Poughkeepsie, NY
Police & Fire
Man Nabbed In Town Of Poughkeepsie Shop Rite Robbery Man Nabbed In Town Of Poughkeepsie Shop Rite Robbery
Man Nabbed In Town Of Poughkeepsie Shop Rite Robbery A 28-year-old man was arrested for robbery and assault after attacking a Shop Rite employee who attempted to stop him from stealing. Antonio Locket of Poughkeepsie was arrested around Friday, Aug. 10, after Town of Poughkeepsie officers responded to the Shop Rite at 1895 South Road for a report of a shoplifter, said Town of Poughkeepsie Lt. Brian Wagner. While officers were en route to the store it was reported that Locket had threatened an employee by brandishing a knife, Wagner said. An investigation revealed, no knife had been displayed, but a store employee sustained a broken finger wh…

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by Kathy Reakes
Stony Point, NY
Police & Fire
Man Who Shoplifted From Shop Rite Caught With Heroin, Stony Point PD Says Man Who Shoplifted From Shop Rite Caught With Heroin, Stony Point PD Says
Man Who Shoplifted From Shop Rite Caught With Heroin, Stony Point PD Says A 43-year-old man wanted for shoplifting from a local Shop Rite was nabbed with heroin when he was arrested.  Jason Rees of Haverstraw was arrested around 4:15 p.m. Tuesday when the Stony Point Police Department received a complaint from an employee of the Shop Rite of a larceny at the store, said Lt. Daniel Hylas. The employee was able to provide the license plate number of the car that fled following the theft and Rees was arrested at his residence with the stolen property, Hylas said.  In addition to the stolen property, police also found four decks of heroin, he added. Rees was charge…

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by Kathy Reakes
Fort Lee, NJ
Police & Fire
Palisades Park PD: Day Laborer Cons Ex-Coworker Into Fishing Trip, Then Assaults, Robs Him Palisades Park PD: Day Laborer Cons Ex-Coworker Into Fishing Trip, Then Assaults, Robs Him
Palisades Park PD: Day Laborer Cons Ex-Coworker Into Fishing Trip, Then Assaults, Robs Him A day laborer from Palisades Park lured a former co-worker to a remote area, then hit him in the head with a rock and stole his cowboy hat and other belongings, said authorities who arrested him. Justiniano Santizo Simon, 53, brought the victim behind the Shop Rite to Overpeck Creek on Thursday -- purportedly to go fishing -- then assaulted and robbed him, Police Chief Mark Jackson said. Police tracked down Simon and arrested him Friday night on charges of robbery, aggravated assault and luring an adult, Jackson said. They also charged him with giving them a bogus Social Security card as i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fairfield, CT
Police & Fire
Police On The Hunt For Fairfield County Purse Thief Police On The Hunt For Fairfield County Purse Thief
Police On The Hunt For Fairfield County Purse Thief Shelton police are asking the public for help identifying a woman who stole the purse of an 86-year-old woman and then used her credit card to go shopping. The theft occurred around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 8, while the woman was shopping at the Shop Rite located at 875 Bridgeport Ave., in Shelton, said Shelton Police Det. Richard Bango. "While shopping, the victim walked away from her shopping cart leaving her purse inside," Bango said. "Moments later the woman depicted in the attached surveillance photograph stole the purse out of the shopping cart and exited the store."…

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by Kathy Reakes
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Police & Fire
FOUND! Missing Ramsey Woman With Alzheimer's, 71, Found FOUND! Missing Ramsey Woman With Alzheimer's, 71, Found
Found! Missing Ramsey Woman With Alzheimer's, 71, Found RAMSEY, N.J. -- A MISSING 71-year-old Ramsey woman with Alzheimer's who went missing from a local shopping center early Wednesday evening was found a couple of hours later, authorities said. An NJ State Police helicopter was en route when Selma Rowe was found in Finch Park. She'd been reported missing from the Interstate Shopping Center off southbound Route 17 and Franklin Turnpike -- which has a Shop-Rite, Bed Bath & Beyond and DSW, among other stores -- a couple of blocks from the park.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Rochelle Park PD: Out-Of-Towners Brought Fake Gun For Coke, Pot Deal Rochelle Park PD: Out-Of-Towners Brought Fake Gun For Coke, Pot Deal
Rochelle Park PD: Out-Of-Towners Brought Fake Gun For Coke, Pot Deal ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- A Rochelle Park police officer found an imitation gun made to look real for a drug deal, along with crack and pot, after stopping a suspicious car, authorities said. Officer Brian Cobb stoped the 2004 Acura on West Passaic Street on Wednesday after someone abruptly hopped into the back seat in the Shop Rite parking lot on Wednesday, Sgt. James DePreta said. The car didn't have a front license plate, he added. Cobb found the drugs, which the driver -- identified as 19-year-old Dajon Edwards of Passaic -- handed to passenger Demi Acevedo, also 19, of Linden, who tried …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
Man Gets 39-Year Sentence For Pair Of 'Terrifying' Hudson Valley Burglaries Man Gets 39-Year Sentence For Pair Of 'Terrifying' Hudson Valley Burglaries
Man Gets 39-Year Sentence For Pair Of 'Terrifying' Hudson Valley Burglaries A man convicted of a pair of violent armed robberies in the Hudson Valley has been sentenced to nearly four decades in prison after being found guilty by a jury. Geoffrey Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District, announced that Lawrence Brown, 46, has been sentenced to 39 years in state prison after committing two armed robberies using a handgun and binding his victims after the fact. In November 2013, Brown entered an Orange County Rite Aid in New Windsor dressed as a Pepsi deliveryman, asking to speak to the store manager, according to court documents. Once they were a…

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by Zak Failla