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Attorney: NJ Man Accused Of Scalding Cashier With Coffee Was 'Painted As Monster'
The lawyer of a man accused of scalding a gas station cashier with hot coffee has released a statement on behalf of his client who for weeks has been petitioning to make mask-wearing unlawful. John DeDolce, 42, of Randolph was issued a summons for simple assault, endangering another person and violating an executive order following the August 7 incident, which occurred at the QuickChek on Ridgedale Avenue in Cedar Knolls. Andrew DeLaney, DeDolce’s attorney, said in a statement that the coffee was accidentally spilled on the cashier after she “admonished” him for wearing his mask incorrectly…
Police & Fire
Chiropractor Captured By Bergen Prosecutor's Detectives Charged In Three-County Robbery Spree
A chiropractor from Morris County went on a strong-arm robbery spree through Garfield, Lyndhurst, Wood-Ridge, Paterson, Parsippany and Wharton, said authorities who identified and captured him. Erick Macias, 35, remained held Thursday in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing this coming Monday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Detectives took Macias into custody at his East Dewey Avenue apartment in Wharton on Tuesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. They charged him with six counts of robbery, along with various counts of aggravated assault, simp…
Police & Fire
Authorities: Domestic Violence Defendant Coughs At Officers Going To, At Guttenberg Police HQ
A Union City man arrested on domestic violence charges coughed in the back of a Guttenberg police car all the way to headquarters, saying he was trying to infect officers with the coronavirus, authorities said Thursday. Elvis Perez-Astacio, 25, at first resisted arrest and threatened to harm an officer when they found him, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Once they put him in the police cruiser, he “said he would cough on the officers and infect them with COVID-19, [then] coughed throughout the trip to headquarters and while being processed,” Grewal said. Police charged Perez-…
Police & Fire
Girl Seized In
Covid-
19 Bias Attack On Asian Middlesex County Woman
An underage teen punched an Asian woman in the head after she and others surrounded the victim in Edison shouting coronavirus-related racial slurs, authorities said. The girl was detained on Tuesday in connection with the incident from 10 days earlier, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Thursday. Police issued delinquency complaints charging her with bias intimidation, rioting, simple assault and disorderly conduct, as well as with violating state coronavirus emergency orders, the attorney general said. The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office and Edison police were continuing an…
Police & Fire
Covid-
19: Woman Who Kept Mom, Kids In Filth Deliberately Sneezes On Target Customer, Police Say
A Jersey City woman whose two sons and mother were found last year in a feces- and flea-infested home deliberately sneezed on another customer during an argument at the local Target, authorities said Wednesday. Detectives who investigated the COVID-related incident at the 14th Street store last week signed complaints against Bernadette Bisogno, 49, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Bisogno, who had prior unspecified run-ins with the victim, sprayed saliva on the victim’s coat and skin, Grewal said. She was charged with harassment, simple assault and violating state coronavirus …
Police & Fire
Sussex County Man With Arrest Record Blames Black Man For
Covid-
19 Pandemic, Police Say
A Sussex County who once threatened to kidnap a JCP&L worker during a power outage was taken into custody again, this time for blaming a black man for the COVID-19 pandemic, said authorities who charged him. Authorities responding to ShopRite on reports of a bias incident Sunday morning found Robert A. Winter, 65, of Vernon, had used racial slurs while blaming a black man -- in part -- for the spread of coronavirus, Franklin police said in a release. Winter was charged with simple assault, terroristic threats, harassment and bias intimidation. He was charged, processed and r…
News
Closter Dad Who Assaulted Teen Football Coach Has Teaching License Suspended
State education authorities suspended the teaching license for three years of a local dad and former Closter schools official who cursed out and put a 16-year-old in a headlock during a youth flag football game. Former Closter Public Schools Business Administrator Peter Iappelli, 52, in 2017 was formally charged with simple assault and disorderly conduct after witnesses said he grabbed the teen coach -- the son of a Westwood councilman -- and put him in a headlock. Following an investigation, the New Jersey Department of Education's State Board of Examiners suspended Iappelli's teachin…
Police & Fire
Moonachie Man
Police made a number of arrests at a Nutley house party Aug. 16 that was advertised on social media -- and drew a multitude of uninvited guests. Officers investigating a noise complaint on Wayside Lane saw several dozen people fleeing as they arrived. Police later learned that the party had been announced on Snapchat and drew attendees from across North Jersey, many of whom were unknown to the resident, police said. A number of attendees were arrested or issued summonses following foot and vehicle chases, police also said. They are: Daniel Marte, 19, of Moonachie, who was…
Police & Fire
‘Go Back To Mexico’: Boy, 13, Charged With Knocking Out Passaic Mom, Beating Son
Authorities confirmed Tuesday that they’d seized a 13-year-old Passaic boy who they said knocked out a mother with a punch, leaving her with serious injuries, after bullying her son and telling him to “go back to Mexico.” The information was released following a news report in which Beronica Ruiz described being attacked after picking up her 12-year-old son from The Gifted and Talented Academy on Monroe Street in Passaic around 5 p.m. last Wednesday. The 7th-grader was also punched by the older boy in the Lexington Avenue attack, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Polic…
Police & Fire
Belleville Man Applied For A Job, Then Swiped Tip Jar: Nutley Police
A man ostensibly looking for a job turned out to be a thief instead, according to Nutley police. On Tuesday, four people were hanging around outside an eatery in the township when two of them entered the Franklin Avenue business to fill out job applications, a police department spokesman said. The spokesman declined to identify the business. After filling out their applications, one of them, later identified as Michael Almonte-Parades, 19, of Belleville, grabbed a tip jar from the counter and ran, the business owner later told police. An employee briefly chased Almonte-Parades but stoppe…
Police & Fire
Burglar Sexually Assaulted Woman In Her N. Bergen Home: Prosecutor
A North Bergen man who allegedly broke into a sleeping woman’s residence last month and sexually assaulted her has been arrested, the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office and North Bergen police said Wednesday. Oscar Juracan-Juracan, 26, broke into the 4th Avenue home early on May 25, authorities said. A 49-year-old woman was awakened by the disturbance and then attacked by Juracan-Juracan, authorities also said. Juracan-Juracan was arrested Tuesday in Jersey City and charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault, simple assault, burglary and making terroristic threats. The prosecuto…
Police & Fire
Newark Man Charged A Fifth Time For Domestic Violence With Same Victim
A 21-year-old Newark man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly assaulted a woman and then threatened her with a gun, the fifth time the man has been charged with domestic violence involving the woman, police said. Rahmon N. Johnson is accused of assaulting the woman in the South Ward Monday and then pointing the gun at her. On Tuesday, Johnson was arrested in the 200-block of Clinton Avenue. He was found with a loaded .380 caliber handgun, according to police. He has been charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, terroristic threats and weapons offenses. “…
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