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HEROES: Fairview Police Officers Waste No Time After 13-Month-Old Infant Ingests Fentanyl HEROES: Fairview Police Officers Waste No Time After 13-Month-Old Infant Ingests Fentanyl
Heroes: Fairview Police Officers Waste No Time After 13-Month-Old Infant Ingests Fentanyl UPDATE: A trio of Fairview police officers weren't about to wait for an ambulance after a 1-year-old girl who'd ingested fentanyl was brought into headquarters. "They literally saved that child's life," a source with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. Borough resident Geraldo J. Colon, 35, and the mother showed up at Fairview police headquarters with 13-month-old Abigail Colon shortly after 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 29. The infant wasn't conscious, didn't have a pulse and had trouble breathing, Fairview Police Capt. Michael Martic said. A group of officers who were t…
Baby Ingests Fentanyl, Revived With Narcan, Fairview Police Praised As Life Savers Baby Ingests Fentanyl, Revived With Narcan, Fairview Police Praised As Life Savers
Baby Ingests Fentanyl, Revived With Narcan, Fairview Police Praised As Life Savers A 1-year-old girl who'd ingested fentanyl was revived with Narcan thanks to a fast-acting group of Fairview police officers, Daily Voice has learned. "They literally saved that child's life," a source with direct knowledge of the incident said. Borough resident Geraldo J. Colon, 35, was arrested and charged with child endangerment after being identified as the individual responsible, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday, March 31. Colon and the mother had come to Fairview police headquarters with 13-month-old Abigail Colon shortly after 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 29. She…
Meet New Jersey's First Babies Of 2023 (UPDATED) Meet New Jersey's First Babies Of 2023 (UPDATED)
Meet New Jersey's First Babies Of 2023 (Updated) Oh baby! New Jersey's first baby of 2023 was born just 29 minutes after the ball dropped at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. Zaia Cassandra weighs 7 pounds and was due to arrive Jan. 10 — but instead gave her parents and three brothers a New Year's thrill. The family is resting comfortably in their private room in the hospital's award-winning, newly-designed Mother-Baby Unit. Zaia CassandraNewark Beth Israel Medical Center The second, Jared, was born at Hackensack University Medical Center to Edelmira Gonzalez Perez and Ronald Urizar Godoy, of Paterson, at 12:45 a.m. He weighs 6 pound…
Pair Critical Following Serious Crash At Hudson County Intersection, Prosecutor Says Pair Critical Following Serious Crash At Hudson County Intersection, Prosecutor Says
Pair Critical Following Serious Crash At Hudson County Intersection, Prosecutor Says A two-car crash in Hudson County left a driver and passenger in critical condition, according to authorities who are seeking witnesses. A 2020 Honda Accord was heading southbound on River Road in North Bergen when it collided with a northbound 2015 Mercedes Benz CLA as it was turning onto Bulls Ferry Road just after 2 a.m. on Wednesday, August 3, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The Mercedes-Benz driver — a 31-year-old North Bergen woman — as well as a Honda passenger, a 21-year-old North Bergen woman, were taken to Palisades Medical Center and have since been transferred t…
Details Released In Deadly West New York Police Shootout Details Released In Deadly West New York Police Shootout
Details Released In Deadly West New York Police Shootout A shootout between police and a civilian left a West New York officer hurt and the gunman dead Friday, June 3, authorities said. Police responding to a home on 59th Street for a domestic dispute around 6:30 p.m. were shot at by an individual, hurting the officer, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. Two West New York officers discharged their service weapons, killing the man who had fired at the officers, Platkin said.  Officers and emergency medical personnel rendered first aid to the man, and three firearms were recovered near him. The man was pronou…
Passenger, 72, Critical, Driver, 70, Hurt Following Crash On Hudson Waterfront In Edgewater Passenger, 72, Critical, Driver, 70, Hurt Following Crash On Hudson Waterfront In Edgewater
Passenger, 72, Critical, Driver, 70, Hurt Following Crash On Hudson Waterfront In Edgewater UPDATE: A crash Wednesday afternoon in Edgewater critically injured a 70-year-old passenger and also sent her 72-year-old driver to the hospital, authorities said. The severity of life-threatening injuries to the passenger brought the Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Investigations Unit, along with borough police, firefighters and EMS. The women, both from Cliffside Park, were in a 2007 Toyota Corolla headed south on River Road that suddenly turned left into the gated Independence Harbor housing development around 2 p.m., Police Chief Donald Martin said. The 19-year-old driver o…
Fatal Accident Investigators Respond To Crash On Busy Road Along Hudson River Fatal Accident Investigators Respond To Crash On Busy Road Along Hudson River
Fatal Accident Investigators Respond To Crash On Busy Road Along Hudson River UPDATE: A crash Wednesday afternoon in Edgewater critically injured a 70-year-old passenger and also sent her 72-year-old driver to the hospital, authorities said. The severity of life-threatening injuries to the passenger brought the Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Investigations Unit, along with borough police, firefighters and EMS. The women, both from Cliffside Park, were in a 2007 Toyota Corolla headed south on River Road that suddenly turned left into the gated Independence Harbor housing development around 2 p.m., Police Chief Donald Martin said. The 19-year-old driver of…
COVID-19: North Jersey Hospital Reports Outbreak Among Nearly 40 Staffers COVID-19: North Jersey Hospital Reports Outbreak Among Nearly 40 Staffers
Covid-19: North Jersey Hospital Reports Outbreak Among Nearly 40 Staffers Between 30 and 40 Palisades Medical Center staff members North Bergen have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a recent news report. The majority of the cases at the North Bergen hospital are nurses from two units, including one where patients require "significant attention," NorthJersey.com reports citing the president of the Health Professionals & Allied Employees union, Debbie White. According to a spokesperson for Hackensack Meridian Health, the hospital's parent company, less than 1.5 percent of the entire system's workforce were out sick. The cases have not impacted p…
Charges Upgraded For NJ Daycare Teacher Whose Son, 3, Tested Positive For Methadone Charges Upgraded For NJ Daycare Teacher Whose Son, 3, Tested Positive For Methadone
Charges Upgraded For NJ Daycare Teacher Whose Son, 3, Tested Positive For Methadone Charges were upgraded for a  44-year-old New Jersey dad and daycare worker whose 3-year-old son was found unresponsive and later tested positive for Methadone, authorities said Monday. Roberto Delgado-Gonzalez, of Guttenberg, was arrested last Monday evening and charged with second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. On Oct. 19, he was charged with aggravated assault, and processed at the Hudson County Correctional Center in Kearny. Police responded to Delgado-Gonzalez's home at 68th Street between Park Avenue and Broadway …
DWI Bergen County Woman Faces More Serious Charges In Crash That Killed Hudson County Man DWI Bergen County Woman Faces More Serious Charges In Crash That Killed Hudson County Man
DWI Bergen County Woman Faces More Serious Charges In Crash That Killed Hudson County Man Charges have been upgraded against a Bergen County woman accused of killing a 66-year-old man in a Hudson County crash last year, authorities announced Monday. Denisse Ortega, 35, of New Milford, was initially charged with aggravated manslaughter and death by auto after the fatal crash on Sept. 29, 2019, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The latter charge has been upgraded to death by auto and DWI while within 1,000 feet of school property, Suarez said. Ortega surrendered to authorities Monday, Suarez added. Ortega was heading north on JFK Boulevard when she failed to obey multi…
Driver Admits Guilt In Drugged Crash That Killed North Bergen Woman, 20 Driver Admits Guilt In Drugged Crash That Killed North Bergen Woman, 20
Driver Admits Guilt In Drugged Crash That Killed North Bergen Woman, 20 A North Bergen man admitted that he had THC in his system when he ran a red light in West New York and crashed his car into another, killing a 20-year-old passenger. Fernando Batista, 25, pleaded guilty to death by auto in exchange for what will be a five-year prison sentence during a virtual hearing Monday attended by family members of the victim, Alysa Matos, also of North Bergen, authorities said. Batista was driving a 2002 Acura TL west on 60th Street when he blew the light at Jefferson Street shortly after 12:30 a.m. on June 18, 2019, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The …
Report: North Bergen Baby 2 Weeks Old Tests Positive For COVID-19 Report: North Bergen Baby 2 Weeks Old Tests Positive For COVID-19
Report: North Bergen Baby 2 Weeks Old Tests Positive For Covid-19 A North Bergen baby nearly two weeks old tested positive for coronavirus, according to a report citing anonymous sources. The baby boy at Palisades Medical Center had a cough and fever when he was tested last week, the Hudson County View reports.  The test results came back positive over the weekend, the report says. As of Monday, there were 16,636 confirmed coronavirus cases in New Jersey including more than 1,300 in Hudson County, the NJ Health Department reports. A spokesperson Hackensack Meridian Health network did not return the outlet's request for comment. The baby's parents,…
'Healthy, Strong' Newark Airport Worker Dies Of Coronavirus, Coworker Says 'Healthy, Strong' Newark Airport Worker Dies Of Coronavirus, Coworker Says
'Healthy, Strong' Newark Airport Worker Dies Of Coronavirus, Coworker Says A United Airlines employee who worked at Newark airport died of coronavirus despite being healthy and strong, his coworker says. Carlos Consuegra, 52, of Union City, worked as a ramp service employee in Terminal B and died Tuesday of the virus. Marco A. Alva, Sr., who worked in Terminal C, told NJ.com that Consuegra looked healthy until March 17 -- when he fell asleep on a company tug. Consuegra was sent home and was evaluated at Trinitas Medical Center in Elizabeth, where he passed out and then was diagnosed with an ear infection, according to Alva. With no sick time, Consuegra…