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Police & Fire
Paramus House Fire Doused
Firefighters doused a nighttime attic blaze in Paramus. No injuries were reported in the two-alarmer, which ignited in a two-story, wood-frame home on Terhune Avenue, just off Midland Avenue, around 9:30 p.m. Saturday, June 24. Firefighters had it knocked down in under a half hour and under control minutes later. Mutual aid responders included firefighters from Maywood, Rochelle Park, River Edge, Washington Township, Oradell and Fair Lawn.
Police & Fire
Ex-Con With History Stretching Nearly 40 Years Nabbed In Garfield Nail Salon Break-In
The phrase "known to police" is an understatement when it comes to Brian Patrick Barone. Barone, 57, of Garfield has a criminal history that dates all the way to 1986, when he was charged with DWI after ramming his car into a utility pole in Washington Township. He also escaped from Northern State Prison in Newark in November 2001 and remained on the lam more than two months, burglarizing a dry cleaner and laundry and stealing a car in Elmwood Park before Paramus police captured him on the roof of what was then the Red Carpet Inn on Route 17. Barone has been arrested dozens of times in var…
Police & Fire
Motorcyclist, 71, Could Lose Leg From Emerson Crash: Responders
A 71-year-old motorcyclist was in serious condition following a collision Monday morning in Emerson, authorities and responders said. Responding Emerson police officers swiftly applied a tourniquet to the Lyndhurst motorcyclist's right leg just about the ankle following the crash at the corner of Forest and Revere avenues outside Beth El Cedar Park Cemetery around 9 a.m. May 8. He nonetheless could lose the rest of his leg, responders said. His other leg was broken, as well, and he suffered internal injuries, they said. The 51-year-old driver of the other vehicle, from Washington Town…
Police & Fire
Construction Worker Living In Cliffside Park Busted For Child Porn
A married construction worker who lives in Cliffside Park was arrested by authorities who said he collected child porn. Valter M. Garcia Cordova, a 39-year-old Ecuadorian national, remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Thursday, April 27. He’d been arrested a day earlier, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said, by members of his Cyber Crimes Unit who’d conducted a court-approved search of Cordova’s Longview Avenue home off Edgewater Road. Cordova “used the Internet to view, download and possess items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” the…
Lifestyle
Bergen County Woman Explores What's Really Important In New Kid's Book
Ranee Taylor's new children's book is a true family affair. Taylor, of Washington Township (Bergen County), is the author of "Just Enough," a book inspired by her five nieces and nephews. The main character Elenor is named after her grandmother and an aunt character is based on Taylor. In "Just Enough," Elenor, a bunny, loves her possessions but it makes her room too messy. When she loses her blanket, Elenor is shattered, but with her family, she realizes the importance of taking care of what is most important in life. View this post on Instagram …
Police & Fire
Occupant Ejected In Garden State Parkway Rollover
A victim was in traumatic arrest after being ejected in a rollover evening rush-hour crash at the northern end of the Garden State Parkway, responders said. New Jersey State Police summoned a medical chopper following the crash on the southbound parkway at mile marker 166.8 Pascack Valley Toll Plaza in Washington Township shortly after 5 p.m. Given the severity of the injuries, they opted to have the unconscious, unresponsive victim taken by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center. An ALS unit from The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood handled the job. Southbound traffic was backed …
News
Convicted Pedophile Delivery Driver Charged With Trafficking Child Porn In Bergen (Again)
A convicted sex offender from Hackensack who works as a delivery driver was arrested after authorities said he returned to trafficking child porn. Jonah Llull, 27, served three years in state prison following convictions for forcing an underage teen into sex in 2013 and possessing child pornography in 2016, records show. He was released from custody in June 2019. Detectives from Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit seized Llull following a warranted search of his apartment in the Quail Heights development on Prospect Avenue in Hackensack on Thursday, March 16. Llull,…
Police & Fire
27-Year-Old Jeep Driver Killed, Passenger Extricated In NJ Crash
A 27-year-old Warren County Jeep driver was killed and his 33-year-old passenger extricated in a Union county crash Saturday, March 4, authorities said. The unidentified driver lost control of his Jeep Cherokee while heading south on North Broad Street near Hillside Avenue in Hillside just before 10 p.m., Hillside Chief Vincent Ricciardi said. The vehicle hit a guardrail and overturned in front of 16 Hillside Ave. The driver died and the passenger was taken to University Hospital in Newark in unknown condition. Both are from Washington Township.
Police & Fire
Woman Robbed At Gunpoint By Man Who Followed Her Home From NJ ATM: Police
A woman from South Jersey said a man followed her home from an ATM and robbed her at gunpoint, authorities said. Washington Township police released photos of a black Dodge Charger that the robbery suspect may have been driving. A 26-year-old victim said she finished work and stopped at the TD Bank in Glassboro to use the ATM before 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 14. The victim said that she observed the Dodge Charger sitting in the drive-through line next to her vehicle. The victim made a transaction and left the bank. When the victim arrived home she began approaching her house and not…
Obituaries
Arrangements Finalized For Heather Castronova
Funeral arrangements have been finalized for retired Washington Township detective and mom of two Heather Castronova. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 19 at the Becker Funeral Home in Westwood. A celebration of life will be at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21, at the funeral home. Inurnment will be at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21 at George Washington Memorial Park. A former US Marine, Castronova died due to unknown medical circumstances, the department said on Wednesday, Feb. 8. Click here for the full Daily Voice tribute for Heather Castronova. Heather Castronova.Township …
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Bergen County Chef Gets Sweet Surprise While Filming Gordon Ramsay Cooking Show
Bergen County's Michelle Calcagni and her husband Anthony had been trying to get pregnant for about a year without luck. After months of high hopes and letdowns for the Washington Township couple, they decided to stop trying, and just relax. But when 31-year-old Calcagni was abroad last September and one week into filming Gordon Ramsay cooking show "Next Level Chef," she noticed she was especially emotional, and her menstrual cycle was late. Calcagni, an Oradell native, took two pregnancy tests. They were both positive. "I was stunned," said Calcagni, who is competing in the Home Chef c…
News
Englewood Cliffs Swears In New Police Officers
Two new Englewood police officers begin attending the Bergen County law enforcement academy in January.Police Officers Christopher Corra and Matthew Maretic were sworn in earlier this month by Municipal Court Judge Carolina Calderon. Corra, a Washington Township resident, was previously a dispatcher with the Ho-Ho-Kus Police Department. Maretic, of Closter, was a collegiate swimmer and worked for a family-owned and -operated business. Both were selected after a "comprehensive hiring process, consisting of a written examination, physical assessment, and thorough background inves…
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