Morris County Man Indicted In Fatal Alcohol-Related Boat Crash Into Cement Marker: Prosecutor Morris County Man Indicted In Fatal Alcohol-Related Boat Crash Into Cement Marker: Prosecutor
Morris County Man Indicted In Fatal Alcohol-Related Boat Crash Into Cement Marker: Prosecutor A 19-year-old man from Morris County has been indicted in a fatal boat crash in Toms River, authorities said. On Wednesday,, June 22, Juan Fernandez, II, of Towaco, was charged with death by vessel and assault by vessel, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. The head-on crash into a cement marker occurred in Barnegat Bay in Toms River on June 13, 2021, Billhimer said, and resulted in the death of Corey Molinari, 19, of Whippany. At approximately 1:13 a.m., that day, Toms River police and New Jersey State Police were notified of a boat crash. Police respo…
Glen Rock PD: Cliffside Drunk Driver Posing As Brother Caught With 150 Pill Bottles, Script Pad Glen Rock PD: Cliffside Drunk Driver Posing As Brother Caught With 150 Pill Bottles, Script Pad
Glen Rock PD: Cliffside Drunk Driver Posing As Brother Caught With 150 Pill Bottles, Script Pad A Cliffside Park driver who police said was carrying 150 bottles of various prescription pills in the names of dozens of other people when he was stopped for DWI in Glen Rock identified himself as his brother, authorities said. He also was carrying a prescription pad belonging to an Englewood doctor, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. "Through fingerprint ID we have confirmed that the actual name of the individual arrested on May 19 for DWI and drug-related charges is Rasim F. Rashdan, 60, of Cliffside Park," Ackermann said on Monday. Rashdan, he said, "goes by and had been arrested be…
Wyckoff Man Busted For Criminal Mischief: Prosecutor Wyckoff Man Busted For Criminal Mischief: Prosecutor
Wyckoff Man Busted For Criminal Mischief: Prosecutor Three men were arrested for hanging sheets of stickers on parking and traffic signs near the Somerville Train Station, according to police.  Claudino G. Petruccelli, 22, Steve V. Koshlyak, 34, and Zackerji I. Ivanovic, 41 were arrested for criminal mischief for placing stickers on Borough and State property after a Somerville Patrol Officer witnessed them do it the evening of Nov. 27, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said. One of the men even had on latex gloves to hide his fingerprints while placing the sheets of stickers on parking and traffic signs, according to …
Police Officer Brought Bergen Nurse's Body Home To Mom After Killing Him On Parkway: Prosecutor Police Officer Brought Bergen Nurse's Body Home To Mom After Killing Him On Parkway: Prosecutor
Police Officer Brought Bergen Nurse's Body Home To Mom After Killing Him On Parkway: Prosecutor A police officer was arrested for attempting to hide the body of a 29-year-old nurse who he struck and killed on the Garden State Parkway, authorities said. Louis Santiago, 25, an officer in Newark, was off duty when he swerved into the right shoulder and struck Damian Z. Dymka, of Garfield, on the northbound side of the parkway near Exit 151 around 3 a.m. on Nov. 1, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said. Neither Santiago nor his passenger, Albert Guzman, 25, of Newark, called 911 and instead, put Dymka's body in the back of Santiago's 2005 Honda Accord, Stephens sai…
Prosecutor: NJ Hit-Run Driver In Deadly X-Mas Eve Crash Surrenders To US Border Patrol Prosecutor: NJ Hit-Run Driver In Deadly X-Mas Eve Crash Surrenders To US Border Patrol
Prosecutor: NJ Hit-Run Driver In Deadly X-Mas Eve Crash Surrenders To US Border Patrol A driver wanted in a deadly hit-and-run crash surrendered to US Customs and Border Patrol Protection Agents in Texas, authorities announced. Roberto Alcazar-Sanchez, 27, of Jackson, was indicted by an Ocean County Grand Jury on charges of knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle crash resulting in death and other related offenses on Aug. 11, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Norman Shtab, 83, of Howell, was exiting I-195 at Exit 21 with his wife, Phyllis Shtab, 81, in the passenger's seat, when his Mercedes Benz around 6 p.m. Dec. 24, 2020, authorities said. Shtab wa…
Mud-Soaked Morris Driver Flushed From Brook After Fleeing Rochelle Park Traffic Stop Mud-Soaked Morris Driver Flushed From Brook After Fleeing Rochelle Park Traffic Stop
Mud-Soaked Morris Driver Flushed From Brook After Fleeing Rochelle Park Traffic Stop A speeding Morris County driver who ran from a traffic stop was flushed from a nearby brook by Rochelle Park police before dawn Thursday, authorities said. Tajay Turner, 25, of Rockaway at first tried to elude Officer Chris Kiszka on Rochelle Avenue in his Honda Accord but eventually pulled over on West Passaic Street shortly after midnight, Detective Lt. James DePreta said. Turner told the officer that he didn’t have any ID, then began sweating profusely while providing what appeared to be a false name, DePreta said. After following Kiszka directive to step out of the car, Turner bolted, …
Hackensack PD: 7-Eleven Robber Collared After Hopping Into Pickup At Mickey D's Drive-Thru Hackensack PD: 7-Eleven Robber Collared After Hopping Into Pickup At Mickey D's Drive-Thru
Hackensack PD: 7-Eleven Robber Collared After Hopping Into Pickup At Mickey D's Drive-Thru Hackensack police collared a 19-year-old robber who tried hopping into a pickup truck at a McDonald’s drive-through seconds after holding up a 7-Eleven across the street, authorities said. Cash fell out of his pockets after Zyair Desire of Linden got out of the stopped truck and ran through the McDonalds parking lot, where he was nabbed by Officer Michael Reo shortly after 4:30 a.m. Monday, authorities said. Moments earlier, Desire entered the 7-Eleven across Essex Street from the McDonalds, pointed a bandana-covered object at the cashier and demanded money, Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt sa…
PalPark PD: Red-Light Runner On Route 46 Found With Loaded Pistol, Pot, Stolen Credit Cards PalPark PD: Red-Light Runner On Route 46 Found With Loaded Pistol, Pot, Stolen Credit Cards
PalPark PD: Red-Light Runner On Route 46 Found With Loaded Pistol, Pot, Stolen Credit Cards A driver who ran a red light on Route 46 was carrying a loaded pocket pistol when a Palisades Park police officer stopped him, authorities said. Luis Almonte, 23, provided false information after Patrolman Salvatore Farnese stopped him on the westbound highway in Ridgefield Park following a brief pursuit shortly before 2 a.m. Wednesday, they said. A subsequent search turned up a .25-caliber Phoenix HP 25 with a nine-round magazine loaded with hollow-point bullets, according to a police report. Almonte remained held Thursday in the Bergen County Jail, charged with unlawful weapons possessio…
GOTCHA! Daily Voice Story Shared In NY Leads To Arrest In Hit-Run That Killed Paramus Woman GOTCHA! Daily Voice Story Shared In NY Leads To Arrest In Hit-Run That Killed Paramus Woman
Gotcha! Daily Voice Story Shared In NY Leads To Arrest In Hit-Run That Killed Paramus Woman UPDATE: Sharing stories really does make a difference. A Daily Voice reader who saw a story shared in a Facebook group about the search for a hit-and-run vehicle that struck and killed a woman in Paramus provided the tip that led to the capture of the accused driver. The tipster said he suspected the damaged Ford brought into an auto body shop in Congers was the same one mentioned in a Daily Voice story about the search for the fleeing driver who killed the 58-year-old woman as she walked along a local road early Thursday. So he notified authorities. Detectives from the Bergen County …
AG: Essex Detective Illegally Attached Hidden GPS To Suspect's Vehicle AG: Essex Detective Illegally Attached Hidden GPS To Suspect's Vehicle
AG: Essex Detective Illegally Attached Hidden GPS To Suspect's Vehicle An Essex County prosecutor’s detective stuck a hidden GPS on a suspect’s vehicle without permission, then lied about where to find his county-issued cellphone when he was ordered to turn it in, state authorities said Friday. Timothy Kealy, 27, of Bloomfield, was working with the prosecutor’s Narcotics Task Force when he bought and installed the tracking device without getting a supervisor’s permission to apply to a judge for a warrant, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. A court-issued warrant is required by law for law enforcement to install a GPS device on a vehicle. Kealy was suspe…
Authorities: Woman Shoots, Kills Boyfriend At South Jersey Hotel Authorities: Woman Shoots, Kills Boyfriend At South Jersey Hotel
Authorities: Woman Shoots, Kills Boyfriend At South Jersey Hotel A 33-year-old woman shot and killed her boyfriend at a Camden County hotel, authorities said. Brandy Lee shot 26-year-old Kevin D. Owens III during an argument at the East 9th Avenue hotel in Runnemede around 3:30 a.m. Monday, according to a release issued by the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office. “Surveillance footage showed Lee was the only person to enter and exit the hotel room during the time of the shooting,” Acting Camden County Prosecutor Jill S. Mayer and Runnemede Police Chief Paul Dailey said in the joint statement. The mortally wounded Owens was taken to a nearby hospital, wher…
Wayne PD: Speedy Officers Nab Burglar Who Broke In While Elderly Resident Was Home Wayne PD: Speedy Officers Nab Burglar Who Broke In While Elderly Resident Was Home
Wayne PD: Speedy Officers Nab Burglar Who Broke In While Elderly Resident Was Home A homeless man broke in while an elderly Wayne woman was home and was about to burglarize another house when a resident there scared him off, authorities said. Responding Officers Adrian Sulejmani and Colin Bush nabbed Henry Smith III, who'd also burglarized a Haledon home, Wayne Detective Capt. Daniel Daly said Friday. The officers found Smith at a nearby bus stop after a Ratzer Road resident told them she’d scared him from her back deck when she caught him peeking into her windows shortly before 11 a.m. Thursday, Daly said. Smith at first gave police bogus information and was found carry…