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Homicide Suspect In Car Full Of Ski-Masked Men Stopped In Morris County, Chief Says Homicide Suspect In Car Full Of Ski-Masked Men Stopped In Morris County, Chief Says
Homicide Suspect In Car Full Of Ski-Masked Men Stopped In Morris County, Chief Says A group of ski-masked men including one homicide suspect are in police custody after officers stopped them and found 25 stolen checks in the vehicle early Friday, Oct. 4 in Morris County, police said. A Florham Park officer stopped the car for traffic violations and noticed all occupants were wearing ski masks and dressed in all black, Florham Park Police Chief Joseph Orlando said. One of the men in the vehicle, age 18, had been wanted for homicide and had been charged as a juvenile in the crime in an adjacent county, the chief said. Daily Voice has reached out to Orlando for details on the…
East Orange Man Gets Four+ Years For Stealing Checks From Mail: Feds East Orange Man Gets Four+ Years For Stealing Checks From Mail: Feds
East Orange Man Gets Four+ Years For Stealing Checks From Mail: Feds A 23-year-old East Orange man was sentenced to more than four years in prison on Tuesday, Oct. 1, after admitting to stealing checks from the mail, authorities said. From January 2020 to March 2022, Baba Diakite, Nasir Johnson and others conspired to steal checks from the mail in communities across New Jersey, US Attorney Philip Sellinger said. Diakite and his conspirators used misappropriated keys belonging to the U.S. Postal Service to access mail collection receptacles and steal envelopes that contained checks, Sellinger said.  After stealing the checks, Diakite and his conspi…
Two Men Robbed Postal Carrier At Gunpoint In Newark: Feds Two Men Robbed Postal Carrier At Gunpoint In Newark: Feds
Two Men Robbed Postal Carrier At Gunpoint In Newark: Feds Two men were arrested and charged on Thursday, Sept. 19 with robbing a mail carrier at gunpoint in Newark in November 2022, authorities said. On Nov. 28, 2022, Eddie Tyree James White, a 26-year-old Delaware resident, approached a USPS mail carrier while she was in her USPS vehicle in Newark, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said. White displayed a firearm in his waistband and demanded the mail carrier’s arrow key, a master key used by USPS to access various mail receptacles, Sellinger said. The mail carrier gave the key to White, who fled on foot, Sellinger said. James Hammond-Smith, a …
Woman From Infamous NJ Sheriff's Job Sting Busted For Burglarizing Post Offices Woman From Infamous NJ Sheriff's Job Sting Busted For Burglarizing Post Offices
Woman From Infamous NJ Sheriff's Job Sting Busted For Burglarizing Post Offices A woman who once made national headlines when she showed up for a job interview with the Hudson County Sheriff's Office only to be busted for nearly a dozen outstanding warrants was arrested for burglarizing a post office she'd been fired from, federal authorities said. Zyeama Johnson, 29, of Jersey City had been sacked by the U.S. Postal Service when she applied for a security guard's job with the county sheriff's office in the fall of 2022. She was also wanted on a fugitive warrant out of Monroe County, PA, and 10 outstanding traffic warrants out of Jersey City at the time. Johnson …
Feds: Mailbox ‘Fisher’ Who Plagued Bergen, Morris, Hudson Gets 27 Months Without Parole Feds: Mailbox ‘Fisher’ Who Plagued Bergen, Morris, Hudson Gets 27 Months Without Parole
Feds: Mailbox ‘Fisher’ Who Plagued Bergen, Morris, Hudson Gets 27 Months Without Parole UPDATE: A member of a crew that fished more than $100,000 worth of checks from mailboxes in Bergen, Hudson and Morris counties is headed to federal prison for more than two years. Brando Mancebopujols, 24, will have to serve just about all of the plea-bargained 27-month sentence because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Mancebopujols, formerly of Paterson, admitted that he and his associates pocketed the money by depositing the checks into bank accounts that they controlled, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. As many as 40 postal boxes had been broken into…
Keen-Eyed Officer Spots Linden Porch Pirates: Police Keen-Eyed Officer Spots Linden Porch Pirates: Police
Keen-Eyed Officer Spots Linden Porch Pirates: Police Two men were arrested after an off-duty Linden police officer saw them steal packages on Wednesday afternoon, June 7, authorities said. Changzhu Lu, 42 and Tung Wong, 57, both Brooklyn residents were spotted by the officer picking up a package from a porch of a home on the 1700 block of Dill Avenue, police said. The officer knew the homeowner and did not recognize the men, police said. The officer called dispatch for assistance as he saw the men drop the package in nearby bushes, police said. The two men were eventually stopped by police and arrested, officers said. The package was returned…
UPDATE: Two Seized By Mahwah Police After Chase Through Ramapo College, Crash UPDATE: Two Seized By Mahwah Police After Chase Through Ramapo College, Crash
Update: Two Seized By Mahwah Police After Chase Through Ramapo College, Crash UPDATE: Two thieves who’d been stealing mail led Mahwah police on a stolen car chase onto the Ramapo College campus before the vehicle struck an officer's cruiser and they were captured, authorities said. Police responding to a suspicious vehicle report at the Rio Vista development off Campgaw Road and Route 202 shortly before 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, spotted the 2021 Honda Civic, which had been reported stolen out of New York City the day before. Detective Sgt. Eric Larsen and Officer Brian Joyce tried to stop the Civic as it pulled onto Campgaw Road, but the driver hit the gas and fle…
Pair Caught Stealing $300,000 In Checks From Upper Saddle River Mailboxes: Police Pair Caught Stealing $300,000 In Checks From Upper Saddle River Mailboxes: Police
Pair Caught Stealing $300,000 In Checks From Upper Saddle River Mailboxes: Police Two New York City men who were caught stealing $300,000 worth of checks overnight from mailboxes in Upper Saddle River tossed some of them out the window while being pursued by police, authorities said. Officer Jake Chiavelli pulled up on the pair’s Subaru Crosstrek in response to a 1:30 a.m. call of a mail theft in the northwest part of town near the Rockland County border, Police Capt. Edward Kane said. It sped off as both occupants “threw articles of mail out the car windows,” he said. The suspects stopped on East Crescent Avenue in Mahwah, as township and Ramsey police converged on the…
Ring Member Convicted In $565,091 IRS Scam That Sent Refund Checks To Same NJ Town Ring Member Convicted In $565,091 IRS Scam That Sent Refund Checks To Same NJ Town
Ring Member Convicted In $565,091 IRS Scam That Sent Refund Checks To Same NJ Town A New Jersey woman was convicted of participating in a massive ID theft scheme that had $565,091 in tax refunds from the IRS sent to a small section of the same town. Awilda Henriquez, 35, took her chances with a trial after three of her accomplices took guilty pleas. She was found guilty in U.S. District Court in Camden on Thursday of 27 counts involving defrauding the federal government, mail theft, stealing government money and aggravated ID theft, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Ring members filed more than 3,300 tax returns in 2013 using the names and Social Security numbe…
Feds: $250,000 In Mailed NJ Checks, Money Orders Stolen, Cashed By NYC Crew Feds: $250,000 In Mailed NJ Checks, Money Orders Stolen, Cashed By NYC Crew
Feds: $250,000 In Mailed NJ Checks, Money Orders Stolen, Cashed By NYC Crew More than $250,000 worth of checks and money orders were stolen from post office mailboxes in North Jersey by a group of thieves from the Bronx who quickly converted them to cash, federal authorities said. Crew members operated for nearly 14 months, stealing checks and money orders from the mail, altering them, depositing them into bank accounts and withdrawing the proceeds before the victims discovered the fraud. U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Jose Lopez Blanco, 22, got them access to the mailboxes with a U.S. Postal Service master key, Carpenito said. Law enforcement officers watche…
Hudson Mail Thief Who Kicked, Bit Wood-Ridge Officer In Fierce Fight Quickly Released By Judge Hudson Mail Thief Who Kicked, Bit Wood-Ridge Officer In Fierce Fight Quickly Released By Judge
Hudson Mail Thief Who Kicked, Bit Wood-Ridge Officer In Fierce Fight Quickly Released By Judge A Wood-Ridge police sergeant was injured during a furious struggle with an accused mail thief from Union City who was quickly back on the street following his arrest. Responding to a 911 call, Sgt. Joseph Rutigliano found Jimmy Yepez, 36, while searching the area of the thefts near Bergen Street and Industrial Road, Detective Lt. Joseph Biamonte said. As the sergeant pulled up, Yepez ran around his vehicle and threw mail and other evidence into Berry’s Creek, Biamonte said. Rutigliano got out and ordered him to the ground several times, but Yepez – who has a prior arrest history -- fought …
Mailman Charged With Stealing, Cashing Checks From Hackensack, Maywood, Leonia Residents Mailman Charged With Stealing, Cashing Checks From Hackensack, Maywood, Leonia Residents
Mailman Charged With Stealing, Cashing Checks From Hackensack, Maywood, Leonia Residents A postal carrier from Hackensack stole and cashed checks sent to customers on his route in town, in Leonia and in Maywood, said federal authorities who arrested him Wednesday. Juan Torres, 27, deposited the money into a bank account he controlled, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Torres was scheduled for a first appearance via videoconference Wednesday afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Cathy L. Waldor in Newark. Special agents with the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General have charged him with mail theft and bank fraud. Carpenito credited the agents and postal inspector…
Wayne PD: Officer Nabs Mail Thieves With Hundreds Of Stolen Checks, Credit Cards, More Wayne PD: Officer Nabs Mail Thieves With Hundreds Of Stolen Checks, Credit Cards, More
Wayne PD: Officer Nabs Mail Thieves With Hundreds Of Stolen Checks, Credit Cards, More A Wayne police officer nabbed three Paterson men before dawn Tuesday with several hundred pieces of stolen mail – including checks, credit cards and more, authorities said. All belonged to residents of Wayne, Pompton Plains, Fairfield, and Haskell, Detective Capt. Daniel Daly said. Responding to a resident's 5 a.m. call, Officer David Fox spotted the suspects in a vehicle on Webster Drive, Daly said. Arrested were Jose Veras, 18, Edward Lopez, 19 and Osvaldo Rios, 22, all of whom were processed and released pending court hearings on charges of theft, conspiracy and credit card fraud. “The…
Feds: 30-Year Jersey Shore Postal Carrier, 60, Caught Stealing Military Vets' Meds Feds: 30-Year Jersey Shore Postal Carrier, 60, Caught Stealing Military Vets' Meds
Feds: 30-Year Jersey Shore Postal Carrier, 60, Caught Stealing Military Vets' Meds A Jersey Shore postal carrier who'd stolen prescription medications intended for a military veteran tried doing it again -- only this time he swiped a bottle that federal agents had planted at the post office, authorities said. Christopher F. Donohue, a 60-year-old grandfather of three from Leonardo, in Monmouth County, originally stole an envelope on March 2 containing prescription medication that the federal Department of Veterans Affairs had mailed to a military veteran, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said Thursday. The theft "was consistent with a series of other mail packages …
Morris County Postal Worker Admits Stealing $75,000 From Mail Morris County Postal Worker Admits Stealing $75,000 From Mail
Morris County Postal Worker Admits Stealing $75,000 From Mail A now-former Morris County postal worker admitted that she stole $75,000 worth of checks from the mail. Nicole Georges, 30, said she stole the checks from the U.S. Postal Service station in Chester, where she worked. She and two accomplices then deposited the money into various bank accounts and withdrew the money – often that same day or a day later – before the checks were reported stolen, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. George’s guilty plea to mail theft and conspiracy followed previous pleas in U.S. District Court in Newark by her two accomplices, Raheem Haynes-Moore, 25, of Plainf…
Feds: Elizabeth Man Bribed Postal Carriers To Steal Packages Of Checkbooks, iPhones, More Feds: Elizabeth Man Bribed Postal Carriers To Steal Packages Of Checkbooks, iPhones, More
Feds: Elizabeth Man Bribed Postal Carriers To Steal Packages Of Checkbooks, iPhones, More Federal agents on Thursday arrested an Elizabeth man who they said bribed U.S. Postal Service carriers to steal check books, credit cards and electronics from the mail. U.S. Postal Inspection Service agents watched as Jabre “Jab” Beauvoir, 21, met with a carrier in a mail van in Secaucus and collected a package that they’d planted, a complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Newark says. Beauvoir – using the handle “Neck Tat” -- believed he was getting a stolen iPhone 6 Plus, it says. The carrier told them that Beauvoir had offered $20O for every stolen check book and a split of the procee…
Police: Mail Stolen From Morris County Collection Boxes Police: Mail Stolen From Morris County Collection Boxes
Police: Mail Stolen From Morris County Collection Boxes Parsippany Police have issued a warning after two mail collection boxes were broken into overnight. Boxes at 1160 Parsippany Blvd. and 1180 Route 46 were forcibly entered between 4 p.m. Jan. 22 and 7 a.m. Jan. 23, according to police. The mail collection box on Midvale Avenue in Mountain Lakes was also forced open during the same time frame. The suspect emptied the boxes containing outbound mail. "If you used the collection boxes during the above mentioned time frame, please verify that the person or business you sent mail to received it,” Parsippany police said the warning. The…
Ex-Mail Carrier In Jersey City Admits Stealing Credit Cards Ex-Mail Carrier In Jersey City Admits Stealing Credit Cards
Ex-Mail Carrier In Jersey City Admits Stealing Credit Cards A former mail carrier who worked in Jersey City admitted stealing credit cards sent via the U.S. Post Office, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.  Jaquan Miller, a 30-year-old Bloomfield resident, was working out of the Hudson City Station post office when  he began taking the cards from the mail in the summer of 2017.  For the next year, Miller handed the stolen cards to individuals including Moussa Dagno and Olagoke Araromi, who bought electronics and other items with the cards. Each previously pleaded guilty and were sentenced to 57 and 61 months in prison, respectively.…
New Milford PD: More Mailbox Thieves Caught With Mouse Traps, Glue, String New Milford PD: More Mailbox Thieves Caught With Mouse Traps, Glue, String
New Milford PD: More Mailbox Thieves Caught With Mouse Traps, Glue, String For the second time in less than a week, a local police officer caught thieves from the Bronx who’d come to fish mail from the dropbox outside the New Milford Post Office, authorities said. Officer Michael Lafrano investigated after spotting a car parked in the post office parking lot on River Road around 1:30 a.m. Friday, Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said. Seeing the officer, the driver tried to pull away, he said. Lafrano stopped the car as Sgt. Scott Petrie and Officer Samuel Gerais arrived. In the vehicle police found several mouse traps with glued strings attached, Van Saders said.…