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SEE Anything? Knife-Wielding Robbers Get $2,000, Cigars, Smokes From Rochelle Park 7-Eleven
A group of young thugs, one armed with a knife, robbed a Rochelle Park 7-Eleven overnight Wednesday of $2,000 in cash.
The gang of four -- all in their late teens to early 20s -- entered the convenience store at the Essex Street service station just off Routes 80 and 17 shortly after midnight, Lt. James M. DePreta said.
The one with the knife and two others approached the cleark, took the cash from the register and grabbed cigarettes and cigars, as well, he said.
They headed toward High Street, where a vehicle apparently was waiting, DePreta said.
Anyone who might have witnessed the robbe…
Police: Ex-Con Had Kilo+ Of Heroin, Three Guns, $15,000 Cash In Lyndhurst Street-Drug Factory
Police from different counties teamed up to seize more than a kilo of heroin, three guns and nearly $15,000 while arresting an ex-con who they said operated a drug factory at his Lyndhurst apartment.
Abdur Rahim-Jamal Smallwood, 42, also had a pound and a half of pot, more than six ounces of cocaine, dozens of Suboxone strips and a small bag of Ectascy (see photos above), they said.
It began with a tip, investigated by Paterson detectives, of dealing outside the Silk City strip club at First Avenue and East 19th Street (Route 20), city Police Director Jerry Speziale said Saturday.
Paterson…
