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Overdose Death Of Lodi Man, 62, Leads To SWAT Raid, Arrest Overdose Death Of Lodi Man, 62, Leads To SWAT Raid, Arrest
Overdose Death Of Lodi Man, 62, Leads To SWAT Raid, Arrest 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A Lodi man was jailed Tuesday in connection with the overdose death of a 62-year-old drug user last month from cocaine laced with fentanyl, authorities said. A Bergen County Regional SWAT team led a May 21 raid on the Victor Street apartment of Randy Lantigua, 25. The early-morning raid and arrest stem from an investigation into the death of James White of Lodi, who was found unresponsive from an overdose in the bedroom of his home on April 6, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Raised in Wood-Ridge, James Anthony White was a self-employed contract pain…

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Lodi Driver Slams Charger Into Parked Cars, Arrested On Outstanding Warrants Lodi Driver Slams Charger Into Parked Cars, Arrested On Outstanding Warrants
Lodi Driver Slams Charger Into Parked Cars, Arrested On Outstanding Warrants A Lodi driver who hit two parked cars, knocking one onto its side, was taken into custody after responding officers discovered that she had outstanding warrants. Kimberly Toro, 36, was headed south on South Main Street in Lodi when her 2011 Dodge Charger hit the other vehicles in front of the Pizza Zone restaurant and across from the Crescent Heights condominium development, at 9:42 p.m. Monday, Dec. 11. Neither car had any occupants and Toro didn't appear under the influence of anything at the time, police said. Toro was processed at headquarters, posted bail and was released with new cou…

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Fire That Destroyed, Damaged Vehicles On Route 46 Lot Deliberately Set By PA Man: Prosecutor Fire That Destroyed, Damaged Vehicles On Route 46 Lot Deliberately Set By PA Man: Prosecutor
Fire That Destroyed, Damaged Vehicles On Route 46 Lot Deliberately Set By PA Man: Prosecutor UPDATE: A pre-dawn fire that destroyed some vehicles and damaged others at a used car dealership on Route 46 in Lodi last month was intentionally set by a Pennsylvania man, authorities said. Jonathan Czyzewski, 37, of Levittown, PA remained held in the Bucks County Correctional Facility in Doylestown pending extradition to Bergen County. Czyzewski set fire to a 2011 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck at MFT Auction off Money Street at 4:40 a.m. July 30, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Flames engulfed the pickup and quickly spread to other vehicles on the lot, the prosecutor said. …

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Hackensack Man Kidnaps Ex-GF In Lodi, Crashes On Route 46, Captured At American Dream: Police Hackensack Man Kidnaps Ex-GF In Lodi, Crashes On Route 46, Captured At American Dream: Police
Hackensack Man Kidnaps Ex-GF In Lodi, Crashes On Route 46, Captured At American Dream: Police A Hackensack man was captured by State Police at the American Dream Mall after he kidnapped his ex-girlfriend at knifepoint in Lodi and then crashed his car on Route 46, authorities said. The woman ran off after Devin D. Nickens, 30, crashed a 2007 Ford Focus on eastbound Route 46 at the border of Hasbrouck Heights and Teterboro shortly after 9 a.m. Sunday, July 30. Officers who responded to the victim's Pasadena Avenue home were talking with her father moments later when she called to tell him what had happened, Lodi Police Chief Donald Scorzetti said. Nickens had chased her onto Route 17…

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Multiple Vehicles Destroyed, Damaged In Suspicious Fire At Route 46 Used Car Lot Multiple Vehicles Destroyed, Damaged In Suspicious Fire At Route 46 Used Car Lot
Multiple Vehicles Destroyed, Damaged In Suspicious Fire At Route 46 Used Car Lot Three vehicles were destroyed and three others damaged in a suspicious predawn fire Sunday at a used car dealership on Route 46 in Lodi. Lodi police arrived at 4:42 a.m. July 30 to find multiple vehicles in flames and the MTF Auction building off Money Street damaged. Firefighters had the blaze doused in under an hour. There was no extension into the building, they said afterward. No injuries were reported. Responders arrived at the MTF Auction used car dealership on Route 46 in Lodi to find a trio of vehicles aflame.Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE The Lodi Fire Prevention Bureau began a…

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ICE Seeks Hold On Guatemalan National From Lodi Charged With Sexually Assaulting Underage Teen ICE Seeks Hold On Guatemalan National From Lodi Charged With Sexually Assaulting Underage Teen
ICE Seeks Hold On Guatemalan National From Lodi Charged With Sexually Assaulting Underage Teen A Guatemalan national living in Lodi repeatedly sexually assaulted an underage teen, authorities charged. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement immediately issued a detainer, for deportation purposes, after Juan Nimacachi, 39, was arrested and sent to the Bergen County Jail on Wednesday, May 17, records show. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said detectives from his Special Victims Unit zeroed in on Nimacachi after being alerted by the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency on Tuesday. Working with Lodi police, the investigators found that Nimacachi -- who works as a car…

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Parked Car Struck By One DWI Motorist, Sedan Driven On Rim By Another: South Hackensack PD Parked Car Struck By One DWI Motorist, Sedan Driven On Rim By Another: South Hackensack PD
Parked Car Struck By One DWI Motorist, Sedan Driven On Rim By Another: South Hackensack PD South Hackensack police netted a trio of DWI arrests within several hours of one another, including one involving a motorist who hit a parked vehicle and another one who was driving on three wheels and a rim. Luis Negron Jr., 42, of Plainfield was arrested by Officer Chris Locarno after he failed a field sobriety test following a stop on South Main Street assisted by Lodi police shortly after midnight Sunday, April 30, Detective Sgt. James Donatello said. Negron’s Nissan Maxima was temporarily impounded and he was released to a responsible adult under John’s Law. Just about two hours later…

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Good Samaritan Leads Lodi PD To Drunk Driver: Police Good Samaritan Leads Lodi PD To Drunk Driver: Police
Good Samaritan Leads Lodi PD To Drunk Driver: Police A good Samaritan led Lodi police to a drunk driver who'd blacked out behind the wheel across from headquarters, authorities said. The citizen called police from Memorial Drive and began following the 2013 Jeep Wrangler driven by Franklin R. Sosa, 42, of West New York shortly before midnight late last week, Lodi Police Sgt. Dominic Miller said. He then told them the driver had stopped in a Mercer Street parking lot, where responding officers found Sosa slumped over the wheel, the sergeant said. They knocked on the window, then removed Sosa from the Jeep, administered a field test and arrest…

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SEE ANYTHING? Pedestrian Struck, Injured By Hit-And-Run Driver In Lodi SEE ANYTHING? Pedestrian Struck, Injured By Hit-And-Run Driver In Lodi
SEE Anything? Pedestrian Struck, Injured By Hit-And-Run Driver In Lodi Lodi police were searching for an early-morning hit-and-run driver who sent a pedestrian from Paterson to the hospital. The 37-year-old victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center after being struck by a white sedan -- possibly a Chevy Malibu -- on Passaic Avenue near Home Place shortly before 6 a.m Thursday, Nov. 10, Sgt. Dominic Miller said. His injuries were considered minor, the sergeant said. The vehicle -- with the New York license plate KBT9924 -- headed north on Passaic Avenue, he said. ANYONE who might have witnessed the crash or has information that could help …

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DMV Imposter Dupes Victims Out Of $1,500 To $2,000 Each, More Pawns Possible, Lodi PD Says DMV Imposter Dupes Victims Out Of $1,500 To $2,000 Each, More Pawns Possible, Lodi PD Says
DMV Imposter Dupes Victims Out Of $1,500 To $2,000 Each, More Pawns Possible, Lodi PD Says A con artist impersonating a DMV employee took dozens of unsuspecting customers for a ride, fleecing them out of tens of thousands of dollars, before Lodi police put the brakes on the heartless scheme, authorities said. Mohammad A. Aburomi, 61, actually had his victims meet him at the agency's offices in Lodi and Wayne, where he promised to help them cut the line for payments of $1,500 to $2,000 each, investigators found. "He had a two-way radio and all the garb, including a black shirt that identified him as a DMV worker," Lodi Police Sgt. Dominic Miller said. "He even had applications tha…

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SEE ANYTHING? Bumperless Sedan Sought In Hit-Run That Injured Lodi Teen SEE ANYTHING? Bumperless Sedan Sought In Hit-Run That Injured Lodi Teen
SEE Anything? Bumperless Sedan Sought In Hit-Run That Injured Lodi Teen Police were looking for the driver of a sedan with no bumper who took off after hitting a 16-year-old boy on his bicycle on a busy Lodi street. The boy was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with minor injuries after being struck near the ShopRite on Main Street shortly before 4:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12, police said. The driver of the green Honda Civic that hit him kept going, they said, adding that the vehicle was missing a front bumper. ANYONE who might have witnessed the crash or has information that can identify the vehicle and/or driver is asked to contact Lodi police: (97…

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LODI FATAL: Electrician From Hudson County Falls To His Death At Construction Site LODI FATAL: Electrician From Hudson County Falls To His Death At Construction Site
Lodi Fatal: Electrician From Hudson County Falls To His Death At Construction Site An electrician fell 40 feet to his death at a Lodi construction site. The 43-year-old outside contractor from Guttenberg was in cardiac arrest while being transported to Hackensack University Medical Center with a head injury following the 11:40 a.m. mishap Friday, Sept. 9, on Industrial Road. Fellow workers had done their best to tend to him before responders arrived, Lodi Police Sgt. Dominic Miller said. He was pronounced dead at the hospital, Miller said. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification responded to collect evidence and OSHA was notified, he said.

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Female Rider Severely Injured When Motorcyclist Wipes Out Off Route 17 Female Rider Severely Injured When Motorcyclist Wipes Out Off Route 17
Female Rider Severely Injured When Motorcyclist Wipes Out Off Route 17 A woman was hospitalized with severe injuries following a Labor Day weekend motorcycle crash just off Route 17 in Lodi. The 19-year-old Fair Lawn resident was on the back of the motorcycle driven by a 20-year-old Saddle Brook man when it apparently hit a patch of gravel and wiped out heading onto the highway from the Wawa lot on Essex Street around 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4, witnesses said. She was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a fractured spine, a collapsed lung and broken ribs, among other injuries, a close friend of both told Daily Voice. He got banged, bruised and …

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UPDATE: Paterson Man, 26, Shot, Killed In Lodi UPDATE: Paterson Man, 26, Shot, Killed In Lodi
Update: Paterson Man, 26, Shot, Killed In Lodi UPDATE: A 26-year-old Paterson man gunned down in a hail of gunfire in Lodi died at the hospital a short time later, authorities said. John Anthony DeLeon was struck multiple times at the Kennedy Gardens Apartments off Route 46 around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The shooter unloaded an estimated 20 or so rounds, leaving a Mercedes wagon riddled with bullet holes. DeLeon staged to a 2nd-floor apartment and collapsed in front of his girlfriend, a witness told Daily Voice. The shooter squeezed off dozens of rounds at the Kennedy Gardens Apartme…

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Habitual Offender From Lodi Charged With Pre-Dawn Break-In At Prospect Park Takeout Joint Habitual Offender From Lodi Charged With Pre-Dawn Break-In At Prospect Park Takeout Joint
Habitual Offender From Lodi Charged With Pre-Dawn Break-In At Prospect Park Takeout Joint A Lodi career criminal with a rap sheet more than 15 years long was arrested after burglarizing a Prospect Park takeout restaurant before dawn Saturday, authorities said. Ryan Patrick Morgan, 34, has been arrested dozens of times in North Jersey since his 18th birthday, records show. Over that time, the tattooed ex-con has been busted in no fewer than seven towns on charges that include robbery, resisting arrest and aggravated assault on a police officer, as well as a string of drug court and probation violations. During a two-week span in 2017, Garfield police said, Morgan swiped a purse …

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Pole Toppled By Plow Crashes Into Route 46 Garden Apartment Pole Toppled By Plow Crashes Into Route 46 Garden Apartment
Pole Toppled By Plow Crashes Into Route 46 Garden Apartment A snow plow sent a utility pole crashing into the balcony of a Route 46 garden apartment complex Monday afternoon. A small fire was quickly doused during the mishap, which occurred around 12:30 p.m. as the truck was clearing the parking lot at the Lodi Court Apartments, witnesses said. No injuries were reported. A PSE&G crew was summoned. Lodi police and firefighters also responded.

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Masked Gunman Robs $3,500 From Route 46 Popeye's Masked Gunman Robs $3,500 From Route 46 Popeye's
Masked Gunman Robs $3,500 From Route 46 Popeye's SEE ANYTHING? A masked gunman fled with $3,500 from the Popeye's on Route 46 in Lodi late Monday, authorities said. Employees were in the restaurant when the robber entered around 11:30 p.m. wearing a black ski mask, black jacket and boots -- and carrying a gun, Lt. Robert Salerno said. He took the cash and fled on foot, Salerno said, adding that no one was injured. Anyone who might have seen something is asked to contact Lodi police: (973) 473-7600. Salerno also asked that anyone with surveillance cameras in the area check them for signs of the robber or his means of escape. All calls w…

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UPDATE: Speeding Driver Charged With Killing Lodi Husband, Wife In Crash Outside Their Home UPDATE: Speeding Driver Charged With Killing Lodi Husband, Wife In Crash Outside Their Home
Update: Speeding Driver Charged With Killing Lodi Husband, Wife In Crash Outside Their Home UPDATE: A Nutley man was jailed Wednesday in the deaths of a retired Albanian police chief and a Garfield Walmart manager in an early-morning crash outside the immigrant couple’s Lodi home last month. Donald Kumar Davis, 29, was charged with two counts of vehicular homicide – also known as death by auto. Davis was driving a 2015 Dodge Charger that slammed into a 2005 Toyota Corolla that was emerging from the driveway of a Harrison Avenue garden apartment complex and pushed it nearly 20 feet shortly before 7 a.m. June 29, authorities said. The Corolla was found on its side near 481 Harriso…

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Lodi Motorcyclist, 24, Critically Injured In Crash Needs 'Lots Of Prayers, Love,' GF Says Lodi Motorcyclist, 24, Critically Injured In Crash Needs 'Lots Of Prayers, Love,' GF Says
Lodi Motorcyclist, 24, Critically Injured In Crash Needs 'Lots Of Prayers, Love,' GF Says UPDATE: A 24-year-old motorcyclist from Lodi remained in critical but stable condition Wednesday after crashing in a convenience store parking lot the night before. His girlfriend said he's fighting but still needs prayers and love. Josey Munez underwent more than three hours of brain surgery at Hackensack University Medical Center to reduce and monitor the pressure in his brain, loved ones said. Munez, a tow truck driver and landscaper, also suffered "a few broken ribs, a fractured scapula, spinal injury to his 16 and 17, multiple breaks in his left hand, a broken and two collapsed lungs,…

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Prosecutor: Bogota Couple Sold Goods Stolen In Dozens Of Cellphone, Cosmetic Store Burglaries Prosecutor: Bogota Couple Sold Goods Stolen In Dozens Of Cellphone, Cosmetic Store Burglaries
Prosecutor: Bogota Couple Sold Goods Stolen In Dozens Of Cellphone, Cosmetic Store Burglaries A Bogota husband-and-wife team fenced goods stolen during dozens of burglaries of North Jersey cellphone and cosmetics stores, said authorities who arrested nine people during a massive law enforcement response. The victimized business included: Verizon stores on Route 17 North in East Rutherford and East Ridgewood Avenue in Ridgewood; an AT&T store on westbound Route 46 in Lodi; a cosmetics store on Van Brundt Street in Englewood. There was also a botched break-in at an AT&T store on northbound Route 17 in Paramus, authorities said. Those involved “typically used large tools to f…

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New Bergen Sheriff Begins Filling Administrative Posts New Bergen Sheriff Begins Filling Administrative Posts
New Bergen Sheriff Begins Filling Administrative Posts Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton appointed three former members of the county prosecutor's office to his administration. The appointments of two other new undersheriffs who've also accepted posts will be announced next month, Daily Voice has learned. David Borzotta and Jin Sung Kim were both named undersheriffs. Cora Taylor was appointed chief warrant officer. Most recently a security supervisor at MetLife Stadium, Borzotta was a detective for more than a decade, handling everything from drugs, gambling and burglaries to robberies, arsons, fatal accidents and homicides. For several ye…

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Lodi MVC Clerk: 7 Years For Selling Illegal Licenses To School Bus Drivers Lodi MVC Clerk: 7 Years For Selling Illegal Licenses To School Bus Drivers
Lodi MVC Clerk: 7 Years For Selling Illegal Licenses To School Bus Drivers A former Lodi motor vehicle agency clerk was sentenced Friday in Hackensack to a plea-bargained seven years in prison after admitting that he collected thousands in dollars in bribes operating a ring that allowed 220 motorists -- including school bus drivers -- to obtain permit and licenses without having to take any tests. Rodman Lora, 39, of Queens must serve two years and four months before being eligible for parole, under his deal with prosecutors. Lora was among 70 people charged in a wide-ranging investigation. He admitted that he got an average of $700 per license or permit from 2014…

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Lodi PD: Robbers Duct-Tape, Torture Tenant, Take Phone, Wallet, Cash Lodi PD: Robbers Duct-Tape, Torture Tenant, Take Phone, Wallet, Cash
Lodi PD: Robbers Duct-Tape, Torture Tenant, Take Phone, Wallet, Cash Two robbers duct-taped a Lodi apartment tenant's mouth and neck, then assaulted him with knives and electrical cords before fleeing with his cellphone, wallet and cash, authorities said. Lodi police seized an ex-con a short time later. The second suspect surrendered earlier this week, Acting Police Chief Donald Scorzetti said Thursday. The Kimmig Avenue victim made his way to the apartment of a neighbor who freed him and called police, Scorzetti said. The victim then went to the nearby Lodi Ambulance Corps building, where officers found him being treated, the chief said. They arrested 23-…

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