Englewood, NJ
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Federal Agents Capture Accused Hit Man Wanted In Fatal Englewood House Party Ambush Federal Agents Capture Accused Hit Man Wanted In Fatal Englewood House Party Ambush Federal Agents Capture Accused Hit Man Wanted In Fatal Englewood House Party Ambush
Federal Agents Capture Accused Hit Man Wanted In Fatal Englewood House Party Ambush An accused hit man wanted in a double shooting at a June Bergen County house party was captured by federal agents after two months on the run, authorities said Saturday. U.S. Marshals arrested Dwayne Redd Jr., 22, on Thursday at a house in Baltimore, MD, his native city, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said nearly two months after the Englewood house party ambush. Redd and Dejuan Stokes, 23, both unemployed, were recruited by Jamal "Mally" Robinson, 44, in the June 20 shooting that killed killed Douglas Perry, 43, of Newark, and a injured a 29-year-old En…

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by Cecilia Levine
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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SWAT Team, Police Seize Man With Gun At Route 46 Motel SWAT Team, Police Seize Man With Gun At Route 46 Motel SWAT Team, Police Seize Man With Gun At Route 46 Motel
SWAT Team, Police Seize Man With Gun At Route 46 Motel Elmwood Park police backed by a SWAT team seized a former Marine from Somerset County who they said had a gun tucked in his waistband at a Route 46 motel Wednesday morning. A 9 a.m. caller told police that a man had a gun at the Red Carpet Motel on Route 46, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Borough police responded with a Bergen County Regional SWAT team and county sheriff's officers and established a perimeter, Foligno said. A room where the man was believed to be was cleared, along with an adjoining room, the chief said. Video surveillance showed the suspect --identified as Ronnie She…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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HERO: Wallington Police Chief Nabs Armed Bandit In $2,000 Gas Station Robbery HERO: Wallington Police Chief Nabs Armed Bandit In $2,000 Gas Station Robbery HERO: Wallington Police Chief Nabs Armed Bandit In $2,000 Gas Station Robbery
Hero: Wallington Police Chief Nabs Armed Bandit In $2,000 Gas Station Robbery Wallington Police Chief Carmello Imbruglia captured an Elmwood Park man who'd just pistol-whipped a gas station attendant during a $2,000 robbery, authorities said. Imbruglia was among several officers who responded to a call at the Delta Station on Wallington Avenue around 4 p.m. Thursday. He grabbed Andrew Rehan, 22, near the intersection of Anderson Avenue and Lester Street as other officers searched for the second robber. Police found Rehan carrying a pellet gun that resembled the real thing in the waistband of his sweatpants. The attendant, who was struck with the gun during the ho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Jersey City, NJ
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Prosecutor: Army Reservist Charged With Raping, Robbing Woman At Hudson County Hotel Prosecutor: Army Reservist Charged With Raping, Robbing Woman At Hudson County Hotel Prosecutor: Army Reservist Charged With Raping, Robbing Woman At Hudson County Hotel
Prosecutor: Army Reservist Charged With Raping, Robbing Woman At Hudson County Hotel A 27-year-old Monmouth County man jailed for a pair of North Jersey robberies also broke into a Secaucus motel, sexually assaulted a woman at gunpoint and robbed her, authorities charged. Dajan Mindingall of Eatontown forced his way into a room at the Red Roof Inn on Meadowlands Parkway around 1 a.m. Jan. 15, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said in a statement Friday. He sexually assaulted her and took more than $400, the statement said. Mindingall was served with the complaints at the Bergen County Jail, where he has remained since authorities captured him on Feb. 6 in Asb…

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by Cecilia Levine
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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National Guardsman Charged In Edgewater, Rutherford Robberies, Suspected In Hudson Rape National Guardsman Charged In Edgewater, Rutherford Robberies, Suspected In Hudson Rape National Guardsman Charged In Edgewater, Rutherford Robberies, Suspected In Hudson Rape
National Guardsman Charged In Edgewater, Rutherford Robberies, Suspected In Hudson Rape One of two men charged with the gunpoint robbery of an Edgewater spa and a private escort at a Rutherford hotel is a National Guardsman from Monmouth County who was preparing to report this weekend when he was captured Thursday in Asbury Park, Daily Voice has learned. A Bergen County Regional SWAT team went to Monmouth County to assist with arresting Dajan Divine Mindingall, 27, of Eatontown, who was considered armed and dangerous.  Three guns were recovered from his vehicle, as well as masks that were used in other crimes, a senior law enforcement official said Friday. Mindingall is cha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Two Charged In Gunpoint Robbery Of Edgewater Spa Two Charged In Gunpoint Robbery Of Edgewater Spa Two Charged In Gunpoint Robbery Of Edgewater Spa
Two Charged In Gunpoint Robbery Of Edgewater Spa UPDATE: One of two men charged with the gunpoint robbery of an Edgewater spa and a private escort at a Rutherford hotel is a U.S. Army reservist from Monmouth County who was preparing to report this weekend when he was captured Thursday in Asbury Park, Daily Voice has learned. A Bergen County Regional SWAT team went to Monmouth County to assist with arresting Dajan Divine Mindingall, 27, of Eatontown, who was considered armed and dangerous. Three guns were recovered from his vehicle, as well as masks that were used in other crimes, a senior law enforcement official said Friday. Mindingall…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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UPDATE: All Clear After Police, Tactical Units Respond To Garfield, Lodi For Shots Fired Report UPDATE: All Clear After Police, Tactical Units Respond To Garfield, Lodi For Shots Fired Report UPDATE: All Clear After Police, Tactical Units Respond To Garfield, Lodi For Shots Fired Report
Update: All Clear After Police, Tactical Units Respond To Garfield, Lodi For Shots Fired Report UPDATE: The investigation into a reported shooting in Garfield ended safely Wednesday morning. A large and immediate law enforcement response followed calls by area residents who said they heard gunshots, city police Capt. Richard Uram said. The initial report involved someone possibly firing at a vehicle near the corner of Maple Street and Pierre Avenue in Garfield and then running off around 10:30 a.m., possibly into Lodi, responders said. Authorities couldn't confirm a witness's report that it resulted from a botched attempted robbery of a drug dealer. No injured victim was immediately…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Police: 'No Criminal Intent' Found In Suspicious Device That Cleared Glen Rock Shopping Center Police: 'No Criminal Intent' Found In Suspicious Device That Cleared Glen Rock Shopping Center Police: 'No Criminal Intent' Found In Suspicious Device That Cleared Glen Rock Shopping Center
Police: 'No Criminal Intent' Found In Suspicious Device That Cleared Glen Rock Shopping Center UPDATE: A stray pot in a cart that forced the evacuation of a Glen Rock shopping center Tuesday morning was deemed harmless, and everyone was allowed to return to their businesses. There was no sign of criminal intent, authorities said. The pressure cooker found in a shopping cart outside Rock Farmers Market was empty -- except for a receipt, Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton said. Apparently, someone mistakenly left it behind. Prospect Street was reopened after temporarily being closed in both directions between Saddle River Road and Woodvale Road after a member of the sheriff's Bomb…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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STANDOFF: Victim Escapes, SWAT Team Captures Barricaded Man With Knife In Hackensack Apartment STANDOFF: Victim Escapes, SWAT Team Captures Barricaded Man With Knife In Hackensack Apartment STANDOFF: Victim Escapes, SWAT Team Captures Barricaded Man With Knife In Hackensack Apartment
Standoff: Victim Escapes, SWAT Team Captures Barricaded Man With Knife In Hackensack Apartment A standoff of several hours ended before dawn Saturday when a Bergen County Regional SWAT team captured a man who police said threatened a woman with a knife at a Hackensack high-rise The 28-year-old victim, who'd been held against her will, was hospitalized with minor injuries after she escaped, Lt. Ben Marino said. Arnel Reyes, 28, was also hospitalized in police custody after the tactical unit burst into Quail Heights Apartments unit on Prospect Street and pepper-sprayed him shortly before 4 a.m. Police got the call around 11:30 p.m. and found Reyes barricaded in the apartment, Marino s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Bergen Prosecutor: 5 Chinese Nationals, 2 Others Nabbed With 81 Pounds Of Pot, 6,000 THC Vapes Bergen Prosecutor: 5 Chinese Nationals, 2 Others Nabbed With 81 Pounds Of Pot, 6,000 THC Vapes Bergen Prosecutor: 5 Chinese Nationals, 2 Others Nabbed With 81 Pounds Of Pot, 6,000 THC Vapes
Bergen Prosecutor: 5 Chinese Nationals, 2 Others Nabbed With 81 Pounds Of Pot, 6,000 THC Vapes Bergen County prosecutors detectives seized 81 pounds of marijuana and 6,000 THC oil vape cartridges worth a combined $500,000 on the street while arresting seven suspects from New York in Fort Lee. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said his Narcotic Task Force “received information that several individuals were involved in the distribution of large quantities of marijuana and THC hash oil vaporizer cartridges in New York City and Bergen County.” They arrested seven of them, all from New York, with help from Fort Lee police and a Bergen County Regional SWAT team, the prosecutor said. F…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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STANDOFF: Park Ridge Police Sergeant Talks Out Armed Barricaded Gun Collector STANDOFF: Park Ridge Police Sergeant Talks Out Armed Barricaded Gun Collector STANDOFF: Park Ridge Police Sergeant Talks Out Armed Barricaded Gun Collector
Standoff: Park Ridge Police Sergeant Talks Out Armed Barricaded Gun Collector UPDATE: An agitated weapons collector who barricaded himself in a Park Ridge basement with a loaded gun during a family dispute finally emerged peacefully nearly 2½ hours later, thanks to a local police sergeant, authorities said. The 32-year-old former U.S. Army veteran had been drinking when he had words with his mother, grabbed a rifle and went to the basement of the Johnsvale Road home around 9:15 p.m., they said. Police were aware that he had "a large cache of weapons at the ready," Police Chief Joseph Madden said Friday morning. Inside the house were at least 30 legally-registered we…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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UPDATE: Barricaded Park Ridge Gun Collector, 32, Surrenders Peacefully UPDATE: Barricaded Park Ridge Gun Collector, 32, Surrenders Peacefully UPDATE: Barricaded Park Ridge Gun Collector, 32, Surrenders Peacefully
Update: Barricaded Park Ridge Gun Collector, 32, Surrenders Peacefully UPDATE: An agitated weapons collector who barricaded himself in a Park Ridge basement with a loaded gun during a family dispute finally emerged peacefully nearly 2½ hours later, thanks to a local police sergeant, authorities said. The 32-year-old former U.S. Army veteran had been drinking when he had words with his mother, grabbed a rifle and went to the basement of the Johnsvale Road home around 9:15 p.m., they said. Police were aware that he had "a large cache of weapons at the ready," Police Chief Joseph Madden said Friday morning. Inside the house were at least 30 legally-registered we…

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by Jerry DeMarco