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Mahwah Motel Sex Assault: NY Man Beat, Threatened Captive Victim, Prosecutor Says
A New York State man was jailed after surrendering to police for sexually assaulting, restraining and threatening a victim at a Mahwah hotel, authorities said.
Gustavo R. Gonzalez, 24, of Middletown, NY committed an assault in his in his vehicle, then sexually assaulted and restrained the victim at the hotel while armed with an undisclosed weapon last Tuesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
The victim escaped and dialed 911, but Gonzalez fled, Musella said.
Mahwah police obtained warrants charging him with sexual assault, sexual contact, criminal restraint, making terrori…
NY State Driver Busted In Bergen With THC Dessert Assortment, Infused Soap, Police Say
A New York State driver had an illegal assortment of THC-infused desserts – cookies, muffins, brownies, chocolate bars and lollipops, among them – when Lyndhurst police said they arrested him.
Hovadis Maracallo, 39, Middletown, was behind the wheel of a Honda SUV parked on a dimly lit stretch of Lafayette Avenue when Officer Mark Rivera rolled up around 10 p.m. Saturday, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said.
Seeing the officer, Maracallo drove off, then turned without signaling, Auteri said.
Rivera pulled Maracallo over and immediately smelled marijuana, the lieutenant said.
According to Au…
Hawthorne PD: NY Men Coming From Paterson In Unregistered, Unlicensed Car Had Heroin, Pot
“Fine,” a stopped New York State driver told a Hawthorne police officer who asked whether he was carrying any drugs before pulling out several bundles of heroin stuffed down his pants, authorities said.
Corey Kessler, 28, of Wurtsboro, was driving a 2014 Nissan Sentra when he and his passenger, 22-year-old Jayquan Lightfoot of Middletown, NY were stopped on Goffle Road near Watchung Drive in the middle of the afternoon on Nov. 8, they said.
Kessler told the officer he’d gone to Paterson to pick up his cousin, but Lightfoot told a different story, Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said.
Asked…
Found Safe! Missing Deaf New Milford Woman, 87, Found By Police In New York State
A 87-year-old New Milford resident who went missing the day was found safe Friday morning by police in Middletown, NY, more than 50 miles from home, authorities said.
June Cross, who is deaf, was driving a grey 2009 Honda Accord when she "left a meeting in Midland Park and did not return home" Thursday morning, Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said.
Around 4 p.m. she showed up in the Orange County, NY, town of New Windsor (near Middletown), where police "gave her directions back to New Milford," Van Saders said.
That was the last anyone had heard from her until Middletown police spotted Cros…
Haworth PD: Out-Of-State Travelers Had Liquid THC, Nearly 100 Xanax
A Haworth police officer who stopped an out-of-state driver for not using a turn signal found him and a passenger carrying liquid THC, as well as nearly 100 Xanax, authorities said.
Officer Andrew Soltes smelled pot after stopping 25-year-old Alexi Emmanuel Negron at Massachusetts Avenue and Seneca Trace, Detective Sergeant Justin Fox said.
He found Negron carrying liquid THC cartridges and drug paraphernalia, the sergeant said.
Both also had various vapes and pipes for ingesting the drugs, he said.
His passenger, Emmanuel Ramirez-Colon, 28, of Middletown, NY, also had the cartridges, as …
Saddle River Resident, Longtime Restaurant Owner, Dies At 79
The longtime owner of the El Bandido restaurants in Rockland, Orange and Essex counties, died on Friday, April 6 surrounded by his family at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. He was 79.
Santiago Manuel Tello, a 20 year resident of Upper Saddle River, was born May 1, 1938, in Atlixco, Puebla, Mexico and emigrated to the U.S. in the mid-70's.
Known as "Manny," to all, he moved to the U.S. seeking the American dream and found it by opening El Bandido Restaurant in Spring Valley in 1976, with his friend Leonardo Weiner.
After launching El Bandido in Spring Valley, Tello added restauran…
