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Police & Fire
Driver Who Waved Handgun In Haledon Road Rage Is From Town: Police
A driver who threatened another motorist with a gun in Haledon turned out to be a local resident, authorities said. Jonathon Sisco, 24, was identified by borough detectives following "the brandishing of a firearm and threats towards a male victim" at the intersection of Mangold Street and Belmont Avenue (photo) this past Monday, Police Chief Angelo J. Daniele said on Thursday, April 25.The were assisted by the responding officers, Sgt. George Kelly and Officer Rubel Jimenez, the chief said.Sisco was arrested on Wednesday on charges of aggravated assault, making terroristic threats and i…
Police & Fire
Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting, Choking Former Partner In Paterson
A man remained jailed after authorities said he sexually assaulted and choked a former partner in a Paterson residence earlier this week, authorities said. Saul Huamani-Rosas, a 26-year-old Peruvian national living in Paterson, was arrested on Sunday, April 21, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. It was just hours after the 23-year-old victim – “with whom he was previously in a domestic violence relationship” -- assaulted, she said. Huamani-Rosas remained held Tuesday in the Bergen County Jail, charged with aggravated sexual assault, aggravated assault, harassment and crimina…
Police & Fire
Gotcha
! East Orange Fugitive Caught, Charged With Shooting Prospect Park Woman On New Year's
State and federal authorities captured a 23-year-old fugitive from East Orange who was wanted for shooting a woman on New Year’s Day in Paterson. It was just before 5 a.m. this past Jan. 1 that the 25-year-old victim from Prospect Park arrived at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center via private vehicle. She’d been shot near the corner of Market Street and East 33rd Street, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In- Charge Isa Abbassi said in a joint announcement. Eudys Santios-Toribio was subsequently identified as the shooter and a manh…
Police & Fire
Sixth Defendant Charged In Armed Edgewater Robbery Being Held In Westchester
𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: The broad-daylight holdup of an Edgewater shopper last fall was committed by an armed robbery crew that included a Bronx man who was arrested this week in Westchester, authorities said. Jose A. Santana Torres, 22, and his partners followed the victim from Hudson County to an unidentified shopping center on River Road in last Oct. 24, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Two of them approached the victim and stole a watch at gunpoint while a third member of the crew served as lookout. The robbers then hopped into getaway vehicles driven by companions. The mid-afternoon holdu…
Police & Fire
Police ID Woman, Montclair Officer Wounded In Shootout (
Update
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Authorities have identified the alleged gunman and released details in a police-involved shooting Monday in Montclair. Maryann Swain, 39, a township resident, struck Montclair Police Officer Michael J. Medrano, 33, in the shoulder on the 100 block of Forest Street around 1:10 p.m. Monday, April 15, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said. Medrano and other officers were responding to the scene on reports of an armed person and "were met with gunfire," Stephens said. Another Montclair officer returned fire, striking Swain, who suffered non-life-threatening injuries and wa…
Police & Fire
'Covered In Blood:' Man Assaulted With Hammer In Montclair Board Of Ed Parking Lot, Police Say
A 60-year-old Fairfield man was arrested and charged with assaulting a man with a hammer outside the Montclair Board of Education building on Friday, April 12, authorities said. Giuseppe Iudici was charged with aggravated assault and multiple weapons offenses. He was remanded to the Essex County Correctional Facility. At 8 p.m., callers reported to police that two pick-up trucks were ramming into each other in the parking lot, Montclair officers said. Upon arrival, both parties were separated and officers noticed a significant amount of blood on the ground near the driver's side door …
Police & Fire
Broom Beatings Among Horrific Abuse By Atlantic City Mayor, Wife Against Teen Daughter: Police
The mayor of Atlantic City and his wife, the superintendent of the city's public school district, have been accused of physically and emotionally abusing their teen daughter, including an incident that left her unconscious, authorities said. Mayor Marty Small Sr., 50, and Dr. La'Quetta Small, 47, were slapped with several charges via summonses on Monday, Apr. 15, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release. The couple was charged with second-degree endangering the welfare of a child. Mayor Small was also charged with third-degree terroristic threats, third-degre…
Police & Fire
Man Who Punched Police Officers Breaking Up Brawl In Newark Captured 2 Days Later: Cops
A 31-year-old man has been arrested for punching police officers breaking up a brawl in Newark, authorities said. Khalil Cuttino, of Phillipsburg, had been wanted for aggravated assault on police officers in connection with the Friday, April 12 incident, and was taken into custody on Sunday, April 14, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz G. Fragé said. Officers responded to the 300 block of Clinton Avenue for a man with a handgun around 5:10 p.m. Friday, where a large crowd had gathered, Frage said. A male in the crowd, later identified as Cuttino, struck two officers with closed fists…
Police & Fire
Elizabeth Man Gets 25 Year For Attempting To Kill Woman With Car After Crash
A 57-year-old Elizabeth man was sentenced to 25 years in state prison on Friday, April 12 on the two-year anniversary of when he ran over a woman with his SUV following a minor crash, authorities said. At 8:30 a.m. on April 12, 2022, Vincent Jean and Morgan Scott, a 23-year-old woman, had gotten into a collision on Salem Avenue and Aberdeen Road in Elizabeth, when Scott got out of her car and was taking pictures of the vehicles from the sidewalk, Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel, Elizabeth Police Director Earl Graves, and Elizabeth Police Chief Giacomo Sacca said. Jean then s…
Police & Fire
Woman High On Narcotics Indicted In NJ Crash That Killed Toddler: Prosecutors
A Monmouth County woman was indicted after she was accused of driving under the influence of drugs in a crash that killed a young girl, authorities said. Samantha Bonora, 31, of Howell, was indicted by a grand jury, the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office announced in a news release on Friday, Apr. 12. She was charged with first-degree aggravated manslaughter, two counts of second-degree aggravated assault, and four counts of assault by auto. Howell police responded to a crash on Route 34 near the Colts Neck border at around 4:41 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 13. Investigators said Bonor…
Police & Fire
Georgia Fugitive Found Bleeding In Backyard Shooting, 4 Men In Custody: Police
Four Newark men including two with prior arrests were arrested after a man was shot in Union Township on Monday, April 8, authorities said. Quazir Robinson, 18, Dabson Fofana, 21, Yaleem Prothro, 23 and Mecca Latham, 23 have all been charged with aggravated assault and numerous weapons offenses in the shooting of a 44-year-old man in the backyard of a home at Carnegie Place near Laurel Avenue, Union Township police said in a release. The victim was found having suffered a gunshot wound to his thigh and graze wound to his arm, and was profusely bleeding while lying on the ground …
Police & Fire
Man Arrested After Firing Gun In NJ Domestic Dispute: Cops
A 38-year-old Maplewood man was arrested and charged after he fired a gunshot during a domestic disturbance on Sunday, April 7, police said. Officers initially responded to the scene for the domestic incident and after an on-scene investigation arrested Kevin Lafferty, Maplewood police said in a release. Lafferty was charged with aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes and possession of hollow point ammunition during the commission of a crime, police said. Lafferty was transported to county jail, police said. There was no direct threat to the public, police s…
Police & Fire
Facebook
Marketplace
Robberies
: NJ College Freshman Charged After Hit-And-Run
Authorities believe they've cracked a series of Facebook Marketplace robberies with the arrest of a tennis-playing college freshman who they said struck and seriously injured a Bergen County victim with his car before speeding off. Yassine G. Rahi, 18, of Bayonne created bogus Facebook accounts offering PlayStation 5 consoles for sale, arranged meetings with buyers and robbed them, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. One of the victims, a 22-year-old man, arrived at an arranged location on Avenue C in Moonachie shortly before 5 p.m. March 20, the prosecutor said. After robbing him …
Police & Fire
NJ Man Killed By Teen's Punch Was Popular Youth Hockey Coach, Loving Dad
They called him Snook. He was a hockey coach, who treated each player like his own kid. A dad, never shy with hugs. Oron Carl Beebe was a friend to all, those who knew him say. Life doesn’t always make sense. But, our lives and world were better with Carl Beebe in it. RIP to a great man,... Posted by Holy City Publick House on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 The 46-year-old Mount Ephraim dad died more than a week after he was punched by a 16-year-old Collingswood boy in the parking lot of a business at 20 West Kings highway, Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay said. His death leaves man…
Police & Fire
Woman's Throat Sliced In Cliffside, Man Charged With Attempted Murder
A woman narrowly escaped death when a man slit her throat in a horrific domestic assault during a gathering in Cliffside Park, authorities said. Ernesto Lara Rojo, a 49-year-old Cuban national who lives in West New York, was charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and weapons offenses and sent to the Bergen County Jail early Monday evening, April 1. ICE immediately issued a detainer on Rojo so he can be brought before a federal immigration judge in Newark to determine his residency status in the United States, jail records show. Rojo was with a group of people in an apartment jus…
Police & Fire
Linden Warehouse Shooter Busted With Loaded Handgun In Newark: Police
A 53-year-old South Orange man wanted for attempted murder in a warehouse shooting Friday morning, March 29 was captured in Newark, police sad. Daniel Corprew is believed to have shot a 43-year-old man from Elizabeth at Maximum Quality Foods on Tremley Point Road multiple times around 6 a.m., Linden Police Capt. Christopher Guenther said. He was treated on scene and transported to Newark University Hospital in critical condition. Corprew fled the scene but was identified as the suspect. A warrant was issued for his arrest, and he was arrested during a motor vehicle stop by Newark …
Police & Fire
Man Convicted Of Pointing Loaded Handgun At Victim: Union County Prosecutor
A 25-year-old Linden man was convicted on Monday, March 25 of several weapons charges after he pointed a loaded handgun at a person's face in 2022, authorities said. On Jan. 24, 2022 on the 1000 block of Chandler Ave., Ralph Bouzy pointed at a handgun at a person's face before a struggle ensued, Union County Prosecutor William Daniel said. As the altercation continued, 10 bullets became dislodged, Daniel said. Bouzy tried to reload the gun with the fallen magazine, before the victim grabbed the magazine and thew it out of reach, Daniel said. Bouzy then fled the scene with the remainde…
Police & Fire
Wanted Driver Crashes Off Route 17, Subdued After Grabbing Mahwah Officer's Gun
A fugitive who'd just crashed a car off Route 17 shouted at pursuing Mahwah police to shoot him, then grabbed at an officer's gun and bit him while being handcuffed Thursday morning, authorities said. Officer Christopher Lupo tried to stop Miles Harris, 32, of Newark for several violations on the southbound highway around 10:45 a.m. March 28, Lt. Michael Blondin said. Officer Nick Williams joined Lupo as the sedan exited the highway and fled onto Myrtle Avenue in Ramsey, the lieutenant said. It slammed into a tree moments later. Harris bailed out and ran behind some area businesses, Blond…
Police & Fire
JC Man Surrenders After Stabbing Man Who Tried To Stop Him Breaking Into Cars: Hoboken PD
A 21-year-old Jersey City man was charged with attempted murder after stabbing an out-of-town man who tried to stop him from breaking into cars on a Hoboken street, authorities said. Randy Barrett Jr. stabbed one of four men who confronted him near the corner of Fourth and Jefferson streets around 4:15 a.m. March 16, city police said. Sgt. James Barbaro and Officer Aaron Font applied a chest seal and administered oxygen before Hoboken Volunteer Ambulance Corps members brought the victim to a local hospital with a collapsed lung, among other injuries. He survived and was released a few days…
Police & Fire
Hoboken Man Charged With Murder In McGinley Square Triple Shooting
UPDATE: A Hoboken man was charged with murder and aggravated assault in a triple shooting in Jersey City earlier this month. Authorities confirmed on Wednesday, March 27, that Joseph Del Valle, 36, was arrested by members of the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit the day before. He remained held in the Hudson County Correctional Facility along with a second accused gunman, Francisco Salcedo, 42, of Jersey City, they said. City resident Christoph Terrero Marte, 33, was gunned down on Jordan Avenue off Mercer Street near McGinley Square shortly before 6:30 a.m. March 9, Hudson C…
Police & Fire
Gotcha
! Hit-And-Run Driver Who Struck Paramus Officer At Mall ID'd, Captured, Chief Says
A suspect who hit a Paramus police officer with his car as he fled a local mall was identified and captured thanks to dogged detective work and crime-fighting teamwork, authorities said. Officers were investigating the use of credit cards stolen from vehicles at the Garden State Plaza when a black Honda CRV sped through the lower-level parking garage just before 8:30 p.m. Jan. 29, Paramus Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. Officer Michael Cleary was clipped by the car, whose driver kept going, Guidetti said. Cleary was treated for a knee injury at The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. Mea…
Police & Fire
Paterson Officers Charged With Covering For
Nypd
Captain Indicted For Brutally Beating Woman
UPDATE: The other shoe finally dropped with the arrests of three Paterson police officers in connection with what authorities said was the kidnapping and brutal beating of an off-duty female NYPD commander from New Jersey by a fellow captain she'd been dating. Giuseppe Ciarla, Juan Cruz-Fernandez and Jason Schmid let then-NYPD Capt. Hariton Marachilian leave after finding the victim with clearly visible injuries from a vicious beating outside a Paterson restaurant in December 2022, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Marachilian and the female captain had been out to dinner wi…
Police & Fire
Troubled Teaneck Man Hospitalized In Custody Again After Assault: Police
A mentally ill Teaneck man with a history of violent episodes was hospitalized in police custody after authorities said he cut another man’s neck and arm with a flash drive during a fight. Camwren Cole, 25, was taken for what over the past few years has become a series of psychiatric evaluations at Bergen New Bridge Medical Center shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday, March 23. It followed what police said was an assault at Cole's Kipp Street home. The victim was treated at the scene by members of the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps and refused further medical attention, Police Chief Andrew Mc…
Police & Fire
Gotcha
! Fugitive, 77, In 1997 Passaic Stabbing Captured After 26½ Years On Run
Ramon Siri ducked authorities for 26½ years after they pegged him as the assailant who stabbed another man in a Passaic apartment in 1997. Then he slipped up. The city resident was arrested without incident late Tuesday afternoon, March 19, after authorities got a tip that he was back in town, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman announced Friday. Siri remained held in the Bergen County Jail, charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and illegal weapons possession. Witnesses at the time said the unidentified victim was stabbed below t…
Police & Fire
Arrest Made In Brazen Overnight Robbery On South Hackensack Street
Bergen County prosecutor's detectives captured a Passaic man who they said brandished a handgun during a brazen street robbery in South Hackensack. Using a Honda Insight that he'd rented, Bryan Tineo-Infante, 25, and an as-yet unidentified companion pulled in front of another vehicle with three occupants on Michael Street shortly after 4:30 a.m. last Aug. 20, authorities said. Tineo-Infante and the other robber were both clad all in black and brandishing handguns when they got out, they said. The robbers "pointed the handguns at all three victims while demanding their personal belongings,"…
Police & Fire
Parents Formerly Of Hudson Charged In 2-Year-Daughter's Tragic Death
The parents of a 2-year-old girl who died of traumatic injuries after being rushed to the hospital from what had been their North Bergen home were indicted by a grand jury in connection with the child’s death. Tracy Ruiz, 31, and Luis Larios, 35 – who both now live in the Somerset County town of Green Brook are each charged with child endangerment. Ruiz alone is charged with aggravated assault, however. Larios was arrested on Feb. 29 following the release of the grand jury indictment in Jersey Cit, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Ruiz was arrested on March 7, the prosecutor s…
Police & Fire
Four Caught, One Sought In Brutal Stabbing Death Outside Garfield Bar
Authorities who’ve charged four men with the brutal murder of a man outside a Garfield bar last month turned to the public for help finding a fugitive gang member from Pennsylvania who sources said repeatedly stabbed the victim in the chest. Ricky “Angel” Vargas, 35, of East Stroudsburg, PA, and his four companions confronted Richard Franceschi, 31, of Hawthorne outside JoJo's Bar & Grill on Monroe Street before dawn this past Feb. 4, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Vargas had a knife and co-defendant Jayson William Rivera, 23, also of East Stroudsburg, had a handgun, the pr…
Police & Fire
Stabbing
AT
American
Dream
: Video Posted, Secaucus Man Arrested
Video shot at the American Dream Mall captured images of a Secaucus man charged with a stabbing this week. It's believed that two men tried to grab him in the cellphone video recorded from a level above the confrontation at the mall in East Rutherford shortly before 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 12. The bare-chested assailant pulls the shirt over one man's head and knees him in the face before going after the second. HudPost posted the video on X. Eyewitnesses say a stabbing occurred in the American Dream Mall during this encounter. We have not confirmed these details. pic.twitter.com/bB…
Police & Fire
Haledon PD Charges Wanted Passaic Man With Stabbing, Choking Woman
A manhunt ended with the capture of a Passaic resident wanted for stabbing and choking a woman in a Haledon domestic assault and a subsequent order by a judge to release him. The victim was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center with a serious stab wound in her foot, as well as choke marks, after police responding to a call found her, authorities said. The Haledon Police Investigative and Special Services Bureau then went to work, Deputy Police Chief George Guzman Jr. said. With help from the Passaic County sheriff’s forensic unit, the investigators identified Joseph Hernandez, 24…
Police & Fire
Busted
! 10 People Arrested In Newark For Outstanding Warrants: Police
It was a busy February for the Newark police. Ten people were arrested on outstanding warrants in the city, ranging from aggravated assault to being in possession of a handgun, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz G. Fragé said. Brenda Velasquez, a 46-year-old Kearney resident, was arrested on Wednesday, Feb. 7 after a warrant was issued for her arrest on charges of aggravated assault and weapon possession following an altercation with a woman in January, Fragé said. Tanieka Sanchez, a 27-year-old Newark resident, was arrested on Tuesday, Feb. 20, after she was wanted on…
Police & Fire
Amanda Rivera Of Staten Island Arrested
A 28-year-old Staten Island woman has been charged in a crash that left a 31-year-old Bayonne theater teacher dead, authorities said. Amanda Rivera faces charges of aggravated assault, reckless manslaughter, and assault by auto weeks after sending her the 2019 Nissan passenger car she was driving into the back of a parked tractor trailer on Route 185 and Linden Avenue in Jersey City on Feb. 3, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. As a result, Stephanie Weymouth was killed. Rivera was arrested Monday, March 4 at the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office in Secaucus and tr…
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