September 10 Morning News
NORTH JERSEY.COM REPORTED CITY POLICE ARRESTED A JUVENILE ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, WHO WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF A MACHINE GUN. POLICE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN ROB ROWAN CONFIRMED OFFICERS WORKING THE GREAT FALLS FESTIVAL EVENT RESPONDED TO A FIGHT, WHERE THE YOUTH ALLEGEDLY HAD A HANDGUN WITH A SWITCH THAT ALLOWED THE WEAPON TO FIRE FULLY AUTOMATICALLY. ACCORDING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT FORCES, THIS INCIDENT IS NOT THE FIRST, THE YOUTH BEING ARRESTED FOR ROBBERY CHARGES IN APRIL. THE JUVENILE WAS ARRESTED WITH AN ANKLE BRACELET AFTER THE SPRING ARREST, AND THEN AGAIN FOLLOWING LABOR DAY WEEKEND. THE JUVENILE WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF CERTAIN BULLETS, POSSESSION OF A LARGE-CAPACITY MAGAZINE, POSSESSION OF A FIREARM FOR AN UNLAWFUL PURPOSE, POSSESSION OF A MACHINE GUN, AND POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A MINOR.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED THAT A MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER ENGLEWOOD POLICE USED A PAIR OF STOLEN AIRPODS TO TRACK HIM FOLLOWING A VEHICLE BURGLARY MONDAY. ACCORDING TO POLICE, OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A REPORT OF A VEHICLE BURGLARY AND LEARNED THAT AIRPODS HAD BEEN TAKEN, AND THEY WERE USED BY OFFICERS TO TRACK THE MISSING DEVICES. AN OFFICER FOUND AND STOPPED A MAN IN POSSESSION OF THE AIRPODS AFTER A BRIEF INVESTIGATION, WHERE THE MAN MADE SEVERAL DISPARAGING COMMENTS, THREATHENING ONE OF THE OFFICERS. HE WAS CHARGED WITH BURGLARY, THEFT, RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY, TERRORISTIC THREATS, RESISTING ARREST AND POSSESSION OF BURGLARY TOOLS. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE BERGEN COUNTY JAIL PENDING A COURT APPEARANCE. POLICE DID NOT IDENTIFY THE MAN IN THE RELEASE.
NORTHJERSEY.COM REPORTED TWO NEW JERSEY MEN HAVE PLEADED GUILTY TO CHARGES RELATED FROM STEALING CHECKS FROM MAIL BOXES IN CLIFTON AND LIVINGSTON. U.S. ATTORNEY ROBERT FRAZER SAID IN A RELEASE ON SEPT. 9 THAT LESLIE BLACKWOOD, 25, OF IRVINGTON, PLEADED GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO STEAL CHECKS FROM THE MAIL ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE ESTHER SALAS IN NEWARK. BACK IN JULY, VERLY ANTENOR, 24, OF ROSELLE PARK, PLEADED GUILTY TO THE SAME CHARGE. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, BLACKWOOD AND ANTENOR WERE PART OF A GROUP BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 2021 AND MARCH 2022 THAT USED STOLEN ARROW KEYS TO ACCESS UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE COLLECTION BOXES IN CLIFTON AND LIVINGSTON, STEALING MAIL CONTAINING CHECKS. OVERALL, THE GROUP NETTED $670,313.46. BLACKWOOD AND ANTENOR ARE FACING UP TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON AND FINES UP TO $250,000. ANTENOR WILL BE SENTENCED ON DEC. 17 AND BLACKWOOD ON FEB. 16, 2027.
NORTHJERSEY.COM REPORTED TWO PEDESTRIANS WERE STRUCK BY A NEW JERSEY TRANSIT BUS IN HACKENSACK TUESDAY EVENING. ACCORDING TO HACKENSACK DEPUTY CHIEF GREGORY ZISA, THE TWO WOMEN WERE IN THE AREA OF 170 STATE STREET BEFORE 6:30PM, BOTH SUFFERING INJURIES FROM THE CRASH. BOTH WOMEN WERE TAKEN TO HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER WITH INJURIES THAT WERE BELIEVED TO BE LIFE THREATENING. A NJ TRANSIT SPOKESPERSON SAID THE BUS WAS ON THE 712 ROUTE FROM THE HACKENSACK TERMINAL TO THE WILLOWBROOK MALL. ACCORDING TO DEPUTY ZISA, THE DRIVER OF THE NJ TRANSIT BUS WAS GIVEN A SUMMONS FOR FAILURE TO YIELD TO PEDESTRIANS IN THE CROSSWALK.