Fair 49°
Police & Fire
Convicted Bank Robber Accused Of Holding Up Hackensack TD Branch Convicted Bank Robber Accused Of Holding Up Hackensack TD Branch
Convicted Bank Robber Accused Of Holding Up Hackensack TD Branch A convicted bank robber was captured Wednesday and charged with holding up a Hackensack TD Bank branch two months ago, authorities said. City police were with FBI agents and colleagues from other agencies who scooped up Myron V. Anderson Jr., 38, in West Orange around 2 p.m. Wednesday, they said. Anderson is suspected in several North Jersey bank robberies, including one Monday at a TD branch in Sussex County. Hackensack police said he also robbed a TD branch on River Street, near the FDU campus, of nearly $950 on Nov. 13. Area schools were locked down as police searched him following the…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Fair Lawn Police Revive Driver Whose Car Rolled Into Bank Fair Lawn Police Revive Driver Whose Car Rolled Into Bank
Fair Lawn Police Revive Driver Whose Car Rolled Into Bank Fair Lawn police used CPR to revive a driver whose car rolled into a TD Bank branch after a medical episode Thursday morning. The 59-year-old victim was unresponsive when he was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson after his 2003 Ford Escape hit the the front wall and cigarette disposal at the Maple Avenue bank just before 8:30 a.m., Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Witnesses said the car was parked in front of the bank when it abruptly lurched forward, then reversed back into the spot before a good Samaritan got into the vehicle and put it in park, Metzler said. "It is b…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Serial Robber Who Held Up Fort Lee, Hasbrouck Heights Banks, Targeted Englewood, Gets 5 Years Serial Robber Who Held Up Fort Lee, Hasbrouck Heights Banks, Targeted Englewood, Gets 5 Years
Serial Robber Who Held Up Fort Lee, Hasbrouck Heights Banks, Targeted Englewood, Gets 5 Years A serial bank robber from the Bronx was sentenced to five years in federal prison Tuesday for holding up banks in Fort Lee and Hasbrouck Heights and planning to hit another in Englewood before federal agents nabbed him. Eddy Cruz, 42, must serve out the entire sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Cruz admitted in August that he robbed a TD Bank branch in Fort Lee on Feb. 13, 2017 and another in Hasbrouck Heights five days later, wearing a mask to disguise his identity both times and handing the tellers notes demanding cash. He said he also robbed a PNC Bank…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
SEEN HIM? Surveillance Image Released Of Man Who Robbed Hackensack Bank Of Nearly $950 SEEN HIM? Surveillance Image Released Of Man Who Robbed Hackensack Bank Of Nearly $950
Seen HIM? Surveillance Image Released Of Man Who Robbed Hackensack Bank Of Nearly $950 Hackensack police were searching for a man who robbed a TD Bank branch of nearly $950 Tuesday morning.  Area schools were locked down as police searched for the bearded, 5-foot-10-inch robber, who struck just after 9 a.m. at the bank at 540 River Street near the FDU campus. The robber, wearing a hooded sweatshirt and a cap, "walked into the bank and walked over to a counter where he grabbed an envelope and wrote down a note, which he then handed to the teller," Capt. Peter Busciglio said. "The note demanded money." No weapon was shown, the captain added. The robber walked out with $9…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
'It's For My Daughter': Hackensack Man, 22, Charged With $1,150 Steak Knife Bank Robbery 'It's For My Daughter': Hackensack Man, 22, Charged With $1,150 Steak Knife Bank Robbery
'It's For My Daughter': Hackensack Man, 22, Charged With $1,150 Steak Knife Bank Robbery Thanks to a GPS tracking device hidden in a pack of cash, Hackensack police captured a 22-year-old city man moments after he robbed a TD Bank branch of $1,150 armed with a steak knife on Tuesday, authorities said. “Hey, gimme the money. Big bills only. It’s for my daughter,” police said Drew Hughes told a teller at the TD Bank on River Street at Atlantic Street just after noon. The teller then handed him $600, Capt. Peter Buscilgio said. Hughes "demanded more money, at which point the teller gave him an additional $468," Buscilgio said. "Hughes then turned his attention to t…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
'It's For My Daughter': Hackensack PD Nabs Local Man In $1,150 Steak Knife Bank Robbery 'It's For My Daughter': Hackensack PD Nabs Local Man In $1,150 Steak Knife Bank Robbery
'It's For My Daughter': Hackensack PD Nabs Local Man In $1,150 Steak Knife Bank Robbery Thanks to a GPS tracking device hidden in a pack of cash, Hackensack police captured a 22-year-old city man moments after he robbed a TD Bank branch of $1,150 armed with a steak knife on Tuesday, authorities said. “Hey, gimme the money. Big bills only. It’s for my daughter,” police said Drew Hughes told a teller at the TD Bank on River Street at Atlantic Street just after noon. The teller then handed him $600, Capt. Peter Buscilgio said. Hughes "demanded more money, at which point the teller gave him an additional $468," Buscilgio said. "Hughes then turned his attention to t…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Career Bank Robber Gets 12½ Years For Paterson, Clifton Holdups Career Bank Robber Gets 12½ Years For Paterson, Clifton Holdups
Career Bank Robber Gets 12½ Years For Paterson, Clifton Holdups An ex-con who served separate prison sentences for robbing banks eight years apart is headed back after being sentenced Wednesday to 12½ years for holding up banks in Paterson and Clifton last summer. There's no parole in the federal prison system, meaning that 63-year-old James Maurice Chestnut will have to serve just about all of the sentence before he can be released. Chestnut, of Paterson, admitted in federal court last December that he robbed a TD Bank branch in Paterson on June 30, 2017 and then an Investors Bank in Clifton less than a week later. FBI agents trailing Chestnut took hi…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Serial Bank Robber Admits Holding Up Fort Lee, Hasbrouck Heights Branches, Targeting Englewood Serial Bank Robber Admits Holding Up Fort Lee, Hasbrouck Heights Branches, Targeting Englewood
Serial Bank Robber Admits Holding Up Fort Lee, Hasbrouck Heights Branches, Targeting Englewood A serial bank robber from the Bronx admitted Wednesday that he held up banks in Fort Lee and Hasbrouck Heights and was planning to hit another in Englewood when federal agents captured him. Eddy Cruz, 42, also admitted during a plea hearing in U.S. District Court in Trenton that he robbed a PNC Bank branch in Jackson Township on Christmas Eve 2013  Cruz said he robbed a TD Bank branch in Fort Lee on Feb. 13, 2017 and another in Hasbrouck Heights on Feb. 18, 2017, wearing a mask to disguise his identity both times and handing the tellers notes demanding cash. Cruz is also charged with a ban…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Oradell Ex-Con Admits Robbing Mahwah, Edgewater Banks, More Oradell Ex-Con Admits Robbing Mahwah, Edgewater Banks, More
Oradell Ex-Con Admits Robbing Mahwah, Edgewater Banks, More An Oradell man admitted in federal court Wednesday that he robbed banks in Edgewater and Mahwah – one of them with help from his girlfriend -- as well as an out-of-area bank, gas station and liquor store. Joel Robbins, a 47-year-old Tenafly native, was caught after he pointed a fake gun at two tellers at a TD Bank on Route 17 in Mahwah on Dec. 3 and demanded money, warning them not to “make me have to kill you,” authorities said. Soel, who wore a bandana over his face, then left with an undisclosed amount of cash – dropping bills along the way – and hopped into a waiting Toyota Corolla dr…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Serial Bank Robber Who Grabbed Little Ferry Teller By Blouse Gets 9+ Years Serial Bank Robber Who Grabbed Little Ferry Teller By Blouse Gets 9+ Years
Serial Bank Robber Who Grabbed Little Ferry Teller By Blouse Gets 9+ Years LITTLE FERRY, N.J. – An Elizabeth man was sentenced Thursday to more than nine years in federal prison for robbing four banks -- including one in Little Ferry in which he grabbed a teller by the blouse and threatened to shoot her before making off with nearly $4,000. Israel Cosme, 36, pleaded guilty in January in exchange for the 115-month sentence -- nearly all of which he must serve because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Cosmo was arrested on Jan. 24, 2017, nine days after federal authorities said he robbed the Main Street TD Bank in Little Ferry in an incident captured o…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
REPORT: This New Jersey Bank Is Not Serving People Of Color For Home Loans REPORT: This New Jersey Bank Is Not Serving People Of Color For Home Loans
Report: This New Jersey Bank Is Not Serving People Of Color For Home Loans New data found that nearly two-thirds of mortgage lenders are denying home loans for people are color at higher rates than for white people, the New York Times reports. The Center for Investigative Reporting found that the pattern is widespread across the U.S., but some lenders stood out more than others, the article says. TD Bank has several locations across Bergen and Passaic counties. None are specified in the New York Times article. TD Bank, with headquarters in Cherry Hill, was most likely to deny loan applications in 2015 and 2016, The Times says. The article says: TD Bank is more…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
PHOTOS: BMW Crashes Outside Paramus Bank PHOTOS: BMW Crashes Outside Paramus Bank
Photos: BMW Crashes Outside Paramus Bank PARAMUS, N.J. -- A driver was hospitalized with injuries that responders didn't consider life-threatening after crashing her car Tuesday morning outside a TD Bank in Paramus. Firefighters and EMS workers got the woman out of the older-model BMW coupe after it crashed on Paramus Road. The Beamer was removed by a flatbed tow truck. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this report.

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco