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Wayne Police Nab Pint-Sized Jewelry Store Robbers -- With Help From Owners Wayne Police Nab Pint-Sized Jewelry Store Robbers -- With Help From Owners
Wayne Police Nab Pint-Sized Jewelry Store Robbers -- With Help From Owners A Wayne jewelry store owner and his son helped police catch a pair of armed robbers -- one of whom pointed a shotgun at them and another who sprayed both with Mace, authorities said. They held a female robber until she was taken into custody by police, who later caught her alleged accomplice as he was about to board a plane at Newark Airport. With police headquarters barely 1,000 feet up the block, Lt. Robert Simpson reached Massola Jewelers on Preakness Avenue within seconds of the 11:15 a.m. call Tuesday, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Simpson arrested 5-foot, 115-pound Emily Lopa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Off-Duty Wayne Police Recruit, Fiancée Rescue Owner Whose Boat Caught Fire Off-Duty Wayne Police Recruit, Fiancée Rescue Owner Whose Boat Caught Fire
Off-Duty Wayne Police Recruit, Fiancée Rescue Owner Whose Boat Caught Fire An off-duty Wayne police recruit and his fiancée rescued a homeowner who was severely burned when his boat caught fire, authorities said. The Alps Road victim was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital in Livingston after trying to douse the 10:30 a.m. fire himself on Thursday, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Township police recruit Al-Raheem Thomas was traveling on Alps Road with his fiancée -- Unique Zapata, who's a member of the Wayne Memorial Volunteer First Aid Squad -- when they spotted smoke, Martin said. Thomas pulled over, ran to the back of the house and found the boat ablaze, the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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PHOTOS: Wayne Firefighters Douse Condo Garage Row Fire PHOTOS: Wayne Firefighters Douse Condo Garage Row Fire
Photos: Wayne Firefighters Douse Condo Garage Row Fire WAYNE, N.J. -- Hours after several Wayne firefighters had to be decontaminated from a pre-dawn hazardous materials incident Sunday, members doused a blaze that blew through a garage row of a condominium complex. Someone working on a car in one of the units "may have spilled gasoline," igniting the 10:30 a.m. fire at the Knox Terrace Condos, Police Detective Capt. Lawrence Martin said. Members of the township's volunteer Fire Companies 4, 3 and 5 responded, along with the Wayne Memorial Volunteer First Aid Squad. Firefighters contained the flames to five units. No injuries were r…

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by Jerry DeMarco