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Store Clerk From Ramsey Charges With Collecting Child Porn Store Clerk From Ramsey Charges With Collecting Child Porn
Store Clerk From Ramsey Charges With Collecting Child Porn A 42-year-old store clerk from Ramsey was charged with collecting online child porn. Steven Vanduysen was arrested during a raid of his Spruce Run condo last Friday, Oct. 14, and remained in the Bergen County Jail on Tuesday, records show. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said detectives from his Cyber Crimes Unit found that VanDuysen had “ used the Internet to view, download, and possess over 100 files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent children.” They charged him with possession of child pornography and sent him to the county lockup to await a first appearance in C…

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Detectives Nab Out-Of-State Dealers In Teaneck With Coke, Loaded Guns, $25G: Prosecutor Detectives Nab Out-Of-State Dealers In Teaneck With Coke, Loaded Guns, $25G: Prosecutor
Detectives Nab Out-Of-State Dealers In Teaneck With Coke, Loaded Guns, $25G: Prosecutor Three Massachusetts men were carrying several ounces of cocaine, two loaded handguns and $25,515 in suspected drug money when they were stopped in Teaneck, authorities said. Narcotic Task Force detectives had learned that Kelvin Perez, 36, Brayan Lebron, 23, and Joseph Espinal, 22, all of Lawrence, MA were “transporting bulk amounts of suspected narcotics, weapons, and money derived from criminal activity” through the area, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Espinal works as a security guard, and the other two are unemployed, the prosecutor said. The stop on Wednesday, Oct. 5, tur…

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Rochelle Park Police Nab Hackensack Driver With Ghost Gun, High-Capacity Mag, Authorities Say Rochelle Park Police Nab Hackensack Driver With Ghost Gun, High-Capacity Mag, Authorities Say
Rochelle Park Police Nab Hackensack Driver With Ghost Gun, High-Capacity Mag, Authorities Say A repeat offender with a nearly 15-year criminal history is facing more serious charges after a Rochelle Park police stop turned up a ghost gun, authorities said. Officer Chris Kiszka pulled over Ricardo Clayton Huslin, 38, of Hackensack near the Ramada Inn on Passaic Street shortly after 12:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1. "An on-scene investigation led to a positive alert from a Bergen County Sheriff's K-9," Lt. James DePreta said. "A subsequent search turned up a 9mm Polymer 80 handgun, equipped with a 15-round magazine." Sgt. Jared Shatkin and Officer Jorge Orihuela assisted in the arrest, th…

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PD: Rochelle Park Officer Nabs Cooking-Grease Thief Behind Route 17 Steakhouse PD: Rochelle Park Officer Nabs Cooking-Grease Thief Behind Route 17 Steakhouse
PD: Rochelle Park Officer Nabs Cooking-Grease Thief Behind Route 17 Steakhouse A grease bandit who was caught red-handed behind a Route 17 restaurant is suspected in a series of similar thefts that have saturated the area. Rashan Nix, 44, of Newark, has an extensive criminal history in several New Jersey counties and Pennsylvania and has joined the growing number of cooking oil thieves, investigators say. Rochelle Park Police Officer Chris Kiszka was on patrol around 1 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, when he spotted an unmarked Ford van with expired temporary plates parked behind the LongHorn Steakhouse on northbound Route 17 near the Maywood border, Lt. James M. DePreta s…

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Driver Flees Route 1&9 Crash On Foot, Leaves Seriously Injured Passenger Behind, Police Charge Driver Flees Route 1&9 Crash On Foot, Leaves Seriously Injured Passenger Behind, Police Charge
Driver Flees Route 1&9 Crash On Foot, Leaves Seriously Injured Passenger Behind, Police Charge A driver abandoned a severely injured woman when he crashed his SUV into a utility pole in Fairview and ran from the scene, authorities charged. Kyu Cho, a 64-year-old Korean national who lives in Little Ferry, crashed the Acura MDX on Broad Avenue (Route 1/9) near Prospect Avenue around 9 p.m. Friday, July 23. Cho was gone when responding officers arrived, Deputy Police Chief Vincent Bellucci said. They found an adult female passenger, who was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with severe back injuries, he said. Cho came to police headquarters on Tuesday with severe bruises o…

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TEAMWORK: Paramus PD Nabs Trio After SUV Stolen Out Of Ramsey Crashes At Garden State Plaza TEAMWORK: Paramus PD Nabs Trio After SUV Stolen Out Of Ramsey Crashes At Garden State Plaza
Teamwork: Paramus PD Nabs Trio After SUV Stolen Out Of Ramsey Crashes At Garden State Plaza Paramus police captured three thieves who crashed at the Garden State Plaza during a predawn pursuit of two stolen vehicles down Route 17. The chase began on Main Street in Ramsey shortly after an 2021 Audi Q7 was stolen from a home on Deer Trail North near Darlington County Park around 12:45 a.m., Ramsey Police Chief Bryan Lyman said. Officer Christopher Finn pursued the black SUV onto southbound Route 17, where a white Mercedes that had been reported stolen out of Ridgewood joined it, the chief said. Moments later, Paramus Police Officer Michael Cleary got behind the Audi in the area of…

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Recent Cliffside Park HS Grad From Fairview, 20, Charged With Statutory Rape Recent Cliffside Park HS Grad From Fairview, 20, Charged With Statutory Rape
Recent Cliffside Park HS Grad From Fairview, 20, Charged With Statutory Rape A Fairview man who turned 20 earlier this month is charged with sexually assaulting a teenager who was four years younger. Cristian Argueta remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Wednesday, Sept. 14, pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, following his arrest the day before. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said a report from Fairview police that Argueta sexually assaulted a victim no more than 15 years old in their borough led to the arrest by members of his Special Victims Unit. In New Jersey, the crime of statutory rape is committed when …

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Teaneck PD: Keen-Eyed Sergeant Nabs Overnight Catalytic Converter Thief From Englewood Teaneck PD: Keen-Eyed Sergeant Nabs Overnight Catalytic Converter Thief From Englewood
Teaneck PD: Keen-Eyed Sergeant Nabs Overnight Catalytic Converter Thief From Englewood Teaneck police who've been prowling local streets overnight looking for catalytic converter thieves caught one in the act, authorities said. Sgt. Jason Hosey was on a special pre-dawn detail looking for bandits swiping the devices when he spotted a man in a vehicle stopped on State Street that had what turned out to be a paper towel covering the rear license plate, Deputy Police Chief Andrew R. McGurr said It was enough to raise suspicions, given that it was nearly 4 a.m., he said. The driver, Nixon Francisco-Colon, 33, of Englewood, claimed to be a mechanic, the deputy chief said. He told…

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Out-Of-State Couple Busted In Leonia With Seven Pounds Of Pot, $11,000 Cash Out-Of-State Couple Busted In Leonia With Seven Pounds Of Pot, $11,000 Cash
Out-Of-State Couple Busted In Leonia With Seven Pounds Of Pot, $11,000 Cash An out-of-state couple was toting more than seven pounds of pot and $11,000 in suspected proceeds in their sedan when the driver ran a red light at a busy Leonia intersection, authorities said. Sgt. Ray Forsdahl stopped the 2014 Chevrolet Malibu after the violation at the intersection of Broad Avenue and Fort Lee Road around 6 p.m. Wednesday, Leonia Police Chief Scott Tamagny said. Forsdahl saw the plot in plain view and requested a Bergen County sheriff’s K-9 unit. They were joined at the scene by Leonia Police Capt. Christopher Garris and Officers Debbie Maldonado and Young Cho, the chief…

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End-Of-Care Patient's Husband Charged With Putting Pillow Over Her Face At HUMC End-Of-Care Patient's Husband Charged With Putting Pillow Over Her Face At HUMC
End-Of-Care Patient's Husband Charged With Putting Pillow Over Her Face At Humc A Fair Lawn man visiting his wife at Hackensack University Medical Center was jailed after authorities charged him with putting a pillow over her face. City police arrested Pietro Atria, 73, at the hospital around 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, Hackensack Police Detective Capt. Michael Antista said. Relatives apparently sounded the alarm after finding that Antonia Atria, also 73, had been assaulted in her hospital bed, sources said. She apparently has been in end-of-life care, they said. Antista said he couldn't confirm the victim's identity under the law. He did say that she "didn't suffe…

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Convicted Sex Offender Jailed After Threatening To Come To Popular Fort Lee Feast Armed: Police Convicted Sex Offender Jailed After Threatening To Come To Popular Fort Lee Feast Armed: Police
Convicted Sex Offender Jailed After Threatening To Come To Popular Fort Lee Feast Armed: Police Throngs of attendees were enjoying the annual Feast of St. Rocco in the shadow of the George Washington Bridge this weekend when a convicted sex offender known to police began drawing attention. Robert J. Frate, 56, apparently had become irate over something, “yelling and waving his arms around in an animated manner,” Fort Lee Police Capt. Edward Young said. Detective Michael Kelly approached the borough resident, who told him that he intended to return to the popular feast “loaded,” Young said. Frate motioned toward Kelly’s gun as he said this, the captain said. The detective “believed t…

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GOTCHA! Resident Pursues Group Of Burglars To GWB: Englewood Cliffs PD GOTCHA! Resident Pursues Group Of Burglars To GWB: Englewood Cliffs PD
Gotcha! Resident Pursues Group Of Burglars To GWB: Englewood Cliffs PD An Englewood Cliffs man chased a quartet of burglars from his home to the George Washington Bridge, where converging police captured them, authorities said. One of the bandits had opened the door to his vehicle and was climbing in when the owner came out around 8 p.m. Sunday, Detective Lt. Ronald F Waldt said. The thief hopped into a waiting white sedan with tinted windows that then sped off, the lieutenant said. The caller pursued the getaway car, giving a police dispatcher the license plate number as he drove, Waldt said. Fort Lee police headed the bandits off at the bridge, seizing th…

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