GONE IN 60 SECONDS: Catalytic Converter Thieves Caught On Video GONE IN 60 SECONDS: Catalytic Converter Thieves Caught On Video
Gone IN 60 Seconds: Catalytic Converter Thieves Caught On Video WATCH: Two thieves needed barely a minute to swipe a catalytic converter from a vehicle parked in a Bergen County resident's driveway, home security video shows. It begins when an Infiniti sedan pulls up to a home on East Passaic Street in Rochelle Park. Two passengers emerge wearing ski masks, hoodies and gloves. One of them has on a Reebok top and striped pants. The other carries what looks like a reciprocating saw with a light on the end. As his companion keeps a lookout, the tool wielder climbs under the front of the parked SUV, then reaches beneath the side. He emerges with the part…
Steering Wheels Sliced Open, Airbags Stolen In Recent String Of Phillipsburg Car Burglaries Steering Wheels Sliced Open, Airbags Stolen In Recent String Of Phillipsburg Car Burglaries
Steering Wheels Sliced Open, Airbags Stolen In Recent String Of Phillipsburg Car Burglaries Police in Phillipsburg are investigating after steering wheels were sliced open and airbags were stolen during a series of recent car burglaries. Car burglaries involving the theft of driver’s side airbags are on the rise in Phillipsburg, police said in a release on Thursday, August 11. “The suspects are breaking into vehicles and cutting open the steering wheels and removing the airbags,” police said. While anyone can become a victim, the latest trend targets newer model Hondas, according to police. WARNING TO RESIDENTS: THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING SEVERAL CAR BURGLARIES…
Firefighters Extricate Driver In Three-SUV Elmwood Park Crash Firefighters Extricate Driver In Three-SUV Elmwood Park Crash
Firefighters Extricate Driver In Three-suv Elmwood Park Crash Elmwood Park firefighters extricated a driver from an SUV that landed on its side after hitting two parked vehicles. Her rescuers worked in tandem to cut open the Honda CR-V after the early-morning crash Saturday outside the Elmwood Village apartments on Mola Boulevard off Broadway. She was taken to St. Joseph's University Medical Center with undetermined injuries. Aftermath on Mola Boulevard outside the Elmwood Village apartments off Broadway (Route 4) in Elmwood Park.Boyd A. Loving Her vehicle and one of the two struck SUVs -- a Honda CX-5 -- had to be towed from the scene. A Toyot…
Warren County Driver Killed, Another Hurt In Head-On Dump Truck Crash: State Police Warren County Driver Killed, Another Hurt In Head-On Dump Truck Crash: State Police
Warren County Driver Killed, Another Hurt In Head-On Dump Truck Crash: State Police One person was killed and another was hurt in a head-on crash involving a dump truck and a mail vehicle in Warren County, state police confirmed. A Kenworth dump truck was heading north on Route 521 in Hope Township when it crossed the double-yellow line and sideswiped a Grumman Allied LLV U.S. Mail vehicle heading south at milepost .68 near Dogwood Drive around 10:50 a.m. on Thursday, August 4, NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan told DailyVoice.com. The dump truck then continued north and crashed head-on into a Honda CRV that had been traveling behind the mail truck, Marchan said. The Honda dri…
Out-Of-State Gas Station Owner Nabbed In Bergen With $175,000 In Suspicious Cash: Prosecutor Out-Of-State Gas Station Owner Nabbed In Bergen With $175,000 In Suspicious Cash: Prosecutor
Out-Of-State Gas Station Owner Nabbed In Bergen With $175,000 In Suspicious Cash: Prosecutor The owner of a gas station in Virginia was busted with more than $175,000 of suspicious cash after narcotics detectives from the Bergen County prosecutor's office stopped him, authorities said. Sumit Balmukund Pandya, 50, of Richmond was charged with money laundering and sent to the Bergen County Jail following the traffic stop in Ridgefield Park. A judge ordered him released, with conditions, less than 24 hours later, records show. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said his investigators zeroed in on Pandya, who was “transporting bulk U.S. currency through Bergen County” in a Honda m…
GOTCHA! Ex-Con's Facebook, Instagram Pages Lead To Arrest In Lodi, Elmwood Park Armed Robberies GOTCHA! Ex-Con's Facebook, Instagram Pages Lead To Arrest In Lodi, Elmwood Park Armed Robberies
Gotcha! Ex-Con's Facebook, Instagram Pages Lead To Arrest In Lodi, Elmwood Park Armed Robberies His social profiles helped investigators identify a convicted armed robber as the gunman who they said held up a convenience store in Lodi and pistol-whipped a Chinese restaurant worker during another robbery in Elmwood Park. Michael Stuart, 48, used a revolver to rob a 7-Eleven on Route 46 in Lodi shortly before 2:30 a.m. on April 26, authorities charged. Using the same gun, car and clothing, Stuart held up the Garden China Restaurant on Broadway in Elmwood Park on May 10, exactly two weeks later, a complaint on file in Superior Court in Hackensack says. Stuart, most recently of East Oran…
Driver Was High On Pot In Double Deadly Crash Involving NJDOT Truck Driver Was High On Pot In Double Deadly Crash Involving NJDOT Truck
Driver Was High On Pot In Double Deadly Crash Involving Njdot Truck A 30-year-old Toms River woman was high on pot when she caused a four-car crash that left two people dead last March, authorities said. Danielle Bowker was behind the wheel of a 2018 Honda Civic heading westbound on Route 571 when she swerved while negotiating a right-hand curve around 7:15 a.m. March 29 in Manchester, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. The Civic then struck a New Jersey Department of Transportation Ford F-550 pickup truck driven by Eduardo Rivera, 30, of Hamilton Township, which was traveling eastbound on Route 571. Daniel Septor, 26, of the …
Haledon PD: Paterson Fugitive, Companion Nabbed With Stolen Gun Haledon PD: Paterson Fugitive, Companion Nabbed With Stolen Gun
Haledon PD: Paterson Fugitive, Companion Nabbed With Stolen Gun Haledon police captured a fugitive carrying a stolen gun, authorities said. Officers Jeffrey Welsh and Kris Duci were on a quality-of-life detail when they stopped a 2020 Honda Accord with heavily tinted windows whose driver failed to signal a turn onto West Broadway, Capt. George Guzman Jr. said. A computer check showed that the passenger, Yahzier Hudson, 18, of Paterson was wanted for gun possession out of Passaic County, the captain said. The officers were joined by Detective Sgt. Timothy Lindberg, Officer John Bonilla and Class II Special Officer Antonio Parisi. Hudson, who wasn't wea…
UPDATE: Missing Warren County Man With Autism Found Safe, Police Say UPDATE: Missing Warren County Man With Autism Found Safe, Police Say
Update: Missing Warren County Man With Autism Found Safe, Police Say UPDATE: Bechaud has been located and is safe, police have confirmed. ------------------------------- Seen him? Authorities have issued an alert for a Warren County man with autism who has been missing for several days. Robert Bechaud, 31, was last heard from by his family on Thursday, June 9 around 7:30 p.m., Mansfield Township Police said in a release on Monday, June 13. Bechaud has a slim build with a trimmed goatee and beard, short crew-style haircut and tattoos on his left forearm, barbed wire tattoos around his right bicep and a heart over his heart, police said. He drives a 2012 gr…
Rochelle Park PD: Drunk Driver Had No License, No Interlock Device, 7-Year-Old Child With Him Rochelle Park PD: Drunk Driver Had No License, No Interlock Device, 7-Year-Old Child With Him
Rochelle Park PD: Drunk Driver Had No License, No Interlock Device, 7-Year-Old Child With Him A convicted drunk driver had a 7-year-old child without a booster sitting in the back seat and no interlock device when a Rochelle Park police officer stopped him, authorities said. It was 11 in the morning when Officer Ryan Burke stopped the 2007 Honda on Rochelle Avenue for several violations, Lt. James DePreta said. Burke approached the vehicle, driven by Paul Bailey, 30, and "immediately detected the odor of alcoholic beverages, while observing an improperly restrained 7-year-old child in the rear seat," the lieutenant said. Bailey, a Jamaican national living in Paterson, didn't have a…
Out-Of-State Passenger Charged With Loaded Gun, Hollow-Point Ammo In Paramus Route 17 Stop Out-Of-State Passenger Charged With Loaded Gun, Hollow-Point Ammo In Paramus Route 17 Stop
Out-Of-State Passenger Charged With Loaded Gun, Hollow-Point Ammo In Paramus Route 17 Stop A North Carolina passenger was arrested on illegal gun and ammo possession charges following a Route 17 traffic stop in Paramus. Officer Vincent Labarbiera stopped the driver of a 2005 Honda Accord with overly tinted windows for making an unsafe lane change on the southbound highway near Midland Avenue earlier this month, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Officers Clario Sampson and Don Liu assisted, the chief said. Passenger Robert Collins, 53, of Ayden, NC admitted having a loaded weapon under the seat, Ehrenberg said. Police recovered the compact .380-caliber Ruger Crimson Trace, al…
Driver Killed In Horrific Turnpike Crash Was 'Determined To Succeed' Driver Killed In Horrific Turnpike Crash Was 'Determined To Succeed'
Driver Killed In Horrific Turnpike Crash Was 'Determined To Succeed' The death of a 41-year-old Bayonne woman who was ejected then run over by a tractor trailer last weekend on the New Jersey Turnpike has left those who knew her reeling. Olga Armijo was heading north in a Toyota Corolla when she was struck by a Honda Accord around 4:15 a.m. Sunday, April 24 near milepost 105.9 in Newark, New Jersey State Police Trooper Charles Marchan said. The impact caused the Toyota to cross the roadway and strike the right guardrail. As a result of the crash, Armijo was ejected then struck by a tractor trailer, Marchan said. Those who knew Armijo said she was full of li…