Stolen Credit Cards, Oxy, $10,000 Seized, Two From NYC Busted By Rochelle Park PD Stolen Credit Cards, Oxy, $10,000 Seized, Two From NYC Busted By Rochelle Park PD
Stolen Credit Cards, Oxy, $10,000 Seized, Two From NYC Busted By Rochelle Park PD A Rochelle Park police officer trying to help the occupants of a disabled vehicle found them carrying credit cards in other people's names, oxycodone tablets and $10,000 in tainted cash, authorities said. Officer Jorge Orihuela went to help after spotting the vehicle in front of the Midland School on Rochelle Avenue around 10 p.m. Monday, April 25, Lt. James DePreta said. "Nervous behavior and conflicting accounts" from the driver and his passenger made Orihuela suspicious, DePreta said. After getting consent to search the vehicle, he found the credit cards, drugs and cash, as well as blan…
Police: Just-Released Convict From Passaic Nabbed With Gun, Heroin For Sale, Torches Cell Police: Just-Released Convict From Passaic Nabbed With Gun, Heroin For Sale, Torches Cell
Police: Just-Released Convict From Passaic Nabbed With Gun, Heroin For Sale, Torches Cell Adonis Reyes had been free all of six weeks after serving 2½ years in state prison for a gun conviction when Passaic police investigating a shooting caught him with a loaded handgun and 265 heroin folds this past weekend, authorities said. Not only that: Reyes, 28, set fire to the holding cell at Passaic police headquarters and assaulted a city officer and EMT who tried to help him, they said. Police responding to a report of shots fired in the area of Main Avenue and Washington Place found Reyes in the passenger seat of a nearby motor vehicle shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday, April 24, investi…
$15,000 In Hidden Drug Cash Seized From Philly Driver Busted Near GWB, Authorities Say $15,000 In Hidden Drug Cash Seized From Philly Driver Busted Near GWB, Authorities Say
$15,000 In Hidden Drug Cash Seized From Philly Driver Busted Near GWB, Authorities Say A construction worker from Philadelphia had $15,000 in suspected drug money stashed in a secret compartment of his vehicle when he was stopped in Fort Lee, authorities said. Narcotic Task Force members who zeroed in on Anderson German-Javier, 27, as part of an investigation also found small amounts of heroin and fentanyl in the electronically-operated “trap,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. They charged him with money laundering and drug possession and released German-Javier pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. The cash, meanwhile, was …
Rochelle Park PD: Call Leads To Arrest Of Convicted Felon With Crack, Burglary Tools, More Rochelle Park PD: Call Leads To Arrest Of Convicted Felon With Crack, Burglary Tools, More
Rochelle Park PD: Call Leads To Arrest Of Convicted Felon With Crack, Burglary Tools, More Rochelle Park police responding to a report of a suspicious-looking man dragging a heavy bag down the street arrested a convicted burglar who they said was carrying crack, stolen items and break-in tools. Officers Evan Migliore and Nick Mercoun and Sgt. Chris Bermudez found Leonard R. Castro, 37, of Jersey City on West Passaic Street wearing a hoodie and full face mask near Powell Avenue shortly after 2 p.m. Friday, April 22, Chief Dean M. Pinto said. A quick check by Detective Brian Cobb turned up an active warrant for a vehicle burglary out of Clifton, Pinto said. The officers also found…
Police: Rochelle Park Officer Seizes 100 Ecstasy Pills From Hackensack Driver With History Police: Rochelle Park Officer Seizes 100 Ecstasy Pills From Hackensack Driver With History
Police: Rochelle Park Officer Seizes 100 Ecstasy Pills From Hackensack Driver With History A Rochelle Park police officer found a Hackensack driver with a criminal history carrying 100 Ecstasy pills in a shoulder bag during a traffic stop, authorities said. Officer Chris Kiszka stopped the Volkswagen sedan on Passaic Street because it was missing a front license plate and had heavily tinted windows, Lt. James DePreta said. “Nervous behavior” by Jason Pollard, 37, prompted Kiszka to request – and receive – consent to search the bag, DePreta said. Pollard has a criminal history stretching back more than 15 years, nearly all for minor drug or arrears arrests. He was charged this t…
NJ Bans Pursuits But Not Perimeters: Vehicle Thieves Nabbed In Upper Saddle River NJ Bans Pursuits But Not Perimeters: Vehicle Thieves Nabbed In Upper Saddle River
NJ Bans Pursuits But Not Perimeters: Vehicle Thieves Nabbed In Upper Saddle River As bail reform and bans on police pursuits in New Jersey make vehicle thieves harder to catch, police have devised other strategies. Teamwork with both the public and among neighboring departments is beginning to show results. It was shortly after noon Monday, April 11, when police from several towns converged on an Upper Saddle River neighborhood near the Rockland County border. A resident -- aware that you can't waste a second in these instances -- dialed 911 to report someone trying to steal a vehicle from his West Saddle River Road driveway and then fleeing when his alarm sounded, …
FAMILY AFFAIR: Police Dismantle Heroin Ring Run Out Of Hudson County Home FAMILY AFFAIR: Police Dismantle Heroin Ring Run Out Of Hudson County Home
Family Affair: Police Dismantle Heroin Ring Run Out Of Hudson County Home Eighty folds of heroin and drug money were seized in the dismantling of a drug ring being run out of one family's home in Hudson County, authorities said. Kim Enders, 53, and Dave Enders, 52, along with their 26-year-old daughter, Samantha, were arrested on Saturday, April 9, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Also arrested was 52-year-old Jose Torres Amaro, he said. TorresSecaucus Police Police began investigating last month following a tip that heroin was being sold out of a house on the 200 block of Lincoln Avenue, the chief said. The youngest Enders and Torres-Amaro were cha…
425 Heroin Bricks Found In Trunk During NJ Turnpike Stop; 2 Charged, Prosecutor Says 425 Heroin Bricks Found In Trunk During NJ Turnpike Stop; 2 Charged, Prosecutor Says
425 Heroin Bricks Found In Trunk During NJ Turnpike Stop; 2 Charged, Prosecutor Says A man and woman were charged after a traffic stop on the NJ Turnpike led to the discovery of more than 400 bricks of heroin and cocaine, authorities announced. Dionys Rivas, 33, had just exited the New Jersey Turnpike at exit 7A in Robbinsville Township in a white Acura TL when he was stopped on Tuesday, April 7, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said. A search of the car turned up 425 bricks of heroin inside a gym bag in the trunk, and a follow-up search of Rivas’ South Clinton Avenue home in Trenton turned up 10 grams of cocaine, Onofri said. Rivas and his girlfriend, 22-year-old…
Investment Trading CEO Had Heroin In Crash Near Neshanic Valley Golf Course Course: Prosecutor Investment Trading CEO Had Heroin In Crash Near Neshanic Valley Golf Course Course: Prosecutor
Investment Trading CEO Had Heroin In Crash Near Neshanic Valley Golf Course Course: Prosecutor A DUI driver who struck a tree near a Somerset county golf course last month was busted with heroin, authorities said. Christian Graverson, 44, was behind the wheel of an SUV when he struck a tree South Branch Road near the Neshanic Valley Golf Course. in Branchburg around 5:50 p.m. March 31,  Acting Somerset County Prosecutor Annmarie Taggart said. The 44-year-old Hillsborough man was not injured, Taggart said. Further investigation found that Graverson was under the influence of drugs, and was subsequently placed under arrest, police said. He was in possession of heroi…
Garfield Man Nabbed With Loaded Gun, Drugs, Paterson Detectives Say Garfield Man Nabbed With Loaded Gun, Drugs, Paterson Detectives Say
Garfield Man Nabbed With Loaded Gun, Drugs, Paterson Detectives Say A 23-year-old Garfield man was carrying a loaded gun and illegal drugs when he tried to run from Paterson detectives, authorities said. Jamere Dixon bolted after Detectives Wojciech Kulbabinski, Kenneth Kerwin, John Traynor and Mustafa Dombayci pulled up and got out of their cars near the corner of North Main and Stout streets around 9:30 p.m. Saturday, April 2, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. They quickly grabbed Dixon, who Speziale said was carrying a loaded .40-caliber Smith and Wesson pistol, more than two dozen Oxycodone pills and an unlabeled bottle of Promethazine. …
ID Thieves From Long Island, Queens Had Hidden Vehicle 'Trap,' Bergen Prosecutor Says ID Thieves From Long Island, Queens Had Hidden Vehicle 'Trap,' Bergen Prosecutor Says
ID Thieves From Long Island, Queens Had Hidden Vehicle 'Trap,' Bergen Prosecutor Says Fourteen credit cards stolen from different victims were found in a secret compartment of a vehicle owned by a Queens man who was arrested with an accomplice from Long Island during a stop in Leonia, authorities said. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said detectives from his Narcotic Task Force also found cocaine in the “sophisticated electronically operated” stash compartment after stopping Jose Pichardo, 36, of Corona and Robert Diaz, 37, of Copiague on Thursday, March 31. The investigators charged both men with credit card theft, ID theft and minor drug possession and sent them to …
Phillipsburg Man Sends 2 Officers To Hospital During ‘Belligerent’ Struggle, Prosecutor Says Phillipsburg Man Sends 2 Officers To Hospital During ‘Belligerent’ Struggle, Prosecutor Says
Phillipsburg Man Sends 2 Officers To Hospital During ‘Belligerent’ Struggle, Prosecutor Says A Phillipsburg man sent two officers to a nearby hospital during a “belligerent” struggle as they attempted to serve him through a state agency, authorities said. John Tancredi, Jr., 33, acted “belligerent” toward state workers and uncooperative with Lopatcong police as they responded to his Avenue A home to serve him through a state agency on Tuesday, March 22, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said in a Friday release. Tancredi then engaged in a struggle with the officers and injured them, requiring them to be taken to nearby hospitals for treatment, Pfeiffer said. Tancredi was …