Baseball Fan, Family Man: Anthony Fusco, 79, Was Loved By All Baseball Fan, Family Man: Anthony Fusco, 79, Was Loved By All
Baseball Fan, Family Man: Anthony Fusco, 79, Was Loved By All Anthony “Tony” R. Fusco, 79, formerly of Park Ridge, died on Jan. 29, 2021. Tony was born in New York City to Anthony Sr. and Philomena (Zero) Fusco. He grew up in Brooklyn and was a joy to all he knew him — he was known for his exuberant smile and mischievous personality.  Tony was a graduate of Saint Augustine High School in Brooklyn. He married the love of his life, Eileen Gordon, on November 7, 1971 and enjoyed a successful career of 40 years with Citibank, before retiring in 2000. During his childhood, he was a huge fan of the Brooklyn Dodgers and spent many days at Ebbets Field…
Prosecutor: South Jersey HR Boss Stole $614K From SEA BOX Employer, Spent Some On Enlarged Butt Prosecutor: South Jersey HR Boss Stole $614K From SEA BOX Employer, Spent Some On Enlarged Butt
Prosecutor: South Jersey HR Boss Stole $614K From SEA BOX Employer, Spent Some On Enlarged Butt A 41-year-old human resources manager from Burlington County has been arrested for stealing more than $614,000 from her employer, authorities said. She spent the stolen money on a variety of personal items including overseas travel and buying a "buttock augmentation" for herself and a friend at a Las Vegas plastic surgery center, they said. Karen O’Brien of South Church Road in Maple Shade was charged with theft by unlawful taking and computed related activity for the purpose of executing a scheme to defraud, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Cinnaminson T…
MOST WANTED: Reward Offered For Fugitive NJ Couple In Nationwide Sex-Trafficking Ring MOST WANTED: Reward Offered For Fugitive NJ Couple In Nationwide Sex-Trafficking Ring
Most Wanted: Reward Offered For Fugitive NJ Couple In Nationwide Sex-Trafficking Ring The FBI is offering a $5,000 reward – or $2,500 each -- for information leading to the arrests of a couple wanted out of New Jersey for sex-trafficking victims across state lines using “force, fraud, and/or coercion.” Mallie Monte Evans, 34, and Elizabeth Sanchez, 25, have remained on the run since a federal judge in Trenton signed a warrant for Evans’s arrest last September, authorities said. It's a reflection of the danger they post that Evans and Sanchez were being sought publicly. Sex traffickers have rarely ended up on the FBI’s “Most Wanted” list. Both are considered armed and danger…
ICE, NYPD: 'Money-Sucking' Crew With Bergen, Hudson Members Scammed Elderly 2X ICE, NYPD: 'Money-Sucking' Crew With Bergen, Hudson Members Scammed Elderly 2X
ICE, Nypd: 'Money-Sucking' Crew With Bergen, Hudson Members Scammed Elderly 2X Ten people -- six of them from Bergen and Hudson counties -- were charged by federal authorities with convincing unwitting elderly victims to invest their money in various businesses, pushing them into debt, and then scamming them again with a bogus debt-relief program. Those charged include two Hillsdale residents, identified as Joseph Ciaccio and Joseph Depaola, both 30; two Elmwood Park residents, identified as Derrek Larkin, 36, and Mattie Cirilo, 28; and one from Washington Township, Joseph Minetto, 32. Also charged were Anthony Cheedie, 34, of Jersey City, two people from Arizona, ano…
Montvale Tax Preparer Gets 6 Years In Federal Pen For Collecting Returns With Dead Man's ID Montvale Tax Preparer Gets 6 Years In Federal Pen For Collecting Returns With Dead Man's ID
Montvale Tax Preparer Gets 6 Years In Federal Pen For Collecting Returns With Dead Man's ID A tax preparer from Montvale was sentenced Tuesday to six years in federal prison for using a dead man's identity and a Las Vegas P.O. box to illegally collect refunds from the IRS -- while he was already awaiting trial on charges of helping scam the government out of more than $1.6 million. Wayne Dunich-Kolb, 54, must serve the entire term because there is no parole in the federal prison system. From 2006-2008, Dunich-Kolb grossed $500,000 to $657,000 per year – but claimed a total of only $400 for 2006, $526 for 2007 and $489 for 2008 on his own federal income tax returns, U.S. Attorney C…
Plane At Newark Airport Leaks Fuel During Takeoff: Police Plane At Newark Airport Leaks Fuel During Takeoff: Police
Plane At Newark Airport Leaks Fuel During Takeoff: Police About 240 gallons of fuel spilled from an airliner as it was preparing to take off at Newark Liberty International Airport Monday afternoon, the Port Authority said in a statement.  United Flight 1596 was taxiing when the leak occurred. The Port Authority Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighter unit responded and evacuated the plane. A total of 98 passengers were booked onto other flights, the agency said.  A United spokeswoman, Rachael Rivas, said the flight, bound for Las Vegas, experienced a problem with a fuel valve.  "A technical issue on United flight 1596 from Newark to Las Vega…
Accused Killer Of Former Valley Hospital, North Bergen, Union County Priest Identified Accused Killer Of Former Valley Hospital, North Bergen, Union County Priest Identified
Accused Killer Of Former Valley Hospital, North Bergen, Union County Priest Identified A man being held in a Michigan jail killed an accused sex-abusing priest who once served as a chaplain at The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, at a parish in North Bergen and at three Union County churches, authorities in Nevada said. Derrick Mitchell Decoste, 25, shot 70-year-old John Capparelli in the neck during a robbery at his home in Henderson, just outside Las Vegas, on March 9, authorities said. Decoste exchanged messages with Capparelli after answering an online ad for male wrestlers, they said. Authorities said they recovered the murder weapon – a 9mm handgun – from Decoste’s girlfr…
South Hackensack PD: Vegas Driver On Route 46 Had Gun, Hollow-Point Ammo South Hackensack PD: Vegas Driver On Route 46 Had Gun, Hollow-Point Ammo
South Hackensack PD: Vegas Driver On Route 46 Had Gun, Hollow-Point Ammo A Las Vegas driver stopped by South Hackensack police on Route 46 before dawn Wednesday was carrying a handgun and hollow-point bullets, authorities said. Officer David Polanco stopped the Dodge Caravan bearing a Nevada license plate for several traffic infractions just before 4:30 a.m., Capt. Robert Kaiser said. Approaching the driver, 46-year-old Victor Gonzalez-Rodriguez, the officer spotted a hollow-point bullet inside the vehicle, Kaiser said. A consented search turned up a .40-caliber handgun, the captain said. Gonzalez-Rodriguez was charged with weapons and illegal ammunition posse…
POLL: Are You Tuning In Or Out To More 'Jersey Shore'? POLL: Are You Tuning In Or Out To More 'Jersey Shore'?
Poll: Are You Tuning In Or Out To More 'Jersey Shore'? MTV released a second season of "Jersey Shore Family Vacation" with its premier Thursday evening. Will you be tuning in or out? The show was the most watched unscripted debut on cable since it ended it 2012 among adults 18 to 34. When it first debuted, the show's numbers climbed from 1.4 million viewers to nine million in 2011. Needless to say, the network okay'd a second season of "Family Reunion" before the first episode had even debuted last year. On Thursday night's second season premier, the cast met Ronnie Magro's baby and settled in to their new digs in Las Vegas…
Jersey Shore Star Ronnie Magro's Baby Mama Dragged Him With Her Car Jersey Shore Star Ronnie Magro's Baby Mama Dragged Him With Her Car
Jersey Shore Star Ronnie Magro's Baby Mama Dragged Him With Her Car Jersey Shore star Ronnie Magro's girlfriend and baby mama Jen Harley was charged with domestic battery after dragging him with her car in Las Vegas -- their two-month old baby Ariana inside, TMZ reports. Magro, who shed many tears over the relationship during this season of MTV's "Jersey Shore Family Vacation," was trying to get out of the vehicle during a Sunday night argument after Harley hit him in the face, the article says. Harley continued driving during the off-camera argument, dragging Magro with the car as he attempted to escape, according to TMZ. Magro, born in The Bron…
One Of Vegas Massacre's Youngest Survivors Welcomed In North Haledon One Of Vegas Massacre's Youngest Survivors Welcomed In North Haledon
One Of Vegas Massacre's Youngest Survivors Welcomed In North Haledon One of the youngest survivors of last year's Las Vegas massacre has arrived in North Haledon. Paramus Catholic sweethearts Megan Iannuzzi Panzera and Valdo Panzera Jr. welcomed baby boy Valdo Panzera III -- who Iannuzzi was several weeks pregnant with during the deadly shooting last October, NBC reports. The couple was sitting in the bleachers when a gunman opened fire on the crowd of concertgoers at the Route 91 Harvest music festival from the Mandalay Bay hotel, killing 58 people and injuring nearly 500. Iannuzzi, a Fair Lawn native, and Panzera survived -- along with the baby born this …
Former Alpine Businessman Gets 19 Months In $5M Investment Scam Former Alpine Businessman Gets 19 Months In $5M Investment Scam
Former Alpine Businessman Gets 19 Months In $5M Investment Scam A former Alpine businessman who scammed investors out of more than $5 million was sentenced to 19 months in federal prison on Tuesday. James Trolice, 64, previously admitted selling investors interests in companies that he and Lee Vaccaro, 46, of Las Vegas, claimed held securities that “gave holders the right to buy common stock at a specific price within a certain time frame,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Trolice at the time was president and owner of Trolice Consulting Services LLC and president and chief marketing officer of eAgency, a California-based company that developed mobil…