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Hartford, CT
News
Bodycam Footage Shows Hartford Police Shoot Armed Man In SUV (VIDEO) Bodycam Footage Shows Hartford Police Shoot Armed Man In SUV (VIDEO)
Bodycam Footage Shows Hartford Police Shoot Armed Man In SUV (Video) Officials have released bodycam footage in an officer-involved shooting that left a 48-year-old man in critical condition following an altercation over the weekend, officials said. The Office of Inspector General announced Tuesday, Dec. 3, that it is investigating the shooting, which occurred Saturday night in Hartford, involving 48-year-old Alexander Garay. The incident began around 8:15 p.m. when police responded to 911 calls of a man, later identified as Alexander Garay, brandishing a gun at 730 Maple Ave, authorities said. Garay sped away before officers arrived, according to a new…

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by Josh Lanier
Toms River, NJ
Police & Fire
Toms River Man Convicted For Shooting Two Men In Head, Killing Them: Prosecutors Toms River Man Convicted For Shooting Two Men In Head, Killing Them: Prosecutors
Toms River Man Convicted For Shooting Two Men In Head, Killing Them: Prosecutors A Toms River man was found guilty of killing two men in a Lakewood apartment nearly three years ago, authorities said. After a nearly month-long trial, a jury convicted 42-year-old Tyshaun Drummond on Tuesday, Oct. 22 of two murder counts, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said in a news release. He was charged in the deaths of 36-year-old Nicholas Hardy of Toms River and 32-year-old Sergio Chavez-Perez of Lakewood. Lakewood police responded to shots fired at an apartment complex on River Avenue at around 7:20 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021. Officers found Drummond matching…

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by Chris Spiker
North Hunterdon, NJ
Police & Fire
Man Made Threats With Stun Gun, Knife In Warren County: Police Man Made Threats With Stun Gun, Knife In Warren County: Police
Man Made Threats With Stun Gun, Knife In Warren County: Police A 30-year-old Warren County man faces numerous charges after making terrorist threats while possessing a stun gun on Tuesday, April 30, authorities said. At 4:44 p.m., Washington Township Police said they responded to a harassment complaint on the 100 block of W. Washington Avenue in Washington Borough. Upon the officer's arrival and investigation, a man was arrested and charged with terrorist threats, harassment, disorderly unlawful possession of a knife and unlawful possession of a stun gun, police said in a release on Facebook. The man, a Washington resident who was not identified, was p…

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by Sam Barron
Teaneck, NJ
Police & Fire
$206,908 In Drug Money Seized From Home Of Accused Teaneck Bag Man, Prosecutor Says $206,908 In Drug Money Seized From Home Of Accused Teaneck Bag Man, Prosecutor Says
$206,908 In Drug Money Seized From Home Of Accused Teaneck Bag Man, Prosecutor Says Bergen County narcotics detectives seized $206,980 in cash from two men – one of them from Teaneck, the other from Queens -- who they said were running both drugs and huge amounts of cash. The green was collected at the modest Alpine Drive home of Wesley Cordova, 44, after a stun gun and prescription drugs were found in his car during a stop in Fort Lee, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Cordova’s alleged partner, William Vargas of Ozone Park, had heroin and fentanyl in an electronically-operated hidden compartment built into his vehicle that the detectives discovered during anoth…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Worcester, MA
Police & Fire
Baseball Brawl: Police Use Stun Gun On Teen After Melee At Worcester Game Baseball Brawl: Police Use Stun Gun On Teen After Melee At Worcester Game
Baseball Brawl: Police Use Stun Gun On Teen After Melee At Worcester Game A melee following a baseball game in Worcester earlier this week ended with police using a stun gun on a teenager who refused to back down, authorities said.  The fight broke out around 7:30 p.m. on Monday, June 12, at Kendrick Field on Brooks Street, Worcester police said on Wednesday. Players were shaking hands after the game when someone threw a punch, and a brawl followed.  A man was injured in the skirmish, and paramedics treated him for minor injuries at the scene.  As officers were sorting out what happened, a small group of family members of someone who'd been in the…

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by Josh Lanier
Towson, MD
News
Cell Phone Or Stun Gun? TSA Officers Bust Trickster Trying To Bring Weapon On BWI Airport Plane Cell Phone Or Stun Gun? TSA Officers Bust Trickster Trying To Bring Weapon On BWI Airport Plane
Cell Phone Or Stun Gun? TSA Officers Bust Trickster Trying To Bring Weapon On BWI Airport Plane A traveler at the Baltimore-Washington International Airport tried to full a fast one on TSA officers, but was busted attempting to bring a weapon onto a plane. This week, eagle-eyed officers at a checkpoint at BWI Airport were able to identify a stun gun that was posing as what appeared to be a smart phone. Look carefully at this cell phone and you'll see it's not actually a phone. It's a stun gun. See the stunning prongs on the end? This was a good catch on the part of our @TSA officers at a @BWI_Airport checkpoint yesterday. No stun guns/tasers are allowed on planes. pic.twitter.com…

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by Zak Failla
Dorchester, MA
Police & Fire
Boston Car Thieves Slap On New License Plates, Caught With Stun Gun In Fanny Pack: Police Boston Car Thieves Slap On New License Plates, Caught With Stun Gun In Fanny Pack: Police
Boston Car Thieves Slap On New License Plates, Caught With Stun Gun In Fanny Pack: Police A pair of car thieves were arrested but only after one thief became "combative," officials say.  Jonathan Osorio, of Hyde Park and Alvin Mojica, of Roslindale, were arrested at approximately 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 16 only hours after they stole a car from an auto service business, according to the Boston Police Department.  Police had responded to a call of a car theft from the repair shop located at 601 Cummins Highway around 7:45 a.m. the same morning. The suspects broke shattered the glass front door to enter the business, stole the keys, and drove off the property, cras…

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by Morgan Gonzales
Paterson, NJ
News
Arrest Made In Pepper-Spray, Stun Gun Ski Barn Robbery In Wayne Arrest Made In Pepper-Spray, Stun Gun Ski Barn Robbery In Wayne
Arrest Made In Pepper-Spray, Stun Gun Ski Barn Robbery In Wayne Detectives from Wayne arrested one of three robbers who pepper-sprayed and tried to zap a Ski Barn employee with a stun gun, authorities said. The victim had confronted Shavani C. Robinson, 34, of Newark and two accomplices -- a man and a woman -- as they tried to flee the Route 23 store with more than $1,000 worth of stolen goods late last year, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. Store video shows one of the bandits pepper-spraying the employee while another tries using a stun gun that he knocked away, the captain said. Responding officers found the victim still recovering from the spray, Dal…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Brookfield, CT
Police & Fire
Man Robbed, Incapacitated By Stun Gun In Parking Lot At CT Walmart Man Robbed, Incapacitated By Stun Gun In Parking Lot At CT Walmart
Man Robbed, Incapacitated By Stun Gun In Parking Lot At CT Walmart Police in Connecticut are asking the public for help finding a man who allegedly used a stun gun on an elderly male to rob him in a Walmart parking lot. The incident took place on Saturday, Dec. 18, in Hartford County when police responded to the Walmart in Bristol at 1400 Farmington Ave., for a report of a disturbance in the parking lot. When officers arrived on the scene they found an older male who said he had been attacked with a handheld stun gun while putting groceries in his car,  said Lt. Geoffrey Lund of the Bristol Police Department. The man, who was incapacitated, was robbe…

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by Kathy Reakes
Newburgh, NY
Police & Fire
Woman Stopped On Busy Roadway Nabbed For DWI With Young Son In Vehicle In Rockland Woman Stopped On Busy Roadway Nabbed For DWI With Young Son In Vehicle In Rockland
Woman Stopped On Busy Roadway Nabbed For DWI With Young Son In Vehicle In Rockland A woman was arrested for alleged felony DWI Leandra's Law in Rockland County after police received calls of a possible intoxicated driver. The incident took place around 5:40 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 28, when Ramapo Police responded to the call regarding the motorists on the Orange Turnpike in the Village of Sloatsburg.   The caller reported that a female driver was stopped in her vehicle in the middle of Orange Turnpike blocking the traffic lane.  When officers arrived on the scene they found the 37-year-old Brooklyn woman stopped in the middle of the roadway and found that she…

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by Kathy Reakes
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Rochelle Park Vehicle Burglary Victim Beaten, Zapped With Stun Gun, Police Nab 3 Rochelle Park Vehicle Burglary Victim Beaten, Zapped With Stun Gun, Police Nab 3
Rochelle Park Vehicle Burglary Victim Beaten, Zapped With Stun Gun, Police Nab 3 A Rochelle Park car burglary victim was beaten and zapped with a stun gun when he followed one of three teen thieves, authorities said. Officers Brian Gallina and Jim Zenock arrested all three in connection with several vehicle burglaries early Sunday, they said. A victim in one of the break-ins followed a 16-year-old boy while calling police. The teen “violently attacked the victim, striking him several times and shocking him with a stun gun,” Detective Sgt. James M. DePreta said. Paramus and Maywood police helped their Rochelle Park colleagues catch the assailant, another 16-year-old bo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
New Canaan, CT
Police & Fire
Westport Woman, 20, Charged For Having Stun Gun, Drug Paraphernalia, New Canaan Police Say Westport Woman, 20, Charged For Having Stun Gun, Drug Paraphernalia, New Canaan Police Say
Westport Woman, 20, Charged For Having Stun Gun, Drug Paraphernalia, New Canaan Police Say A 20-year-old woman from Fairfield County was arrested after being found with drug paraphernalia and a stun gun during a traffic stop in New Canaan, police said. Westport resident Alexia Paris Vickers was stopped shortly before 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26, on Main Street, when an officer spotted her with a defective headlight in New Canaan. Police said that during the subsequent traffic stop, the officer detected the smell of burnt marijuana coming from the vehicle, prompting a search of Vickers and her vehicle. During the search, police found marijuana, a digital scale, a metal grinder…

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by Zak Failla
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Man Tells Police He Was Robbed Of $10K In Jersey City Man Tells Police He Was Robbed Of $10K In Jersey City
Man Tells Police He Was Robbed Of $10K In Jersey City Police say robbers may have specifically targeted a Jersey City man Thursday morning and gotten away with a large amount of cash.  Officers responded to 484 Mercer St. a little before 10 a.m. on a report of a robbery, a police spokeswoman said. The 61-year-old victim said he was robbed of about $10,000 and the robbers used a stun gun.  The victim was treated at an area hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, the spokeswoman also said.  No other information was immediately available Thursday afternoon. 

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by Paul Milo
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
News
Mt. Olive Pd: Morristown Man Driving With Suspended License Had Drugs, Stun Gun Mt. Olive Pd: Morristown Man Driving With Suspended License Had Drugs, Stun Gun
Mt. Olive Pd: Morristown Man Driving With Suspended License Had Drugs, Stun Gun A 27-year-old Morristown man with a suspended driver's license remained in the county jail Tuesday after a traffic stop turned up drugs and a stun gun, said authorities who charged him. John Rowe was headed west on Route 46 when a Mount Olive police officer pulled him over around 11:45 p.m. Saturday, Mount Olive Police Cpl. Marianne Wurtemberg said.  The officer -- who recognized Rowe and knew he had a suspended license -- smelled marijuana in his 2010 Ford while stopped near Village Way in the Budd Lake section, the report says. A search of the car turned up nearly ten baggies contai…

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by Cecilia Levine
Fairfield, CT
Police & Fire
Woman Uses Stun Gun When Caught Stealing $190 In Items At CT Post Mall, Police Say Woman Uses Stun Gun When Caught Stealing $190 In Items At CT Post Mall, Police Say
Woman Uses Stun Gun When Caught Stealing $190 In Items At CT Post Mall, Police Say A 39-year-old woman used a stun gun on a store loss prevention employee after being caught shoplifting at Boscov's in the Connecticut Post Mall.  The incident took place around 2 p.m., Friday, March 1, when Milford police responded to the mall on a report of a shoplifter attempting to flee the store with $190 in items, said the Milford Police. When officers arrived at the mall at 1201 Boston Post Road, they found that Tamara Kisic of Bridgeport had used a stun gun on the employee in an effort to avoid apprehension.  She was arrested by officers and charged with larceny, assa…

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by Kathy Reakes
Stony Point, NY
Police & Fire
Three Stony Point Men Busted On Gun, Marijuana Charges Three Stony Point Men Busted On Gun, Marijuana Charges
Three Stony Point Men Busted On Gun, Marijuana Charges Three Stony Point men, all age 20, were busted on a variety of drug and weapons charges after police spotted them sitting in a parked vehicle with smoke pouring out of the windows. Alec Norbeck, Christian Flora-Cartier and Daniel Contreras were arrested around 1:54 a.m. Friday after a Stony Point police officer observed a vehicle parked on Battalion Drive, said Lt. Daniel Hylas. Walking up to the vehicle, the officer could see smoke coming out of the windows and smell marijuana as he approached. While talking with the men, they all admitted to smoking pot in the vehicle, Hylas said. A furt…

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by Kathy Reakes
Paramus, NJ
Police & Fire
Suspects Who Led Officer On Chase Resulting In Crash Tied To Thefts Across Three States: Police Suspects Who Led Officer On Chase Resulting In Crash Tied To Thefts Across Three States: Police
Suspects Who Led Officer On Chase Resulting In Crash Tied To Thefts Across Three States: Police A Philadelphia trio led Paramus police officers on a brief chase that resulted in a crash -- and then their arrests, authorities said. On Oct. 3, Paramus police officers responded to the Paramus Park Mall on a reports of three people pickpocketing and stealing, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Officer Brian Doughty located Michael Grantham, Kachae Jackson and Danielle Taylor, all from Philadelphia, who fled on foot from the officer into a waiting vehicle, the chief said. Paramus Officer Michael Focarino attempted to stop the car using lights and sirens as it sped away from Paramus Park…

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by Cecilia Levine