Nearly half of 44 heroin bags that Wayne police found a couple carrying after stopping their nearly 20-year-old sedan were stamped “Kurt Cobain,” authorities said.Officer Thomasz Cydzik and Sgt. James Clark stopped the 2000 Saturn on northbound Route 23 just before 4:30 p.m. Thursday because its brake lights were out, Detective Capt. Lawrence Martin said.The driver, 30-year-old ...

A teenager tricked into coming to Englewood for what he thought was a meeting with a woman he’d connected with on Instagram instead had his valuables stolen at gunpoint by a trio of robbers.Xavier Medina, 18, lured the 17-year-old victim from North Bergen to the area of Lake Street and Broad Avenue shortly before 2 a.m. Jan. 8, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said Friday.The victim went ...

A North Bergen driver fought with North Arlington police after they caught him carrying a large amount of pot for sale, along with joints, THC oils and drug cash, authorities said.An officer stopped a black SUV driven by 32-year-old Jean C. Peguero on Belleville Turnpike near Roosevelt Street for having its lights off at 2:45 a.m. Monday, Police Chief Scott M. Hedenburg said.Officers ...

Teens who at first tussled with one another after a basketball game at Garfield High School Thursday night got into it with police, who took two 15-year-olds into custody, authorities said.The trouble began as attendees of the junior varsity game left the Palisade Avenue gymnasium around 8:45 p.m., Detective Capt. Darren Sucorowski said.Responding officers -- including city police and ...

A Clifton service station attendant was dragged 30 feet by a woman who deliberately closed the window on his arm and sped off after getting $20 worth of gas, authorities said. Police were hoping someone saw something or has information that can help catch her.The dilapidated vehicle – possibly a Nissan Sentra with Pennsylvania licenses plates -- pulled into the Piaget Avenue (Route 46) ...

Englewood detectives charged a local man with robbing a Hackensack couple who came to town to sell an iPhone through the “Letgo” buy/sell app.Sincere Degroat, 19, was carrying an iPhone stolen during one of the robberies when Detective Sgt. Chris Kedersha and Detective Chris Quirk nabbed him in Mackay.The iPhone was stolen from a Hackensack couple on Jan. 5 after the woman, 21, listed ...

A massive investigation by New Jersey authorities into the sexual abuse of young boys by priests has produced its first arrest.Fr. Thomas P. Ganley, 63, of Phillipsburg remained held in Middlesex County Adult Corrections Center in North Brunswick pending a detention hearing Friday on various sex assault counts.Ganley was a priest at St. Cecelia Church in the Iselin section of Woodbridge ...

An older woman and a younger man were hospitalized after she plowed a sedan into a Fair Lawn home Thursday afternoon, severely damaging it.His injuries appeared more serious than hers.The municipal building inspector ruled the house uninhabitable after the crash on Brighton Place at Plaza Road North. Officials said they were condemning the residence.PSE&G was summoned ...

An owner parking his pickup truck accidentally plowed into his car Thursday afternoon, knocking it through the wall of a Little Ferry garage and bringing a borough building inspector along with police and firefighters.Firefighters had to free the uninjured driver after Summit Circle crash because of the narrowness of the space, Police Chief Ralph Verdi said.The impact sent the sedan ...

A special needs adult from Belleville was taken into custody after he approached a 15-year-old Lyndhurst boy, asked if he was gay, then offered him a ride home, authorities said."At no point did the suspect make or attempt to make physical contact with the juvenile," Detective Vincent Auteri said Thursday.The teen told police he was walking home when 52-year-old Jeffrey Nobile ...