A Passaic man was sentenced to 37 years in prison for sexually abusing a young child over the course of three years.Gabriel Sunuc, 31, had rejected a deal from prosecutors, opting instead for a jury trial.He lost.The case presented to jurors in Paterson by Assistant Passaic County Prosecutor Alyssa DiSturco last fall included live testimony from the victim, the victim’s friend, mother ...

A young child was airlifted to Hackensack University Medical Center after nearly drowning in a backyard pool in Mahwah late Wednesday afternoon.The boy, 3, was breathing on his own but unconscious when first responders arrived at the Wyckoff Avenue home near the Ramsey border.He regained consciousness, however, and was picked up by AirMed 1 at the nearby George Washington School field, ...

Noticeable numbers of people going in and out of a single-family home at all hours in a quiet Mahwah neighborhood were bound to draw attention, particularly since a repeat offender arrested a year ago on gun charges lives there.Police who subsequently raided the 2½ -story home in the township’s Fardale section Tuesday night ended up arresting him and eight other people.Members of the ...

A state court judge in Paterson has refused to release a Midland Park man charged in a Prospect Park shooting.That defendant, Rahjshone Newkirk, 23, and borough resident Tylaire Clark, 22, had been sought by police after two people reported being shot at on Hopper Street around 6 p.m. Feb. 2, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Prospect Park Police Chief Ammen Matari said in ...

Northbound Route 17 was temporarily closed following a double-rollover crash in Ramsey.All of the occupants of the Jeep and minivan involved got out safely following the 8 a.m. crash Wednesday, May 18, near the QuickChek just north of East Allendale Avenue, responders said.Injuries didn't appear serious.Ramsey police, firefighters and rescue unit members quickly responded along with ...

UPDATE: A speeding SUV that killed one pedestrian and injured several others in the heart of Paterson’s downtown also struck a parked police car, authorities said.It was a horrifying scene that many likely wished they hadn’t witnessed: Amid the wreckage at the intersection of Main and Market streets on Tuesday, May 17, was the body of a man on his back, arms outstretched, his upper body ...

UPDATE: A speeding SUV that killed one pedestrian and injured six other victims in the heart of Paterson’s downtown also struck a parked police car, authorities said.It was a horrifying scene that many likely wished they hadn’t witnessed: Amid the wreckage at the intersection of Main and Market streets on Tuesday, May 17, was the body of a man on his back, arms outstretched, his ...

A police sergeant was justified in fatally shooting a New York man who jumped him and tried taking his gun during a furious struggle on the shoulder of the Garden State Parkway, a grand jury has found.New Jersey State Police Staff Sgt. Randall Wetzel ended what had been a series of interactions between Dutchess County resident Maurice Gordon, age 28, of Poughkeepsie, and law ...

A New Jersey State Police sergeant was justified in fatally shooting a New York State man who jumped him and tried taking his gun during a furious struggle on the shoulder of the Garden State Parkway, a grand jury has found.NJSP Staff Sgt. Randall Wetzel ended what had been a series of interactions between Maurice Gordon, 28, of Poughkeepsie, NY and law enforcers in Brick Township, ...

A pair of flim-flammers who thought they’d fooled a Teaneck grandfather into forking over $25,500 to get a supposedly drunk-driving family member out of jail found the tables turned when they showed up to collect, authorities said.The “victim” who held an envelope stuffed with the supposed cash as he stood waiting for the two Plainfield teens on a township street was actually a Teaneck ...