Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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BAIL REFORM: Immigrant In Cliffside Park Sex Assault Caught With Good Samaritans' Help Released BAIL REFORM: Immigrant In Cliffside Park Sex Assault Caught With Good Samaritans' Help Released BAIL REFORM: Immigrant In Cliffside Park Sex Assault Caught With Good Samaritans' Help Released
Bail Reform: Immigrant In Cliffside Park Sex Assault Caught With Good Samaritans' Help Released A good Samaritan couple helped catch an assailant who grabbed a woman between the legs and then threw her down on a Cliffside Park street, authorities said. A judge in Hackensack released him less than 24 hours later, records show. The victim was on her cellphone on Day Avenue when Dario Camey Curruchichi, 29, came up behind her on Saturday, borough police Capt. Vincent Capano said. Curruchichi -- listed in jail records as an Ecuadoran citizen -- put his hands between her legs and grabbed the woman's vagina, Capano said. The startled victim turned and was thrown to the ground, he said. Cu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Not This Time: Lyndhurst Supermarket Employee Nabs Man With Child Making Bogus Cash Withdrawals Not This Time: Lyndhurst Supermarket Employee Nabs Man With Child Making Bogus Cash Withdrawals Not This Time: Lyndhurst Supermarket Employee Nabs Man With Child Making Bogus Cash Withdrawals
Not This Time: Lyndhurst Supermarket Employee Nabs Man With Child Making Bogus Cash Withdrawals Less than two weeks after a Bronx duo withdrew $2,800 using stolen credit cards at a Lyndhurst Stop & Shop self-checkout aisle, an employee was ready when a Newark man tried to do it again, authorities said. The observant employee saw the thief make a low-dollar purchase, get $200 cash back, and then repeat the maneuver a half hour later, Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. A manager called police after determining that a stolen debit card was used, Auteri said. Responding Lt. Kevin Breslin and Officers Phil Reina, Michael Giangeruso and Anthony Giaquinto found the suspect parked near …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Wrong-Way Driver High On Heroin Sends 3 To Hospital In Head-On Elmwood Park Crash Wrong-Way Driver High On Heroin Sends 3 To Hospital In Head-On Elmwood Park Crash Wrong-Way Driver High On Heroin Sends 3 To Hospital In Head-On Elmwood Park Crash
Wrong-Way Driver High On Heroin Sends 3 To Hospital In Head-On Elmwood Park Crash An adult and two youngsters were injured when an unlicensed, out-of-town drug addict high on heroin crashed his car into theirs while driving on the wrong side of the road in Elmwood Park, authorities said. Kyle Apgar, 29, kept going before his car struck two parked vehicles around 8:15 p.m. Saturday, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. The victims, whose car was struck on Broadway, weren’t seriously injured, he said Police found a hypodermic syringe and heroin in Apgar's car after it hit the two parked vehicles on Bellevue Avenue and came to a stop, Foligno said. Apgar, who the chief sai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Haworth PD: Out-Of-State Uber Driver Had Illegal BB Gun Stashed Under Seat Haworth PD: Out-Of-State Uber Driver Had Illegal BB Gun Stashed Under Seat Haworth PD: Out-Of-State Uber Driver Had Illegal BB Gun Stashed Under Seat
Haworth PD: Out-Of-State Uber Driver Had Illegal BB Gun Stashed Under Seat Haworth police charged an Uber driver with weapons offenses after finding a BB gun that resembled the real thing in her car, authorities said Friday. Officer Kevin McKeary stopped a car driven by 23-year-old Karleen C. Rodriguez of Yonkers on Schraalenburgh Road for several motor vehicle violations, Detective Sgt. Justin Fox said. Smelling the odor of burning marijuana, he searched the vehicle, where he found the weapon stashed under the passenger seat, Fox said. Rodriguez couldn't explain why she had the weapon, which New Jersey requires a gun permit to purchase, the sergeant said. She w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Maywood Detectives Make Arrest In Sex Abuse Of Girl, 14 Maywood Detectives Make Arrest In Sex Abuse Of Girl, 14 Maywood Detectives Make Arrest In Sex Abuse Of Girl, 14
Maywood Detectives Make Arrest In Sex Abuse Of Girl, 14 A 14-year-old Maywood girl was sexually abused by a Belleville man, said authorities show arrested him. Carlos Cardenas, 40, of Belleville was arrested by borough detectives after investigating a claim from another law enforcement agency that the girl was victimized in town last summer, Police Chief Joseph Natale said. Cardenas was released under New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform law pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. He’s charged with aggravated criminal sexual contact and child endangerment.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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Englewood Police Chase Stolen Vehicles, Make Arrests 24 Hours Apart Englewood Police Chase Stolen Vehicles, Make Arrests 24 Hours Apart Englewood Police Chase Stolen Vehicles, Make Arrests 24 Hours Apart
Englewood Police Chase Stolen Vehicles, Make Arrests 24 Hours Apart Englewood police made arrests in two stolen car chases that ended in crashes barely 24 hours apart. It was just before 12:30 a.m. Thursday when city police spotted a Range Rover and late-model Audi -- both of which had been reported stolen -- headed south on North Woodland Avenue, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. Seeing the officer turn around to follow, both drivers hit the gas, leading a chase through several towns to Route I-95. Police broke off the pursuit there out of concerns about public safety, Halstead said. They were headed back to Englewood when they saw the Audi and c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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At Least Three Vehicle Thefts In Two Days; Clifton Police Nab Accused Thief At Least Three Vehicle Thefts In Two Days; Clifton Police Nab Accused Thief At Least Three Vehicle Thefts In Two Days; Clifton Police Nab Accused Thief
At Least Three Vehicle Thefts In Two Days; Clifton Police Nab Accused Thief Clifton police nabbed a repeat offender in a minivan that he stole barely 24 hours after swiping two other vehicles, authorities said Friday. Officer Edward Welsh and Diorys Turbides stopped the Dodge minivan in the area of Lafayette Avenue and Oak Streeet in Passaic, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The driver, 28-year-old Rafael Mora-Reynoso resisted at first but was quickly taken into custody, he said. He was charged with stealing the minivan from the 200 block of Clifton Avenue around 11:30 a.m. Feb. 11 and with taking a 2003 Hyundai from Walgreens on Main Avenue the day before – whi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Close Call: Glen Rock Police Sergeant Stops Drugged Motorist With Crack Empties In Stolen Car Close Call: Glen Rock Police Sergeant Stops Drugged Motorist With Crack Empties In Stolen Car Close Call: Glen Rock Police Sergeant Stops Drugged Motorist With Crack Empties In Stolen Car
Close Call: Glen Rock Police Sergeant Stops Drugged Motorist With Crack Empties In Stolen Car A Glen Rock police sergeant prevented a potential tragedy when he stopped a drugged, unlicensed repeat offender driving a stolen car and carrying a large knife and four empty crack vials, authorities said. Sgt. Greg Carter was on patrol along Ackerman Avenue when he spotted the car with a broken tail light stopped at a traffic light at Rock Road, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said Monday. A quick computer check returned a hit on a stolen auto, he said. Seeing Carter, 28-year-old Malvin Tavarez of Passaic pulled a quick U-turn, the chief said. The officer stopped him, backed up by Officers B…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Jeweler Caught Trafficking Child Porn, Bergen Prosecutor Says Jeweler Caught Trafficking Child Porn, Bergen Prosecutor Says Jeweler Caught Trafficking Child Porn, Bergen Prosecutor Says
Jeweler Caught Trafficking Child Porn, Bergen Prosecutor Says Bergen County cyber crimes detectives arrested a jeweler from West New York who they said was trafficking child porn online. A judge ordered Sezcan Gonturk, a 32-year-old Turkish national, released under New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform law after a detention hearing last Friday, a day after his arrest. Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said his Cyber Crimes Unit found Gonturk with more than 100 digital files “depicting nude or sexually explicit prepubescent children.” He also distributed more than 25 of the images, the prosecutor said. Gonturk is charged with possession and distrib…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Police Chase: Rochelle Park Officers Nab Postal Box 'Fishing' Thieves, Feds Interested Police Chase: Rochelle Park Officers Nab Postal Box 'Fishing' Thieves, Feds Interested Police Chase: Rochelle Park Officers Nab Postal Box 'Fishing' Thieves, Feds Interested
Police Chase: Rochelle Park Officers Nab Postal Box 'Fishing' Thieves, Feds Interested A pre-dawn police chase ended Friday when a trio Rochelle Park officers caught a group of thieves from Queens believed to be members of a large metropolitan-area ring that fishes checks and cash from postal boxes, authorities said. Officer Brian Gallina spotted the three tampering with a group of boxes on Rochelle Avenue just after 5 a.m., Police Chief Robert Flannelly said. “They were using a Snapple bottle with a ribbon tied around it wrapped in a sticky pad,” the chief said. Seeing the officer, they immediately took off in a car parked nearby, leading a chase down Route 17 that end…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Hasbrouck Heights PD: Out-Of-Towners Busted For Bringing BB Gun To Street Fight Hasbrouck Heights PD: Out-Of-Towners Busted For Bringing BB Gun To Street Fight Hasbrouck Heights PD: Out-Of-Towners Busted For Bringing BB Gun To Street Fight
Hasbrouck Heights PD: Out-Of-Towners Busted For Bringing BB Gun To Street Fight Two out-of-towners who were with a group that got into a fight with a bunch of Hasbrouck Heights locals were taken into custody after one of them pulled out a BB gun, authorities said. Several callers reported seeing a man with a handgun in front of the 101 Terrace Avenue apartment complex, Sgt. John Behr said. Responding officers learned of the fight and were told that someone wearing an orange and pink shirt was armed, Behr said. Moments later, someone called police to report a suspicious black Volkswagen circling the area. Detectives and uniformed officers who pulled the vehicle over …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Wayne PD: Father-Son Team Stayed At Hotel Next To Burglarized Route 46 Pizza Restaurant Site Wayne PD: Father-Son Team Stayed At Hotel Next To Burglarized Route 46 Pizza Restaurant Site Wayne PD: Father-Son Team Stayed At Hotel Next To Burglarized Route 46 Pizza Restaurant Site
Wayne PD: Father-Son Team Stayed At Hotel Next To Burglarized Route 46 Pizza Restaurant Site A father-son burglary team shuttled to and from the construction site of a new Wayne pizza restaurant while staying at a hotel next door, said police who arrested them. Police were called after a side-door burglar alarm was activated at the new site of Ah’ Pizz on Route 46 just after 10 p.m. last Thursday, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Nicholas V. Yacullo, 49, and Michael V. Yacullo, 26, were spotted by Detectives Ken Hart, Mark Ciavirella and John Malenich on surveillance video at the business -- formerly the Tilted Kilt -- Martin said. The Yacullos, whose last known address …

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by Jerry DeMarco