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$8K, Oxy, More Drugs Seized From Passaic County Dealers After Wayne Investigation: Cops
A pair of Passaic County men have been arrested for drug dealing, authorities said.
A concerned resident tipped Wayne police off, who launched an investigation with help from the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office, the Haledon Police Department, the Pompton Lakes Police Department and the Wayne Police Patrol Division, police said.
Police began surveillance on Louis C. Colao, 50, of Prospect Park, and Armando Verdina, 45, of Paterson, on Tuesday, July 24, Wayne Police Capt. Daniel Daly said.
Officers watched as Colao carried out drug deals in various Wayne Township parking lots, Daly s…
Sibling Thievery: Brothers Captured Same Day, Charged With Separate Crimes, Haledon Police Say
A thief tried to outrun Haledon police while pushing a shopping cart packed with nearly $2,800 worth of hot merchandise on the very same day that they arrested his older brother for stealing a car, authorities said.
Borough resident Ahmad Elfki, 20, was still in the Walgreens on Belmont Avenue when Officer Kris Duci, Corporal April Latona and Detective Lt. Tim Lindberg arrived, they said.
Elfki (above, left), who was previously banned from the store, bolted out an emergency fire exit, triggering an alarm, Deputy Police Chief George Guzman Jr. said.
He hustled toward Morrissee Avenue with “…
Prospect Park PBA Issues No-Confidence Vote As Mayor, Council Seek Civilian Police Director
There are many reasons why you can easily count the number of police directors in New Jersey’s 564 municipalities.
These are many of the same reasons that Prospect Park’s police union has declared a vote of no-confidence in the borough’s mayor, as well as its council majority, who are about to place a civilian in charge of their police department.
Police and public safety directors often work well in cities – take Paterson, for instance, which has nearly 160,000 residents, or Newark, which has more than 300,000 residents and nearly 1,300 police officers.
Directors in the cities are ordinar…
