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Moonachie, NJ

PA Ex-Con Who Took Truck From Lot Caught Returning For His Ride, Police Say PA Ex-Con Who Took Truck From Lot Caught Returning For His Ride, Police Say
PA Ex-Con Who Took Truck From Lot Caught Returning For His Ride, Police Say A Pennsylvania fugitive ex-con with a decades-long criminal record was busted again after he was caught on security footage unhooking a tractor from a trailer at an industrial building and driving off with it, authorities in New Jersey said. Moonachie Police Officer Scott Lemongello viewed the footage from a neighboring building on Hollister Road in Teterboro soon after the theft early Sunday, Oct. 9. It showed Christopher Mason, 58, most recently of Morrisville, PA, pulling up in a van, parking and then heading into the lot next door, where he began testing door handles on parked trucks, P…
Grandmother, 80, Fights Armed Robber Outside NJ Costco Grandmother, 80, Fights Armed Robber Outside NJ Costco
Grandmother, 80, Fights Armed Robber Outside NJ Costco An armed robber in a Costco parking lot got more than he bargained for when an 80-year-old grandmother fought back. The surprised bandit stuck what turned out to be a BB gun in the window of the woman's car in the Teterboro Landing lot across the airport on eastbound Route 46 last Thursday afternoon, Moonachie Police Sgt. Jeff Napolitano said. "NO!" the woman shouted, vowing not to let him take anything without a fight, Napolitano said. The robber grabbed her purse, dropped the BB gun and fled with two accomplices in a gray sedan with temporary registration tags, the sergeant said. …
Security Guard Charged With Setting Fire At Macy's Meadowlands Thankgiving Parade Studio Security Guard Charged With Setting Fire At Macy's Meadowlands Thankgiving Parade Studio
Security Guard Charged With Setting Fire At Macy's Meadowlands Thankgiving Parade Studio A security guard was charged with deliberately setting a fire at the building in the Meadowlands where the balloons and floats for the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade are designed, constructed and stored. Mathew Awojobi, 63, of Newark was arrested in connection with the brush fire set outside the Macy's Parade Studio in Moonachie, which broke out shortly before 7 p.m. Monday, April 18, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella . Moonachie firefighters doused the suspicious blaze on State Street off Moonachie Road. Detectives reviewed area security video as part of an investigation by Mus…
Police, SWAT Race To NJ Plant After Ex-Employee Threatens To Kill Everyone Police, SWAT Race To NJ Plant After Ex-Employee Threatens To Kill Everyone
Police, SWAT Race To NJ Plant After Ex-Employee Threatens To Kill Everyone UPDATE: An employee recently let go by a Bergen County ground beef and burger producer threatened to "kill everyone inside of the building" and told police that they'd "better get there" to stop him, authorities said. A SWAT team and colleagues from neighboring towns joined Carlstadt police at the Wonder Meats Inc. headquarters on Broad Street following the threats Tuesday evening, April 12. They later arrested ex-con Mark Brownridge, 46, at Penn Station in Newark with help from New Jersey Transit police after tracking him overnight on his cellphone. Brownridge, most recently of Hackensac…
Police, SWAT Race To NJ Plant After Ex-Employee Threatens To Kill Everyone Police, SWAT Race To NJ Plant After Ex-Employee Threatens To Kill Everyone
Police, SWAT Race To NJ Plant After Ex-Employee Threatens To Kill Everyone An employee recently let go by a Bergen County ground beef and burger producer threatened to "kill everyone inside of the building" and told police that they'd "better get there" to stop him, authorities said. A SWAT team and colleagues from neighboring towns joined Carlstadt police at the Wonder Meats Inc. headquarters on Broad Street following the threats Tuesday evening, April 12. They later arrested Mark Brownridge, 46, at Penn Station in Newark with help from New Jersey Transit police after tracking him overnight on his cellphone. Brownridge, most recently of Hackensack, has previous…
NJ Man Charged With 20 Guns, 15 Rifles, Grenade Launcher — All Stolen NJ Man Charged With 20 Guns, 15 Rifles, Grenade Launcher — All Stolen
NJ Man Charged With 20 Guns, 15 Rifles, Grenade Launcher — All Stolen A Moonachie auto detailer wanted by federal authorities was caught with 20 stolen handguns, 15 stolen rifles, a stolen grenade launcher – and sports memorabilia that wasn't his, either, authorities said. Abdel W. Shileh, a 35-year-old Palestinian national, faces a staggering 81 counts involving the possession of stolen weapons, armed burglary and other offenses, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Detectives from Musella's Narcotics Task Force watched late last week as Shileh met with a pair of gun buyers -- Michael Hayes, 31, of Jersey City and Turron Ward, 43, of Irvington – at h…
Authorities Probe Video Of NJ Animal Shelter Worker Abandoning Kitten Authorities Probe Video Of NJ Animal Shelter Worker Abandoning Kitten
Authorities Probe Video Of NJ Animal Shelter Worker Abandoning Kitten Authorities are investigating the actions of an animal shelter caretaker caught on home security video abandoning a kitten on a Bergen County street. Ring video (see below) shows the Bergen County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center volunteer pulling up in an SUV and leaving the kitten on a snow-shoveled sidewalk on Diamond Way in Moonachie shortly before 2:30 p.m. this past Sunday. There apparently is a colony of strays up the street, which may explain why the woman dropped the cat in that neighborhood. The homeowner, Barbara Morales, said she scooped up the kitten, returned her to the sh…
Responders: NJ Mom Catches Husband's Friend Sexually Assaulting Daughter, 2 Responders: NJ Mom Catches Husband's Friend Sexually Assaulting Daughter, 2
Responders: NJ Mom Catches Husband's Friend Sexually Assaulting Daughter, 2 A Little Ferry mom caught a friend of her husband's sexually assaulting the couple's 2-year-old daughter in the child's bedroom, authorities said. Franklin Gomez Paredes, 28, of Moonachie pulled up his underwear and pants as both the mother and father chased him out of their home around 3:30 a.m. Saturday, responders said. Paredes, who didn't have a car, fled on foot, they said. He was arrested at his home a short time later. The child's father was asleep when the mother noticed the door to the bedroom where her daughter slept open. On the bed she saw Paredes on top of the naked child, res…