Bogota PD: Pair Broke Into Apartment, Assaulted Borough Man
Two ex-cons broke into a Bogota apartment to settle a score with another man, then fled after assaulting him, authorities said.
Gregory Owen Cannell, 53, and William E. Hafner, 56, were found by city police in Hackensack after the 6 p.m. burglary and assault in the 200 block of Ridgefield Avenue on Sunday, Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said.
Both men “had broken through a window and entered an apartment in order to assault another who was known to them,” Cole said.
Cannell spent four years in state prison for convictions of arson, harassment, burglary, weapons and making terroristic threats before he…
Stony Point Man Points Shotgun At Taxi Driver After Refusing To Pay Fare, Police Say
A 30-year-old man was arrested for pointing a shotgun at a taxi driver after refusing to pay for his ride.
Christopher Bender, of Stony Point, was arrested around 3 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, after police responded to a home for a report of a disorderly, intoxicated man having a fight with a cabbie, said Stony Point Police Lt. Daniel Hylas.
When officers arrived they found Bender did not pay for his ride, argued with the driver, and then went inside his residence and came back outside with a shotgun, Hylas said.
Bender allegedly pointed the shotgun at the driver, Hylas added.
During an inves…
Bridgeport Search Warrant Yields Mulitple Weapons, Drugs
A Bridgeport man was arrested following a search of his apartment that turned up multiple weapons and drugs following an investigation by the Statewide Urban Violence Cooperative Crime Control Task Force.
Kareem Porter, 18, was arrested around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, following the search in which detectives seized three 9mm handguns, a Tri-Star, Glock 17 and an FNP. Both the Tri-Star and Glock 17 were determined to be stolen out of Georgia, said Sgt. Eric J Haglund, spokesman for the Connecticut State Police.
Detectives also located 11.1 grams of marijuana, 4.6 grams of crack, 11.2 grams of hero…
