Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Saddle Brook Police Fish Fleeing Lodi Ex-Con Out Of River Saddle Brook Police Fish Fleeing Lodi Ex-Con Out Of River
Saddle Brook Police Fish Fleeing Lodi Ex-Con Out Of River SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- A wanted Lodi ex-con hopped a highway guard rail and jumped into the Saddle River but was quickly grabbed by police, authorities said. Steven W. Gore, 34, lied to Saddle Brook police who stopped him Wednesday on eastbound Route 46, then jumped over a guardrail and down an embankment to the river, Police Chief Robert Kugler said. Gore, who was wanted on warrants out of Passaic, Paterson and Lodi, was taken into custody and turned over to Lodi police before being lodged in the Bergen County Jail. He remained held there, charged with theft and simple assault out of Lodi,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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Fugitive Ex-Con Wanted In Dumont Rampage Captured Fugitive Ex-Con Wanted In Dumont Rampage Captured
Fugitive Ex-Con Wanted In Dumont Rampage Captured DUMONT, N.J. -- Bergen County tactical officers and detectives captured an ex-con from Cliffside Park after authorities said he tried to go after a victim in Dumont with a machete. Christopher Campana, 34, was being held in the county jail pending a detention hearing following the Monday afternoon arrest. Campana has a criminal history stretching back more than a decade -- including an arrest in Fairview in 2010 on charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault, making terroristic threats and weapons possession, among other offenses, records show. He'd been serving the rest of a recent se…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bridgeport, CT
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Police: Former Tax Preparer Used Six Fake Identities To Keep Lights On Police: Former Tax Preparer Used Six Fake Identities To Keep Lights On
Police: Former Tax Preparer Used Six Fake Identities To Keep Lights On BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A former tax preparer with a criminal history was arrested Tuesday after police said she stole United Illuminating service for years using stolen identities from victims as far away as Alabama and Kentucky. Sharonda Chisholm-Ferguson, 63, of Bridgeport, was charged with third-degree larceny, third-degree identity theft and two counts of second-degree larceny, police said. She was taken into custody at 6:15 a.m. after she returned a work vehicle to a North Avenue parking lot. A fraud protection investigator for the electric company told police that power to Chisholm-Ferg…

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by Meredith Guinness