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Paterson, NJ
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: Passaic County Woman Tries To Kidnap Young Girl At NYC Bus Station
A woman bravely fought off a would-be kidnapper from Passaic County who tried to abduct her younger sister at the Port Authority bus station in midtown Manhattan, police said. Port Authority Police Officer Russell Polanco arrived just in time Friday to grab 39-year-old Rosanna Diaz of Woodland Park (mugshot, above) after the failed kidnapping attempt, said authority spokeswoman Lenis Rodrigues. The sisters were walking towards their bus Diaz tried to snatch the younger sister, scratching her arm, Rorigues said. The girl broke free and ran before the older sister “intervened to stop [Diaz] …
Ridgewood, NJ
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Police: Ridgewood Woman Strands Utility Worker Mid-Air In Bucket
A Ridgewood woman upset with a cable company worker hopped into the cab of an Optimum truck and cut the power to a utility bucket, leaving him hanging in mid-air, police said. Elena Gerlihman, 59, then “removed utility property from the truck and walked away,” Capt. William Amoruso said. Responding officers found the worker stranded in the bucket near Gerlihman’s home at East Ridgewood and South Pleasant avenues, Amoruso said. They arrested Gerlihman on charges of harassment, false imprisonment, disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing, then released her pending a court date.
