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Convicted Bank Robber, 70, Charged With Stabbing Albany Man, 64, Dead At Mall In Bergen County
UPDATE: With his dying breath, an Albany man who was stabbed in the parking lot of a Bergen County shopping mall identified his alleged killer -- a 70-year-old convicted bank robber from North Bergen.
"Augusto. Augusto," Omar Cruz, 64, told responders, a law enforcement source said.
A check of Cruz's cellphone led them to Augusto G. Perez.
Perez was charged with murder, illegal weapons possession and suppressing evidence in Tuesday night's killing of Cruz on the Maywood side of Bergen Town Center off eastbound Route 4, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Thursday.
The 5-foot-6-in…
Convicted Bank Robber, 70, Charged With Stabbing Albany Man, 64, Dead At Mall In Bergen County
UPDATE: With his dying breath, an Albany man who was stabbed in the parking lot of a Bergen County shopping mall identified his alleged killer -- a 70-year-old convicted bank robber from North Bergen.
"Augusto. Augusto," Omar Cruz, 64, told responders, a law enforcement source said.
Augusto G. Perez was charged with murder, illegal weapons possession and suppressing evidence in Tuesday night's killing of Cruz on the Maywood side of Bergen Town Center off eastbound Route 4, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Thursday.
The 5-foot-6-inch, 154-pound Perez remained held in the Bergen C…
Hackensack Carpet Installer Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Same Juvenile For Years
A 55-year-old carpet installer from Hackensack is accused of sexually assaulting a juvenile under the age of 18 for years, authorities said Thursday.
Luis Morocho-Sacaquiri, who is married, was arrested and charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, sexual assault by contact, endangering the welfare of a child and aggravated sexual contact Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
An investigation was launched Tuesday, Nov. 10, following a tip to police, Musella said.
It was not clear when the incidents began, how Morocho-Sacaquiri knew the alleged victim, or…
NY Men Charged With Kidnapping, Stalking In Bergen County Home Invasion
Two Long Island men were arrested four months after breaking into a Washington Township home and robbing the residents at knifepoint, authorities said.
Law enforcement officials found Ward V. Arnone in Brooklyn, N.Y. and Louis F. Morano in Elmont, N.Y. on Friday, three days after issuing warrants for their arrests, Bergen Count Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
The pair forced their way into the home and demanded valuable items from the residents on April 17, then fled the scene before police arrived, Musella said.
Arnone, 46, of Sayville, who is unemployed, and Morano, a 30-year-old truck dri…
Update: Shooting On Route 80 In Lodi Leaves One Dead, Another Hospitalized
UPDATE: Authorities captured and charged three Long Island men in connection with the shooting death of a driver on Route 80 in Lodi last weekend.
"It was not a random shooting -- it was a targeted killing," New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said during a news conference Thursday in Hackensack with Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella, BCPO Chief of Detectives Robert Anzilotti and New Jersey State Police Lt. Colonel Fritz Frage.
Anzilotti identified the trio as:
Kenneth Regan, 21, of Centereach, NY;
Douglas Coudrey, 22, of Eastport, NY, the alleged shooter;
Robert Plunkett, 2…
