North Bergen Crime

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Recent Crime News

• Guttenberg police identify local man, 58, who jumped...

  6 hrs ago | via The Jersey Journal 

  Guttenberg police yesterday identified the man who jumped to his death from a plaza area at the Galaxy Towers on Tuesday as a North Bergen resident who lived with his mother, The Jersey Journal reports.

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  Related Topix: Guttenberg, NJ, Suicide, North Bergen, NJ

• Guttenberg police identify man who jumped to death a...

  10 hrs ago | via The Jersey Journal 

  Guttenberg police yesterday identified the man who jumped to his death from a plaza area at the Galaxy Towers on Tuesday as a North Bergen resident who lived with his mother.

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  Related Topix: North Bergen, NJ, Guttenberg, NJ, Suicide

• North Bergen fraudster pleads guilty

  16 hrs ago | via NorthJersey.com 

  A North Bergen man who tried to steal $3.5 million by talking banks into giving him access to customer accounts, and a venture capital firm into transferring money into his own account, has pleaded guilty to fraud.

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• Guttenberg police identify body in Galaxy Towers sui...

  17 hrs ago | via NJ.com 

  Town police today identified the man who jumped from a plaza area at the Galaxy Towers to his death yesterday as a North Bergen resident who lived with his mother.

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  Related Topix: Guttenberg, NJ, North Bergen, NJ

• 'Depraved' killer gets 120 years

  Thursday May 24 | via Philly.com 

  Describing him as "cruel, depraved, and remorseless," a Superior Court judge sentenced Craig Arno to 120 years in prison Thursday for the brutal kidnapping and murder of an Atlantic City casino patron two years ago.

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  Related Topix: Prison, Atlantic City, NJ, North Bergen, NJ

• Craig Arno and Jessica Kisby sentenced for 2010 murd...

  Thursday May 24 | via The Jersey Journal 

  MAYS LANDING - A superior court judge set the jail time - 150 years, combined - for the two suspects convicted of murdering a North Bergen man in May 2010 .

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• Martin Caballero's daughter suing Trump Taj Mahal fo...

  Thursday May 24 | via Hotel Online 

  Martin Caballero's daughter suing Trump Taj Mahal for wrongful death in fatal carjacking May 24--ATLANTIC CITY -- Martin Caballero's daughter has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort alleging that the casino failed to warn the public about its "long history of violent crime." The suit, filed last week in state ... (more)

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  Related Topix: Atlantic City, NJ, North Bergen, NJ

• NJ casino carjacking couple sentenced to decades

  Thursday May 24 | via KTEN-TV Denison 

  The Justice Department's internal ethics watchdog says two prosecutors in the bungled corruption case against Sen.

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  Related Topix: US Politics, Ted Stevens, US News, US Senate, Republican, Fort Hood, TX

• Police accuse Rochelle Park man of sexually assaulti...

  Thursday May 24 | via NorthJersey.com 

  SOUTH HACKENSACK - Police arrested a Rochelle Park man in connection with the sexual assault of a 15-year-old acquaintance, authorities said Thursday.

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  Related Topix: Rochelle Park, NJ, South Hackensack, NJ, North Bergen, NJ

• Police: Bergen Regional Medical Center patient charg...

  Thursday May 24 | via NorthJersey.com 

  PARAMUS - Police arrested a patient at Bergen Regional Medical Center for sexually assaulting another patient who was under heavy sedation, authorities said.

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• North Bergen road reopened; downed telephone poll re...

  Wednesday May 23 | via The Jersey Journal 

  Paterson Plank Road in North Bergen has been reopened with the removal of a telephone pole that posed a hazard at the intersection of Paterson Plank Road and West Side Avenue.

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• Police Charge Owner Of Red Carpet Prom

  Wednesday May 23 | via WKXW-FM Trenton 

  Police have charged the owner of a Wayne prom gown shop who has drawn consumer complaints with filing a false burglary report.

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  Related Topix: Wayne, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Marlboro, NJ, North Bergen, NJ

• Cops charge alleged robber as well as boyfriend who ...

  Monday May 21 | via NorthJersey.com 

  CLIFFSIDE PARK - Police charged an alleged robber accused of trying to steal a woman's purse - and also arrested the woman's boyfriend who came to her aid late Sunday night, police said.

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  Related Topix: North Bergen, NJ, Tenafly, NJ, Nutley, NJ

• Masked man breaks into Washington Township home, scu...

  Sunday May 20 | via NorthJersey.com 

  At about 1:50 a.m., police were dispatched to the home. The officers were told that the burglar retreated into the master bedroom and locked the door behind him.

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  Related Topix: Paramus, NJ, Bogota, NJ, North Bergen, NJ, Belleville, NJ

• Job Hunt: Convert the internship to a full-time job

  Friday May 18 | via NorthJersey.com 

  With most of the nation's colleges and universities quickly nearing the end of the spring semester, tens of thousands of students and new graduates across the country are preparing to embark on summer internships, which are increasingly vital to career development.

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  Related Topix: Internships, Consulting, Challenger Gray and Christmas

• Career Coach: Thank you

  Friday May 18 | via NorthJersey.com 

  Not quite. Not enough job seekers understand the value of a thank-you letter. It seems that everyone who calls me for career coaching asks about resumes and cover letters - and that's perfectly understandable - but only one person in the last year - only one - called asking for help with thank-you letters as the primary reason for calling.

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• Verona Board of Education scores well on evaluation,...

  Friday May 18 | via The Verona-Cedar Grove Times 

  Citing a self evaluation that each board member completed, Joanne Borin said Verona 's school board is "balanced" and "working well together." For each evaluation category, ranked from 0 to 4, a score of 2.5 or better is "good" and 3.5 or better is "excellent," Borin said.

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• Bergen County drug-warrant sweep nets 20

  Friday May 18 | via NorthJersey.com 

  Bergen County law enforcement authorities have arrested 20 people on outstanding drug distribution charges, including one man who was already in jail on another drug charge for allegedly selling heroin, authorities announced on Friday.

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  Related Topix: Bergen County, NJ, Drugs, Passaic County, NJ

• Former Motor Vehicle Commission Clerk from North Ber...

  Friday May 18 | via The Hudson Reporter 

  Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa announced Friday that a former clerk at the Lodi Motor Vehicle Agency was sentenced to state prison for illegally selling New Jersey digital driver's licenses to unauthorized persons.

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  Related Topix: North Bergen, NJ, Prison, State Prisons, New Jersey

• Former Clerk Sentenced in Illegal NJ License Ring

  Friday May 18 | via WKXW-FM Trenton 

  New Jersey's attorney general says a former motor vehicles clerk has been sentenced to prison after admitting his role in a wide-ranging scheme to illegally sell New Jersey digital driver's licenses to customers who did not have the required identification.

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  Related Topix: Hudson County, NJ, North Bergen, NJ