A 35-year-old Montclair man was stabbed in the abdomen near the intersection of Orange Road and Cedar Avenue this past Sunday, Sept. 14, at 12:50 a.m., police said.

Just before the stabbing, the victim had gotten into an argument with Tourrie Moses, 18, of Montclair, who police consider the suspect in this case and who they are still looking for.

Moses has been charged with aggravated assault and weapons possession offenses, police said. Anyone with information that could help detectives find him should call the Montclair Police Department, 973-744-1234.

The weapon used in the attack has not been recovered, Montclair Police Lt. James Carlucci said.

The victim was conscious when police arrived and was taken to University Hospital in Newark. He underwent emergency surgery and is expected to make a full recovery, Carlucci stated.

A woman threatening that she had a bomb robbed the Commerce Bank at the corner of Bloomfield Avenue and Grove Street at 3:55 p.m. this past Sunday, Sept. 14, according to police.

The woman, who was wearing large, dark glasses, a light-colored hat, tan shirt and long, dark skirt, passed a note to one of the bank tellers stating, "DON’T SOUND THE ALARM, HAVE A BOMB, GIVE UP ALL THE MONEY."

The teller handed over an undetermined amount of cash and the robber, described by police as a black woman with a medium build who was between 5-feet 8- and 5-feet 11-inches tall, took off on foot.

The FBI is helping the Montclair police investigate the crime. If you have information that could help authorities, then call Detective Raymond Gulbin, 973-509-4739.

A man who was questioned after officers noticed one of his car’s side-view mirrors was held on with duct tape told investigators he had an axe under his seat, police said.

Rashine McKoy, 33, of Irvington, was sitting in a parked car at Elmwood Avenue and Mission Street on Monday, Sept. 1, at just after 7 p.m., police said. McKoy was asked whether he had any controlled, dangerous substances in the car since, while speaking with him, officers noticed the odor of marijuana, police said. McKoy said he did not have any drugs on him, but that he did have an axe for protection, according to police. After finding and confiscating the hatchet, police arrested and charged McKoy with unlawful possession of a weapon and later released him, authorities indicated.

A man pulled over in Montclair for having an unresolved arrest warrant from U.S. District Court was found to have marijuana in his pocket and an open bottle of brandy in his car, police said.

A Montclair officer learned of the warrant, which was the result of a weapons offense, after typing the license plate number of Todd Singleton’s 1995 Volkswagen Passat into the computer in the police car, officials said. Singleton, 37, of Newark, was stopped in Glen Ridge as he drove east down Bloomfield Avenue on Friday, Sept. 12, at 9:54 p.m., police said.

As he was taken into custody, investigators found a cigarette box in his jacket pocket containing a bag of marijuana and a cigar that had been emptied of tobacco and stuffed with pot, police said. Officers also found, inside a compartment in the back seat of the Passat, an opened bottle of brandy that was two-thirds empty, according to authorities.

Singleton was charged with possession of under 50 grams of marijuana, and he was given summonses for having an open bottle of liquor and an illegal drug in the car, having windows that were tinted too darkly and a phony inspection sticker, police said.

An apparently intoxicated Bloomfield man who rammed his Volvo into a parked car near Glenridge Avenue and the Bay Street Train Station initially ran away from the crash scene, but was arrested when he eventually came back, police said.

Officers found Wendell Hudson II’s Volvo stopped in the roadway with heavy front-end damage at 1:16 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, police said. Witnesses reported that the driver had made a run for it, and officers called the Bloomfield police to request that they monitor the car owner’s dwelling just in case Hudson, 27, fled to his house, according to police.

While investigators were at the scene, they saw Hudson emerge from behind a row of cars on Glenridge Avenue, looking in their direction and matching the description witnesses had provided, investigators said. Hudson’s clothes were wet and soiled, as if though he had been lying on the ground, and his upper lip was swollen, indicating he had been struck by something, possibly an airbag, according to police.

After finding the keys to the Volvo on him, police arrested Hudson and charged him with driving while intoxicated (DWI), refusal to take a Breathalyzer test, reckless driving, failure to report an accident, leaving an accident scene and driving an unregistered car, police said.

A Newark man who told police he’d downed three beers at a club before heading to another venue on Bloomfield Avenue to celebrate his birthday was arrested and charged with DWI and other motor-vehicle offenses, police said.

Isaac Gash, 29, drove past a Montclair police officer last Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 10:24 p.m. in a 2000 Dodge Intrepid and he was speeding and swerving, according to police. The officer turned around and followed the car and was able to keep pace with it at 40 mph, although both vehicles were in a 25-mph zone, authorities said.

The officer pulled Gash over near the intersection of Orange Road and Myrtle Avenue and noticed he smelled of alcohol and his eyes were watery and glassy, police indicated. Gash failed sobriety tests and was arrested and charged with having about $2,600 in outstanding warrants issued by police in Irvington and Kearny, officials said. He was also given summonses for failing to maintain his car’s lights, careless driving and DWI, according to police.

• The wallet belonging to the owner of Chez Renee at 50 Church St. was stolen by a "customer" who seemed nervous and was asking a lot of questions at around 2 p.m. last Monday, Sept. 8, police said.

  The suspect was last seen in the store’s dressing room, which is right next to the cash register and the counter, beneath which the $300 Prada wallet was left sitting, according to police. After stepping out of the dressing room, the suspect walked out of the store abruptly without making any purchases. Police said the alleged thief was a black woman in her mid-30s with long frizzy hair, who was wearing pastel-colored, long, tight shorts.

• During a street fair held along North Willow Street, between Glenridge and Bloomfield avenues, this past Sunday, Sept. 14, a wallet that a woman had left in a baby carriage was stolen between 1 and 1:30 p.m., according to police. The victim saw a woman hover over the carriage and walk away, and shortly thereafter realized that her tan, leather wallet, containing $10 in cash plus gift and credit cards, was gone.

  The suspect was a thin, light-skinned black or Hispanic woman between 25 and 30 years old, who was about 5-feet 5-inches tall and had curly, long, dark hair in a ponytail, police said.

• A $1,600 red Trek bicycle was stolen out of the basement of an apartment building on Trinity Place between 2 p.m. last Thursday, Sept. 11, and 10 the following morning. Investigators found no sign of forced entry to the cellar. The bike had been tethered to one of the building’s pipes and covered with a sheet. The thief didn’t leave behind the bike lock, according to police.

A pickup truck that was stolen in South Orange on Sept. 4 was found in Montclair after the victim’s wife saw the truck pass her by with two strangers inside of it, police said. The witness spotted the truck heading north on North Willow Street from Claremont Avenue and alerted police, who then found the car parked outside of a home on Valley Road near Van Vleck Street, according to authorities. The two men got out of the 2002 Ford F-350 and walked into the back yard of the home, and one of them then emerged with a garbage bag he loaded into the flatbed of the vehicle, authorities said.

Police said they arrested Cedric Alvin Carmichael, 49, of East Orange and Anthony Bennett, 52, of Montclair. Carmichael was charged with having one warrant from East Orange for $1,484 and another issued by Newark authorities for $200.

• Buildings and parked cars in the area of Label and Erie streets were spray-painted with messages that included the repeated use of the word "west side," during the night between 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7, and 10 a.m. the next day, according to authorities.

  Vandals wrote in white and orange spray paint on a door on the north side of the 34 Label Street Association, police said. Vehicles belonging to the Erie Street business Bulk B Gone, which were parked in the Erie Street Parking Lot, were written on in orange and blue paint. The defaced vehicles were a 2000 white Isuzu box truck and a white Ford F-250 pickup truck. The vandals also spray painted the windows, walls and exterior light fixtures of the Erie Street restaurant/nightclub Richie Cecere’s.

  A citizen alerted The Times on Wednesday, Sept. 10, to graffiti made in the same colors and likewise featuring the word "west side" that was found at Essex Park, off of Chestnut Street. The suspects wrote expletives and made drawings in blue and red or orange spray paint on tables, benches, a fence and a sign.

• Vandals spray-painted the lawn of a house at the corner of Yantacaw Brook Road and Alexander Avenue overnight between last Saturday, Sept. 13, and Sunday morning, police said. The suspects drew a 10-foot-long black line and some dots on the grass, but did no damage to the house, according to authorities.
• The rear window of a 1995 Honda Accord parked in the lot of Rand Elementary School on North Fullerton Avenue was smashed sometime between 8 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 12, and 7:30 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 15, police said. A large rock was found in the back seat.

  — DAN PROCHILO

  "Police news" is compiled by The Montclair Times from information provided by the Montclair Police Department. The information is released to the press at the discretion of the department and may not represent the total scope of police activity. Accounts that indicate charges pending against an individual do not imply guilt or innocence.