Officers Assaulted By Trespasser At Abandoned Bergen County Building: Police Officers Assaulted By Trespasser At Abandoned Bergen County Building: Police
Officers Assaulted By Trespasser At Abandoned Bergen County Building: Police A 35-year-old man accused of returning to an abandoned Bergen County building a day after being cited for trespassing assaulted and threatened officers who tried to arrest him, police said. Damian Shirley, 35, of Hackensack, was spotted at 185 W. Englewood Ave., in Englewood, the former Salvation Army property at West Englewood Avenue and Cottage Place, at approximately 11:20 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25, Englewood Police Detective Capt. Renee LaRaia said. Shirley had been issued a summons for trespassing at the same property the day before, LaRaia said. The abandoned building has been the site…
Secret Chute In NJ Store Uncovers Illegal Gambling Ring: Cops Secret Chute In NJ Store Uncovers Illegal Gambling Ring: Cops
Secret Chute In NJ Store Uncovers Illegal Gambling Ring: Cops A hidden chute behind the counter of a Paterson store led directly to a secret basement compartment holding cash from an alleged illegal gambling operation, authorities said. More than $95,000 in suspected illegal gambling proceeds was seized from Angels Rosa Parks Food at 92 Rosa Parks Boulevard on Wednesday, Aug. 26, Passaic County Sheriff Thomas Adamo said. The investigation began in June after detectives received numerous tip-line complaints about illegal gambling at the store, Adamo said. Detectives determined an illegal Dominican Republic lottery was allegedly being operated inside an…
Masked Man With Gun, Machete Confronts Driver In Clifton: Police Masked Man With Gun, Machete Confronts Driver In Clifton: Police
Masked Man With Gun, Machete Confronts Driver In Clifton: Police A masked man armed with a handgun and machete was arrested after pointing the gun at a driver in Clifton, authorities said. Eddy Calixto, 47, of Clifton, approached an occupied vehicle near Knapp Avenue and Schoonmaker Place at approximately 2:47 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 27, Clifton Police Detective Lt. Robert Anderson said. Wearing black clothing and a black ski mask, Calixto knocked on the vehicle's window and pointed a handgun at the person inside, according to a 911 caller, Anderson said. Officer Luis Candelaria found Calixto less than a block away, still wearing the ski mask and carryin…
Dog Rescued In NJ After Locked In Shed With No Food, Water Dog Rescued In NJ After Locked In Shed With No Food, Water
Dog Rescued In NJ After Locked In Shed With No Food, Water Raven is lucky to be alive after she was locked in a shed for four days with no food or water in Rockaway. Last week, a man who stole an Amazon run and was on the run, stashed Raven inside a shed, Buddha Dog Rescue & Recovery said. Officers were not alerted to Raven's plight Saturday, Aug. 22, forcing her to spend four days trapped with no food or water. Officers began searching for Raven when they heard her desperately whining from inside one of them, Buddha said. They managed to locate her, and she collapsed. Raven eventually drank some water, but terrified and overwhelmed, she r…
NJ Baseball Player Shot Twice By PA Police, Death Ruled Homicide: Coroner NJ Baseball Player Shot Twice By PA Police, Death Ruled Homicide: Coroner
NJ Baseball Player Shot Twice By PA Police, Death Ruled Homicide: Coroner A 22-year-old New Jersey college baseball player was shot twice during an encounter with police in Pennsylvania, and his death has now been ruled a homicide, according to new details released by the coroner on Thursday, Aug. 27. Glenwood Earl Pysher IV suffered gunshot wounds to the chest during the encounter with Upper Pottsgrove Township Police early Sunday, Aug. 23, according to Montgomery County Coroner Dr. Janine Darby. His death has now been ruled a homicide. Police received a 911 call at approximately 12:29 a.m. reporting an "active burglary" at a residence, according to inform…
Serial Groper Drops Pants Outside Bergen County Restaurant: Police Serial Groper Drops Pants Outside Bergen County Restaurant: Police
Serial Groper Drops Pants Outside Bergen County Restaurant: Police A Bergen County man who police say groped multiple women while riding an electric one-wheel board in June is accused of exposing himself outside a Fairview restaurant two months later, authorities said. Eric Humberto Soria, 29, of Cliffside Park, went to a restaurant on Anderson Avenue in Fairview at approximately 10:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25, Fairview Deputy Police Chief John Pierotti said.  Soria was peering at a waitress through the restaurant's glass front windows when he pulled down his pants, Pierotti said. Soria was charged with lewdness and released. Soria was arrested in Ju…
Firefighter Injured Battling Church Fire In Bergen County Firefighter Injured Battling Church Fire In Bergen County
Firefighter Injured Battling Church Fire In Bergen County A firefighter was injured battling a fire at a Bergen County church after crews spotted smoke while responding to another alarm nearby, officials said. The fire broke out at a church near Broad and Madison streets in Carlstadt on Thursday, Aug. 27, according to Carlstadt Fire Department Public Information Officer Jarrett Milligan. Firefighters were responding to another alarm in the area when they noticed smoke coming from the church's exterior roofline, Milligan said. Crews investigated and found a small fire involving the exterior roofline. Firefighters quickly reached the affected area …
Investigation Details NY Native’s Disappearance, Death In Nashville Shared By PI Firm Investigation Details NY Native’s Disappearance, Death In Nashville Shared By PI Firm
Investigation Details NY Native’s Disappearance, Death In Nashville Shared By PI Firm A New York native found dead on a work trip to Nashville was located in under five hours by private investigators, according to their organization. The body of Conor Anderson, 31, was found by Covert Results PI firm, which revealed details of the search on Wednesday, Aug. 26. Anderson, a native of Huntington, Long Island, who moved to the Denver area, was last seen alive around 1 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 16, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department. He was in town for a work trip surrounding a real estate conference, according to his LinkedIn page. One of Anderson’s family friends hired…
11-Year-Old Girl Killed In E-Bike Crash: Ocean County Prosecutor 11-Year-Old Girl Killed In E-Bike Crash: Ocean County Prosecutor
11-Year-Old Girl Killed In E-Bike Crash: Ocean County Prosecutor An 11-year-old girl was killed in a crash in Berkeley Township on Wednesday, Aug. 26, authorities said. At 12:45 p.m., Berkeley Township police responded to Moorage Avenue and Sherman Avenue after a dirt bike operated by an 11-year-old boy with an 11-year-old girl as a passenger was traveling northbound when it failed to stop at a posted stop sign at the intersection of Sherman and Moorage Avenues, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. The electric dirt bike entered the intersection and struck the driver’s side door of a Ford F-250 pickup truck traveling westbound on Moorage …
Jerry Sandusky Gets Hearing On Claims Accusers Were 'Coached' In Penn State Sex Abuse Case Jerry Sandusky Gets Hearing On Claims Accusers Were 'Coached' In Penn State Sex Abuse Case
Jerry Sandusky Gets Hearing On Claims Accusers Were 'Coached' In Penn State Sex Abuse Case Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is asking a Centre County judge to broaden the scope of his upcoming evidentiary hearing, renewing claims that prosecutors, therapists, and others manipulated accusers and withheld information from his defense. Sandusky's attorneys filed a 52-page amended Post-Conviction Relief Act petition on Thursday, Aug. 27, the same day the court confirmed his evidentiary hearing will be held Tuesday, Sept. 8 at 9:30 a.m. The hearing is currently limited to one issue: the June 2025 recantation of R.R., identified in the filings as one of Sandusk…
Loved Ones Mourn Women Killed When Tractor-Trailer Toppled Onto Car On Route 78 Loved Ones Mourn Women Killed When Tractor-Trailer Toppled Onto Car On Route 78
Loved Ones Mourn Women Killed When Tractor-Trailer Toppled Onto Car On Route 78 Loved ones are mourning two Newark women killed when a tractor-trailer overturned onto their car on Interstate 78. Ayesha Wright, 42, and her passenger, Kendra Rouse, 25, were killed in the crash on the eastbound local lanes at milepost 56.8 on Tuesday, Aug. 25, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said. The tractor-trailer overturned onto Wright's stopped Chevrolet during an evasive maneuver, killing Wright and Rouse and leaving the truck driver with minor injuries, police said. Video shared by Jersey Talks showed a passenger car wedged beneath the overturned tractor-trailer al…
Hawthorne Man Sexually Assaulted Helpless 80-Year-Old Woman In Home: Prosecutor Hawthorne Man Sexually Assaulted Helpless 80-Year-Old Woman In Home: Prosecutor
Hawthorne Man Sexually Assaulted Helpless 80-Year-Old Woman In Home: Prosecutor A Hawthorne man has been jailed on accusations he sexually assaulted a physically helpless 80-year-old woman who lived in his household, authorities allege. John Schweininger, 54, was arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 26, following an investigation by the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office Special Victims Unit and Hawthorne police, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Hawthorne police were notified at approximately 11:11 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22, that Schweininger had engaged in non-consensual sexual acts with the 80-year-old woman, who authorities said was physically helpless due t…