YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A judge in Hackensack this afternoon sealed the complaints against three men arrested in a botched overnight burglary yesterday that left a Paramus officer injured and their accomplice dead — and ordered that the officer’s name not be made public.
Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi said her order binds all law enforcement, court personnel and attorneys.
Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi (STORY / PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Courthouse Reporter Mary K. Miraglia)
The officer’s name must be removed from the complaints against all three before they are unsealed, she added.
Held on charges of burglary, conspiracy, criminal attempt, resisting and possession of weapons and burglary tools are Hector Felix, 25, and Josue Felix, 21, and both of E. 143rd Street in Manhattan, and 25-year-old Nico Vega of Summit Avenue in the Bronx
The shackled trio were brought into court with paperwork stuffed into their chains as two dozen or so spectators — mostly prosecutors, sheriff’s officers and a few plainclothed police — looked on.
DeAvila-Silebi continued bail at $500,000 each and said they will be interviewed with an eye toward appointing public defenders.
The fourth member of their group wasn’t so fortunate.
Using the getaway car as a weapon, 20-year-old Miguel Reyes of Manhattan struck the officer, who landed on the hood and squeezed off some shots from his service revolver.
The 2015 Kia slammed into the median on westbound Route 4, after which Reyes and the other three were arrested.
Reyes later died at Hackensack University Medical Center.
“Charges are pending in this matter and the investigation will continue,” Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said yesterday. “Pursuant to Attorney General Guidelines, the matter is being investigated by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Shooting Response Team.
“Upon completion of the investigation, the Prosecutor’s Office will determine whether the matter should be presented to a grand jury,” he said.
Two officers who responded to the 4:36 a.m. burglary alarm found the rear door of Jennifer Convertibles pried open, as the crew attempted to break through a wall into an adjoining vacant property on their way to a T-Mobile store, law enforcement sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT yesterday morning. READ MORE….
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