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Delivery Driver Busted With Firearm In North Jersey Town, Police Say Delivery Driver Busted With Firearm In North Jersey Town, Police Say
Delivery Driver Busted With Firearm In North Jersey Town, Police Say A 24-year-old Brooklyn woman was arrested and charged in Westfield while delivering food for unlawfully possessing a firearm on Sunday, Sept. 15, authorities said. A license plate recognition camera picked up a 2008 black BMW 328i bearing a New York registration entering Westfield, Westfield police said in a release. The vehicle was involved in a shooting that occurred in Jersey City a day before and was believed to be armed, police said. The driver, Rianna Williams, was taken into custody at Carol Road and Lynn Lane and an investigation ensued, police said. She was working as a driver for …

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by Sam Barron
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Prosecutor Details Sneaky Upskirt Tactics Utilized By NJ Sunoco Station Cashier For Months Prosecutor Details Sneaky Upskirt Tactics Utilized By NJ Sunoco Station Cashier For Months
Prosecutor Details Sneaky Upskirt Tactics Utilized By NJ Sunoco Station Cashier For Months A cashier at a Sunoco station has been arrested for taking multiple upskirt photos of women while at work over the course of nearly two years, authorities in Somerset County said. Miguel A. Melchor-Gomez, 54, of North Plainfield, who worked at the Sunoco station on Stirling Road in Watchung, filmed underneath his unsuspecting victims' clothing in one of two ways from December 2021 to Aug. 19, 2023, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald. said. Melchor-Gomez either pretended that the credit card machine malfunctioned and directed his victims to the counter where he would stand clos…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Man Pretending He Had Gun Threatened To Shoot Group In Hoboken Lot, Police: Authorities Man Pretending He Had Gun Threatened To Shoot Group In Hoboken Lot, Police: Authorities
Man Pretending He Had Gun Threatened To Shoot Group In Hoboken Lot, Police: Authorities A 31-year-old West New York man was arrested after threatening to shoot a group of people walking through a Hoboken parking deck and then police — even though he didn't have a gun, police said. The group of men told police they were walking to a lot on 700 1st St., when a man later identified as Harrison Vargas approached them and began yelling around 7:45 p.m. on Friday, March 4, Hoboken Police Detective Lt. Danilo Cabrera said. Vargas then threatened to shoot them and pretended he had a gun, using his hands to imitate one, authorities said. He then fled north on Harrison Street, wher…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Warren County Man Found With Heroin Runs Across Route 46 In Attempt To Flee From Warrant Arrest Warren County Man Found With Heroin Runs Across Route 46 In Attempt To Flee From Warrant Arrest
Warren County Man Found With Heroin Runs Across Route 46 In Attempt To Flee From Warrant Arrest A 34-year-old Warren County man found with heroin ran across Route 46 in an attempt to flee from officers taking him into custody on an arrest warrant, authorities said.  Officers spotted Gregory Becker walking on Main Street and were aware of an active warrant for his arrest on March 29, police said. Becker, of Hackettstown, fled from officers as he was being led to a police vehicle, authorities said. He ran across Route 46 and caused several vehicles to stop and swerve to avoid hitting him, police said. Becker was apprehended as he ducked into a nearby alleyway. He was found with a…

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by Valerie Musson
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Madison PD: Bronx Man Tried Filling Bogus Prescriptions, Had Weapon, Gave Officers Fake Name Madison PD: Bronx Man Tried Filling Bogus Prescriptions, Had Weapon, Gave Officers Fake Name
Madison PD: Bronx Man Tried Filling Bogus Prescriptions, Had Weapon, Gave Officers Fake Name A 19-year-old New York man gave police a fake name and had a weapon on him while being taken into custody after attempting to pick up bogus prescriptions he had filled at a Morris County pharmacy, said authorities who charged him. Police received a tip that a man tried getting bogus prescriptions for several medications filled last Dec. 12, at the Walgreen's Pharmacy on Main Street, Madison Police Chief Chief Darren P. Dachisen, Sr. said. An investigation identified Mohamed Magassouba, of the Bronx, as a suspect, the chief said.  When police took Magassouba into custody…

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by Valerie Musson
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Prosecutor: Two Charged In Parsippany Man's Killing Captured In California Prosecutor: Two Charged In Parsippany Man's Killing Captured In California
Prosecutor: Two Charged In Parsippany Man's Killing Captured In California Two men charged with killing a Parsippany man were captured after fleeing to California, authorities said Friday. The body of Jaime Lopez-Basilio was found in an Old Bloomfield Avenue home this past Sept. 9. Investigators determined that Rogelio Laureano-Gonzalez, 25, of Parsippany, killed him with a blow to the head, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp said in a joint release Friday with local police. Laureano-Gonzalez and Cirilo Rojas-Paulino, also of Parsippany, fled to California but were tracked down, Knapp said. Laureano-Gonzalez was charged with manslaughter and hinderin…

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by Cecilia Levine