Tag: Crime
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POLICE SEEK CLUES IN MAYWOOD MAN’S HIT-AND-RUN DEATH
Police turned to the public Thursday for clues in the hit-and-run death of a popular 50-year-old stock clerk whom they described as mildly retarded and epileptic.
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COCAINE COURIER SUSPECT ARRESTED; HACKENSACK COPS TARGET N.Y.C. RING
A 26-year-old Bronx man carrying cocaine for a New York City drug-trafficking ring walked into a trap Wednesday when he tried to sell an ounce of cocaine to narcotics officers.
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FORT LEE HAS NIGHT OF WEAPON, DRUG ARRESTS
Police on Wednesday night arrested eight people on drug charges in three separate incidents. Two others were arrested on weapons charges in a fourth incident, said Police Chief John Orso.
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TRUCK CARRIED OLIVE OIL, $5M IN COKE
A routine police inspection of a truck carrying olive oil led to the seizure of 393 pounds of cocaine valued at more than $5 million, the largest drug shipment seized on New Jersey highways this year, officials said.
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NAME CHANGED TO PROFESS THE INNOCENCE
Drug suspect duped cops who released him to the custody of an “aunt” because they were convinced he was a juvenile.
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3 SEIZED IN BREAK-IN AT JEWISH CENTER
Three men were arrested Tuesday after breaking into several lockers in the men’s room at the Jewish Community Center on the Palisades and stealing watches and about $1,000 in cash.
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NORTHVALE MAN HELD IN ROBBERY ATTEMPT
Northvale man charged with armed robbery after he tried to hold up a borough gas station but was foiled by an attendant, police said.
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COPS CHASE KEARNY MEN DOWN ROUTE 95
Two Kearny men led police on a high-speed chase along Route 95 and the New Jersey Turnpike before giving up after a foot chase and struggle.
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DENTIST FACES DRUG CHARGE
A Wyckoff dentist is facing charges of illegally obtaining 180 tablets of a prescription painkiller.
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PARAMUS NABS TRIO ON DRUG, GUN CHARGES
Two men and a woman from Vermont were arrested Saturday after Paramus police stopped them for erratic driving on Route 17. The three were charged with possession of an automatic pistol, hollow-nose bullets, and 3 1/2 ounces of rock cocaine.