Mostly Cloudy 61°
Tag:

Family Safety

News
Family's Screams Send Home Invader Running In Terrifying Weekend Encounter: Bergen Prosecutor Family's Screams Send Home Invader Running In Terrifying Weekend Encounter: Bergen Prosecutor
Family's Screams Send Home Invader Running In Terrifying Weekend Encounter: Bergen Prosecutor A Texas man has been arrested in a Bergen County home invasion this weekend after he was scared off by the victims' screams, authorities said. Jisun Park, 40, of Carrollton, TX, was masked and armed when he confronted two adults and their children after he entered their Impatiens Way garage around 12:20 p.m. Saturday, July 27, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Park pointed a handgun at the family, announced a robbery, and threatened them, Musella said. The victims began screaming and managed to scare off Park, who fled to a nearby wooded area, the prosecutor said.  Mult…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
News
Fire Consumes Paramus Home Fire Consumes Paramus Home
Fire Consumes Paramus Home A furious fire consumed a Paramus home early Friday. The blaze apparently ignited on a rear deck and quickly spread through the 2½-story, wood-frame Village Circle West  home around 5 a.m. A couple and their two daughters -- ages 4 and 8 -- all got out OK, neighbors said.  Aftermath of the Village Circle West fire in Paramus.Jo Fehl for DAILY VOICE The family, who'd moved in about a year ago, watched in their pajamas as the flames destroyed their home, they said. Firefighters had the bulk of the blaze knocked down within an hour and a half. Little was left once it was declared under c…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Repo Driver Tows East Orange Car With Baby Inside Repo Driver Tows East Orange Car With Baby Inside
Repo Driver Tows East Orange Car With Baby Inside A baby girl was returned safely to her family after a repo driver towed her dad's car not realizing she was inside in East Orange Wednesday. The 1-year-old was left in the car by her father, who had ran back inside the house to grab her bottle, ABC7 reports. When he went back to the car, it was gone -- as was his daughter. The frantic father called police and his wife thinking his car had been stolen. Authorities located the repo driver near border in Newark and returned the baby back to her family, after she was checked as a precaution at the hospital. The dad's wife told Eyewitness New…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine