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Repeat Offender Threatens To Bomb Child Welfare Buildings, Judges, Bergen Prosecutor Charges Repeat Offender Threatens To Bomb Child Welfare Buildings, Judges, Bergen Prosecutor Charges
Repeat Offender Threatens To Bomb Child Welfare Buildings, Judges, Bergen Prosecutor Charges A man who'd been previously accused of threatening Fair Lawn police and families on social media is back in custody after authorities said he took it to another level. Brandon M. Hernandez, 29, is now charged with threatening to "bomb and shoot" New Jersey Child Protection and Permanency buildings and Superior Court judges in Hackensack.  Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced in a news release that Cyber Crimes Unit detectives from his office began investigating a "pattern of social media posts" by Hernandez last November. He specifically cited NJCP&P buil…
UPDATE: 87-Year-Old Bergen Man Stabbed, Bludgeoned, Drowned By Son, Police Charge UPDATE: 87-Year-Old Bergen Man Stabbed, Bludgeoned, Drowned By Son, Police Charge
Update: 87-Year-Old Bergen Man Stabbed, Bludgeoned, Drowned By Son, Police Charge UPDATE: An unemployed Franklin Lakes man stabbed, bludgeoned and drowned his 87-year-old father in their home, then went to the police station to confess to the murder, according to a report outlining the horrific assault. David Allen Hagal, 60, was charged with murder and illegal weapons possession in the brutal murder of his 87-year-old father. Borough police rushed to the home, found the body of George J. Hagal and took David Allen Hagal, 60, into custody shortly after 7:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 10. The younger Hagal hit his father in the head with a metal pipe and stabbed him multiple…
Englewood Killer Sentenced To Life For Shooting Rapper, Then Dumping Burned Body In Paramus Englewood Killer Sentenced To Life For Shooting Rapper, Then Dumping Burned Body In Paramus
Englewood Killer Sentenced To Life For Shooting Rapper, Then Dumping Burned Body In Paramus UPDATE: An ex-con convicted a second time of shooting an aspiring rapper in a vacant home in Englewood, then burning the body and dumping it on a quiet Paramus cul-de-sac was sentenced to life in prison, authorities said. "There is nothing more cowardly than shooting someone in the back," Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Gary Donatello said before Randy Manning was sentenced in Superior Court in Hackensack for killing Rhian “Kampane” Stoute in 2011. Manning was originally convicted for the same crime and sent to state prison for life in 2014, but he got the conviction overturned in 2020 …
UPDATE: 'Chopped' Kosher Chef Jailed On New Child Sex Assault Charges Out Of Teaneck UPDATE: 'Chopped' Kosher Chef Jailed On New Child Sex Assault Charges Out Of Teaneck
Update: 'Chopped' Kosher Chef Jailed On New Child Sex Assault Charges Out Of Teaneck A kosher chef from Teaneck who appeared on the Food Network show "Chopped” was jailed after a grand jury in Hackensack indicted him on charges of sexually assaulting a child. Shalom "Sal" Yehudiel, 41, was arrested at JFK Airport last month when authorities said he tried to flee the country. He'd only just had previous child sex assault charges against him dismissed by a judge in Hackensack at the time. A new indictment charges Yehudiel with sexually assaulting a girl who was 14 and 15 twice in Teaneck between November 2016 and April 2017. Yehudiel -- now lives in Aventura, FL -- surr…
Stolen Car Left In Flames On Route 80, Trio Captured By NJSP, Teaneck PD Stolen Car Left In Flames On Route 80, Trio Captured By NJSP, Teaneck PD
Stolen Car Left In Flames On Route 80, Trio Captured By Njsp, Teaneck PD A young trio was captured by New Jersey State Police troopers and Teaneck police after they left a stolen car engulfed in flames on Route 80, authorities said. An intense search began after troopers found the fully engulfed Chevy Cruze, reported stolen out of Jersey City, on the westbound highway near milepost 69 at 7:40 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 22, NJSP Sgt. First Class Philip Curry said. Teaneck firefighters doused the blaze. Troopers snatched up two of the fleeing occupants and Teaneck police nabbed the third, the sergeant said. Horton Felder, 20, and Zahkir Coleman-Smith, 18, both …
Bergen Man, 71, Admitted Smothering Wife With Pillow, Tossing Her Valuables In Dumpster: Police Bergen Man, 71, Admitted Smothering Wife With Pillow, Tossing Her Valuables In Dumpster: Police
Bergen Man, 71, Admitted Smothering Wife With Pillow, Tossing Her Valuables In Dumpster: Police UPDATE: A 71-year-old Hasbrouck Heights man admitted smothering his wife to death with a pillow and then tossing some of her valuables in a Dumpster in Wood-Ridge as part of a staged home invasion, investigators said. Michael J. Manis killed 72-year-old Judith Manis on Friday, Aug. 10, but didn’t call police to their home at 110 Hamilton Avenue until 5:01 p.m. Saturday, they said. Claiming he’d only just arrived home, Manis told a 911 dispatcher that his wife “was deceased and that she was possibly beaten,” Hasbrouck Heights Police Detective Nicholas Brunetti wrote in a criminal complaint. …
Paramus Motorcyclist Struck Near Home Dies, Driver Charged With Aggravated Manslaughter Paramus Motorcyclist Struck Near Home Dies, Driver Charged With Aggravated Manslaughter
Paramus Motorcyclist Struck Near Home Dies, Driver Charged With Aggravated Manslaughter A Paramus man who was gravely injured when he was struck by a car last weekend died, authorities confirmed on Friday, July 28. Charges against the intoxicated driver who hit him were upgraded, they said. Cody Cleary, 28, was on his 2015 Yamaha motorcycle when he was rammed from behind on Farview Drive -- practically around the corner from his family's home -- shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday, July 23, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella confirmed. Cleary -- whose brother, Michael, is a Paramus police officer -- was rushed to Hackensack University Medical Center. He remained in…
ROAD RAGE: Firefighter Gets 5-Year Prison Term For Route 9W Crash That Critically Injured Teens ROAD RAGE: Firefighter Gets 5-Year Prison Term For Route 9W Crash That Critically Injured Teens
Road Rage: Firefighter Gets 5-Year Prison Term For Route 9W Crash That Critically Injured Teens UPDATE: A volunteer firefighter who caused a road-rage crash that nearly killed a group of fellow Bergen County teens – and then inexplicably returned to the scene as a responder – was sentenced to a plea-bargained five years in state prison. Luke G. Stein, 19, apologized to the victims and their families, some of whom addressed the judge emotionally, during a sentencing hearing in Hackensack on Friday, June 30. Lital Aburus said she'd had nine surgeries, including cosmetic operations on her face, neck and arms, along with a broken collarbone. Ariana Grant spoke of laying in a hospital be…
TEAMWORK: NY Teens Nabbed By Paramus, Wyckoff PDs After Fleeing Stolen Car Crash Off Route 208 TEAMWORK: NY Teens Nabbed By Paramus, Wyckoff PDs After Fleeing Stolen Car Crash Off Route 208
Teamwork: NY Teens Nabbed By Paramus, Wyckoff PDs After Fleeing Stolen Car Crash Off Route 208 A 16-year-old driver and three teenage companions were captured by police following an overnight stolen car pursuit Wednesday that began in Paramus and ended in a crash just up the road in Wyckoff. Paramus Police Officer Slavko Bajovic saw the driver pull a ski mask over his face as he drove a 2018 Hyundai Elantra west on Route 4 shortly after 1:30 a.m. June 21, Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. A check of the registration showed that the vehicle had been reported stolen out of Lodi the day before, he said. The driver “slowed down abruptly, almost coming to a stop, attempting to elude Off…
MURDER: Englewood Man Convicted Again Of Shooting, Burning Rapper, Dumping Body In Paramus MURDER: Englewood Man Convicted Again Of Shooting, Burning Rapper, Dumping Body In Paramus
Murder: Englewood Man Convicted Again Of Shooting, Burning Rapper, Dumping Body In Paramus An Englewood man faces 30 years to life in prison after jurors in Hackensack convicted him of murder for a second time for shooting an aspiring rapper and then setting his body on fire. Randy Manning was originally found guilty and sentenced to life in 2014 for killing Rhian “Kampane” Stoute in Englewood three years earlier. Manning got the state Supreme Court to support a lower court ruling overturning the conviction and granting him a new trial in 2020. The verdicts this time were pretty much the same: Jurors found Manning guilty of murder, desecration and unlawful moving of human remai…
Teen Jailed In Head-On That Injured Rutherford Officer Teen Jailed In Head-On That Injured Rutherford Officer
Teen Jailed In Head-On That Injured Rutherford Officer UPDATE: An 18-year-old thief from Newark who injured a Rutherford police officer when he rammed a stolen sedan head-on into a cruiser remained jailed on a host of offenses. Nyaad A. Johnson was charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, as well as resisting arrest, burglary, receiving stolen property and employing a juvenile in a crime. Officer Stuart Madison, meanwhile, was treated at Hackensack University Medical Center before being released later in the day. Police from Rutherford and Lyndhurst were headed to an active burglary call on Riverside Terrace when the crash occurred…
Youth Gang Seized Following Vandalism In Hasbrouck Heights Park Youth Gang Seized Following Vandalism In Hasbrouck Heights Park
Youth Gang Seized Following Vandalism In Hasbrouck Heights Park A group of bicycle-riding juveniles were corraled by police after they vandalized a Hasbrouck Heights park, responders said. A resident called police to report parts of the gazebo at the Terrace Avenue Park near Cleveland Avenue spray-painted and broken off around 7 p.m. Thursday, May 25. A detective tried stopping eight of the juveniles on Henry Street a short time later, but they resisted, responders said. Wood-Ridge police joined their Hasbrouck Heights colleagues who immediately converged on the neighborhood. Ten youngsters were brought to police headquarters, according to an initial …
Hackensack Man With Priors Charged With Attempted Murder In Paterson Shooting Hackensack Man With Priors Charged With Attempted Murder In Paterson Shooting
Hackensack Man With Priors Charged With Attempted Murder In Paterson Shooting A Hackensack man was charged with attempted murder for shooting a Paterson resident, authorities said. Jamal Rollins, 29, was identified and captured by city police less than a week after the May 5 shooting near the corner of Pearl and Summer streets. The 26-year-old victim, who arrived for treatment at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in a private vehicle, told responding police officers that he was in the car when he was shot. Rollins has a criminal record that dates back more than a decade and includes arrests for dealing drugs -- and selling to minors, records on file in Superior…
Gang Member Who Stabbed Leonia Woman Dead Gets 30-Year Plea Deal Gang Member Who Stabbed Leonia Woman Dead Gets 30-Year Plea Deal
Gang Member Who Stabbed Leonia Woman Dead Gets 30-Year Plea Deal UPDATE: A Paterson gang member pleaded guilty to stabbing his new girlfriend to death in the Leonia apartment that she shared with her young daughter. Murder pleas are rare in Bergen County, where deals are often cut for just about every other charge. Nile “OG Cripp” Diakos, 36, nonetheless got a deal from prosecutors in the March 26, 2022 stabbing death of Alicia Arnone, 35. In exchange for his guilty plea, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said his office will seek a 30-year prison sentence for Diakos. Diakos was at the apartment with Arnone’s 13-year-old daughter when Leonia polic…
Retired Bank Exec Struck In DWI Hit-And-Run In Closter Dies, Charges Against Driver Upgraded Retired Bank Exec Struck In DWI Hit-And-Run In Closter Dies, Charges Against Driver Upgraded
Retired Bank Exec Struck In DWI Hit-And-Run In Closter Dies, Charges Against Driver Upgraded A 75-year-old retired bank vice president from Closter who authorities said was struck by a drunk hit-and-run driver as he walked down a local street has died. Charges have been upgraded as a result against the driver, Jesus T. Yunganaula Tenempaguay, a 36-year-old Ecuadorian national living in Hackensack. Tenempaguay was intoxicated when his 2007 Honda CRV struck Alan Friedman on Durie Avenue near Legion Place at 3:25 p.m. Sunday, March 26, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Friedman, who'd worked for The Bank of New York Mellon for 35 years, was unresponsive but breathing, with …
Driver Torches Sedan For Insurance Money After Hitching Ride For Gas From PIP PD: Prosecutor Driver Torches Sedan For Insurance Money After Hitching Ride For Gas From PIP PD: Prosecutor
Driver Torches Sedan For Insurance Money After Hitching Ride For Gas From PIP PD: Prosecutor A driver torched his sedan on the Palisades Interstate Parkway after first getting a ride from a police officer when he ran out of gas, authorities said. Tramaine Hayward, 46, of New Rochelle, NY, caught a lift from a well-meaning Palisades Interstate Parkway Police officer who found him and his disabled 2010 Nissan Altima stranded on the shoulder of the highway in Englewood Cliffs shortly before 10 p.m. Feb. 8. Two and a half hours later, PIP police responded to a 12:30 a.m. vehicle fire in that same spot, a complaint on file in Superior Court in Hackensack says. “The fully engulfed vehic…
Bergen Man Claims To Be NJ TRANSIT CEO, Steals Agency Garb, Starts Bus Fire, Authorities Charge Bergen Man Claims To Be NJ TRANSIT CEO, Steals Agency Garb, Starts Bus Fire, Authorities Charge
Bergen Man Claims To Be NJ Transit CEO, Steals Agency Garb, Starts Bus Fire, Authorities Charge A Bergen County man with the same name as NJ TRANSIT's top executive claimed to be him after he was caught stealing uniforms from the agency's garage in Fairview and igniting a fire on one of its buses, authorities charged. Kevin J. Corbett, an unemployed 42-year-old Hillsdale resident, entered the facility off Anderson Avenue in street clothes before dawn Saturday, March 11, a complaint on file in Superior Court in Hackensack says. He then stole an NJ Transit raincoat, an agency uniform shirt and a roll of receipt paper, it says. Transit police responded to a call from employees who grab…
'Bling Bishop' From Bergen Accused Of Faking Docs To Finance Paramus Mansion: 'FBI Set Me Up' 'Bling Bishop' From Bergen Accused Of Faking Docs To Finance Paramus Mansion: 'FBI Set Me Up'
'Bling Bishop' From Bergen Accused Of Faking Docs To Finance Paramus Mansion: 'FBI Set Me Up' A flashy Brooklyn bishop who lives in Bergen County – and was infamously robbed at gunpoint during a live-streamed church service last year – claims the FBI set him. Lamor Whitehead was already facing charges of swindling a female parishioner out of $90,000 in retirement money when a new indictment this week accused him of fabricating bank records to try and finance his million-dollar mansion in Paramus. Whitehead made it appear on paper that he controlled an LLC that had an average balance of more than $2 million when it actually had less than 10 bucks, the indictment returned in the Sout…
Ecuadorian National Pleads Guilty To Brutal Stabbing Death Of Popular Bergen County Chef Ecuadorian National Pleads Guilty To Brutal Stabbing Death Of Popular Bergen County Chef
Ecuadorian National Pleads Guilty To Brutal Stabbing Death Of Popular Bergen County Chef A Jersey City man who brutally stabbed a well-known chef to death during a party at the victim’s Little Ferry home cut a deal with prosecutors, pleading guilty to aggravated manslaughter in exchange for a lesser sentence. Ray Edwardo Arcentales Sanchez, 24, could still get a minimum sentence of 10 years in state prison for the plea, entered in Superior Court in Hackensack earlier this week. Then there’s the matter of his citizenship. Police at the time said the Ecuadorian national was sitting on a curb, spattered with blood, when officers responding to a 911 call found a mortally wounded …
Attorney From Bergen Charged With Assault Attorney From Bergen Charged With Assault
Attorney From Bergen Charged With Assault An attorney from Bergen County was charged with grabbing a woman by the throat, slamming her into a refrigerator and threatening to kill her, according to a law enforcement report. Brian T. Giblin Jr., 35, of Paramus was arrested by Mahwah police following the alleged domestic incident in the township on Feb 17, an affidavit on file in Superior Court in Hackensack says. A responding officer cited "visible signs of injuries" on the alleged victim's neck, the complaint says. "Their verbal argument turned physical when the suspect grabbed her by the throat and slammed her into the refrigerato…
Accused Child Sex Abuser From Morris Charged With Collecting Kid Porn On His Phone Accused Child Sex Abuser From Morris Charged With Collecting Kid Porn On His Phone
Accused Child Sex Abuser From Morris Charged With Collecting Kid Porn On His Phone A Morris County accountant who was busted last year for allegedly masturbating in front of a Lyndhurst pre-teen was charged this week with possession of child pornography. Amit Bhatt, 43, was served with a criminal complaint on Thursday, Jan. 5, at the Morris County Jail, where he was being held on an unspecified charge, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday, Jan. 6. The married Bhatt, of Morris Plains, had been arrested on sex assault and child endangerment charges just about a year ago following a joint investigation into claims that he’d masturbated in front of a kid. A judg…
Delinquent With Ankle Monitor Among Trio Caught After Mahwah Stolen Car Pursuit, Paramus Crash Delinquent With Ankle Monitor Among Trio Caught After Mahwah Stolen Car Pursuit, Paramus Crash
Delinquent With Ankle Monitor Among Trio Caught After Mahwah Stolen Car Pursuit, Paramus Crash A predawn stolen car chase that began at a Mahwah housing development that has become a frequent destination for thieves ended in a crash in Paramus and the seizure of three delinquents from Newark, one of whom was wearing an ankle monitor, authorities said. Township police converged the Rio Vista development in response to multiple 911 calls of vehicles being broken into shortly before 7 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, Capt. Guido Bussinelli said. Moments later, Officer Darren Iurato tried to stop a recently-stolen Honda CRV after it emerged from the complex and headed first toward Campgaw Road and …
‘Bling’ Bishop From Bergen Seized By FBI, Charged With Swindling Retiree Out Of $90,000 ‘Bling’ Bishop From Bergen Seized By FBI, Charged With Swindling Retiree Out Of $90,000
‘Bling’ Bishop From Bergen Seized By FBI, Charged With Swindling Retiree Out Of $90,000 A flashy Brooklyn bishop who lives in Bergen County – and was infamously robbed at gunpoint during a live-streamed church service earlier this year – swindled one of his parishioners out of $90,000 in retirement money that he used for himself, federal authorities charged. Lamor Whitehead, a 44-year-old Paramus resident known for his Rolls Royce, Gucci suits and bling, was arrested by federal agents on Monday, Dec. 19, on an indictment that charges him wire fraud, extortion and lying to the FBI. The indictment returned by a grand jury in U.S. District Court in Manhattan accuses Whitehead of …
Hackensack Stolen Car Driver, Three Underage Passengers Caught At Mall In Paramus Hackensack Stolen Car Driver, Three Underage Passengers Caught At Mall In Paramus
Hackensack Stolen Car Driver, Three Underage Passengers Caught At Mall In Paramus A 19-year-old Hackensack man was charged with using three minors to break the law after Paramus police caught all of them in a stolen car at the Garden State Plaza, authorities said. Hackensack police had issued an alert after the 2010 Volkswagen Beetle was stolen on Saturday, Dec. 10, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth R. Ehrenberg said. That night, security guards at the mall spotted the Beetle on the second floor of the south parking deck and notified borough police, the chief said. Officer Michael Mordaga responded with fellow Officers Kevin Osback, Ben Fox, Tom Keough and Justin Sicari. Th…
Bergen Motorist Severely Injured In Rear-End Crash Receives $760,000 Settlement Bergen Motorist Severely Injured In Rear-End Crash Receives $760,000 Settlement
Bergen Motorist Severely Injured In Rear-End Crash Receives $760,000 Settlement UPDATE: A Bergen County woman received a $760,000 settlement after she was seriously injured when her car was rammed from behind on a busy Oradell street, according to a published report. Mary Kathlynne "Kat" Flanders, 47, was stopped in traffic on Kinderkamack Road on April 29, 2017 when another vehicle rear-ended hers, the New Jersey Law Journal reported. The impact knocked her vehicle into the one in front of her, the report says. Flanders suffered four herniated discs and nerve damage, among other serious injuries, according to the Law Journal. Spinal injections didn't work, forcing h…
Treasurer Of Mahwah Grade School Parents Group Charged With Theft Treasurer Of Mahwah Grade School Parents Group Charged With Theft
Treasurer Of Mahwah Grade School Parents Group Charged With Theft The now-former treasurer of a Mahwah grade school parents group is accused of pocketing funds raised by the organization. Kerry Stumbo, 50, is charged with theft by unlawful taking from the Lenape Meadows Elementary School's Home School Organization (HSO) while she was treasurer. Stumbo "used the organization's debit card...for personal expenses (Verizon, Gas Stations, Starbucks. ACME, ShopRite, and CVS)," a complaint on file in Superior Court in Hackensack alleges. "Additionally the suspect wrote a check to herself from the organization in the amount of $1,500," it says. Neither the comp…
BUSTED: Mahwah Woman, 40, Charged With Shooting Up Former Waldwick Neighbor's SUV BUSTED: Mahwah Woman, 40, Charged With Shooting Up Former Waldwick Neighbor's SUV
Busted: Mahwah Woman, 40, Charged With Shooting Up Former Waldwick Neighbor's SUV UPDATE: A 40-year-old Mahwah woman was charged with shooting up an SUV parked in the driveway of a former neighbor in Waldwick. Megan Dzugay spent the night in jail after being seized in Mahwah by Waldwick detectives, assisted by Mahwah police and a Bergen County Regional SWAT team, Wednesday evening, Nov. 30, Waldwick Police Lt. Troy E. Seifert said. She's charged with unlawful possession of a handgun, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and criminal mischief resulting in property damage in connection with the 3:35 a.m. shooting on Grove Street in Waldwick. The 5-foot-4-inch g…
Guatemalan National From North Bergen Charged With Sexually Assaulting Fairview Child Years Ago Guatemalan National From North Bergen Charged With Sexually Assaulting Fairview Child Years Ago
Guatemalan National From North Bergen Charged With Sexually Assaulting Fairview Child Years Ago An unemployed Guatemalan national living in North Bergen molested a young Fairview child at least four times going back more than a decade, authorities charged. Eddy Chocoj, 34, has remained in the Bergen County Jail since his arrest on Monday, Nov. 21, records show. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) also placed a detainer on Chocoj on Tuesday. Such detainers are sought whenever local authorities jail immigrants who are suspected of illegally living in the United States. Chocoj is charged in Superior Court in Hackensack with multiple counts of sexual assault, along with one of…
Ex-Bergen Resident Seized By Marshals, Brought To NJ To Face Child Sex Assault Charges Ex-Bergen Resident Seized By Marshals, Brought To NJ To Face Child Sex Assault Charges
Ex-Bergen Resident Seized By Marshals, Brought To NJ To Face Child Sex Assault Charges A former Bergen County resident was seized by U.S. Marshals and extradited to New Jersey this week to face charges of repeatedly sexually assaulting an underage teenager several years ago. Alex L. Wheeler, a 34-year-old logistics manager, is being held in the Bergen County Jail on three counts of sexual assault on a 16-year-old victim, along with child endangerment through sexual conduct, in Northvale in 2016, records show. The teen’s mother went to police two years later but didn’t want to prosecute, a complaint on file in Superior Court in Hackensack says. Now an adult, the alleged victi…
Seven Charged In Armed Saddle Brook Home Invasion Seven Charged In Armed Saddle Brook Home Invasion
Seven Charged In Armed Saddle Brook Home Invasion A virtual mountain of evidence uncovered by Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives and Saddle Brook police produced the arrests of two ex-cons and five other suspects following what authorities said was a gunpoint home invasion this past summer. At least two victims had weapons pointed at them as the bandits forced their way in and took $12,500 in cash, $3,000 worth of jewelry, a wallet with multiple credit and debit cards and cellphone around 12:30 a.m. June 28, investigators said. Bergen County prosecutor's detectives who worked the case found a lot to go on. They and their Saddle Brook co…
UPDATE: Firefighter Charged In Horrific 9W Crash Later Returned To Scene As Responder UPDATE: Firefighter Charged In Horrific 9W Crash Later Returned To Scene As Responder
Update: Firefighter Charged In Horrific 9W Crash Later Returned To Scene As Responder UPDATE: A volunteer firefighter charged in a horrific road-rage crash that nearly killed a fellow group of fellow Bergen County teens earlier this week left the scene and then returned as a responder, authorities said. Luke Stein, 18, who was taken into custody in Colorado on Friday, Oct. 14, became a volunteer firefighter in Alpine and Demarest earlier this year, records show.  He was driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee with blue and white emergency lights on the dashboard when he pursued and then deliberately rear-ended the victims' Honda Pilot on Route 9W just after midnight on Monday, Oct. 1…