Thursday, April 25, 2013
Police used DNA swabbed from bottles of iced tea left in burglarized cars to identify a Mahwah man they said stole thousands of dollars from the parked cars last year
A DNA test has led to the arrest of a 21-year-old Mahwah man who allegedly stole thousands of dollars worth of cash and merchandise from several cars parked around residential neighborhoods in the Cragmere section of Mahwah last Spring, police said Thursday. Last May, police investigated the reported burglaries of cash, GPS devices, purses, jewelry, wallets, sunglasses, phone charges, credit cards and drivers licenses from cars parked near Cragmere homes, Police Chief Jim Batelli said Thursday. The cars were parked both in the streets outside the homes and in driveways, and were likely left unlocked, police said. In two of the burglarized cars, police recovered glass bottles of iced tea that the car owners said did not belong to them, …
Monday, April 22, 2013
One adult from NY and three teens from Mahwah will be charged as a result of the incident, police said.
Three Mahwah teenagers and an 18-year-old from New York were arrested in Mahwah after they allegedly broke into an empty condominium with marijuana and drug paraphernalia, and led cops on a foot chase through several township backyards Friday evening, police said Monday. According to Mahwah Police Chief Jim Batelli, Mahwah Officers William Hunt and David Vega responded to a vacant condo unit on Thoreau Court after neighbors reported possible drug use and smells coming from one of the units. According to police, the five teenagers in the unit fled when cops knocked on the door, and ran through nearby backyards, prompting 911 calls from several local residents. Mahwah cops called for backup from Bergen County and Ramsey police. After a foot …
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Mahwah Police say they initially pulled a Toms River man over for speeding and unsafe driving, but were led by the smell of marijuana to a cache of illicit cargo.
A Toms River man was arrested Tuesday after cops say he was discovered transporting cocaine, oxycodone and marijuana through Mahwah. Mahwah Police Officers Sean Hayes and Kevin Tielemans Tuesday pulled over a Dodge Charger they saw speeding and tailgating on Route 17 North, Chief Jim Batelli said. Edward Grant, 36, gave police conflicting details about why he was driving a rented car, why he was in Mahwah, and whether or not he was staying in a hotel in the township, cops said. They also reported there was an odor of marijuana inside the car, which prompted them to search it. Inside Grant’s car, police found four bags containing a white powdery substance believed to be cocaine, an unlabeled pill bottle containing oxycodone, a metal grinder…
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Florida man was charged with possession of several types of drugs Monday afternoon, cops say.
A 22-year-old Florida man is facing multiple drug charges after a traffic stop in Mahwah Monday afternoon. Timothy Murphy was the passenger in a car driving through the township Monday when Mahwah Police said they spotted the driver cutting off another car. Officer Ryan Hill pulled Murphy and the friend over for the unsafe maneuver, according to police. Hill spotted drug paraphernalia in the car, police said Tuesday morning. Cops searched the car and found morphine tablets, oxycodone pills and a small baggie believed to contain cocaine, Police Chief Jim Batelli said Tuesday. The amount of each drug found was “consistent with personal use,” Batelli said. Murphy was charged with three counts of possession of a controlled dangerous substance…
Thursday, April 4, 2013
The victim’s mother walked in on the attack, police said.
A Mahwah man accused of sexually assaulting a 7-year-old township girl was arrested in Suffern Monday after authorities say he fled the scene of the alleged assault. Tomas Marin-Martinez, 49, of Mahwah, was arrested on Lafayette Avenue in Suffern after fleeing a township home where he allegedly molested a girl described as his “acquaintance,” Bergen County Prosecutor Molinelli announced in a release Thursday afternoon. “The mother of the victim reported to the Mahwah Police that at about 8 p.m [Monday] she entered her residence and found Martinez in the process of sexually assaulting her seven year old daughter,” Molinelli said. According to Mahwah Police Chief Jim Batelli, Martinez was a friend of the family who was living with them at …
Monday, April 1, 2013
Suspect was involved in three similar convenience store burglaries around Bergen County, cops say.
A 23-year-old Mahwah man already in jail on burglary-related charges admitted to breaking into the Fardale Deli and Mini Mart last week and stealing an undisclosed amount of cash, police said Monday. Stefanos Papastefanou is being held in the Passaic County Jail for allegedly burglarizing a convenience store in Ringwood, Mahwah Police Chief Jim Batelli said. Ringwood authorities alerted Mahwah police to the similarities between the Passaic County burglary and the burglary of the Mahwah Mini Mart, police said. During an interview with Mahwah police from his Passaic County Jail cell, Papastefanou admitted to the Mahwah burglary, Batelli said. During the interview with Mahwah Detective Kevin Herbert, police say Papastefanou also admitted to …
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
A Spring Valley man was arrested Wednesday afternoon in the same Mahwah neighborhood where two people were arrested on drug charges Tuesday.
A man walking on South Railroad Avenue in Mahwah Wednesday afternoon was arrested on drug possession charges less than 24 hours after an alleged cocaine dealer was arrested about a block away, police said. An anonymous caller reported to police Wednesday morning that a man carrying drugs was walking on the street, according to Mahwah Police Chief Jim Batelli. The call came less than a day after an alleged drug dealer was arrested nearby, on East Ramapo Avenue. Police responded to the scene at around noon on Wednesday and found Emmanuel Laforest, 32, of Spring Valley, N.Y., walking on the street carrying what they believe to be cocaine, Batelli said. The man initially falsely identified himself to police, pretending to be his brother, who …
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Mother, son and friends have sold a “significant” amount of marijuana to township minors, police say
A Mahwah mother, her son, and two of their live-in friends, were arrested this week after police found more than a pound of marijuana and evidence suggesting they sold drugs to township minors out of their Franklin Turnpike apartment, Police Chief Jim Batelli said Thursday afternoon. Paula Gannon, 45; her son, Edward Gannon, 18; Paula's live-in boyfriend, Jason Willis, 37; and family friend Steven Marsh, 19; were arrested Tuesday and charged with possession, distribution, failure to turn controlled dangerous substances over to law enforcement and other drug-related charges, Batelli said. All four residents live in the same apartment complex on Franklin Turnpike, and allegedly operated a drug-distribution network from the apartment building…
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
The Kearny man admitted to four car part thefts in Mahwah last year, police said.
A Kearny man was arrested this week after he admitted stealing thousands of dollars worth of car parts from cars parked in dealerships and lots in and around Mahwah, and reselling them on Craigslist, police said Wednesday. Jose Acevedo, 23, was arrested Monday after allegedly stealing over $100,000 worth of parts from lots in Mahwah, Upper Saddle River, Paramus, Wayne and Denville between July and December 2012, Mahwah Detective Michael Grassi told Patch Wednesday. “He admitted to four thefts in Mahwah – three at a remote storage lot and one at a Route 17 car dealership,” Grassi said. Mahwah Police charged Acevedo with four counts of burglary, four counts of theft, two counts of criminal mischief, and two counts of criminal trespassing, …
Monday, December 24, 2012
Police say they discovered more than a pound of pot in a car two men were driving though Mahwah early Sunday morning
Early holiday celebrations for two New York men were cut short early Sunday morning after they were caught driving through Mahwah with more than a pound of marijuana, according to Mahwah Police. Adriel Ortiz, 31, of Fresh Meadows, N.Y., and Virgil Zamora, 27, of Rego Park, N.Y., were arrested at about 2:30 a.m. the day before Christmas Eve after Mahwah Police Officer Kevin Tielemans pulled their Honda over on East Ramapo Avenue for a “routine motor vehicle violation,” Chief Jim Batelli said Monday. Visible remnants of marijuana and a “strong odor” prompted Tielemans to search the vehicle, Batelli said. Ortiz was charged with possession of marijuana and intent to distribute and Zamora was charged with a lesser possession charge and a drug …
ray cusack
5:42 am on Sunday, April 28, 2013
this ahole is lucky i didnt catch him!!!! more ›