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Officer Nabs Gang Of Four Fleeing Willowbrook Shoplifting Spree: Wayne Police
A quartet of New Yorkers who went on a shoplifting spree at a bunch of Willowbrook Mall stores were headed north when a Wayne police officer stopped them, authorities said.
The crew fled the mall with more than $5,000 worth of assorted stolen merchandise – with security tags still attached – from Express, Forever 21, GAP, H&M, Hollister, Old Navy, Pacsun, and Zara – Detective Capt. Dan Daly said.
Officer Michael McLaughlin stopped their 2004 Jeep Liberty with Connecticut license plates at Valley Road and Mac Donald Drive moments later, the captain said.
The vehicle’s registration…
Former Bergen Resident From CT Admits Embezzling $540,000 From Security Firm
A former Bergen County resident now living in Connecticut admitted Wednesday that she embezzled $540,000 from a local company.
Melissa Corso, 50, and her husband lived in Closter when she worked for a Delaware-based security systems supplier with an office in Ridgefield Park, federal authorities said.
Corso, currently of Groton, CT, and co-worker Joseph Spaccavento steered customer payments owed to their former employer to a PayPal account registered to him and linked to her work email, according to an FBI complaint.
The customers, in turn, sent more than $3.1 million through 1,150 transa…
Ramsey Man Admits Embezzling $516,000 From Ridgefield Park Security Firm
A Ramsey man who worked at a Ridgefield Park security systems firm told a federal judge that he and an accomplice diverted $516,000 of the company’s money to spend on themselves.
Joseph Spaccavento, 41, was an accounts payable manager and assistant controller at the firm, which developed hardware and software for video surveillance, federal authorities said.
His accomplice, Melissa Corso, coordinated the collection of customer payments and applied them to invoices, they said.
For more than 5 ½ years, the two diverted customer payments to themselves, Spaccavento admitted during a videoconfe…
