Alert Officer, Diligent Detectives Stop Prospect Park Car Burglary Spree, Valuables Returned
A string of pre-dawn Prospect Park vehicle burglaries ended when a rookie police officer nabbed a Paterson man in the act, authorities said.
Officer Yeisy Reyes Jr. was on patrol when he spotted Wesley Bethea, 51, testing car-door handles in the area of Hopper Street and Brown Avenue shortly before 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, Capt. Ammen Matari said.
A security alarm on one of the vehicles began blaring, sending Bethea running, Matari said.
Joined by Sgt. Amy Perlmutter and Officer Jawad Hataf, Reyes took Bethea into custody.
They found him carrying a flashlight and some stolen property, the capta…
Paramus PD: Two More Members Of Auto Theft Ring Caught Returning To Same Neighborhood
Two members of an auto theft ring believed responsible for a rash of vehicle thefts and burglaries in Paramus weren’t tough to find, police said Friday.
Having already seized one suspect before dawn the day before, officers received a call of two suspicious-looking men in the area of Linwood Avenue and Godwin Road around 5:30 a.m., Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said.
Officer Michael Boccher spotted and stopped Michael Acosta, 18, of Paterson and Edras Mendoza, 20, of Passaic, moments later, Ehrenberg said.
Both told officers they were headed to the Jersey Place home of relatives, but poli…
