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Prosecutor: Bergen Dealer Who Sold More Meth After Release Caught With 4,600 Child Porn Images Prosecutor: Bergen Dealer Who Sold More Meth After Release Caught With 4,600 Child Porn Images
Prosecutor: Bergen Dealer Who Sold More Meth After Release Caught With 4,600 Child Porn Images A Washington Township crystal meth dealer who went right back to selling after he was released on drug charges was found with 4,618 files of child porn on separate devices, authorities said. Michael Rosen, 32, was identified as selling drugs online in July, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Monday. Members of Musella’s Narcotics Task Force arrested Rosen in August after he sold crystal meth to an undercover detective several times, Musella said. They also charged him with having GHB and Xanax and sent him to the Bergen County Jail. A Central Judicial Processing Court judge in H…

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Lyndhurst PD: Accused Out-Of-State Drive-By Shooter Free On Bail Caught With Loaded Gun Lyndhurst PD: Accused Out-Of-State Drive-By Shooter Free On Bail Caught With Loaded Gun
Lyndhurst PD: Accused Out-Of-State Drive-By Shooter Free On Bail Caught With Loaded Gun A man charged in a drive-by shooting in Mississippi led a Lyndhurst police officer on a brief chase before he was caught with a loaded gun, authorities said. Officer Ed Montoya initially tried to stop Kendrick Mykel Ford, 23, of Bude, Mississippi after spotting several equipment violations on his older-model Dodge Charger, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Ford hit the gas instead, turning from Polito Avenue onto Rutherford Avenue headed westbound, Auteri said. He eventually pulled over at Orient Way as Montoya learned that the vehicle wasn’t registered, the lieutenant said. Montoya smel…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HERO: Lyndhurst Police Officer Rescues Dog, Woman, 75, From Pit Bull Attack HERO: Lyndhurst Police Officer Rescues Dog, Woman, 75, From Pit Bull Attack
Hero: Lyndhurst Police Officer Rescues Dog, Woman, 75, From Pit Bull Attack A Lyndhurst police officer rescued a 75-year-old North Arlington resident and her dog from an attacking pit bull. Phyllis Goodman told police she was walking her mixed breed rescue on the North Arlington side of 3rd Street and Union Avenue around 8 a.m. Thursday when the pit bull attacked. The pit apparently had gotten out through an open gate before locking its jaw on the back of her dog’s neck, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Responding to a call of a stray dog, Officer Anthony Giaquinto found Goodman on her back frantically trying to fight off the attack while shouting for help, Aute…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prosecutor: Garfield Man Had 130 Child Porn Files Prosecutor: Garfield Man Had 130 Child Porn Files
Prosecutor: Garfield Man Had 130 Child Porn Files Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives arrested an unemployed Garfield man Thursday for trafficking child porn. Cyber crimes investigators armed with a search warrant seized Adrian Lapinski, 29, at his Chestnut Street home after discovering that he’d downloaded 130 files “depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent children,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Lapinski was sent to the Bergen County Jail to await a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. He’s charged with possessing and distributing child pornography. Musella thanked Garfield p…

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Lyndhurst PD: Wood-Ridge Driver Kicked, Spit At Officers, Claimed He Had COVID Lyndhurst PD: Wood-Ridge Driver Kicked, Spit At Officers, Claimed He Had COVID
Lyndhurst PD: Wood-Ridge Driver Kicked, Spit At Officers, Claimed He Had COVID A drunk driver from Wood-Ridge kicked an off-duty Lyndhurst police lieutenant who stopped him for driving recklessly, then spit on the officer’s backups, claiming he had the coronavirus, authorities said. A recklessly-driven BMW driven by Joseph Marotta, 37, nearly hit Lt. Paul Haggerty’s car as he turned off Post Avenue onto Stuyvesant Avenue around 11:30 p.m. Friday, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Haggerty alerted headquarters and followed the BMW as it headed back to Post Avenue, he said. Marotta pulled to the curb near the corner of Post and Willow as backup Officers Joseph White, …

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Bergenfield Retiree, 75, Busted For Trafficking Child Porn Bergenfield Retiree, 75, Busted For Trafficking Child Porn
Bergenfield Retiree, 75, Busted For Trafficking Child Porn A 75-year-old Bergenfield retiree was caught sharing downloaded child porn, said authorities who arrested him Tuesday. Joseph Benestante was released pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on charges of distributing child pornography, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Members of Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit arrested Benestante while searching his North Demarest Avenue home near West Main Street during a months-long investigation that found that he’d “used the Internet to view and share digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit pre…

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HEROES: Lyndhurst Police Save Another Cardiac Victim HEROES: Lyndhurst Police Save Another Cardiac Victim
Heroes: Lyndhurst Police Save Another Cardiac Victim A 62-year-old Lyndhurst man lay lifeless on his front lawn Thursday night when a township police officer arrived and immediately began administering CPR. Officer Thomas McSweeney was the first responder at the Stuyvesant Avenue home, where he was quickly joined by Detectives Geoff Rejent and William Kapp. “Together they continued lifesaving measures and administered a shock from a defibrillator,” Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said Friday. “As a result of their efforts they were able to resuscitate him.” Lyndhurst EMTs Charles Robert Pelle and Kenan Tepeli continued to render aid to the vict…

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Lyndhurst PD: Fleeing Couple Risks Public Safety, Captured With Help From Kearny, JC Police Lyndhurst PD: Fleeing Couple Risks Public Safety, Captured With Help From Kearny, JC Police
Lyndhurst PD: Fleeing Couple Risks Public Safety, Captured With Help From Kearny, JC Police A fleeing shoplifter put the public at risk by speeding off from pursuing Lyndhurst police and then crashing her car in Kearny, authorities said. A manager confronted Kiana Brooks, 28, of East Orange and 21-year-old Movado Thomas of the Bronx when they tried to leave the Stop and Shop on Lewandowski Street with about $200 worth of stolen merchandise around 6:30 p.m. Friday, Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. Sgt. Richard Holicki spotted their black Range Rover on Schuyler Avenue in North Arlington a short time later. Brooks was behind the wheel, Auteri said. “His attempts to stop the veh…

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Lyndhurst PD: Raging Drunk Driver Subdued After Brawl With Police Lyndhurst PD: Raging Drunk Driver Subdued After Brawl With Police
Lyndhurst PD: Raging Drunk Driver Subdued After Brawl With Police A drunk driver had to be subdued after he fought with Lyndhurst police while threatening to kill them and himself, authorities said. Sgt. Paul Haggerty ran a check on an occupied a Jeep parked at the far end of the Quality Inn lot on Polito Avenue late Monday and discovered that its registration was expired and the owner’s driver’s license was suspended. The Jeep began to drive off when Officer Richard Jasinski joined Haggerty in stopping the vehicle, Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. The driver, Daniel McDonald, 25, of South Brunswick reeked of alcohol and appeared “highly intoxicated,”…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Lyndhurst PD: Officer Stops Sidewalk Driver, Finds Crack, Pot On Newark Couple, Passaic Teen Lyndhurst PD: Officer Stops Sidewalk Driver, Finds Crack, Pot On Newark Couple, Passaic Teen
Lyndhurst PD: Officer Stops Sidewalk Driver, Finds Crack, Pot On Newark Couple, Passaic Teen A Lyndhurst police officer who caught a Newark driver illegally maneuvering around a congested gas station parking lot found crack and pot in the car, authorities said. Officer Matt Dudek spotted the 2008 Ford Taurus being driven along the sidewalk and down a curb onto Kingsland Avenue from Riverside Avenue across from the Lyndhurst Diner, Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. Dudek stopped the vehicle after it crossed the DeJessa Bridge into Nutley, he said. Speaking with the driver, 40-year-old Jasmine Karlsen, the officer smelled raw marijuana, Auteri said. He directed her and two passen…

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Lyndhurst Streets Close For Netflix Filming Lyndhurst Streets Close For Netflix Filming
Lyndhurst Streets Close For Netflix Filming Several Lyndhurst streets will be closed Wednesday for Netflix filming. Shooting will be from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. near 305 Valley Brook Ave., and at intersection of Totine and Stuyvesant avenues, Lyndhurst police said. Drivers are urged to avoid the areas. The name of the show has not been released but police say it will feature Sharon Stone, who was recently cast in the upcoming Netflix show "Ratched." The American drama TV series is based on Ken Kesey's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," by Ken Kesey, and will star Sarah Paulson as the titular Nurse Ratched. "The roadway will be open, ho…

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Prosecutor: Midland Park HS Neighbor Had 263 Child Porn Files Prosecutor: Midland Park HS Neighbor Had 263 Child Porn Files
Prosecutor: Midland Park HS Neighbor Had 263 Child Porn Files An unemployed man who lives across the street from Midland Park Junior Senior High School was caught with more than 250 images of child pornography, authorities said. A judge on Friday ordered 31-year-old Jeff Vaz released pending a hearing on charges of endangerment by possessing child pornography. Vaz was arrested a day earlier by members of Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit after a warranted search of his home, the prosecutor said. The investigators learned that Vaz “used the Internet to view, download, or possess approximately 263 digital files depicting nude or…

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