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Haledon PD Charges Wanted Passaic Man With Stabbing, Choking Woman Haledon PD Charges Wanted Passaic Man With Stabbing, Choking Woman
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…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Old Tappan Man Jailed For Domestic Assault Released By Judge Old Tappan Man Jailed For Domestic Assault Released By Judge
Old Tappan Man Jailed For Domestic Assault Released By Judge A 32-year-old Old Tappan resident was charged with a domestic assault, authorities reported. Patrick Santos, 32, was arrested around midnight Feb. 12 after Sgt. Katie Weaver and Officer Andrew Kim "responded to a medical assistance call and learned the victim had been injured due to an earlier domestic-related incident," Old Tappan Police Chief Joseph Tracy said. River Vale police assisted in arresting Santos, who was charged with aggravated assault, making terroristic threats and unlawful weapons possession, the chief said. Santos was booked into the Bergen County Jail on Tuesday, then r…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Amputee In Wheelchair Busted For Baseball Bat Assault In Upper Saddle River Amputee In Wheelchair Busted For Baseball Bat Assault In Upper Saddle River
Amputee In Wheelchair Busted For Baseball Bat Assault In Upper Saddle River A 62-year-old amputee previously accused of setting a fire in his luxury high-rise apartment in Fort Lee was jailed on domestic assault charges following a weekend incident at an Upper Saddle River home. Jay Freedman was taken into custody at the $1.3 million home in the south end of Upper Saddle River around 8 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 1, according to a police report. Freedman is accused of hitting the victim with a baseball bat, it says. The victim reportedly refused treatment. Meanwhile, Freedman, who has a prosthetic leg and was reportedly using a wheelchair, was taken to Bergen New Bridge Me…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Judge Refuses To Release Garfield Ex-Con Charged With Threatening Adult, Child With Scissors Judge Refuses To Release Garfield Ex-Con Charged With Threatening Adult, Child With Scissors
Judge Refuses To Release Garfield Ex-Con Charged With Threatening Adult, Child With Scissors A judge ordered that a Garfield ex-con remain jailed after authorities said he put a pair of scissors to the neck of an adult and threatened a child during a domestic assault. Several Garfield officers who responded to reports of a domestic dispute found Hugo A. Orejuela, 39, hiding behind a Lincoln Place garage shortly before 11 p.m. Sept. 29, Capt. Mario X. Pozo said. Orejuela had been breaking things before grabbing the scissors and threatening two victims, the captain said. Orejuela pushed one of them to the ground, causing a minor injury, he said. Police charged Orejuela with aggrava…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Ex-Con Breaks In, Chokes Hackensack Ex-Girlfriend Twice In 19 Hours Police: Ex-Con Breaks In, Chokes Hackensack Ex-Girlfriend Twice In 19 Hours
Police: Ex-Con Breaks In, Chokes Hackensack Ex-Girlfriend Twice In 19 Hours A Paterson ex-con broke into his ex-girlfriend's Hackensack apartment and assaulted her twice in 19 hours, said police who arrested him. The victim had returned home at 3 a.m. Monday when she was grabbed in the dark hallway by Junior Dani Nunez, 29, who’d burglarized her Passaic Street apartment, Hackensack Police Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Nunez – who records show has a violent criminal history -- "put both hands around her neck, squeezed and let go only to punch her several times in the stomach," DeWitt said. The victim fled to a bedroom and locked the door. He was gone when she emerged s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Teaneck Fugitive Wanted For Fort Lee Domestic Violence Attempted Murder Surrenders At BC Jail Teaneck Fugitive Wanted For Fort Lee Domestic Violence Attempted Murder Surrenders At BC Jail
Teaneck Fugitive Wanted For Fort Lee Domestic Violence Attempted Murder Surrenders At BC Jail UPDATE: With a posse on his tail, a Teaneck man accused of stabbing his roommate in Fort Lee turned himself in, authorities said. Asim B. Ouhuru, 33, was taken to Bergen New Bridge Medical Center after surrendering at the Bergen County Jail on River Street in Hackensack, Capt. Daniel Zusi said. Ouhuru was headed directly back to the jail Friday afternoon after an evaluation, he said. A man whom Ouhuru lived with was hospitalized with stab wounds in what the captain said was a domestic assault at 1 Executive Drive at 6:55 a.m. Thursday. Ouhuru ran to a nearby Delta gas station on westbound…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Man Caught With Pistol, Pot, Cash After Domestic Assault Report In Airmont Man Caught With Pistol, Pot, Cash After Domestic Assault Report In Airmont
Man Caught With Pistol, Pot, Cash After Domestic Assault Report In Airmont A 28-year-old Westchester man is awaiting arraignment after he was found with a loaded handgun and a large amount of cash following a report of a domestic assault in Rockland County.Just after 4 a.m. Sunday, April 1, Ramapo Police officers responded to a report of the alleged assault in the Village of Airmont.  The officers located the suspect walking in the area and during a search of his person, they recovered a loaded .380 caliber pistol, marijuana and a substantial amount of cash, Ramapo Police said. The suspect, a Yonkers resident whose name was not immediately released by police, was …

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by Joe Lombardi