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EIGHT FACE CHARGES IN ASSAULT ON MAN

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By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Thursday, November 7, 1991

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

Seven men and a woman were charged Wednesday with aggravated assault in connection with a beating and stabbing last week that sent a 20-year-old borough man to a hospital, police said.

The victim, whose name is being withheld because police fear further attacks on him, was stabbed in his lower back and in his side, had two front teeth kicked out, and was beaten about his left eye, which was swollen shut, Police Capt. George Grube said.

He underwent surgery after the attack and was in good condition Wednesday, a spokeswoman at the hospital said.

Grube said witnesses told police a dispute over a woman at a party in Bergenfield sparked the attack, which occurred about 11:40 p.m. Friday outside an apartment building on Georgian Court.

A crowd of about 100 people, whom Teaneck and Bergenfield police later dispersed, was outside during the attack.

“Everybody jumped in like it was a picnic on this guy,” kicking him, punching him, and beating him with a baseball bat, Grube said. “They are lucky he didn’t die.”

Police talked to the victim for the first time Tuesday, then arrested most of the suspects later in the day. Tyrone Mack, 21, of 50 Georgian Court, the man whom police accuse of stabbing the victim, was arrested about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday and was charged with aggravated assault and possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose. He was being held in the Bergen County Jail in lieu of $10,000 bail.

Arrested Tuesday on aggravated assault and weapons charges were Mauricio Zapata, 18, of 17G Georgian Court, and Claudia Jimenez, 19, of 129 Thompson St., Dumont.

Arrested Tuesday on aggravated assault charges were Silvio Zapata, 21, of 176 Lexington Ave., Dumont; Nicky Garcia Jr., 19, of 17D Georgian Court; Douglas Matter, 19, of 11 Frederick Place; Marco Fernandez, 18, of 160 S. Prospect Ave., and John Ortiz, 18, of 33 Bridge St.

November 7, 1991

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ARREST OF 12 AVERTS FIGHT, POLICE SAY

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By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Wednesday, November 6, 1991

The Record (New Jersey) | 6 Star | NEWS | Page B02

Four men and eight youths from Englewood were arrested Monday night as they headed into Bergenfield to retaliate against borough youths for a fight last week, police said.

Working on an anonymous tip, police were waiting for the suspects when they arrived on Howard Drive about 9:45 p.m., said Bergenfield Police Capt. George Grube.

The suspects, traveling in two cars when Bergenfield police Officers Mark Richards and Russell Stuebe stopped them, had a loaded .22-caliber rifle, three knives, and four baseball bats, Grube said.

“They were looking for some of the guys who were involved in an incident last Monday,” he said. “Fortunately, we got to them before somebody really did get hurt.”

A Bergenfield youth apparently punched a youth from Englewood last week, Grube said. He did not know what sparked the fight.

The suspects were charged with illegal possession of weapons, and Grube said police were considering other charges.

Seven youths were released to their parents, and one was being held in detention.

Louis Aguilar, 20, of 208 Waldo Place, was released on $5,000 bail.

Darrius Griffin, 21, and Edward Russell, 20, both of 245 Central Ave., and Maximo Colon, 18, of 32 Brookway Ave., were being held in the Bergen County Jail on $5,000 bail each.

November 6, 1991

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FIRED WORKER CHARGED WITH ATTACKING BOSS

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By MICHAEL O. ALLEN | Saturday, November 2, 1991

The Record (New Jersey) | Two Star B | NEWS | Page A02

A 31-year-old man who police said attacked his supervisor when she fired him for showing up drunk for work at the Dwight-Englewood School was being held in the Bergen County Jail on Friday.

Raymond Todd Walker of Morris Avenue, Englewood, was charged with aggravated assault, criminal mischief, and disorderly conduct, said Englewood police Capt. C. Kenneth Tinsley. Bail was set at $9,000.

The supervisor, whom police declined to identify, noticed that Walker was drunk when he arrived at work shortly before 8 a.m. Friday, authorities said. She told him his employment at the school was terminated. Tinsley said the supervisor told police Walker became irate, showering her with obscenities.

She said Walker then grabbed her by the arms, choked her, threw her over a desk, and banged her head over a partition. She was treated at Englewood Hospital for minor injuries and was released.

Police arrested Walker near the school on Palisade Avenue a few minutes after the incident. School officials could not be reached for comment.

November 2, 1991

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ATTACK STIRS HISPANICS ANGER ANEW

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By Michael O. Allen and Vera Titunik, Record Staff Writers |

Wednesday, October 16, 1991

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

The mugging of a 67-year-old Englewood man well-known in the Colombian community has angered the city’s Hispanics, who were victimized by a series of muggings earlier this year.

Julio Hincapie, who was often seen in the city’s Colombian restaurants or riding his old bicycle and toting an ever-present leather pouch, was beaten and robbed Friday night by four men on Demarest Avenue, near Central Avenue.

He remained in Englewood Hospital Tuesday in good condition, a hospital spokeswoman said.

Those who know him say Hincapie sells things and helps people out by conveying messages and running errands.

“He’s a guy who is very popular,” said David Bernal, vice president of the United Latin Lions Club of Englewood. “He’s everybody’s messenger. You need someone to go to the bank, to go to the grocery store, he goes for you.”

The Colombian-born Hincapie is known as “Parranda,” a nickname he picked up in his youth meaning somebody “who likes to party,” Bernal said.

Police responded to his calls for help about 9:15 p.m. Friday and found him bleeding from a cut on the right side of his head, Englewood Detective Capt. C. Kenneth Tinsley said.

The attackers kicked and punched him and knocked him to the ground, then removed his coat and his leather bag, which contained an undetermined amount of money, Tinsley said. Hincapie was also treated for an arm injury, he said.

Residents came before the City Council in force early last spring after a spate of muggings in a largely Hispanic neighborhood near St. Cecilia’s Catholic Church on Demarest Avenue.

Police responded in the spring by meeting with neighborhood leaders to encourage the formation of a block association. They also set up a mobile police precinct a made-over bookmobile to increase police presence and reach out to the community. But because the mobile precinct became stifling in the summer heat, it was rarely put to use.

“We want to speak to the mayor and police,” Bernal said. “What have they been doing since the problem started in the Hispanic community?”

Mayor Donald Aronson said he deplored the violence and would speak to the city manager, but said his authority was limited. Under the city charter, the city manager, not the mayor or council, is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the city’s departments, including the police.

“The Hispanic community looks at the mayor of Englewood as if he was the mayor of Bogota,” Colombia, Aronson said. “I will bring it up to the people who have authority. I will find out the facts. I will see him [Hincapie] and express the anguish of the city of Englewood.”

Keywords: ENGLEWOOD; ASSAULT; HISPANIC; RACE

October 16, 1991

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FATHER CHARGED WITH KILLING INFANT; ACCUSED OF BEATING BOY

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By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Sunday, September 29, 1991

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

A 24-year-old Cliffside Park man has been charged with beating his 11-month-old son to death, Bergen County Prosecutor John J. Fahy said Saturday.
Paul Yarwood Jr. was arrested at 11:59 p.m. Friday after autopsy results showed that his son, Paul Courtney Yarwood, died from a subdural hematoma bleeding in the head that Fahy said was caused by repeated blows.
“The baby had bruises in the forehead, near the eyebrow, buttocks, and thighs, and on the left and right arms,” Fahy said. “We believe the assault happened on a number of occasions between Tuesday night and Thursday afternoon, when he [Yarwood] called 911. ”
Yarwood took the infant from his mother, 20-year-old Allandra McCray of the Bronx, about 9 p.m. Tuesday.
“The baby was going to stay with him for a few days,” Fahy said. At 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Yarwood called 911 for an ambulance to take the infant to a hospital, Fahy said.
The boy died two hours and 15 minutes later in the emergency room of Palisades General Hospital in North Bergen, he said.
Yarwood, who could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted on the murder count, was being held on $500,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail on Saturday. Fahy said McCray, a clerk at a New York law firm, was not implicated in her son’s death.
Yarwood moved to his Cliffside Park apartment about a week ago, Fahy said. Before then, he had lived for four years in the Bronx, then for four months in Manhattan.
Yarwood did odd jobs at Funky Base Productions, a recording company at 12 Mevan Drive, Englewood, including serving as a backup singer on recordings, a disc jockey, and, sometimes, a bouncer, Fahy said.
Rob Base, owner of the company, said Yarwood also performs with a rap band that Base formed four years ago. The group performs worldwide, he said.
“I know he didn’t do it not him, man,” Base said. “That’s why I’m still in shock now. I just can’t believe it.”
Base said the group was working to raise bail and hire a lawyer for Yarwood.

Keywords: ASSAULT; CLIFFSIDE PARK; CHILD; BABY

September 29, 1991

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TWO ARE SOUGHT IN GUN ASSAULT; INCIDENT LEAVES 2 WOMEN HURT

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By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Friday, August 30, 1991

The Record (New Jersey) | Four Star B | NEWS | Page B03

Arrie Moore of 60 Newman St. and the gunman whom Moore allegedly instructed to kill Charles Reyes of 147 Sherman Ave., Teaneck are wanted on two counts of attempted murder, police Capt. John Aletta said Thursday.

Reyes and Theodore Bolden, 18, of 280 American Legion Drive, Hackensack, had arrived at the parking lot of Bolden’s apartment building at 2:35 a.m. Wednesday when the incident occurred. Lisa R. Manago, 21, of 77 Maple Ave., Hackensack, and a friend had driven the two men there, police said.

Moore and the gunman confronted the two men in the parking lot. According to police, Moore told the gunman to kill Reyes.

Reyes and Bolden both ran off when the gunman removed an automatic handgun from his waistband and fired. They were not hit by the gunshot, Aletta said. The gunman then fired at Manago’s car, and it crashed into a tree, he added. Moore and the gunman then ran toward Central Avenue, and have not been seen since, Aletta said.

Manago’s head hit the steering wheel when the car struck the tree, Aletta said. Bullet fragments struck Anita M. Powell, 23, of 41 E. Forest Ave., Englewood, a passenger in the car, on the left arm, he said. She also had cuts on her right foot, head, and chin.

Aletta said the women were taken to the Hackensack Medical Center. Hospital officials said they had no record of their being admitted.

The victims knew the gunman but not his name, Aletta said. Although it was unclear what caused the shooting, he said, they all knew each other.

Keywords: HACKENSACK; WEAPON; ASSAULT; SHOOTING

August 30, 1991

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TWO ARE SOUGHT IN GUN ASSAULT; INCIDENT LEAVES 2 WOMEN HURT

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By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Friday, August 30, 1991

The Record (New Jersey) | Four Star B | NEWS | Page B03

A 20-year-old city man and an unidentified gunman are being sought for shooting at four people Wednesday, two of whom were injured when a gunshot caused the driver of a car to crash into a tree, police said.
Arrie Moore of 60 Newman St. and the gunman whom Moore allegedly instructed to kill Charles Reyes of 147 Sherman Ave., Teaneck are wanted on two counts of attempted murder, police Capt. John Aletta said Thursday.
Reyes and Theodore Bolden, 18, of 280 American Legion Drive, Hackensack, had arrived at the parking lot of Bolden’s apartment building at 2:35 a.m. Wednesday when the incident occurred. Lisa R. Manago, 21, of 77 Maple Ave., Hackensack, and a friend had driven the two men there, police said.
Moore and the gunman confronted the two men in the parking lot. According to police, Moore told the gunman to kill Reyes.
Reyes and Bolden both ran off when the gunman removed an automatic handgun from his waistband and fired. They were not hit by the gunshot, Aletta said. The gunman then fired at Manago’s car, and it crashed into a tree, he added. Moore and the gunman then ran toward Central Avenue, and have not been seen since, Aletta said.
Manago’s head hit the steering wheel when the car struck the tree, Aletta said. Bullet fragments struck Anita M. Powell, 23, of 41 E. Forest Ave., Englewood, a passenger in the car, on the left arm, he said. She also had cuts on her right foot, head, and chin.
Aletta said the women were taken to the Hackensack Medical Center. Hospital officials said they had no record of their being admitted.
The victims knew the gunman but not his name, Aletta said. Although it was unclear what caused the shooting, he said, they all knew each other.

Keywords: HACKENSACK; WEAPON; ASSAULT; SHOOTING

August 30, 1991

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COP-ASSAULT SUSPECT CAUGHT

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By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Wednesday, August 28, 1991

The Record (New Jersey) | Four Star B | NEWS | Page B03

A 20-year-old city man wanted for assaulting a policeman in March was arrested Tuesday after a brief chase and a scuffle with an officer, police said.
John Hawkins of 230 Central Ave. had just stolen a car and was eastbound on Mary Street when Hackensack detectives, in the area on an unrelated investigation, spotted him at about 1 a.m. at a stop sign on Polifly Road, police said.
When Hawkins tried to run one of the unmarked police cars off the road, police said, the stolen car a 1985 Cadillac Eldorado careened into a wall under the Route 80 overpass on Polifly Road. Hawkins fled on foot before being caught by a detective and a dog from the Bergen County Police Canine Unit, authorities said.
In the ensuing scuffle, a loaded .38-caliber handgun was taken from Hawkins, police said. He kicked the police dog in the face and continued fighting after he was disarmed, police said.
Hackensack police Officer Michael Williams, while patrolling on March 2, had attempted to arrest Hawkins in Carver Park for a Jan. 18 contempt-of-court warrant from Lodi. Hawkins allegedly bit Williams on the hand and punched him in the face several times before fleeing on foot.
Police had been looking for him since.
Hawkins was being held in the Bergen County Jail Tuesday on $50,500 bail. He was charged with the March 2 aggravated assault on Williams, and also received several charges from Tuesday’s incident. Those charges include illegal possession of a weapon, possession of cocaine, assault on a police officer, assault on a police dog, possession of burglary tools, and theft and burglary of the car.

Keywords: HACKENSACK; POLICE; ASSAULT

August 28, 1991

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HUSBAND CHARGED IN BAT ATTACK ON WIFE

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By Michael O. Allen and Caroline Herzfeld, Record Staff Writers | Thursday, July 25, 1991

The Record (New Jersey) | Four Star B | NEWS | Page B02

A 41-year-old borough man was charged with attempted murder Wednesday for allegedly assaulting his wife with a baseball bat earlier this month, police said.
Henry Quagliani, 41, of 90 Chestnut St. was arrested at 12:15 a.m. at the Harmon Meadow Shopping Mall in Secaucus after he returned from Canada to find out his hospitalized wife’s condition, said police Sgt. Thomas Farrell.
Quagliani had left the country shortly after the July 17 assault in the home they shared, Farrell said. Police said he was allowed to live there but was under a restraining order against domestic violence.
Quagliani’s wife, whom police declined to name, was listed in critical condition Wednesday afternoon, a hospital spokeswoman said.
The couple, who have been married for 18 years, were arguing about 9:50 p.m. when the assault occurred. The two had a history of domestic problems, Farrell said.
After Quagliani used a mall telephone booth to call family and friends to inquire about his 43-year-old wife, police found him in the mall parking lot.
He was also charged with aggravated assault, possession of a knife and another weapon the baseball bat and contempt of court for violating the restraining order.
He was being held in the Bergen County Jail Wednesday on $175,000 bail.

Keywords: RUTHERFORD; MARRIAGE; ASSAULT

July 25, 1991

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SUSPECT CAPTURED, WITH HELP OF TIPSTER; LEFT SON WITH COPS AS HE DUCKED ARREST

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By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Friday, July 19, 1991

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

An anonymous tip Wednesday led to the capture of a 42-year-old man who last week had fled police leaving his son in their custody after being recognized as wanted on several charges.
Officers from five municipal police departments chased Nicola Lomuscio after he bolted from his home at 176 Woodland Ave. and arrested him about 4:45 p.m., said Little Ferry Detective Sgt. Michael Walsh.
Lomuscio was being held on $56,536 bail in the Bergen County Jail on Thursday. Little Ferry police charged him with eluding police and with two counts of resisting arrest. Police in Hackensack, where the case originated, charged Lomuscio with violating a restraining order, harassment, theft, and escape from custody.
Hackensack Police Capt. John Aletta said the incident began July 11 at their headquarters, when an officer recognized Lomuscio as the man they wanted in connection with a domestic abuse case and other charges. Lomuscio had come to report that someone had assaulted his 10-year-old son. He fled, leaving the boy, Aletta said. The assault claim was determined later to be unfounded, police said.
Hackensack police released the boy to his mother, who lives in the city.
Police had been unable to find Lomuscio at home since that incident, until a caller told police Wednesday that Lomuscio was heading toward Little Ferry, Aletta said. Four borough officers were waiting outside his home when he arrived. He defied the officers, entered the home, and escaped out the back door, Walsh said.
Police from South Hackensack, Moonachie, and Ridgefield Park and a Bergen County Police K-9 unit joined the brief chase before Lomuscio was arrested on Route 46 in Little Ferry, Walsh said.

Keywords: POLICE; LITTLE FERRY; HACKENSACK; ABUSE; THEFT; ASSAULT

July 19, 1991

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