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Police & Fire
Leonia PD: Officer Recognizes Burglar Caught On Video, Arrest Made At Probation Office
A Leonia police officer investigating a burglary at the borough recreation center recognized the culprit on surveillance video, leading to his arrest a short time later, authorities said. Tyquan Foster, 23, was wearing the same clothing when Detective Michael Jennings, Detective Sgt. Chris Garris and Capt. Scott Tamagny found him reporting to his probation officer, Police Chief Thomas Rowe said. Recreation Department employees discovered the burglary early Monday and notified police. Video shows Foster breaking in through the front door on Saturday and forcing his way into the main office,…
Police & Fire
Returned
! Women Who Took Yorkie Terrier Off Leonia Street Bring Him Back A Day Later
A 6-year-old Yorkie Terrier who two women picked up off a Leonia street Thursday morning brought him to Fort Lee police more than 24 hours later, authorities said. Leonia police said Friday that they were looking into why the women took the dog and why it took so long to return him. Anxious family members called police in Leonia and neighboring Fort Lee after Mochi, who’d been running loose, was grabbed near the intersection of Fort Lee Road and Chestnut Street, a quarter-mile west of Route 46, around 10:30 a.m. Thursday. The women -- both blondes, between 40 and 50 years old and riding in…
Police & Fire
Returned
! Women Who Took Yorkie Terrier Off Leonia Street Bring Him Back A Day Later
A 6-year-old Yorkie Terrier who two women picked up off a Leonia street Thursday morning brought him to Fort Lee police more than 24 hours later, authorities said. Leonia police said Friday that they were looking into why the women took the dog and why it took so long to return him. Anxious family members called police in Leonia and neighboring Fort Lee after Mochi, who’d been running loose, was grabbed near the intersection of Fort Lee Road and Chestnut Street, a quarter-mile west of Route 46, around 10:30 a.m. Thursday. The women -- both blondes, between 40 and 50 years old and riding in…
Police & Fire
Manhattan IT Company Owner From Leonia Charged With Raping Palisades Park Woman
The Leonia owner of a midtown Manhattan IT company was charged with raping an incapacitated woman from Palisades Park. Euiseok Lee, 51, sexually assaulted the woman, who physically unable to prevent the attack, in the early morning hours Monday, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. Detectives from Calo's Special Victim’s Unit and Leonia police arrested Lee him later that day. Currently the president and CEO of Digitem Inc., Lee worked for 16 years for Oracle, the multi-national computer technology company based in California. A judge in Central Judicial Processing…
Police & Fire
Moonachie Teen Sexually Assaulted By Paterson Man, 22, Authorities Charge
An underage Moonachie teen was sexually assaulted by a Paterson man, said authorities who arrested him. Nathan Santana, 22, remained held Thursday in the Bergen County Jail after a judge refused to release him during a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on Monday following his arrest six days earlier. Santana has another hearing to petition for his release scheduled for this coming Tuesday, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. He’s charged with sexual assault of a child under 16 and child endangerment. Calo’s Special Victims Unit and Moonachie…
Schools
Delayed Openings: These Bergen, Passaic County Schools Have Late Starts Wednesday
Rain and ice Tuesday night will make for slippery conditions Wednesday. These schools/districts will have delayed openings on Feb. 13: Academy of the Holy Angels 9:50 a.m. Bergenfield Schools 10 a.m. Bloomingdale 90-minute delayed start Bogota Memorial 9:50 a.m. CTC Fair Lawn, Oakland 90-minute delayed start Dumont Public Schools 10 a.m. Edgewater Public Schools 2-hour delay Fair Lawn 90-minute delay Franklin Lakes (check schedule) Garfield 10 a.m. Glen Rock 10 a.m. Hackensack Public Schools 10 a.m. Leonia 2-hour delay Little Ferry 9:45 a.m. Lyndhurst 2-hour delay Mahwah Public Schools (che…
Police & Fire
Leonia Police Nab Four In Stolen Car After Chase, Crash, One Captured On Ridgefield Park Roof
UPDATE: Leonia police chased down four people who sped off in a stolen car before crashing Tuesday afternoon -- the last of them on the roof of an apartment building in Ridgefield Park -- with help from their colleagues in surrounding departments. Officer Raymond Forsdahl began pursuing a 2014 Honda Accord reported stolen out of Paterson after spotting it on Grand Avenue around 3 p.m., Capt. Scott Tamagny said. The Honda kept going south on Grand before heading west on Route 46 -- at which point police cut off the pursuit because of weather-related safety concerns, Tamagny said. Minutes l…
Police & Fire
Teen Tricked Into Fake Date In Englewood Robbed At Gunpoint, Detectives Make Arrest
A teenager tricked into coming to Englewood for what he thought was a meeting with a woman he’d connected with on Instagram instead had his valuables stolen at gunpoint by a trio of robbers. Xavier Medina, 18, lured the 17-year-old victim from North Bergen to the area of Lake Street and Broad Avenue shortly before 2 a.m. Jan. 8, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said Friday. The victim went there “with the prospect of meeting a female,” Torell said. Instead, he was accosted by three robbers, one of whom pointed a gun at his chest while the others took his backpack, iPhone and AirPods, the cap…
Police & Fire
Leonia Driver, 85, Slams Sedan Into Englewood 7-Eleven
An 85-year-old driver from Leonia lost control of her car, which plowed into an Englewood 7-Eleven Monday afternoon, authorities said. The Toyota jumped the curb and slammed through the two front windows of the Grand Avenue store around 1:30 p.m., Police Capt. Tim Torell said. "No one was injured in the incident and the cause of the accident is under investigation," Torell said. "Our fire department responded and is assisting the building owner with cleaning up the debris and boarding up the windows. "There was no structural damage and the store remains open," he said just after…
Lifestyle
North Jersey Convenience Store Sells Winning Lottery Ticket
A North Jersey convenience store was one of two retailers that sold a third-tier prizewinning New Jersey Lottery ticket from the Dec. 4 drawing. The winning numbers were 28, 31, 41, 42 and 50. The Gold Mega Ball was 04 and the Megaplier Multiplier was 03. The ticket was sold at Leonia News and Stationery on Broad Street in Leonia, taking home the $10,000 prize. The other ticket was sold in Ocean County.
Lifestyle
Bourdain, Donovan Among North Jersey Residents Nominated For NJ Hall Of Fame
Chris Rock, Anthony Bourdain and Anne Donovan are among the many North Jersey natives nominated for the New Jersey Hall of Fame's 11th class. The organization announced its list of 50 nominees Friday. Inductees will be announced in January 2019. The five categories are Arts & Letters, Enterprise, Performing Arts, Public Service and Sports. Here are the nominees from Bergen and Passaic counties: Stephen Crane, of Paterson (novelist) Joyce Kilmer, of Mahwah (poet/writer) Anne Morrow Lindbergh, of Englewood (author/aviator) Anthony Bourdain, of Leonia and Dwight-Englewood grad …
Police & Fire
Police: Surveillance Footage Shows Leonia Man Targeting Innocent Teen In Hit-Run
A 30-year-old man from Leonia was arrested in connection with a recent hit-and-run that sent an Englewood teen tumbling over the hood of his car, authorities said. Jonathan Hintze was charged with aggravated assault with a weapon, aggravated assault with a motor vehicle and knowingly leaving the scene of an accident involving injury, Englewood Police Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said. Hintze was transported to the Bergen County Jail pending an initial hearing scheduled for Monday, Oct. 29. Surveillance video from a local security system shows Hintze's Honda Accord veering across East Eng…
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