Authorities: Norwood Man Assaults Mom, 83, Fights Police After Crashing Stolen Dump Truck
A probationer from Norwood assaulted his 83-year-old mother when she caught him stealing her jewelry, then crashed a stolen dump truck while fleeing police, authorities said.
Thomas Frasse, 54, broke into the truck on the other side of town, drove to his mother’s house when she wasn’t home and broke in the afternoon of Jan. 11 – violating a restraining order in the process, they said.
He’d taken jewelry and a glazed ham when his mom returned and confronted him, Police Chief Jeffrey Krapels said.
Frasse pushed her down, dropped the ham and drove off in the stolen truck as a neighbor dialed …
Bergen Brokers Admit $4.6M 'Short Sale' Scam
Two Bergen County real estate brokers – one from Ridgefield, the other from Norwood – admitted their roles in a $4.6 million “short-sale” scheme.
Steve Young Kang, 64, of Ridgefield, and Young Jin Son, 49, of Norwood, New Jersey, told a federal judge in Newark on Thursday that they recruited others to participate in the bank and wire fraud conspiracies.
Kang sold his own properties and recruited others to sell properties to a co-schemer, Mehdi Kassai, for substantially less than they were worth by using false documents, straw buyers and cosmetic property damage, as well as restricting the a…
