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What Happens When You Try To Rob Two Stores Across From Police HQ? Ask Little Ferry PD What Happens When You Try To Rob Two Stores Across From Police HQ? Ask Little Ferry PD
What Happens When You Try To Rob Two Stores Across From Police HQ? Ask Little Ferry PD "This is a robbery, give me all your Oxy pills and Percocet,” read the note a would-be robber handed to a female pharmacist at a CVS in Little Ferry. “Otherwise my boys are coming in.” The unarmed bandit might have succeeded had he not chosen a target DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET from police HQ. It was shortly before noon Wednesday, Feb. 21, when Santiago Munoz-Pelaez entered the Liberty Street CVS in a blue hoodie, batting gloves and a mask covering his nose and mouth, Little Ferry Police Chief James Walters said. The pharmacist backed up after reading the note and told Munoz-Pelaez, 25, of…
Salesman From Little Ferry Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen Salesman From Little Ferry Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen
Salesman From Little Ferry Charged With Sexually Assaulting Pre-Teen A sales associate from Little Ferry was charged with sexually assaulting a pre-teen, authorities confirmed. Rhuellah Riley, 24, “sexually assaulted the child in Little Ferry, NJ between the years 2020 and 2023,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Little Ferry police alerted Musella’s Special Victims Unit to the allegations on July 17, the prosecutor said. A joint investigation led to Riley’s arrest last Thursday, Sept. 7, on charges of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, sexual assault child endangerment, he said. Riley has remained held in the Bergen County Jail since the…
Route 46 Jaywalker Nearly Hit By Patrol Unit Fights Little Ferry Police: Chief Route 46 Jaywalker Nearly Hit By Patrol Unit Fights Little Ferry Police: Chief
Route 46 Jaywalker Nearly Hit By Patrol Unit Fights Little Ferry Police: Chief A Clifton man who was nearly hit by a patrol car as he jaywalked along Route 46 overnight fought Little Ferry police before being subdued, authorities said. Officer James Serio had to quickly switch lanes to avoid hitting Mark Rodriguez, 35, at 1:45 a.m. Friday, Aug 4, Police Chief James Walters said.Lt. John Andronaco, who witnessed the incident, stopped Rodriguez for questioning  Rodriguez, who wasn't carrying identification, gave the name Victor Rivera and a different birth date than his, adding that he'd "been arrested in the past and should be in our system," Walter…
Stolen iPad's Ping Leads To Multi-Burglary Arrest: Ridgefield Park PD Stolen iPad's Ping Leads To Multi-Burglary Arrest: Ridgefield Park PD
Stolen iPad's Ping Leads To Multi-Burglary Arrest: Ridgefield Park PD A cellphone stolen during a burglary spree led Ridgefield Park police to a South Hackensack motel and the arrest of a suspect tied to several area break-ins. Village police headed to the Congress Inn in South Hackensack after one of the victims told them that his iPad had pinged there, Sgt. Justin Tress said. Suer enough, they found Shamiar L. Clyburn, 33, of Paterson, on nearby Phillips Avenue off Route 46. Clyburn was the man seen on surveillance video burglarizing multiple vehicles shortly after 5 a.m. Sunday, June 10, the sergeant said. He resisted arrest but was subdued with help fro…
UPDATE: Little Ferry Boy, 14, Buddy, 15, Charged With Attempted Murder In Moonachie Shooting UPDATE: Little Ferry Boy, 14, Buddy, 15, Charged With Attempted Murder In Moonachie Shooting
Update: Little Ferry Boy, 14, Buddy, 15, Charged With Attempted Murder In Moonachie Shooting Two youths – one 14, the other 15 – were charged with attempted murder after the younger one fired a gunshot at three teens in Moonachie, authorities said. The Little Ferry boy was on a bicycle with the older borough teen when he fired at the trio near the corner of Edstan Drive and Rooney Place shortly before 7:30 p.m. late last week, Moonachie Chief Richard Behrens said. Sgt. Victor Migliorino heard the shot and raced to the scene, where a vehicle had been struck and a shell casing was recovered, the chief said. An investigation into the May 25 incident led to both boys, Behrens said. P…
Motel Guest Covered In Lotion Rescued From Knife-Wielding Woman At Little Ferry Motel: Police Motel Guest Covered In Lotion Rescued From Knife-Wielding Woman At Little Ferry Motel: Police
Motel Guest Covered In Lotion Rescued From Knife-Wielding Woman At Little Ferry Motel: Police Little Ferry police rescued a motel guest from Hackensack from a knife-wielding Englewood woman who covered him in lotion and held him against his will, authorities said. Responding officers two people arguing loudly on the other side of the room door when they arrived at the Capri Inn, Police Chief James Walters said. Desarey Victoria Hutchison, 31, who records show has a history of stalking arrests, initially refused to open the door, the chief said. She finally relented but was “extremely irate and screaming," he said. The officers found the 35-year-old victim covered head-to-toe in lo…
Driver Stopped For Tinted Glass, Phone Use Also Had Loaded Gun, Hollow Points: Little Ferry PD Driver Stopped For Tinted Glass, Phone Use Also Had Loaded Gun, Hollow Points: Little Ferry PD
Driver Stopped For Tinted Glass, Phone Use Also Had Loaded Gun, Hollow Points: Little Ferry PD An out-of-state motorist who was stopped for talking on his cellphone had a gun loaded with hollow-point bullets in a high-capacity magazine in his glove compartment, Little Ferry police said. Officer James Serio spotted the 2017 Acura sedan with tinted windows in the area of eastbound Route 46 and Bergen Turnpike shortly after 10 a.m. Wednesday, Police Chief James Walters said. Serio activated his lights and siren, stopping the vehicle on the other side of the Hackensack River bridge in Ridgefield Park, he said. Jamir Budd, 21, of Virginia Beach, VA, had a driver's license on him and proo…
'Sororicide': FL Woman Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of Younger Sister In Little Ferry 'Sororicide': FL Woman Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of Younger Sister In Little Ferry
'Sororicide': FL Woman Charged With Murder In Shooting Death Of Younger Sister In Little Ferry UPDATE: A 27-year-old Florida woman was charged with murder for killing her younger sister with a point-blank gunshot to the head in their mother's Little Ferry home, authorities said. Angielly Dominguez, 27, was headed south on the New Jersey Turnpike in her boyfriend's Ford Mustang early Tuesday evening, March 22, when State Police nabbed her in Cherry Hill, nearly 90 miles from the scene of the sororicide, law enforcement sources confirmed. There were five guns in the trunk of the vehicle, which her boyfriend had reported stolen along with the weapons, they said. Dominguez had driven …
UPDATE: Woman Who Shot, Killed Younger Sister In Little Ferry Captured By NJ State Police UPDATE: Woman Who Shot, Killed Younger Sister In Little Ferry Captured By NJ State Police
Update: Woman Who Shot, Killed Younger Sister In Little Ferry Captured By NJ State Police UPDATE: A 27-year-old Florida woman was charged with murder for killing her younger sister with a point-blank gunshot to the head in their mother's Little Ferry home, authorities said. Angielly Dominguez, 27, was headed south on the New Jersey Turnpike in her boyfriend's Ford Mustang early Tuesday evening, March 22, when State Police nabbed her in Cherry Hill, nearly 90 miles from the scene of the sororicide, law enforcement sources confirmed. There were five guns in the trunk of the vehicle, which her boyfriend had reported stolen along with the weapons, they said. Dominguez had driven …
UPDATE: Woman Who Shot, Killed Younger Sister In Little Ferry Captured By State Police UPDATE: Woman Who Shot, Killed Younger Sister In Little Ferry Captured By State Police
Update: Woman Who Shot, Killed Younger Sister In Little Ferry Captured By State Police UPDATE: A 27-year-old Florida woman was charged with murder for killing her younger sister with a point-blank gunshot to the head in their mother's Little Ferry home, authorities said. Angielly Dominguez, 27, was headed south on the New Jersey Turnpike in her boyfriend's Ford Mustang early Tuesday evening, March 22, when State Police nabbed her in Cherry Hill, nearly 90 miles from the  scene of the sororicide, law enforcement sources confirmed. There were five guns in the trunk of the vehicle, which her boyfriend told police she'd stolen along with the weapons, investigators said. Domingu…
NOT THIS TIME: Would-Be Gas Station Robber Body-Slammed By Route 46 Attendant, Police Say NOT THIS TIME: Would-Be Gas Station Robber Body-Slammed By Route 46 Attendant, Police Say
NOT This Time: Would-Be Gas Station Robber Body-Slammed By Route 46 Attendant, Police Say A self-described crackhead got a surprise when he tried robbing a Route 46 gas station with a sharpened mop handle and instead got body-slammed by the attendant, authorities said. Two Good Samaritans helped hold down Dwayne Fain, 53, after the attendant at the Enrite station on the highway's eastbound side at Liberty Street blew up his plans, Little Ferry Police Chief James Walters said. Fain, an Ohio native who apparently had been staying at a nearby hotel in South Hackensack, spent eight days in the Bergen County Jail earlier this month following his arrest for a pair of armed burglaries…
Little Ferry Police K-9 Unit Turns Up 150 Heroin Folds During Route 46 Stop Little Ferry Police K-9 Unit Turns Up 150 Heroin Folds During Route 46 Stop
Little Ferry Police K-9 Unit Turns Up 150 Heroin Folds During Route 46 Stop A Ridgefield Park driver was busted by Little Ferry police with 150 folds of heroin after he was stopped for tailgating on Route 46, authorities said. Osman Hoti, 40, denied Officer Joseph Convery consent to search the 1999 Honda, so he alerted Lt. John Andronaco, who responded with K-9 Timmy, Police Chief James Walters said. Hoti "showed signs of extreme nervousness," the chief said. "His hand were shaking uncontrollably." He then told Convery that he'd gone food shopping in Paterson for his sick parents, Waters said, adding that the entire stop was recorded on the officer's body camera. …
Out-Of-State Driver Busted With $3M Worth Of Cocaine At Motel Off Route 46, Authorities Charge Out-Of-State Driver Busted With $3M Worth Of Cocaine At Motel Off Route 46, Authorities Charge
Out-Of-State Driver Busted With $3M Worth Of Cocaine At Motel Off Route 46, Authorities Charge An out-of-state driver was caught transporting 132 pounds of cocaine at a motel off Route 46, Bergen County authorities said. Juan Carlos Nunez-Perez, 27, of Bozeman, Montana had the 60 kilos of coke – worth an estimated $3 million on the street – in his vehicle at the Capri Inn on Valley Road off Bergen Turnpike, they said. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said detectives with his Narcotics Task Force found the drugs during a warranted search on Tuesday. They were assisted by the U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (Newark), Little Ferry police and the Bergen County Regional SWAT T…
Body Pulled From Hackensack River ID'd As Missing Palisades Park Man Body Pulled From Hackensack River ID'd As Missing Palisades Park Man
Body Pulled From Hackensack River ID'd As Missing Palisades Park Man UPDATE: For days, a Palisades Park detective searched in vain for a troubled borough man whose worried wife had reported him missing. Detective Alex Monteleone sent alerts to local law enforcement agencies, asked Port Authority and Palisades Interstate Parkway police to keep a lookout and called area hospitals. A GPS search for the missing man's Lexus at the bridges and tunnels and throughout the state returned nothing. There was no trace of the 51-year-old resident for days after he left his house without a word last Monday, depressed over health issues. Until this weekend. The Hac…
FOUND: Missing Elderly Little Ferry Couple Found Safe, Sound In Teaneck FOUND: Missing Elderly Little Ferry Couple Found Safe, Sound In Teaneck
Found: Missing Elderly Little Ferry Couple Found Safe, Sound In Teaneck UPDATE: A missing elderly couple took a long route to return to Bergen County, but they were found safe and sound Saturday morning, authorities said. Teaneck police responding to a call of a vehicle stuck in the mud behind the Teaneck Garden Club near Overpeck Park found Lea Asala, 89, outside their SUV and her husband, Anthony Asala, 91, inside around 9 a.m. Saturday. Lea Asala was without shoes and her husband was a bit confused as he searched for the vehicle's paperwork, but they were otherwise OK -- and that was a huge relief after they'd been gone more than 24 hours. The Asa…
Police: Tailgating Route 46 Driver Had 9 Pounds Of Pot For Sale Police: Tailgating Route 46 Driver Had 9 Pounds Of Pot For Sale
Police: Tailgating Route 46 Driver Had 9 Pounds Of Pot For Sale A Lodi driver had nine pounds of pot for sale in his sedan when a Little Ferry police officer stopped him for tailgating on Route 46, authorities said. Officer Joseph Convery stopped Ashley Ortiz, 26, on the westbound highway Monday night, Capt. Ronald Klein Jr. said. "While speaking with him, the officer noticed an overwhelming odor of marijuana and saw a vacuum-sealed bag [of pot] in plain view on the passenger seat," Klein said. Backed up by Officer James Serio, Convery conducted a consented search of the 2019 Honda Accord and found more than 300 zip-locking bags of pot packaged for sal…
Landlord Gets Three Years In Deaths Of Little Ferry Girl, 5, Grandmother In Fire Landlord Gets Three Years In Deaths Of Little Ferry Girl, 5, Grandmother In Fire
Landlord Gets Three Years In Deaths Of Little Ferry Girl, 5, Grandmother In Fire A landlord who failed to follow state codes was sentenced Friday to a plea-bargained three years in state prison for a 2016 fire that killed a 5-year-old Little Ferry girl and her grandmother. "Today was a very difficult time for me and my family," wrote one of the victims after Gary L’Heruex, 61, of Tenafly was sentenced in Superior Court in Hackensack. "We had to relieve that night where we almost lost our lives in that horrible fire. "It took almost four years, but today, we got justice," she added. "Now we can finally start healing and those two precious people that passed can finally …
HEROES: Little Ferry Firefighters Rescue Youngster Trapped In House Fire HEROES: Little Ferry Firefighters Rescue Youngster Trapped In House Fire
Heroes: Little Ferry Firefighters Rescue Youngster Trapped In House Fire Two youngsters, one of whom was briefly hanging from a second-floor window, escaped a Little Ferry house blaze Wednesday afternoon, responders said. Both were hospitalized with what responders characterized as minor burns – “nothing major,” one said. Fire Capt. Ryan Romero carried the boy who'd been hanging from the window of the Prospect Avenue home down a ladder during the 3:30 p.m. blaze, they said, adding that a younger girl got out on her own The juveniles – who responders said are between the ages of 10 and 15 – were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. Firefighters from H…
Owners Of Burned-Out Little Ferry Pizzeria Vow To Rebuild, Community Offers To Help Owners Of Burned-Out Little Ferry Pizzeria Vow To Rebuild, Community Offers To Help
Owners Of Burned-Out Little Ferry Pizzeria Vow To Rebuild, Community Offers To Help Nick and Joann Fytros had only recently bought Zio’s Pizza in Little Ferry, but their family restaurant quickly built a large and devoted customer base – many of whom were offering prayers and donations Thursday to help the couple recover from a crippling fire the night before. “We are beyond devasted,” Joann Fytros wrote in a Facebook morning post, “but as most of you know Nick is a fighter and will come back from this.” Fytros, an EMT with Moonachie First Aid & Rescue Squad, also asked for prayers for a family – a husband, wife, 17-year-old daughter and dog -- who were displaced after…