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Carlstadt Police
Police & Fire
Blazing Out-Of-State Trespasser Ignites Trailer Fire Near Meadowlands: Carlstadt PD
An out-of-state man ignited a fire while smoking pot in a trailer off Route 120 in Carlstadt, authorities said. Detective Sgt. Mark Wong was headed north on the highway when he saw smoke coming from the roof of the trailer on the Home Improvement Team property less than a mile north of the Meadowlands shortly before 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 22. The sergeant also saw a man tipping away wearing a backpack and holding some belongings in his hands, Police Chief Thomas Cox said. Officer Matthew Bartlett assisted Wong in detaining Joe Jacob Perez of Lowell, Massachusetts, while firefighters doused t…
Police & Fire
Wanted Suspect Caught After Ramming Wallington Police Car In Escape Attempt
A suspect wanted out of Carlstadt rammed a Wallington police car with her SUV in an escape attempt before she was chased down in East Rutherford, authorities said. Officer Kasper Zielinski spotted accused shoplifter Amy Putrino, 38, of Paterson, leaving the GNC store on Paterson Avenue, Police Chief Carmello J. Imbruglia said on Tuesday, April 25. The purple-haired Putrino, who fit the description of a woman wanted by Carlstadt police, got into a distinctive-looking Honda Element cited in their alert, the chief said. Zielinski "started to pull closer to her vehicle in his patrol unit when …
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No Foul Play Seen In Death Of Hudson County Woman, 22, At Meadowlands-Area Motel: Prosecutor
A funeral Mass this Saturday morning will honor a 22-year-old Hudson County woman who was tragically found dead in a motel near the Meadowlands earlier this week. The death of Karol Mejia of Guttenberg at the Super 8 Motel just off Route 120 "does not appear to involve foul play," Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced on Friday, March 3. A final determination will be made by the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office after receiving the results of toxicology screening. Carlstadt police responding to a 911 call from the Washington Avenue motel used a master key card to enter the …
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Fired Bergen Employee Captured, Charged With Threatening To 'Kill Everyone' At Former Job
UPDATE: An employee recently let go by a Bergen County ground beef and burger producer threatened to "kill everyone inside of the building" and told police that they'd "better get there" to stop him, authorities said. A SWAT team and colleagues from neighboring towns joined Carlstadt police at the Wonder Meats Inc. headquarters on Broad Street following the threats Tuesday evening, April 12. They later arrested ex-con Mark Brownridge, 46, at Penn Station in Newark with help from New Jersey Transit police after tracking him overnight on his cellphone. Brownridge, most recently of Hackensac…
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Police, SWAT Race To Bergen Plant After Ex-Employee Threatens To 'Kill Everyone'
An employee recently let go by a Bergen County ground beef and burger producer threatened to "kill everyone inside of the building" and told police that they'd "better get there" to stop him, authorities said. A SWAT team and colleagues from neighboring towns joined Carlstadt police at the Wonder Meats Inc. headquarters on Broad Street following the threats Tuesday evening, April 12. They later arrested Mark Brownridge, 46, at Penn Station in Newark with help from New Jersey Transit police after tracking him overnight on his cellphone. Brownridge, most recently of Hackensack, has previous…
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Driver Of Airborne Mini Cooper That Slammed Into Minivan On Route 17 Identified, Charged
UPDATE: Authorities identified the man behind the wheel of a speeding Mini Cooper that flew into a minivan on Route 17, critically injuring its driver, as a 33-year-old warehouse worker from Hudson County. Witnesses told police that Christopher Macias of Guttenberg was racing the driver of another vehicle – believed to be a Camaro – when he failed to negotiate the exit ramp to Hoboken Road on the southbound highway shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The other vehicle kept going, they said. Macias’s Mini Cooper hit the grass triangle median separatin…
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Carlstadt Trucker Charged In Sex Recording Of Pre-Teen
A truck driver from Carlstadt was charged with recording indecent images of a pre-teen. Marlon Mendoza-Salas, 30, “engaged in sexual conduct” with the underage child “on multiple occasions in Bergen County,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Wednesday. Detectives from his Special Victims Unit arrested Mendoza-Salas on charges of sexual assault by contact, invasion of privacy by recording a sex act without consent and child endangerment following an investigation with Carlstadt police, the prosecutor said. Mendoza-Salas, who Musella said is married, remained held Wednesday in the B…
Police & Fire
Authorities: Carlstadt Officer Not Fooled By Wanted Newark Driver Switching Seats
A wanted Newark man tried to avoid detection by switching seats with his passenger when a Carlstadt police officer stopped him for making an illegal turn, authorities said. The silver Nissan that illegally turned right off northbound Route 120 into the Hampton Inn parking lot also had tinted windows and an obstructed license plate when Officer Matthew Bartlett stopped it, Police Chief Thomas Berta said Monday. The vehicle shook heavily as Bartlett approached it – the result of 22-year-old Shareef Kamara swapping seats with a female passenger who had her young daughter with her, Berta said. …
Police & Fire
Carlstadt PD: NYC Pair Nabbed With Stolen Car After Swiping $1,500 In OTC Meds, More
Carlstadt police captured a pair of teen thieves as they left a local supermarket with nearly $1,500 worth of stolen over-the-counter medications and vitamins, authorities said. Alerted by security at the Stop & Shop on Paterson Avenue, Officers John Sanzari and Kyle Torres spotted Jayshawn Brayboy, 19, of Queens and a Brooklyn 16-year-old pushing a cart that held a black plastic trash bag filled with the stolen merchandise last Wednesday, Police Chief Thomas Berta said. Both ran but were caught by the officers. Brayboy and the minor drove to the store in a 2000 Ford Mustang reported s…
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Unhappy Ending For Carlstadt Spa Owner, Employees: Police Charge ‘Sexual Favors For Money’
A Carlstadt spa was closed and three women were issued summonses – including the owner – after authorities said the masseuses rubbed customers the wrong way. With help from their South Hackensack colleagues, Carlstadt police sent undercover officers as customers who were offered sexual favors in exchange for money from employees at 17 Spa on northbound Route 17, Police Chief Thomas Nielsen said. March 11 first appearances in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack were scheduled for owner Jingyu Jin, 52, of Palisades Park, who’s charged with maintaining a nuisance, and In S. Hwang, …
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Caught
! Daily Voice Helps Carlstadt PD Nab Accused Stalker With Warrants, Restraining Orders
CAUGHT! A Daily Voice editor helped authorities capture a dangerous fugitive, Carlstadt police said Thursday. https://rutherford.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/carlstadt-pd-daily-voice-editor-helps-catch-fugitive-stalker/744124/ ****** ORIGINAL STORY: A probationer who’s compiled a stack of outstanding warrants – for charges that include stalking, harassment, cyber-harassment and resisting arrest, among others – is being sought by Carlstadt police, who turned to the public Friday for help. Joseph Andrade, 32, who’s currently homeless, failed to report for probation and has three active restra…
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: Driver Dumps Pit Bull Before Attack On Carlstadt Street
A pit bull seen on video being dumped on a Carlstadt street attacked a dog being walked by his owner moments later, witnesses said. Home surveillance video (see above) shows the driver of a dark late-model Nissan Maxima dumping the pit bull and then taking off this past Monday. A neighbor who found the abandoned dog was waiting for police at 8th and Broad streets when the pit bull spotted the other dog and bolted across the street after him, local mom Andrea Petto Recanati wrote in a Facebook post. "My neighbor's dog needed antibiotics, pain meds, and stitches for puncture wounds,&quo…
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