Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Police: Randolph Man Refusing To Fix Face Mask Scalds QuickChek Cashier With Hot Coffee Police: Randolph Man Refusing To Fix Face Mask Scalds QuickChek Cashier With Hot Coffee
Police: Randolph Man Refusing To Fix Face Mask Scalds QuickChek Cashier With Hot Coffee A QuickChek cashier suffered burns on her legs when a Randolph man threw his hot coffee on her after she asked him to readjust his face mask, authorities said. John Dedolce, 42, was wearing a mask that was only covering his mouth at the QuickChek on Ridgedale Avenue in Cedar Knolls when the cashier asked him to pull it up to cover his nose last Friday, Hanover Police said in a release. Dedolce was asked repeatedly but continually refused to fix his mask, prompting the cashier to cancel his order and ask him to leave, authorities said. Dedolce then threw the food he was attempting…

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by Valerie Musson
Paramus, NJ
Police & Fire
PD: Thief Flees Paramus Dealership With Stolen Mercedes, Crashes At GWB Trying To Get To NYC PD: Thief Flees Paramus Dealership With Stolen Mercedes, Crashes At GWB Trying To Get To NYC
PD: Thief Flees Paramus Dealership With Stolen Mercedes, Crashes At GWB Trying To Get To NYC An 18-year-old New York City man who identifies as a woman stole a Mercedes from a Paramus dealership, then crashed it into four vehicles at the George Washington Bridge while trying to flee, authorities said. The vehicle was running, unoccupied, when Nyaomi James got into the driver’s seat and sped off shortly before 6 p.m. Thursday, they said. Paramus police, using GPS, tracked the vehicle heading east on Route 4 and alerted Port Authority police. Detectives in the area “observed and followed the vehicle through the toll lane with lights and siren,” Port Authority Spokeswoman Lenis Rodri…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Home Health Aide Caught On Hidden Camera Admits Physically Abusing Clifton Woman, 90 Home Health Aide Caught On Hidden Camera Admits Physically Abusing Clifton Woman, 90
Home Health Aide Caught On Hidden Camera Admits Physically Abusing Clifton Woman, 90 Faced with footage from a hidden camera, a home health aide from North Bergen admitted that she abused a 90-year-old patient in the bedridden woman’s Clifton home, authorities said Tuesday. Emma Llanes, 57, “put a cloth over the patient's face without reason, grabbed [her] by the back of the neck and pushed the patient’s head forward, slapped [her] legs and failed to assist the patient while getting dressed,” a complaint filed by the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs (DCA) says. The footage was captured by a hidden camera that the victim’s family obtained from the DCA’s Safe Care Cam …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hamilton Township, NJ
Police & Fire
'Giving You Corona, Hope You Die': Imprisoned Female Killer Charged With Assaulting Officers 'Giving You Corona, Hope You Die': Imprisoned Female Killer Charged With Assaulting Officers
'Giving You Corona, Hope You Die': Imprisoned Female Killer Charged With Assaulting Officers A state prisoner serving a 15-year sentence for stabbing a Camden woman to death tried to cough and spit on correctional police officers, telling them, “I’m going to give you corona and I hope you die,” authorities said. Lettie “Shay” Carstarphen, 29, “intentionally and forcefully coughed and tried to spit at correction officers” while in a clinic at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Union Township, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Tuesday. Carstarphen stabbed and killed a 29-year-old woman during an Oct. 1, 2010 fight on Line Street in Camden, records show. She…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
WATCH: Woman Goes On Rampage In North Bergen Walmart WATCH: Woman Goes On Rampage In North Bergen Walmart
Watch: Woman Goes On Rampage In North Bergen Walmart A Bronx woman is facing several charges after going on a rampage that injured other customers and employees at the North Bergen Walmart, authorities said. Imani Jones, 39, was waiting in the customer service line around 3:40 p.m. Sunday when she began cursing at employees at the 88th Street store, North Bergen Police Capt. William Lyons said. She pulled out a can of pepper spray and began spraying employees at the desk and other customers, before punching and scratching employees behind the counter --two of whom were taken to local hospitals for treatment, police said.  A customer sus…

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by Cecilia Levine
Mount Pleasant, NY
Police & Fire
Seen Her? Alert Issued For Woman Wanted In Northern Westchester Seen Her? Alert Issued For Woman Wanted In Northern Westchester
Seen Her? Alert Issued For Woman Wanted In Northern Westchester Have you seen her? New York State Police investigators are seeking the public’s assistance as they attempt to track down a wanted woman on a charge of endangering the welfare of a child and failing to appear in the City of Peekskill Court to respond to the charge. Lauren DeHaynes, 31, also found herself in hot water in northern Westchester last year, when she was taken into police custody for using stolen credit cards that were taken from a vehicle in Cortlandt. She was scheduled to appear for court proceedings in June last year, but failed to show. Investigators described DeHaynes as a 5-…

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by Zak Failla
Hyde Park, NY
Police & Fire
Poughkeepsie Woman Charged With Endangering Child Poughkeepsie Woman Charged With Endangering Child
Poughkeepsie Woman Charged With Endangering Child A Poughkeepsie woman was arrested for endangering the welfare of a child following an investigation by Rhinebeck Police. Katherine S. Campbell, 29, was arrested Wednesday following an investigation at Astor Services for Children in Rhinebeck, said Sgt. Peter Dunn. Campbell was arraigned in the Village of Rhinebeck Justice Court and released on her own recognizance. She is due to return to court on April 11. 

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by Kathy Reakes
Bridgeport, CT
Police & Fire
Former Fire Captain Charged With Arson Former Fire Captain Charged With Arson
Former Fire Captain Charged With Arson In less than a week, Shelton Police made a second arrest  in connection with a fire during a fire captain's dinner at a local firehouse.  Gregory Bomba, 45, of Newtown, surrendered himself Monday to police on an outstanding warrant in connection with a fire Feb. 3, during a past captain's dinner at Echo Hose Company #1, at 379 Coram Ave, in the rear parking lot, said Shelton Det. Chris Nugent. An investigation revealed that the fire was intentionally started in the rear of a pickup truck which was parked abutting the firehouse, Nugent said. Bomba was charged with arson, endangerment, crimi…

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by Kathy Reakes
Monsey, NY
Police & Fire
Spring Valley Man Arrested After Trooper Injured During Traffic Stop Spring Valley Man Arrested After Trooper Injured During Traffic Stop
Spring Valley Man Arrested After Trooper Injured During Traffic Stop A Rockland County man is facing a host of charges after crashing his vehicle moments after fleeing the scene of a traffic stop in Orange County in an incident in which a state trooper was injured, according to police. State Police stopped a vehicle on I-87 in the town of Tuxedo for a traffic violation at about 10:35 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13.  During the trooper’s interview of the driver, 29-year-old Chaim Surkis of Spring Valley fled without warning. After crashing his vehicle, police attempted to place Surkis under arrest and a brief struggle ensued. Surkis was taken into custody, transporte…

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by Joe Lombardi