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Two Newark Teens Busted Trying To Break Into Vehicles: Nutley PD Two Newark Teens Busted Trying To Break Into Vehicles: Nutley PD
Two Newark Teens Busted Trying To Break Into Vehicles: Nutley PD Two 16-year-old Newark teenagers were arrested and charged for attempting to break into vehicles in Nutley on the evening of Thursday, March 28, authorities said. At 10:45 p.m., Belleville police notified Nutley police of two people wearing ski masks who were trying to enter homes in the township, Nutley Police Director Alphonse Petracco and Nutley Police Chief Thomas Strumolo said. Nutley police searched the area and found the two teenagers trying to enter vehicles on Ohlson Avenue and Ridge Road, police said. The two teenagers were charged with attempted burglary, conspiracy and hindering…

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by Sam Barron
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Valentine's Day Crash Leaves One Dead In Essex County (UPDATED) Valentine's Day Crash Leaves One Dead In Essex County (UPDATED)
Valentine's Day Crash Leaves One Dead In Essex County (Updated) UPDATE: The victim has been ID'ed as 22-year-old Wiston Perlaza. One person was killed in a motor vehicle crash in Nutley on the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 14, police said. The hit-and-run motor vehicle crash occurred at 7 p.m. at Milton Avenue at the Garden State Parkway overpass, Nutley police said.  Nutley police and the Essex County Prosecutors Office are working to identify the perpetrator, officers said. The victim has not been identified. Anyone with information is asked to contact police at  Nutley police at 973-284-4940.

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by Sam Barron
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Car Crashes Into Bank In Nutley Car Crashes Into Bank In Nutley
Car Crashes Into Bank In Nutley A person crashed into the front entrance of the Valley Bank on River Road in Nutley on Friday, May 19, police said. The driver believed their vehicle was in park, police said. No one was injured and the Nutley Fire Department and Code Enforcement inspected the building for safety, police said. The vehicle was removed from the bank, which was secured by private contractors, police said.

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by Sam Barron
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'We Will Find You,' Nutley Police Say After Repeat Minnesota Burglar's 4th Crime 'We Will Find You,' Nutley Police Say After Repeat Minnesota Burglar's 4th Crime
'We Will Find You,' Nutley Police Say After Repeat Minnesota Burglar's 4th Crime Police in Essex County are hoping that a Minnesota man's second burglary in a month arrest will be a lesson to other criminals. "Let this be a warning for those that think they will get away," Nutley Police Director Alphonse Petracco said. "If you commit a crime in Nutley we will identify, arrest and prosecute you." That's what is happening with Minnesota resident Dylan Waehner-Larson, 29, accused in four Nutley burglaries last month, police said. The first incident was at a gas station on Franklin Avenue on Jan. 5, and later that morning, an occupied apartment, Petracco said alongsid…

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by Cecilia Levine
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FOUND! Missing NJ Student, 19, Safe And Sound, Taken To Hospital For Evaluation FOUND! Missing NJ Student, 19, Safe And Sound, Taken To Hospital For Evaluation
Found! Missing NJ Student, 19, Safe And Sound, Taken To Hospital For Evaluation UPDATE: Morgan Panzer, a 19-year-old Bergen Community College freshman from Nutley whose parents reported her missing on Wednesday, was found Friday evening in Clifton, a family member confirmed. "They found her in the Wendy's by the Clifton Commons," he told Daily Voice around 5:30 p.m. "She's OK. She heading to Clara Maas Medical Center (in Belleville).  "A huge shout out to the Nutley and Clifton police departments." It was a police officer's wife who spotted her, in fact. Morgan hadn't strayed far. Her father, Richard Panzer, had confirmed that Morgan was spotted at least twice on T…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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FOUND! Missing NJ Student, 19, Safe And Sound FOUND! Missing NJ Student, 19, Safe And Sound
Found! Missing NJ Student, 19, Safe And Sound FOUND!! Morgan Panzer, a 19-year-old Bergen Community College freshman from Nutley whose parents reported her missing on Wednesday, was found Friday evening in Clifton, a family member confirmed. "They found her in the Wendy's by the Clifton Commons," he told Daily Voice around 5:30 p.m. "She's OK. She heading to Clara Maas Medical Center (in Belleville). "A huge shout out to the Nutley and Clifton police departments." It was a police officer's wife who spotted her, in fact. Morgan hadn't strayed far. Her father, Richard Panzer, had confirmed that Morgan was spotted at least twice o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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STANDOFF: Woman Bloodied, Barricaded Suspect Surrenders In Nutley Domestic Incident STANDOFF: Woman Bloodied, Barricaded Suspect Surrenders In Nutley Domestic Incident
Standoff: Woman Bloodied, Barricaded Suspect Surrenders In Nutley Domestic Incident UPDATE: A man and woman were taken to separate hospitals following a domestic incident and brief standoff that sent two Nutley schools into lockdown on Wednesday. Officers in police vests and carrying rifles converged on the Humbert Street home off Park Avenue shortly after 9 a.m., a witness told Daily Voice. Eastwick College and Washington Elementary School were subsequently placed on lockdown and area traffic diverted. The woman was hospitalized with serious injuries while negotiators talked with the suspect, eventually convincing him to come out peacefully, Nutley Police Director Alpho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bergen County Woman Killed In Nutley Hit-Run Bergen County Woman Killed In Nutley Hit-Run
Bergen County Woman Killed In Nutley Hit-Run A 75-year-old Bergen County resident was killed Thursday night in a hit-and-run Nutley crash. Roseann Ratz and a friend were crossing the street near Washington Avenue and Rutgers Place when she was struck by a car around 7:30 p.m., Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Nutley Police Chief Thomas J. Strumolo said. Ratz, of Lyndhurst, was taken to St. Joseph’s University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead just before 8 p.m. The investigation is active and ongoing. No arrests had been made as of Friday afternoon.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Authorities ID Victims Of Fatal Nutley House Fire (VIDEO) Authorities ID Victims Of Fatal Nutley House Fire (VIDEO)
Authorities ID Victims Of Fatal Nutley House Fire (Video) A 74-year-old man was killed and his wife seriously injured in a fire that broke out at their Nutley home Saturday night, authorities said Sunday. Joseph Collar was pronounced dead at approximately 6:55 p.m. -- about an hour after firefighters responded to his wood-frame Myrtle Avenue home, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Nutley Police Chief Thomas J. Strumolo said. Collar's wife was taken to Clara Maas Medical Center and was in serious condition as of Sunday, Strumolo and Stephens said. A preliminary investigation indicates there was heavy fire damage in the …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Man Accused Of Burglary Spree In Belleville, Nutley Caught Man Accused Of Burglary Spree In Belleville, Nutley Caught
Man Accused Of Burglary Spree In Belleville, Nutley Caught An East Orange man suspected of multiple crimes in Belleville and Nutley was arrested Wednesday after his use of a stolen credit card helped identify him, Nutley police said.  Robert Rasczyk, 34, of East Orange was being held at the Essex County jail on Nutley charges of burglary, receiving stolen property and aggravated assault on a police officer. He also faces additional charges in Belleville, Nutley police said.  Rasczyk stole a car and committed burglaries in Nutley July 12, police said. He was identified by Belleville police when he used a stolen credit card at a convenience…

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by Paul Milo
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Fairview Registered Sex Offender, 54, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen Over Two Years Fairview Registered Sex Offender, 54, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen Over Two Years
Fairview Registered Sex Offender, 54, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen Over Two Years Thanks to Nutley police, authorities in Bergen County arrested a Fairview man accused of sexually assaulting a borough girl repeatedly nearly a decade ago, beginning when she was 10. Robert Moser, a 54-year-old registered sex offender, remained held Friday in the Bergen County Jail following his arrest the day before. Nutley police were investigating a separate case when they learned of the alleged assaults, which continued until the girl was 12, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. They contacted their colleagues in Fairview, who alerted Calo's Special Victims Unit. Moser is…

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by Jerry DeMarco