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Hackensack Rapper Charged With Punching Security Guard At Teaneck Purim Celebration Hackensack Rapper Charged With Punching Security Guard At Teaneck Purim Celebration
Hackensack Rapper Charged With Punching Security Guard At Teaneck Purim Celebration A trespasser punched a security guard during a Purim celebration at a Jewish high school in Teaneck before he was subdued and turned over to police, authorities said. Nakieme Murphy – a 29-year-old aspiring rapper from Hackensack who goes by the name “Kieme Lynx” – entered Hiechal HaTorah High School on Sterling Place just after midnight Sunday, March 24, said Teaneck Police Chief Andrew McGurr. Murphy refused to leave and was being escorted to an exit when he punched the officer, the chief said. Security staff and event attendees subdued Murphy and held him for police. They charged M…
Paramus Detectives Nab Thief Accused Of Burglarizing Local Home, Stealing BMW, Eluding Pursuit Paramus Detectives Nab Thief Accused Of Burglarizing Local Home, Stealing BMW, Eluding Pursuit
Paramus Detectives Nab Thief Accused Of Burglarizing Local Home, Stealing BMW, Eluding Pursuit Paramus police detectives identified and arrested an Irvington resident who they said stole a brand new BMW during a burglary and forced a uniformed officer to terminate a pursuit out of safety concerns. Kasieum Frye, 21, and an accomplice broke into an Oakwood Drive home and snatched the key fob for the 2024 X6 shortly before 4:30 a.m. late last September, Paramus Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. A neighbor alerted police, who found sliding glass doors to the kitchen pried open, the chief said on Wednesday, Feb. 28. Officer Matthew Mulick pursued the SUV on Farview Avenue until high spe…
Man Stabbed, Blood-Covered Suspect Seized In Englewood Man Stabbed, Blood-Covered Suspect Seized In Englewood
Man Stabbed, Blood-Covered Suspect Seized In Englewood A homeless drenched in blood and holding a knife was captured by Englewood police after he stabbed a fellow squatter in a vacant building, authorities said. The 44-year-old victim was expected to survive cuts to his hands, elbow, shoulder and foot, as well as an injury to the bridge of the nose, following the attack shortly before 1:30 p.m. Thursday, July 20, Detective Lt. Fred Pulice said. The victim staggered out of the long-unoccupied building at 215 West Englewood Avenue near Lafayette Place and collapsed on the sidewalk, witnesses told responding officers, the lieutenant said. He was …
Distraction Burglars Fool Montvale Resident, 87, But Joke's On Them, Chief Says Distraction Burglars Fool Montvale Resident, 87, But Joke's On Them, Chief Says
Distraction Burglars Fool Montvale Resident, 87, But Joke's On Them, Chief Says An 87-year-old Montvale homeowner was kept distracted by a burglar whose partner slipped in and swiped a lock box from the victim's home. The joke was on them, however: There weren't any valuables in it, authorities said. Dino Pizzo, 47, was arrested at his Edison home on Saturday, April 29, after Montvale Police Detective Sgt. Andrew Fedick identified him as the stealthy intruder, Police Chief Douglas McDowell said. Pizzo's partner went to the victim's home on a dead-end street on the east side of town shortly after 1:30 p.m. Thursday with a story about doing tree work and a question abou…
‘Stalker’s Christmas’: Accused Restraining Order Violator Spends Valentine's Day In Bergen Jail ‘Stalker’s Christmas’: Accused Restraining Order Violator Spends Valentine's Day In Bergen Jail
‘Stalker’s Christmas’: Accused Restraining Order Violator Spends Valentine's Day In Bergen Jail The approach of Valentine’s Day this year brought a repeat stalker all the way from Queens to Franklin Lakes – and then to jail, authorities reported. Chiawei Chuang, 41, of Flushing had previously been charged with stalking the same person when she allegedly showed up again late Monday, Feb. 13, on a small street in the northwest Bergen County town where the victim lives. Police were called shortly before 10 p.m. and arrested Chuang, who criminal records list as a citizen of the Federated States of Micronesia. She remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Tuesday while awaiting a first a…
Violent Fugitive From Bergen County Captured Violent Fugitive From Bergen County Captured
Violent Fugitive From Bergen County Captured A violent fugitive being sought by state authorities forced some schools in northwest Bergen County to shelter in place during a manhunt that ended in his capture early Tuesday, authorities said. Ex-con Justinian Rocco, 26, of Allendale was seized by Waldwick police shortly after 7:30 a.m. Jan. 3 after colleagues from Saddle River, Midland Park and Wyckoff -- along with a K-9 unit --  converged on the area to assist, they said. Rocco had absconded from a state facility last Thursday, Dec. 29, after spending time behind bars for a variety of convictions. Then came a call early Tuesday …
Out-Of-State Driver Tases Owner Of Little Ferry Impound Lot, Police Charge Out-Of-State Driver Tases Owner Of Little Ferry Impound Lot, Police Charge
Out-Of-State Driver Tases Owner Of Little Ferry Impound Lot, Police Charge An out-of-state driver zapped the owner of a Little Ferry impound lot with a stun gun when he couldn't get his car back, authorities charged. Leon Henry, 29, of Wilmington, NC, had been stopped and issued summonses early Monday, Dec. 12, for, among other offenses, having fictitious plates and driving an unregistered vehicle, Little Ferry Police Chief James Walters said. The license plate on the 2018 Dodge Challenger had a blacked-out frame over it, Walters said. Officer Joseph Convery also immediately spotted a long knife on the passenger seat after stopping Henry on westbound Route 46, th…
Out-Of-State Teen Jailed In Paramus Child Sex Case Also Recorded Assaults: Prosecutor Out-Of-State Teen Jailed In Paramus Child Sex Case Also Recorded Assaults: Prosecutor
Out-Of-State Teen Jailed In Paramus Child Sex Case Also Recorded Assaults: Prosecutor An out-of-state man who was charged with sexually assaulting an underage Paramus teen earlier this year is now accused of recording it, authorities said. Elijah Hutchens, 19, of Huntsville, Alabama has been awaiting trial on several counts of sexual assault, as well as criminal sexual contact, child endangerment through sexual conduct and having an unsecured gun within the under-16-year-old child’s reach. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said his detectives added charges of manufacturing and possessing child pornography against Hutchens on Tuesday, Sept. 20, after Paramus police learne…
Young Firebug Charged With Arson At Two Bergen Schools Young Firebug Charged With Arson At Two Bergen Schools
Young Firebug Charged With Arson At Two Bergen Schools A middle school student set arson fires three weeks apart in River Edge and Oradell, authorities charged. The first began in a garbage receptacle at the Roosevelt Elementary School on Summit Avenue in River Edge shortly after 9:30 p.m. on June 20 and was out by the time firefighters arrived, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. The second was much more damaging. It caused fire and heavy smoke damage after it was ignited in several spots in the field house at River Dell High School in Oradell just after 5:30 p.m. July 11, the prosecutor said. Members of Musella’s arson unit i…
NO LIE: Career Bergen Burglar Caught Breaking Into, Of All Places, An Alarm Business: Police NO LIE: Career Bergen Burglar Caught Breaking Into, Of All Places, An Alarm Business: Police
NO LIE: Career Bergen Burglar Caught Breaking Into, Of All Places, An Alarm Business: Police A career criminal from Bergenfield who’s been busted well over a dozen times the past two decades was caught breaking into an alarm business, Maywood police said. Myles Gerard Shanahan, 61, has a long history of arrests in several towns – Bergenfield, Closter and Tenafly, among them -- mostly for burglary, theft and shoplifting but also for assault and DWI, records show. He'd been released a few weeks earlier following an arrest for a burglary in Bergenfield when officers in Maywood responded to a late-night alarm at Chief Security Systems on Spring Valley Road on March 29, Police Chief Ter…
Peeping Tom Strikes Again At Apartment Complex Along Hackensack River, Police Charge Peeping Tom Strikes Again At Apartment Complex Along Hackensack River, Police Charge
Peeping Tom Strikes Again At Apartment Complex Along Hackensack River, Police Charge A man who was banned from an apartment complex along the Hackensack River after he was caught peeking into windows was back at it, authorities charged. Joshua Purvis, 22, was arrested after Little Ferry police received a call of a peeping Tom at the Waterside Village Apartments beneath the Route 46 bridge shortly after midnight Tuesday, April 5, Chief James Walters said. Purvis, who lives on nearby Liberty Street, was previously banned from the property after surveillance footage showed him “peering through windows and attempting to open them to gain entry,” the chief said. Responding to t…
Pre-Dawn Prowlers From NYC Caught At Route 4 Car Dealership With Guns, Drugs: Paramus PD Pre-Dawn Prowlers From NYC Caught At Route 4 Car Dealership With Guns, Drugs: Paramus PD
Pre-Dawn Prowlers From NYC Caught At Route 4 Car Dealership With Guns, Drugs: Paramus PD The getaway driver for a pair of car thieves caught prowling a Route 4 car dealership in Paramus before dawn was carrying two guns and several heroin folds, authorities said. Officer Matthew Orefice chased down one of them while responding to a call of men with flashlights peering into vehicle on the DCH Paramus Honda lot shortly after 3 a.m. Thursday, March 24, Deputy Police Chief Robert M. Guidetti said. He was identified as Mitchell A. Pringle, 34, of Brooklyn. Officer Ryan Hayo nabbed Pringle's partner, Dramane Guitti, 25, of New York City, Ehrenberg said. He was wearing a black h…
Little Ferry PD: Caller Leads Police To Aluminum Thief At Apartments Along Riverfront Little Ferry PD: Caller Leads Police To Aluminum Thief At Apartments Along Riverfront
Little Ferry PD: Caller Leads Police To Aluminum Thief At Apartments Along Riverfront An aluminum thief was nabbed by Little Ferry police moments after hopping a fence into a locked area of an apartment complex along the Hackensack River, authorities said. Officers Joseph Gaglioti and Dominick Verdi were responding to a call at Waterside Village when they found more than two dozen pieces of crushed aluminum gutters, Police Chief James Walters said. Then they spotted borough resident Joshua Purvis, 22, he said. Purvis had been freed under New Jersey's 2017 bail reform earlier this year after police said a Little Ferry homeowner awoke to find him in his bedroom. The victim ch…
Florida Woman Burns Down NJ Psych Ward Turned Mansion Causing $3.5M In Damages: Police Florida Woman Burns Down NJ Psych Ward Turned Mansion Causing $3.5M In Damages: Police
Florida Woman Burns Down NJ Psych Ward Turned Mansion Causing $3.5M In Damages: Police A woman from Florida was charged with arson in the fire that destroyed a historic mansion and former psychiatric hospital in New Jersey, authorities said. Evelyn V. Alvino, 20, of Pinellas Park, FL, was charged with aggravated arson, burglary, criminal trespassing, and criminal mischief after an 18-month investigation into the fire, NJ State Police said. On May 30, 2020, detectives began investigating a fire at the Arthur Brisbane Child Treatment Center. The former psychiatric hospital was closed in 2005 due to complaints about the conditions there, and it has since been abandoned, accord…
GOTCHA! Saddle River Police Nab Burglar From Montvale Running Out Residents' Front Door GOTCHA! Saddle River Police Nab Burglar From Montvale Running Out Residents' Front Door
Gotcha! Saddle River Police Nab Burglar From Montvale Running Out Residents' Front Door Saddle River police nabbed a burglar from Montvale as he ran out the front door of a local home, authorities said. Residents returning to their home near Chestnut Ridge Road around 5 p.m. Saturday called police after finding signs of a break-in, Lt. Edward Giannotti said. What they didn't know was that the intruder was still inside, he said. Howard Zhang, 37, tried to outrun the responders but was quickly tackled by Officer John Latka and Detective Michael Cooper, the lieutenant said. Zhang, whose criminal history includes convictions out of both Bergen County and Texas, had an outstandin…
Police: Combative Driver Tangles With Officers At Rochelle Park Auto Shop Police: Combative Driver Tangles With Officers At Rochelle Park Auto Shop
Police: Combative Driver Tangles With Officers At Rochelle Park Auto Shop A BMW owner fought Rochelle Park police after trying to retrieve his disabled car from a local auto body shop, authorities said. Responding to the call, Sgt. Chris Bermudez and Officer Brian Monico found Erin Andres Espinal, 26, of Brooklyn in a restricted area of the Essex Street shop refusing to leave his 335i, Lt. James DePreta said. When they asked him to leave, Espinal became combative, tangling with the officers, he said. Espinal was subdued after a brief struggle, then taken to a local hospital, the lieutenant said. He was charged with resisting arrest, aggravated assault on police…
Newark PD: Serial Masturbator Followed Newark Girl, Grabbed Grandmother Holding Baby Newark PD: Serial Masturbator Followed Newark Girl, Grabbed Grandmother Holding Baby
Newark PD: Serial Masturbator Followed Newark Girl, Grabbed Grandmother Holding Baby A 24-year-old Newark man who police say masturbated before following a young girl into the gate of her home, and on a separate occasion was  masturbating when he grabbed a grandmother holding a baby, has been arrested on several charges. The first incident occurred March 14 at an apartment building on Hawkins and Horatio streets, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. There, Harol Marmijo Rosales was masturbating in a first floor hallway of the building, when he accosted a woman with her 1-year-old grandchild, Ambrose said. The woman screamed, and h…
Love Triangle Dispute: 14-Year-Old Boy Stabbed At NJ 'Gingerbread Castle' Love Triangle Dispute: 14-Year-Old Boy Stabbed At NJ 'Gingerbread Castle'
Love Triangle Dispute: 14-Year-Old Boy Stabbed At NJ 'Gingerbread Castle' A 21-year-old New Jersey man was charged with stabbing and seriously injuring a 14-year-old boy at Sussex County's Gingerbread Castle in what police are calling a love triangle dispute.  The man, later identified as Steven Rogers, attacked the teen in a fight over a former Gingerbread Castle employee on Dec. 3, Hamburg Police Lt. Jason Tangorra said. The woman involved in the triangle was charged last October with sexually assaulting the 14-year-old stabbing victim, Tangorra said. The assault also reportedly occurred at the castle. The teen was taken to the Newton Medical Center with …
SEEN HIM? Wayne Police ID Peeper Who Took Upskirt Pic Of Woman In Mall Bathroom Stall SEEN HIM? Wayne Police ID Peeper Who Took Upskirt Pic Of Woman In Mall Bathroom Stall
Seen HIM? Wayne Police ID Peeper Who Took Upskirt Pic Of Woman In Mall Bathroom Stall Wayne police turned to the public Wednesday for help finding a Newark fugitive who they said took an “upskirt” photo of a woman using a toilet in a Willowbrook Mall bathroom. Aware that authorities were searching for him, Mohammad Abass, 40, fled the area and was believed to be in upstate New York or Vermont, Detective Capt. Daniel Daly said. He may be driving a gray or silver 2004 Honda Accord with New Jersey license plates: A12LGM. The woman told police she was using the facilities at Macy’s on Aug. 14 when the man “reached under from the stall beside her while holding a cellphone from …
BUSTED! PIP Police: Burglar Takes Boats For Spin, Goes For Hudson River Swim, Swipes Cooler BUSTED! PIP Police: Burglar Takes Boats For Spin, Goes For Hudson River Swim, Swipes Cooler
Busted! PIP Police: Burglar Takes Boats For Spin, Goes For Hudson River Swim, Swipes Cooler A burglar broke into several boats docked near the George Washington Bridge, took a couple for a joy ride, went for a swim in the Hudson River, then swiped an expensive cooler as he left early Wednesday, said Palisades Interstate Parkway police who caught him soon after. A witness told responding officers that the intruder pulled up to the Englewood Marina in Englewood Cliffs in a silver or gray-colored vehicle around 6:45 a.m. and began entering boats, PIP Police Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. He “took a couple boats for a joy ride and is even believed to have taken a quick dip …
Police: Fleeing Peeping Tom Clips Victim With Car Outside South Hackensack Motel Police: Fleeing Peeping Tom Clips Victim With Car Outside South Hackensack Motel
Police: Fleeing Peeping Tom Clips Victim With Car Outside South Hackensack Motel A peeping Tom caught looking into the windows of a South Hackensack motel room while a couple was having sex clipped one of the victims with his car as he fled, authorities said. Eduardo Moreno was "peering into motel room windows where the curtains were not shut all the way and watching the occupants" at the Congress Inn on Route 46 around 2:45 a.m. Feb. 22, Deputy Police Chief Robert Kaiser said. One of the occupants chased after him and was grazed as Moreno drove off, Kaiser said. Police tracked down an arrested Moreno, a Mexican national living in Passaic, on Sunday. He was charged wi…
Palisades Park Naked Motorist Who Drove Car Into Creek Behind MetLife Charged Palisades Park Naked Motorist Who Drove Car Into Creek Behind MetLife Charged
Palisades Park Naked Motorist Who Drove Car Into Creek Behind MetLife Charged HERE's WHAT HAPPENED: A Palisades Park driver whose car plunged into a creek behind MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford before dawn Thursday was charged with trespassing after he broke into a nearby business and was found asleep -- naked -- hours later, authorities said. Doruk Demirtas, 32, had driven his 2011 Ford Fusion east on East Union Avenue, where it hit a guardrail at a dead end and plunged into Berry's Creek around 1:15 a.m., East Rutherford Police Capt. Phillip Taormina said. Demirtas got out of the sedan, swam to shore and then walked to a building at 25 East Union Ave., where he…
Maywood Detective May Have Cracked A Statewide Locker Room Burglary Spree Maywood Detective May Have Cracked A Statewide Locker Room Burglary Spree
Maywood Detective May Have Cracked A Statewide Locker Room Burglary Spree An accused burglar from Philadelphia is suspected in a string of locker thefts at gyms in New Jersey, authorities said after a Maywood detective identified and arrested him for a local break-in. Detective William Phayre this week charged 49-year-old Milton D. Brown with burglary, theft and criminal trespassing after he burglarized a locker at HackensackUMC Fitness and Wellness Center on northbound Route 17 in late October, Detective Sgt. Matthew Parodi said. “Due to Detective Phayre’s diligent investigation, [Brown] was identified as the suspect in this incident, along with him being a susp…
Teamwork: Haledon Citizens Help Police Nab Suspects In Separate Burglaries Teamwork: Haledon Citizens Help Police Nab Suspects In Separate Burglaries
Teamwork: Haledon Citizens Help Police Nab Suspects In Separate Burglaries Alerted by residents, Haledon police made arrests in several car and home burglaries. It took barely a day for police to arrest 39-year-old Michael Garcia in connection with a car break-in this past Saturday in the 500 block of Belmont Avenue, Police Chief Angelo J. Daniele said Tuesday. An undisclosed amount of cash was taken, the chief said. Garcia, who also was wanted for failing to pay child support, was sent to the Passaic County Jail on charges of burglary, theft and criminal trespassing, Daniele said. He remained held there Tuesday, records show. Less than a week earlier, Haledon po…
Police: Ridgewood Woman Strands Utility Worker Mid-Air In Bucket Police: Ridgewood Woman Strands Utility Worker Mid-Air In Bucket
Police: Ridgewood Woman Strands Utility Worker Mid-Air In Bucket A Ridgewood woman upset with a cable company worker hopped into the cab of an Optimum truck and cut the power to a utility bucket, leaving him hanging in mid-air, police said. Elena Gerlihman, 59, then “removed utility property from the truck and walked away,” Capt. William Amoruso said. Responding officers found the worker stranded in the bucket near Gerlihman’s home at East Ridgewood and South Pleasant avenues, Amoruso said. They arrested Gerlihman on charges of harassment, false imprisonment, disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing, then released her pending a court date.