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West Chester, PA
Police & Fire
Victim Stabbed During Knifepoint Robbery In Kennett Square: Police Victim Stabbed During Knifepoint Robbery In Kennett Square: Police
Victim Stabbed During Knifepoint Robbery In Kennett Square: Police One man was slashed in the face and stabbed in the stomach during a Kennett Square mugging, according to police.  Authorities said the robbery happened around 9:30 p.m. on June 21.  Manuel Ordonez-Chitic approached the victim near West South Street and Union Street, brandished a knife, and stole his wallet and phone, police said.  He then attacked the victim with the knife, according to investigators.  Ordonez-Chitic, 33, was found hiding in the brush near the railroad track and taken into custody. Police said he's charged with multiple felonies including aggravated as…

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by Mac Bullock
Teaneck, NJ
Police & Fire
Former Bicycle Bandit From Teaneck Charged With Trafficking Child Porn Former Bicycle Bandit From Teaneck Charged With Trafficking Child Porn
Former Bicycle Bandit From Teaneck Charged With Trafficking Child Porn A 22-year-old security guard from Teaneck was busted on Thursday for trafficking child porn, authorities said. Dashawn D. Hooks already had a record that included a fierce broad-daylight struggle with a female mugging victim in Englewood a few years ago. This time, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said, Cyber Crimes Unit investigators found that Hooks “used the Internet to view, download, possess, distribute, and share items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children.” Hooks was charged with possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material, t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Accused Englewood Shopping Center Mugger Had Just Been Busted For Non-Support, Records Show Accused Englewood Shopping Center Mugger Had Just Been Busted For Non-Support, Records Show
Accused Englewood Shopping Center Mugger Had Just Been Busted For Non-Support, Records Show Exactly 10 days after being arrested and then released from jail for failing to pay child support, records show, an Englewood man was charged with mugging a resident at a city shopping center. Ogaro B. Coombs, 35, fled Palisades Court with the 45-year-old victim's cellphone and hat after hitting him several times in the face around 10:45 p.m. Sunday, July 23, Detective Lt. Fred Pulice said. Responding officers quickly nabbed Coombs, who Pulice said was carrying the proceeds. The victim wasn't seriously injured, the lieutenant said. It was more than 11 years ago that Coombs led police on a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
New Rochelle, NY
Police & Fire
Robbery Suspect Stabs Store Clerk, Breaks Into Home With 2 Children In New Rochelle: Police Robbery Suspect Stabs Store Clerk, Breaks Into Home With 2 Children In New Rochelle: Police
Robbery Suspect Stabs Store Clerk, Breaks Into Home With 2 Children In New Rochelle: Police A Long Island man faces a boatload of charges after allegedly stabbing a store clerk during a robbery, mugging a passerby, and then breaking into a Westchester home with two young children inside, police said.  The one-man crime spree began on Thursday, March 16 around 3:45 p.m., when police responded to a convenience store in New Rochelle at 683 Main St. that had been robbed.  Upon arriving at the store, police found that the clerk had been severely assaulted and stabbed, according to New Rochelle Police. Soon after this, officers then received a call that a pedestrian …

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by Ben Crnic
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Woman Thrown, Robbed At Bucks Cannabis Dispensary: Police Woman Thrown, Robbed At Bucks Cannabis Dispensary: Police
Woman Thrown, Robbed At Bucks Cannabis Dispensary: Police Authorities in Bucks County are searching for the suspect who mugged a woman outside a marijuana store.  The victim was walking near Liberty Cannabis at 4201 Neshaminy Boulevard in Bensalem at around 8 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 5 when an unknown man threw her into the store window, township police said.  She bounced off the window and fell to the ground, where the suspect tried to steal her purse and keys, investigators said.  The suspect is described as a white man in his late 20s with curly brown hair and glasses. He was last seen wearing a blue and white windbreaker jacket.&nb…

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by Mac Bullock
Glen Burnie, MD
Police & Fire
15-Year-Old Anne Arundel Teenager Mugged In Severn: Police 15-Year-Old Anne Arundel Teenager Mugged In Severn: Police
15-Year-Old Anne Arundel Teenager Mugged In Severn: Police A 15-year-old teenager was mugged while on his way to his girlfriend's house in Severn, authorities said. Police responded to the reported robbery after the teen called them from his girlfriend's home in the 1600 block of Meade Village Circle on Wednesday, April 13, Anne Arundel County Police said.  Several male suspects, one with a gun, were said to have approached the teen, punched him and stole his belongings. The teen got away with a non-life-threatening injury, police said. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 410-222-6155 or th…

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by David Cifarelli
Englewood, NJ
News
SEE ANYTHING? Mugger Strikes Twice In Englewood SEE ANYTHING? Mugger Strikes Twice In Englewood
SEE Anything? Mugger Strikes Twice In Englewood A mugger who targeted two victims within a half-hour in Englewood beat one of them, taking his cellphone, authorities said. The thug failed on his first try when a 34-year-old man he stopped on James Street got away without giving up any property shortly after 11:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30, Lt. Fred Pulice said. He struck for real shortly before midnight, approaching a 29-year-old man in Depot Square Park and demanding what was in his pockets, Pulice said. The man refused and was punched in the face several times, thrown to the ground and kicked, the lieutenant said. The victim, who had his …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
NJ Cancer Nurse Dies After Being Knocked Down By Homeless Mugger In Times Square NJ Cancer Nurse Dies After Being Knocked Down By Homeless Mugger In Times Square
NJ Cancer Nurse Dies After Being Knocked Down By Homeless Mugger In Times Square A cancer nurse from New Jersey died after a day and a half of fighting for her life, after being knocked down by muggers in Times Square. Maria Ambrocio, 58 -- who worked at Bayonne Medical Center -- was walking through Times Square with friends after a trip to the  Philippines Consulate and lunch around 1:30 p.m., the New York Post reports. Meanwhile, Jermaine Foster grabbed a cell phone out of a 29-year-old woman's hands on West 41st Street and Broadway, then shoved Ambrocio to the ground while he fled, police said. Ambrocio was rushed to Bellevue with head trauma, and was pronounced de…

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by Cecilia Levine
New Haven, CT
Police & Fire
One Suspect Arrested, The Other Dead Following Armed Mugging One Suspect Arrested, The Other Dead Following Armed Mugging
One Suspect Arrested, The Other Dead Following Armed Mugging Police have arrested one of two suspects involved in an armed mugging over the summer - the other suspect is dead. On Oct. 28, Karon Grimes, 19, of New Britain, was arrested on the charges of robbery in the first degree, conspiracy to commit robbery in the first degree, larceny third-degree, conspiracy to commit larceny in the third degree, Southington Police said. Grimes is being held on a $350,000 bond. The arrest stems from an incident on Aug. 21 just before midnight in the area of Mark Drive in Southington, police said. On that night, the victims - police did not identify how many the…

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by Kristin Palpini
Bergenfield, NJ
Police & Fire
SEE ANYTHING? Masked Muggers Beat New Milford Driver, 17, For $300 In Bergenfield SEE ANYTHING? Masked Muggers Beat New Milford Driver, 17, For $300 In Bergenfield
SEE Anything? Masked Muggers Beat New Milford Driver, 17, For $300 In Bergenfield Bergenfield police were searching for the muggers who they said beat a 17-year-old New Milford boy while stealing his wallet. Three robbers were all wearing masks when they approached the victim as he sat in his car on Ames Avenue shortly after 6 p.m. Monday, Detective Lt. William Duran said. Two of the bandits got into the car and began punching him in the face and body, causing minor injuries, Duran said. They fled with his wallet, which he said held about $300. Dumont police assisted in searching for the muggers, who fled through Twin Borough Park. The Bergenfield Volunteer Ambulance …

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by Jerry DeMarco