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Porch Pirate Snatched $1K In Packages: Bayonne PD Porch Pirate Snatched $1K In Packages: Bayonne PD
Porch Pirate Snatched $1K In Packages: Bayonne PD A 30-year-old Bayonne man was arrested on Friday, Dec. 8 after snatching packages in the city in November, authorities said. Juan Bonaci Leon stole delivered packages worth $1,000 from a man's porch at 11th Street and JFK Boulevard on Sunday, Nov. 19, police said.  He was formally charged with theft following an investigation by the Bayonne Police Detective Bureau, police said. 

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Burglar Who Stole $14K In Tools From Cars Busted In Bayonne: Police Burglar Who Stole $14K In Tools From Cars Busted In Bayonne: Police
Burglar Who Stole $14K In Tools From Cars Busted In Bayonne: Police A 51-year-old Bayonne man was arrested on Thursday, Nov. 30 and charged with committing five burglaries by breaking into vehicles via the side window in the city in October, authorities said. Jayson Ruiz committed his first burglary on Saturday, Oct. 7, breaking a vehicle's side window and removing $5,000 worth of tools while the car was parked at West 56th Street and Avenue C, police said. On Monday, Oct. 9, Ruiz broke a vehicle's side window and removed $1,500 worth of uninstalled audio equipment from a car parked at West 56th Street and JFK Boulevard, police said. On Thursday, Oct. 12, …

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by Sam Barron
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NJ Transit Machinist Stole 32 Freight Locomotive Horns: Feds NJ Transit Machinist Stole 32 Freight Locomotive Horns: Feds
NJ Transit Machinist Stole 32 Freight Locomotive Horns: Feds A New Jersey Transit machinist was arrested and charged with stealing 32 locomotive air horns from multiple transportation companies, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced last month. Jeremy Hayes was charged in Roxbury Township Municipal Court in Morris County with receiving stolen property.  Hayes stole the locomotive air horns from Norwalk Southern Railway and CSX Transportation, the DOT said. Each locomotive is required to be equipped with a locomotive horn for safe operation, the DOT said. Hayes has been suspended following his indictment, Kyalo Mulumba, senior pub…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Manager At Bergen-Based Entertainment Union Charged With Embezzling $1.7M Manager At Bergen-Based Entertainment Union Charged With Embezzling $1.7M
Manager At Bergen-Based Entertainment Union Charged With Embezzling $1.7M The former office manager of a Bergen County-based union representing behind-the-scenes workers in the entertainment industry was arrested on charges of embezzling $1.7 million from the local. Theresa Gremillot, 58, of Saddle Brook, pocketed an estimated 3,000 debits from the operating accounts of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local #632 between Jan. 1, 2019 and July 1, 2023, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. That’s an average of nearly 13 transactions a week. Gremillot was arrested on Wednesday, Nov. 8, and booked into the Bergen County Jail to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Repeat Offender Released From Jail Caught Stealing In Teaneck Again: Police Repeat Offender Released From Jail Caught Stealing In Teaneck Again: Police
Repeat Offender Released From Jail Caught Stealing In Teaneck Again: Police Career criminal Aley Beretay had been released from jail barely 24 hours earlier when Teaneck police arrested him yet again. It was nothing new for them – or for Beretay, who’s been busted dozens of times in his adult life, although never for anything significant enough to put him away for very long. Beretay, 40, had served several months in the Bergen County Jail for a previous incident when he was released on Nov. 1. Three days later, he was back behind bars. Beretay was caught on Saturday trying to hide a $600 bicycle stolen from a Cedar Lane home in an Oakdene resident’s backyard, Tea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Jersey City Teen Busted For 10 Vehicle Break-Ins: Secaucus Police Jersey City Teen Busted For 10 Vehicle Break-Ins: Secaucus Police
Jersey City Teen Busted For 10 Vehicle Break-Ins: Secaucus Police A 16-year-old Jersey City teenage boy was arrested and charged with breaking into 10 vehicles in Secaucus on Friday, Nov. 3, authorities said. The break-ins occurred throughout Secaucus and all the vehicles were unlocked, police said. He was charged with numerous counts of conspiracy to commit burglary, conspiracy to commit theft, burglary and theft, police said. He was issued a juvenile complaint summons and released into custody of an adult, police said.

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by Sam Barron
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Caller Leads North Arlington PD To Overnight Out-Of-Town Car Burglar Caller Leads North Arlington PD To Overnight Out-Of-Town Car Burglar
Caller Leads North Arlington PD To Overnight Out-Of-Town Car Burglar North Arlington police nabbed a pre-dawn car burglar from out-of-town after being alerted by a caller, authorities said. The call of a burglary in progress behind a commercial building on River Road next to the Little League field along the Passaic River came in at shortly before 6 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 29, Lt. Michael Horton said. A masked burglar in a white pickup truck was burglarizing vehicles, the lieutenant said. Responding officers seized repeat offender Damon Wise, 51, of Newark as he fled the scene, Horton said. In his truck was a DeWalt toolbox that had just been stolen, he said. W…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Two Kids Arrested For Burglary, Theft After Pursuit: Nutley Police Two Kids Arrested For Burglary, Theft After Pursuit: Nutley Police
Two Kids Arrested For Burglary, Theft After Pursuit: Nutley Police Two juveniles were arrested for burglary and theft after leading Nutley police on a foot pursuit on Saturday, Oct. 21, authorities said. The juveniles targeted a vehicle on Elm Street and several other vehicles on Grant Avenue, police said. When they opened the rear door of a Grant Avenue residence, an alarm went off and the homeowner confronted them, police said. The two fled east on Grant Avenue before being apprehended near the Passaic River, police said. Police had recently arrested two other juveniles for breaking into cars on Yale Street and Franklin Avenue.

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by Sam Barron
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Morris County Football Club Treasurer Embezzled $100K, Police Say Morris County Football Club Treasurer Embezzled $100K, Police Say
Morris County Football Club Treasurer Embezzled $100K, Police Say The treasurer of a Morris County football club has been charged with stealing more than $100,000, police said. The Denville Blue Angels' FC treasurer, Gerald Castellano, stole more than $100,000 over an extended time, Denville police said on Wednesday, Oct. 25. The investigation began on Aug. 21. Castellano was charged on Oct. 3, with theft by unlawful taking, and released on his own recognizance pending a future court appearance date at the Morris County Superior Court.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
HIGH LIFE: Ridgefield Park Man Charged With Spending $100G Treasury Check Stolen Out Of Teaneck HIGH LIFE: Ridgefield Park Man Charged With Spending $100G Treasury Check Stolen Out Of Teaneck
High Life: Ridgefield Park Man Charged With Spending $100G Treasury Check Stolen Out Of Teaneck A Ridgefield Park man intercepted a $100,000 U.S. Treasury check that was headed to a beneficiary in Teaneck, then spent the money on himself, authorities charged. Tyler N. Thomas, 27, “created a fictitious LLC and opened a bank account to deposit the check for his own benefit,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He then “withdrew funds and made several purchases prior to the detection of the fraud,” Musella said. Thomas (also known as Tyler D. Rodriguez) surrendered himself on Oct. 10 amid a joint investigation by members of Musella’s Financial Crime Unit and Teaneck police, the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Councilman Who Once Sold Meth To Undercover Cop Stole $1K From Democratic Club: Prosecutor NJ Councilman Who Once Sold Meth To Undercover Cop Stole $1K From Democratic Club: Prosecutor
NJ Councilman Who Once Sold Meth To Undercover Cop Stole $1K From Democratic Club: Prosecutor A 47-year-old councilman in New Jersey been charged with stealing from the borough's democratic club. Malik D. Johnston, who also goes by Pippin Folk, has been charged with third-degree theft by unlawful taking after withdrawing a $1,000 check from the Flemington Democratic Club's bank account, at a branch in Bridgewater, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée M. Robeson said. Johnston was a former officer of the club at the time of the transaction, and did not have permission or lawful authority to make the cash withdrawal and keep the funds, Robeson said alongside the borough's police chi…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
County Human Services Aide Swiped Victim's Benefits Card For Herself: Bergen Prosecutor County Human Services Aide Swiped Victim's Benefits Card For Herself: Bergen Prosecutor
County Human Services Aide Swiped Victim's Benefits Card For Herself: Bergen Prosecutor A Bergen County human services aide stole an electronic benefit transfer card, then spent $2,700 from the victim’s account in cash, authorities charged. Seqiera M. Washington, 44, of Elmwood Park was hired as a full-time human services aid by the Bergen County Board of Social Services in August 2022, records show. Detectives began investigating last month after learning that Washington “obtained an electronic benefit transfer card belonging to another individual without authorization,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. State-issued EBT cards replace checks and food coupons for ne…

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by Jerry DeMarco