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HEROES: North Bergen Detectives Find Missing Woman, 58, Cold, Shivering In Jersey City Park HEROES: North Bergen Detectives Find Missing Woman, 58, Cold, Shivering In Jersey City Park
Heroes: North Bergen Detectives Find Missing Woman, 58, Cold, Shivering In Jersey City Park North Bergen detectives found a township woman cold and shivering on a Jersey City park bench two days after she went missing. A solid tip generated by media attention helped make it happen, they said. Maria Martin-Vila, 58, was reportedly last seen boarding a southbound commuter van on Bergenline Avenue at 80th Street across from Braddock Park around 1 p.m. Feb. 26. "Because of the attention this story garnered, we received a credible tip that the victim was seen in the area of Bowers and Palisade Avenue in Jersey City," North Bergen Detective Capt. David Dowd said. "Detectives were…
UPDATE: New Details Emerge In Police Shooting Of Jersey City Man With Mental Health History UPDATE: New Details Emerge In Police Shooting Of Jersey City Man With Mental Health History
Update: New Details Emerge In Police Shooting Of Jersey City Man With Mental Health History One of a group of specially-trained Jersey City police officers shot and killed a knife-wielding city man after he charged at them in his apartment, authorities said. An EMS unit was the first to respond to 2:15 p.m. call at the Randolph Avenue residence in the Bergen-Lafayette section of the city on Sunday, Aug. 27, according to a release issued late Monday by New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin. "Upon arrival, they requested the assistance of the Jersey City Police Department," the attorney general said. Patrol officers arrived just before 2:30 p.m. and tried to communicate with …
HEROES: Mansfield Officers Recognized For Rescuing Schizophrenic Man Holding Knife To Throat HEROES: Mansfield Officers Recognized For Rescuing Schizophrenic Man Holding Knife To Throat
Heroes: Mansfield Officers Recognized For Rescuing Schizophrenic Man Holding Knife To Throat Three members of the Mansfield Township Police Department have been recognized with Meritorious Service Awards after they saved a man with schizophrenia who was holding a knife to his throat. Officer Michael Citarelli, Officer Thomas Hill and Detective Michael Camerata were called to a local residence where a 31-year-old man who suffers from schizophrenia was having a psychological episode around 11:45 a.m. on Monday, March 2, township police said in a release. The man — whose family told police that he had not been taking his medications and had been threatening them for several days prior…
Hasbrouck Heights Professor Accused Of Attempted St. Patrick's Arson Dies In Verrazano Leap Hasbrouck Heights Professor Accused Of Attempted St. Patrick's Arson Dies In Verrazano Leap
Hasbrouck Heights Professor Accused Of Attempted St. Patrick's Arson Dies In Verrazano Leap A philosophy professor from Hasbrouck Heights who authorities said planned to burn down St. Patrick's Cathedral died by suicide last week, nearly a month after being released from Rikers Island amid the coronavirus outbreak. A judge ordered Marc Lamparello, 38, to participate in an outpatient program at Bergen New Bridge Medical Center after releasing him on March 20 as part of an effort to stem the rapid spread of COVID-19 through the city jail system. Lamparello jumped from Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge last Friday, a week after police prevented a similar suicide try at the George Washington …
SEEN HIM? Police Seek Franklin Driver Missing After Car Crash SEEN HIM? Police Seek Franklin Driver Missing After Car Crash
Seen HIM? Police Seek Franklin Driver Missing After Car Crash Authorities are seeking the public's help locating a 47-year-old Franklin man who went missing after a car crash in Cumberland County. New York State Police say Anthony Dellomo was driving a black Chevy Impala southbound on Hwy. 55 in Millville when he swerved to the right in his vehicle and hit several trees on Sunday, Dec. 29 around 12:10 a.m. Surveillance footage showed Dellomo walking westbound on Route 49 away from the crash scene, authorities said. Dellomo is 5 feet and 10 inches tall, weighing 200 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes. Police say he was last seen wearing a Philadelp…
SEEN HER? Police Seek Help Finding Missing Teaneck High School Grad SEEN HER? Police Seek Help Finding Missing Teaneck High School Grad
Seen HER? Police Seek Help Finding Missing Teaneck High School Grad Authorities are seeking the public's help finding a missing Teaneck High School graduate last seen in Mount Vernon. Baturi Willis, 24, was last seen on W. Sandford Boulevard just after 4 p.m. July 10 wearing a pink tank top and gray tights. The 2012 Teaneck High School grad suffers from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.  Anyone with information can call the Mount Vernon Police Department at 913-665-9510.
Self-Published 'Inspirational' Wyckoff Author Charged With Torching Former Home Self-Published 'Inspirational' Wyckoff Author Charged With Torching Former Home
Self-Published 'Inspirational' Wyckoff Author Charged With Torching Former Home A self-published Wyckoff author who wrote about suffering from depression and schizophrenia was charged with trying to burn down her former home. Carolyn M. Kaetz, 54, “admitted to Detective Sgt. Kevin Kasak that she started the fire” at her former residence at 115 Huntington Court in March, destroying it, Lt. Joseph Soto said. She was charged with one count of aggravated arson and sent to the Bergen County Jail after police said she confessed last month – only to be released by a judge hours later under New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform law pending a court hearing. Kaetz, who previously worke…
Port Authority Police At WTC Reunite Non-Verbal Missing Man With Family Port Authority Police At WTC Reunite Non-Verbal Missing Man With Family
Port Authority Police At WTC Reunite Non-Verbal Missing Man With Family A missing Bronx man who couldn't speak and wasn't carrying identification seemed confused as he wandered around the 9/11 memorial in lower Manhattan before dawn Thursday. Port Authority officers assigned to the World Trade Center handed him a pen -- on which the man wrote an address that ended up reuniting him with his family. Loved ones and others distributed fliers and police had issued alerts in the search for 21-year-old Tanvir Hossain. Hossain, who's non-verbal and has schizophrenia, was last seen on Sunday. The officers who found him flashed his photo to the NYPD's 52nd Precinct. …