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Woman From Cali Busted In Bergen After Search Of U-Haul Turns Up 236 Pounds Of Pot, Meth, More Woman From Cali Busted In Bergen After Search Of U-Haul Turns Up 236 Pounds Of Pot, Meth, More
Woman From Cali Busted In Bergen After Search Of U-Haul Turns Up 236 Pounds Of Pot, Meth, More An unemployed California woman was caught moving 236 pounds of pot through Bergen County in a rental truck, authorities said. Fernanda Young, 33, of Oakland was also carrying crystal meth and fentanyl when she was arrested in Carlstadt, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Friday, Feb. 18. Members of his Narcotics Task Force seized Young during a warranted search of the U-Haul the day before, Musella said. You can legally possess up to six ounces of pot in New Jersey under state law. Any weight over that subjects you to criminal charges of varying degrees depending on the amount. …

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Retiree Charged With Setting Fire In Fort Lee Luxury High-Rise Retiree Charged With Setting Fire In Fort Lee Luxury High-Rise
Retiree Charged With Setting Fire In Fort Lee Luxury High-Rise A Fort Lee retiree deliberately set a fire in his luxury high-rise apartment overlooking Manhattan, authorities said. Jay Freedman, 60, was arrested following an investigation into the late-afternoon fire Tuesday in his eighth-floor apartment in the Charlton, a 20-story high rise off Bergen Boulevard, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Responders quickly doused it, Musella said. Freedman, meanwhile, was charged with a minor count of causing or risking widespread injury or damage, then was released pending a Feb. 11 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensa…

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Bergen County Man Charged With Murdering 3-Month-Old Daughter Bergen County Man Charged With Murdering 3-Month-Old Daughter
Bergen County Man Charged With Murdering 3-Month-Old Daughter A North Arlington man was charged with murder in the death of his and his fiancée’s 3-month-old daughter. Aaron Medrano, 27, initially was charged with aggravated assault and released on Dec. 30, 2021, a week after the child was brought to Hackensack University Medical Center with several injuries. Baby Giovanna died last Wednesday, Jan. 5, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Medrano was re-arrested on Tuesday, this time on first-degree murder charges, the prosecutor said.  He was in custody Wednesday at New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus pending a first appearance in Centr…

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One Caught, Another Sought After NJ Home Owned By Biz Partner Of Rapper Fat Joe Is Burglarized One Caught, Another Sought After NJ Home Owned By Biz Partner Of Rapper Fat Joe Is Burglarized
One Caught, Another Sought After NJ Home Owned By Biz Partner Of Rapper Fat Joe Is Burglarized Police nabbed one suspect and were tracking down another after they broke into a Bergen County home owned by one of New York City rapper Fat Joe's business partners. Efrain Uran Garcia, 43, and his partner bolted out a back door of the North Woodland Street residence in Englewood shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday when they realized someone was home, police said. The resident was unharmed, they said. The pair ditched a late-model SUV in a Booth Street resident's driveway and ran, neighbors said. Officers caught Garcia after a brief foot chase. The Colombian national told them he'd recently arri…

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