Hackensack Driving School Instructor Fights Off Carjacker Hackensack Driving School Instructor Fights Off Carjacker
Hackensack Driving School Instructor Fights Off Carjacker HERO: A Hackensack driving school instructor fought off a violent carjacker as he tried to drag another tutor from her vehicle, authorities said. Adult students were taking lessons in the Stop & Shop parking lot on West Pleasantview Avenue when Isiah T. Pringle, 31, of Albany approached one of the vehicles, Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Pringle opened the door and tried to pull out the driver, who was seat-belted in, he said. Another driving instructor intervened and was punched by Pringle as he shouted at the woman to drive away, the captain said. “Pringle then grabbed a broomstick that…
Hackensack School Driving Instructor Beaten While Rescuing Colleague From Violent Carjacker Hackensack School Driving Instructor Beaten While Rescuing Colleague From Violent Carjacker
Hackensack School Driving Instructor Beaten While Rescuing Colleague From Violent Carjacker HERO: A violent carjacker was trying to drag a Hackensack driving school instructor out of a vehicle when a colleague came to her rescue, authorities said. Adult students were taking lessons in the Stop & Shop parking lot on West Pleasantview Avenue when Isiah T. Pringle, 31, of Albany approached one of the vehicles, Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Pringle opened the door and tried to pull out the driver, who was seat-belted in, he said. Another driving instructor intervened and was punched by Pringle as he shouted at the woman to drive away, the captain said. “Pringle then grabbed a brooms…
MALL CARJACKING: Arrest Made, More Expected In Garden State Plaza Robbery MALL CARJACKING: Arrest Made, More Expected In Garden State Plaza Robbery
Mall Carjacking: Arrest Made, More Expected In Garden State Plaza Robbery Paramus police nabbed a Newark man who they said participated in the carjacking of two men at gunpoint at the Garden State Plaza. Curtis L Brinson, 44, remained held Wednesday in the Bergen County Jail, charged with being an accomplice to carjacking and conspiracy. Meanwhile, at least one other robber was being sought. Detective Dan Cullen, Detective Sgt. Keith Dimascio and Officer Anthony Mordaga identified Brinson as a suspect, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. He was arrested in Newark last Friday with help from their colleagues on the New Jersey State Police Auto Theft Task…
Killer Paroled After Only Three Years Charged With Shooting Paterson Dad Of 10 Dead Killer Paroled After Only Three Years Charged With Shooting Paterson Dad Of 10 Dead
Killer Paroled After Only Three Years Charged With Shooting Paterson Dad Of 10 Dead A convicted killer who was paroled after only three years in state prison was captured in Brooklyn and charged with shooting and killing a Paterson father of 10 in the Silk City last month, authorities said. Rondell Gray, 40, of North Haledon originally wasn’t even eligible for parole until Wednesday -- the day his arrest was announced -- after taking a plea bargain three years earlier for shooting and killing Myesha Montgomery, 28, with whom he once lived, in 2015, state records show. The state freed Gray, who’s also a registered sex offender, on Oct. 8, 2020, however, amid a wave of earl…
MALL CARJACKING: Robber Takes SUV At Gunpoint, Garden State Plaza Victims Tell Paramus Police MALL CARJACKING: Robber Takes SUV At Gunpoint, Garden State Plaza Victims Tell Paramus Police
Mall Carjacking: Robber Takes SUV At Gunpoint, Garden State Plaza Victims Tell Paramus Police Two Hudson County men were carjacked at gunpoint at the Garden State Plaza in Paramus, said police who recovered their vehicle. The victims – both in their 30s from Jersey City – told responding officers that they’d exited the west side of the mall and found the robber sitting on a light post stanchion shortly before 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. When they got to their 2020 Mercedes G-Wagon, they said, he rushed toward them, pulled out a black handgun and demanded the keys. They said they complied and he fled with the SUV, the chief said. The New Jersey State Pol…
Two Officers, One Civilian Injured In Multi-Vehicle Clifton Crash Two Officers, One Civilian Injured In Multi-Vehicle Clifton Crash
Two Officers, One Civilian Injured In Multi-Vehicle Clifton Crash UPDATE: Two officers and a civilian were injured in a crash involving two Clifton police vehicles, one of which overturned, Monday night, responders said. Police were headed to a report of a carjacked vehicle from which shots had been fired in Paterson a short time earlier when the crash occurred at the intersection of Main and Clifton avenues around 9:30 p.m., Detective Lt. Robert Bracken. The two officers and civilian were all taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, where they were treated before being released, Bracken said. The carjacked vehicle -- a 2004 Acura -- wasn't found,…
Clifton Police SUV Rolls In Multi-Vehicle Crash Clifton Police SUV Rolls In Multi-Vehicle Crash
Clifton Police SUV Rolls In Multi-Vehicle Crash Two officers and a civilian were injured in a crash involving two Clifton police vehicles, one of which overturned, Monday night, responders said. Police were headed to a report of a carjacked vehicle from which shots had been fired in Paterson a short time earlier when the crash occurred at the intersection of Main and Clifton avenues around 9:30 p.m., Detective Lt. Robert Bracken. The two officers and civilian were all taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, where they were treated before being released, Bracken said. The carjacked vehicle -- a 2004 Acura -- wasn't found, he said.…
WILD RIDE: Beaten, Bitten Uber Driver Pepper Sprays Carjacking Couple In Elmwood Park WILD RIDE: Beaten, Bitten Uber Driver Pepper Sprays Carjacking Couple In Elmwood Park
Wild Ride: Beaten, Bitten Uber Driver Pepper Sprays Carjacking Couple In Elmwood Park An Uber driver was beaten and bitten by a paroled armed robber he’d picked at a Route 46 motel but managed to pepper-spray the ex-con and his companion before they could carjack him, Elmwood Park police said. Dahmier Garvey, 23, and Johanna Bell, 19, got into his vehicle near the Red Carpet Motel on the eastbound highway early Sunday night, the 36-year-old victim from Wyckoff told responding officers. He told them that there was no smoking in the vehicle, he said, and that Uber company police required that both wear COVID masks, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Bell, of Hawthorne wore …
NJ Yeshiva Student, 19, Killed In Denver Crime Spree NJ Yeshiva Student, 19, Killed In Denver Crime Spree
NJ Yeshiva Student, 19, Killed In Denver Crime Spree A 19-year-old man from New Jersey was killed during a crime spree outside of his Yeshiva Tuesday night in Denver. Shmuel Silverberg's body has been flown to Lakewood for a funeral service. The incident started with a call of a carjacking, in which a suspect got into a Honda CRV with the driver inside and pointed a gun at them. That victim was not injured, police say. The suspects then robbed and shot a man walking on nearby streets about an hour later. That victim remains critical, police say. Silverberg was walking out of Yeshiva Toras Chaim Talmudical Seminary when someone fired at…
Ex-Con Carjacker Who Was Run Over, Pinned By Newark Police Car Takes Plea In Federal Court Ex-Con Carjacker Who Was Run Over, Pinned By Newark Police Car Takes Plea In Federal Court
Ex-Con Carjacker Who Was Run Over, Pinned By Newark Police Car Takes Plea In Federal Court A Newark ex-con who was run over and pinned by a city police car as he tried to flee an armed carjacking took a guilty plea in federal court on Tuesday, authorities said. Jared Walker, 24, had to be rescued after being run over while hiding in snow-covered grass shortly after 2 a.m. on Jan. 6, 2020. Walker had just taken a 2008 Ford E-350 van at gunpoint from its driver, who eventually managed to escape and call police, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Walker hit a police car and several other vehicles with the van before crashing through a fence and into a parking lot, authorit…
NJ Uber Carjacker Gets 6½ Years In Federal Prison NJ Uber Carjacker Gets 6½ Years In Federal Prison
NJ Uber Carjacker Gets 6½ Years In Federal Prison A Newark man was sentenced Monday to a plea-bargained 6½ years in federal prison for helping a gunman drag an Uber driver from her car and throw her to the ground during a carjacking. Raquin Tanner, 25,  will have to serve just about all of the term because there's no parole in the federal prison system. The victim was in the driver’s seat of her parked car on Summer Avenue in Newark around 11 p.m. Aug. 13, 2019 when Tanner and two other thugs approached from around the corner, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig said. As they neared the vehicle, video surveillance shows, Tanner “spoke…
Man, Teen Wearing Ankle Monitor Arrested In Shooting Of 9-Year-Old Girl In Newark Man, Teen Wearing Ankle Monitor Arrested In Shooting Of 9-Year-Old Girl In Newark
Man, Teen Wearing Ankle Monitor Arrested In Shooting Of 9-Year-Old Girl In Newark A 22-year-old man and 15-year-old girl previously arrested last month in a Newark carjacking were charged in connection with last week's shooting of a 9-year-old girl in Newark. The victim's 16-year-old sister and her 15-year-old friend had gotten into an argument on June 30 around 5:25 p.m., Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. The 15-year-old came into the house on the 400 block of Holiday Court at the Wynona Lipman Gardens Apartment Complex, with a man identified as Nazir Cruz, the director said. Cruz fired a handgun at the victim, her mom, a 19-year-old sibling…