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Update: Victim In Hackensack Barbershop Shooting Laid To Rest, Two Charged With Murder
UPDATE: On the day when loved ones laid to rest a Maywood man who was gunned down outside a Hackensack barber shop last weekend, authorities announced the arrests of his alleged killer and two accomplices.
A Catholic prayer service and burial were held on Thursday morning, Nov. 17, for Vidal Nieves, a 28-year-old single dad who worked at a dollar store in Passaic.
At the same time, charges were being brought against:
Dior Alston, a 21-year-old laborer from South Hackensack;
Malik Abel, 21, an electrician from Maywood;
Rayshawn Powel-Myhand, a 19-year-old cashier from Hackensack.
Alston a…
Female Route 46 Motel Guest Pistol-Whipped, Robbed
A robber who'd apparently followed a woman to a Route 46 motel kicked in the door and pistol-whipped her before fleeing, authorities said.
South Hackensack police found the Nyack, NY, victim bleeding from the face when they responded to a 911 call from the Stagecoach Motel around 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, Detective Sgt. James Donatello said.
The victim, who spoke no English, was interviewed with the assistance of Moonachie Police Officer Frank Tamargo, the sergeant said.
She described the robber as black, wearing a blue sweatsuit and white mask, carrying a white shoulder bag and driving a…
