Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Police & Fire
Cliffside Park Detective Nabs Man For Snatching $1,100 Worth Of Meat From Parked Delivery Truck Cliffside Park Detective Nabs Man For Snatching $1,100 Worth Of Meat From Parked Delivery Truck
Cliffside Park Detective Nabs Man For Snatching $1,100 Worth Of Meat From Parked Delivery Truck A Cliffside Park detective ID'd a man who with a partner took nearly $1,100 worth of meat from a delivery truck in broad daylight, authorities said. The truck was parked off the corner of Anderson and Washington avenues when a dark-colored SUV with both thieves pulled up shortly after 12:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 18, Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said. One served as the lookout while the other emptied the truck in multiple trips, the deputy chief said. Detective Jason Pinzone identified the driver as Edgardo J. Gil Li, a 34-year-old Peruvian national with a prior record who most recently l…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Police & Fire
Prospect Park Home, Vehicle Burglaries Cracked With Arrest Of Habitual Paterson Offender Prospect Park Home, Vehicle Burglaries Cracked With Arrest Of Habitual Paterson Offender
Prospect Park Home, Vehicle Burglaries Cracked With Arrest Of Habitual Paterson Offender A habitual offender was charged with burglarizing homes and vehicles in Prospect Park and elsewhere. Francisco Sanchez, 32, of Paterson had been busted for burglary in Paterson in May and spent a week in the Bergen County Jail before a judge released him pending further court action. He was back behind bars a month later – again for burglary, records show. Sanchez spent three weeks in the Bergen County lockup this time before being released again -- once again, pending further court action -- on July 20. Paterson police arrested Sanchez yet again this past Tuesday, Aug. 29, and sent him b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Police & Fire
GOTCHA! Just-Released Repeat Offender Pinched For Porch Pirating In Franklin Lakes GOTCHA! Just-Released Repeat Offender Pinched For Porch Pirating In Franklin Lakes
Gotcha! Just-Released Repeat Offender Pinched For Porch Pirating In Franklin Lakes A repeat offender was caught snatching packages from a trio of mailboxes in a Franklin Lakes neighborhood, authorities said. Officers responding to a call of a trespasser at a Franklin Lakes Road residence grabbed Salvatore Cardinale, 47, of Hackensack on Mulberry Way shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 29, Capt. Mark McCombs said. Cardinale, who already had an outstanding warrant from the borough of Middlesex, had only just been released from the Bergen County Jail the day before after being arrested for shoplifting in Paramus over the weekend, records show. Franklin Lakes police charged…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Police & Fire
Lab Tech Charged With Assaulting Pre-Teen: Bergen Prosecutor Lab Tech Charged With Assaulting Pre-Teen: Bergen Prosecutor
Lab Tech Charged With Assaulting Pre-Teen: Bergen Prosecutor An accused child abuser from Saddle Brook had just been booked into the Bergen County Jail when a judge in Hackensack released him, records show. Victor Morales, a 32-year-old lab tech, “physically assaulted a child under the age of 13 years old who was in his care,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Saddle Brook police alerted his Special Victims Unit detectives to the child abuse report on Tuesday, Aug. 22, the prosecutor said. They took Morales into custody, then charged him with aggravated assault and child endangerment, Musella said. Morales was booked into the county jail …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
Police & Fire
Serial Package Thief Caught In Act Again: East Rutherford PD Serial Package Thief Caught In Act Again: East Rutherford PD
Serial Package Thief Caught In Act Again: East Rutherford PD A serial porch pirate from East Rutherford who'd been busted before for stealing packages from fellow borough residents was at it again, police said. Home surveillance cameras caught images of  Anthony Mendoza, 42, pirating packages from porches on June 13 and Aug. 5, East Rutherford Police Capt. Jeff Yannacone said. Detective Sgts. Robert Applegate and Charles Kryzsiak identified Mendoza, who has a drug-related criminal history -- and who the captain said "has been charged numerous times in the past for the same crime." In one incident, Mendoza swiped packages from a Rutherford resident’…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Police & Fire
Ex-Con Charged With Pulling Gun On Lodi Landscaper Ex-Con Charged With Pulling Gun On Lodi Landscaper
Ex-Con Charged With Pulling Gun On Lodi Landscaper An ex-con who'd served time for killing a 17-year-old boy in a Jersey City park was arrested after Lodi police said he pulled a gun on a landscaper cutting grass near his home. Tashawn Lamar Holmes, 33, "brandished a firearm and advised the victim to leave the property" near his Lawrence Avenue residence, Sgt. Dominic Miller said. Officers secured the scene while detectives obtained a warrant and recovered the 9mm Springfield Armory handgun that was used in the incident, the sergeant said. There were no injuries, he said. Holmes remained held Thursday in the Bergen County Jail, charg…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Police & Fire
West Milford Man, 32, Accused Of Sexually Abusing Minor In Front Of Other Children West Milford Man, 32, Accused Of Sexually Abusing Minor In Front Of Other Children
West Milford Man, 32, Accused Of Sexually Abusing Minor In Front Of Other Children A 32-year-old West Milford man was charged with sexually abusing a child in the presence of two other youngsters. Michael Lemus was arrested without incident on Monday, Aug. 14, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. It followed an investigation that began after West Milford police notified her Special Victims Unit in June, right after the alleged assault occurred at a residence in town, the prosecutor said. Lemus, who most recently worked for a cargo and freight trucking company, remained held Wednesday in the Bergen County Jail. He's charged with two counts of sexual assault …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Judges Refuse To Free Dominican National From Clifton Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen Judges Refuse To Free Dominican National From Clifton Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen
Judges Refuse To Free Dominican National From Clifton Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen Bail reform doesn't free everyone, apparently. A 19-year-old Dominican national from Clifton has remained held after being charged with sexually assaulting a pre-teen. Judges in Paterson have refused to release Handerson Lantigua since his arrest last month by detectives from the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office following a referral from Clifton police, records show. Lantigua was charged on July 12 with sexual assault involving a victim under 13 years old, criminal sexual contact and child endangerment through sexual conduct. He has remained held in the Bergen County Jail since then. Fe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Police & Fire
ICE Looks To Deport Laborer Charged With Decade-Long Child Sex Abuse In Bergen, At Jersey Shore ICE Looks To Deport Laborer Charged With Decade-Long Child Sex Abuse In Bergen, At Jersey Shore
ICE Looks To Deport Laborer Charged With Decade-Long Child Sex Abuse In Bergen, At Jersey Shore For more than a decade, a laborer believed to living in the U.S. illegally sexually abused a child in Bergen County and at the Jersey Shore, authorities said Monday. Federal authorities have placed a detainer on Jonan Pascasio-Erazo, a 46-year-old Salvadoran national living in Waldwick, who was jailed late last week. Pascasio-Erazo sexually assaulted the victim in Waldwick, Mahwah and Belmar multiple times, beginning in 2012, up until his arrest, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Waldwick police notified detectives from Musella’s Special Victims Unit of the disclosure on Friday, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
GOTCHA! Ex-Con Wanted In July 4th Shooting At Deadly Paterson Corner Nabbed By City Police GOTCHA! Ex-Con Wanted In July 4th Shooting At Deadly Paterson Corner Nabbed By City Police
Gotcha! Ex-Con Wanted In July 4th Shooting At Deadly Paterson Corner Nabbed By City Police Paterson police captured an ex-con wanted for shooting two young men on one of the city’s deadliest street corners on the Fourth of July. Anderson Martinez, 26, was identified by detectives as the shooter who wounded the pair – one 19, the other 20 – near the notorious intersection of Essex and Madison streets. Both men arrived at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in a private vehicle. They survived their injuries and an investigation progressed. Police nabbed Martinez in the area of 21st Avenue and Chestnut Street, a half-dozen blocks from the shooting scene – at 3 a.m. Wednesday, Ju…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Jamaican National From Wayne Charged With Machete Attack In Clifton Jamaican National From Wayne Charged With Machete Attack In Clifton
Jamaican National From Wayne Charged With Machete Attack In Clifton A Jamaican national who lives in Wayne was charged with slashing a Clifton man's wrist with a machete during a weekend dispute. The victim was rushed to St. Joseph's University Medical Center with a serious cut following the incident at a home on the corner of Vernon and Bergen avenues shortly before 10 p.m. Saturday, June 22. Police tracked down Romario Douglas, 27, who they said fled after the stabbing. He was charged with aggravated assault and weapons possession and sent to the Bergen County Jail. Douglas remained held there on Monday while awaiting a first appearance in Central Judic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Police & Fire
Bergen Detectives Nab NYC Pair In Violent Bergenfield Gas Station Holdup With Assists From Feds Bergen Detectives Nab NYC Pair In Violent Bergenfield Gas Station Holdup With Assists From Feds
Bergen Detectives Nab NYC Pair In Violent Bergenfield Gas Station Holdup With Assists From Feds One of two Bronx men charged with pistol-whipping a Bergenfield gas station attendant during a robbery earlier this year was captured by Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives and federal agents as he arrived at Newark Airport on a flight from Honduras. Nixon Francisco-Colon, 34, was seized with help from U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents last Sunday, July 16, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He has remained held in the Bergen County Jail ever since, records show. Charged with Francisco-Colon is Melvin R. Inoa, 25, who was arrested at his apartment on Clay Street and rem…

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by Jerry DeMarco