Fair 29°
Police & Fire
Boy Killed By Truck: Garfield PD Asks Respect For Family, Driver's Privacy Boy Killed By Truck: Garfield PD Asks Respect For Family, Driver's Privacy
Boy Killed By Truck: Garfield PD Asks Respect For Family, Driver's Privacy GARFIELD, N.J. -- (UPDATE) Authorities said they were still working late Tuesday to notify the next of kin of a young boy who was struck and killed by a box truck in Garfield while riding a bicycle earlier in the day. Police Capt. Darren Sucorowski said the "tragedy in our community" occurred at 1:17 p.m. on Lanza Avenue near Pleasant Avenue. Witnesses said the visibly upset driver paced back and forth, shaking his head, while waiting for police. Garfield police were investigating, assisted by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office and the Bergen County Sheriff's Office, whose Bur…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Boy Killed By Truck: Garfield PD Asks Respect For Family, Driver's Privacy Boy Killed By Truck: Garfield PD Asks Respect For Family, Driver's Privacy
Boy Killed By Truck: Garfield PD Asks Respect For Family, Driver's Privacy GARFIELD, N.J. -- (UPDATE) Authorities said they were still working late Tuesday to notify the next of kin of a young boy who was struck and killed by a box truck in Garfield while riding a bicycle earlier in the day. Police Capt. Darren Sucorowski said the "tragedy in our community" occurred at 1:17 p.m. on Lanza Avenue near Pleasant Avenue. Witnesses said the visibly upset driver paced back and forth, shaking his head, while waiting for police. Garfield police were investigating, assisted by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office and the Bergen County Sheriff's Office, whose Bur…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Bergen Prosecutor: 'Helping Hand' Continues To Reach Opioid Addicts Bergen Prosecutor: 'Helping Hand' Continues To Reach Opioid Addicts
Bergen Prosecutor: 'Helping Hand' Continues To Reach Opioid Addicts HACKENSACK, N.J. – More than three dozen heroin users arrested in Bergen County over a four-day period got more than summonses to appear in court: They were each also offered the opportunity to connect with a recovering addict who could one day help save his or her life. Of the 37 users given the chance, 19 of those charged with heroin agreed to work with a “recovery specialist” -- – a recovering addict who has remained clean and knows how to help them find treatment, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. A dozen of them completed 5-day detox and had long-term treatment options …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
SEEN HIM? Sketch Released Of Garfield Shrink-Wrap Robber SEEN HIM? Sketch Released Of Garfield Shrink-Wrap Robber
Seen HIM? Sketch Released Of Garfield Shrink-Wrap Robber GARFIELD, N.J. – Garfield police on Tuesday issued a composite sketch of one of two robbers who they said pistol-whipped a mechanic and strapped him to a chair in shrink wrap. The victim said the two entered the garage where he was working at Passaic Street and Cambridge Avenue around 6:50 p.m. Thursday wearing dark-colored winter hats, hooded sweatshirts and bubble jackets. After asking for help, one of the robbers “pointed a handgun at him [and] struck him in the face,” Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. They bound him in the chair, robbed him and fled, the captain said. The victim sustaine…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco