield Police Director Lisa Burgess said. Donis had been renting a room in the Plainfield building in which the victim lived when he sexually assaulted her from early June 2018 to late September of 2018, Ruotolo and Burgess said last month. A warrant was issue…

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by Cecilia Levine
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U.S. Marshals Nab NJ Fugitive Accused Of Choking Relative Who Refused Sex, Killing 2nd Woman U.S. Marshals Nab NJ Fugitive Accused Of Choking Relative Who Refused Sex, Killing 2nd Woman
U.S. Marshals Nab NJ Fugitive Accused Of Choking Relative Who Refused Sex, Killing 2nd Woman A Union County fugitive accused of choking a relative who refused sex with him and killing another in two separate incidents was arrested with help from the U.S. Marshals in New York City, authorities said. Oliver I. Tzarax-Lopez, 20, of Elizabeth, was charged with first-degree murder, two weapons offenses, domestic violence-related aggravated assault, and strangulation, Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo said in a joint release with local authorities. Tzarax-Lopez became the target of an investigation on Aug. 1, when local police responding to an apartment on the 500 block of …

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by Cecilia Levine