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Police & Fire
Boy, 14, Was Behind Threat To 'Shoot Up' Bergen Community College Made On TikTok: Prosecutor
A 14-year-old Bergen County juvenile has been charged with making terroristic threats and filing a false public alarm after posting a threat about a shooting at Bergen Community College on TikTok, authorities said. The investigation began on Friday, Dec. 6, when members of the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office received information about a suspicious post on TikTok that mentioned the intent to “shoot up” Bergen Community College on Dec. 16, Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Authorities quickly notified the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Threat Management Unit, which began working with the FBI to …
Police & Fire
Multiple Route 17 Crashes Snarl Traffic Veterans Day In Waldwick, Ho-Ho-Kus
Multiple motor vehicle crashes early Monday, Nov. 11, created traffic delays for drivers along Route 17 in Bergen County. According to incident reporter Boyd A. Loving, a series of crashes on both the northbound and southbound lanes led to backups and lane closures, as emergency crews worked to clear the roadway. On the northbound side, several collisions occurred just north of East Prospect Street. Fortunately, no injuries were reported, though multiple vehicles sustained damage and required removal by tow trucks. Meanwhile, a southbound crash resulted in one person being tran…
Police & Fire
Disgraced NJ Judge’s Son Charged With Collecting Child Porn
BREAKING NEWS: The son of a former judge who was removed from the bench for misconduct was busted on child porn charges following a raid on the family home in Waldwick, authorities confirmed on Friday. George M. Silebi, 27, “used the Internet to view, download, and possess items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Jan. 18. Detectives from Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit raided the Sheridan Avenue home of former Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi exactly a week earlier. From there they traveled to N…
Police & Fire
Soccer
Brawl
: 25 Players Involved, Police, Ambulances From Various Bergen Towns Respond
A brawl between two adult soccer teams brought police and ambulances from several area towns to Superdome Sports in Waldwick late Tuesday. Officers from Allendale, Ho-Ho-Kus, Ridgewood and Wyckoff joined their borough colleagues after up to 25 players came to blows at the indoor field on Hopper Avenue around 11 p.m. Dec. 19, Waldwick Police Lt. Troy E. Seifert said. Several of the participants had minor injuries that were treated at the scene by members of BLS units from Waldwick, Allendale and the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, the lieutenant said. A 44-year-old Spring Valley resident was …
News
Nasty Crash Near Route 17 Sends Two To Hospital
Two people were hospitalized following a crash at a busy Ho-Ho-Kus intersection. The collision at the five corners at Sheridan and Hollywood avenues near Gilbert Road around 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 30 severely damaged an SUV and a wagon. Both victims were taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with injuries that weren't immediately considered life-threatening. Ho-Ho-Kus firefighters killed power to the vehicles and cleaned up a fuel spill. Ho-Ho-Kus police and EMS also responded, as did a paramedic team from Valley. Waldwick police assisted with traffic control. Boyd A. Loving took the p…
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Update
: Mahwah Woman 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…
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Update
: Car Carrier Of Hybrids Catches Fire, Closes Route 17 (
Photos
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A car carrier loaded with hybrids caught fire, causing some major morning headaches on northbound Route 17. Special foam was needed to help extinguish the blaze, which apparently broke out in the brake system and spread early Wednesday, Sept. 28, Saddle River Police Chief Jason Cosgriff said. No one was injured, but many were inconvenienced when the northbound highway had to be shut down around 7:30 a.m. A special foam was needed.SADDLE RIVER FD "Rush-hour traffic was terrible," Cosgriff said. "The trailer had to be unloaded of all vehicles before they could all be towed." Big Tows I…
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PD: Telltale Sign Helps Locate Allendale Man Seen Masturbating Outside Waldwick Home
An Allendale man recorded on a doorbell camera masturbating in a Waldwick resident's driveway early Saturday was captured a short time later by police from both towns, authorities said. Paul Montenigro, 44, wasn't difficult to spot, they said. He'd dyed his hair blue. A resident near Crescent Elementary School called Waldwick police after his Ring video alerted him around 8:30 a.m., Detective Sgt. David Passaretti said. The resident ran out and confronted Montenigro, who fled, he said. Waldwick patrol officers converged on the area, assisted by Allendale police. They checked area busine…
Police & Fire
Waldwick Police Revive OD'd Van Driver At Intersection
A trio of Waldwick police officers revived a heroin-carrying driver who passed out from an overdose behind the wheel of a van stopped at an intersection, authorities said Saturday. Sgt. David Passaretti and Officers Dylan Ritondale and Michael Sinclair began CPR after finding the 30-year-old driver on the ground next to the van, which was stopped at Sheridan Avenue and East Prospect Street, just before 2 p.m. Friday, Lt. Thomas J. Dowling said. He was unresponsive, with a faint pulse, the lieutenant said. Once the officers revived him, the driver was taken to The Valley Hospital, Dowling s…
Police & Fire
Waldwick Carjacker Gets 3 Years In Fed For Smashing Cabbie With Beer Bottle
WALDWICK, N.J. -- A Waldwick gang member was sent to federal prison for three years Wednesday for smashing a carjacked cab driver in the head with a beer bottle before his accomplices dumped the victim on the side of the New York State Thruway in Orange County. Arlyn Jowany Carrasco Cruz, 28, will have to serve just about all of the sentence because there is no parole in the federal prison system. Cruz and five accomplices carjacked the driver of a 2008 Dodge Caravan in the early morning hours of Dec. 26, 2016, in Ridgewood forcing him into the back of the vehicle, authorities said. As the…
Police & Fire
Hackensack Man Charged With Threatening To 'Murder' Police In 19+ Towns
HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A private building custodian from Hackensack called no fewer than 19 municipal police departments threatening to "murder" officers, said authorities who arrested him. Angel Sariol, 45, was being held in the Bergen County Jail, charged with making terroristic threats and causing a false public alarm. The calls were made this past Monday through Wednesday, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. "During many of these calls, the unknown caller stated that police officers from those towns would be murdered," Calo said, adding that Sariol "…
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