UPDATE: Wind-Whipped Paterson Fire On Eve Of Mother's Day Burns 59 Residents Out Of Their Homes UPDATE: Wind-Whipped Paterson Fire On Eve Of Mother's Day Burns 59 Residents Out Of Their Homes
Update: Wind-Whipped Paterson Fire On Eve Of Mother's Day Burns 59 Residents Out Of Their Homes High winds whipped a roaring fire that tore through a Paterson neighborhood Saturday night, destroying five houses, severely damaging a sixth and displacing 59 residents. No injuries were reported in the Beech Street blaze, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. The Red Cross provided temporary shelter, food and clothing to the displaced. Fire officials who responded to the fire around 8:45 p.m. immediately called in a second alarm. What followed: In barely 10 minutes, three houses were involved and a third alarm was transmitted; A fourth alarm went out almost immediately afte…
High Winds Wreak Havoc In North Jersey: Trees, Poles, Wires Down, Roads Closed High Winds Wreak Havoc In North Jersey: Trees, Poles, Wires Down, Roads Closed
High Winds Wreak Havoc In North Jersey: Trees, Poles, Wires Down, Roads Closed High winds on Monday toppled trees and utility poles, damaging homes and vehicles and closing North Jersey roadways. Among the damage: No injuries were reported when high winds blew off part of a Saddle Brook rooftop, blanketing a vehicle parked on President Street; Tenafly responders were busy with a window broken by high winds that rained glass on the sidewalk below from the second floor of the CVS on Washington Street, downed wires from a tree that toppled on Johnson Avenue and a large transformer fire at East Clinton Avenue and Woodland Street; Downed wires closed Route 46 in in both …
Authorities: Trucker Charged With Setting Pit Bull On Police In Ringwood Dies Of Seizure Authorities: Trucker Charged With Setting Pit Bull On Police In Ringwood Dies Of Seizure
Authorities: Trucker Charged With Setting Pit Bull On Police In Ringwood Dies Of Seizure UPDATE: A Florida tractor-trailer driver who was arrested after authorities said he set his pit bull loose on police during a traffic stop in Ringwood died after suffering an apparent seizure. John Baker, 54, suffered the seizure in the Passaic County Jail's intake unit Tuesday night, said Bill Maer, the spokesman for Sheriff Richard H. Bernik. Baker was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead a little over an hour after the 10:08 p.m. call, he said. The cause of death was being investigated. Police had charged Baker earlier with five counts of aggravat…
Police: Drunken Trucker Charged With 5 Counts Of Aggravated Assault In Ringwood Pit Bull Attack Police: Drunken Trucker Charged With 5 Counts Of Aggravated Assault In Ringwood Pit Bull Attack
Police: Drunken Trucker Charged With 5 Counts Of Aggravated Assault In Ringwood Pit Bull Attack UPDATE: A Florida tractor-trailer driver who was arrested after authorities said he set his pit bull loose on police during a traffic stop in Ringwood died after suffering an apparent seizure. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/northpassaic/police-fire/authorities-trucker-charged-with-setting-pit-bull-on-police-in-ringwood-dies-of-seizure/783295/ ****** PREVIOUS STORY: A drunken Florida tractor-trailer driver was charged with five counts of aggravated assault for setting his pit bull loose on police during a Ringwood traffic stop, forcing them to shoot the dog, authorities said. John Baker…
Police Shoot Dog Set Loose By Reckless Tractor-Trailer Driver In Ringwood, Responders Say Police Shoot Dog Set Loose By Reckless Tractor-Trailer Driver In Ringwood, Responders Say
Police Shoot Dog Set Loose By Reckless Tractor-Trailer Driver In Ringwood, Responders Say Police shot a dog who responders said had been set loose by a tractor-trailer driver during a traffic stop early Monday afternoon in Ringwood. ****** UPDATE: A Florida tractor-trailer driver who was arrested after authorities said he set his pit bull loose on police during a traffic stop in Ringwood died after suffering an apparent seizure. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/northpassaic/police-fire/authorities-trucker-charged-with-setting-pit-bull-on-police-in-ringwood-dies-of-seizure/783295/ ****** The rig, which had South Carolina license plates and was toting luxury boats, had been "w…
Services Set For Hawthorne Man, 51, Who Fell Through Ice At Monksville Reservoir Services Set For Hawthorne Man, 51, Who Fell Through Ice At Monksville Reservoir
Services Set For Hawthorne Man, 51, Who Fell Through Ice At Monksville Reservoir A memorial service will be held this Saturday for a longtime Hawthorne caterer who died after falling into the Monksville Reservoir in Ringwood while ice fishing last week. Robert R. Trojanowski, 54, was rushed to Chilton Medical Center in Pequannock, where he was pronounced dead, after police and firefighters pulled him from the frigid water last Friday. Born and raised in Warsaw, Poland, Trojanowski immigrated to the United States in 1989 before settling in Hawthorne 22 years ago. He owned and operated Meadowlands Catering in Hawthorne for 25 years and for the past three years was a tra…
Hawthorne Man Dies After Falling Through Ice At Monksville Reservoir Hawthorne Man Dies After Falling Through Ice At Monksville Reservoir
Hawthorne Man Dies After Falling Through Ice At Monksville Reservoir UPDATE: A Hawthorne man who fell into the Monksville Reservoir in Ringwood while apparently ice fishing Friday afternoon died a short time later, authorities said. Robert R. Trojanowski, 54, was taken by ambulance to Chilton Hospital in Pequannock, as were two Ringwood police officers who jumped in to save him. Trojanowski fell through the icy lake about 100 feet from shore in the Long Pond Ironworks State Park sometime around 2 p.m., responders said. Two Ringwood police officers went after him before all three were pulled out by colleagues from Ringwood and West Milford, they said. The i…
Three Fall Through Ice At Monksville Reservoir, One Reported In Cardiac Arrest Three Fall Through Ice At Monksville Reservoir, One Reported In Cardiac Arrest
Three Fall Through Ice At Monksville Reservoir, One Reported In Cardiac Arrest UPDATE: A Hawthorne man who fell into the Monksville Reservoir in Ringwood while apparently ice fishing Friday afternoon died a short time later, authorities said. Robert R. Trojanowski, 54, was taken by ambulance to Chilton Hospital in Pequannock, as were two Ringwood police officers who jumped in to save him. Trojanowski fell through the icy lake about 100 feet from shore in the Long Pond Ironworks State Park sometime around 2 p.m., responders said. Two Ringwood police officers went after him before all three were pulled out by colleagues from Ringwood and West Milford, they said. The i…
Franklin PD: Passaic County Man, 32 Busted For Child Porn Was Chatting With Juvenile Online Franklin PD: Passaic County Man, 32 Busted For Child Porn Was Chatting With Juvenile Online
Franklin PD: Passaic County Man, 32 Busted For Child Porn Was Chatting With Juvenile Online A Passaic County man who'd been chatting online with a Sussex County juvenile was found Wednesday with child porn,  authorities said. Franklin police said they got a tip from another law enforcement agency that Damien S. Stefancik, 32, of New Milford had been communicating with the minor and was believed to have child pornography. Stefancik was arrested at a house in Ringwood and charged with possession of child pornography, lewdness observed by a child, obscenity for persons under 18 and child endangerment. He was released pending a first appearance in  Central Judicial Pro…
Oakland PD: Warwick Driver, 24, Killed In Skyline Drive Wrong-Way Crash Oakland PD: Warwick Driver, 24, Killed In Skyline Drive Wrong-Way Crash
Oakland PD: Warwick Driver, 24, Killed In Skyline Drive Wrong-Way Crash A 24-year-old Warwick woman was killed when her car veered across the double-yellow line on Skyline Drive in Oakland early Tuesday and slammed head-on into a minivan, authorities said. The driver of the northbound 2011 Volkswagen Routan -- a 42-year-old Springfield, MA man -- and four of his passengers were taken to local hospitals with moderate injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening, Police Lt. Christian Eldridge said after the 8:18 a.m. crash. It was initially unclear why the deceased driver’s 2001 Toyota Corolla ended up in the oncoming lane. An investigation was continuing, E…
Dogs, Cats Flee, Rabbit Dies In Pre-Dawn Haskell House Fire Dogs, Cats Flee, Rabbit Dies In Pre-Dawn Haskell House Fire
Dogs, Cats Flee, Rabbit Dies In Pre-Dawn Haskell House Fire Two dogs and two cats made it out safely, although a rabbit died in a destructive pre-dawn home fire Monday just off Rainbow Lake in Wanaque. Firefighters by 5 a.m. had contained the blaze to a second-floor bedroom and part of the attic in the 77-year-old, 1,740-square-foot Lakeside Avenue home. Companies from Bloomingdale and Pompton Lakes provided mutual aid at the scene, while Ringwood and West Milford provided borough coverage.
Passaic County 'Cash Jet' Pilot Gets 13 Years In Fed Pen For Smuggling Coke Kilos In, $7.5M Out Passaic County 'Cash Jet' Pilot Gets 13 Years In Fed Pen For Smuggling Coke Kilos In, $7.5M Out
Passaic County 'Cash Jet' Pilot Gets 13 Years In Fed Pen For Smuggling Coke Kilos In, $7.5M Out A private "cash jet" pilot from Ringwood must spend the next 13 years in federal prison for bringing hundreds of kilos of cocaine into New Jersey and New York, then laundering more than $7.5 million in proceeds back to Guyana. Khamraj Lall, 52, of Ringwood was convicted by a federal jury in Trenton last October of using the proceeds of a "cocaine empire” to buy jets, homes and cars, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. “He also paid more than $2 million in cash stuffed in suitcases to a Florida contractor to build an airplane hangar in Guyana,” Carpenito said. The Guyanese-born Lall -- who …