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Armed Robber Gets 50 Years For Stealing $100K In Jewelry While Returning Luxury Car Armed Robber Gets 50 Years For Stealing $100K In Jewelry While Returning Luxury Car
Armed Robber Gets 50 Years For Stealing $100K In Jewelry While Returning Luxury Car A 37-year-old Somerset man was sentenced to 50 years in state prison on Friday, April 12, after being convicted of planning an armed robbery in Dec. 2021 that resulted in the victim being robbed of $100,000 worth of jewelry and cell phones at gunpoint, authorities said. On Dec. 4, 2021, Melvin Banks was scheduled to return a Mercedes S580 to the owner of a luxury car rental service in Riverdale at 9 p.m. Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, First Assistant Prosecutor Maggie Calderwood, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and Riverdale Police Chief Charles Quant Jr. said. At 9:31 p.m.…

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by Sam Barron
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Police: Man, 19, Crashes Stolen Audi, Runs Away After High-Speed Morris County Chase Police: Man, 19, Crashes Stolen Audi, Runs Away After High-Speed Morris County Chase
Police: Man, 19, Crashes Stolen Audi, Runs Away After High-Speed Morris County Chase A 19-year-old man was driving a stolen Audi SUV when he initiated a police pursuit in Morris County and crashed a short time later, authorities said. A man identified as T. Jones stole the vehicle from a driveway on Buxton Road in Chatham Township Tuesday, Patch reports citing Police Chief Thomas Miller. The stolen Audi was seen traveling toward Fairmount Avenue in front of another suspicious vehicle just before 4:30 a.m., Miller said. Jones sped off as officers tried to pull the vehicle over on River Road, initiating a chase that ended with a crash in New Providence, authorities said. Jo…

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by Valerie Musson
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Hoboken PD: Three Unlicensed Teens Busted Trying To Steal Toyota Left Running On Main Drag Hoboken PD: Three Unlicensed Teens Busted Trying To Steal Toyota Left Running On Main Drag
Hoboken PD: Three Unlicensed Teens Busted Trying To Steal Toyota Left Running On Main Drag Three Hudson County teenage boys attempted to steal a Toyota that was left unlocked and running on the side of a busy Hoboken street Sunday evening, authorities said. Police in Hoboken saw a man chasing after a black Toyota in the middle of Washington Street just after 5:10 p.m., authorities said. Two 15-year-olds and a 14-year-old from Kearny were then seen getting out of the Toyota and running westbound from 5th and Washington Street before officers stopped them near Garden Street, Hoboken police said. The teens were arrested and charged with theft of a motor vehicle and hindering. One o…

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by Valerie Musson