Light Rain Fog/Mist 37°
Tag:

Attempted Aggravated Assault

Police & Fire
FBI Captures Man Who Sexually Assaulted Child In Garfield For Months, Prosecutor Says FBI Captures Man Who Sexually Assaulted Child In Garfield For Months, Prosecutor Says
FBI Captures Man Who Sexually Assaulted Child In Garfield For Months, Prosecutor Says A 36-year-old New York man has been charged with the sexual assault of a child in Bergen County, police said. Renaldo W. Baxter assaulted a child under the age of 16 years old in Garfield and Teaneck between April and October 2019, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The investigation began on Friday, May 31, when Garfield police contacted the prosecutor's office about the alleged abuse, Musella said. Baxter was charged with one count of second-degree attempted aggravated assault, one count of second-degree sexual assault, and two counts of third-degree endangering the welfare…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
News
Whoopsie: Fleeing Scooter Rider Trying To Evade Officer Pulls Into Moonachie Police HQ Whoopsie: Fleeing Scooter Rider Trying To Evade Officer Pulls Into Moonachie Police HQ
Whoopsie: Fleeing Scooter Rider Trying To Evade Officer Pulls Into Moonachie Police HQ A North Bergen man being chased by a Moonachie officer apparently didn’t realize where he was headed when he pulled into – of all places – the parking lot at police headquarters. Eudy Guareno-Abreu, 32, was speeding and crossing the double yellow line to pass several vehicles on an electric scooter on Moonachie Road when Officer Sean Mulligan activated his emergency lights and siren and began pursuing him, Police Chief Richard Behrens said. Seeing him, Guareno-Abreu pulled a U-turn, began passing vehicles on the right and took a left onto East Park Street, the chief said. Then he headed do…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Rochelle Park PD: Hit-Run Driver Ends Up Hospitalized After Wading Through Frigid River Rochelle Park PD: Hit-Run Driver Ends Up Hospitalized After Wading Through Frigid River
Rochelle Park PD: Hit-Run Driver Ends Up Hospitalized After Wading Through Frigid River A driver who tried to elude Rochelle Park police by wading through a frigid brook after crashing a vehicle ended up hospitalized and in custody instead, authorities said. Thomas Overton, 18, of the Bronx nearly struck the owner whose car he’d just hit at the intersection of Berdan Street and South Drive as he fled the scene shortly after 5:30 p.m. Monday, Lt. James M. DePreta said. Responding police found his abandoned Nissan Rogue – with no license plates -- at the end of dead-ended Chestnut Street soon after, DePreta said. Witnesses who provided cellphone and home surveillance video told…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Bergen Prosecutor: Driver In Undercover Drug Buy Tried Running Down Officer Bergen Prosecutor: Driver In Undercover Drug Buy Tried Running Down Officer
Bergen Prosecutor: Driver In Undercover Drug Buy Tried Running Down Officer UPDATE: A Washington Heights drug dealer nearly ran over a police officer and hit several vehicles with his car after an undercover drug deal in Englewood turned into a chase that ended when he tossed two pounds of crystal meth from the window and bailed out in Fort Lee, authorities said. Daily Voice first reported the aborted deal-turned-pursuit on Tuesday, after authorities cordoned off Fort Lee neighborhood around the New York Avenue driveway where Andrew Herrera, 24, abandoned the badly damaged Mercedes. SEE: Thwarted Undercover Drug Deal Leads To Pursuit, Fort Lee House Search Police …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco