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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ

Police & Fire

SWAT Team, FBI Track Down Repeat Offender In NJ Bird Store Crossbow Attack A 53-year-old man accused of shooting a pet store employee in the face with a crossbow in North Jersey was tracked down less than 24 hours later with help from the FBI and the Bergen County SWAT team, and more, in Ocean County, authorities said. Raymond M. Carey, of Hasbrouck Heights, was captured in Pine Beach on Tuesday, Feb. 18, in connection with the åssault at Birds By Joe 2 (where a $7,000 African parrot was stolen last month) on Route 46 in Saddle Brook, according to Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella and store employees. Just before 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17, Carey went in…

by Cecilia Levine

02/18/2025

Albany, NY

Business

Allegiant Apologizes After Passengers Spend 6 Hours Stuck On NY Tarmac: 'We Are Very Sorry' Some Allegiant Air passengers are demanding answers after they spent over six hours stuck on a New York tarmac. The agonizing ordeal unfolded at Albany International Airport on Monday, Feb. 17, aboard the discount airliner’s Flight 848, which had been bound for Punta Gorda, Florida. Originally scheduled for takeoff at 3:30 p.m., the flight instead remained grounded for over six hours before passengers were finally told to deplane at around 10:15 p.m., the airline confirmed. During the long wait, passengers were initially denied food and water until one passenger informed the flight attend…

by Michael Mashburn

02/18/2025

Beacon, NY

Police & Fire

Stabbed Man Found In Car At Police HQ Parking Lot In Hudson Valley: Suspect Caught, Cops Say A 26-year-old man has been apprehended in connection with the stabbing of a victim found bleeding in a parked car at a police department headquarters parking lot in Dutchess County, police said. The arrest resulted from an incident in Beacon on Monday, Feb. 17 at around 7:15 a.m., when Beacon Police officers discovered a stabbed man sitting in a vehicle outside police headquarters. Upon speaking with the victim, officers learned he had been attacked just minutes earlier near Fishkill Avenue and Main Street, the department announced on Tuesday, Feb. 18. The victim was later taken t…

by Ben Crnic

02/18/2025

Union, NJ

News

Freight Train Derailment Halts NJ Transit Service A freight train derailed on the morning of Tuesday, Feb. 16, suspending NJ Transit service, authorities said. At about 7 AM today we received reports of a train crash near the Train Station on Green Lane. Patrol officers... Posted by Township of Union NJ Police Department on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 At 7 a.m. a Conrail freight train derailed near Union Station in the Township of Union, NJ Transit said. Officers responded and found a train came off the tracks, Township of Union police said. No one was hurt and there were no hazardous materials on the train, police said. The …

by Sam Barron

02/18/2025

Spring Valley, NY

Police & Fire

DWI Driver Sends Car Over 100-Foot Embankment Along Palisades Parkway: Nysp A 26-year-old New York man and his passenger had to be rescued after crashing his car down an embankment on the Palisades Interstate Parkway—only to be charged with DWI after showing signs of impairment, police said. At 4:07 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 17, New York State Police troopers from Haverstraw responded to a one-car crash on the northbound Palisades Interstate Parkway between exits 13 and 14, according to Trooper Jennifer Alvarez. The investigation found that Steven Beleno, of Blooming Grove, lost control of his 2018 Toyota after another vehicle allegedly cut him off, causing him to veer …

by Cecilia Levine

02/18/2025

West Chester, PA

News

Details Released In Cult Leader Arrest For Parents, Border Agent’s Murders A bizarre twist has emerged in the murders of a Pennsylvania couple and the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont, as suspects with ties to a cult-like group have been arrested. Michelle Jacqueline Zajko, 32, of Media, Pennsylvania, Jack Amadeus LaSota, 34, of Berkeley, California, and Daniel Arthur Blank, 26, of Sacramento, California, were arrested in Allegany County, Maryland, according to the Maryland State Police in a statement released on Monday, Feb. 17. The trio was taken into custody in the 10,000 block of Piney Mountain Road in Frostburg, Maryland at around 2:30 p.m. on…

by Jillian Pikora

02/18/2025

Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ

Police & Fire

Employee Shot In Face With Crossbow At Route 46 Store Where $7K Parrot Was Stolen A female employee was shot in the face with a crossbow at the same Saddle Brook bird store where a $7,000 African parrot was stolen last month, authorities and store officials said. UPDATE: Arrest Made In Birds By Joe 2 Crossbow Attack The attack — an attempted homicide — happened around 5:55 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 17, at 104 Route 46 East according to Jeff Angermeyer, the BCPO's Deputy Chief of Detectives. Store officials confirm the incident was at Birds By Joe 2. Officers from the Saddle Brook Police Department responded to a 9-1-1 call reporting a seriously injured woman and fo…

by Cecilia Levine

02/17/2025

Hempstead, NY

News

Update: 19 Injured After Delta Plane Traveling From US Flips In Toronto Crash This story has been updated. A Delta Air Lines plane with 80 aboard that departed from the US ended up upside down after crashing at Toronto's Pearson International Airport, injuring 19 people, according to reports. The incident happened just before 3 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18. The flight had taken off a short time earlier from Minneapolis. Videos posted on social media showed passengers being freed from the plane after the incident on the snow-covered ground. The plane reportedly lost its wings after the crash. "Emergency teams are responding," Pearson Airport said on social media. "All…

by Joe Lombardi

02/17/2025

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