Several people were injured in a crash Tuesday night on Route 17 in Paramus.None of the injuries appeared serious after an SUV slammed into a utility pole on the northbound highway outside Petco, north of Midland Avenue, around 8:30 p.m.Borough police, firefighters and EMS responded.PSE&G was called to repair the pole.DAILY VOICE

A Rockland County native beat his 4-week-old son, leaving him with serious injuries, authorities charged.Slobodan Todoric, a 30-year-old Spring Valley native, now of Wayne, in Passaic County, New Jersey, was released with pre-trial monitoring, among other conditions, following a first appearance before a judge in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson on Tuesday, May 11.It began ...

A former American Media Inc. staff member and Audible contractor from Morris County was sent to federal prison for seven years for trafficking images of girls between 6 and 10 years old being sexually abused.Mark Miller, 63, shared the images with undercover investigators from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security investigation (HSI) using a mobile app in the summer of 2018, ...

A Wayne father beat his 4-week-old son, leaving him with serious injuries, authorities charged.Slobodan Todoric, a 30-year-old Spring Valley native, was released with pre-trial monitoring, among other conditions, following a first appearance before a judge in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson on Tuesday.It began with the unresponsive infant being taken by ambulance to St. ...

A grand jury in Paterson returned an indictment charging a Clifton man with a pair of overnight garbage can fires on the same block, one of which spread to an adjoining home.No one was injured, but a family was displaced by the fires set by Mario Palma-Sanchez, 26, at 148 and 122 Highland Avenue on March 30, 2020, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said.Firefighters quickly ...

A Jersey City ex-con who fired at a moving car is headed to federal prison for a plea-bargained five years, authorities said Tuesday.Jamel Armfield, 20, already had three felony convictions on his record when he squeezed off nine rounds from a .45-caliber Springfield Armory handgun at the vehicle on Gates Avenue last June, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said.A nearby surveillance ...

He was as strong as he was emotional. He wore his heart on his sleeve and always had a special smile and knowing look to go with an immense kindness for others.That’s what many will remember when they gather in Van Saun Park this Thursday for a memorial service for River Edge Police Detective Sgt. Chris Cheevers.Cheevers, who died last week at 51, “intensely loved those who survive ...

UPDATE: An Elmwood Park man who was captured by a SWAT team after a 6½-hour standoff remained hospitalized in police custody Tuesday pending a first court appearance."Get the f*** out of my house!" Brian Rodriguez, 33, shouted as he descended the stairs toward two borough police officers inside his mother's Obal Avenue home wielding two knives on Saturday, Police Chief Michael ...

"I'm going to kill you," a 20-year-old repeat offender threatened as he pointed what looked like a gun at two Little Ferry men who caught him rummaging through their car, authorities said.Xhonatan Gaba of Garfield ran off, then stole a 2016 Toyota Camry from around the corner, Police Chief James Walters said.Hours later, police in Sparta stopped the Camry and seized him, the chief ...

Federal authorities placed a detainer on an Ecuadoran national living in Hackensack after local authorities jailed him on charges of sexually assaulting a pre-teen.Nelson Fabian Padilla, a 26-year-old pizzeria worker, remained held Monday in the Passaic County Jail following his arrest three days earlier on charges of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault by contact and child ...