Bail Reform Poster Boy Wanted On Warrants Out Of Eight North Jersey Towns Nabbed By Maywood PD
A serial burglar wanted on warrants out of no fewer than eight towns in four counties was captured by Maywood police and charged with a break-in at a local dry cleaner.
Nicolas G. Torres, 40, of Passaic, has been repeatedly arrested and then subsequently released under New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform law, mostly on commercial burglary charges, over the past several years, records show.
His criminal record stretches back more than a decade before that, however.
Earlier this year, Torres was linked to break-ins at businesses in Fort Lee, Leonia, Englewood Cliffs, Little Falls, Montclair, Ridg…
Ex-Con With Violent History Jailed For Domestic Assault In Hackensack
Hackensack police rescued a domestic violence victim and seized an ex-con with a violent criminal history.
Officer Brett McCarthy was flagged down by the victim, who reported being beaten, restrained and threatened with a box cutter by Derek Warren Hutchinson, 53, before dawn Monday, Sept. 19, said Capt. Michael Antista, the officer in charge of the department.
The unemployed Hutchinson also threatened to kill the victim, who sustained minor injuries, the captain said.
Hutchinson, formerly of Bergenfield, has a criminal background that stretches back nearly 30 years, with arrests for aggra…
Police: Robber Assaults Bergenfield T-Mobile Store Employee, Flees With iPhone
A robber assaulted a T-Mobile store employee in Bergenfield before fleeing with an iPhone 13, authorities said.
The robber was black, wearing a black long-sleeve shirt, blue jeans and a medical mask, when he entered the South Washington Avenue store off Main Street at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Police Lt. William Duran said.
He grabbed the phone, punched the female employee in the face and fled to a waiting blue sedan with two occupants, the lieutenant said.
The victim said her eye was nearly swollen shut. She refused medical attention, Duran said.
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