Examiner Bio Street gangsters trafficked in drugs, weapons, in Teaneck, Hackensack and Englewood

They came from Teaneck, Hackensack, and Englewood — all reputed gang members arrested on drug and weapons charges. Ranging from 17 to 30, they have ties to either the Crips or Bloods street gangs, said Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli.

Molinelli’s gang unit got the ball rolling in July, gathering information about drug and weapons sales in the county’s three major cities.

An undercover squad of detectives from the County Sheriff Leo McGuire’s department and Teaneck police began making street buys of pot, Ecstasy, cocaine and unspecified weapons.

Then came a flurry of arrests:

Kashawn West (Bloods: Sex Money Murder), DOB: March 23, 1991; 46 Newman Street, Apt A6, Hackensack; drug possession within 1,000 feet of a school and 500 feet of public property;

Anthony Drakeford (Bloods: Sex Money Murder) DOB: March 12, 1981; 195 Central Avenue, Hackensack; drug dealing within 1,000 feet of a school zone;

Michael Feola (Bloods Associate) DOB: March 20, 1988; 56 Genesee Avenue, Teaneck; drug and weapons possession, drug dealing within 500 feet of public property;

Reggie Sowell (Bloods Associate); DOB: June 14, 1989; 13 Newman Street, Apt 1B, Hackensack; drug dealing within 500 feet of public property;

Peter Martinez (Bloods, Sex Money Murder Associate) DOB: October 4, 1986; 22 76th Street, North Bergen; drug dealing within 500 feet of public property;

Brandon Randolph (Crips, Rollin 60s) DOB: December 4, 1979; 515 North Grand Avenue, Englewood; weapons possession, weapons sale without a license;

Ashlin Hayer (Crips Associate) DOB: March 22, 1987; 1277 Beaumont Avenue, Teaneck; employing a juvenile to conduct narcotic offenses;

Also taken into custody and charged with selling drugs within 1,000 feet of a school zone was a juvenile suspected of belonging to the Bloods Fruit Town Piru, Molinelli said.

Detectives in the operation arrested another man with no known gang affiliations, reaching out to downtown North Bergen to find him: Edgar Cabrera, DOB: February 19, 1980;  2508 Cottage Avenue, Apt A, North Bergen; drug dealing within 1,000 feet of a school zone.

Molinelli thanked Teaneck, Hackensack, Englewood, and Ridgefield police, as well as the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office and the U.S. Secret Service.

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Man stole furniture truck, cops say

PASSAIC — Passaic Police say a Union City man brazenly stole a tractor-trailer loaded with $35,000 worth of furniture from an Ethan Allen warehouse last month.

On Tuesday, officers from the Clifton Police, the State Police Cargo Unit and the Passaic County Sheriff’s Department assisted Passaic cops in raiding the trucking company where the stolen tractor-trailer was found. There was “a couple thousand” dollars’ worth of furniture still inside when police recovered it, said Passaic police spokesman Detective Andrew White.

By Wednesday evening, police were searching for Angel Dominguez, 38, of Union City, in connection with the theft, according to White.

“He’s still out there,” White said. “We’re hoping for an apprehension shortly.”

The raid occurred at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at Corbisiero Container Services Corp. at 499 River Road. The company had recently relocated from Kearny, so it is unclear how long the stolen trailer had been on the Clifton premises. Dominguez worked for Corbisiero, but police do not suspect the owner of the company was involved in the theft.

About 10 a.m. on Oct. 31, Dominguez allegedly drove a truck cab to the Ethan Allen Furniture warehouse at 1 Market St in Passaic, where he hooked up the trailer full of sofas, beds and mirrors to the cab and drove away, White said.

Using “crystal clear” images from the warehouse surveillance cameras, Detective Milton Figueroa identified and tracked the trailer to the Clifton trucking company. White declined to provide details on how Figueroa tracked the trailer to Clifton, because of the ongoing investigation.

“It was a good job for Milton Figueroa,” White said.

When police discovered the trailer, White said that someone had scratched out the vehicle identification number and tried painting over the Ethan Allen logo on the side panels.
(News Source NorthJersey.com)

Blanco becomes Rivera! How many month’s untill the F.B.I gives him a visit too?

A YEAR AGO, Dr. Alex Blanco held promise. Many believed he’d be a good mayor of the city of Passaic. They thought he represented a chance for the city to emerge from the shadow of former Mayor Samuel Rivera and the stain of corruption he left behind.

Alas, maybe they were mistaken. In one short year, it appears that, at least politically speaking, Blanco has begun to morph into another Rivera. The former mayor, who craved power absolutely, would sometimes “encourage” political loyalty by hosting parties and requesting campaign donations from those who attended, including officers of the city’s police force. Police officers who donated to Rivera’s campaign were often promoted ahead of those who did not.

As reported this week by Staff Writer Alex MacInnes, Blanco is also in the partying mood. He is sending out invitations to city employees, asking them to attend a holiday party, and suggesting a “contribution” of $125. According to those who received the invitations, donors are asked to write checks to the mayor’s political campaign, “Friends of Dr. Alex Blanco.”

According to one city worker, who declined to speak for attribution, citing fear of retribution, nobody is “cordially invited,” but rather employees are politically required to attend.

The practice of seeking, or pressuring, donations from city workers may not be illegal, but it is unseemly. What’s more, Blanco is not up for re-election until 2013.

Consolidating your base is one thing. We all know that the nature of the political beast these days is to keep the machine well-fed, and that requires near-constant fund raising. Yet even the appearance of intimidation is not the way to do it.

Blanco — or his handlers — should rethink this strategy. It may not be unethical, but it is certainly unprofessional. It is bad PR. It is bad politics. It is bad for Passaic.

(News Source NorthJersey.com/PBJN)

N.J. Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone, wife to be arraigned on corruption charges

Newly re-elected state Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone, of Bayonne, and his wife, Diane, are scheduled to be arraigned on corruption charges tomorrow afternoon.

The couple is accused in a seven-count indictment, handed up in August, that charges they deposited more than $7,000 of Chiappone’s legislative aides’ paychecks into their personal bank account and Chiappone’s 2005 campaign fund.

Despite the charges, the Hudson County Democrat was re-elected as 31st District assemblyman earlier this month, representing Bayonne and the southern portion of Jersey City.

Chiappone, 51, began his current state assembly term in 2008 and previously held an assembly seat from 2004 to 2006. He is also a former Bayonne councilman.

Diane Chiappone, 54, manages a hair salon in Bayonne.

The arraignment is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. at the Mercer County Court House in Trenton.

The Chiappones have maintained their innocence.

The seven-count indictment alleges conspiracy, two counts of official misconduct, theft by deception, tampering with public records or information, falsifying or tampering of records, and concealment of contributions or expenditures.
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Governor Corzine made his parting plea to a ballroom full of mayors and other local elected officials: Confront the redundancies inherent in the 566 different municipal governments.
The steep cost of that government now strangling New Jersey with record-high property taxes will only be lowered when leaders fully take on that challenge, Corzine said Thursday at the League of Municipalities Conference.
The steep cost of that government now strangling New Jersey with record-high property taxes will only be lowered when leaders fully take on that challenge, Corzine said Thursday at the League of Municipalities Conference.

The steep cost of that government now strangling New Jersey with record-high property taxes will only be lowered when leaders fully take on that challenge, Corzine said Thursday at the League of Municipalities Conference.

“If we are to ultimately control the cost of government . . . we are going to have to deal with the issue of consolidation and shared services,” said Corzine, who is serving out the final weeks of his tenure after losing to Republican Chris Christie earlier this month.

It wasn’t the first time Corzine, a former Wall Street executive, has urged municipal leaders to become more efficient and work more closely with their neighbors to cut costs.

Shared services and consolidation was a frequent response during the campaign on the property tax issue. And in 2008, Corzine’s administration used the annual municipal aid program in the state budget to punish smaller towns, while offering grants to those pursuing consolidation.

Many towns are now working together – joining police departments, court operations and other services to cut costs – and several workshops at this week’s conference, which ends Friday, were dedicated to finding more ways to join with others to find savings.

Corzine stressed that, from his view as the outgoing governor, it is the only strategy that will work.

“We need to address the proliferation and the fragmentation,” he said.

New Jersey’s best feature isn’t its many sewerage authorities and fire commissions, Corzine said in a speech that became emotional as it concluded.

“Our single greatest asset is our people,” he said.

Christie also addressed the conference, receiving loud applause when he was introduced several minutes before Corzine spoke.

The governor-elect – who last year said New Jersey’s many municipalities and school boards spend too much money and breed corruption – also preached a message of shared services on the campaign trail.

But he asked leaders at the luncheon on Thursday to join with him in trying to bring change for residents who he said are in fear of the state’s huge problems, which include an estimated $8 billion structural budget deficit and property tax bills that average $7,045 statewide and grow much higher in North Jersey.

“The people of the state of New Jersey will no longer stand for us asking what’s in it for me,” Christie said. “We have to start asking what’s in it for us.”

And while the governor-elect didn’t put forward the same direct plea that Corzine did on shared services and consolidation, he said he is willing to do whatever it takes to fix New Jersey’s problems, including the fiscal issues and high property taxes.

“Failure in this regard is not in my vocabulary,” he said.

“I am not here to wait one, two, four or eight years for change to come,” Christie said. “Change is going to come now and we welcome you to participate.”

“But one way or another, change is coming,” he said.

E-mail: reitmeyer@northjersey.com