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Porch Pirate Snatches Package Worth $3K From Hackettstown Home (VIDEO) Porch Pirate Snatches Package Worth $3K From Hackettstown Home (VIDEO)
Porch Pirate Snatches Package Worth $3K From Hackettstown Home (Video) Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a man caught on video stealing a package worth $3,000 off the front porch of a Hackettstown home. The theft occurred on Musky Ridge Drive around 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 12, Hackettstown Police said. Surveillance footage appears to show the man donning a black baseball cap and holding a Wendy’s fast food bag as he snatches the package and takes off. Scroll down to view the 19-second video clip from Hackettstown Police: Press Release (12/13/23): Theft of Package The Hackettstown Police Department is looking for the public’s he…

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by Valerie Musson
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NJ Transit Machinist Stole 32 Freight Locomotive Horns: Feds NJ Transit Machinist Stole 32 Freight Locomotive Horns: Feds
NJ Transit Machinist Stole 32 Freight Locomotive Horns: Feds A New Jersey Transit machinist was arrested and charged with stealing 32 locomotive air horns from multiple transportation companies, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced last month. Jeremy Hayes was charged in Roxbury Township Municipal Court in Morris County with receiving stolen property.  Hayes stole the locomotive air horns from Norwalk Southern Railway and CSX Transportation, the DOT said. Each locomotive is required to be equipped with a locomotive horn for safe operation, the DOT said. Hayes has been suspended following his indictment, Kyalo Mulumba, senior pub…

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by Sam Barron
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Manager At Bergen-Based Entertainment Union Charged With Embezzling $1.7M Manager At Bergen-Based Entertainment Union Charged With Embezzling $1.7M
Manager At Bergen-Based Entertainment Union Charged With Embezzling $1.7M The former office manager of a Bergen County-based union representing behind-the-scenes workers in the entertainment industry was arrested on charges of embezzling $1.7 million from the local. Theresa Gremillot, 58, of Saddle Brook, pocketed an estimated 3,000 debits from the operating accounts of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local #632 between Jan. 1, 2019 and July 1, 2023, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. That’s an average of nearly 13 transactions a week. Gremillot was arrested on Wednesday, Nov. 8, and booked into the Bergen County Jail to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Repeat Offender Released From Jail Caught Stealing In Teaneck Again: Police Repeat Offender Released From Jail Caught Stealing In Teaneck Again: Police
Repeat Offender Released From Jail Caught Stealing In Teaneck Again: Police Career criminal Aley Beretay had been released from jail barely 24 hours earlier when Teaneck police arrested him yet again. It was nothing new for them – or for Beretay, who’s been busted dozens of times in his adult life, although never for anything significant enough to put him away for very long. Beretay, 40, had served several months in the Bergen County Jail for a previous incident when he was released on Nov. 1. Three days later, he was back behind bars. Beretay was caught on Saturday trying to hide a $600 bicycle stolen from a Cedar Lane home in an Oakdene resident’s backyard, Tea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Caller Leads North Arlington PD To Overnight Out-Of-Town Car Burglar Caller Leads North Arlington PD To Overnight Out-Of-Town Car Burglar
Caller Leads North Arlington PD To Overnight Out-Of-Town Car Burglar North Arlington police nabbed a pre-dawn car burglar from out-of-town after being alerted by a caller, authorities said. The call of a burglary in progress behind a commercial building on River Road next to the Little League field along the Passaic River came in at shortly before 6 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 29, Lt. Michael Horton said. A masked burglar in a white pickup truck was burglarizing vehicles, the lieutenant said. Responding officers seized repeat offender Damon Wise, 51, of Newark as he fled the scene, Horton said. In his truck was a DeWalt toolbox that had just been stolen, he said. W…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Morris County Football Club Treasurer Embezzled $100K, Police Say Morris County Football Club Treasurer Embezzled $100K, Police Say
Morris County Football Club Treasurer Embezzled $100K, Police Say The treasurer of a Morris County football club has been charged with stealing more than $100,000, police said. The Denville Blue Angels' FC treasurer, Gerald Castellano, stole more than $100,000 over an extended time, Denville police said on Wednesday, Oct. 25. The investigation began on Aug. 21. Castellano was charged on Oct. 3, with theft by unlawful taking, and released on his own recognizance pending a future court appearance date at the Morris County Superior Court.

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by Cecilia Levine
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HIGH LIFE: Ridgefield Park Man Charged With Spending $100G Treasury Check Stolen Out Of Teaneck HIGH LIFE: Ridgefield Park Man Charged With Spending $100G Treasury Check Stolen Out Of Teaneck
High Life: Ridgefield Park Man Charged With Spending $100G Treasury Check Stolen Out Of Teaneck A Ridgefield Park man intercepted a $100,000 U.S. Treasury check that was headed to a beneficiary in Teaneck, then spent the money on himself, authorities charged. Tyler N. Thomas, 27, “created a fictitious LLC and opened a bank account to deposit the check for his own benefit,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He then “withdrew funds and made several purchases prior to the detection of the fraud,” Musella said. Thomas (also known as Tyler D. Rodriguez) surrendered himself on Oct. 10 amid a joint investigation by members of Musella’s Financial Crime Unit and Teaneck police, the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Councilman Who Once Sold Meth To Undercover Cop Stole $1K From Democratic Club: Prosecutor NJ Councilman Who Once Sold Meth To Undercover Cop Stole $1K From Democratic Club: Prosecutor
NJ Councilman Who Once Sold Meth To Undercover Cop Stole $1K From Democratic Club: Prosecutor A 47-year-old councilman in New Jersey been charged with stealing from the borough's democratic club. Malik D. Johnston, who also goes by Pippin Folk, has been charged with third-degree theft by unlawful taking after withdrawing a $1,000 check from the Flemington Democratic Club's bank account, at a branch in Bridgewater, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée M. Robeson said. Johnston was a former officer of the club at the time of the transaction, and did not have permission or lawful authority to make the cash withdrawal and keep the funds, Robeson said alongside the borough's police chi…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Sussex County ShopRite ‘Distract And Grab’ Scammer Sentenced For Theft Sussex County ShopRite ‘Distract And Grab’ Scammer Sentenced For Theft
Sussex County ShopRite ‘Distract And Grab’ Scammer Sentenced For Theft A Paterson man who pleaded guilty to stealing wallets from two victims in what authorities call a “distract and grab” scam is heading to jail. Juan Canales, 54, was sentenced to 180 days in the Morris County Correctional Facility, which will run concurrent on both counts, Acting Sussex County Prosecutor Annmarie Taggart said. Canales pleaded guilty on Friday, Sept. 8 to two counts of theft and admitted to stealing the wallets on separate occasions before using the credit cards inside to obtain gift cards in “distract and grab” scams at the ShopRite in Byram. The investigation was led by th…

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by Valerie Musson
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Sussex County Man Gets 6-Year Sentence For Burglary, Theft, Evidence Tampering: Prosecutor Sussex County Man Gets 6-Year Sentence For Burglary, Theft, Evidence Tampering: Prosecutor
Sussex County Man Gets 6-Year Sentence For Burglary, Theft, Evidence Tampering: Prosecutor A Sussex County man was sentenced to six years behind bars for burglary, theft, evidence tampering, and other offenses, authorities announced. Richard J. Dobrowolski, 44, of Vernon, was sentenced to six years in state prison for burglary and theft based on an incident that occurred in Vernon on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022, Acting Sussex County Prosecutor Annmarie Taggart said. Dobrowolski also received a three-year sentence for possession of drugs and tampering with evidence based on a Wednesday, March 17, 2021 incident, as well as a three-year sentence for theft based on incidents that occurr…

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by Valerie Musson
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County Human Services Aide Swiped Victim's Benefits Card For Herself: Bergen Prosecutor County Human Services Aide Swiped Victim's Benefits Card For Herself: Bergen Prosecutor
County Human Services Aide Swiped Victim's Benefits Card For Herself: Bergen Prosecutor A Bergen County human services aide stole an electronic benefit transfer card, then spent $2,700 from the victim’s account in cash, authorities charged. Seqiera M. Washington, 44, of Elmwood Park was hired as a full-time human services aid by the Bergen County Board of Social Services in August 2022, records show. Detectives began investigating last month after learning that Washington “obtained an electronic benefit transfer card belonging to another individual without authorization,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. State-issued EBT cards replace checks and food coupons for ne…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Englewood Burglar Who Raided Homeowner's Fridge, Changed Clothes Ends Up With Jail Food: Police Englewood Burglar Who Raided Homeowner's Fridge, Changed Clothes Ends Up With Jail Food: Police
Englewood Burglar Who Raided Homeowner's Fridge, Changed Clothes Ends Up With Jail Food: Police Chances are good an intruder who made himself comfortable while burglarizing an Englewood home – raiding the refrigerator and changing his clothes – isn’t finding the accommodations at the Bergen County Jail as cushy. Carlos Liriano, 36, of the Bronx snatched $1,000 or so in cash and $14,000 worth of jewelry from the Old Quarry Road home just off Route 4 sometime between lunch and dinner on Friday, Oct. 13, Englewood Detective Lt. Fred Pulice said. Liriano "spent a significant amount of time" in the home, the lieutenant said. Then he got cocky. Detectives who diligently worked the case id…

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by Jerry DeMarco