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Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
Central Jersey Police Response To Reckless Bicyclists Justified, Prosecutor Says
Police in Perth Amboy were justified in their response to bicyclists riding recklessly on city streets, authorities said. An arrest was made and several bicycles were seized after youths disregarded police instructions to ride safely. "The actions of the Perth Amboy Police Department were justified under the circumstances presented," a review by the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office concluded. "The officers would have been in dereliction of their duties if they had acted otherwise." Since June 2020, Perth Amboy police have been dispatched to thirty-three calls for s…
Hackensack, NJ
News
Shaken Victims, Residents Help Nab Teen Who Groped Hackensack Women At Night
UPDATE: A Hackensack woman groped by a 16-year-old boy on the street Wednesday night was initially reluctant to report it. "I was too ashamed," she said. Calling police turned out to be the right thing, she said Friday. Barely 24 hours later, another woman who was walking her dog in the same area of the Esplanade in the north end of town near Maywood was attacked more severely. It was the same teen: He was carrying the same backpack as the night before, sources said. Having been warned of the previous incident, the woman called police right away. "They located the possible suspect …
Hackensack, NJ
News
Gotcha
! Hackensack PD Nabs Teen Groper Who Grabbed Women At Night
UPDATE: A Hackensack woman groped by a 16-year-old boy while walking her dog at night was initially reluctant to report it. "I was too ashamed," she said. Calling police turned out to be the right thing, she said Friday. Barely 24 hours later, another woman who was walking her dog in the same area of the Esplanade in the north end of town near Maywood was attacked more severely. It was the same teen: He was carrying the same backpack as the night before, sources said. Having been warned of the previous incident, the second woman called police right away. "They located the possible suspec…
Brookfield, CT
News
CT Teen Nabbed In Stolen Vehicle Following Crash, State Police Say
A teen was apprehended by Connecticut State Police after allegedly stealing a vehicle from an I-95 rest area and then crashing. The incident unfolded in New Haven County a little after 4 p.m., Monday, Aug. 23, when state police were notified of a Range Rover with stolen plates driving erratically on I-95 in Madison. Troopers responded to the area of the I-95 Madison rest area where the Range Rover was last seen. Moments later, the vehicle was spotted on I-95 and while attempting to catch up to the Range Rover, the trooper was passed by a Honda Civic that had just been stolen from the rest …
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
News
Video, Social Media Posts ID Local Girls Who Trashed Fair Lawn Community Pool, Police Say
A trio of local girls who police said trashed a Fair Lawn community pool apparently didn't keep it a secret. Police responded four different times to overnight break-ins with damage to surveillance cameras, signs and hand-sanitizing stations at the Radburn Association pool, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The sanitizing stations and a lock box containing facility keys were also stolen, he said. Detective Brian Rypkema identified the three borough girls -- all 15 -- after reviewing surveillance video and social media posts, the sergeant said. Delinquency complaints were signed against all three, …
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Teens Shot, Stabbed 25-Year-Old New Brunswick Man Dead
Two teens were arrested for fatally shooting and stabbing a 25-year-old man last week in New Brunswick, authorities said. Officers responding to Comstock Street and Joyce Kilmer Avenue around 8:30 a.m. on July 29 found Omar Maroquin-Levya with gunshot and stab wounds, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Director Anthony A. Caputo of the New Brunswick Police Department. Maroquin-Levya was taken to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead, authorities said. An ensuing investigation determined two men, both 17 and of New Brunswick, stabb…
Mount Pleasant, NY
Police & Fire
Two Juveniles Arrested For Graffiti Spree At Business District In Northern Westchester
Two teens are facing charges for allegedly tagging multiple buildings in a downtown business district in Northern Westchester, police said. On Wednesday, May 12, officers from the Yorktown Police Department were dispatched following several different reports of graffiti throughout the Yorktown Heights Business District. Police said that the investigation by the department led detectives to identify two possible teenage suspects who turned themselves in and were arrested on Friday, July 2. According to police, a 15-year-old from Yorktown is facing six counts of juvenile delinquency, while …
Lakewood, NJ
News
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Teens
: Jersey Shore Town Sets Nightly Summer Beach Curfew
A police department in Ocean County has set a nightly curfew along part of the township's shore, authorities said. Toms River police said they are most concerned about unruly summer behavior at Normandy Beach and Chadwick Beach. The new policy is attracting praise as well as scorn on the Toms River Police Department's Facebook page. Some say they think the summer-long curfew will punish good teenagers as well as those causing problems on the beachfront. The new restrictions apply to anyone 17 years old or younger, police said. The ban will apply to Toms River residents …
Paterson, NJ
News
Paterson Woman, Boy Charged With Setting Up Shooting Death Of Newark Man
A team of shooters who gunned down a 21-year-old Newark man in Paterson were recruited, transported and positioned by a city woman and 17-year-old boy who were both charged with murder, authorities said. Detectives took Chelsee Ramirez, 19, and the boy into custody in connection with the May 1 slaying of Jose Figueroa at the corner of Totowa and Redwood avenues. Police responding to a call shortly before 7 p.m. that night found Figureoa in the street with several bullet wounds. He was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, where he was later pronounced dead, , Passaic C…
Harrison, NY
Police & Fire
7-Year-Old Upstate NY Boy Charged With Rape, Reports Say
A 7-year-old boy in New York has been charged with rape, according to multiple reports. New York State Police said that the unidentified boy in St. Lawrence County from Brasher Falls, located about 15 miles east of Potsdam, has been charged as a juvenile delinquent with third-degree rape after being charged on Tuesday, March 23. The incident reportedly happened over the Thanksgiving holiday. After being temporarily taken into custody, the child was cited for the rape and released to his parents. The case is heading to Family Court. Police said that the investigation into the incident is o…
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
News
Doorbell Cam, Prints In Snow, Colleagues Help Wyckoff PD Nab Newark Car Thieves: 18, 16, 15
A trio of teenage car thieves -- only one of them an adult -- were captured by Wyckoff police with help from a resident’s doorbell cam, footprints in the snow and officers from neighboring departments, authorities said Tuesday. A Wayfair Circle homeowner dialed 911 at 4 a.m. Saturday after seeing the three trying to break into his car in the driveway around 4 a.m. Saturday, Lt. Joseph Soto. The homeowner provided updates while borough police established a perimeter with help from their colleagues from Franklin Lakes and North Haledon,Soto said. Sgt. Michael DeMaio spotted fresh footprints …
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
2nd Youth Arrested In Fatal North Brunswick Shooting
A second Middlesex County juvenile has been arrested in connection with last week's fatal shooting of an 18-year-old man from Union County, authorities said. A second victim suffered non-life-threatening gunshot injuries on Feb. 3. Because of their ages, the North Brunswick suspects' names have not been made public, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and North Brunswick Police Chief Joseph Battaglia. Mark Atkins, 18, of Plainfield was fatally wounded in the 7:30 p.m. shooting on Marc Drive, they said. He was later pronounced dead at any area hosp…
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