THE OBSERVER | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2013
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One gun, two suspects, $5 heist By Karen Zautyk Observer Correspondent
chase in his patrol car and saw the fleeing runner jump into the passenger side of a 1996 KEARNY – Toyota parked on Webster, wo North Arlington men Dowie said. The officer blocked the were languishing in the vehicle with his car and orHudson County Jail foldered the passenger to get out, lowing their arrest in connecjust as the gas station worker tion with the Oct. 18 armed reached the scene, shoutrobbery of a Passaic Ave. gas ing that he had been robbed, station, police reported. police said. The grand haul in the heist? While Becker was patting Five dollars. down the suspect, Det. Mike Kearny Police Chief John Gonzalez and Officer Pete Dowie said Officer Pat Becker Jahera arrived as backup. Apwas on patrol near Passaic proaching the Toyota, Gonzaand Webster Aves. at 3:30 p.m. lez reportedly spotted a silver when he saw one man chashandgun on the floor on the ing another on foot south on passenger side. The detective Passaic. shouted a warning about the The pursuer called to the cop, who recognized him as an gun and removed the driver employee of the nearby Jersey from the car. Police said the station attenOil station. Becker joined the
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Nader Naffaa
dant told them the passenger, identified as 26-year-old Roger Yogg, had entered the station, engaged him in conversation, and at some point, when the
Roger Yogg
attendant took some cash ($5) from his pocket, Yogg grabbed it and ran. The suspect allegedly had a gun in his waistband.
Police said the weapon was found to be loaded and its serial number had been removed. Yogg, who Dowie said has a history of a half-dozen arrests in along with a felony conviction for distribution of a CDS, was charged with robbery, unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes, and conspiracy. The alleged wheelman, Nader Naffaa, 27, was charged with conspiracy to committ robbery. In court in Jersey City on Oct. 21, bail for Yogg was set at $250,000 cash or bond; for Naffaa, $100,000. If convicted, Yogg faces up to 20 years in prison; Naffaa, a maximum of 10.
Worker killed in Kearny Ave. fall KEARNY – A 61-year-old Russian emigre, doing repair work on a Kearny building, died Oct. 19 after falling from the roof, Kearny police reported. The victim, Mikhail Korban, suffered “massive head injuries” in the accident, which was reported at 4:50 p.m. on the 700 block of Kearny Ave. Korban had climbed a ladder to the roof and was working there when the accident occurred. He reportedly tumbled only 12 to 15 feet, but his injuries were traumatic. KPD Officer Adriano Marques responded to the scene and summoned medical assistance. Korban was taken by ambulance to University Hospital in Newark, where he died, police said.
Police said a second worker had been inside the building and heard the crash when Korban fell, but the exact cause of the accident was not known.
Cars stopped on the avenue, and drivers and passersby stopped to offer aid. Kearny Police Chief John Dowie said the department
had to reach out to the Russian An obituary in The Observer Embassy in New York for assis- notes that Korban is survived tance in notifying the victim’s by his mother and family in next-of-kin. Korban is believed Russia. to have resided in New York. – Karen Zautyk
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