Police: Newark Man Used U-Haul Truck To Steal ATM From Hair Braiding Salon
A man used a U-Haul truck to steal an ATM machine from a Newark hair braiding salon, authorities said.
Laquan J. Wright, 28, a city resident, broke into the 16th Avenue salon overnight last week and removed the machine, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said.
Police were called to the scene at 6:50 a.m., last Saturday, on reports that the ATM machine was missing from Deedee African Hair Braiding salon, police said.
Wright was identified as a suspect and arrested Oct. 22. He was charged with burglary, theft, criminal mischief, possession of burglary tools, conspirac…
Off Duty Officer Nabs Hoboken Porch Pirates
A keen-eyed, off-duty police officer helped nabbed a pair of package thieves in Hoboken, authorities said.
Hoboken officer Tyrone Huggins spotted two men taking a package from an apartment building near 5th and Monroe streets Thursday Oct. 22 around 7:40 p.m., Det. Lt. Danilo Cabrera said.
The man, later identified as Moises Cabrera and Justin Reyes, both of Union City, took the contents out from inside of the package then threw the box away in nearby bushes, police said.
Huggins followed Cabrera, 31, and Reyes, 28, until on-duty officers arrived and placed them under arrest near 720 Monro…
Man Facing 10 Years Behind Bars, Deportation For Violent Attack On NJ Planned Parenthood
A Massachusetts man is facing 10 years in State Prison and deportation after pleading guilty to intentionally crashing a stolen bakery truck into a Planned Parenthood clinic, injuring two patients and a staff member, authorities said Friday.
Marckles Alcius, 34, of Lowell, MA, admitted he was trying to destroy the East Orange building when he crashed a stolen bakery truck into the clinic's on Feb. 14, 2018, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, said.
Two female patients at the facility for routine medical care, including one who was pregnant, were injured.
Alc…
PA Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Rahway Shooting
A Pennsylvania man was arrested in a 2019 Rahway shooting, authorities said Friday.
Clifford Cooley, 38, of Allentown, PA, was charged with attempted murder, burglary, weapons offenses and aggravated assault in the Nov. 8, 2019 incident, Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Rahway Police Chief John Rodger said.
Shortly before 1 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, Rahway police rushed to a home on the 1300 block of Fulton Street near the downtown train station where they found a man with a gunshot wound in his face, according to Union County Assistant Prosecutor Meghan Tomlin…
