A New Milford sprinkler mechanic assaulted a 3-month-old child, breaking the infant’s ribs and causing bleeding on the brain, authorities said.Justin Cerciello, 34, remained held Saturday in the Bergen County Jail, charged with aggravated assault and child endangerment.The infant was brought to Holy Name Hospital last Sunday for hemorrhaging in the eyes and blood in the saliva, Bergen ...

One victim died and another was hospitalized in an overnight shooting on westbound Route 80 in Lodi, New Jersey State Police confirmed.Someone "pulled up next to them and started shooting," a responder told Daily Voice. "They fired three shots, with two hitting them."A gunshot to the neck killed one of the victims, while the other was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center in ...

Nearly two years to the day that he survived a shooting, a Paterson man was gunned down before dawn Saturday -- the Silk City's first homicide of 2020.Jacques Mills, 31, was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting in front of 57 Godwin Avenue, across from Summer Street, shortly before 5:30 a.m., authorities said.The T intersection at Godwin and Summer has been one of Paterson's ...

Authorities charged two teens with torching a Middlesex County commercial building Thursday night.Arrested Friday were Ryan Deahl and Eric Mejia-Vides, both 18. Both are charged with arson, burglary and conspiracy to commit both, Middlesex County Acting Prosecutor Christopher L.C. Kuberiet and Middlesex Borough Police Chief Matthew Geist said in a joint release.Deahl also was ...

A trio of New Jersey residents and a Virginia man plotting the sale of 30 pounds of pot were caught with a stolen gun during a traffic stop in North Arlington, authorities said.Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said members of his Narcotic Task Force were investigating a drug conspiracy when a consented search during Tuesday’s stop turned up a .45-caliber 1011 Paraordnance ...

A 13-year-old River Vale girl’s report of an encounter with a strange driver Friday afternoon didn’t appear related to a troubling incident in neighboring Hillsdale, authorities said.The investigation was still in its early stages, but police said the apparently 40-something driver on Friday apparently shouted something to the girl on Westwood Avenue.He didn’t attempt to lure her into ...

UPDATE: A Toms River man admitted Friday that he killed his mother in front of his younger brother late last summer.Edgar Diaz, 18, of Manchester, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in Superior Court in Toms River in exchange for a 20-year prison term at a scheduled March 6 sentencing.He'll have to serve 17 years of that sentence before he'll be eligible for parole under New ...

A Passaic man had a gun pointed at a kneeling woman in front of him when a city police officer shot and killed him, authorities said Friday.Surveillance video of the incident convinced a state grand jury to clear the officer Friday of any criminality in the death of 24-year-old Randy Sanchez nearly a year ago.Passaic police responding to several 911 calls of shots fired shortly after ...

Cliffside Park detectives were closing in when a borough man surrendered Friday in connection with a hit-and-run crash that sent a 16-year-old girl to the hospital earlier in the week.Scott McLearie, who turned 64 on Thursday, was accompanied by his lawyer when Detective William Crapara served him at headquarters Friday with complaints charging him with assault by auto and endangering ...

A notorious hedge fund manager who spent four years in prison for a massive scam in Canada adopted a new identity in New York, where he conspired with an Essex County woman in a $30 million blockchain investment scam that cashed in on the crypto tech boom, federal authorities charged.Edith Pardo, 68, of Bloomfield was arrested Friday by the FBI for her alleged role in the scam that U.S. ...