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Husband Charged In NJ Crash That Killed Wife, Prosecutor Says
Two drivers including the husband of a woman killed were found at fault in the Route 9 crash last month in Old Bridge, authorities said. Benjamin Futerman, 32, of Manalapan, and Wilson Familia, 22, of Old Bridge, have both been charged in the June 2 crash on Route 9 at Ferry Road that left Kristina Godich dead and several others injured, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Old Bridge Police Chief Thomas J. Montagna announced Thursday, July 11. Investigators found that speeding combined “with aggressive and reckless driving" contributed to the collision, Ciccone noted. Futerman …
Police & Fire
Detectives Nab Driver From Hudson In Fort Lee Hit-Run Bus Stop Crash That Seriously Injured Two
Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives charged a mechanic from Jersey City with a hit-and-run chain-reaction crash that seriously injured two people at a bus stop near the George Washington Bridge nearly a week ago. Oliver Garcia, 28, was driving 2007 BMW 550i that slammed into a Honda CRV, knocking it into the pedestrians at the Lemoine Avenue bus stop in front of the Wells Fargo Bank branch shortly before 7 p.m. last Saturday, Feb. 17, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The Honda driver remained at the scene, but Garcia sped off, the prosecutor said. The pedestrians were taken to…
Police & Fire
Feds Indict Bergen Advisor For Stealing $3M From Senior Clients To Gamble, Buy Home, Gold Coins
A disgraced former broker and investment advisor is now under federal indictment for stealing more than $3 million from clients that authorities said he used to gamble and buy gold coins and a new house in Bergen County. Kenneth A. Welsh, 42, of River Edge, "used his position as an investment advisor to gain the trust of his victims," U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. "(He) then exploited that trust,” Sellinger said. Welsh was working at Wells Fargo Clearing Services in Fairfield when federal authorities said he began shifting money from clients' accounts to that he controlled in Ju…
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Advisor Who Swindled Mentally Impaired Elderly Siblings Gets 3½ Years In Fed Pen
UPDATE: A former investment advisor from the Jersey Shore who admitted swindling elderly and impaired clients out of more than $625,000 to partly fund a gambling habit was sentenced to a plea-bargained 3½ years in federal prison this week. Mario E. Rivero Jr., 39, of Red Bank, must serve out the entire term because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Rivero, a former Wells Fargo agent and investment adviser representative who had an office in Elizabeth, convinced five clients to transfer investment funds to their personal bank accounts, federal authorities charged. Many of his …
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Popular Kosher Supermarket Opening In North Jersey
Seasons Express is coming to Bergen County. The popular kosher supermarket is opening a location at 465-467 Cedar Lane in Teaneck, replacing a Wells Fargo. The new Seasons Express comes on the heels of the supermarket closing its location in Clifton, after the store unexpectedly lost its lease. Currently, the only Seasons Express in New Jersey is in Lakewood. An opening date for the new Teaneck location has not been announced.
Real Estate
Historic Jersey City Matzo, Tea Factories Redeveloped In $121.5 Million Deal (
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A luxury home developer is partnering with a New York City company to develop a Jersey City condominium community located in an area formerly home to the historic Manischewitz matzo factory and Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company warehouse. Toll Brothers and Sculptor Capital Management will be developing the 34-story 259-unit building at 151 Bay St., in Jersey City. Located within the Powerhouse Arts District in Jersey City, 151 Bay St. is being financed through a $121.5 million construction loan from Wells Fargo. The development will consist of 259 studio- to three-b…
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NJ: Elderly Siblings With 8th-Grade Educations Swindled In $500,000 Investment Scam
A former investment adviser swindled four elderly New Jersey customers out of $529,780 that he used for gambling, meals and car payments, state authorities said. Three of the victims conned by Mario E. Rivero, Jr. were elderly siblings who had eighth-grade educations, couldn't speak or read English and had "diminished capacity," Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said on Monday, March 14. Rivero -- who'd known the siblings for more than 10 years before becoming their financial professional -- told them and others that their money "would be invested in his mother's and fr…
Police & Fire
Authorities: Clifton Police Sergeant Nabs Fleeing Bank Robber
GOTCHA! A Clifton police sergeant rushing to the scene nabbed a bank robber as he fled, authorities said. Robert Fitzpatrick, 33, of Elizabeth was charged with robbing the Wells Fargo branch on Main Avenue near the Clifton Commons mall off Route 3 shortly after 9 a.m. Monday, Detective Sgt. Robert Anderson said. Moments earlier, he'd handed a teller a note demanding cash and fled with undisclosed proceeds, Anderson said. No weapon was shown, he said. Sgt. Bruce Lawson was headed to the call when he spotted Fitzpatrick, who fit the robber's description -- and captured him. Fitzpatri…
Police & Fire
Authorities: Clifton Police Sergeant Nabs Fleeing Bank Robber
GOTCHA! A Clifton police sergeant rushing to the scene nabbed a bank robber as he fled, authorities said. Robert Fitzpatrick, 33, of Elizabeth was charged with robbing the Wells Fargo branch on Main Avenue near the Clifton Commons mall off Route 3 shortly after 9 a.m. Monday, Detective Sgt. Robert Anderson said. Moments earlier, he'd handed a teller a note demanding cash and fled with undisclosed proceeds, Anderson said. No weapon was shown, he said. Sgt. Bruce Lawson was headed to the call when he spotted Fitzpatrick, who fit the robber's description -- and captured him. Fitzpatri…
Police & Fire
70-Year-Old Bank Robber Gets Five Years For Wayne, Pequannock Holdups
A 70-year-old confessed bank robber from Little Falls was sentenced to five years in prison Friday for holding up banks four days apart in Wayne and Pequannock. Wayne detectives, with help from the FBI and the Passaic County Sheriff's Office, captured Philip N. McGrantham as he returned home in a rented Nissan Altima that a law enforcement source told Daily Voice was used earlier that day in the Sept. 30 robbery last year of a TD Bank branch on Valley Avenue. He was carrying the proceeds of the holdup at the time, authorities said. McGrantham struck a deal with prosecutors and admitted t…
Police & Fire
Gotcha
! Boonton Bank Robber Captured, Authorities Say
A Boonton man was captured and charged with robbing a local Wells Fargo bank eight days ago. Andrew T. Merceruio, 37, was being held in the Morris County Correctional Facility in Morristown, charged with bank robbery and theft, authorities said. Merceruio, a native of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was captured on surveillance video on Nov. 27, when he robbed the Wells Fargo branch on Wootton Street, they said. No weapon was displayed, nor threats made, when the robber demanded money and made off with $2,000, responders said. Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp, Acting Chief of Invest…
Police & Fire
Accused Boonton Bank Robber Caught
UPDATE: A Boonton man was captured and charged with robbing a local Wells Fargo bank eight days ago. Andrew T. Merceruio, 37, was being held in the Morris County Correctional Facility in Morristown, charged with bank robbery and theft, authorities said. Merceruio, a native of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was captured on surveillance video on Nov. 27, when he robbed the Wells Fargo branch on Wootton Street, they said. No weapon was displayed, nor threats made, when the robber demanded money and made off with $2,000, responders said. Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp, Acting Chief of…
Police & Fire
Accused Boonton Bank Robber Captured
UPDATE: A Boonton man was captured and charged with robbing a local Wells Fargo bank eight days ago. Andrew T. Merceruio, 37, was being held in the Morris County Correctional Facility in Morristown, charged with bank robbery and theft, authorities said. Merceruio, a native of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was captured on surveillance video on Nov. 27, when he robbed the Wells Fargo branch on Wootton Street, they said. No weapon was displayed, nor threats made, when the robber demanded money and made off with $2,000, responders said. Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp, Acting Chief o…
Police & Fire
Update
: Accused Wayne Bank Robber, 69, Charged In Pequannock Holdup
As expected, authorities charged a Little Falls man arrested following a Wayne bank robbery with an earlier holdup last month in Pequannock. Philip N. McGrantham, 69, made a bogus 911 call of a man with a gun in the parking lot of a Route 23 Target “as a ruse to divert the attention of law enforcement” while he robbed the Wells Fargo bank up the road last Thursday, authorities said Tuesday. Wayne detectives -- with help from the FBI and the Passaic County Sheriff's Office – captured McGrantham on Monday at the corner of Main Street and Lincoln Avenue as he returned home. He was driving a …
Police & Fire
Gotcha
! Accused Wayne Bank Robber, 69, Captured In Little Falls, Suspected In Pequannock Holdup
Local police captured a Little Falls man who they said robbed a Wayne bank hours earlier -- and is suspected in another bank job last Thursday in Pequannock. With help from the FBI and the Passaic County Sheriff's Office, Wayne detectives captured 69-year-old Philip Mcgrantham at the corner of Main Street and Lincoln Avenue as he returned home in a rented Nissan Altima that a law enforcement source told Daily Voice was used in Monday morning's holdup of a TD Bank branch on Valley Avenue. Mcgrantham, who previously lived in Paterson and Jersey City, was charged with first-degree robbery and…
Police & Fire
Update
: Accused Wayne Bank Robber, 69, Captured In Little Falls, Suspected In Pequannock Holdup
Local police captured a Little Falls man who they said robbed a Wayne bank hours earlier -- and is suspected in another bank job last Thursday in Pequannock. With help from the FBI and the Passaic County Sheriff's Office, Wayne detectives captured 69-year-old Philip Mcgrantham at the corner of Main Street and Lincoln Avenue as he returned home in a rented Nissan Altima that a law enforcement source told Daily Voice was used in Monday morning's holdup of a TD Bank branch on Valley Avenue. Mcgrantham, who previously lived in Paterson and Jersey City, was charged with first-degree robbery and…
Police & Fire
Authorities: ID Thief Who Owed $18,776 In Child Support Captured By Glen Rock Detective,
Nypd
An identity thief who owed $18,776 in unpaid child support tried obtaining credit cards by posing as a Glen Rock woman’s son but was quickly tracked down by a borough detective. It began last summer when the woman’s bank notified her that someone tried to get a duplicate debit card on a joint account she had with her son, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said Monday. The thief used a New Jersey driver’s license in her son’s name, the chief said. He then tried to open a PC Richards credit card in the son’s name in New York, Ackermann said. There was a breach on the son’s American Express Card, …
Police & Fire
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HER? Police Say She Robbed A Paterson Bank Of More Than $5,000
Paterson police turned to the public for help Wednesday in trying to catch a woman who robbed a local bank of more than $5,000. Wearing a blue hooded jacket and blue-and-white scarf, the robber handed a teller at the Wells Fargo branch on Chamberlain Avenue a crumpled note on Monday (inset photo above), surveillance video of the holdup shows. The teller, in turn, gave her a flattened red pouch filled with cash. Wells Fargo was offering a $2,500 reward to anyone who could provide information leading to the robber’s arrest. Anyone who knows her, sees her or has information that could help c…
Business
Wells Fargo To Pay States $575M To Resolve Customer Ripoff Claims: NJ, NY, CT Get $34M
Wells Fargo Bank has agreed to pay $575 million – including more than $34 million combined to New Jersey, New York and Connecticut – to settle charges that it engaged in a variety of sales, lending, and other improper business practices for more than a decade. The bank also has agreed to pay more than $385 million to 850,000 auto finance customers who were wrongly charged premiums, interest, and fees for forced-place collateral protection insurance, even though they already had the coverage. That includes payments to more than 51,000 customers whose cars were repossessed, according to the m…
Police & Fire
6 Holdups In One Month: Serial Bank Robber From Passaic Gets 7½ Years
A Passaic man was sentenced to 7½ years in federal prison Tuesday for robbing six banks in one month -- including a Wells Fargo branch in Clifton. Quentin Morales, 27 -- a/k/a “Quinton Morales” -- will have to serve nearly all of the term because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Hours after the FBI posted a reward for his capture, state parole officers arrested Morales last summer. He eventually accepted a plea deal from the government. SEE: Passaic Man Admits Serial Bank Robberies Morales wore "some form of dark hat or head covering, a long-sleeved shirt or jacket, …
Police & Fire
Fit Cops: Losing 100 Pounds Helped Saddle Brook Officer Find His Purpose
Graduating from the police academy in 2012 would be the first step Paterson native Rob Littlejohn, Jr. would take to better himself for his young and growing family. The next would be dropping nearly 100 pounds. Although doctors initially thought Littlejohn wouldn't even be able to complete the academy at 315 pounds, he did. And then went on to lose the weight and work for several local police agencies -- currently in his fourth year with Saddle Brook and sitting comfortably at 223 pounds. Littlejohn says leaving his dead-end job in banking and getting in shape has given him the life he's…
Police & Fire
Six Holdups In One Month: Passaic Man Admits Serial Bank Robberies
CLIFTON, N.J. -- A Passaic man admitted robbing six banks in one month -- including a Wells Fargo branch in Clifton. Hours after the FBI posted a reward for his capture, state parole officers last summer arrested Quentin Morales, 25. Morales, 25, worn "some form of dark hat or head covering, a long-sleeved shirt or jacket, black or orange sunglasses, and/or what appeared to be prescription glasses" during the holdups -- and used a demand note each time, the FBI said at the time. “You are being robbed. Give me all your large bills. No alarms. No dye packs. You got 10 seconds,” rea…
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