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Accused Englewood Shopping Center Mugger Had Just Been Busted For Non-Support, Records Show Accused Englewood Shopping Center Mugger Had Just Been Busted For Non-Support, Records Show
Accused Englewood Shopping Center Mugger Had Just Been Busted For Non-Support, Records Show Exactly 10 days after being arrested and then released from jail for failing to pay child support, records show, an Englewood man was charged with mugging a resident at a city shopping center. Ogaro B. Coombs, 35, fled Palisades Court with the 45-year-old victim's cellphone and hat after hitting him several times in the face around 10:45 p.m. Sunday, July 23, Detective Lt. Fred Pulice said. Responding officers quickly nabbed Coombs, who Pulice said was carrying the proceeds. The victim wasn't seriously injured, the lieutenant said. It was more than 11 years ago that Coombs led police on a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bogota Man Charged After Accidentally Shooting Himself, Blaming Drive-By: Police Bogota Man Charged After Accidentally Shooting Himself, Blaming Drive-By: Police
Bogota Man Charged After Accidentally Shooting Himself, Blaming Drive-By: Police A 30-year-old Bogota man was arrested after accidentally shooting himself in the leg and claiming he was the victim of a drive-by, authorities said. Officers called to the 100 block of West Fort Lee Road at 3:40 a.m. Saturday, July 1, found Frederick Bambo Jr., formerly of Paterson, with a gunshot wound in his upper left thigh, Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. They rendered aid until a Little Ferry EMS rig and paramedics from Holy Name Medical Center arrived. Bambo -- who claimed that a silver vehicle fled the scene after the shooting -- was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, Cole said…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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LOWLIFE SLIME: Scammer With 'Child Support Issues' Swindles Well-Meaning Woman Out Of $1,500 LOWLIFE SLIME: Scammer With 'Child Support Issues' Swindles Well-Meaning Woman Out Of $1,500
Lowlife Slime: Scammer With 'Child Support Issues' Swindles Well-Meaning Woman Out Of $1,500 A lowlife with a BS story about child support troubles conned a well-meaning woman out of $1,500 outside a Clifton bank, authorities said. The 20-something scammer approached the 62-year-old Belleville resident at the ATM of the Citibank at the River Front Center shopping mall on westbound Route 3 in the afternoon on Sunday, April 2, Police Lt. Robert Bracken said. In his hand was a check that he said he needed to cash but couldn't because of "child support issues," the lieutenant said. After depositing the check into her own account, the woman transferred $1,500 via Zelle to the stranger,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Deadbeat Dad Caught With 70 Illegal Pills, Drug Cash: Haledon PD Deadbeat Dad Caught With 70 Illegal Pills, Drug Cash: Haledon PD
Deadbeat Dad Caught With 70 Illegal Pills, Drug Cash: Haledon PD A deadbeat dad who was being sought by authorities was carrying dozens of illegal pills and hundreds of dollars in proceeds when he was nabbed by Haledon police, authorities said. Detective Sgt. Timothy Lindberg and Officer Jeffrey Welsh were responding to community complaints of drug dealing in the area of the John Street apartment complex when they spotted Jose Chinchilla, 41, of Haledon. Chinchilla was wanted on a warrant from the Passaic County Sheriff's Office for not paying child support, Capt. George Guzman said. The officers stopped a BMW that Chinchilla was driving, then positivel…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Long Island Fugitive Seized By NJ State Troopers Following Route 17 Bus Incident Identified Long Island Fugitive Seized By NJ State Troopers Following Route 17 Bus Incident Identified
Long Island Fugitive Seized By NJ State Troopers Following Route 17 Bus Incident Identified UPDATE: A man questioned by New Jersey State Police following an alleged incident on a Greyhound bus turned out to be a fugitive from Long Island. Christopher Milton, 41, of Brentwood, NY was taken into custody in a park-and-ride lot on southbound Route 17 in Ridgewood around 6:15 p.m. Monday, June 27, after the bus driver pulled over, dialed 911 and reported that he'd threatened to shoot another passenger. No weapons were found, but the troopers did discover that Milton was wanted in Suffolk County for failing to pay child support, records show. State police charged Milton with being a f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Long Island Fugitive Seized By NJ State Troopers Following Route 17 Bus Incident Long Island Fugitive Seized By NJ State Troopers Following Route 17 Bus Incident
Long Island Fugitive Seized By NJ State Troopers Following Route 17 Bus Incident UPDATE: A man questioned by New Jersey State Police following an alleged incident on a Greyhound bus turned out to be a fugitive from Long Island. Christopher Milton, 41, of Brentwood, NY was taken into custody in a park-and-ride lot on southbound Route 17 in Ridgewood around 6:15 p.m. Monday, June 27, after the bus driver pulled over, dialed 911 and reported that he'd threatened to shoot another passenger. No weapons were found, but the troopers did discover that Milton was wanted in Suffolk County for failing to pay child support, records show. State police charged Milton with being a f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hudson County Sheriff's Office Nabs Dozens Of Deadbeat Dads, Warrant Defendants Hudson County Sheriff's Office Nabs Dozens Of Deadbeat Dads, Warrant Defendants
Hudson County Sheriff's Office Nabs Dozens Of Deadbeat Dads, Warrant Defendants Nearly 60 people accused of a variety of offenses -- including sex assault, weapons charges and failing to pay child support -- were scooped up in a Hudson County Sheriff’s Office sweep. Roughly half of the arrests by Sheriff Frank Schillari's department were of accused deadbeat dads who collectively account for $335,000 in unpaid support -- including a Kearny man who owes  $81,927 and a Jersey City man who owes $58,699, records show.Nearly three dozen others had been charged with burglary, theft and drug crimes.Although most are from Jersey City, some were picked off in Clifton, E…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Sheriff: Paterson Fugitive Who Owed $25,305 In Child Support Found With 72 Crack Bags Sheriff: Paterson Fugitive Who Owed $25,305 In Child Support Found With 72 Crack Bags
Sheriff: Paterson Fugitive Who Owed $25,305 In Child Support Found With 72 Crack Bags A Paterson man wanted for owing $25,305 in child support was carrying 72 baggies of crack when Passaic County sheriff’s officers found him, authorities said. Undercover members of the Fugitive Warrant Squad found 40-year-old Richard Mann in the area of Park Avenue and Summer Street and took him into custody on the outstanding warrant just after 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sheriff Richard Berdnik said. Mann “had a bulge near the zipper area of his pants,” Berdnik said. “When asked by detectives, he voluntarily pulled a clear plastic bag from his underwear, revealing 72 blue Zip-lock baggies [of] crack…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Denville PD: Ex-Dentist Wanted For Not Paying Child Support Found With Crystal Meth In Car Denville PD: Ex-Dentist Wanted For Not Paying Child Support Found With Crystal Meth In Car
Denville PD: Ex-Dentist Wanted For Not Paying Child Support Found With Crystal Meth In Car A dad wanted on a warrant for failing to pay child support was found with crystal meth during a Denville motor vehicle stop, authorities said. Frederick D. Bailey was stopped on Florence Avenue Thursday for a moving violation when officers arrested him on an active warrant without bail from the National Crime Information Center, Denville Police Capt. Jefferey Tucker said. Records show that Bailey, who was a dentist practicing out of Union township, had his medical license surrendered in 2016 by the State Board of Dentistry following a different arrest on drug charges, according to…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Bail Reform: Pair In Paterson Drug Deal Had 12 Combined Warrants, $30G Unpaid Child Support Bail Reform: Pair In Paterson Drug Deal Had 12 Combined Warrants, $30G Unpaid Child Support
Bail Reform: Pair In Paterson Drug Deal Had 12 Combined Warrants, $30G Unpaid Child Support One man busted during a Paterson drug deal before dawn Thursday was wanted on eight warrants and the other on four – including one for failing to pay nearly $30,000 in child support, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Sheriff’s Officer Angelo Calabro was patrolling the area of Hamilton and Carroll Street shortly before 4 a.m. when he saw Louis Allen, 52, sell heroin to 41-year-old Nelson Ford, the sheriff said. Calabro grabbed the city men and found Allen carrying a bundle of heroin and 10 small bags of crack, Berdnik said. Ford, meanwhile, had four bundles of heroin, 19 syrin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Teamwork: Haledon Citizens Help Police Nab Suspects In Separate Burglaries Teamwork: Haledon Citizens Help Police Nab Suspects In Separate Burglaries
Teamwork: Haledon Citizens Help Police Nab Suspects In Separate Burglaries Alerted by residents, Haledon police made arrests in several car and home burglaries. It took barely a day for police to arrest 39-year-old Michael Garcia in connection with a car break-in this past Saturday in the 500 block of Belmont Avenue, Police Chief Angelo J. Daniele said Tuesday. An undisclosed amount of cash was taken, the chief said. Garcia, who also was wanted for failing to pay child support, was sent to the Passaic County Jail on charges of burglary, theft and criminal trespassing, Daniele said. He remained held there Tuesday, records show. Less than a week earlier, Haledon po…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bail Reform: Wayne Police Arrest Fugitive Wanted In Four Counties Bail Reform: Wayne Police Arrest Fugitive Wanted In Four Counties
Bail Reform: Wayne Police Arrest Fugitive Wanted In Four Counties WAYNE, N.J. -- Two Wayne detectives nabbed a Clifton man wanted for skipping court in four counties. Detectives Paul Kindler and Vincent Ricciardelli were on a fugitive hunt Tuesday night on southbound Route 23 when they found Franklin Wesner III, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Wesner III was wanted out of Middlesex County for selling drugs, out of Morris County for unpaied child support and out of Clifton and Hillsdale for unspecified warrants, Martin said. A search turned up 11 bags of heroin stamped "HEROIN KING," a small bag of pot, two metal spoons with heroin residue…

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by Jerry DeMarco