A 33-year-old Rutherford man wanted on burglary and robbery charges tried giving a Wayne police officer who stopped him a green card belonging to an elderly man from Haiti as identification, authorities said.Joshua Ellerbee then showed Officer Harrison Kirby a Social Security card with the other man’s name on it, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said.Kirby had stopped Ellerbee for having ...

A noisy steam pipe has again triggered a Ho-Ho-Kus man who once stored his own excrement and shot it at his neighbor's house, authorities said.William J. Krywos, 49, has had a history of run-ins with the law, including causing a mid-1990s blackout that affected more than 32,000 Bergen County customers.More recently, Krywos had a series of conflicts with no fewer than three different ...

An anonymous tip led to the arrest of a Mahwah man and the seizure of meth, the date-rape drug GHB and packaging materials from his condo, authorities said.Detectives confirmed the information, established probable cause and obtained a warrant executed with members of the department's Patrol Services Unit at the Indian Ridge condo off Hilltop Road early Friday afternoon following a ...

Sparking wires downed by the overnight storm Monday closed Sylvan Avenue in Englewood Cliffs in both directions and melted some of the roadway, authorities said.Route 9W remained closed past noon between Sage Road and Demarest Avenue while repairs were made, Detective Lt. Ronald F. Waldt said.Englewood Cliffs police and firefighters responded to the mishap shortly before 3 a.m., Waldt ...

WITNESSES SOUGHT: A 54-year-old Wayne woman was killed when her car plunged down an embankment in North Haledon before dawn Monday, authorities confirmed.Merita Ziba was ejected during the crash at the Holland Christian Home, a continuing care retirement community on Graham Avenue, shortly after 5:30 a.m., Lt. David C. Parenta said.Her body and vehicle were found at the bottom of the ...

Lyndhurst police made separate weekend drug arrests following traffic stops in the same area.Officer Michael Clifford stopped an older model BMW with a cracked windshield and expired inspection sticker in the area of Polito Avenue and Wall Sreet West late Friday, Detective Lt. Michael Auteri said.The vehicle also had a temporary license plate that, it turned out, belonged to another ...

Several chickens died and a dog and some pet birds were rescued during a fast-moving Monday morning house fire in Hawthorne.The blaze broke out on the first floor and extended to the second floor and attic of the Lafayette Avenue home at Llewellyn Avenue around 10 a.m., responders said.Firefighters quickly got in knocked down and under control in under a half hour.No other injuries were ...

A former president of William Paterson University’s PBA says he was deliberately passed over for promotions in favor of less-qualified candidates amid the COVID-19 pandemic.University officials were trying to get back at him for suggesting they eliminate two administrative positions instead of pursuing a plan to lay off officers as a way of saving money during the pandemic, Craig Simko ...

UPDATE: Authorities on Saturday said they'd finally gotten a massive industrial complex fire in Passaic under control nearly a dozen hours after it broke out.More than 200 firefighters fought the 11-alarm blaze, which forced evacuations of nearby homes, sent potentially dangerous smoke into the air and prompted officials to urge residents to keep their windows closed.The smoke ...

A 26-year-old barber from Hackensack was charged with collecting child porn, authorities said.Jose A. Canela-Castillo, 26, remained free pending a Feb. 2 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack following his arrest Friday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.He’s charged with possession of child pornography.Detectives from Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit ...