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3 Men, 1 Woman Charged In Masked Teaneck Carjacking
Four people have now been charged with armed carjacking after 2 Teaneck residents were robbed over the summer.
TEANECK, NJ — Three men and a woman have been arrested in a carjacking in Teaneck that took place over the summer.
Marolyn Mosquea Fernandez was arrested in the Bronx on Nov. 21, the fourth arrest in connection with the August incident.
Police had earlier arrested Emmanuel Almonte, 34, of the Bronx, Jender A. Santos Ulloa, 23, of the Bronx, and Armando Cuevas Cepeda, 21, of the Bronx, announced the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office on Nov. 26.
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Prosecutors said that on Aug. 3, before 5 a.m., two Teaneck residents returned home from New York City. When they pulled into their driveway, a white Acura TLX pulled up and blocked the driveway.
Then, prosecutors say, two masked suspects who were armed with handguns ordered the victims to lay face down. They took cash and jewelry from the victims while one of the suspects stole the victims' vehicle.
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Prosecutors and Teaneck police investigated over months and found that the white Acura was stolen, and was suspected to have been used in other incidents.
Each of the four suspects was charged with a count of first-degree armed carjacking, two counts of first-degree armed robbery, and weapons charges.
They are currently detained in jails in Bergen County and New York City.
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