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NJ's Scottie Scheffler Ranked #1 Following PGA Championship NJ's Scottie Scheffler Ranked #1 Following PGA Championship
NJ's Scottie Scheffler Ranked #1 Following PGA Championship Scottie Scheffler, a Bergen County native, is back on top. Scheffler is currently the #1 ranked golfer on the PGA Tour following his second place finish at the PGA Championship in Rochester, where he finished two strokes behind winner Brooks Koepeka.  At the PGA Championship, Scheffler got off to a hot start, with a -5 after two rounds. He struggled in the third round, carding a +3, but rebounded in the final round with a -5. With his second place finish, Scheffler earned $1.54 million in prize money. Last year, Scheffler became the first New Jersey native to win the Masters. The…
Money For Nothing? Bergen Detectives Bust NY State Duo With $155K Secret Stash Money For Nothing? Bergen Detectives Bust NY State Duo With $155K Secret Stash
Money For Nothing? Bergen Detectives Bust NY State Duo With $155K Secret Stash Two New York State men went to great lengths to stash $155,000 in cash that Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives sniffed out and seized, authorities said. Rochester residents Luis J. Hernandez-Perez, 23, and Jose A. Perez-Perez, 20, will have to prove there was nothing skanky about a “sophisticated, electronically operated hidden compartment” that Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said members of his Narcotic Task Force found during a traffic stop on Wednesday, May 17. Otherwise, they’ll not only face fines and criminal records – they’ll also lose the dough. Hernandez-Perez, who was d…
Blake Herdlein Of Greenwich Township Dies, 26 Blake Herdlein Of Greenwich Township Dies, 26
Blake Herdlein Of Greenwich Township Dies, 26 Former New Jersey resident and Temple University graduate Blake Herdlein died on Thursday, March 9. He was 26 years old. A Rochester, NY native, Blake grew up in Greenwich Township, having attended Greenwich Elementary School, Stewartsville Middle School, Bethlehem Catholic High School, Phillipsburg High School, and Warren County Community College, his obituary says. Blake went on to graduate from Temple University's Fox School of Business, before opening his own marketing firm, Herdlein, LLC. Click here for Blake Herdlein's complete obituary from the Devlin Funeral Home.
CT Man Caught With Car Stolen Out Of NY After Parking Illegally, Says Lyndhurst PD CT Man Caught With Car Stolen Out Of NY After Parking Illegally, Says Lyndhurst PD
CT Man Caught With Car Stolen Out Of NY After Parking Illegally, Says Lyndhurst PD A Connecticut man was arrested after a Lyndhurst police officer found him behind the wheel of a car stolen in New York State, authorities said. Officer Mark Rivera was doing commercial property checks on and around Chubb Avenue when he spotted the Volkswagen Jetta in a "No Parking Anytime" zone. Seeing him, the driver -- identified as Maxwell Abankwah, 48, of Glastonbury, CT -- abruptly pulled away, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. A check of the license plate showed the car had been reported stolen out of Rochester, NY, Auteri said. Rivera stopped and arrested Abankwah, who was process…
Police Pursuit: Civilian Helps Clifton PD Chase Down Upstate NY Man In Stolen Truck Police Pursuit: Civilian Helps Clifton PD Chase Down Upstate NY Man In Stolen Truck
Police Pursuit: Civilian Helps Clifton PD Chase Down Upstate NY Man In Stolen Truck Assisted by a civilian, Clifton police chased down an upstate New York man after he stole a contractor’s truck from outside a local supermarket before dawn Friday, authorities said. Workers were tending to an electrical issue at the Stop & Shop on Broad Avenue when Jose Gonzalez, 51, of Rochester, swiped their vehicle around 4:30 a.m., Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said Officers got a stolen vehicle alert as they responded to a report of a suspicious man in the supermarket parking lot, Bracken said. The caller was following the truck on westbound Route 3 and advised the officers of thei…
UPDATE: Carbon Monoxide Suicide Eyed In Deaths Of Brothers Found In Old Tappan Garage UPDATE: Carbon Monoxide Suicide Eyed In Deaths Of Brothers Found In Old Tappan Garage
Update: Carbon Monoxide Suicide Eyed In Deaths Of Brothers Found In Old Tappan Garage Authorities were awaiting autopsy results to determine the official causes of death of two brothers whose bodies were found in the garage of the family’s Old Tappan home in an apparent double suicide. Insuh Yoon, 36, and David Yoon, 39, were in grade school when they emigrated to the United States with their mother from Seoul, South Korea more than 25 years ago. Their bodies were found early Friday in a Nissan Rogue parked in the garage of a home at the end of a heavily wooded cul-de-sac in Old Tappan near the Rockland County border, multiple responders said. They'd been in the SUV “more …
Body Of Erotica Photographer, Brother, Found In Old Tappan Garage Body Of Erotica Photographer, Brother, Found In Old Tappan Garage
Body Of Erotica Photographer, Brother, Found In Old Tappan Garage Authorities were awaiting autopsy results to determine the official causes of death of two brothers whose bodies were found in the garage of the family’s Old Tappan home in an apparent double suicide. Insuh Yoon, 36, and David Yoon, 39, were in grade school when they emigrated to the United States with their mother from Seoul, South Korea more than 25 years ago. Their bodies were found early Friday in a Nissan Rogue parked in the garage of a home at the end of a heavily wooded cul-de-sac in Old Tappan near the Rockland County border, multiple responders said. They'd been in the SUV “more t…
Newark Driver Charged In Upstate NY Thruway Hit-Run Crash That Killed Two Newark Driver Charged In Upstate NY Thruway Hit-Run Crash That Killed Two
Newark Driver Charged In Upstate NY Thruway Hit-Run Crash That Killed Two A tractor-trailer driver from Newark was extradited to New York and charged with a hit-and-run crash on the New York State Thruway that killed two people. A car slid under his rig when Quentin D. Campbell, 55, made an illegal U-turn in the Monroe County town of Wheatland, just west of Rochester, around 4:15 a.m. Sept. 4, New York State Police reported. Campbell kept going, pulled off at Exit 46, then removed a piece of debris from the rig in the parking lot of a hotel before continuing on, they said. Both victims were from Tennessee, State Police said. The driver was pronounced dead at the…
Man Dies In Fall At Atlantic City Casino Man Dies In Fall At Atlantic City Casino
Man Dies In Fall At Atlantic City Casino A 30-year-old man from Upstate New York died after falling two stories to his death in an Atlantic City casino, authorities said. The man from Rochester was trying to climb over a divider when he fell from a second-level mezzanine into the lobby at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, police said. The fall occurred about 4 a.m. on Monday. Atlantic City police officers responded and found casino security performing CPR. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, a police spokesman said. Atlantic City police urged anyone with information about the fall to call its Criminal Investigations S…
Report: 'Love & Hip Hop' Star Mendeecees Harris Released From Prison Report: 'Love & Hip Hop' Star Mendeecees Harris Released From Prison
Report: 'Love & Hip Hop' Star Mendeecees Harris Released From Prison UPDATE: VH1 “Love & Hip Hop” star Mendeecees Harris has been released from federal prison after serving nearly four years on a drug conviction, a published report says. Harris, who made headlines in North Jersey when jurors in Hackensack found him not guilty in 2013 of sexually assaulting a teenager in his Lodi home, was convicted two years later of participating in a ring that trafficked heroin and cocaine from New York City to the Rochester, NY area from 2006 to 2008. He was sentenced to eight to 10 years and was paroled after four, according to The Shade Room, which said Smith, 41, w…
Franklin Lakes Police Continue Picking Drivers With Drugs, Outstanding Warrants Off Route 208 Franklin Lakes Police Continue Picking Drivers With Drugs, Outstanding Warrants Off Route 208
Franklin Lakes Police Continue Picking Drivers With Drugs, Outstanding Warrants Off Route 208 Numbers continue rising of drivers found with drugs or outstanding warrants after being stopped on Route 208, say Franklin Lakes police who’ve been arresting them. According to Capt. John Bakelaar: Officer Eric Rosado arrested 24-year-old Chadwick Quinones of Hewitt for possession of heroin around 9:45 p.m. Monday. Eight hours earlier, Officer Ryan Sweeney arrested Alicia Gonzalez, 42, of Paterson on an outstanding warrant from the Silk City. An Easton, PA driver, 39-year-old Lateefah Terry, was arrested on Smoke Hollow Trail, just off the highway, around 9 a.m. Monday for outstanding Gle…
Jury Convicts Paterson Man Of Barroom Murder Jury Convicts Paterson Man Of Barroom Murder
Jury Convicts Paterson Man Of Barroom Murder PATERSON, N.J. – Jurors convicted a Paterson man of murder Tuesday for killing another man who tried to break up an argument between him and his wife. Andrae Green, 30, of Paterson, was also convicted of weapons possession following a nearly two-week trial. He faces 30 years to life at a scheduled June 1 sentencing. Prosecutors showed jurors evidence that Green was arguing with his wife on Sept. 15, 2014 in front of Moya’s Bar, at the corner of 10th Avenue and 27th Street in Paterson,  when 27-year-old Antoine Garris intervened. Both men argued before Green left the bar, returning 10 minu…
Sam's Club Stores Suddenly Closed In NJ, NY, CT Sam's Club Stores Suddenly Closed In NJ, NY, CT
Sam's Club Stores Suddenly Closed In NJ, NY, CT Walmart confirmed Thursday that it closed and is closing 63 Sam’s Club stores across the United States, including several in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. In some instances, employees reportedly weren’t told before they showed up for work and found the doors locked and a notice taped to them. “After a thorough review of our existing portfolio, we've decided to close a series of clubs and better align our locations with our strategy,” Sam’s Club said in a release Thursday. “Closing clubs is never easy and we're committed to working with impacted members and associates through this tr…