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Crimestoppers Pays: Family Who Helped Police In Hackensack Robbery Rewarded Crimestoppers Pays: Family Who Helped Police In Hackensack Robbery Rewarded
Crimestoppers Pays: Family Who Helped Police In Hackensack Robbery Rewarded Cash fell from his pockets as a robber ran from a Hackensack 7-Eleven before dawn one recent morning. Police caught him in the McDonald’s parking lot across the street with help from some civilians. Crimestoppers awarded a $500 check to a city couple and their young son for assisting. Pierre Zuniga, Paola Silva and their son, Samuel, collected the check during a visit to police headquarters with city Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt and Detective Michael Koenig, who handled the case. Crimestopppers of Bergenfield, Bogota, Englewood, Teaneck, Hackensack and South Hackensack offers rewards of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Warren County Man, 29, Deprived Animals Of Water, Shelter, Police Say Warren County Man, 29, Deprived Animals Of Water, Shelter, Police Say
Warren County Man, 29, Deprived Animals Of Water, Shelter, Police Say A Warren County man has been accused of animal cruelty after he failed to give water or provide proper shelter to a dog and rabbit in his care, authorities said. Officers responded to Timothy Pruden Jr.’s home on the 200 block of Axford Avenue in Oxford to investigate the report of animal cruelty on May 18, according to Washington Township Police. Pruden, 29, was charged after officers determined that he failed to provide water and shelter for a dog and rabbit that had been in his care, police said. Pruden was previously arrested for DWI and other offenses in 2013 after he allegedly attemp…

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by Valerie Musson
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‘Daddy Killed Mommy’: Carlstadt Gunman In Murder-Suicide Told Daughter It Was Only A Dream ‘Daddy Killed Mommy’: Carlstadt Gunman In Murder-Suicide Told Daughter It Was Only A Dream
‘Daddy Killed Mommy’: Carlstadt Gunman In Murder-Suicide Told Daughter It Was Only A Dream UPDATE: The 5-year-old daughter of a convicted sex offender who died by suicide after an hours-long SWAT standoff at his Carlstadt home on Saturday was there when he shot and killed his ex-wife the night before, authorities said. The little girl apparently told her grandparents, who lived upstairs, that James Cox had killed Massiel Deoleo, 34, of Mahwah, in the downstairs apartment of the family's 6th Street home sometime Friday night. “Daddy killed Mommy,” she told them, but said Cox had assured her that it was only a nightmare, responders said. Police got the girl and the grandparents o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hackensack PD: 7-Eleven Robber Collared After Hopping Into Pickup At Mickey D's Drive-Thru Hackensack PD: 7-Eleven Robber Collared After Hopping Into Pickup At Mickey D's Drive-Thru
Hackensack PD: 7-Eleven Robber Collared After Hopping Into Pickup At Mickey D's Drive-Thru Hackensack police collared a 19-year-old robber who tried hopping into a pickup truck at a McDonald’s drive-through seconds after holding up a 7-Eleven across the street, authorities said. Cash fell out of his pockets after Zyair Desire of Linden got out of the stopped truck and ran through the McDonalds parking lot, where he was nabbed by Officer Michael Reo shortly after 4:30 a.m. Monday, authorities said. Moments earlier, Desire entered the 7-Eleven across Essex Street from the McDonalds, pointed a bandana-covered object at the cashier and demanded money, Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Easton Native, Bangor High School Junior Apryl Burd Dies In Car Wreck, 17 Easton Native, Bangor High School Junior Apryl Burd Dies In Car Wreck, 17
Easton Native, Bangor High School Junior Apryl Burd Dies In Car Wreck, 17 Bangor Area High School student and McDonald’s crew member Apryl Burd died in a Stroudsburg car crash Jan. 22 at the age of 17. Born in Easton, Burd was a junior at Bangor Area High School and a crew member at McDonald’s in Wind Gap, her obituary says.  Burd enjoyed creative activities like writing and drawing, as well as hands-on adventures like cooking, baking, going to the beach and spending time with her many friends and family members. “She brought so much love and joy to the lives of those who had the pleasure to know her,” reads her memorial. “She had the most beautiful smile t…

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by Valerie Musson
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Loose Chickens Caught 'Wreaking Havoc' & Harassing Customers At NJ McDonald's Loose Chickens Caught 'Wreaking Havoc' & Harassing Customers At NJ McDonald's
Loose Chickens Caught 'Wreaking Havoc' & Harassing Customers At NJ McDonald's Authorities in one New Jersey town were looking for the owner of a pair of loose chickens creating a "fowl" disturbance at a local McDonald's Tuesday. Police from Washington Township (Warren County) dispatched their animal control officer to the McDonald's on Route 31 sometime in the morning, the department said on Facebook. "He quickly leapt into action and responded to the scene before the perpetrators could fly the coup. (see what we did there?)," the department said. The two suspect chickens were harassing and chasing customers, and pecking at tires when Robbie arrived. "A short while…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police: DWI Warren County Man In McDonald’s Drive-Thru Found With Heroin Police: DWI Warren County Man In McDonald’s Drive-Thru Found With Heroin
Police: DWI Warren County Man In McDonald’s Drive-Thru Found With Heroin A Warren County man was drunk when he was found with heroin and paraphernalia in the drive-thru of a local McDonald’s, authorities charged. The 45-year-old Washington man — whose name was not released — had stopped for food at the drive-thru of the McDonald’s on Route 31 S. last Thursday, Washington Township police said. Police arrived at the scene and determined that the man was intoxicated and in possession of heroin and paraphernalia, authorities said. The man was arrested and charged with DWI, possession of heroin and paraphernalia, driving with a suspended license and having CDS in a …

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
‘HELP ME!’ Clifton PD Rescues Couple Kidnapped By Violent Sex Offender Posing As Police Officer ‘HELP ME!’ Clifton PD Rescues Couple Kidnapped By Violent Sex Offender Posing As Police Officer
‘Help ME!’ Clifton PD Rescues Couple Kidnapped By Violent Sex Offender Posing As Police Officer “HELP ME!” a Morris County woman mouthed to a stranger in the parking lot of a Clifton bank after she and a companion were kidnapped by a violent registered sex offender. That brought Clifton police, who captured both the abductor and an accomplice, authorities said. The 28-year-old woman and her companion, a 32-year-old West Milford man, told police that they were parked near the corner of Main and Vreeland avenues around 10:45 p.m. Friday when there was a tap on the driver’s side window. Travis Mann, 39, of Hewitt identified himself as a police officer and said they were breaking the law…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hackettstown McDonald's Closing For Major Upgrades Hackettstown McDonald's Closing For Major Upgrades
Hackettstown McDonald's Closing For Major Upgrades McDonald’s in Hackettstown will soon close for renovations. Kiosk ordering, a tandem drive-thru with digitalized menu boards as well as both interior and exterior updates are all planned for the Mountain Avenue restaurant. The store’s last day of operation before the “McRenovation” closure begins is Sunday, WRNJ reports. A new PlayPlace with digital and interactive games is also in the works. The store is scheduled to reopen sometime in the middle of October. Meanwhile, other nearby McDonald’s locations can be found on International Dr S. in Mount Olive Township and on Route 206 at the S…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Garfield Motorcyclist, 57, Killed In Route 17 Crash UPDATE: Garfield Motorcyclist, 57, Killed In Route 17 Crash
Update: Garfield Motorcyclist, 57, Killed In Route 17 Crash A 57-year-old motorcyclist from Garfield was killed in a crash Wednesday night on northbound Route 17 in Paramus, authorities said. No other vehicles were involved in the crash, which occurred after the rider lost control of his Harley Davidson outside the McDonald's near East Ridgewood Avenue and hit a guardrail shortly before 8 p.m., Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg confirmed. The victim, whose identity was being withheld pending notification of next of kin, was thrown into a tree, responders said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A single lane temporarily remained open, although the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Imprisoned Mom Murderer From Bloomfield Convicted Of Assaulting Girl, 12, For Years Imprisoned Mom Murderer From Bloomfield Convicted Of Assaulting Girl, 12, For Years
Imprisoned Mom Murderer From Bloomfield Convicted Of Assaulting Girl, 12, For Years A Bloomfield man currently serving a 55-year prison term for killing a Rahway mom was convicted this week of sexually assaulting a girl over four years, beginning when she was 12. Jurors in Newark deliberated for less than a day before convicting Roberto Grillo, 40, on Wednesday of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and child endangerment, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II said. The sexual assaults occurred in various locations, including the Belleville McDonald's parking lot, prosecutors told the jury. Grillo tried to kill himself after fleeing to Florida, then…

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by Cecilia Levine