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Lodi Resident Tosses Shooting Victim's Body In Hudson River: Prosecutor
A 26-year-old Lodi resident was arrested and charged on Thursday, Feb. 6, after he fatally shot a man and tossed his body in the Hudson River in Hoboken, authorities said. Hoboken police received a tip from Lodi police that a man had been fatally shot in a restricted area of the Hoboken waterfront near Castle Point Skate Park on Saturday, Feb. 1, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. An investigation revealed Erick Fernandez shot Julio Flores, a 23-year-old Passaic resident, and then fled the scene with his personal belongings including his vehicle, Suarez said. Fernandez returned to…
Police & Fire
Cops ID Mom, Young Children Killed In Jersey City
Authorities have released additional details in the killings of a mother and her two young children in Jersey City on Wednesday, Jan. 29. Justicia para las mujeres, para mi prima, para una madre luchadora, una mujer trabajadora y dama llena de ilusiones …..... Posted by Jessica Urbano on Thursday, January 30, 2025 Napoleon Romero-Anduray, 31, is accused of stabbing Luisa Urbano, 31, her 9-year-old son, Juan Martin Urbano, and her 5-year-old daughter, Diana Ramirez, on Hutton Avenue, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Jersey City police were notified of a stabbing at 272 Hutton…
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Mugshot Shows Uber Passenger Accused Of Stabbing Driver In Attempted Fort Lee Carjacking
A Leonia man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing an Uber driver multiple times in a violent carjacking attempt in Fort Lee, authorities said. Marcus N. Marson, 25, demanded that his 37-year-old male driver give him the vehicle then stabbed him repeatedly on his head, shoulder, and arm, according to Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella and police paperwork. The incident happened on Duncan Avenue at approximately 9:17 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 28, Musella said. By the time officers had arrived, Marson had fled the scene. The victim was rushed to Hackensack University…
Police & Fire
$30K Rolex, 24-Karat Chain: Mugshots Show Masked Gunmen Accused In Violent Englewood Robbery
Three Newark men and two juveniles are facing charges following an armed robbery and assault at an outdoor dining area in Englewood earlier this year, authorities said. The arrests stem from a robbery that occurred on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, just after midnight. on Engle Street, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Masked assailants armed with handguns attempted to steal car keys from a valet area before robbing diners of jewelry and personal belongings. During the attack, one victim was struck in the head with a firearm, officials said. Musella did not disclose the name of the…
Police & Fire
NC Man Charged In Halloween Road Rage Shooting On NJ Turnpike, Troopers Say
A North Carolina man was accused of shooting at another driver during a road rage incident on the New Jersey Turnpike in Burlington County late on Halloween night, authorities said. Brandon Rudd, 34, of South Mills, NC, was charged with attempted murder and weapons offenses, state police said in a news release on Thursday, Dec. 12. The charges stemmed from shots fired on the NJ Turnpike in Mansfield Township on Thursday, Oct. 31. Troopers responded to the southbound side of the turnpike near milepost 48.3 at around 11:59 p.m. Investigators said Rudd and the victim …
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Man Accused Of Shattering Windshields Of Moving Vehicles On Mahwah Streets Has Prior Arrests
Mahwah police have announced the arrest of a man who threw a rock at multiple moving vehicles, shattering and cracking windshields this week. John Yager III, 50, allegedly threw the rock at moving vehicles along Franklin Turnpike, East Ramapo Avenue, and Island Road over the past several months, Mahwah Police Capt. Guido Bussinelli said. Several of the drivers had reported that the damage to their vehicles consisted of shattered and cracked windshields. Yager was identified as a suspect and was found in possession of a large rock at the time of his arrest Monday, Oct. 28, Bussinelli said. …
Police & Fire
LA Fitness Stabbing: Boxcutter-Wielding Suspect From Union County In Custody, Cops Say
A 22-year-old Scotch Plains resident was arrested and charged on Monday, Sept. 9, with attempted murder after he stabbed another man with a boxcutter at an LA Fitness in Clark on Sunday, authorities said. Officers responded to the LA Fitness at 1255 Raritan Rd. and located the victim, while the perpetrator, Antonio Lampon, fled from the scene before law enforcement arrived, Clark police said in a release. The victim was transported to a nearby hospital where he was treated and released, police said. Lampon was charged with attempted murder, multiple counts of aggravated assault and multiple…
News
Gunman, 22, Arrested In Shooting Of Kearny Man In Paterson, Police Say
Police have arrested the 22-year-old gunman who they say is responsible for a June shooting in Paterson. Rafael A. Cabrera Perea, of Paterson, is believed to have shot the 26-year-old man near Prospect and Ellison streets around 2:40 a.m. on June 17, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In-Charge Isa Abbassi said. While on scene, officers were notified that the victim, a Kearny resident, had been taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center for treatment. An investigation identified Cabrera Perea as the gunman, Valdes said. Cabrera…
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Teen Wanted In Fatal NJ Transit Station Shooting Caught In Poconos: US Marshals
A New Jersey fugitive wanted in a deadly train station shooting and a home invasion was arrested in northeastern Pennsylvania, authorities said. U.S. Marshals took 19-year-old Damian Bass into custody, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said in a news release on Friday, Sept. 6. Bass' last known address was in Fanwood. Bass was charged with first-degree murder and two weapons offenses. He was accused of shooting and killing 43-year-old James Hailey of Newark. Marshals from Brooklyn, NY, and Scranton captured Bass in Chestnuthill Township, PA, on Thursday, Sept. 5. "We s…
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Kearny Man, 44, Stabbed Passenger In His Vehicle In Clifton, Police Say
A 44-year-old Kearny man is facing charges for stabbing a 31-year-old Paterson victim in Clifton, police said. Daniel Carbajal-Flores was operating a 2018 Honda when he stabbed the victim, a passenger in the vehicle, at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and Russell Street just after 1 a.m. Monday, Aug. 12, Clifton Police Lt. Robert Anderson said. The victim was assisted to safety away from the vehicle by another passenger in Carbajal-Flores' car, and taken to St. Joseph's hospital in a separate vehicle, Anderson said. The victim's condition was initially described as cri…
News
Gunman Arrested In Paterson Shooting That Wounded Victim, 33, Prosecutor Says
A 29-year-old Paterson man was arrested on Tuesday, July 16 and charged in a shooting that wounded a 33-year-old Passaic man earlier this month, authorities said. At 5:22 a.m. on Friday, July 5, the Paterson Police Department met with the shooting victim at a nearby hospital after he was shot at Park Avenue and East 18th Street, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In- Charge Isa Abbassi said. Jhon Garcia was subsequently arrested and charged with attempted murder and multiple weapons offenses, authorities said. He faces up to 20 years in pri…
News
Paterson Ex-Con Arrested In Carjacking, Kidnapping That Prompted Widespread Amber Alert: Cops
A 33-year-old ex-con has been arrested in connection with the carjacking and kidnapping of a 34-year-old woman and her 2-year-old son, prompting an Amber Alert overnight in Paterson, authorities announced Friday, June 28. Junior Nunez was identified by police as a suspect in the carjacking and kidnapping at Percy and Holsman streets around 10:40 p.m. Thursday, June 27, Passaic County Prosecutor Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In- Charge Isa Abbassi said. A warrant was issued for Nunez's arrest as an amber alert was issued overnight for the child…
Police & Fire
Reign Of Terror: NJ Ex-Con Gets 16 Years For Series Of Armed Robberies, Carjackings
𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A 25-year-old ex-con from Trenton who’s already served 2½ years in state prison is headed to federal prison for 16 more for a string of gunpoint carjackings and robberies. Joshua M. Perez was one of three armed robbers who commited a Oct. 10 carjacking, another on Dec. 5 and the robbery later than second night of a local gas station, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Surveillance cameras captured video of Perez and two other robbers emerging from a sedan, pointing handguns at occupants of another vehicle, Sellinger said. They then fled with money and cellphones in the victims…
Police & Fire
Barricaded Man In NJ Motel Wounds 2 NJ State Troopers With Airsoft Gun
An armed man who wounded two New Jersey State Police troopers with an airsoft gun during a lengthy standoff at a Sussex County motel was eventually taken alive, authorities said. Troopers were conducting a welfare check at the Cobmin Ridge Motel on Route 206 in Branchville, 10 or so miles from the Pennsylvania border, around 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30, they said. Nicolas R. Martinez, 27, refused to leave a room he was staying in, according to a joint release from New Jersey State Police, the state Department of Law & Public Safety and the Sussex County Prosecutor's Office. Negotiations la…
Police & Fire
Boys — 15, 16 — Charged With Shooting 14-Year-Old Outside Paterson School
Two Paterson boys – one 15, the other 16 – are charged with shooting a 14-year-old outside a city grade school last fall. The victim was treated at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center after being wounded near the Halpine Street entrance to School #12 on Oct. 25. A lengthy investigation led to delinquency complaints signed this past week against both youngsters, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In-Charge Isa Abbassi said in a joint announcement. The complaints allege what would be the adult equivalent of attempted murder and weapons offen…
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Impersonators Takes Plea In Gunpoint Bergen Robbery
UPDATE: A Bronx man nicknamed "Shakes" admitted that he served as the lookout while two home invaders posing as NYPD detectives tied up and robbed a Fair Lawn family. Dominick Memoli, 57, was in on the planning of last year’s robbery, in which residents were zip-tied and an undisclosed amount of cash and jewelry was stolen, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He became the first of seven defendants in the case to take a deal from prosecutors rather than risk the potential outcome of a trial. All seven were arrested in New York State this past May. ****** HOME INVASION: Accused NY…
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: Clifton Police Find Gun, Extended Mag In Passenger's Waistband, 2nd Firearm In Car
A passenger who struggled with Clifton police during a tense overnight traffic stop had a semiautomatic handgun with an extended 27-round magazine tucked into his waistband, authorities said. Officers arrested him and two companions while also seizing a second gun with a magazine that held 33 rounds of mixed standard and hollow-point bullets, Clifton Police Lt. Robert Anderson said. Both 9mm Polymer80 handguns had their serial numbers removed, the lieutenant said. Officer Nicholas Garruto stopped the purple 2013 Dodge Charger on Main Avenue just over the city line in Passaic after witnessi…
Police & Fire
5-Year-Old Stabbed By Mom In Newark Critical: Sources
A Newark mom has been arrested on accusations she stabbed her her 5-year-old son, Daily Voice has learned. Officers responded to Murray Street near Brunswick Street on reports of a 5-year-old stabbed around 5:10 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. There, they found the injured boy. The boy remains in critical but stable condition at University Hospital, while his mother faces a slew of charges, including endangering the welfare of a child and various weapons offenses, sources with direct knowledge of the incident tell Daily Voice. This incident re…
Police & Fire
Months-Old Shooting Of Saddle Brook Teen Solved With Arrest Of Paterson Man: Police
Detectives cracked the February shooting of a Saddle Brook teenager in Paterson with the arrest of a 21-year-old city man. Jaquan Wilson, 21, was charged with attempted murder and weapons offenses in connection with the non-fatal assault near the corner of East 24th Street and 9th Avenue shortly after midnight Feb. 23. The 18-year-old victim, who was found by police, survived the shooting and was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center. Wilson remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Friday, June 2, following his arrest by Paterson police Thursday afternoon in the area of Broadwa…
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Response To Threats Call Turns Up Loaded, Stolen Gun Under Suspect's Pillow: Ridgefield PD
A Ridgefield man accused of threatening someone with a loaded handgun had the weapon stashed under his pillow when police arrived, authorities said. Jermelle McNeill, 45, was arrested after Ridgefield Police Officer Theo Abdallah found the Glock 19 -- which had been reported stolen -- before dawn on Sunday, May 21, Lt. Bruno Carbone said. Abdallah had responded to the Bernard Place home along with Sgt. Leo Yim and Officers Ali Huda and Danilo Barquin on a call of a dispute involving an armed threat around 4:30 a.m., the lieutenant said. McNeil remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Mo…
Police & Fire
Security Guard Involved In Daylight Gunfight Outside Paterson School, Suspect Seized
What authorities said was a mid-morning gunfight involving a Paterson school security guard led to the arrest of his alleged opponent. Robert Carroll, 59, was charged with attempted murder and weapons offenses in connection with what was described as an exchange of gunfire near the corner of 10th and Madison avenues -- outside Paterson Public School No. 21 -- around 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 16. “There was a verbal altercation between an individual later identified as Robert Carroll and a school security guard where gunfire was exchanged,” Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Pate…
News
Machete-Wielding Man's Lakewood Menacing Not Considered Anti-Semitic, Authorities Say
An incident involving a man who menaced pedestrians with a machete in Lakewood was not believed to have been an anti-Semitic attack, authorities said. Max Sanchez, 22, approached five pedestrians along Forest Avenue near 6th Street with the weapon around 11:30 p.m. on Monday, March 13, local police said. Although the incident occurred in a neighborhood where a large portion of Orthodox Jewish families live, "there is nothing that indicates that Sanchez chose to menace the victims based on their religious beliefs," police said in a statement. Although no specific threats were made to a…
News
Rutherford Resident Accused Of Brandishing Gun
A tax consultant from Rutherford was arrested for pointing a loaded gun during a dispute, authorities said. Gerard Losardo, 35, remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Monday, March 13, records show. He was seized at his home without incident on Friday after allegedly brandishing a legally registered .40-caliber handgun that night, Rutherford Deputy Police Chief Sean Farrell said. The 6-foot-6, 330-pound Losardo is charged with aggravated assault, criminal restraint, simple assault, making terroristic threats and a weapons offense.
News
Raid At New Teaneck Apartment Complex Yields Arrests Of Couple, NYC Murder Suspect From PA
A Teaneck couple was arrested along with a Pennsylvania ex-con wanted in connection with a New York City homicide during a raid of the pair’s swanky apartment, authorities said. Rickey D. Richardson, 56, and Taisha Tamika Bramwell, 39, were seized following the SWAT-led operation late last week at the recently opened One500 luxury complex on Teaneck Road, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. They were later released pending court action, records show. Also arrested following the Feb. 23 raid was the target of the raid, Ron Reeder, 54, of Windber, PA, who’s being held in the Bergen C…
News
Ex-Con Accused Of Shooting 16-Year-Old, Two Adults At Notorious Paterson Street Corner
UPDATE: An ex-con who was only just released from prison less than three months ago was charged with shooting and wounding three people -- including a 16-year-old juvenile – at a Paterson street corner where a young girl was gunned down earlier this year. Cleon Pooler, 30, is expected to remain held following his arrest Monday afternoon, Nov. 15, in the area of Ellison Street and Memorial Drive. That’s just blocks from the site of the Oct. 15 shooting at Madison and Essex streets. That day, police responding to a shots-fired report found a 19-year-old Sunbury, Pennsylvania resident, a 32-…
Police & Fire
Stabbing Victim Was Defending Jersey City Pizzeria Worker From Abusive Customer: Police
A man defending Jersey City pizzeria employees from an abusive customer was hospitalized with a life-threatening stab wound to his abdomen, authorities said. The 25-year-old man got into an argument with 47-year-old Savark Dicupe at Stella’s on Grove Street over how Dicupe was treating employees around 1:20 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1, city police said. The argument turned physical when Dicupe stabbed the victim with a pocket knife at the 24-hour pizzeria, authorities said. Dicupe was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and weapons offenses. JCPD officers arrested Savark Dicupe, 47,…
Police & Fire
Police Outsmart Gunman Trying To Flee Through Window After Jersey City Shootout
A 35-year-old Jersey City man who thought he'd be able to escape police by jumping out a window after a shootout was outsmarted by officers already canvassing the scene, authorities said. Police responding to reports of shots fired at MLK Drive and Wilkinson Avenue found Dawkins and another man shooting each other around 3:35 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, Jersey City spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione said. Dawkins and the other gunman fled — Dawkins into his home at 133 Wilkinson Ave. Officers, however, had already set up a perimeter and quickly arrested Dawkins, Wallace-Scalcione said. Daw…
Police & Fire
Victim Slashed In Jersey City Business Deal Gone Bad: Police
A 19-year-old man slash another man's face in what police are calling a "business deal gone wrong" in Jersey City. Eslam Abouzaid began arguing around 10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22 on Bramhall Avenue, a city spokesperson said. That's when Abouzaid took out a knife and cut the victim, who he knew. The victim's injuries were treated at the Jersey City Medical Center and Abouzaid was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and weapons offenses.
News
Haledon PD: Taxi Traffic Stop Leads To Capture Of Wanted Man With Loaded Gun
A passenger in a taxi cab stopped for a traffic violation wasn't only wanted out of Pennsylvania -- he was also carrying a loaded gun, police in Haledon said. Officer Jeffrey Welsh and Kris Duci stopped the Paterson cab after the driver failed to signal a turn at the intersection of West Broadway and Chamberlain Avenue shortly after noon Wednesday, Sept. 21, Capt. George Guzman Jr. said. The officers immediately noticed that the rear-seat passenger -- identified in records as Miguel Ortiz, a 23-year-old Dominican national from Paterson -- wasn't wearing a seatbelt, the captain said. The of…
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Florida Man Wanted On 2 Warrants Busted With Sword In Hudson Traffic Stop: Police
A Florida man wanted on two warrants was busted with a sword during a traffic stop in Hudson County, authorities said. Alain Diaz, 48, was stopped by Secaucus Police just before 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 3, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Diaz, of Hialeah, Florida, was found to have an outstanding NCIC warrant issued out of Hopatcong with no bail and an outstanding warrant out of Jersey City totaling $50, police said. Diaz was also charged with a weapons offense for being in possession of a sword, as well as three motor vehicle summonses, Miller said. Diaz was being held i…
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Newark Sees Uptick In Illegal Firearms
Authorities in Newark recovered 491 firearms in the last year. As of Aug. 8, the city saw a 33 percent increase from the 366 guns recovered during the same period last year, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz G. Fragé said. The below individuals were recently arrested for weapons offenses: Andrea Motley, 34. Charged with possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, aggravated assault, terroristic threats, and criminal mischief. Jihad L. Jones, 24. Charged with unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of prohibited weapons , obstruction of the administration of the law, and res…
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