Sept. 29
4:43 a.m. — Police responded to Stuyvesant and Wilson Aves. where two men and two women from out of town had gathered in preparation for a fight with other people. They were taken to police headquarters and issued summonses for disorderly conduct and for creating a disturbance after refusing to quiet down. At headquarters, while being processed, police said Matthew Schlosser, 18, of New Milford, allegedly assaulted Officer Eric Cerrito. He was subdued by several officers. Schlosser was charged with aggravated assault on a police officer and an additional count of disorderly conduct. He was released after posting $2,500 cash bail.
8:28 a.m. — Police went to SuperCuts on New York Ave. to check on the report of a burglary and theft reported by the manager. Police said someone entered the shop during the night and took an undetermined amount of cash from the register. Members of the Bergen County Sheriff’s BCI unit dusted for fingerprints. The incident remains under investigation, police said.
Oct. 1
2:30 a.m. — Police conducted a motor vehicle stop of a 2004 Acura operated by Lamartine Filsaime, 45, of Union, on Park Ave. near Rutherford Ave. and charged the driver with DWI, making an unsafe lane change, and driving an unregistered vehicle. Police said Filsaime was wanted for an outstanding warrant out of East Orange. After posting the amount owed, Filsaime was released to a family member. Police impounded the Acura.
1:54 a.m. — A 38-year-old Wayne woman reported the theft of a black cloth bag that she left on the back of a chair in Crystal’s Lounge at Kings Court on Riverside Ave. Police said the woman told them the bag contained a cellular phone valued at $485, her driver’s license, and personal papers.
Oct. 2
5:00 p.m.– Lia Gurevich, 31, of Rutherford was issued a summons for shoplifting at the ShopRite of Lyndhurst on New York Ave. Police maintain that Gurevich allegedly concealed $27 worth of miscellaneous items in a plastic bag and tried to walk out of the store without paying for the items.
9:15 a.m. — A Belleville owner of a 2011 Infinity parked in the Marriott parking lot on Polito Ave. reported that someone had tampered with the driver’s side door lock. Nothing was taken from the vehicle, police said.
If you have information on any of the events posted in this blotter please contact the
Lyndhurst Anonymous Tipline: 201-804-9346
