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Mahwah Officer Nabs Trio With Loaded Gun, Cocaine, More On Route 17: Police
Three Cuban nationals from out of the area were busted by a Mahwah police officer who stopped their tractor on Route 17 and found a loaded gun, cocaine and more, authorities said.
Officer Nicole DiPasquale stopped the Peterbilt truck for multiple motor vehicle violations on the southbound highway shortly after 8 a.m. Saturday, April 27, Lt. Michael Blondin said.
The occupants gave conflicting accounts of where they were coming from and headed to, leading to a search request that was granted by the driver, Karel Reza-Perez, a 39-year-old Louisville, KY, resident, the lieutenant said.
The se…
Tributes Pour In For Longtime First Responder Leslie Graf, Passaic County Native
Leslie Graf, a lifelong New Jersey resident and longtime first responder, died on Tuesday, March 5 at the age of 77, according to her obituary.
Born in Kearny in 1947, Graf lived in Nutley before moving to Wayne, her obituary reads. She met her husband Bill while attending Wayne Valley High School and they raised their three daughters in Bloomingdale, according to her obituary.
Chief Daniel Greenwood and the entire police department send our sincere condolences to the Graf Family and Tri-Boro... Posted by Bloomingdale Police Department on Thursday, March 7, 2024
Graf was a nurse fo…
Robbery Spree Ends, Hoboken Police Charge JC Man With Five Holdups In Six Weeks
Hoboken police stopped a one-man crime wave following five armed robberies over six weeks, including two the same day.
Matthew Trontz, a 31-year-old ex-con from Jersey City, was arrested almost immediately after he held up Thomas’ Ice Cream Café on Jefferson Street between 2nd and 3rd Streets on Tuesday, Feb. 27, city police said.
He was carrying a black stun gun, a silver imitation toy gun, a pocket knife and three cans of pepper spray, they said.
Trontz brandished the firearms at Thomas’s, at Prime Gourmet on Monroe Street (Jan. 15), at Prime Stop on Willow Street and Hoboken Mini Mart o…
