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Man Who Continued Stalking Terrified Bergen Woman After Arrests Gets Probation Man Who Continued Stalking Terrified Bergen Woman After Arrests Gets Probation
Man Who Continued Stalking Terrified Bergen Woman After Arrests Gets Probation A man who continued to stalk the same Bergen County woman despite repeated arrests took a plea deal and walked away with probation. Superior Court Judge Keith Bachmann also repeated previous orders that Timothy Conti, 44, not have any contact with the victim, who was forced to move from her Rutherford apartment. The woman told police she’d never been with or talked with Conti, who allegedly told police that he “really really” liked her and hoped to marry her someday, claiming they had a “special bond.” This, of course, terrified her. Neighbors told the woman that Conti initially got into…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Ex-Lyndhurst Man Who Blames Authorities For Wife's Death Charged With Harassment, Violating TRO Ex-Lyndhurst Man Who Blames Authorities For Wife's Death Charged With Harassment, Violating TRO
Ex-Lyndhurst Man Who Blames Authorities For Wife's Death Charged With Harassment, Violating TRO A former Lyndhurst man who blames authorities for his wife’s death – and last year got into a standoff with police during a welfare check on their children -- was arrested in Fort Lee with his girlfriend over the weekend on charges of cyber harassment and violating a restraining order. Seized along with Lee Kenworthy, 41, was Samantha Brown, 27, both of Englewood, Fort Lee police said. Among court action that Kenworthy has taken against various people and agencies over the years is a wrongful death suit in Bergen County alleging a cover-up of what he claims was his late wife’s murder. Shay…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
North Bergen Native Charged With Beating Teen Son Twice North Bergen Native Charged With Beating Teen Son Twice
North Bergen Native Charged With Beating Teen Son Twice A day after he was released from custody, a Sparta dad accused of assaulting his teenage son returned and did it again, authorities charged. Police said William Schwing, 47, assaulted the 16-year-old boy after breaking down his bedroom door, leaving him injured, around 12:45 a.m. on Sept. 7, NJHerald.com reports. The North Bergen native was released after being arrested on child endangerment charges -- but returned to the house later that day and assaulted the boy again in front of the teen's 10-year-old brother around 1 p.m., the news outlet says. A judge slapped Schwing with a tempo…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Bergen Prosecutor: Rockland Stalker's Bogus 'Active Shooter' Call Brings SWAT To Park Ridge Bergen Prosecutor: Rockland Stalker's Bogus 'Active Shooter' Call Brings SWAT To Park Ridge
Bergen Prosecutor: Rockland Stalker's Bogus 'Active Shooter' Call Brings SWAT To Park Ridge UPDATE (MAY 8, 2019): As coincidences go, it's odd: A bogus 911 "active shooter" call that brought a SWAT team and swarms of other responders to a Park Ridge home had nothing to do with a bank robbery across town that occurred at almost the same time, authorities said. Questions of a possible connection arose after authorities last week announced that Austin Parks, 48, of Spring Valley had been charged with making the April 17 call. However, a senior law enforcement official told Daily Voice that the call was "unrelated...oddly" to the robbery at nearly the same time of an Oritani Bank bran…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Ridgefield Park PD: Stalker, 71, Stunned To Stop Stabbing Himself During Arrest Ridgefield Park PD: Stalker, 71, Stunned To Stop Stabbing Himself During Arrest
Ridgefield Park PD: Stalker, 71, Stunned To Stop Stabbing Himself During Arrest Ridgefield Park police had to use a stun gun to stop a 71-year-old accused stalker who began stabbing himself after they tried arresting him for violating a restraining order. Michael Krocka, 71, was found in his car on westbound Route 80 in Hackensack just before 9 a.m. Monday, Lt. Joseph Rella said. Krocka refused to get out when ordered to by Sgt. Todd Milo, then pulled what looked like a kitchen knife from his waistband, pointed it at Milo and began stabbing himself in the stomach with it, Rella said. Milo eventually had to discharge his stun gun to get Krocka to stop, the lieutenant s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Carolina Neighbor Sentenced To Life For Shotgun Murders Of New Milford Native, Wife, Mother Carolina Neighbor Sentenced To Life For Shotgun Murders Of New Milford Native, Wife, Mother
Carolina Neighbor Sentenced To Life For Shotgun Murders Of New Milford Native, Wife, Mother A North Carolina man was sentenced to life without parole for the triple shotgun murders of a Bergen County native, his wife and his mother after the family tried filing a restraining order against him. Jurors convicted Jonathan Sander, 56, last week of murdering Sandy, Stephanie and Elaine Mazzella following a three-week trial. Then came the sentencing portion of the hearing on Monday, during which the jury chose that he die naturally in prison rather than be executed. Showing no remorse, Sander accused the Mazzellas of lying, prompting the survivors to walk out of the courtroom, acco…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
Did You See Them? RHONJ Stars Dine In Hackensack Did You See Them? RHONJ Stars Dine In Hackensack
Did You See Them? Rhonj Stars Dine In Hackensack Did you catch a glimpse? "Real Housewives of New Jersey" stars Teresa Guidice and Danielle Staub were spotted dining last weekend in Hackensack. The duo chowed down Saturday at Houston's Steakhouse at the Shops at Riverside following an event at Arhaus. Staub made headlines last week after she filed for a restraining order against her husband of three months, Marty Caffrey. He apparently did the same against her days later.

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
North Jersey RHONJ Star Files Restraining Order Against Husband Of 3 Months North Jersey RHONJ Star Files Restraining Order Against Husband Of 3 Months
North Jersey Rhonj Star Files Restraining Order Against Husband Of 3 Months Real Housewife of New Jersey star Danielle Staub filed a temporary restraining order against her husband of less than three months following an incident at her Englewood home, the New York Post reports. The Wayne native -- who prior to this marriage had been engaged 19 times -- said she came home to find husband Marty Caffrey had disengaged their garage door so it wouldn’t open, the story says.  Once the other two doors opened, Caffrey was standing in the garage apparently "under the influence of alcohol, agitated and confrontational," The Post says. Staub went to her bedroom in …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Amber Alert Cancelled: Abducted 10-Month-Old Paterson Boy Found, Dad Busted Amber Alert Cancelled: Abducted 10-Month-Old Paterson Boy Found, Dad Busted
Amber Alert Cancelled: Abducted 10-Month-Old Paterson Boy Found, Dad Busted Authorities canceled an Amber Alert for a 10-month-old Paterson boy who they said was abducted after his father kicked in the front door of the child's mother's home, punched her in the face and fled with the youngster Wednesday morning. The boy was safe with his grandmother after police convinced 30-year-old George Berry to leave the child with her following the 7 a.m. incident, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Berry, who has a criminal history, was in custody. No charges were immediately disclosed. Berry violated a restraining order when he barged into the mother's home, assaulted he…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Authorities: Former Lyndhurst Man Jailed For Cyber-Harassing Ex Authorities: Former Lyndhurst Man Jailed For Cyber-Harassing Ex
Authorities: Former Lyndhurst Man Jailed For Cyber-Harassing Ex LYNDHURST, N.J. -- A former Lyndhurst man was arrested on cyber harassment charges after a judge said he violated a restraining order by sending his ex-girlfriend text and Facebook messages. Wallington police picked up Jamie Lee Costa, 34, of Nutley on a warrant issued by a Lyndhurst judge after the 28-year-old woman filed a complaint, Detective Vincent Auteri said Wednesday. He was processed and taken to the Bergen County Jail on Sunday, then ordered released by a Superior Court judge, pending further court action, the following afternoon, records show.

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by Jerry DeMarco