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Friday, dec 27
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Authorities Restrain Belligerent Morris County Man Who Once Hid Under Bed To Avoid Arrest
A Morris County man with a history of drug use abused and threatened officers who were serving him with a warrant and restraining order, authorities charged. Adnan Smajlovic was found sleeping in a vehicle when authorities came to his house to serve him a warrant and restraining order around 12:40 a.m., June 27, Mansfield Township police said. He became belligerent when officers woke him up and informed him of the warrant, refusing to leave his vehicle, police said. Smajlovic had to be forcibly removed from his car and -- once in handcuffs -- continued to fight with officers, kicking and t…
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Parsippany Clerk Surrenders Gun Ownership In Plea Deal For Domestic Violence Arrest
The Parsippany township clerk is facing a lifetime ban on gun ownership as well as a year of probation after taking a plea deal for a domestic violence charge, reports say. Khaled Madin, 37, broke into a woman’s Parsippany home before he spit in her face, pulled her hair and threw her against furniture, floors and walls, Daily Record reports. He was arrested in February and accepted a plea deal during an online state Superior Court hearing that includes mandatory counseling, a year of probation and an educational program for domestic abusers in addition to a lifetime firearm ownership…
Police & Fire
Authorities: Combative Hudson Woman Refuses To Resist, Removes Face Guard To Spit At Police
A 20-year-old Secaucus woman twice removed face guards to spit at police -- and kicked one of them in the groin -- while battling them from her home to headquarters and then on the way to the hospital, authorities said. Secaucus officers responding to a 911 hang up in which screaming could be heard in the background “encountered what they described as an irate and combative” woman, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Margaret O’Leary “approached police and pulled at one officer’s vest, then kicked the same officer in the groin,” Grewal said. O’Leary refused medical attention when…
Police & Fire
Former Passaic Mayor Samuel 'Sammy' Rivera Dies
Former Passaic Mayor Samuel Rivera has died in a nursing home in Pennsylvania, current Mayor Hector Carlos Lora confirmed Friday. He was 73. A cause of death wasn't immediately disclosed. "As a city we extend our condolences to the Rivera family on the passing of former Passaic Mayor Samuel Rivera," Lora wrote. "I still speak to people today who share stories of how he helped them personally and how much he cared about people. "Many in our community can remember his approach to cleaning up the streets of violent crimes and how visible he was in Passaic," the mayor said. Born in Caye…
Police & Fire
Jersey City Drug Lord Gets 65 Years In State Prison For Two Murders, Shootings
A Jersey City man tied to a statewide drug ring was sentenced to a plea-bargained 65 years in state prison Thursday for killing two men, as well as three additional shootings, authorities said. Golden Williamson, 34, must serve at least 55 years before he'll be eligible for parole under the No Early Release Act under the sentence handed down by Superior Court Judge John Young, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Williamson, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder last November in the shooting deaths of Kevin Miles in January 2016 and local storeowner Byunguen Lee in Decembe…
Police & Fire
Bloods Gangster Gets Life For Fatally Shooting Photographer Urinating On His Newark Block
A Newark gangster was sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting a photographer urinating on his block, authorities said. Surveillance footage shows Rasheed “O.J.” Olabode, 27, begging Christopher Poole, 26, not to shoot him on April 26, 2018, authorities in Essex County said. But Poole pulled the trigger and killed Olabode -- an amateur photographer and recent Nigerian immigrant. The incident occurred around 10:45 a.m. when Olabode was out in Newark running errands with two of his friends. Olabode needed a restroom, so he jumped out of the car on the 700 block of South 2…
Police & Fire
Landlord Gets Three Years In Deaths Of Little Ferry Girl, 5, Grandmother In Fire
A landlord who failed to follow state codes was sentenced Friday to a plea-bargained three years in state prison for a 2016 fire that killed a 5-year-old Little Ferry girl and her grandmother. "Today was a very difficult time for me and my family," wrote one of the victims after Gary L’Heruex, 61, of Tenafly was sentenced in Superior Court in Hackensack. "We had to relieve that night where we almost lost our lives in that horrible fire. "It took almost four years, but today, we got justice," she added. "Now we can finally start healing and those two precious people that passed can finally …
Police & Fire
Newark Man Once Again Charged With Child Pornography
A Newark man who has previously been convicted of child pornography offenses was indicted Wednesday on yet more charges involving sexual images of minors. Keith Voolgaris, 62, was in possession of at least 50 videos showing sexual abuse of minors, including prepubescent children, from July to September 2017, according to authorities. Using a chatroom and the Dropbox app, authorities say Voolgaris transmitted images to a child pornography distributor in Minnesota. Voolgaris' email accounts also contained several videos and images, authorities also said. Because of the prio…
Police & Fire
Newark Parking Authority Worker Seen Selling Heroin, Crack: Feds
An employee of Newark's parking authority was charged Wednesday with drugs and weapons offenses after authorities said he was observed selling narcotics while in uniform. Aughkay L. "K-Boogie" Green, 48, of Newark, sold 38 grams of heroin to an unnamed buyer Jan. 12, 2017, according to a federal indictment. He sold that person an additional 48 grams the following month for about $2,250. Green, who was under surveillance, was wearing his Newark Parking Authority uniform during that sale. Green also faces weapons offenses after authorities said he and an associate once again met t…
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