Christopher baulch

On 12/7/2008 at 6:25 PM, theakerstwo said:

de37champ said:

It always amazes me how low people will go, they need to lock them up and throw away the key, we all know guys in the trucking, constuction busness who has all the toys who are nothing but crooks or drug dealers, i think its called GREED

Greed is for real I know around here any time a drug ring of any size is busted in most cases they have a lot of guns and hi dollar toys and cars and trucks. Just like most people would like to have but know they have to work for them. I have all i need and more than i deserve and that ant much but i dont have to worry about you guys reading about me unless i die. glenn

You should really watch what you say because I know for a fact that me and Brian were never charged with anything 

On 12/7/2008 at 2:13 PM, Terry T said:

Steve is (was) a member here.

http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/northberge....xml&coll=3

COPS: TOWING CO. IN CRASH & BURN SCAM

Boss, four drivers arrested; probe 'looking at lots of illegal activity'

Saturday, December 06, 2008

By MICHAELANGELO CONTE

JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

NORTH BERGEN - The owner of a towing service with a township contract and four of his drivers stole trucks and tried to launch them from a cliff in a scheme to get the recovery fees, police said yesterday.

"I don't know how big this will become," said North Bergen Mayor Nicholas Sacco, implying at a press conference yesterday that the charges related to HighPoint Towing may be the tip of the iceberg. "All other agencies are now actively working on this."

HighPoint owner Steven Avella, 53, was arrested on charges of arson for hire, conspiracy to commit theft and two counts of insurance fraud, police said. Police said he paid his workers up to $600 to take the two trucks.

Driver Vincent Garrison, 28, of Union City, was charged with arson for hire, theft, conspiracy to commit theft and possession of burglary tools, police said. Driver Brian Sheppard, 29, of Secaucus, was charged with aggravated assault by auto and witness tampering, police said.

Driver Rafael Morales, 40, of Union City, was charged with theft, possession of burglary tools and conspiracy to commit theft, police said. Former driver Christopher Baulch, 30, of Lyndhurst, was charged with theft and conspiracy to commit theft, police said.

"Without giving away too much about our investigation, there is a lot of illegal activity we are looking at," said Lt. Frank Cannella, adding that there was no evidence the owners of the vehicles had any involvement.

Police say the drivers were paid by Avella, 53, of Union City, to steal two trucks that the drivers then attempted to launch from a cliff behind a Paterson Plank Road car wash, police said. The trucks got caught up on trees at the top of the cliff to Tonnelle Avenue.

A truck carrying a dumpster was stolen, driven off the cliff and salvaged by HighPoint on Oct. 5, police said.

On Oct. 17, they did the same thing with the cab of a tractor trailer, but the township uses two towing services and HighPoint's shift was almost over.

Cannella said the drivers feared the other company would get the $18,000 towing fee, so they lit the truck on fire to get immediate action. That incident also triggered the investigation, Cannella said, adding that the truck was totaled and the insurance company paid the owner $118,000, police said.

The towing company has locations on Tonnelle Avenue and 54th Street in North Bergen and 22nd Street off Bergenline Avenue in Union City, police said. HighPoint has towing contracts at the state and federal levels as well. Workers at the North Bergen garage chose not to comment on the arrests yesterday afternoon.

Avella is being held at Hudson County jail in Kearny on a bail of $75,000 cash only. The four drivers posted bail.

Additional local, county, state and federal law enforcement agencies were involved in the probe.

Hi my name is Christopher Baulch I was brought in for questioning on the matter and was never charged so I don’t know were you got your info from but I would like my name removed or I will sue you for deformation of character  and I know Brian was never charged either 

On 12/7/2008 at 2:13 PM, Terry T said:

Steve is (was) a member here.

http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/northberge....xml&coll=3

COPS: TOWING CO. IN CRASH & BURN SCAM

Boss, four drivers arrested; probe 'looking at lots of illegal activity'

Saturday, December 06, 2008

By MICHAELANGELO CONTE

JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

NORTH BERGEN - The owner of a towing service with a township contract and four of his drivers stole trucks and tried to launch them from a cliff in a scheme to get the recovery fees, police said yesterday.

"I don't know how big this will become," said North Bergen Mayor Nicholas Sacco, implying at a press conference yesterday that the charges related to HighPoint Towing may be the tip of the iceberg. "All other agencies are now actively working on this."

HighPoint owner Steven Avella, 53, was arrested on charges of arson for hire, conspiracy to commit theft and two counts of insurance fraud, police said. Police said he paid his workers up to $600 to take the two trucks.

Driver Vincent Garrison, 28, of Union City, was charged with arson for hire, theft, conspiracy to commit theft and possession of burglary tools, police said. Driver Brian Sheppard, 29, of Secaucus, was charged with aggravated assault by auto and witness tampering, police said.

Driver Rafael Morales, 40, of Union City, was charged with theft, possession of burglary tools and conspiracy to commit theft, police said. Former driver Christopher Baulch, 30, of Lyndhurst, was charged with theft and conspiracy to commit theft, police said.

"Without giving away too much about our investigation, there is a lot of illegal activity we are looking at," said Lt. Frank Cannella, adding that there was no evidence the owners of the vehicles had any involvement.

Police say the drivers were paid by Avella, 53, of Union City, to steal two trucks that the drivers then attempted to launch from a cliff behind a Paterson Plank Road car wash, police said. The trucks got caught up on trees at the top of the cliff to Tonnelle Avenue.

A truck carrying a dumpster was stolen, driven off the cliff and salvaged by HighPoint on Oct. 5, police said.

On Oct. 17, they did the same thing with the cab of a tractor trailer, but the township uses two towing services and HighPoint's shift was almost over.

Cannella said the drivers feared the other company would get the $18,000 towing fee, so they lit the truck on fire to get immediate action. That incident also triggered the investigation, Cannella said, adding that the truck was totaled and the insurance company paid the owner $118,000, police said.

The towing company has locations on Tonnelle Avenue and 54th Street in North Bergen and 22nd Street off Bergenline Avenue in Union City, police said. HighPoint has towing contracts at the state and federal levels as well. Workers at the North Bergen garage chose not to comment on the arrests yesterday afternoon.

Avella is being held at Hudson County jail in Kearny on a bail of $75,000 cash only. The four drivers posted bail.

Additional local, county, state and federal law enforcement agencies were involved in the probe.

Hi my name is Christopher Baulch I was brought in for questioning on the matter and was never charged so I don’t know were you got your info from but I would like my name removed or I will sue you for deformation of character  and I know Brian was never charged either