Gift Card Fraud: Two Arrested In Bayonne
Two Brooklyn residents were arrested in Bayonne for using gift cards to skim money from ATMs, police said.
Neculai Candet, 31, and Madalina Balmus, 41, were taken into custody on Friday, April 28, following a weeklong investigation, police said.
On Friday, April 21, a man reported four withdrawals from an ATM at a CVS, at either 560 Avenue C or Goldsborough Drive, totaling $560, police said. Later that day, two more people reported $200 and $343 withdrawn from their bank accounts, respectively, police said.
Officers observed Candet and Balmus outside the ATM at Goldsborough Drive, police s…
Fatal Hit-Run Crash: Man, Woman Indicted In Central Mass Wreck That Killed 20-Year-Old
A grand jury indicted a couple in connection with a fatal 2022 hit-and-run that killed a woman as she was on her way home from work, officials said.
Jerry Santiago Jr., age 25, was charged with motor vehicle homicide, motor vehicle homicide by reckless operation, leaving the scene of a personal injury crash resulting in death, driving as to endanger, and driving a motor vehicle without a license, the Worcester District Attorney Office announced on Tuesday, Feb. 14.
Justina Riopelle, 22, was charged with being an accessory after the fact, the prosecutor said. …
