Racetrack Murders: Three Jersey City Men, Boy Charged With Slaying Early-20s Pair Racetrack Murders: Three Jersey City Men, Boy Charged With Slaying Early-20s Pair
Racetrack Murders: Three Jersey City Men, Boy Charged With Slaying Early-20s Pair UPDATE: Three Jersey City men and a 16-year-old boy were charged with two counts each of murder and more after two men were shot and killed Sunday night outside the Meadowlands Racetrack. A New Jersey State Police trooper was patrolling the complex when he heard gunshots in racetrack parking lot and saw three people run from the area and hop into an Audi SUV that sped off shortly before 9:30 p.m., authorities said Monday. The trooper radioed for backup and followed the vehicle, which had been reported stolen out of Tenafly, NJSP Col. Patrick J. Callahan and Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Mus…
DETOUR: Police Outnumber Protesters Who Planned To Close Route 80 DETOUR: Police Outnumber Protesters Who Planned To Close Route 80
Detour: Police Outnumber Protesters Who Planned To Close Route 80 A protest march aimed at closing Route 80 in Hackensack on Friday was redirected to Route 46 in Teterboro instead. It got stopped there, as well, so the marchers headed back to the city. New Jersey State Police troopers and local police outnumbered the protesters at least three to one. The 60 or so protesters who began marching on Union Street "were strongly advised against" heading to Route 80, a ranking law enforcement official told Daily Voice.  State Police wanted to keep them off the highways to prevent injuries, the official said. Entrance closed.Victor Scrivens for DAILY VOICE …
CityMD Mistakenly Tells 15,000 NJ, NY Patients They're Immune To COVID-19 After Antibody Test CityMD Mistakenly Tells 15,000 NJ, NY Patients They're Immune To COVID-19 After Antibody Test
CityMD Mistakenly Tells 15,000 NJ, NY Patients They're Immune To Covid-19 After Antibody Test CityMD has changed its messaging after telling 15,000 New York and New Jersey patients who tested positive for coronavirus antibodies that they were immune to the virus. Someone who tests positive for coronavirus antibodies is not necessarily immune, FDA Associate commissioner Peter Pitts told ABC. Healthcare officials remain unsure of the level of immunity for those who have been exposed to the virus. The urgent care clinic released the following statement to ABC News: "All CityMD patients getting the COVID-19 antibody test are given several documents (including printed discharge ins…
21 NJ Schools Named Among Best In America 21 NJ Schools Named Among Best In America
21 NJ Schools Named Among Best In America A study released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report names 21 New Jersey high schools among the nation’s best. 
Nearly 18,000 schools around the country were ranked based on measurements in categories including college readiness (30 percent), math and reading proficiency (20 percent), math and reading performance (20 percent), underserved student performance (10 percent), college curriculum breadth (10 percent) and graduation rate (10 percent). New Jersey’s top school for 2020 is the Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies, which ranked No. 33 nati…
COVID-19: Amazon Worker At Central Jersey Warehouse Tests Positive COVID-19: Amazon Worker At Central Jersey Warehouse Tests Positive
Covid-19: Amazon Worker At Central Jersey Warehouse Tests Positive At least one Amazon employee at a Mercer County warehouse reportedly tested positive for the coronavirus, increasing the reported total in New Jersey to three on Monday. Amazon confirmed a diagnosed case of coronavirus in the company's Robbinsville facility, NJ.com reported. "We’ve taken extreme measures to keep people safe, tripling down on deep cleaning, procuring available safety supplies & maintaining safe distances," Amazon tweeted. "Our employees are heroes fighting for their communities & we couldn’t be more grateful." The report came amid a protest by workers at A…
Prosecutor: Boy, 16, Made Hackensack, Paramus School Bomb Threats Prosecutor: Boy, 16, Made Hackensack, Paramus School Bomb Threats
Prosecutor: Boy, 16, Made Hackensack, Paramus School Bomb Threats A 16-year-old boy called in several bogus threats of bombs at schools in Hackensack and Paramus last week, said authorities who took him into custody. The boy blocked his caller ID to place six calls to several area police apartments last Thursday and Friday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The bogus theats brought Paramus and Hackensack police and firefighters, a Bergen County Regional SWAT team and the Bergen County Sheriff’s Bomb Squad to the sites, he said. It didn’t take long for Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit to identify the caller, the prosecutor said. They took the boy i…
Hackensack Police Seize Youngsters, Including 12-Year-Old, In Mini Market Cash, Cigars Burglary Hackensack Police Seize Youngsters, Including 12-Year-Old, In Mini Market Cash, Cigars Burglary
Hackensack Police Seize Youngsters, Including 12-Year-Old, In Mini Market Cash, Cigars Burglary Hackensack police chased down and seized three juveniles – ages 12, 15 and 17 – who they said smashed their way into a mini market and stole money and cigars. Police had identified the trio as taking $200 in change from a jar on the counter and $100 worth of cigars from Miss T's Two on 1st Street before dawn Monday, Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. They were searching from them when a Bergen County sheriff’s officer alerted them that the trio had run away from the county Juvenile Detention Center in Teterboro, DeWitt said Tuesday. City police chased the youths “through streets, yar…
Route 80 Road Rage: Tractor-Trailer Driver Charged With Threatening Motorist With Loaded Gun Route 80 Road Rage: Tractor-Trailer Driver Charged With Threatening Motorist With Loaded Gun
Route 80 Road Rage: Tractor-Trailer Driver Charged With Threatening Motorist With Loaded Gun A tractor-trailer driver was captured by Moonachie police after he threatened another motorist with a handgun on Route 80, authorities said. Officers John Bussanich and Frank Tamargo were on patrol in the Teterboro area when NJ State Police issued an alert following Tuesday night’s alleged road rage incident. The driver of the rig “reportedly brandished a black firearm and threatened another driver,” Sgt. Jeff Napolitano said. The officers were checking businesses near the Route 80 exit ramp to North Street in Teterboro when Tamargo spotted the truck leaving a local business, Napolitano sa…
Four Hospitalized In Multi-Vehicle Route 46 Pileup Involving Motorcycle In Teterboro Four Hospitalized In Multi-Vehicle Route 46 Pileup Involving Motorcycle In Teterboro
Four Hospitalized In Multi-Vehicle Route 46 Pileup Involving Motorcycle In Teterboro Four victims including a motorcyclist were hospitalized after a multi-vehicle crash on Route 46 in Teterboro late Tuesday. None of their injuries was life-threatening, Moonachie Police Chief Richard Behrens said. "Initially it was believed a vehicle may have fled the scene," Behrens said. "Once officers arrived, it was determined that all vehicles remained." All of those injured in the pileup shortly after 11 p.m. were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, the chief said. Responders included Moonachie police and the borough's First Aid & Rescue Squad, Hasbrouck Heights firefi…
Authorities: Cliffside Park Police Capture Muggers, 15, 19 Authorities: Cliffside Park Police Capture Muggers, 15, 19
Authorities: Cliffside Park Police Capture Muggers, 15, 19 Cliffside Park police captured two strong-armed robbers moments after they mugged a victim on a local street, authorities said. One of them, a 15-year-old delinquent, is about to become a high school freshman, they said. The 24-year-old victim had just been dropped off from work by a motorist who apparently drove off without yielding to the teen and another juvenile who were on bicycles in the roadway, Capt. Vincent Capano said. The delinquent followed the victim and began yelling and spitting on him while waving over 19-year-old Juan Toro, the captain said. Both then went through his poc…
Alexander Babia Of Teaneck, 28 Alexander Babia Of Teaneck, 28
Alexander Babia Of Teaneck, 28 Alexander Michael Cortez Babia of Teaneck died on Aug. 5. He was 28 years old. Nicknamed Mikey for family and Alex for friends, Alex was born at New York Presbyterian to  Belen Babia and Michael Babia. He attended elementary and middle school at St. Joseph Roman Catholic School in Bogota and high school at Bergen County Tech in Teterboro, his obituary says. Alex earned his bachelor's cumlaude in neurobiology from NJIT, during which he worked as a research assistant in Rutgers University-Newark and NJIT. A staff writer and science columnist at the "Vector," NJIT's student newspap…
Deaf, Blind Dog Dumped In Bergen Industrial Area Last Year Dies Deaf, Blind Dog Dumped In Bergen Industrial Area Last Year Dies
Deaf, Blind Dog Dumped In Bergen Industrial Area Last Year Dies UPDATE: A deaf and blind senior dog who authorities said was dumped from a car in Teterboro last summer by her Fort Lee owner died Tuesday. Someone in another car saw Bruna, 16, being dumped on Industrial Avenue on Sept. 1 and gave authorities the license plate number and a description of the vehicle, Bergen County SPCA officials said at the time. A Good Samaritan found the black and white Boston Terrier during a search and brought her to the Bergen County Animal Shelter. Investigators from Bergen County SPCA’s Law Enforcement Division issued a complaint against 59-year-old Tania Connelly…