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Fake Handgun From Temu Brings Major Police Response To Busy NJ Shopping Center: Cops Fake Handgun From Temu Brings Major Police Response To Busy NJ Shopping Center: Cops
Fake Handgun From Temu Brings Major Police Response To Busy NJ Shopping Center: Cops A toy gun altered to look real sparked a police response at a busy Lyndhurst shopping plaza, authorities said. On Saturday, Aug. 16, at about 2:10 p.m., Lyndhurst police received a 9-1-1 call about a male walking with “an exposed firearm in his waistband” near TJ Maxx in the Towne Centre Shopping Plaza at 421 Valley Brook Avenue, according to Lyndhurst Police Capt. Paul Haggerty. Officers couldn’t locate the suspect at first. With the help of “the resilient eyewitness,” they spotted the male moments later entering a parked vehicle outside the AT&T store in the same plaza, Haggerty said.…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Tattoo, Bodycam Footage Help Cops ID Shoplifter In $300 NJ TX Maxx Scam: Police Tattoo, Bodycam Footage Help Cops ID Shoplifter In $300 NJ TX Maxx Scam: Police
Tattoo, Bodycam Footage Help Cops ID Shoplifter In $300 NJ TX Maxx Scam: Police A 32-year-old woman was charged after police say she carried out a retail theft scheme across multiple TJX stores in North Jersey. On Tuesday, July 29, TJX loss prevention reported to Lyndhurst police that Breanna Britt, 32, of Linden, fraudulently received a store value card worth $299.93 “by conducting a non-receipted return with stolen merchandise” at the Lyndhurst TJ Maxx on July 16, Lyndhurst Police Capt. Paul F. Haggerty said. Investigators said that on July 15, Britt shoplifted merchandise from the Saddle Brook TJ Maxx by concealing items in a reusable shopping bag. The next day…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Toxic Chemical Found In Children's Jewelry Kits Triggers Massive Recall By NJ Company Toxic Chemical Found In Children's Jewelry Kits Triggers Massive Recall By NJ Company
Toxic Chemical Found In Children's Jewelry Kits Triggers Massive Recall By NJ Company A New Jersey toy company is recalling hundreds of thousands of children's jewelry design kits because the crafts have a toxic resin. LaRose Industries recalled about 224,100 Cra-Z-Art Gemex and Gel2Gem kits, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said in a news release on Thursday, Mar. 27. The agency said the jewelry kits contain a chemical banned in children's products, violating the Federal Hazardous Substances Act. The resin, hydroxyethylmethacrylate (HEMA), can cause skin, eye, and respiratory irritation or sensitization if not fully cured. "Once cured, the resin no longer presen…

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by Chris Spiker
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Man Dies By Suicide In New Jersey TJ Maxx Parking Lot: Prosecutor Man Dies By Suicide In New Jersey TJ Maxx Parking Lot: Prosecutor
Man Dies By Suicide In New Jersey TJ Maxx Parking Lot: Prosecutor A man died by suicide via self-inflicted gunshot wound in a TJ Maxx parking lot on the early morning of Saturday, Feb. 15, authorities said. At 1:40 a.m., Franklin Township Police discovered a male deceased in his vehicle in the parking lot of TJ Maxx, the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office said.  TJ Maxx is located in the Walmart Plaza just off Route 78 at the Clinton Township border. There were no signs of foul play and there remains no threat to public safety, authorities said. Detectives from the Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office are investigating this incident, au…

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by Sam Barron
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Man Tries Ramming Route 3 Gas Attendant With U-Haul, Splashes Police With Urine: Cops Man Tries Ramming Route 3 Gas Attendant With U-Haul, Splashes Police With Urine: Cops
Man Tries Ramming Route 3 Gas Attendant With U-Haul, Splashes Police With Urine: Cops A 27-year-old Bergen County man is facing charges for trying to ram a Route 3 gas attendant with a vehicle and then assaulting a police officer, authorities said. Nelson Castellon, of Ridgefield Park, was in a U-Haul van when he tried to hit the attendant at the Exxon station at 445 Route 3 West around 12:40 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Police found the van in the parking lot of TJ Maxx located at 21 Millcreek Drive and a motor vehicle stop was conducted. Officers learned that Castellon also threatened the attendant, Miller said. While in the cell block…

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by Cecilia Levine