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Drug Den On Wheels: Closter Officer Stops Driver With Wide Assortment, Police Say Drug Den On Wheels: Closter Officer Stops Driver With Wide Assortment, Police Say
Drug Den On Wheels: Closter Officer Stops Driver With Wide Assortment, Police Say A Closter police officer found what amounted to a drug den on wheels when he stopped a driver just before midnight. It was two minutes before the calendar turned to Thursday, April 18, when Officer Anthony Lofaro stopped 22-year-old Mexican national Rafael Guerrero Gonzalez at the BP station on Closter Dock Road just off Piermont Road, Capt. Vincent Aiello said. Lofaro immediately smelled pot, the captain said. Inside the car, Aiello said, the officer found: 100 packaged liquid THC pods; a bag of raw mushrooms; a bag of crack; joints; pot candy, mushroom candy, liquid mushrooms, marijuan…
Secretive Lottery Winner From Bowie Claims $50K Scratch-Off Prize In Maryland Secretive Lottery Winner From Bowie Claims $50K Scratch-Off Prize In Maryland
Secretive Lottery Winner From Bowie Claims $50K Scratch-Off Prize In Maryland An anonymous man from Prince George's County made the most of his "second-chance focus" and won a $50,000 Maryland Lottery prize, officials say. A man from Bowie who likes to rack up points from non-winning scratch-off tickets through the Lottery Rewards program hit the jackpot and won big after playing a Hot 7s Tripler ticket that he bought at a BP gas station in Lanham, turning $5 into a $50,000 cash windfall. Following the big win, the man said that he was excited, but added, "I like to keep it quiet ... That just scared the heck out of me."  According to the lucky lotto player, he…
SEE ANYTHING? Detectives Seek Leads In Pair Of Tonnelle Avenue Gas Station Holdups SEE ANYTHING? Detectives Seek Leads In Pair Of Tonnelle Avenue Gas Station Holdups
SEE Anything? Detectives Seek Leads In Pair Of Tonnelle Avenue Gas Station Holdups One Tonnelle Avenue gas station in North Bergen was robbed and another was the scene of a carjacking less than 24 hours and barely a half-mile apart, authorities said. It was shortly before 5:30 a.m. Easter Sunday when a gunman entered the Shell station on the northbound highway and pretended to be interested in a phone charger, police said. He then pulled a gun on the two middle-aged store clerks, had them get down on the floor, then took more than $2,000 in cash from the register, they said. The victims, who weren't injured, described the robber as dark-skinned, wearing a hooded jacket …
PA Man Wanted For Car Theft Caught After Pursuit In Fairfield: Police PA Man Wanted For Car Theft Caught After Pursuit In Fairfield: Police
PA Man Wanted For Car Theft Caught After Pursuit In Fairfield: Police A 31-year-old New Jersey man wanted out of Pennsylvania was arrested after he was found with a stolen car and then led officers on a foot pursuit over the weekend, police said. Robert Hollingsworth, who was charged in Easton, PA with car theft last year, became the center of an investigation in Fairfield (Essex County), NJ, on Saturday, March 30, when police were notified of a stolen green Kia Soul stolen out of Passaic three days prior, Fairfield police said in a release. Police found the Kia at a BP gas station on Route 46 east, parked, running, and unoccupied around 1 p.m., officers said…
WINNER! Elmwood Park Powerball Player Scores $50K WINNER! Elmwood Park Powerball Player Scores $50K
Winner! Elmwood Park Powerball Player Scores $50K A Powerball player in Bergen marched forth to more money on Monday, March 4.  A ticket sold in Elmwood Park matched four numbers plus the red Powerball in the drawing held last night, winning $50,000. The ticket was sold at a BP gas station on Route 46 West. The winning numbers were 36, 42, 50, 52, 67 and the red Powerball was 26.
Dad, Sons Busted By Mahwah PD For Selling THC Products To Minors At Route 17 Gas Station Dad, Sons Busted By Mahwah PD For Selling THC Products To Minors At Route 17 Gas Station
Dad, Sons Busted By Mahwah PD For Selling THC Products To Minors At Route 17 Gas Station A business owner and his two sons were busted by Mahwah police who said they found them selling THC products to underage teens at their Route 17 gas station. Undercover buys led to the discovery in plain view of 360 THC products during a raid at the BP station on the southbound highway just past the Route 202 interchange, Mahwah Police Capt. Guido Bussinelli said. Police arrested the owners -- Murat Ozen, 54, of Paramus, and his sons, Selim Devia, 32, of East Rutherford and Muhammed Ozen, 24 of Paramus -- he said. All three were charged with multiple counts of possession with intent to dis…
HIGHWAY ROBBERY: Armed Duo Sought In Overnight Gas Station Holdup Spree In Bergen, Passaic HIGHWAY ROBBERY: Armed Duo Sought In Overnight Gas Station Holdup Spree In Bergen, Passaic
Highway Robbery: Armed Duo Sought In Overnight Gas Station Holdup Spree In Bergen, Passaic Two bandits robbed multiple gas stations in Bergen and Passaic counties at gunpoint shortly before dawn on Sunday, responders said. The BP on eastbound Route 3 in Clifton was held up at 5 a.m. Jan. 7. One of the robbers had a handgun, the attendant told police. Less than 10 minutes later a similar gunpoint robbery occurred at the Shell station on northbound Route 3 off the corner of Malcolm Avenue. The third holdup occurred shortly before 5:30 a.m. at a gas station on Route 46 in LIttle Ferry. Police believed the same bandits were involved. They fled in what witnesses said was a black Kia…
Jackpot! Hackensack Lotto Player Wins Big Jackpot! Hackensack Lotto Player Wins Big
Jackpot! Hackensack Lotto Player Wins Big A lottery player in Bergen County had a very happy Halloween. A ticket purchased in Hackensack matched all five numbers in the Jersey Cash 5 jackpot drawing on Tuesday, Oct. 31, winning $494,247. The winning numbers were 16, 33, 35, 39, 44 and the XTRA number was: 02. The winning ticket was sold at a BP on Route 17.
Powerball: Two Union County Lotto Players Win $50K Powerball: Two Union County Lotto Players Win $50K
Powerball: Two Union County Lotto Players Win $50K While they didn't win the $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot, two lotto players in Union County had themselves a lucrative night in the drawing held on Wednesday, Oct. 11. The two players matched four of the white balls and the Power Ball, winning $50,000. The tickets were sold at 7-Eleven in North Plainfield and a BP gas station in Springfield.  The winning numbers were: 22, 24, 40, 52, and 64. The Red Power Ball number was 10. 
Winner, Winner: Prize Lottery Ticket Sold At This Valley Stream Store Winner, Winner: Prize Lottery Ticket Sold At This Valley Stream Store
Winner, Winner: Prize Lottery Ticket Sold At This Valley Stream Store One person is over $10,000 richer after a winning ticket was sold at a Long Island convenience store, according to lottery officials. Are you the lucky winner? On Thursday, Sept. 7, the New York Lottery announced that a local gas station sold one prize-winning Take 5 Midday ticket in Valley Stream. The ticket, worth $18,474.50, was sold at the BP gas station, located at 1200 Rockaway Avenue. Its winning numbers were drawn in the Wednesday, Sept. 6 Take 5 Midday drawing. Take 5 numbers are drawn from a field of one to 39. Drawings are televised twice daily at 2:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Gam…
Seen Him? Man Steals From Gas Station In Brewster, Police Say Seen Him? Man Steals From Gas Station In Brewster, Police Say
Seen Him? Man Steals From Gas Station In Brewster, Police Say Police in the Hudson Valley are asking for help in finding a Westchester man who they say stole from a gas station along with a woman.  The theft happened in Putnam County on Saturday, May 20 around 4 a.m., when two suspects allegedly stole beer and water from a BP gas station in Brewster located at 876 Route 22, according to Brewster Police.  The department is now searching for Balil Bashir, of Yonkers, who is estimated to be around 23 years old. Police described him as being a Pakistani man with black hair and brown eyes who weighs around 200 pounds.  The department also a…
Two Gas Station Attendants Robbed: Hillside PD Two Gas Station Attendants Robbed: Hillside PD
Two Gas Station Attendants Robbed: Hillside PD Two gas station attendants at a BP in Hillside was robbed in the late afternoon on Wednesday, May 3, police said. Officers responded to 1400 Liberty Ave and spoke with an attendant who said a red vehicle with three to four occupants drove up and requested gas, police said. As the attendant was pumping gas, a man got out of the vehicle and pressed an object against the back of an attendant and told him not to move, police said. The suspect took an unknown amount of cash and then did the same to another attendant, police said. The suspect got back in his vehicle and fled the scene, police sai…
Armed Robber Who Stole Cash, Cigarettes From Syosset Business ID’d, Police Say Armed Robber Who Stole Cash, Cigarettes From Syosset Business ID’d, Police Say
Armed Robber Who Stole Cash, Cigarettes From Syosset Business ID’d, Police Say Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a man suspected in an early-morning armed robbery at a Long Island convenience store. The incident happened just before 2 a.m. Monday, Feb. 13, in Syosset at the BP station on South Oyster Bay Road, according to Nassau County Police. Detectives said a man walked into the store with his hand inside his pocket and threatened that he had a gun. He then demanded cash from the 23-year-old employee. The employee complied and gave the suspect an unknown amount of cash, along with multiple boxes of cigarettes, according to police. The employee w…
One-Man Crime Wave: Arrest Made In Armed Gas Station, 7-Eleven Robberies In Four Bergen Towns One-Man Crime Wave: Arrest Made In Armed Gas Station, 7-Eleven Robberies In Four Bergen Towns
One-Man Crime Wave: Arrest Made In Armed Gas Station, 7-Eleven Robberies In Four Bergen Towns Authorities charged an Essex County man with robbing three gas stations and two convenience stores in Bergen County at gunpoint – four of them in one night. Thomas Johnson, 30, of East Orange brandished a handgun while holding up two gas stations in Mahwah, another in Paramus and a 7-Eleven in Fair Lawn of several thousand dollars in less than half an hour late last month, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Johnson did it again three nights later, robbing a 7-Eleven in Elmwood Park of $650 as two employees locked themselves in the bathroom and called police, the prosecutor said. T…
UPDATE: Gunman Robs Gas Stations, 7-Eleven In Paramus, Fair Lawn, Mahwah In Under 30 Minutes UPDATE: Gunman Robs Gas Stations, 7-Eleven In Paramus, Fair Lawn, Mahwah In Under 30 Minutes
Update: Gunman Robs Gas Stations, 7-Eleven In Paramus, Fair Lawn, Mahwah In Under 30 Minutes UPDATE: Law enforcement agencies in two states were sharing information in the search for a masked gunman who robbed two gas stations in Mahwah, another in Paramus and a 7-Eleven in Fair Lawn of several thousand dollars in less than a half hour. The spree ended with back-to-back holdups of two gas stations on northbound Route 17 in Mahwah barely a couple of minutes from the Rockland County border. The robber entered the Valero station near Route 202 at 11:05 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, Mahwah Police Chief Stephen Jaffe said. He “brandished a handgun at the staff at the register and demanded mone…
Pedestrian Struck, Killed On Route 17 On Christmas Eve Pedestrian Struck, Killed On Route 17 On Christmas Eve
Pedestrian Struck, Killed On Route 17 On Christmas Eve A pedestrian was struck and killed on Christmas Eve on Route 17 in Ramsey, responders said. Initial details were scant. What is known is that the male victim was struck around 8 p.m. in the left southbound lane of the highway outside a BP station. Police shut down the highway at Spring Street and initially summoned a medical chopper to land at the Ramsey Square shopping center on the opposite side of the highway. The bird was canceled a short time later, however. The victim was pronounced dead at the hospital after being transported by ambulance. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Cri…
SEE ANYTHING? Armed Trio Commits Back-To-Back Route 3 Gas Station Robberies SEE ANYTHING? Armed Trio Commits Back-To-Back Route 3 Gas Station Robberies
SEE Anything? Armed Trio Commits Back-To-Back Route 3 Gas Station Robberies Three robbers, at least one of them armed, robbed two Route 3 gas stations barely a half-mile apart, authorities said. It was around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14, when the bandits pulled into the BP station on the westbound highway just past the River Road bridge in Clifton. They were in a BMW that had been reported stolen out of Lyndhurst, police said. One of the robbers threatened the attendant with a gun before they fled. The trio did the same thing moments later at the Exxon station just up the road, Clifton Police Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. "They got about $200 combined, alo…
Three Busted During Underage Alcohol Sting Op In Riverhead, Police Say Three Busted During Underage Alcohol Sting Op In Riverhead, Police Say
Three Busted During Underage Alcohol Sting Op In Riverhead, Police Say Three people have been charged with selling alcohol to minors during an investigation into stores on Long Island.  The sting effort, conducted by Riverhead Police and the Riverhead Community Awareness Program took place on Thursday, June 16, in an effort to reduce the sale of alcohol to underage children, the police department said.  Those arrested and charged with unlawfully dealing with a child included : Chaudhry Afzal, age 56, of Riverhead, an employee of Sunoco 4123 Middle Country Rd., Calverton Recep-Can Karakoc, age 24, of Riverhead, an employee of Mobil 415 E. Main …
UPDATE: State Authorities Review Shooting Death Of Gunman By Jersey City Police Officer UPDATE: State Authorities Review Shooting Death Of Gunman By Jersey City Police Officer
Update: State Authorities Review Shooting Death Of Gunman By Jersey City Police Officer New Jersey authorities are reviewing the killing of a man by a Jersey City police officer after a reported domestic violence shooting that left a female victim clinging to life. Uniformed officers responding to a 911 call just before midnight Wednesday were confronted by the armed suspect at the BP gas station at one of the city's most familiar intersections -- Communipaw and West Side avenues. "During the encounter, one Jersey City officer fired his service weapon, fatally wounding the man," Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said several hours later. "A firearm was rec…
Man's BMW Stolen From Syosset Gas Station, Police Say Man's BMW Stolen From Syosset Gas Station, Police Say
Man's BMW Stolen From Syosset Gas Station, Police Say Police are asking for the public’s help after a man’s car was stolen from a Long Island gas station. It happened at around 4:45 a.m. Tuesday, April 26, at the BP station on South Oyster Bay Road in Syosset, Nassau County Police said. The 35-year-old victim told police he left his 2011 BMW running and unlocked while he ran inside the store, police said. Investigators later discovered that prior to the victim’s arrival, four men had arrived in two separate vehicles and lingered around the gas pumps. One was donning a black ski mask, police said. Once the victim entered the store, one of the…
Car Fire Jams Route 4 Car Fire Jams Route 4
Car Fire Jams Route 4 A car fire temporarily closed eastbound Route 4 in Englewood. Flames quickly engulfed the sedan in front of the BP station just after the Sterling Boulevard entrance to the highway, sending plumes of black smoke skyward, shortly after 2:30 p.m. Englewood firefighters doused the blaze while eastbound Route 4 remained closed at Webster Avenue.  Traffic quickly backed up toward Hackensack while rubberneckers slowed the flow on the westbound side. No injuries were immediately reported. Firefighters extinguish the Route 4 sedan blaze.Yaniv Besterman for DAILY VOICE
Why Is Gas So Expensive? NJ Congressman Demands Answers From Oil Companies Why Is Gas So Expensive? NJ Congressman Demands Answers From Oil Companies
Why Is Gas So Expensive? NJ Congressman Demands Answers From Oil Companies Oil companies are placing profits ahead of the American people despite their overwhelming support of Ukrainians after the invasion by Russia, a US congressman says. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., a New Jersey Democrat, accused oil companies of jacking up the cost of gas just when Americans are paying record prices at the pump. The chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, in a letter to the largest oil and gas producers, said there are ample approved drilling spots to meet production needs. Pallone asked the executives of BP, Chevron, Devon Energy Corporation, ExxonMobil, Pioneer Natur…
Pair Nabbed In BP Station Armed Robbery Linked To Multiple Incidents Across North Jersey: PD Pair Nabbed In BP Station Armed Robbery Linked To Multiple Incidents Across North Jersey: PD
Pair Nabbed In BP Station Armed Robbery Linked To Multiple Incidents Across North Jersey: PD A second arrest has been made in an armed robbery of a BP station and police pursuit last month in Secaucus — and police believe both suspects are responsible for a series of similar incidents across North Jersey, authorities announced. Joseph Brown, 24, of Jersey City, acted as the accomplice to 25-year-old Wendell Bradley, of Bayonne, in the gunpoint robbery of the gas station on Paterson Plank Road on Friday, Feb. 4, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Brandley and Brown each pointed a handgun at the gas attendant and robbed him of cash, then fled in a gray Honda Acc…
Police Search For Suspect Accused Of Using Stolen Credit Cards In Suffolk County Police Search For Suspect Accused Of Using Stolen Credit Cards In Suffolk County
Police Search For Suspect Accused Of Using Stolen Credit Cards In Suffolk County Police are searching for a suspect accused of using stolen credit cards at a Long Island gas station. The Suffolk County Police Department said the credit cards were stolen from a pocketbook at a business located on Peconic Avenue in Medford on Thursday, Dec. 9. The credits were then used at about 12:30 p.m. that day at the BP, located at 2665 Route 112. Suffolk County Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward for information that leads to an arrest. Tips can be submitted by calling 1-800-220-TIPS.
Suspect Nabbed For String Of Armed Robberies At Five Long Island Gas Stations Suspect Nabbed For String Of Armed Robberies At Five Long Island Gas Stations
Suspect Nabbed For String Of Armed Robberies At Five Long Island Gas Stations A suspect implicated in multiple armed robberies of Long Island gas stations is in police custody after being busted going to the well one too many times, investigators announced. Shortly before 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 2, Suffolk County Police detectives arrested a man for committing an armed robbery at a North Amityville gas station, as well as four others in the past three weeks. Police said that Mark Brown, age 44, entered Conoco on Broadway in North Amityville on Thursday afternoon with a handgun and demanded cash from the clerk, who did not comply, prompting Brown to allegedly forc…
Trio Nabbed In Connection With String Of Long Island Armed Robberies Trio Nabbed In Connection With String Of Long Island Armed Robberies
Trio Nabbed In Connection With String Of Long Island Armed Robberies Three suspects are facing charges for their roles in a string of armed robberies at Long Island businesses over the course of more than a week, police said. Suffolk County Police investigators announced the arrest of three people in connection to multiple armed robberies and an attempted robbery that took place in the department’s Third, Fifth, and Seventh Precincts. The alleged robberies and attempted robbery happened between Wednesday, Sept. 22, and Thursday, Sept. 30. It is alleged that Mastic residents Jack Hewitt, age 25, and Hailey Miller, age 19, entered 7-Eleven on Sunrise Highway …
Mahwah PD: ID Thieves Caught With Stolen Credit Cards, Personal Info, Gun Near Rockland Border Mahwah PD: ID Thieves Caught With Stolen Credit Cards, Personal Info, Gun Near Rockland Border
Mahwah PD: ID Thieves Caught With Stolen Credit Cards, Personal Info, Gun Near Rockland Border Mahwah police nailed a New York quartet who they said had a loaded gun, several stolen credit cards and a large amount of personal identification information in their SUV when the driver made an illegal turn off Route 17 near the state line. Detective Eric Larsen and Officer Christopher Lupo stopped a 2019 Honda CRV after Devin Fraser, 30, of Manhattan, drove it out of the BP station on the southbound, over the concrete divider and north onto Route 202 Friday afternoon, Police Chief Stephen Jaffe said. Larsen and Lupo ordered Fraser and his three passengers out after smelling raw pot and sp…
21-Year-Old Killed In Two-Vehicle Crash Near Long Island Gas Station 21-Year-Old Killed In Two-Vehicle Crash Near Long Island Gas Station
21-Year-Old Killed In Two-Vehicle Crash Near Long Island Gas Station A 21-year-old was killed in a two-vehicle collision near a Long Island gas station. The crash happened on Sunday, July 5 at around 11:45 a.m. in Great Neck. The victim was operating a motorcycle southbound on Cuttermill Road when he got into the collision with a 2004 Infinity, which was exiting the BP gas station, Nassau County Police said.  The Infinity, driven by a 66-year-old man, remained at the scene.  The victim was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead as a result of his injuries. His identity has not yet been released. This incident is still under…
SEEN HER? Newark Woman With Distinguishing Lip Piercings Snatched Cash From Gas Station SEEN HER? Newark Woman With Distinguishing Lip Piercings Snatched Cash From Gas Station
Seen HER? Newark Woman With Distinguishing Lip Piercings Snatched Cash From Gas Station Authorities are seeking the public's help locating a woman charged with snatching cash from a Newark gas station. A warrant has been issued for Daniquah Davis, 28, who took money from the cash registered from the BP station on Springfield Avenue before fleeing in a 2001 Mercury Grand Marquis Saturday evening, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. Davis is five feet and five inches tall and weighs 220 pounds. She has a medium brown complexion, black hair and brown eyes. She also has piercings on the corners of her bottom lip, police say. Director Ambrose urges anyone w…
Gas Instead Of Brake: Driver, 19, Plows Chevy Into Hackensack Gas Station Store Gas Instead Of Brake: Driver, 19, Plows Chevy Into Hackensack Gas Station Store
Gas Instead Of Brake: Driver, 19, Plows Chevy Into Hackensack Gas Station Store A 19-year-old driver from Clifton told police he accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake when his car slammed into the front of a gas station convenience store Friday in Hackensack. Jhamir Harrison said he was pulling into a parking space at the South River Street BP station’s store when he “inadvertently depressed the gas instead of his brake” and the 200 Chevy plowed into the front doors, nearly hitting a bystander, around 10:30 a.m., Capt. Nicole Foley said. Harrison was hospitalized after complaining of pain, but his injuries weren’t considered serious. Police issued him a summo…
Man Who Stole From Long Island Gas Station Told Clerk He Had Gun, Police Say Man Who Stole From Long Island Gas Station Told Clerk He Had Gun, Police Say
Man Who Stole From Long Island Gas Station Told Clerk He Had Gun, Police Say A 34-year-old man who allegedly stole a beer from an area store was arrested for robbery. Nassau County Police said the incident took place at the BP gas station in Hewlett around 10:55 a.m., Sunday, May 17. According to detectives, Rodolfo Umana, 34, of Valley Stream,  entered the BP gas station and went to the refrigerator and allegedly hid a bottle of beer on his person.  When questioned by the cashier, Umana said that he had a gun and left the store without paying, police said. He then got into a blue Chevrolet driven by another person and fled the scene. Uma…