Terrifying Driveway Carjacking Of Garfield Resident Leads To Arrests Of Young Trio Terrifying Driveway Carjacking Of Garfield Resident Leads To Arrests Of Young Trio
Terrifying Driveway Carjacking Of Garfield Resident Leads To Arrests Of Young Trio UPDATE: More than three months have passed since four robbers rushed a Garfield resident in his driveway and took his car, cash and jewelry at gunpoint. An intense investigation of the May 14 carjacking and robbery produced the arrests this week of two 20-year-old men and the detention of a 17-year-old boy, all from Paterson, according to Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella. Investigators also seized two handguns during simultaneous raids on Monday, the prosecutor announced on Wednesday, Aug. 30. It was around 8 o’clock on a Sunday night when the victim was ambushed as he sat in his Lexu…
Stolen Car Left In Flames On Route 80, Trio Captured By NJSP, Teaneck PD Stolen Car Left In Flames On Route 80, Trio Captured By NJSP, Teaneck PD
Stolen Car Left In Flames On Route 80, Trio Captured By Njsp, Teaneck PD A young trio was captured by New Jersey State Police troopers and Teaneck police after they left a stolen car engulfed in flames on Route 80, authorities said. An intense search began after troopers found the fully engulfed Chevy Cruze, reported stolen out of Jersey City, on the westbound highway near milepost 69 at 7:40 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 22, NJSP Sgt. First Class Philip Curry said. Teaneck firefighters doused the blaze. Troopers snatched up two of the fleeing occupants and Teaneck police nabbed the third, the sergeant said. Horton Felder, 20, and Zahkir Coleman-Smith, 18, both …
Teenager Charged With Stealing Car In Ocean County: Prosecutor Teenager Charged With Stealing Car In Ocean County: Prosecutor
Teenager Charged With Stealing Car In Ocean County: Prosecutor A 17-year-old juvenile from Seaside Heights has been charged with stealing a vehicle in Jackson Township, authorities said. The boy was charged with Theft of Moveable Property, Eluding, Obstruction, and Resisting Arrest by Means of Flight, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Jackson Township Police Chief Matthew Kunz. On Aug. 3, at approximately 10:45 p.m., Officers from the Jackson Township Police Department responded to the area of Imperial Place for a report of two stolen motor vehicles. At approximately 11 p.m., Jackson Township Police Offic…
Teen Made Bomb Threats Against Hooters In Central Jersey: Police Teen Made Bomb Threats Against Hooters In Central Jersey: Police
Teen Made Bomb Threats Against Hooters In Central Jersey: Police A 16-year-old boy from Old Bridge has been accused of making hoax bomb threats against Hooters restaurant in East Brunswick, authorities said. The teenager, whose name was not released, allegedly confessed to making the threats by phone twice this month to the Hooters at 195 Highway 18, East Brunswick police said. He was charged with juvenile delinquency. Both threats prompted evacuations of the restaurant, police said. On July 6, at 9:28 p.m., East Brunswick Police Department responded to Hooters in response to a phone call they received from an unknown individual who claimed a bomb was …
14-Year-Old Steals Victim's Car, Hits Her With Her Own Cane In Yorktown: Police 14-Year-Old Steals Victim's Car, Hits Her With Her Own Cane In Yorktown: Police
14-Year-Old Steals Victim's Car, Hits Her With Her Own Cane In Yorktown: Police A 14-year-old boy was sent to a juvenile detention center after stealing a victim's vehicle and then beating her with her own walking cane in Northern Westchester, police said.  The incident happened on Saturday, July 15 just after 2 a.m., when Yorktown police responded to a residence in town for a reported domestic dispute.  According to authorities, an investigation into the incident determined that the 14-year-old suspect took the victim's vehicle without her permission.  After this, the suspect then forcibly grabbed the victim's walking cane and struck her with it, injur…
Driver, 14, Leads Paramus Stolen Car Chase Ending With Hackensack Crash, Pet Parakeet Recovered Driver, 14, Leads Paramus Stolen Car Chase Ending With Hackensack Crash, Pet Parakeet Recovered
Driver, 14, Leads Paramus Stolen Car Chase Ending With Hackensack Crash, Pet Parakeet Recovered A 14-year-old boy whose passenger was carrying a pet parakeet in his backpack led Paramus police on an overnight stolen car chase that ended with a crash down a Hackensack dead end. An officer in Upper Saddle River first spotted the 2015 Hyundai Sonata on Lake Street around 2 a.m. and issued an alert to police in surrounding towns. Paramus Officer Michael Mordaga was waiting as the sedan, reported stolen out of Belleville nearly 24 hours before, sped past him on southbound Route 17. Mordaga activated his emergency lights and siren, but the young driver from Newark kept going, Paramus Polic…
Steering Wheel Lock Leads to Downfall Of Would-Be DC Teen Kia Carjackers In MD Steering Wheel Lock Leads to Downfall Of Would-Be DC Teen Kia Carjackers In MD
Steering Wheel Lock Leads to Downfall Of Would-Be DC Teen Kia Carjackers In MD A steering wheel lock came to the rescue of a woman who was the victim of an attempted carjacking when four teenagers assaulted her in Prince George’s County. Four teens - ages 16, 15, 15, and 14 - from the Washington, DC area are all facing charges following an incident in Oxon Hill when they failed to carjack a woman before fleeing in a stolen vehicle, according to officials. At approximately 11:10 p.m. on Wednesday, June 21, a spokesperson for the Prince George’s County Police Department said that officers were called to the 1500 block of Iverson Street when a woman was pushed to the gro…
TEAMWORK: NY Teens Nabbed By Paramus, Wyckoff PDs After Fleeing Stolen Car Crash Off Route 208 TEAMWORK: NY Teens Nabbed By Paramus, Wyckoff PDs After Fleeing Stolen Car Crash Off Route 208
Teamwork: NY Teens Nabbed By Paramus, Wyckoff PDs After Fleeing Stolen Car Crash Off Route 208 A 16-year-old driver and three teenage companions were captured by police following an overnight stolen car pursuit Wednesday that began in Paramus and ended in a crash just up the road in Wyckoff. Paramus Police Officer Slavko Bajovic saw the driver pull a ski mask over his face as he drove a 2018 Hyundai Elantra west on Route 4 shortly after 1:30 a.m. June 21, Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. A check of the registration showed that the vehicle had been reported stolen out of Lodi the day before, he said. The driver “slowed down abruptly, almost coming to a stop, attempting to elude Off…
Bike-Riding 11-Year-Old Bandit Busted For String Of Crimes In DC, Police Say Bike-Riding 11-Year-Old Bandit Busted For String Of Crimes In DC, Police Say
Bike-Riding 11-Year-Old Bandit Busted For String Of Crimes In DC, Police Say Criminals in Washington, DC keep getting younger and younger. The Metropolitan Police Department announced that an 11-year-old boy from Northeast, DC has been arrested following a near weeklong crime spree that saw him targeting multiple victims with a gun. Police say that the trail of terror began on Sunday, May 21, when the child allegedly committed an armed robbery at approximately 2:45 p.m. in the 700 block of Lamont Street NW. In that instance, the suspect approached a victim and demanded property, which was initially rebuffed, at which point he pulled out a gun and made off with his…
Youth Gang Seized Following Vandalism In Hasbrouck Heights Park Youth Gang Seized Following Vandalism In Hasbrouck Heights Park
Youth Gang Seized Following Vandalism In Hasbrouck Heights Park A group of bicycle-riding juveniles were corraled by police after they vandalized a Hasbrouck Heights park, responders said. A resident called police to report parts of the gazebo at the Terrace Avenue Park near Cleveland Avenue spray-painted and broken off around 7 p.m. Thursday, May 25. A detective tried stopping eight of the juveniles on Henry Street a short time later, but they resisted, responders said. Wood-Ridge police joined their Hasbrouck Heights colleagues who immediately converged on the neighborhood. Ten youngsters were brought to police headquarters, according to an initial …
Serious 5-Car Crash Was Caused By 2 Juveniles In East Brunswick: Prosecutor Serious 5-Car Crash Was Caused By 2 Juveniles In East Brunswick: Prosecutor
Serious 5-Car Crash Was Caused By 2 Juveniles In East Brunswick: Prosecutor Two teen boys have been charged in a five-vehicle East Brunswick crash that left one vehicle overturned and others sustaining damage, authorities said. The 11:30 a.m. crash on Ryders Lane near Winton Road left a Mercedes SUV overturned and struck a Honda head-on, as a result of the juveniles' impact on the SUV, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. The driver of the Mercedes was uninjured, while the driver and juvenile passenger of the Honda were taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. The driver of the Honda was released from the Hospital early Thursday morning, …
Patrol Units Damaged As Boy, 15, Tops 100MPH In Clifton Police Pursuit Through Several Towns Patrol Units Damaged As Boy, 15, Tops 100MPH In Clifton Police Pursuit Through Several Towns
Patrol Units Damaged As Boy, 15, Tops 100MPH In Clifton Police Pursuit Through Several Towns A 15-year-old stolen car thief damaged two Clifton police vehicles while failing to elude his pursuers, authorities said. A police chase had passed through Passaic, Nutley, East Rutherford and Secaucus – with speeds exceeding 100 miles an hour -- before heading back to Clifton, where a chain-reaction crash occurred, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Officer Mohammed Rayyan was the first to spot the 2021 Ford Bronco on southbound Route 21 near Ackerman Avenue shortly after 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 15. The driver of the vehicle, which had been reported stolen out of Woodland Park earlier in t…