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Overdosing BMW Driver, 60, Revived After Crash At Route 17 Exxon Station, Police Say
Police revived an overdosing 60-year-old Rockland County man who crashed his BMW in Bergen County early Saturday, June 22. Ridgewood police were called to the Exxon station at 490 Route 17 South just before 7:45 a.m., where the BMW driver from Nanuet was found unconscious after crashing in a handicapped parking spot, Ridgewood Police Lt. John Chuck said. Photo(s) of the day, 06/22/2024: For the second time in less than 24 hours, Ridgewood PD patrol officers took a driver... Posted by Boyd A. Loving on Saturday, June 22, 2024 Photo(s) of the day, 06/22/2024: For the second tim…
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Ex-Con Involved In Undercover Shooting Charged With Drug-Induced Death Of Garfield Man
UPDATE: An ex-con from Garfield who served time for a botched drug deal that led to the shooting of an undercover police officer was arrested on Thursday and charged with causing the overdose death of a 30-year-old user late last summer. Melvin Guzman, 29, is charged with strict liability in the drug-induced death of Ivan Santiago of Passaic last Sept. 17, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced on March 28. Santiago and another user were hospitalized after overdosing at a home on Lincoln Place, the prosecutor said. He was pronounced dead soon after. “A six-month investigation by t…
Police & Fire
Four Die From Fentanyl Sold By NJ Dealer: Feds
Four people were killed by fentanyl peddled by a dealer from Somerset County who was captured in the middle of another sale, authorities said. A federal judge in Newark ordered Mauricio Gutierrez, 50, of Somerset held following an initial court appearance on charges of distributing drugs that killed users. Special agents of U.S. Homeland Security Investigations Newark took custody of Gutierrez after he was busted selling coke in Piscataway on Thursday, Sept. 28, authorities said. One of the buyers shared it with two other people that fateful June 2022 day, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger…
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Bodies Found In Jersey City Parking Garage: Preliminary Cause Of Death Revealed
Two bodies were found in a Jersey City parking garage early Thursday, Aug. 24. Police believe that the two males found just after 7:40 a.m. at 270 Magnolia Avenue overdosed, according to city spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione. The garage is located behind the Lowe's Jersey City theater in Journal Square. Two pellet guns and drug paraphernalia were found on both victims, who appeared to be in their late 20s or early 30s, Wallace-Scalcione said. However, the investigation remains ongoing and the official cause of death will be determined by the medical examiner's office.
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NJ Dealer Charged Federally With Selling Mix Of Fentanyl, Heroin That Killed User: Authorities
A Somerset County man was seized by federal agents who charged him with selling a mix of fentanyl and heroin that killed a user in Plainfield. Officers responding to the victim’s home found two wax folds containing both drugs and bearing a unique stamp, which they linked to Thomas Kane Miller, 38, of Somerset, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said. Investigators learned that the victim and Miller had arranged to meet shortly before the October 2022 overdose, the U.S. attorney added. Miller had also been found 10 days earlier with several wax folds of the same drugs with the same stamp, Selli…
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Arrests Made In Fentanyl-Related Death Of Mom At Hackensack Mall, Co-Workers Rally For Daughter
UPDATE: Authorities vowed to find whoever sold the fentanyl-laced cocaine that killed one of five women who overdosed on it at the Shops At Riverside mall in Hackensack. They believe they have. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced on Friday, March 24, that two arrests were made in an ongoing investigation into what killed 29-year-old Michelle Edoo of Bergenfield, a nursing student and single mom who worked with three of the other victims at the Cheesecake Factory in the mall off westbound Route 4. Paterson residents Garfield Jones, a 48-year-old Jamaican national who works…
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Route 17 Crash: Waldwick Police Revive Overdosed Midnight Driver
HEROES: An unconscious 28-year-old driver from East Rutherford was revived by Waldwick police after overdosing and crashing his car into a median on Route 17, authorities said. It was moments after midnight when the crash occurred near Sheridan Avenue early Wednesday, March 22, Police Lt. Troy Seifert said. Sgt. Michael Sinclair and Officers Tom Zachmann and Anthony LoPrinzi had to break a window to get to the unresponsive driver and pull him out, Seifert said. He regained consciousness after they administered Narcan, then was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood by the Waldwick Volun…
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Services Set For NJ Model Jeremy Ruehlemann
Funeral arrangements have been set for 27-year-old North Jersey native and model Jeremy Ruehlemann, who died over the weekend in a New York City apartment. Visitation will be Friday, Jan. 27 from 3 to 7 p.m., at the Burnett & White Funeral Homes in Red Hook, NY. Following calling hours, all are invited to gather at The Early Terrible, in Woodstock, NY. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, Jan. 28 at 10:30 a.m., at the Good Shepherd Church in Rhinebeck, NY 12572. The Funeral Mass will be livestreamed. Ruehlemann was found unresponsive in the bathroom of his friend's Midtow…
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Possible Cause Of Death Revealed For Bergen County Model Jeremy Ruehlemann: Report
A possible cause of death has been revealed for 27-year-old New Jersey native and NYC model Jeremy Ruehlemann in a new report by the Daily Mail. Ruehlemann was found unresponsive in the bathroom of his friend's Midtown apartment around 9:50 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, the outlet says citing NYPD. He was pronounced dead at the scene. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jeremy Ruehlemann (@ruehlemann) The model's 59-year-old father says his son battled an addiction to prescription pills for years, and while he's still waiting for the resu…
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Bergen Restaurant Owner, 'Green Book' Actor ID'd As Victim Whose Body Was Found Dumped In Bronx
Bergen County actor and restaurant owner Frank Vallelonga Jr. was identified as the alleged overdose victim whose body was found dumped on a Bronx sidewalk earlier this week, authorities said. Vallelonga, 60, a longtime Paramus resident more recently of Franklin Lakes, lived in a long shadow cast by his late father, Frank Sr., an actor known for his recurring role on "The Sopranos" -- and whose nickname, "Tony Lip," gave his son's Italian pasta and pizza joint its name. According to Bronx court reports, a city man loaded the lifeless body into a vehicle owned by Vallelonga's younger brother…
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Demolition Derby: Responders Revive Route 17 Driver With Narcan After Chain-Reaction Crash
A sedan slammed into several vehicles on Route 17 after its driver apparently overdosed behind the wheel, authorities said. Responders revived the 28-year-old motorist from Miami with Narcan after his 2003 Infiniti G35 damaged multiple vehicles on the southbound highway in Lodi around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, said Keisha J. McLean, the Bergen County sheriff's public information officer. The driver was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center for an evaluation, McLean said. No other injuries were reported. Hackensack firefighters and HUMC paramedics responded along with the sheri…
Police & Fire
Kearny Man Charged In OD Death Of Newark Fire Captain
A 42-year-old man has been charged in the overdose death of a beloved 49-year-old Newark fire captain who was found unresponsive at a fire station in January. Eliasel Baez, 42, of Kearny, was charged with strict liability in the death of Newark Fire Captain Carlos Rivera, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, said. He was also charged with distributing cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school, authorities said. On Jan. 15, Rivera, of Sayreville, was found unresponsive inside the Newark firehouse of Engine 15 Ladder 7 at 269 Park Avenue. He was taken to University Hos…
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Baby Daddy's Response To '16 & Pregnant' Star's Death Causes Controversy Online
“We didn’t lose anything.” Those were the words Derek Taylor tweeted after last Saturday's death of Jordan Cashmyer, with whom he shares a daughter. The couple was featured together on the popular MTV show "16 & Pregnant" in 2014 before the birth of their daughter, Genevieve. Taylor's comment was posted by Instagram account @teenmomshade room. Some are calling it heartless, others say it's truthful. Derek Taylor commented "we didn't lose anything," following the death of Jordan Cashmyer, whom he shares a daughter with.Twitter screengrab via @teenmomshaderoom "Well, she had nothin…
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Two Narcan Saves In One Weekend: Good Samaritans, EMS Assist Emerson Police
HEROES: Two good Samaritans helped police rescue an overdosing driver in one of two Narcan saves made in Emerson over the weekend, authorities said. The civilians had pulled the lifeless 30-year-old Lodi driver from his Ford sedan, which was stopped in the middle of Ackerman Avenue, shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday, Capt. Michael McDermott said. Sgt. Joseph Alasio assisted them with CPR and got a pulse, McDermott said. The driver was speaking with the sergeant when he lost consciousness again, McDermott said. Backup Officer Anthony Mazzo then joined the two civilians in CPR before members o…
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Driver ODs, Crashes, Revived By Glen Rock Police
Glen Rock police revived a driver who’d overdosed behind the wheel and crashed, damaging a resident’s lawn, in the middle of the afternoon. Officers responding to a 911 call of an unconscious driver forced their way into the locked 2016 Mercedes SUV on Midwood Road, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. They pulled the driver out and administered Narcan, which brought him around, Ackermann said. Members of the Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Corps took over, then brought the driver to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, he said. One of the officers sustained minor injuries as they forced their wa…
Lifestyle
'He Died In His Tracks,' NJ Mom Says After Twin Son, 25, Dies Of Fentanyl Poisoning
A New Jersey mother is opening up on social media to spread awareness of counterfeit drugs after the sudden death of her 25-year-old son due to fentanyl poisoning. Denville native and Morris Knolls High School graduate Ross Michael Kaplowitz died Dec. 13, his obituary says. The University of Vermont student had gone out to smoke in the family’s garage and was found dead hours later, his mother, Marisa, details in a public Facebook post -- which had nearly gone viral as of March 3. “There was nothing we could do to revive him, although we tried," she wrote. "He died in his tracks.” Though…
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Heroes
: Port Authority PD Saves OD Victim At GWB Bus Station
Port Authority Police Officer Kyle Chmura knows an overdose when he sees one. Responding to a call of a man down in a third-floor bathroom stall at the George Washington Bridge bus station in Washington Heights, Chmura immediately began a sternum rub in an attempt to revive the 50-year-old victim. Chmura and backup Officer Chris Figueroa then gave the man oxygen and two blasts of Narcan that eventually brought him around, Port Authority spokeswoman Lenis Valens said. EMS arrived, continued care and took the victim to nearby Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center for further treatment, Valens…
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NJ Senate Approves Bill Aimed At Preventing OD Deaths
The New Jersey Senate on Thursday approved a proposed law that would require doctors to prescribe Narcan when writing opioid pain management prescriptions for high-risk patients. At least seven states now require co-prescribing Narcan (naloxone) with opioids: Arizona, Florida, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and Washington. Laws in California and Ohio require prescribers to offer naloxone co-prescriptions in certain circumstances. “It can make a difference in New Jersey, as well,” said state Sen. Anthony M. Bucco, R-Boonton, a co-sponsor of the measure, which had bi-partisan su…
Police & Fire
Heroes: Ridgefield Park Police Revive Two OD Victims At Once
Ridgefield Park police revived two overdose victims with Narcan at the same time. A frantic, screaming companion led responding Sgt. William Morton and Officers Brian Ooms and Chris Beirne into the Park Street apartment shortly before 11:30 p.m. Thursday, Police Chief Joseph Rella said. In the bedroom they found a limp 32-year-old woman face down and turning blue, the chief said. As two of the officers administered Narcan, the other looked for any drugs or paraphernalia that would help assess her condition. That's when he found an unconscious 30-year-old male victim, also f…
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Dead Trucker Found In Palisades Park Bar
A Palisades Park bartender told police he'd closed for the night when he found the body of a customer who'd overdosed in a storage room closet. Responding police officers tried to revive the 37-year-old truck driver from Cocoa, FL (previously North Bergen) after the bartender at Legends on Route 5 found his body while cleaning up shortly before 4:30 a.m. Sept. 22, according to a police report. A physician at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center connected ALS unit that also responded pronounced the overdose victim dead, it says. The death wasn't considered suspicious, police said. Toxicol…
Police & Fire
Irvington Drug Mill Sold ‘Branded’ Heroin That Killed Dozens: AG
Authorities raided an Irvington apartment Tuesday that was used to prepare heroin for sale on the street, with doses stamped with “brand names” like Dunkin Donuts and American Greed, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Also on Tuesday, four people were arrested for their alleged involvement with the operation, which sold drugs believed to be responsible for 33 overdose deaths and more than 90 overdoses in total. Numerous law enforcement agencies from across North Jersey assisted in the investigation that led to Tuesday’s raid on a second-floor apartment at 214 Eastern Parkway, where au…
Police & Fire
'Next Fix Could Be Last': AG Warns Users Of Fatal Drugs After Hudson/Essex Drug Mill Takedown
The takedown of a massive Hudson/Essex-based drug ring that pumped out 15,000 bags a day of heroin and fentanyl a day prompted a rare public warning to drug users Thursday from state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal about which brands to avoid. The massive drug mill was operated by three men from a luxury condo in Hudson County where authorities said they seized 32,500 individual doses and nearly nine pounds of fentanyl and heroin -- some with the same brand names linked to 84 overdose deaths in New Jersey. “We know that our state is home to far too many people struggling with addiction,…
Police & Fire
Kids OK After Special Needs School Bus Driver ODs Behind Wheel, Crashes In Newark
A day after three people were killed by an overdosing driver in a crash at a Route 23 gas station, the driver of a school bus carrying children with special needs had to be revived with Narcan after a crash in Newark. The dozen or so students weren’t injured in the 1 p.m. crash at 14th Avenue and Jones Street. Responders used Narcan to revive the woman, who police said apparently had overdosed on heroin. ****** ALSO SEE: Authorities charged the drugged driver in a Tuesday morning crash that killed a father and son and a gas station attendant on Route 23 in Wayne. https://dailyvoice.…
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: New Milford Police Rescue OD Victim, 51, In Locked SUV
A group of New Milford police officers rescued a 51-year-old borough woman who’d overdosed in her locked SUV. An officer broke the window so he and his colleagues could get to the victim in a rear River Road parking lot late Friday afternoon, Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said. They immediately administered CPR and then Narcan, which brought her around, he said. The woman -- who told police she'd taken oxycodone -- was taken to Holy Name Medical Center by a hospital ambulance, Van Saders said. The heroes: Capt. Kevin Kiene, Lt. Brian Clancy and Officers Brian Ciavaglia and Andrew Lignos.
Police & Fire
Bergen Prosecutor: Local Police Save 7 OD Victims With Narcan In Five Days
Local police officers in several Bergen County towns used Narcan to save the lives of seven overdose victims in five days, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Wednesday. Calo listed the saves: Last Wednesday: Lyndhurst, 45-year-old man; Thursday: Fort Lee, 52-year-old woman; Friday: Oakland, 25-year-old man; Saturday (2): Elmwood Park, 33-year-old victim, Hackensack, 27-year-old man; Sunday: Wallington, 38-year-old man; Monday: Old Tappan, 30-year-old woman. As of Wednesday, Calo said, local police used Narcan to save 76 overdose victims. Over that same period, 15 users have …
Police & Fire
Elmwood Park Police Revive Garfield OD Victim, 19, Found Face-Down In Snow
ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- Elmwood Park police revived a 19-year-old overdose victim found face-down in the snow early Tuesday evening. It took two rounds of Narcan from Officer Chris Finn to help bring the unconscious victim around after he was found around 5 p.m. on Mill Street, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. The Elmwood Park Volunteer Ambulance Corps took him to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson. A resident who witnessed the save praised police and EMTs for their fast and decisive work in rescuing the victim.
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