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Passaic County Man Threatens To Kill Police Captain With Traffic Stop Ambush: Authorities Passaic County Man Threatens To Kill Police Captain With Traffic Stop Ambush: Authorities
Passaic County Man Threatens To Kill Police Captain With Traffic Stop Ambush: Authorities A Passaic County man was charged with threatening to lure a local police captain into a traffic stop so he could shoot him and chop his head off, authorities said. Jante Bagh, 41, called the Prospect Park Police Department on Tuesday and said he would lure the captain into a stop, “pop one in his head” and then cut it off, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Bagh, who lives in Prospect Park, was arrested and charged with making terroristic threats and harassment. He remained held Thursday in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Cour…

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No Bail Reform In This Court: Judge Orders Accused Prospect Park Shooter From Midland Park Held No Bail Reform In This Court: Judge Orders Accused Prospect Park Shooter From Midland Park Held
No Bail Reform In This Court: Judge Orders Accused Prospect Park Shooter From Midland Park Held A state court judge in Paterson has refused to release a Midland Park man charged in a Prospect Park shooting. That defendant, Rahjshone Newkirk, 23, and borough resident Tylaire Clark, 22, had been sought by police after two people reported being shot at on Hopper Street around 6 p.m. Feb. 2, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Prospect Park Police Chief Ammen Matari said in a joint release. Their vehicle was struck, but the victims’ weren’t wounded, they said. Borough police nabbed Newkirk on North 8th Street last Thursday, May 12.  Despite a state bail reform law that …

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by Jerry DeMarco