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6-Foot-5 Youth Camp Worker Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Child Multiple Times In Bergen County
A 32-year-old New York man has been charged with sexually assaulting a child while working as a support services director at a youth camp in one of New Jersey's wealthiest towns. Jelanie McKenzie, of Queens, had been working at the youth camp when he sexually assaulted a child under 16 years old on multiple occasions in Alpine, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The alleged assaults began in March 2024, according to Musella. On Thursday, July 25, McKenzie was charged with four counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, second-degree endangering the welfare of a chi…
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NJ State Trooper Admits Punching Handcuffed Woman After She Spits At Troopers, Loses Job: AG
A New Jersey State Police trooper from Gloucester County has admitted punching a woman in the face with a metal flashlight in his hand while the victim was handcuffed in the backseat of a patrol vehicle, authorities said. The incident occurred after the drunken woman spat toward troopers following a trespassing complaint, according to Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin Trooper Nicolas J. Hogan, 28, of Gibbstown, pleaded guilty on Thursday, July 25 in Cumberland County to aggravated assault, Platkin said. Hogan entered into a consent order banning him for life from holding public offi…
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Harrowing Bodycam Footage Shows NJ Gunman Firing Rapidly At Police Before He's Shot Dead
The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office has released footage from two police body-worn cameras capturing a shootout that left a 44-year-old man dead last March. Hamilton (Mercer County) officers were responded to an Orchard Avenue home for a domestic dispute just after 10 p.m. March 8, AG Matthew Platkin said. Hamilton Township Police Officers Derek Fiabane and Paul Piromalli were met with someone, apparently the 911 caller, who told officers that Vincent Correa was drunk and acting "a little bit out of control." They also said he was a hunter and had "a lot of guns" in the basement. Wit…
Police & Fire
'Hot Boys Mafia' Gangster Was Being Served In NJ Shooting That Injured Him, Detective: Cops
A Perth Amboy detective remains in stable condition after he was shot while executing an arrest warrant in Rahway on the evening of Wednesday, July 24, authorities said. At 8:32 p.m., the detective, who has not been identified, was shot by 20-year-old Rahway resident Angel Santiago, who is a suspect in an aggravated assault that occurred in Perth Amboy Tuesday, Union County Prosecutor William Daniel and Rahway Police Director Nicholas Breiner said. The detective was shot multiple times in the leg, while Santiago sustained a single gunshot wound to the lower leg, authorities said. …
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Details Released: Perth Amboy Officer Shot In Rahway Was Serving Warrant, Officials Say
A Perth Amboy police officer is in stable condition after being shot in the line of duty in Rahway Wednesday evening, July 24, the New Jersey Attorney General's Office said. Rahway Mayor Raymond Giacobbe said the officer had been serving a search warrant alongside local police when the suspects tried to flee the scene. Reports say it happened along Broad Street. "During this incident, one suspect discharged a firearm, striking a Perth Amboy Police Officer in the leg," the mayor said. The officer was transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick with a no…
Police & Fire
Child Sexually Abused By Central Jersey Man In Bergenfield Repeatedly, Prosecutor Says
A 20-year-old Middlesex County man was arrested and charged on Wednesday, July 17, with sexually assaulting a child in Bergenfield, authorities said. In May, Bergenfield police and the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office began investigating the sexual assault of a juvenile under the age of 16 and determined Richard Simko had assaulted them on multiple occasions, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Simko was arrested in Woodbridge and charged with five counts of sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. He was remanded to the Bergen County Jail pending a court …
Police & Fire
NJ Man Killed, Dismembered By 5 People Including Murder Suspect Before SWAT Standoff: Cops
Four people from Ocean County were accused of helping a murder suspect dismember the body of a Toms River man who was killed in his home, authorities said. Elizabeth Mascarelli, 29, of Seaside Heights; Danielle Bolstad, 42, of Barnegat; Jared Krysiak, 34, of Brick Township; and Jarred Palumbo, 36, of Manchester, were facing charges in the case, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said in a news release on Monday, July 15. Their charges were related to the killing of 56-year-old Kerry Rollason. Investigators said Rollason was killed by 35-ye…
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'Serious Bodily Injuries' Sustained In Hit-Run: Bergen County Prosecutors
One person "sustained serious bodily injuries" in a hit-and-run crash the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office announced on Sunday afternoon. The serious crash happened at the intersection of Route 46 East and Bergen Turnpike in Little Ferry, NJ around 3;08 a.m. on July 14, as detailed in the release. One person in the struck vehicle was injured and taken to an area hospital, while the driver of the striking vehicle fled the scene, according to the release. The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit and the Little Ferry Police Department are investigating. No additio…
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Bergen County Pastor Repeatedly Performed Sex Acts On Child: Criminal Complaint
A 74-year-old Paramus church pastor has been arrested and charged with 21 counts of sexual offenses for disturbing sexual assaults on a girl between ages 13 and 18 for years, authorities announced Friday, July 12. Stephen E. Sweet, the pastor at Grace's Lutheran Church in River Edge, became the center of an investigation on Thursday, July 11, on a tip that he'd sexually assaulted a juvenile in the past, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. ** WARNING: The following news article contains graphic and disturbing information. Reader discretion is advised ** Sweet sexually assaulted…
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Cops ID Driver, 66, In Road Rage Ramming Of Elderly Victim In Fair Lawn (
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A 66-year-old Fair Lawn man has been charged with assault by auto and more, after police said he intentionally ran over a 70-year-old man on Thursday night, July 11. Officers respond to Berdan Avenue at Malcom Terrace around 7:20 p.m. where they found the victim lying in the roadway with several bruises and cuts to his head, Fair Lawn Police Sgt Eric Eleshewich said. At the scene in Fair Lawn. Boyd A. Loving The officers would come to learn that Norbetto P. Herrera was driving a white Hyundai Sonata when he struck the victim’s 2003 Toyota Camry on Plaza Road and Fairmount Place, and…
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Detective, 42, To Be Buried In Paramus
Robert Sivori, who served in the Emergency Services Unit of the New York City Police Department died on Sunday, July 7 ,five days before his 43rd birthday, according to his obituary on the Matthew Funeral Home website. Sivori came from a long line of law enforcement, his great-grandfather, grandfather, father and brother, all current or former members of the NYPD. He joined the NYPD in 2005, serving for almost 20 years, his obituary reads. "He exemplified the highest standards of professionalism, integrity, and bravery. His colleagues remember him as a compassionate officer who always …
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State Agency Director ID'd As Driver, 55, Killed By Motorist Running Red Light On Route 130
The driver killed in an early-morning crash Wednesday, July 10 on Route 130 in Hamilton has been identified as the director of the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation (SCI). The agency identified its executive director Chadd W. Lackey as the 55-year-old Voorhees driver who died in the Hamilton crash. Police in their initial report said the crash was caused by a 51-year-old Bordentown woman who allegedly ran a red light at Klockner Road and struck a 2020 Ford Edge SUV heading east around 6 a.m. Lackey's 44-year-old passenger from Hamilton was left critical. “We are deva…
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Edison Police Lieutenant Dies
The Edison Police Department is mourning the loss of one of its lieutenants. The department announced the death of Lt. Donald Ship on Wednesday, July 10. A cause of death was not provided. Ship launched his career in law enforcement as an officer at Kean University before transferring to EPD in January 2011. He was assigned to the patrol bureau "where he was an officer his squad mates could rely on, and he was a field training officer to new hires," his department said. Ship was promoted to sergeant in 2020, and was tasked with relaunching the Community Policing Unit. "He …
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: Big Purple Bud Bus Guy, Woman Arrested After Series Of Raids Across NJ, NY, Cops Say
The New York owner of a popular cannabis company known for its fleet of purple buses and vans was taken into custody, as was a woman, on Wednesday, July 10, following a series of raids across New Jersey and New York, authorities said. Searches on Bill Schlette’s Bud Bus Inc. locations Hewitt, Manahawkin, Keyport, and West Nyack, NY turned up $200,000 in cash, according to West Milford Police Capt. Parrello. Back in May, West Milford police executed search warrants at five Bud Bus locations in town where 150 pounds of marijuana were seized, along with $11,000 in cash, police said. A warrant …
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Mass Amounts Of Cocaine, $17K Seized From Mom-Son Duo In Bloomfield, Newark SWAT Raids: Cops
Detectives have put a stop to one family's cocaine distribution business in a series of raids across Essex County Tuesday, July 9, authorities said. More than 10,000 vials of cocaine, several hundred grams of cocaine, $17,600 in cash and a handgun with an extended magazine were seized by detectives, ultimately leading to charges against Edwin Medina, 32 and his mother, Sandra Almodovar, 51, both of Newark, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II announced. Detectives from the ECPO Narcotics Task Force first seized more than a kilo of suspected cocaine in a series of…
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Paramus Police's New Deputy Chief Cracked Some Of Borough's Biggest Cases
Batman and Robin are back. Back in 1994, when Frank Scott was first hired as a Paramus police officer, Robert Guidetti was his assigned training officer. The two worked nights together, patrolling local streets and highways as Guidetti showed the rookie cop the ropes. Then, when Guidetti was promoted out of the department's intelligence unit, Scott was brought in to replace him. Eventually, Scott was promoted again to captain of the detective bureau where he would continue to play a key role in managing and cracking some of the most involved cases in Paramus — just as he did in June of 20…
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Handgun Loaded With Hollow-Point Bullets Found On Woman In Stolen Lexus At Paramus Mall: Cops
An Essex County pair wanted out of multiple towns were arrested at a Paramus mall getting into a stolen Lexus, before one was found with a handgun, police said. Officer Kevin Grady was patrolling the parking lot at Westfield's Garden State Plaza Saturday, July 6, when he noticed a 2012 white Lexus R35 that had ben stolen out of Orange on July 3, Paramus Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. While surveilling the car, Grady — assisted by Officer Connor Nutland — saw a man and woman get into the car. The individuals were identified as Destiny M. Johnson, 25, of East Orange, and Quaysh…
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Mugshot Released Of Woman Accused Of Hiding Murder Suspect In NJ Home Before Standoff-Suicide
A New Jersey woman has been charged with helping a 35-year-old murder suspect hide from police following a standoff in which he ultimately died by suicide, authorities said. Elizabeth Mascarelli, 29, of Seaside Heights, allowed Max Johnston to stay in a home with her on Ravenwood Drive in Toms River before an hours-long standoff that ended with him ending his own life Friday, July 5, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Ocean County Prosecutor's Office/Gabriella Caroleo Facebook Johnston had been wanted in the murder of Gabriella Caroleo, 25, of Seaside Heights, in…
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Murder Suspect Dies By Suicide After SWAT Standoff In NJ Town, Prosecutor Says
A man wanted in the killing of a Seaside Heights mom in Manchester died by suicide after a SWAT standoff in Toms River on Friday, July 5, authorities said. Maxwell Johnston, 35, had been wanted in the murder of 25-year-old Gabriella Caroleo of Seaside Heights on Thursday, June 27. Following an hours-long standoff at 1905 Ravenwood Drive in Toms River, Johnston took his own life, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office said. MANCHESTER MURDER SUSPECT TAKES OWN LIFE AFTER STANDOFF WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT IN TOMS RIVER Ocean County Prosecutor... Posted by Jersey Coast Emergency News on&nb…
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Wrong-Way Crash Kills 2, Injures 1 On Garden State Parkway In Paramus, State Police Say
Two people were killed and one person was injured in a wrong-way crash on the Garden State Parkway overnight in Paramus, authorities confirmed. Diana J. Cruz, 38, of Newark, was heading north in the southbound lanes of the Parkway when she struck a Toyota SUV head-on just before 2:30 a.m. at milepost 163.4 on Friday, July 5, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said. Both Cruz and the Toyota driver, Sunday T. Ogundare, 55, of Newark, were killed, Lebron said. A passenger in the Toyota, a 20-year-old Pompton Plains woman, was hospitalized with moderate injuries. The crash remain…
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NJ Town's Police Chief Refuses To Leave Residents Behind In Assuming Statewide Leadership Role
John Russo never intended on becoming a police chief. He was going for an FBI agent, but while growing up in Rutherford and meeting his friends' parents and coaches who were police officers, he decided to switch gears. Twenty-six years into his law enforcement career, and 11 years in his role as Rutherford Police Chief, Russo has been sworn in to a one-year term as the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police's 109th president. The ceremony happened during the association's 112th annual training Training Conference & Police/Security Expo in Atlantic City last month. …
Police & Fire
Forklift Operator, 46, Killed By Police While Wielding Chainsaw In Central Jersey: AG
Authorities have identified a Keansburg man shot and killed by police while wielding a chainsaw, along with the officers involved in the Memorial Day incident. Willem Roman, 46, died from his injuries on Friday, June 14. Attorney General Matt Platkin announced his death in a news release on Monday, July 1. Keansburg police were called to perform a welfare check at a home on Seabreeze Way at around 1:07 p.m. on Monday, May 27. Two officers entered the home and found Roman with a running chainsaw, along with several weapons. Investigators said Roman approached the officers with the chainsaw.…
News
Unsuspecting Heroin, Cocaine Dealer Leads Detectives To 3 More Arrests, Passaic Sheriff Says
Timing was everything Thursday, June 27 in Passaic County. Kevin Wunk made the jobs of law enforcement officers a whole lot easier, as he carried out a drug deal just as they were arriving to execute a search warrant on his home, wrapping a month-long investigation and leading them to three additional arrests, Acting Passaic County Sheriff Gary Giardina said. The Passaic County Sheriff's Office had been investigating the Wanaque resident throughout the month of June, and at 10 a.m., officers from Wanaque and Ringwood police departments arrived at his Ringwood Avenue apartment to c…
News
Hackensack SWAT Standoff Ends After 5 Hours
One person was in custody after a more than five-hour standoff with a regional SWAT team and crisis negotiators in Hackensack Wednesday evening, June 26, police said. Hackensack Police Capt. Michael Antista said only that the man was being hospitalized for evaluation after peacefully surrendering to authorities at approximately 10 p.m. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Daily Voice NJ (@dailyvoicenewjersey) Negotiators and the county's regional SWAT team responded to 423 Hudson St. at approximately 5 p.m., where they were "havi…
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Cops ID Fair Lawn Man, 26, As Culprit Behind Bogus Bomb Threats To Fort Lee PD
A 26-year-old Fair Lawn man is facing charges for calling and emailing false threats to law enforcement agencies across Bergen County, authorities announced Clyde Johnson has been charged with false public alarm in the series of anonymous calls and emails to Franklin Lakes, Paramus, Wyckoff, Maywood, Fair Lawn, Fort Lee, and Bergenfield police departments, as well as local businesses, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Each time, Johnson reported "an individual armed with a deadly weapon or explosive" Musella said. An investigation helmed by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Off…
Police & Fire
Uniformed Detective Flashes Smug Grin In New Mugshot After Heroin, Drug Arrest In Newark
A newly-released mugshot shows a 41-year-old Newark police detective smugly grinning amidst being charged with multiple drug offenses, including heroin possession. Ricardo Garden arrested by detectives from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Professional Standards Bureau on Thursday, June 20, after being found in possession of drugs, Prosecutor Theodore Stephens II said. Garden was charged with a litany of offenses: third-degree possession of heroin; third-degree possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute; possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute within 100…
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NJ Ambulance Driver Arrested On Child Porn Charges Involving 13-Year-Olds, Sheriff Says
A newly-hired volunteer ambulance driver and landscaper from Passaic County is facing child porn charges out of Illinois involving two 13-year-old children, authorities said. Victor E. Meza Valdez, 26, of Ringwood, was arrested on June 20, by detectives with the Passaic County Sheriff's Office on a warrant out of McHenry County, IL, Acting Passaic County Sheriff Gary Gairdina said. During the search of Valdez's home, detectives seized several of his electronic devices, which will be transferred to the McHenry County State Attorney’s Office. Valdez faces various child pornography charg…
Police & Fire
DWI Driver, 34, Lands On Lawn, Assaults Arresting Officer In Ridgewood, Police Charge (
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A 34-year-old Midland Park man is facing charges following a DWI incident in Ridgewood, police said. Ridgewood officers responded to East Glen Avenue at Northern Parkway, where Edwin Barahona's Nissan sedan ended up on the front lawn of a home Friday, June 21, just before 4 p.m., Sgt. Ray Tarino tells Daily Voice. Photo(s) of the day, 06/21/2024: A late Friday afternoon, 06/21, hit and run crash resulted in Ridgewood PD patrol... Posted by Boyd A. Loving on Friday, June 21, 2024 Photo(s) of the day, 06/21/2024: A late Friday afternoon, 06/21, hit and run crash resulted in Rid…
Police & Fire
Crackdown Of Illegal Paterson Nightlife Nets 379 Charges, 344 ABC Violations, Officials Say
Paterson is cracking down on illegal nightclubs. The city announced the latest initiative, Operation After Dark, which began inspecting 484 after-hour establishments last March. OAD led to 78 arrests, 379 charges, 344 state alcoholic beverage control violations, 378 summonses, 2,000 bottles of alcohol confiscated and 5 firearms removed, Mayor Andre Sayegh and Officer in Charge Isa Abassi said. "Operation After Dark has been effective in not only improving the quality of life in those neighborhoods but decreasing complaints," Sayegh said at a news conference. "To those who want to op…
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Officers Who Killed Bloodied, Naked Knife-Wielding Man In Fort Lee Won't Be Charged, AG Says
Fort Lee police officers who shot and killed an aggressive and bloodied knife-wielding man in February 2023 have been cleared of any wrongdoing, the New Jersey Attorney General's Office announced. A state grand jury voted not to file any criminal charges against the Fort Lee officers who killed 42-year-old Mohamed Bounaouar, of Las Vegas, NV, who was fully naked when he lunged at them with a knife at a John Street apartment on Feb. 4, 2023, Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. Click here for a series of bodyworn cam footage of the incident released by the NJ Attorney General's Office…
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Justin Timberlake Arrested For DWI In NY
Singer and actor Justin Timberlake has allegedly been arrested on DWI-related charges on Long Island, according to multiple news reports. Click here for a new, updated story - New Details Released After Justin Timberlake Nabbed For DWI In Hamptons ABC News is reporting that Timberlake, age 43, was taken into custody in the Hamptons on Monday, June 17, in Sag Harbor. Sag Harbor Police did not immediately return calls or answer phones regarding the arrest. Timberlake is slated to appear in court on Tuesday, June 18, ABC News said. Click here to read the entire ABC News story. Thi…
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