Accused Dealers Busted After Disabling Paterson Street Cams Where Girl, 15, Was Killed Accused Dealers Busted After Disabling Paterson Street Cams Where Girl, 15, Was Killed
Accused Dealers Busted After Disabling Paterson Street Cams Where Girl, 15, Was Killed Drug dealers disabled a city surveillance camera, but that didn't stop Paterson detectives from busting five of them while collecting 715 heroin folds and a significant amount of crack on the street where a 15-year-old girl was shot and killed, authorities said. Increasing shootings has brought a spotlight to the neighborhood on and around the corner of Essex and Madison streets, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Drug detectives worked undercover to build a case after wires were cut to a city camera on a utility pole at that corner, the director said. In just a few short hours, t…
Deadliest Corner In Paterson? Five Wounded In Hail Of Gunfire Where Girl, 15, Was Killed Deadliest Corner In Paterson? Five Wounded In Hail Of Gunfire Where Girl, 15, Was Killed
Deadliest Corner In Paterson? Five Wounded In Hail Of Gunfire Where Girl, 15, Was Killed Five people were wounded in a predawn shooting Sunday at the same Paterson street corner where a 15-year-old girl was shot and killed last month, authorities confirmed. Officers responding to a shots-fired report at the corner of Essex and Madison streets found more than three dozen shell casings along with one of the victims, a 25-year-old Haledon man. He was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center. Soon after, four more victims showed up at the hospital in private vehicles – three men, two of them 19 and the other 30, and a 17-year-old juvenile, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia …
2,584 Heroin Folds, 327 Crack Bags Seized At Same Corner Where Girl Was Killed In Paterson 2,584 Heroin Folds, 327 Crack Bags Seized At Same Corner Where Girl Was Killed In Paterson
2,584 Heroin Folds, 327 Crack Bags Seized At Same Corner Where Girl Was Killed In Paterson Paterson drug detectives seized 2,584 heroin folds, 327 bags of crack and a loaded gun in an apartment directly across the street from a mini-market where a 15-year-old girl was shot and killed last month, authorities said. Detectives also found an assortment of drugs for sale -- including crystal meth, cocaine, oxycodone, Ecstasy and methadone -- while arresting Jeffrid Reneville, 18, and Julio Ortiz, 43, Paterson Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. A total of $3,690 in profits was also seized along with the drugs and a .25-caliber Colt handgun loaded with four rounds, the director…
SWAT STANDOFF: Man Barricaded In Hotel At Bergen/Rockland Border Surrenders SWAT STANDOFF: Man Barricaded In Hotel At Bergen/Rockland Border Surrenders
SWAT Standoff: Man Barricaded In Hotel At Bergen/Rockland Border Surrenders A SWAT standoff at a hotel on the New Jersey/New York border ended peacefully when negotiators talked a barricaded Passaic County man from his room. Local police cleared the floor after the North Haledon man, 53, made what were characterized as alarming phone calls from his room at the Sheraton Mahwah Hotel in Mahwah late Thursday, April 14. A Bergen County Regional SWAT Team and Regional Crisis Negotiation Team were summoned. The man apparently believed he was being either tracked or followed to the hotel -- also known as the Crossroads -- at the confluence of Routes 287, 17 and 202 in Ma…
Passaic County Sheriff's Investigators Bust HVAC Employee On Child Porn Charges Passaic County Sheriff's Investigators Bust HVAC Employee On Child Porn Charges
Passaic County Sheriff's Investigators Bust HVAC Employee On Child Porn Charges A Passaic County heating, ventilation and air-conditioning company employee was arrested by sheriff's officers for trafficking child porn, authorities said. They also seized a defaced firearm and electronic devices while arresting Andrew J. Duval, 27, of North Haledon during a raid on his home, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Berdnik's Internet Crime Against Children Task Force targeted Duval after discovering that he'd distributed "several images of child sexual abuse," including videos, the sheriff said. The Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office assisted with the investigati…
Witnesses Sought In Crash That Killed Wayne Woman At North Haledon Continuing Care Home Witnesses Sought In Crash That Killed Wayne Woman At North Haledon Continuing Care Home
Witnesses Sought In Crash That Killed Wayne Woman At North Haledon Continuing Care Home WITNESSES SOUGHT: A 54-year-old Wayne woman was killed when her car plunged down an embankment in North Haledon before dawn Monday, authorities confirmed. Merita Ziba was ejected during the crash at the Holland Christian Home, a continuing care retirement community on Graham Avenue, shortly after 5:30 a.m., Lt. David C. Parenta said. Her body and vehicle were found at the bottom of the embankment, he said. Officers conducted CPR assisted by a nurse who works at the facility. Paterson Fire EMS arrived and continued CPR until paramedics from St. Joseph’s University Medical Center pronounced …
Christmas House Fire Contained In Franklin Lakes Christmas House Fire Contained In Franklin Lakes
Christmas House Fire Contained In Franklin Lakes Firefighters contained a late Christmas afternoon blaze at a Franklin Lakes home. Fire Chief Charles Bohny Jr. was among the first at the scene of the fire, which broke out in an attached garage at the $2 million Hampton Hill Road home shortly after 4:30 p.m., responders said. The bulk of the fire was knocked down in roughly 15 minutes and contained to the garage, they said. The chief declared the blaze under control around 5 p.m. Firefighters contained the blaze to the garage.WYCKOFF VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT A female resident was evaluated for possible smoke inhalation, but no serious inju…
Police: Fleeing Route 208 Driver Dumps Sports Car In Stranger's Driveway Police: Fleeing Route 208 Driver Dumps Sports Car In Stranger's Driveway
Police: Fleeing Route 208 Driver Dumps Sports Car In Stranger's Driveway A North Haledon driver was captured after he led Wyckoff police on a chase off Route 208, pulled into a driveway and bailed out, authorities said. Arben Alimi, 52, was with other occupants of his Mustang when police found them walking on nearby Goffle Hill Road in Hawthorne, Police Lt. Joseph Soto said. A short time earlier, Officer Kevin Oldewurtel tried to stop the speeding sports car on southbound Route 208, Soto said. Alimi kept going, however, pulling off the highway and into a driveway on nearby Robertson Road, he said. The unoccupied Mustang was found in the driveway of a home whos…
Sleeping Couple, Dogs Get Out Before Fire Consumes Franklin Lakes Home Sleeping Couple, Dogs Get Out Before Fire Consumes Franklin Lakes Home
Sleeping Couple, Dogs Get Out Before Fire Consumes Franklin Lakes Home UPDATE: A Franklin Lakes couple who were asleep when a fire broke out escaped safely with their two dogs before their home burned to the ground, authorities said. The fast-moving fire broke out in the 2½-story Cheyenne Drive home at 12:35 a.m. Monday, Police Capt. Robert Lyon said. Police and firefighters found the 2,800-foot house fully engulfed, he said. Firefighters from Wyckoff, Oakland, Mahwah, Waldwick and North Haledon also responded, along with both the Franklin Lakes and Wyckoff ambulance corps, the captain said. 711 Cheyenne Drive, Franklin LakesDAILY VOICE Fire officials we…
Fire Levels Franklin Lakes Home Fire Levels Franklin Lakes Home
Fire Levels Franklin Lakes Home A Franklin Lakes couple who were asleep when a fire broke out got out safely with their two dogs before their home burned to the ground, authorities said. The fast-moving fire broke out in the 2½-story Cheyenne Drive home at 12:35 a.m. Monday, Police Capt. Robert Lyon said. Police and firefighters found the 2,800-foot house fully engulfed, he said. Firefighters from Wyckoff, Oakland, Mahwah, Waldwick and North Haledon also responded, along with both the Franklin Lakes and Wyckoff ambulance corps. 711 Cheyenne Drive, Franklin LakesDAILY VOICE Fire officials were determining the cause o…
Hardly Over The Hill: Accused Paterson Dealers In Their 50s, 60s Busted With Younger Slingers Hardly Over The Hill: Accused Paterson Dealers In Their 50s, 60s Busted With Younger Slingers
Hardly Over The Hill: Accused Paterson Dealers In Their 50s, 60s Busted With Younger Slingers A 67-year-old city resident was among a group of accused street dealers rounded up by Paterson police detectives in a quick strike on an open-air drug market that had residents living in fear, authorities said. The operation centered on a five-story brick apartment building on Broadway and surrounding neighborhood that have been a magnet for dealers, buyers and the shootings and other violence that follow them. Detectives identified several dealers "working in concert" at the building between Carroll and Summer streets, , city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. A few are in their …
Killer Paroled After Only Three Years Charged With Shooting Paterson Dad Of 10 Dead Killer Paroled After Only Three Years Charged With Shooting Paterson Dad Of 10 Dead
Killer Paroled After Only Three Years Charged With Shooting Paterson Dad Of 10 Dead A convicted killer who was paroled after only three years in state prison was captured in Brooklyn and charged with shooting and killing a Paterson father of 10 in the Silk City last month, authorities said. Rondell Gray, 40, of North Haledon originally wasn’t even eligible for parole until Wednesday -- the day his arrest was announced -- after taking a plea bargain three years earlier for shooting and killing Myesha Montgomery, 28, with whom he once lived, in 2015, state records show. The state freed Gray, who’s also a registered sex offender, on Oct. 8, 2020, however, amid a wave of earl…