According to the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office, Police arrested ten individuals alleged to be members of or that have ties to the Bloods Street Gang.
"They were charged with various drug distribution and weapons charges. These arrests came about as a result of a joint investigation conducted by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Gang Unit, under the direction of Chief Joseph Macellaro; the Teaneck Police Department, under the direction of Chief Robert Wilson; and the Bergen County Sheriff’s Department, under the direction of Sheriff Leo P. McGuire. "
For those of you that don't remember, these are the imaginary hooligans that the Police said they needed more manpower to investigate. And for the record Esther, you aren't paranoid!
From Bergen Now:
According to the gathered intelligence, this "set" was engaged in the illegal sale of drugs. During the course of several months, undercover detectives reportedly purchased marijuana, crack/cocaine, and a handgun from the different suspects arrested.
Most of the undercover operations occurred in Teaneck, Englewood, and Bogota on various dates.
UPDATE
Also from the TPD: Teaneck police have captured a convicted burglar connected to more than three dozen break-ins since April, including two that involved thefts of handguns:
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Wonder if they are graduates of our fine outstanding award winning school system.
Swiggle, Teaneck has had a gang issue for years, this really is not "new", news.
Karin,
The arrest is "new" - and I was merely referring to those that said there is 'no gang issue' or it was just 'hype' when the topic of the extra police officers came up a while back.
Swiggle-
Yes the arrests may be "new" but the idea of "gangs" is not.
Retire the rec dir. Hire back the 2 cops.
We must priortize, what is needed more ???
Lets look for a volunteer dir.
Yes, Karin, criminals only go to public schools....
There are no sexual predators at ANY of the area private schools!
Anom 09:55 are you volunteering for the job? I love all these people that keep suggesting volunteers for everything but willing to volunteer for nothing!!!
anon 10:52,
any chance you've ever been to a shul board meeting? That's pretty much what goes on for 2-3 hours. President asks for volunteers and dozens of people are willing to volunteer - SOMEONE ELSE!
Life in Teaneck, where something is always wanted for nothing....
And our guys also nailed the house burglar.
Nice going!
Anonymous 11:54 pm - that is EVERY volunteer organization! Church board, shul board, charity board. When there is no compensation everyone will expect everyone else to do it. On Volunteer boards, 10% of the people always do 100% of the work.
Home Bergen EXCLUSIVE: Teaneck police nab fugitive burglar
EXCLUSIVE: Teaneck police nab fugitive burglar
Tuesday, 14 July 2009 03:41 Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck police have captured a convicted burglar connected to more than three dozen break-ins since April, including two that involved thefts of handguns, the PILOT has learned.
A reliable source told investigators that Peter Soja, 31, would be on Cianci Street in Paterson -- and, sure enough, that's where a squad of five Teaneck officers from the agency's Anti-Crime Unit found him about 7:30 tonight.
"We reached out to lots of agencies, lots of people, and it just so happened that he was in the area," Teaneck Detective Sgt. Tom Tully told CLIFFVIEWPILOT.COM. "We got him before he got the opportunity" to flee.
SojaSojahad been out of prison less than a year after serving time for burglary and drug convictions out of Union and Essex counties when a few communities began suffering a wave of burglaries. Besides Teaneck - which was hit the hardest with more than a dozen break-ins -- similar burglaries were also reported in Saddle Brook and Hackensack.
In several of them, the burglar got in through unlocked windows and doors, police said. Items taken included hundreds of dollars in cash and jewelry, as well as a 20-inch television and the firearms -- one from Teaneck and the other from Saddle Brook, police said.
"We believe in most of these cases, the same person — or persons — is responsible," Bergen County Police Capt. Dean Kazinci said earlier this week.
The burglary string began roughly five months after Soja had served out a 15-month stretch for burglary -- which came two months after he's already spent more than a year behind bars for another break-in, state Department of Corrections records show.
Fingerprint samples taken from a Saddle Brook break-in were compared by investigators with Bergen County Sheriff Leo McGuire's Bureau of Criminal Identification.
Didn't take long to get a match -- or to find Soja. He was quickly taken into custody with assistance from the U.S. Marshal's Service and an officer from the Bergen County Sheriff's Department, Sgt. Tully said.
Anon 9;08
either spit or out or shut up
Anon 9:55 hit the nail on the head - Rec Director makes over $115k. Make that a PT position. Better yet, in Newark anyone making over $100k not only took a pay freeze but gave back 2% of their salaries.
Anon 5:56 -
Getting nervous?
So the police finally caught predators who had long been active in the community.
Any chance the recent pressure has kicked the rascals in the butt to the point of getting them to do their job?
Swiggle:
If you're going to act as a moderator you should delete posts like the one at 7:37 PM as well as the one at 9:08AM.
Tom,
I beleive that the readers are capable of ignoring - or better yet - responding to racist comments in ways that are far superior to merely censoring comments could ever accomplish.
If you feel otherwise, please don't read comments on my post.
In the event that something does need to come down though, I do not erase all evidence of objectionable posts - please leave my posts alone.
Thanks,
Swiggle (moderator)
Swiggle - I erased the posts, not Tom. For everybody's sake, here are my two criteria for deleting posts:
1. Racist / Anti-Semitic / Otherwise Hateful drivel.
2. Ad hominem attacks that cross the line.
If the nasty posts by any individual persist, we reserve the right to festoon the culprit's shrubbery with toilet paper.
Swiggle - I erased the posts, not Tom.
Tom,
My humble apologies. I was mistaken.
Anon 6:55am:
Please do not post entire articles when links will suffice. If the articles are on topic, quoting relevant portions with a link will do just fine.
If you think they should be in the post, email them to me at swiggle.blog@gmail.com
Thanks.
I didn't see the objectionable post, but I'm sure it met Esther's standards for justifiable deletion. I do agree that the deletion of posts should be noted rather than have all evidence of them wiped clean.
Back to topic at hand: I'm still getting a queezy feeling about the way this whole episode has been treated in and through the press. Certainly our police department has good reason to feel under-appreciated, and none of us should doubt that they're performing excellent, professional police work. But, I would hate to see all of these young men railroaded into harsher punishment than they might otherwise receive without that sensational gang label that so far still seems rather sketchy in its details.
It should be noted that of the "various drug distribution and weapons charges," only one of the arrestees, not from Teaneck and allegedy from a different gang "set," was charged with possession and sale of a weapon. Not that distribution of controlled substances, including crack cocaine, isn't bad in itself. But so far there hasn't been much to support the notion that these are all violent criminals.
It’s easy to envision these young men as dark comic book figures, but what has happened is a tragedy for them and their families, and to a lesser degree, for us. I for one will not hop on the celebratory bandwagon surrounding this celebrated bust, and will withhold final judgment until all the facts are in. In the meantime, just remember that lives are at stake, and that justice is best served when it functions without fanfare and political consideration.
WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE.
DO YOU THINK THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED PICK THESE GUYS NAMES OUT OF A HAT OR MAYBE THEY HAD JUST A LITTLE BIT OF VERY HARD EVIDENCE ?????????????
From what I've heard, local groups of thugs take on the names of "Bloods", "Crips" or "Latin Kings" to sound intimidating. I'm not sure that there's any central organizing principle linking these guys to thugs elsewhere.
Just as using the name of an established and feared gang is useful to these petty thugs in establishing their street cred, citing these gang affiliations is also useful in helping law enforcement to demonstrate that they're doing their jobs effectively.
Esther,
Does it matter if the bullet from the stolen gun that shoots you came from an authentic blood versus a wannabe thug?
Do the drugs pushed by the wannabe thug have less addictive properties? Do wannabe thugs not cause havoc and mayhem for police?
You may very well be correct that the they are not true bloods or crips or Latin Kings or whatever the hell they are trying to be (although I didn't see any evidence to say they aren't) - but who cares?
They were caught selling drugs, dealing in guns and criminal enterprise. They can contemplate their wannabe status in jail with the real deal!
Regardless of affiliations, they belong away from law abiding citzens, off the streets, out of our stores, not near our kids, not driving recklessly down our streets. Low down, low life, worthless, no good scum bags.
Just curious...why didn't they arrest any white gang members? This seems pretty biased.
I thought anonymous 7:04s comment was funny.
Anon 9:41
Please watch your language. We are a family blog. If you disagree with a message, state why they are ignorant, state why they are wrong, state another opinion - but yelling obscenities do nothing but inflame and detract from your point.
Thanks,
- Swig
CRAP COMES IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES AND COLOR.
ASK THOSE HURT BY MADOFF
Esther, regarding your statement of wannabe's taking the name Bloods, Crips, or Latin Kings, these gangs are very protective of their name. If you claim that you are a Blood, and a real Blood was to find out, you would be tested. If you don't do everything exactly as you are supposed to, and don't say everything exactly as you are supposed to say, you will get your a$$ beat at the best, killed at the worst. My info comes from a DEA Agent who works in NJ, and has seen plenty of fake gang members recieve punishment because they claimed to be real.
THEIR SHOULD BE A SEPARATE BLOG FOR ALL THE DELETED POSTS....LIKE BLOPPERS
Whatever happened to Teaneck Regress?
Teaneck Regress exists in the dark corners of all of our minds.
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