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Rookie Cop Helps Capture Ski-Masked Suspect Near Carjacked Mercedes In Bergen County: PD Rookie Cop Helps Capture Ski-Masked Suspect Near Carjacked Mercedes In Bergen County: PD
Rookie Cop Helps Capture Ski-Masked Suspect Near Carjacked Mercedes In Bergen County: PD A man wearing a wool ski mask was caught by a pair of cops, including a rookie, near a stolen Mercedes SUV following a brief foot chase through a Bergen County housing complex, police said in a report released Monday, June 30. Wallington Police Officers Wojciech Kulbabinski and Konrad Blasiak, who were both sworn into the department last September with Kulbabinski having transferred from Paterson, were notified around 2:53 a.m. of a 2023 Mercedes G30 that had been carjacked and was actively pinging near Al Ventura Road, police said in the release. The officers drove to the Jasontown complex…

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by Cecilia Levine
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310-Pound Bloods Gang Member, Ex-Con Wanted By US Marshals Fights Cops: Police 310-Pound Bloods Gang Member, Ex-Con Wanted By US Marshals Fights Cops: Police
310-Pound Bloods Gang Member, Ex-Con Wanted By US Marshals Fights Cops: Police A Bloods gang member and ex-con wanted by the US Marshals Service in a string of charges across New Jersey was arrested in Paramus, where he tried fighting off Paramus officers, police said. Paramus officers Jason Hrbek, Michael Cleary, and Matthew Orefice responded to Howland Avenue for a dispute where they encountered Danny Urena, 32, of Passaic on Thursday, June 19 at approximately 1:15 p.m., Paramus Police Deputy Chief Frank Scott said. Urena, standing at 6 feet and 3 inches and weighing 310 pounds, gave officers a false name, tried fleeing, and “continually flailed his arms and le…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Video: Wanted Man In Stolen Taxi Rams NJ Troopers In Multi-Town Pursuit, Cops Say Video: Wanted Man In Stolen Taxi Rams NJ Troopers In Multi-Town Pursuit, Cops Say
Video: Wanted Man In Stolen Taxi Rams NJ Troopers In Multi-Town Pursuit, Cops Say A 30-year-old man from Brooklyn, NY is facing a long list of charges after ramming into New Jersey State Police cars in a stolen taxi and fleeing on foot during a wild multi-town pursuit, authorities said. Ashton Charles, who struck a Springfield Township officer while he was outside of his vehicle, was operating a stolen Toyota Sienna wanted in a potential strong-arm robbery in New York, when New Jersey State Police troopers responded at approximately 11:24 a.m. Sunday, June 1, NJSP Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said. Footage of the incident shared in the comments of a Bridgewater Patch article on F…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Masked Suspects Flee From Haledon Police, Triggering School Shelter-In-Place Masked Suspects Flee From Haledon Police, Triggering School Shelter-In-Place
Masked Suspects Flee From Haledon Police, Triggering School Shelter-In-Place A routine traffic stop turned into a police pursuit Friday afternoon, March 14, leading to a temporary shelter-in-place at Haledon Public School, authorities said. At 1:50 p.m., Officer Kris Duci spotted two males wearing ski masks on a motorized scooter near West Broadway and Cliff Street, police said in a news release. The scooter had no license plates, and neither suspect was wearing a helmet, the department said. When Officer Duci attempted a motor vehicle stop, the suspects sped off toward Cliff Court, police said. As the suspects ditched the scooter and fled on foot, they discarded s…

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by Cecilia Levine
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AG IDs Man Who Plunged To His Death During Hudson County Police Pursuit AG IDs Man Who Plunged To His Death During Hudson County Police Pursuit
AG IDs Man Who Plunged To His Death During Hudson County Police Pursuit The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office has identified the man who died during a police encounter in Hudson County last week as a 26-year-old Texas man. Authorities on Friday, Nov. 22, named Brandon Lee Ortega as the individual who died following a foot chase with Guttenberg police on Tuesday, Nov. 12. The incident began around 11:02 p.m. when officers responded to 68th Street and Bellevue Avenue for a reported disturbance. Police were informed that one of the individuals involved, later identified as Ortega, was armed with a gun, according to the Attorney General’s Office. Guttenberg Pol…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Mugshot Released Of DUI Driver, 18, Accused Of Seriously Injuring Officer On Route 17 Mugshot Released Of DUI Driver, 18, Accused Of Seriously Injuring Officer On Route 17
Mugshot Released Of DUI Driver, 18, Accused Of Seriously Injuring Officer On Route 17 Daily Voice has obtained the mugshot of the 18-year-old Range Rover SUV driver who police say was intoxicated when he caused a weekend crash that left an officer seriously injured on Route 17. Joseph Ford, a resident of the United Kingdom, was speeding in the southbound lanes when he rammed the rear of an Allendale patrol car that had stopped to assist a Saddle River officer on a motor vehicle stop at approximately 10:40 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, near East Allendale Road, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The impact caused "a four-car chain-reaction crash involving the vehicle stoppe…

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by Cecilia Levine