'TERRIFYING': North Carolina Man, 35, Charged In Pair Of Philadelphia Abductions 'TERRIFYING': North Carolina Man, 35, Charged In Pair Of Philadelphia Abductions
'Terrifying': North Carolina Man, 35, Charged In Pair Of Philadelphia Abductions A 35-year-old North Carolina man has been accused in the abductions two women in Philadelphia last November, federal officials said. Jacob Alex Montague is currently in custody and faces charges of attempted kidnapping, stalking, aggravated assault, unlawful restraint, false imprisonment, and related offenses, authorities told PhillyVoice. Montague tried kidnapping a 28-year-old woman at kinfepoint near the intersection of 20th and Spruce Streets around 11:20 p.m. on Nov. 1, 2020, Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said. The woman ran from Montague to her a…
UPDATE: Middlesex Man Nabbed In Burlington County ShopRite Thefts UPDATE: Middlesex Man Nabbed In Burlington County ShopRite Thefts
Update: Middlesex Man Nabbed In Burlington County ShopRite Thefts Social media tips led to the arrest of a Middlesex man accused of shoplifting from a Burlington County grocery store. State Police on Sept. 9 asked for the public's help in identifying a man who stole items from the Hainesport ShopRite. Several tips subsequently identified Jamal Boone, 46, as a suspect, police said. Troopers located Boone on Saturday, and arrested him without incident at a home in Mount Holly, State Police said. He was charged with shoplifting, eluding, obstruction of administrative law, obstructing highways and other public passage, terroristic threats, crimina…
Toms River Police Silence Dispute Over Handgun Toms River Police Silence Dispute Over Handgun
Toms River Police Silence Dispute Over Handgun A dispute involving a handgun led to the arrest of a 20-year-old man from Lakehurst Borough, authorities said. Toms River police were called to Main Street Apartments about noon on Wednesday "in reference to a civil matter involving a handgun," they said. A woman told police that Jaylin Evans pointed a handgun at her during an argument. Evans then struck her in the head and pushed her into the walls of the residence, according to police. Evans blocked her path and didn't let her leave, she said, "stating numerous times that he would kill her," according to police. Before fleeing the resid…
Prosecutor: Musician/Waiter From Fort Lee Repeatedly Raped Pre-Teen Prosecutor: Musician/Waiter From Fort Lee Repeatedly Raped Pre-Teen
Prosecutor: Musician/Waiter From Fort Lee Repeatedly Raped Pre-Teen A restaurant server from Fort Lee sexually assaulted a pre-teen several times, authorities said Monday. Victor Jiatz, a 31-year-old musician originally from Guatemala, remained held in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack following his arrest Sunday. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said detectives took him into custody following a 911 call of sexual assaults “on numerous occasions,” which triggered an investigation by his Special Victims Unit and Fort Lee police. They charged Jiatz, a percussionist who is married and pre…
Franklin Lakes PD: Morris Prostitute, Wanaque Customer Busted On Rt 208 After Brief Abduction Franklin Lakes PD: Morris Prostitute, Wanaque Customer Busted On Rt 208 After Brief Abduction
Franklin Lakes PD: Morris Prostitute, Wanaque Customer Busted On Rt 208 After Brief Abduction A Morris County prostitute and a Wanaque john were both arrested by Franklin Lakes police after he briefly abducted her, authorities said. Eduardo Areche, 43, and Kristie Pattin, 38, of Stirling were both passengers in a vehicle stopped Monday night on Route 208 by Officer Ryan Sweeney, Capt. John Bakelaar said. Pattin was charged with prostitution and possession of both crack and drug paraphernalia, he said. Areche was charged with soliciting prostitution and false imprisonment, the captain said. A police reported alleges that Pattin “did knowingly restrain co-defendant (Pattin) unlawful…
Cliffside Park PD: Ex-Con Who Stabbed Man On Street Nabbed With Help Cliffside Park PD: Ex-Con Who Stabbed Man On Street Nabbed With Help
Cliffside Park PD: Ex-Con Who Stabbed Man On Street Nabbed With Help Thanks to a Ridgefield Park police sergeant, detectives from Cliffside Park nabbed a career criminal who they said stabbed and beat a longtime borough resident outside his apartment exactly a month earlier. The 57-year-old victim had just parked his car and was headed home in the 600 block of Palisade Avenue on July 6 when he was rushed by the assailant, who'd been sitting on a nearby bench, Detective Capt. Vincent Capano said. The attacker punched him in the face, threw him to the ground and stabbed him in the arm and back with a folding knife before fleeing, Capano said. Borough detecti…
Home Invasion Gone Wrong: Group Terrorized Innocent Wayne Family, Police Say Home Invasion Gone Wrong: Group Terrorized Innocent Wayne Family, Police Say
Home Invasion Gone Wrong: Group Terrorized Innocent Wayne Family, Police Say A trio of men were arrested in connection with a 2015 home invasion gone wrong in which they victimized the wrong Wayne family, said authorities who charged them. A pain-staking investigation spanning the streets of North Jersey and New York found that William J “Tarzan” Mariano of Wayne, Alexander Roller-Huarotte of Paterson, Aaron Valdivieso of Paterson and an unidentified female were accused of invading a Pine Lakes home in December 2015. "The original plot was to be a home invasion/robbery of an alleged Pines lake residential drug dealer," said Wayne Police Capt. Laurence Mart…
PAPD: Passaic County Woman Tries To Kidnap Young Girl At NYC Bus Station PAPD: Passaic County Woman Tries To Kidnap Young Girl At NYC Bus Station
Papd: Passaic County Woman Tries To Kidnap Young Girl At NYC Bus Station A woman bravely fought off a would-be kidnapper from Passaic County who tried to abduct her younger sister at the Port Authority bus station in midtown Manhattan, police said. Port Authority Police Officer Russell Polanco arrived just in time Friday to grab 39-year-old Rosanna Diaz of Woodland Park (mugshot, above) after the failed kidnapping attempt, said authority spokeswoman Lenis Rodrigues. The sisters were walking towards their bus Diaz tried to snatch the younger sister, scratching her arm, Rorigues said. The girl broke free and ran before the older sister “intervened to stop [Diaz] …
Police: Ridgewood Woman Strands Utility Worker Mid-Air In Bucket Police: Ridgewood Woman Strands Utility Worker Mid-Air In Bucket
Police: Ridgewood Woman Strands Utility Worker Mid-Air In Bucket A Ridgewood woman upset with a cable company worker hopped into the cab of an Optimum truck and cut the power to a utility bucket, leaving him hanging in mid-air, police said. Elena Gerlihman, 59, then “removed utility property from the truck and walked away,” Capt. William Amoruso said. Responding officers found the worker stranded in the bucket near Gerlihman’s home at East Ridgewood and South Pleasant avenues, Amoruso said. They arrested Gerlihman on charges of harassment, false imprisonment, disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing, then released her pending a court date.