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Ex-Con Kidnapper Gets 43 Years, No Parole, For Rape, Arson, Assault Rampage Through NJ, NY, PA
UPDATE: An ex-con who kidnapped and raped his ex-girlfriend in Pennsylvania, then torched a used car dealership in Paterson and rammed a stolen SUV into police cars at both ends of the George Washington Bridge was sentenced to 43 years in federal prison.
Luis Figueroa, 42, first took a plea deal from the government that called for him to serve 26 years in a federal penitentiary.
Then he abruptly withdrew his plea, took his chances with a trial – and lost.
Federal jurors in Newark convicted Figueroa in May 2022 of kidnapping, criminal sexual abuse, illegal gun possession and assaulting…
NYC Murder Suspect Captured In NJ; Guns, Ammo, $3K Seized: Prosecutor
A 26-year-old New Jersey man wanted out of New York City on a murder charge was captured by members of the US Marshals Service and the Hudson County Regional SWAT Team over the weekend, authorities said.
A search warrant was issued early Saturday, Feb. 5 at 957 Broadway in Bayonne — where Kegwin Clarke was found, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.
There, authorities recovered two handguns including one stolen out of North Carolina, magazines, hollow-point ammunition, a large quantity of marijuana, and more than $3,000 in cash,
Clarke was arrested without incident by th…
Oops! Lincoln Tunnel Drag-Race Instagram Video Leads To Arrests Of Corvette-Driving Dad, Son
Thanks to a dash cam video shared on Instagram, Port Authority police arrested a West Milford father and son who they said fled a drag-race crash in the Lincoln Tunnel earlier this year.
Chadwick Quinones, 25, and his father, Fred Ordine, 44, both of Hewitt, were each speeding through the tunnel in their Corvettes when the collision with an SUV occurred around 10 p.m. Feb. 9, Port Authority Spokesperson Lenis Rodrigues said.
Both fled after the crash, but Quinones returned an hour and a half later and admitted that he was involved, she said.
Based on information available at the time, Rodr…
