Prosecutor: Cliffside Park Man Hijacked Biz Account, Ordered Phones, iPads To His Home Prosecutor: Cliffside Park Man Hijacked Biz Account, Ordered Phones, iPads To His Home
Prosecutor: Cliffside Park Man Hijacked Biz Account, Ordered Phones, iPads To His Home An unemployed Cliffside Park man hijacked a business account to order a pile of cellphones and iPads that he then had delivered to his apartment, said authorities who busted him and his roommate. Stephen K. Frazier, 29, caught the attention of Sprint, which “reported a possible take-over of a business account,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Frazier submitted several orders that he requested be sent not to the business’ address but to his sixth-floor “Cliffside Views” apartment at the corner of Palisade Avenue and Walker Street, the prosecutor said. Musella’s detectives and Cl…
Driver, 18, Says Police Impostors Stopped Her Off Rt 208, Fair Lawn Detectives Investigate Driver, 18, Says Police Impostors Stopped Her Off Rt 208, Fair Lawn Detectives Investigate
Driver, 18, Says Police Impostors Stopped Her Off Rt 208, Fair Lawn Detectives Investigate UPDATE: Fair Lawn police on Friday continued to investigate a Wyckoff driver’s report that she was pulled over by two men posing as police officers. The 18-year-old woman told police that she’d just exited southbound Route 208 onto Plaza Road in Fair Lawn around 8:45 p.m. Monday when she saw overhead lights behind her. She described the vehicle following her as a small car that looked “similar to a Honda,” with front windshield tints, according to a report filed with Fair Lawn police on Thursday. Two men got out wearing “hoodies or beanies,” the woman reported.  Feeling something wasn’t …
Driver Admits Impersonating FBI Agent During Paramus Traffic Stop Driver Admits Impersonating FBI Agent During Paramus Traffic Stop
Driver Admits Impersonating FBI Agent During Paramus Traffic Stop A driver from Queens admitted in federal court Thursday that he showed Paramus police who pulled him over this summer a fake badge, creds and security access card while claiming to be an FBI agent. Tornike Lubyk, 28, could face a federal prison sentence and a fine for impersonating a federal agent, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Lubyk pleaded guilty to the charge before U.S. District Judge Stanley R. Chesler in Newark, admitting that he “falsely advised Paramus officers that he was with the FBI’s C-22 organized crime squad based in the Manhattan field office” during a July traffic stop…
Paramus Man Charged With Death Threats To Parents Of Local Schoolchildren Paramus Man Charged With Death Threats To Parents Of Local Schoolchildren
Paramus Man Charged With Death Threats To Parents Of Local Schoolchildren A Paramus man sent letters threatening the parents of children at a local school, authorities said. Parents in Hackensack and West Milford, as well as in Paramus, “received letters threatening serious bodily injury and death to them and their family members,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. A joint investigation by members of Musella’s Intelligence & Counterterrorism Unit with Paramus and Hackensack police and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service determined that Stanley Lenkiewicz, 49, “sent the threatening letters to parents of students at a school in Paramus and to a …
Authorities: Hackensack Stock Clerk Who Filed Scam Complaint Was Posing As Someone Else Authorities: Hackensack Stock Clerk Who Filed Scam Complaint Was Posing As Someone Else
Authorities: Hackensack Stock Clerk Who Filed Scam Complaint Was Posing As Someone Else A supermarket stock clerk from Hackensack presented a bogus ID stolen from a Florida resident when she filed a complaint with city police claiming she’d been scammed by someone else, said authorities who arrested her. Jayne D. Garrido-Contreras, 55, had been using the fake non-driver ID obtained from the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) since November 2011, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. She then got another in her own name in November, he said. Using the bogus ID and a fake Social Security card, Garrido-Contreras opened three bank accounts -- and in January filed the…
After Year In Jail, 'Compulsive' Bergen Cyber-Stalker From Old Tappan Charged Again After Year In Jail, 'Compulsive' Bergen Cyber-Stalker From Old Tappan Charged Again
After Year In Jail, 'Compulsive' Bergen Cyber-Stalker From Old Tappan Charged Again A year behind bars apparently made little difference to a convicted “compulsive and repetitive” cyber-stalker from Old Tappan who went after his victim yet again after being released, said authorities who seized him once more on Wednesday. Daniel G. Pfeiffer, 29, spent 364 days in the Bergen County Jail after being convicted of posting fake nude photos and creating bogus social medial accounts of a woman he’d dated nearly seven years earlier. This came after three arrests for similar behavior over a two-year span. The unemployed salesman was released in late October. Bergen County Prosecu…
Prosecutor: Lodi Stalker Impersonated Woman, 18, On Dating Sites Prosecutor: Lodi Stalker Impersonated Woman, 18, On Dating Sites
Prosecutor: Lodi Stalker Impersonated Woman, 18, On Dating Sites A self-employed insurance adjuster from Lodi impersonated an 18-year-old woman on dating sites for several months -- and even tried making a date, authorities charged Friday. Matthew J. Bolger Jr., 46, created two “fictitious social media accounts on dating and romance websites/applications in the likeness” of the victim for “a period spanning several months,” Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Detectives from Calo’s Cyber Crimes Unit raided Bolger’s Long Valley Road residence and took him into custody on Friday. They charged him with stalking, impersonation and cyber-harass…
Wyckoff PD: Security Guard In Traffic Stop Posed As Police Officer Wyckoff PD: Security Guard In Traffic Stop Posed As Police Officer
Wyckoff PD: Security Guard In Traffic Stop Posed As Police Officer A security guard from Rockland flashed a badge and identified himself as a cop after a Wyckoff police officer pulled his companion over, authorities said. He wasn’t -- and it got him arrested, they said. Leonard C. Miles, 47, of Spring Valley was released after the 11:45 p.m. stop. Miles, who owned the Ford Mustang, had “identified himself as a law enforcement officer in the state of New York and displayed a badge,” Lt. Joseph Soto said. Borough police later did a little digging. The discovered that Miles, in fact, “was employed as a security officer for a NY state agency and was not a sw…
Man Impersonating Officer Demands Money From Northern Westchester Resident, Police Say Man Impersonating Officer Demands Money From Northern Westchester Resident, Police Say
Man Impersonating Officer Demands Money From Northern Westchester Resident, Police Say A man impersonating a police officer attempted to shake down a local resident, demanding money before New York State Police troopers intervened. Troopers were called to the Woodybrook neighborhood in Cortlandt on Tuesday, Dec. 4, where there was a report of a man claiming to be a police officer, demanding money. The investigation into the suspicious man determined that Croton-on-Hudson resident Marcelo Abila, wearing an “NYPD” baseball hat, knocked on the victim’s door claiming to be a member of the Croton Police Department. Abila then demanded money from the victim, who refused and notifie…
Prosecutor: Bank Worker, BF Took $375G From Late Teaneck Resident's Estate Prosecutor: Bank Worker, BF Took $375G From Late Teaneck Resident's Estate
Prosecutor: Bank Worker, BF Took $375G From Late Teaneck Resident's Estate A bank employee and her boyfriend stole $375,000 from the estate of a recently deceased Teaneck resident, said authorities who busted them. Shannell Griggs of Syracuse, NY, “used the bank’s computerized account and customer service systems to access and take over the victim’s bank accounts,” Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Friday. She and Givonni Butler of Passaic then stole the deceased’s money “through a combination of illicit debit card purchases, cash withdrawals, wire transfers, and cashier check purchases,” Calo said. The executor alerted members of the prosecutor’s …
Saddle Brook Man Pretended To Be Army Veteran For Money, Police Say Saddle Brook Man Pretended To Be Army Veteran For Money, Police Say
Saddle Brook Man Pretended To Be Army Veteran For Money, Police Say A 60-year-old Saddle Brook man accused of pretending to be a U.S. veteran to reap financial assistance was arrested on Tuesday, authorities said. Following an investigation, Cresskill police arrested Baustista J. Bonet on charges of identity theft, impersonation and theft by deception, Detective Charles Franke said. Bonet was also served a disorderly persons offense. The Commander fo the Cresskill American Legion Post 21 came to police last month reporting a fraud, Franke said. During the course on the investigation, police found that Bonet came to the American Legion requesting financial …