Thursday, February 28, 2013
Fort Lee police charged two men with pot possession with intent to distribute after a motor vehicle stop.
Fort Lee police arrested two men Thursday in connection with an alleged marijuana sale on Route 46 in Fort Lee, authorities said. According to police, Anthony K. Fuentes, 20, and Luis A. Diaz, 24, both of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, were arrested and charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of drug paraphernalia. At approximately 1 a.m., Fort Lee Emergency Services Unit Police Officer Jay Makroulakis and Patrol Officer Anthony Bozzetti stopped a Nissan Rogue with Pennsylvania plates as it pulled out of the BP Gas Station on Route 46 south, police said. The vehicle was also stopped for several other motor vehicle violations observed by the officers. Police report that both men offered conflicting stories …
Friday, January 4, 2013
Employees at Linwood Wine and Liquor in Fort Lee struggled Thursday to stop the would be robber, who police say tried to make off with several bottles of alcohol valued at about $300.
A Manhattan man was charged Thursday in connection with an alleged attempt to steal several bottles of booze from a Fort Lee liquor store, authorities said. At about 1 p.m. Thursday afternoon, Fort Lee police responded to a call of a shoplifting in progress at Linwood Wine and Liquor in Linwood Plaza. Store employees told police they saw Alan Mabra, 51, allegedly put “numerous bottles of liquor” in a bag and then try to leave the store, according to police. Two employees attempted to stop Mabra at the door on his way out. Mabra then allegedly tried to push his way past them as they struggled to stop him, according to police. Fort Lee police officers arrived in time to arrest Mabra and have the roughly $300 worth of liquor returned to the …
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Thursday, January 3, 2013
Fort Lee police charged one man with pot possession after observing an alleged sale in a McDonald’s parking lot. In the process, police arrested an alleged fugitive from justice, authorities said.
Fort Lee police arrested two men Wednesday in connection with an alleged marijuana sale in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, charging one of the men with being a fugitive from justice, authorities said. Officer Timothy Cullen of the Fort Lee Narcotics Unit was patrolling the area near McDonald’s on Lemoine Avenue just before 8 p.m. Wednesday, when he spotted a Lexus RX with New Jersey plates pull up next to a Honda Accord with New York license plates that was parked in the restaurant’s parking lot, according to police. Cullen saw Dale Balderacchi, 20, of Ridgefield walk up to the passenger side of the Honda, where he allegedly took part in a "hand-to-hand transaction" with one of the occupants in the parked car, police said. When …
The 29-year-old Metuchen man is alleged to have touched two different women on separate visits to SBK Medical Group on Center Avenue in December, according to authorities.
A Metuchen man was charged Wednesday with sexual assault and criminal sexual contact after he allegedly touched two different women “in a sexual manner” at a medical office in Fort Lee, Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli announced. Two women told detectives that Gung T. “Dan” Kim, 29, who works at SBK Medical Group at 2083 Center Ave. in Fort Lee, allegedly sexually abused them on separate visits to the clinic in December, Molinelli said. The first alleged victim told Fort Lee police that Kim touched her breasts and vaginal area during an exam on Dec. 21. The second woman reported that on Dec. 29, Kim touched her vaginal area while performing a procedure that she didn’t request or authorize, according to Molinelli. Both incidents are …
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Police charged a 52-year-old man with DWI, after he allegedly crashed into a telephone pole on Lemoine Avenue late Tuesday night. Lemoine was closed between Main and Whiteman Streets until about 4 p.m. Wednesday.
An Englewood Cliffs man was charged with drunk driving after allegedly crashing into a telephone pole late Tuesday night and bringing down live wires across Lemoine Avenue at Hoym Street in Fort Lee, police said. Lemoine remained closed between Main Street and Whiteman Street Wednesday morning, snarling rush hour traffic in the borough, and police said the section of road wasn’t expected to reopen until late afternoon or early evening. Fort Lee police were detouring traffic at intersections leading to the scene Wednesday morning, and PSE&G crews were working at the scene near Whiteman Plaza, where wires remained on the ground across the entire roadway. Palisades Avenue was open leading to the George Washington Bridge, but traffic was …
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Port Authority officials allege the driver tried to pass through the George Washington Bridge’s main toll plaza Wednesday with no front license plate and an obscured rear plate.
Port Authority police arrested a Palm City, Florida man on toll evasion charges Wednesday at the George Washington Bridge because he allegedly had a missing front license plate, a bent and obscured rear plate and no E-ZPass tag, authorities said. At 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, Officer Jason Malice of the Port Authority Police Department was on patrol at the main toll plaza of the bridge when he spotted a 1999 Volvo tractor-trailer with a missing front license plate, according to authorities. “Upon further inspection, [Malice] found that the rear license plate on the truck was bent so E-ZPass cameras could not capture an image,” said Port Authority spokesman Steve Coleman, adding that the driver didn’t have an E-ZPass tag either. The driver, …
Monday, November 12, 2012
A 27-year-old smashed a bottle in another man’s face early Sunday morning then drove off, according to cops. The alleged attacker's girlfriend was also charged after she tried to cover up for him, police say.
A Bayonne man was charged early Sunday morning in connection with an incident at a Fort Lee nightclub in which he allegedly smashed a beer bottle in the face of another club patron and then fled the scene, authorities said. His girlfriend was also charged with hindering, when she allegedly lied to officers in an apparent attempt to protect him, according to police. Fort Lee Police, responding to a call of a fight at the Soho Nightclub on Lemoine Avenue just after 2 a.m. Sunday, found a male victim with “several facial lacerations” and a female patron who was also injured “when the bottle shattered and glass struck her in her eye,” said Detective Sergeant Ken Porrino of the Fort Lee Police Department. Cops determined that Jose Carvajal, 27…
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
The arrest of a Dallas man Thursday morning was the 68th of its kind this year because of a crackdown on toll evasion on the part of Port Authority police, authorities said.
A Texas man was charged Thursday in connection with an alleged attempt to evade tolls at the George Washington Bridge by defacing his license plates, authorities said. Port Authority Police Officer Jason Malice was patrolling the upper level toll plaza when at about 9:30 a.m. Thursday, when he spotted a 2003 Volvo tractor-trailer with “defaced characters” on its front and rear license plates, said Port Authority spokesman Steve Coleman, who said the vehicle was registered in Texas and did not have an E-ZPass tag. Kabba Bangura, 33, of Dallas was arrested and charged with theft of service and tampering with public records, Coleman said, adding that Port Authority police impounded the truck According to Coleman, it was the Port Authority …
Friday, November 2, 2012
The incident occurred at the Sunoco station on Bergen Boulevard early Friday morning, where the New York man allegedly struck an officer and tried to push him out of the way in an attempt to get gas, police said.
A New York man allegedly assaulted a Fort Lee police officer at a gas station on Bergen Boulevard early Friday morning, becoming "enraged" after learning the station might be out of gas by the time he made it to the front of the line. Christian Cruz-Bello, 23, of East Elmhurst, NY had been waiting in line in his car at the Sunoco station on Route 1 North in Fort Lee at about 5:30 a.m. Friday. When he reached the front of the line, police told him to wait before pulling in because the station might be out of gas, police said. Cruz-Bello allegedly ignored that order and pulled into the station anyway, but officers were able to stop him before he reached the gas pumps. Police said Cruz-Bello “became enraged,” got out of his car with a gas can…
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Police responded to the same address on Hudson Terrace twice early Wednesday morning on noise complaints; resident allegedly said he'd shoot the next officers who came to the house.
A Fort Lee man was charged Wednesday with threatening police officers who responded to his Hudson Terrace home after receiving noise complaints, authorities said. At about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, Fort Lee police officers spoke with resident David Rosenberg, 52, whom they described as being “very belligerent” at the time, according to the Fort Lee Police Department. But after the incident was over, the same officers were called back to the same address on a second complaint of loud noise, police said. When they tried to speak with Rosenberg, who allegedly opened the door but left it chained, he “screamed profanities” at them and slammed the door, according to police. Rosenberg then allegedly told the officers he would shoot the next policemen …
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