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Florida Ex-Cons Found With Runaway Girls, Loaded Guns In Route 46 Traffic Stop: Police Florida Ex-Cons Found With Runaway Girls, Loaded Guns In Route 46 Traffic Stop: Police
Florida Ex-Cons Found With Runaway Girls, Loaded Guns In Route 46 Traffic Stop: Police Two out-of-state men stopped for motor vehicle violations on Route 46 in Bergen County were found to have not only picked up two runaway girls from Virginia but were in possession of loaded guns, a high-capacity magazine, stolen hollow-point bullets, and more, police said. Ridgefield Park officer Lavrone Green stopped a Penske truck around 11:35 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 6 in the westbound lanes near the I-95 ramp, Chief Joseph Rella said. With help from Sgt., Nicholas Triano, Ptl. Marco, and Ptl. Anthony D’Elia, Green carried out an investigation and identified the men as Freddie Lynum,…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Passaic County 'Cash Jet' Pilot Gets 13 Years In Fed Pen For Smuggling Coke Kilos In, $7.5M Out Passaic County 'Cash Jet' Pilot Gets 13 Years In Fed Pen For Smuggling Coke Kilos In, $7.5M Out
Passaic County 'Cash Jet' Pilot Gets 13 Years In Fed Pen For Smuggling Coke Kilos In, $7.5M Out A private "cash jet" pilot from Ringwood must spend the next 13 years in federal prison for bringing hundreds of kilos of cocaine into New Jersey and New York, then laundering more than $7.5 million in proceeds back to Guyana. Khamraj Lall, 52, of Ringwood was convicted by a federal jury in Trenton last October of using the proceeds of a "cocaine empire” to buy jets, homes and cars, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. “He also paid more than $2 million in cash stuffed in suitcases to a Florida contractor to build an airplane hangar in Guyana,” Carpenito said. The Guyanese-born Lall -- who …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Private Passaic County Pilot Convicted Of Smuggling Kilos Of Cocaine In, $7.5M Out Private Passaic County Pilot Convicted Of Smuggling Kilos Of Cocaine In, $7.5M Out
Private Passaic County Pilot Convicted Of Smuggling Kilos Of Cocaine In, $7.5M Out Federal jurors convicted a private "cash jet" pilot from Ringwood of bringing hundreds of kilos of cocaine into New Jersey and New York, then laundering more than $7.5 million in proceeds back to Guyana. Khamraj Lall, 51, of Ringwood “used the proceeds of his cocaine empire” to buy jets, homes and cars, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said Friday. “He also paid more than $2 million in cash stuffed in suitcases to a Florida contractor to build an airplane hangar in Guyana,” Carpenito said. The Guyanese-born Lall -- who owned a private jet charter business called Exec Jet Club in Gai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Macy's To Close Seven Stores, Cut 5,000 Jobs Macy's To Close Seven Stores, Cut 5,000 Jobs
Macy's To Close Seven Stores, Cut 5,000 Jobs Department store chain Macy's announced the locations of seven store closures as well as plans to eliminate 5,000 jobs.The latest move comes after a slight uptick in holiday sales in which Macy's reported a 1 percent boost in sales in November and December compared to the same period last year. Macy's had previously announced it would be closing 11 stores, identifying four. The seven that were not initially identified are: Miami (Downtown), Miami, FL The Oaks, Gainesville, FL Novato (Furniture), Novato, CA Honey Creek Mall, Terre Haute, IN Birchwood Mall, Fort Gratiot Township, MI Fountain…

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by Daily Voice