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Goya Foods Employee Stole $274K: Jersey City PD
A 54-year-old payroll employee at Goya Foods was arrested and charged with stealing more than $274,000 from the company, authorities in Jersey City announced Tuesday, Feb. 10.
Last August, officers were contacted by Goya Foods regarding suspicious payroll activity linked to Jennifer Kutler, a former employee, Jersey City police said.
Detectives reciewed payroll records, financial documentation, and bank transactions and found a sustained pattern of fraudulent activity spanning 2023 through 2025 resulting in a total loss of $274,231.90, police said.
She is charged with theft by de…
Fake Air Duct Worker Pepper-Sprays Homeowner During Service Dispute In NJ, Police Say
A man posing as an air duct service technician pepper-sprayed a homeowner during a dispute in Bergen County before fleeing the scene, authorities said.
Police said the incident happened on Aug. 4, after a resident hired a technician online to perform air duct services. The suspect, later identified as Or Peretz, 22, of Flushing, NY, arrived at the victim’s home and introduced himself as “Sean,” according to the Upper Saddle River Police Chief Patrick Rotella.
After a disagreement over the quality of service and equipment, Peretz assaulted the victim with pepper spray before fleeing, police …
Man With Phony License Plates Busted In Wallington: Police
A man was arrested in Wallington on Friday, April 11, while driving a car with a stolen license plate and giving police false information, authorities said.
At 10:30 a.m., a license plate reader alerted officers to a blue Hyundai Santa Cruz traveling east on Wallington Avenue, displaying a stolen license plate registered out of New York, Wallington police said.
During a traffic stop, the driver, Daniel Gatson, presented a driver’s license belong to an individual who had an active warrant in Virginia, police said.
Gatson was charged with receiving stolen property, exhibiting a false governm…
NJ Travel Agent Stole $896K From 82 Clients, 3 Friends She Impersonated: Prosecutor
A Bergen County woman is facing a laundry list of charges after allegedly stealing nearly $900,000 through identity theft and bogus travel bookings, authorities said.
Bhavna Anand, 39, of Garfield, was arrested on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in Saddle Brook following a months-long investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Financial Crimes Unit, under the direction of Chief Matthew Finck, according to Prosecutor Mark Musella.
It began in May 2024, when the Lodi Police Department flagged an alleged theft scheme involving Anand.
Investigators say that between January 2017 and Dece…
Wanted NJ Child Abuser Busted With Police Uniform, Handcuffs In NY Traffic Stop, Cops Say
A man who had been wanted out of New Jersey on child abuse charges was arrested in a New York traffic stop last week, when authorities found him with police uniforms and handcuffs, they said.
Joseph Zuziela, 43, of Branchburg, NJ, was stopped in Oceanside, NY on Thursday night, Aug. 8.
Somerset County Prosecutor's Fugitive Task Force Unit
Nassau County Police said officers stopped Zuziela’s vehicle at around 11:45 p.m. near Merrick and Oceanside roads. Inside, they reportedly found a trove of law enforcement paraphernalia, including police uniforms, handcuffs, a gold badge, brass knu…
Two Men Impersonated Cops In Gunpoint Robbery At Hudson County Hotel, Police Say
Two Newark residents were recently arrested and charged with robbing people at gunpoint at the Meadowlands Plaza Hotel in Secaucus in February, authorities said.
At 4:22 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 8, Christopher Herrera, 30 and Rikelvin DeLeon Diaz, 33, forced their way into the victims hotel room while claiming to be police officers, Secaucus police said. But they weren't real cops, they were fake cops.
One of the men pulled out a handgun and threatened to pistol whip one of the victims before both men fled from the scene. Herrera was arrested at his job in Clifton on Thursday, June 27. DeLeon…
