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HACKENSACK POLICE ARREST 15 FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

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By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Saturday, September 21, 1991

The Record (New Jersey) | Two Star B | NEWS | Page A03

In what police call a continuing crackdown on drug transactions, 15 people have been arrested during the past week.
The arrests occurred during routine motor-vehicle stops or during surveillance for ongoing investigations, Hackensack Police Detective Sgt. Mike Mordaga said.
Except for a Hartford, Conn., man, all of those arrested were from Hackensack.
The latest arrest was made about 9:30 p.m. Thursday, when Julius Williams, 26, of 27 Newman St., was allegedly seen selling cocaine at First Street and Central Avenue, Mordaga said.
When officers approached him, Williams took off in his car, leading police on a high-speed chase. He abandoned the car on Lehigh Street and fled on foot, Mordaga said.
Jumping backyard fences and ducking into alleyways, Williams made his way to Railroad Avenue, where he was arrested.
Williams was being held in lieu of $10,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail on Friday. He was charged with possessing and distributing cocaine and heroin, distributing drugs within 1,000 feet of a school, and resisting arrest.

Keywords: HACKENSACK; DRUG; SALE; CRIME

September 21, 1991

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2 MEN ARRESTED IN STRING OF BURGLARIES

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By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Thursday, September 19, 1991

The Record (New Jersey) | 6 Star | NEWS | Page B06

Town police say they have solved four recent burglaries, including three in which victims were asleep in their homes during the crime, with the arrest of a 21-year-old man and an accomplice who helped him in at least one of the break-ins.
Police arrested Joseph Baker of Hagen Place about 8 p.m. Tuesday as he walked near the Plaza Motor Inn, the scene of one of the burglaries about three weeks ago, Lt. Howard Lenz said.
Arrested with Baker and charged with conspiracy to commit burglary was Thomas Calicchio, 21, of 90th Street in North Bergen, Lenz said.
Calicchio was waiting outside a window for Baker in the most recent burglary, about 2 a.m. Tuesday, Lenz said. Baker broke into a Roosevelt Place apartment but left hurriedly when the 60-year-old woman who lives there awoke and saw him, Lenz said.
Baker was also tied to three other burglaries, police said.
An apartment on Hagen Place also was broken into sometime between midnight and 6 a.m. Tuesday. The thief took $10 and five cartons of cigarettes, police said.
“About three weeks ago, we had a similar incident where a house was broken into,” Lenz said. “People were asleep in the house, and a man’s wallet containing $250 was taken from a kitchen table.”
Around the same time, a burglar stole cigarettes and about $500 from vending machines in a storage area of the Plaza Motor Inn on Route 3, Lenz said.
Baker, charged with four counts of burglary and three counts of theft, was being held on $2,500 bail in the Hudson County Jail. Calicchio was released on his own recognizance.

Keywords: SECAUCUS; THEFT

September 19, 1991

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2 N.Y. MEN HELD IN ARMED THEFT OF CAR IN FORT LEE

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By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Thursday, September 19, 1991

The Record (New Jersey) | 6 Star | NEWS | Page B06

Two New York City men were arrested after they robbed a couple of their car at gunpoint in a store parking lot near the police station Tuesday, police said.
Dwayne McDaniel and Ross Ramseur, both 21, were arrested shortly after the 11:35 p.m. robbery in the parking lot of the ShopRite at 1355 Inwood Terrace, a couple of doors from police headquarters at 1325 Inwood.
Patrolman Philip Ross was pulling out of the Police Department parking lot when he was stopped by two people who told him that their car had just been taken from them by two armed men, Police Chief John Orso said.
Ross relayed descriptions of the suspects, the car they came in, and the stolen car over the police radio.
Fort Lee Detective Tom Sweeney saw the stolen car, a blue 1991 Acura, heading north on Center Avenue, near Main Street, and pulled it over at the Bridge Plaza South intersection, Orso said.
The suspects had the .44-caliber revolver used in the robbery, the chief said.
Orso declined to identify the victims, except to say the woman, 23, is a borough resident, and the man, also 23, is from Connecticut.
The charges against McDaniel and Ramseur, now being held in the Bergen County Jail on $20,000 bail each, are two counts each of aggravated assault, possession of a weapon, and receiving stolen property.

Keywords: FORT LEE; ROBBERY; WEAPON; MOTOR VEHICLE; THEFT

September 19, 1991

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COPS CHASE STOLEN CAR, ARREST DRIVER

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By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Thursday, September 19, 1991

The Record (New Jersey) | 6 Star | NEWS | Page B03

A 21-year-old Englewood man led township police on a short car chase, then fled on foot after a crash before being captured and charged with possessing a stolen car on Wednesday.
Fritz Beauharnais of 120 Englewood Ave. was sent to the Bergen County Jail after he failed to convince police that he did not know the gray 1986 Acura Legend was stolen and that he was driving it to Englewood for a friend, Capt. Gary Fiedler said.
The car’s ignition was punched out, and police found no key in it, Officer Thomas Sullivan said in his report.
Sullivan and Officer Robert Carney were on patrol about 3 a.m. Wednesday when they saw the car getting onto Route 4 east from Queen Anne Road. They followed it because it suddenly speeded up.
The car left the highway at Teaneck Road, passing a car on the ramp by jumping the curb and driving on the grass median, and then turned onto Cranford Place, police said.
Beauharnais jumped out of the car on Cranford and fled on foot. The car was left in drive and struck another vehicle, police said.
In a search that involved about eight township officers, police surrounded a house at the southwest corner of Cranford Place and Prince Street. Beauharnais, who was hiding in shrubbery, was captured soon afterward, the report said.
The car belonged to a New York City man who had left it in the service lot of a Hackensack Acura dealership, police said.
Beauharnais was being held at the jail on $5,000 bail.

Keywords: TEANECK; MOTOR VEHICLE; THEFT

September 19, 1991

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WATER TAKES A BREAK; PIPE LEAK LEAVES 1,500 DRY; MISHAP DISRUPTS DAILY ROUTINE

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By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer

Wednesday, September 18, 1991

The Record (New Jersey) | 6 Star | NEWS | Page B01

A doleful Andre Imperiale looked out the window of his Little Sicily Pizzeria in Lyndhurst as gallons of water streamed out of the ground in front of the building Tuesday afternoon.
“We suffer, that’s all,” Imperiale said as a pump installed by the Department of Public Works emptied a ditch dug to reach a break in a 10-inch water main along Ridge Road. “We can’t even wash our hands, we can’t do nothing.”
DPW Superintendent Matthew Ruzzo said 1,500 to 2,000 residents, as well as businesses and St. Michael’s School, were left without water from shortly after midnight Monday until 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, following the break near 469 Ridge Road. Ruzzo said the break was due to age.
Imperiale, who also owns three apartment buildings affected by the break, said he had to buy about 50 gallons of water to cook for the day.
He said the township should have had a water tanker on the street for residents and businesses, but Mayor Louis J. Stellato Jr., whose funeral home also was without water, said the break affected only a small part of the township.
“By the time you would get the tanker truck in, the service would already be back on,” Stellato said. “The Department of Public Works had fire hydrants in the area open all day long, so that if you wanted water, you could get it.”
Residents called the DPW building throughout the day to find out when water would be restored, Ruzzo said.
He said the outage affected residents and businesses from Ridge Road to Green Avenue and from Kingsland Avenue to Marin Avenue.
Not only was Chuck Catkos without water much of the day, but a DPW backhoe blocked the driveway to Flowers By Chuck at 469 Ridge Road.
One customer brought her own water for a shampoo at the Cutting Edge Salon, said Rick Franchino, a co-owner of the beauty shop. The shop, which should have been busy Tuesday afternoon because it was Senior Citizens Day, was for the most part without customers, said Pam Liddawi, Franchino’s partner.

Keywords: LYNDHURST; ROAD; WATER; ACCIDENT; BUSINESS

Caption: 2 COLOR PHOTOS – ROBERT S. TOWNSEND / THE RECORD 1 – Alfred Somme, left, filling a bucket with water from a hydrant on Forest Avenue in Lyndhurst on Tuesday, after a main break left part of the town without running water. 2 – Above, Lyndhurst public works employees using jackhammers to reach the broken main.

September 18, 1991

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TRUCK HITS MOTHER, 2 TOTS ON SIDEWALK

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By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer

Sunday, September 15, 1991

The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | Page A07

A 36-year-old borough woman was in critical condition at Hackensack Medical Center on Saturday following an accident in which a motorist drove onto a sidewalk and struck her and her two young daughters, officials said.
Francine Culver suffered extensive head and chest injuries in the accident, which occurred about 6:25 p.m. Friday, Bergen County Prosecutor John J. Fahy said. Her 3-year-old daughter suffered a broken leg and was being treated at the hospital. Another daughter, a 4-year-old, escaped with scrapes and bruises, Fahy said.
Michael Gass, 24, driver of the Ford Ranger that hit the Culvers, was released Saturday after posting 10 percent of his $20,000 bail in cash. Gass, of 52 Susquehanna Ave., Rochelle Park, was charged with reckless driving, driving while intoxicated, refusal to take a Breathalyzer test, assault with auto, and two counts of aggravated assault, Fahy said.
Culver and her children were walking south on Caesar Place, about 100 feet from Moonachie Road, the borough’s main thoroughfare, when the truck hit them. The vehicle stopped about 200 feet away and Gass walked back to the spot where Culver and her children were lying on the sidewalk, Fahy said.
Fahy said the case would be referred to a grand jury.

Keywords: MOONACHIE; MOTOR VEHICLE; ACCIDENT; VICTIM; ALCOHOL; ABUSE

September 15, 1991

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MAN OUT ON BAIL ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES

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By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer

Sunday, September 15, 1991

The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | Page A05

A 25-year-old Hackensack man out on bail and awaiting trial on drug possession and distribution charges was arrested on new drug charges in a pre-dawn raid Saturday, police said.
Police said Harry Kittrell had more than 100 vials of crack and a plastic bag filled with marijuana when they arrested him in a Railroad Avenue apartment. Detective Sgt. Robert Wright, Officer Kevin O’Boyle, and a team of 10 officers from the Hackensack Police Narcotic, Youth, and Detective divisions arrested him about 1 a.m., Detective Sgt. Mike Mordaga said.
Kittrell was charged with two counts of possession of drugs with intent to distribute and was being held on $75,000 bail in Bergen County Jail, Mordaga said.
Arrested with Kittrell was Albertina Brown, the 26-year-old resident of the apartment where Kittrell allegedly was selling drugs, police said. Brown, 26, of 69 Railroad Ave. was held on $25,000 bail.
“We targeted this area was because it’s a known area for blatant drug sales,” Mordaga said. “We received numerous complaints from residents.”
Kittrell faces numerous other charges filed over the past year in Hackensack, including charges of selling crack to a state trooper within 1,000 feet of a school and selling crack to a Hackensack officer.

Keywords: DRUG; HACKENSACK; SALE

September 15, 1991

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K-9 DOGS UNLEASH THEIR SKILL

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By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Sunday, September 15, 1991

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All systems were go as Rex, a Bergen County Jail patrol dog, prepared to search six white boxes in a Ridgefield Park field for a man hiding inside one of them.
The dog, a German shepherd, was restless panting and barking ceaselessly as he waited on a leash with his handler, Bergen County Sheriff’s Department K-9 Officer Ray Noll.
“That shows that he’s happy, he wants to go,” Noll said.
Rex and 18 other dogs German shepherds and Rottweilers from New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania police and corrections departments were competing in the open division for trophies and certification in Saturday’s United States Police K-9 Association competition at Ridgefield Park Junior-Senior High School. In the novice division, 23 dog-and-handler teams are competing.
In continuing competition today, both divisions are to take part in apprehension drills. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Department and Ridgefield Park police are the sponsors and hosts of this year’s competition.
Donald J. Bartel, senior judge and a K-9 training instructor with the Smithsonian Institution, said the 42 teams, including seven from the Bergen County Sheriff’s Department, represented the largest field ever to compete in the event.
When used properly, dogs can be a more effective law-enforcement tool than firearms, Bartel said.
“We have a saying in K-9 that we can call our dogs back,” he said with obvious satisfaction at his own wisdom, “but you can’t call back a bullet.”
Rex, third last year in the open division, was running hard Saturday, scoring 109.6 points out of a possible 120 in obedience, 33 out of 60 in agility, and 66.8 out of 70 in article search. Then, to much yelping and barking and some cheers, and with three judges looking on, he sniffed out a “suspect” hiding in one of the boxes.
“He’s a totally sociable animal,” Noll said. “My family plays with him all the time.”

Keywords: ANIMAL; RIDGEFIELD PARK; CONTEST

Caption: PHOTO – STEVE AUCHARD / THE RECORD – Officer Ted Yarrish of the Passaic County Sheriff’s Department with Ryder, a canine member of the department, at K-9 dog competition in Ridgefield Park.

September 15, 1991

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WOMAN STABBED TO DEATH; POLICE HAVE SUSPECT IN MIND

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By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer

Friday, September 13, 1991

The Record (New Jersey) | 6 Star | News | Page B03

A 24-year-old Irvington woman who had been stabbed several times in the chest and neck was found dead in a car in North Bergen on Wednesday, authorities said.
Guy Gregory, assistant Hudson County prosecutor, said police are looking for a man who was with Maria Arroya of 44 Grace St. at the time she was killed.
“We have a suspect in mind, but he’s not in custody, and I’m not going to be able to give you his name,” Gregory said. “I don’t really want to talk about the details of the killing because of that.”
North Bergen Police Officer Bernadette Paul found Arroya in the front seat of the 1980 Datsun underneath a railroad trestle on 83rd Street shortly before 9 p.m., North Bergen police Lt. Timothy Kelly said.
“We got a call to go to 83rd Street, east of Westside Avenue, on a possible motor-vehicle accident,” Kelly said.
A man standing next to the car told Paul another man killed Arroya, then fled east on 83rd Street, Kelly said. North Bergen police, assisted by the Bergen County Police Department’s Canine Unit, searched the area but did not find the alleged assailant, he said.
Kelly referred all further questions to the Homicide Squad of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office. Gregory declined further comment, refusing to say whether investigators knew the relationship between the victim and the two men.
Irvington Police Chief Bernard DeLucia said a check of township police records did not turn up any information concerning Arroya or contact between her and the department.

Keywords: NORTH BERGEN; MURDER; PROBE

September 13, 1991

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TRAPS TO SNARE PARKWAY SPEEDERS

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By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Wednesday, September 11, 1991

The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | Page A03

In a pilot program to crack down on speeding, the state police will set up speed traps at nine points along the Garden State Parkway one day a week, beginning this week.
“The main goal of the program is to have people voluntarily comply with the speed limit, to reduce their speed,” said Capt. Clifford Miller, commander of Troop E, which patrols the 173-mile parkway. “We don’t want to issue speeding summonses. We want them to slow down. ”
Miller said 31 people died in accidents on the parkway between January and August, compared with 27 all of last year. More than 344 million vehicles travel on the parkway each year; about 58,000 speeding tickets were issued on the highway last year, he said.
“Although the parkway is still one of the safest toll roads in the nation, we are aiming at reducing the number of fatal accidents and the number of serious-injury accidents,” Miller said. “We think that by reducing speed and wearing their seat belts,” motorists “can substantially reduce the number of serious accidents. ”
“Operation Slow Down” will be evaluated in three months, and the state police plan to extend it to other highways if it is successful, said Lt. William Hillis, a state police spokesman.
New Jersey has tried a variety of programs to curb speeding on its 34,246 miles of public roads, including enforcement from helicopters, Hillis said. Regular patrols of the parkway and other state highways will continue during the crackdown, he said.
The state police will not announce where the speed traps will be or which day of the week they will be operating, Hillis said. The days and sites of the crackdown will be staggered and will run for 24 hours at a time, he said. Troopers will be using both radar and non-radar equipment to catch speeders, he said.

Keywords: ROAD; NEW JERSEY; POLICE; MOTOR VEHICLE; EQUIPMENT; VIOLATION

Caption: PHOTO – LINDA CATAFFO / THE RECORD – State police are kicking off “Operation Slow Down” this week in an attempt to crack down on speeding on the Garden State Parkway.

September 11, 1991

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