Tag: Crime
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Object lessons in Republican political ads
Willie Horton, his life & times William R. Horton (born August 12, 1951 in Chesterfield, South Carolina) is a convicted felon who was the subject of a Massachusetts weekend furlough program that released him while serving a life sentence for murder, without the possibility of parole, during which furloughs he committed armed robbery and rape.…
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Living and dying on these Jersey streets
On a New Jersey Block, a Second Bright Student Is Mourned By FERNANDA SANTOS and NATE SCHWEBER IRVINGTON, N.J. — Dolores Timmons watched as the woman who lived across the street paced the sidewalk for a good half hour under a scorching August heat, back and forth across the length of her front yard as…
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77th Pct. Is Champ on Crime: Felonies Take 40% Fall By JOHN MARZULLI, MICHAEL O. ALLEN, and ALICE McQUILLAN, Daily News Staff Writers
Monday, April 7, 1997 Once notorious for corrupt cops and bloodshed, Brooklyn’s 77th Precinct has a tough new reputation — tough on crime. It leads the city with a 40% decrease in major felonies — nearly triple the city’s average decline of 15.5% for all five boroughs. “This place is like a sponge, and we’re…
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COMMUNITIES AS CRIME FIGHTERS MUST ACCEPT LARGER ROLE, EX-JUDGE SAYS
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Wednesday, May 13, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 4 Star | NEWS | B03 The head of a state committee looking into ways of relieving New Jersey’s overburdened criminal justice system said Tuesday that communities have to take on an expanded role in fighting crime. “A…
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TEANECK MAN HELD AS FUGITIVE
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Saturday, May 9, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | Two Star | NEWS | A04 A 31-year-old township man, wanted by North Carolina since 1988 for trafficking in cocaine and heroin, was captured while trying to cash a check, police said Friday. Wanted on a June 1988…
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TWO ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES
By MICHAEL O. ALLEN | Monday, April 27, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | A09 After responding to a report of an unconscious man with possible cardiac arrest, Moonachie police charged Charles A. Jacobus with being under the influence of drugs and his host with assorted drug-related offenses. Jacobus, of Moonachie,…
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HEROIN PROBE RESULTS IN 38 ARRESTS; Most Suspects are From Bergen or Passaic
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Wednesday, April 15, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | NEWS | B01 A state police task force investigating heroin trafficking in North Jersey has arrested 38 people, most of them from Bergen and Passaic counties, and seized more than $600,000 worth of uncut heroin.…
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MOTHER JAILED ON DRUG, ENDANGERMENT CHARGES
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Thursday, April 9, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | NEWS | B03 A 29-year-old woman has been jailed on charges that she ran a crack house and endangered her 9-year-old daughter’s welfare, police said. Bretna Roberts, who was being held in the Bergen County…
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BLEAK ASSESSMENT OF WAR ON DRUGS; Torricelli Issues Report
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Sunday, April 5, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | A34 Although winnable, the war on drugs is now being lost, at least on the international front. That was the conclusion of Rep. Robert G. Torricelli, D-Englewood, in a status report he gave…
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DECAL PROGRAM TO FIGHT AUTO THEFTS
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Wednesday, March 25, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | SOUTH CENTRAL BERGEN YOUR TOWN RECORD | 4 Police are asking residents to help them fight auto theft by registering their cars with the department and authorizing police to stop and search the cars if…