October 9 Morning News
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED A MAN WAS CHARGED AFTER A SYNAGOGUE BURGLARY IN CLIFTON EARLY OCTOBER. 21-YEAR-OLD, ELIYAHU DAVIDOVICI, WAS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO THE SEPTEMBER 24TH BURGLARY. ACCORDING TO POLICE, THEY ARRIVED AT KEHILLAS BEIS SHOLOM SYNAGOGUE ON PASSAIC AVENUE AFTER SOMEONE REPORTED THEY HEARD LOUD NOISES COMING FROM A BUILDING AND A MAN RUNNING FROM THE SCENE. POLICE FOUND SIGNS OF FORCED ENTRY, BUT NO SUSPECT. DAVIDOVICI ENTERED THE BUILDING BY “STRIKING A REAR DOOR WITH A HAMMER”. ACCORDING TO A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE SYNAGOGUE, THEY TOLD INVESTIGATORS THAT A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY WAS STOLEN FROM THE BUILDING. DAVIDOVICI WAS ARRESTED ON OCTOBER 1ST AND CHARGED WITH BURGLARY, POSSESSION OF BURGLARY TOOLS, POSSESSION OF A WEAPON FOR AN UNLAWFUL PURPOSE, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AND THEFT. HE WAS LATER TRANSPORTED TO BERGAN COUNTY JAIL.
NORTHJERSEY.COM REPORTED THAT A CAR CRASHED INTO A RIDGEWOOD HAIR SALON LATE THURSDAY MORNING. A WHITE LEXUS CROSSOVER CRASHED INTO THE FRONT PICTURE WINDOW OF THE NORTH MAPLE AVENUE BUSINESS, TAPESTRY HAIRDRESSING SALON, AT AROUND 11AM. POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS REMAINED AT THE SCENE UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS REMOVED ON A FLATBED TRUCK. THE DRIVER DECLINED MEDICAL ATTENTION. ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, NO ONE INSIDE THE SALON WAS INJURED. THE SALON POSTED ON FACEBOOK THAT IT WILL REOPEN ON FRIDAY AND WAS THANKFUL NO ONE WAS HURT.
NJ.COM HAS REPORTED THAT THE TOWN OF EAST RUTHERFORD HAS SETTLED A THREE-YEAR LEGAL DISPUTE WITH AMERICAN DREAM OVER AN UNPAID PILOT AGREEMENT. EAST RUTHERFORD FILED THE LAWSUIT TO RECOUP MILLIONS IN FEES, STATING THE MEGAMALL HADN’T PAID THE PAYMENTS IN THEIR PAYMENT IN LIEU (LOO) OF TAXES AGREEMENT, OR PILOT FOR SHORT. AMERICAN DREAM HAS ARGUED THAT IT WAS EXEMPT UNTIL THE 3.3 MILLION SQUARE-FOOT RETAIL, DINING AND ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX REACHED FULL OCCUPANCY, WHICH IS EXTREMELY RARE IN THE MALL INDUSTRY DUE TO THE NEED OF OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY, STRUCTURAL ADAPTATION, AND CYCLING IN NEW POPULAR BRANDS. THE NEW JERSEY SPORTS AND EXPOSITION AUTHORITY, WHO WERE NAMED IN THE LAWSUIT AND OWNS THE LAND THE MALL SITS ON, OUTLINED THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT IN AN APPROVED RESOLUTION, ORDERED AMERICAN DREAM TO PAY EAST RUTHERFORD 5 MILLION DOLLARS WITHIN 10 DAYS OF THE COURT-APPROVED SETTLEMENT DATE ON OCTOBER 1ST, AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 MILLION DOLLARS BY THE SETTLEMENT’S ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY. AMERICAN DREAM WILL ALSO PAY 62.5 THOUSAND DOLLARS ANNUALLY FOR EACH UNDERDEVELOPED PARCEL IT SET ASIDE FOR HOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER USES, AND IF ANY OF THOSE PARCELS ARE DEVELOPED IT WILL HAVE TO MAKE AN ADDITIONAL ONE-TIME PAYMENT OF 2.5 MILLION DOLLARS TO EAST RUTHERFORD.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY HAS REPORTED THAT THE NEW JERSEY TRANSIT POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WARNING RESIDENTS ABOUT A PHONE SCAM INVOLVING CALLERS WHO FALSELY IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS LAW ENFORCEMENT. THESE SCAMMERS ARE DEMANDING MONEY, GIFT CARDS OR CRYPTOCURRENCY AGAINST RESIDENTS TO AVOID SUPPOSED LEGAL CONSEQUENCES. NJ TRANSIT POLICE AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HAVE STATED THEY WILL NEVER CALL AND DEMAND PAYMENT OF ANY KIND TO PREVENT LEGAL ACTION. POLICE URGE RESIDENTS THAT IF THEY EVER GET A CALL LIKE THAT, DON’T ENGAGE WITH THE CALLER AND HANG UP IMMEDIATELY, AND INSTEAD CALL THE NAMED AGENCY DIRECTLY.