Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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‘Stalker’s Christmas’: Accused Restraining Order Violator Spends Valentine's Day In Bergen Jail ‘Stalker’s Christmas’: Accused Restraining Order Violator Spends Valentine's Day In Bergen Jail
‘Stalker’s Christmas’: Accused Restraining Order Violator Spends Valentine's Day In Bergen Jail The approach of Valentine’s Day this year brought a repeat stalker all the way from Queens to Franklin Lakes – and then to jail, authorities reported. Chiawei Chuang, 41, of Flushing had previously been charged with stalking the same person when she allegedly showed up again late Monday, Feb. 13, on a small street in the northwest Bergen County town where the victim lives. Police were called shortly before 10 p.m. and arrested Chuang, who criminal records list as a citizen of the Federated States of Micronesia. She remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Tuesday while awaiting a first a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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Elderly Waldwick Man Busted For Prepubescent Child Porn: Bergen County Prosecutor Elderly Waldwick Man Busted For Prepubescent Child Porn: Bergen County Prosecutor
Elderly Waldwick Man Busted For Prepubescent Child Porn: Bergen County Prosecutor The investigation into a 79-year-old man led to child pornography charges for a retiree in Bergen County who was busted with sexually explicit images of prepubescent and other children, authorities announced. Waldwick's John Campbell has been arrested for his alleged possession and distribution of child pornography following an investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office led by Chief Jason Love. Members of the prosecutor’s office’s Cyber Crimes Unit executed a search warrant at Campbell’s Waldwick home on Thursday, Feb. 9, investigators said, which led to the discovery that Campb…

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by Zak Failla
Hackensack, NJ
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Little Ferry Officer's Gun Grabbed By Leonia Driver During Route 46 Stop: Police Little Ferry Officer's Gun Grabbed By Leonia Driver During Route 46 Stop: Police
Little Ferry Officer's Gun Grabbed By Leonia Driver During Route 46 Stop: Police A Leonia motorist with crystal meth in her car grabbed an officer's gun while fighting with Little Ferry police during a Route 46 traffic stop, authorities said. Officer James Serio stopped a 2009 Ford Focus driven by Jennifer Wright, 44, for not using headlights in the rain on the eastbound highway late Monday morning, Jan. 23, they said. Wright first drove into the fast lane and stopped the car, then cut across three lanes of traffic to the shoulder in front of M & J Truck Sales, Serio reported. When he asked for her credentials, Wright "began aimlessly searching her purse," repeated…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Police ID Victim, Hit-Run Driver In Carlstadt Accident Police ID Victim, Hit-Run Driver In Carlstadt Accident
Police ID Victim, Hit-Run Driver In Carlstadt Accident A 70-year-old waiter from Passaic has been charged in a Bergen County crash that left a 61-year-old pedestrian dead, authorities announced. Justinian Cuevasmetemi was behind the wheel  of a 2017 Toyota RAV-4 when he struck Deborah Peko-Lillis, of Secaucus, on Hoboken Road in Carlstadt around 10:20 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20, then fled the scene, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Peko-Lillis of Secaucus was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center where she was pronounced dead as a result of the crash, Musella said. Cuevasmetemi was found Saturday, Jan. 21 and c…

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by Cecilia Levine
Hackensack, NJ
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Barber Busted With Cocaine, $20K In Bergen Traffic Stop: Prosecutor Barber Busted With Cocaine, $20K In Bergen Traffic Stop: Prosecutor
Barber Busted With Cocaine, $20K In Bergen Traffic Stop: Prosecutor A 29-year-old driver from Rhode Island was found during a Bergen County traffic stop with $20,000 and two kilograms of cocaine, authorities said. Izander Lopez-Cruz, a barber, was stopped on Wednesday, Jan. 18 and later charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and money laundering, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. It wasn't immediately clear where the traffic stop occurred. He was released pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, NJ.

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by Cecilia Levine
Teaneck, NJ
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Armed Passenger Seized, Female Driver Found Hiding In Building Laundry Room After Teaneck Crash Armed Passenger Seized, Female Driver Found Hiding In Building Laundry Room After Teaneck Crash
Armed Passenger Seized, Female Driver Found Hiding In Building Laundry Room After Teaneck Crash Two people who fled a crash in Teaneck were captured by police – one of whom was carrying a gun and another who was found hiding in the laundry room of a nearby apartment building in a change of clothes, authorities said. It was just after 2 a.m. Friday, Jan. 6, when Teaneck police responded to a report of a vehicle crashing into a pole at the intersection of Degraw Avenue and Gifford Place. They found a woman on the ground and another rendering aid, Acting Police Chief Andrew R. McGurr said. The officers also noticed a man trying to tip away, the chief said, adding that he refused their o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Woman Stabbed, Man Slashed, Repeat Offender Seized On Hackensack Street Woman Stabbed, Man Slashed, Repeat Offender Seized On Hackensack Street
Woman Stabbed, Man Slashed, Repeat Offender Seized On Hackensack Street An unemployed Hackensack man with a history of harassing and threatening people stabbed a woman and slashed a man with a box cutter during an argument in the middle of a city street Monday afternoon, authorities said. The 32-year-old woman and 61-year-old man were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening following the incident near the corner of Hudson Street and Broadway shortly before 2 p.m. Jan. 2, Police Capt. Michael Antista said. The man “sustained a laceration to his one of his extremities, while the female suffered a punctu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Bogota Woman Jailed Twice For Assaulting BF, Once With Her Car Bogota Woman Jailed Twice For Assaulting BF, Once With Her Car
Bogota Woman Jailed Twice For Assaulting BF, Once With Her Car A Bogota woman was jailed after police said she knocked her boyfriend down with her car, making it the second time in several weeks that she was charged with assaulting him. Stephany C. Perez-Galarraga, 32, grabbed the victim's cell phone and ran to her Mercedes Benz C30 during an argument between the two at his home before dawn Monday, Dec. 26, Bogota Police Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. Her boyfriend chased after Perez-Galarraga but was knocked down by her vehicle as she sped off, leaving him with scrapes and bruises, the sergeant said. He was treated at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck be…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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$31,680 In Suspected Drug Money Seized In Targeted Fort Lee Traffic Stop $31,680 In Suspected Drug Money Seized In Targeted Fort Lee Traffic Stop
$31,680 In Suspected Drug Money Seized In Targeted Fort Lee Traffic Stop Detectives seized $31,680 in suspected drug money during a targeted traffic stop of an unemployed Fort Lee man, authorities said. Members of Musella’s Narcotic Task Force and Fort Lee police stopped Alexander Mercado, 40, of First Street off Irving Avenue on Dec. 19 as part of an ongoing investigation, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Mercado was charged with money laundering and released pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Musella’s people held onto the cash pending a forfeiture hearing, also in Superior Court in Hackensack.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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GOTCHA! Paramus Detectives Probing Home Burglary Nab Bergenfield Man With Priors GOTCHA! Paramus Detectives Probing Home Burglary Nab Bergenfield Man With Priors
Gotcha! Paramus Detectives Probing Home Burglary Nab Bergenfield Man With Priors Paramus detectives identified, tracked down and on Friday arrested a Bergenfield man who they said kicked in a homeowner's door during a failed burglary attempt two months ago. Mauricio Angulo, 43, emerged from a Clifton Avenue apartment in Bergenfield and was immediately seized by Detective Lt. Glen Pagano and Detectives Daniel Cullen, Joshua Capizzi and Matt McGuire around 7 a.m. Dec. 9, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Cullen had tied Angulo to an Oct. 13 on the 100 block of Spring Valley Road, the chief said. Angulo and an as-yet-unidentified accomplice had kicked in the front…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Five Pounds Of Pot In A Suitcase Spells Trouble For Bergen, Rockland Buds Five Pounds Of Pot In A Suitcase Spells Trouble For Bergen, Rockland Buds
Five Pounds Of Pot In A Suitcase Spells Trouble For Bergen, Rockland Buds Five pounds of pot for sale landed two men – one from Bergen, the other from Rockland – in trouble with the law. Nelson Cedeno, 46, and Keith Chandler, 32, of Garnerville were stopped near Cedeno’s Woodcliff Lake home by detectives from the the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotic Task Force, authorities said. “A search of the vehicle uncovered five pounds of marijuana located in a suitcase in the rear,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Thursday, Dec. 8. “Both men were arrested at the scene without incident.” A search of Cedeno’s home later that day turned up “an elect…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Armed Ex-Con Who Spent Nearly 5 Years In Prison Busted After Chase, Crash: Saddle Brook PD Armed Ex-Con Who Spent Nearly 5 Years In Prison Busted After Chase, Crash: Saddle Brook PD
Armed Ex-Con Who Spent Nearly 5 Years In Prison Busted After Chase, Crash: Saddle Brook PD An ex-con who sped from a Saddle Brook police stop crashed his vehicle into four parked cars in Lodi, then tossed a stolen gun as he tried to run, authorities said. Officer Marco Torres tried to stop Terrence Kelley, 40, of Paterson for an unspecified violation on eastbound Route 46 near Westminster Place around noon Sunday, Nov. 13, Capt. John A. Zotollo Jr. said. Kelley had only just been released from state prison in February after serving 4½ years for drug and weapons convictions out of Passaic County, records show. Instead of stopping for Torres, Kelly hit the gas, said Zotollo, the o…

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by Jerry DeMarco