THE DAILY VOICE REPORTED THAT A 23-YEAR-OLD BERGEN COUNTY MAN WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY AFTER THREATENING TO SHOOT A TEENAGE WENDY’S EMPLOYEE IN LYNDHURST. POLICE SAID THE JUVENILE EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO WORK IN HIS WENDY’S UNIFORM WHEN DAVON M. DUIGUID JR. APPROACHED HIM ABOUT A QUARTER-MILE FROM THE RESTAURANT. DUIGUID ALLEGEDLY TOLD THE TEEN THAT HE HAD A GUN, AND THAT HE WAS GOING TO SHOOT HIM IN THE HEAD IF HE DIDN’T GET HIM WENDY’S. THE EMPLOYEE TOLD POLICE THAT DUIGUID WALKED ALONGSIDE HIM TO WENDY’S WITH HIS HANDS IN HIS JACKET POCKET AS IF HE WERE CONCEALING A GUN. ONCE INSIDE, THE TEEN ALERTED HIS COWORKERS, AND ONE OF THEM SAW DUIGUID TAKING THREE PACKAGED DESSERTS FROM A DISPLAY. OFFICERS RESPONDED AT 10:57 AM, AND DUIGUID WAS SPOTTED WALKING NORTH ON RIGDE ROAD NEAR THE FORMER KINGISLAND TRAIN STATION. HE WAS IDENTIFIED BY RESPONDING OFFICERS AS A REPEAT OFFENDER KNOWN TO THE DEPARTMENT. DUIGUID FIRST DENIED MAKING THE THREATS, THEN LATER ADMITTED TO HIS STATEMENTS WHILE BEING PROCESSED AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS. HE WAS CHARGED WITH TERRORISTIC THREATS, CRIMINAL RESTRAINT, ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A JUVENILE, AND SHOPLIFTING. DUIGUID WAS LODGED IN THE BERGEN COUNTY JAIL PENDING FURTHER COURT PROCEEDINGS.
NJ.COM REPORTED THAT A NORTH BERGEN MAN WAS ARRESTED IN BERGEN COUNTY AFTER POLICE SAID HE DEMANDED 6 THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM A FAMILY FRIEND TO REMOVE HIM FROM A FAKE DEPORTATION LIST. ACCORDING TO POLICE, 35-YEAR-OLD CARLOS ROCA-ROCA TOLD A FAMILY FRIEND IN FAIRVIEW THAT HE KNEW SOMEONE AT THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND COULD HAVE HIM DEPORTED. THE DMV DOES NOT HANDLE DEPORTATIONS, AND POLICE DID NOT SAY WHY ROCA-ROCA USED THE DMV AS A RUSE. FAIRVIEW DEPUTY CHIEF JOHN PIEROTTI JR. SAID THAT HE TOLD THE VICTIM HE WAS PUT ON A DEPORTATION LIST, AND DEMANDED 6 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN RETURN FOR HAVING HIM REMOVED FROM THE LIST. ROCA-ROCA LATER ADMITTED THAT HE FABRICATED THE STORY TO GET MONEY BECAUSE OF PERSONAL FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES. ROCA-ROCA WAS CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE THEFT BY EXTORTION AND THIRD-DEGREE THEFT BY DECEPTION. IT WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY CLEAR WHETHER ROCA-ROCA REMAINED IN CUSTODY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ATTORNEY INFORMATION WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED THAT A MAN WAS ARRESTED IN NEW ORLEANS MONDAY EVENING AFTER SAYING HE HAD A BOMB ABOARD A UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT FROM NEWARK. ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, THE 34-YEAR-OLD MAN BEGAN ACTING IRRATIONALLY, AND HE TOLD CREW MEMBERS THAT HE HAD POSSESSION OF A BOMB. THE PLANE LANDED SAFELY AT LOUIS ARMSTRONG NEW ORLEANS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, CARRYING 46 PASSENGERS AND 6 CREW MEMBERS. ACCORDING TO THE JEFFERSON PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE MAN WAS ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TAKEN TO THE JEFFERSON PARISH CORRECTIONAL CENTER. HE WAS BOOKED ON CHARGES OF COMMUNICATING FALSE INFORMATION OF PLANNED ARSON AND TERRORIZING. THE MAN IS ALSO IN ICE CUSTODY AS AN UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT FROM HONDURAS. HE HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN DEPORTED TWICE, AND NOW FACES DEPORTATION FOR A THIRD TIME FOLLOWING THIS INCIDENT. THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT PLANS TO INVESTIGATE MONDAY’S INCIDENT.
