Authorities: Teaneck Woman Spits Water At, Coughs On Englewood Police, Claims She Has COVID-19 Authorities: Teaneck Woman Spits Water At, Coughs On Englewood Police, Claims She Has COVID-19
Authorities: Teaneck Woman Spits Water At, Coughs On Englewood Police, Claims She Has Covid-19 A repeat offender from Teaneck spit a mouthful of water on two Englewood police officers, coughed at them and claimed she has the coronavirus after they arrested her for violating a temporary restraining order, authorities said. Sughuy Cepeda, 43, was taken to New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus after she “spit and coughed at officers who took her into custody on several occasions and stated she was COVID positive,” state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. The 5-foot-3-inch, 215-pound Cepeda has a history of run-ins with authorities for which she’s been jailed no fewer than a hald-d…
COVID-19: Here's Where You Can Get Tested In North Jersey COVID-19: Here's Where You Can Get Tested In North Jersey
Covid-19: Here's Where You Can Get Tested In North Jersey As expected, the number of coronavirus cases has increased with the opening of testing sites across New Jersey. And that number is only going to increase, Gov. Phil Murphy said. "As the testing regime expands, we’re going to see these numbers go up in a big way," he said. "We are getting a clearer and better sense of how far the coronavirus has already spread.” Here's a list of coronavirus testing sites in New Jersey: Officials are urging New Jersey residents to keep these testing sites open to those who need it saying that if you feel okay, stay home and rest.  You'll need state ID…
Officials: Bergen County's 2 Coronavirus Patients Went To Same Care Center, 3rd Being Tested Officials: Bergen County's 2 Coronavirus Patients Went To Same Care Center, 3rd Being Tested
Officials: Bergen County's 2 Coronavirus Patients Went To Same Care Center, 3rd Being Tested Both Bergen County residents with presumed cases of coronavirus visited the same commercial health care facility before they were admitted to the hospital for treatment and testing of coronavirus, county officials said Friday. Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco did not disclose the name of the Bergen County facility that the Englewood woman and Fort Lee man went to, but said the names of the other individuals at the facility at that time have been given to state health officials. A third elderly patient experiencing pneumonia-like symptoms has also been tested by an unnamed hospital in Ber…
Emotionally Disturbed Man Taken To Hospital After Incident In Washington Township Emotionally Disturbed Man Taken To Hospital After Incident In Washington Township
Emotionally Disturbed Man Taken To Hospital After Incident In Washington Township An emotionally disturbed man was transported to a hospital for an evaluation after police were called to a disturbance in Washington Township, responders said.  Township police were joined at a Linwood Avenue home by their colleagues from Westwood and Ridgewood, as well as Bergen County sheriff's officers, among others. Reports that the man was armed with a knife couldn't immediately be confirmed. An ambulance with two officers aboard took him to New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus, responders said. At least one officer may have sustained a minor injury, they said. Boyd A. Loving t…
New Milford Man Gets Five Years For Shaking 4-Month-Old Son Unconscious New Milford Man Gets Five Years For Shaking 4-Month-Old Son Unconscious
New Milford Man Gets Five Years For Shaking 4-Month-Old Son Unconscious An unemployed New Milford man who shook his 4-month-old son unconscious last year was sentenced Friday in Hackensack to a plea-bargained five years in state prison. Travis Weber, 29, remained held Friday in the Bergen County Jail pending transfer to prison following the sentence for his plea to second-degree child endangerment. The baby’s mother found the boy unconscious last February after leaving him with Weber, authorities said. The boy was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, where doctors found head trauma injuries.  An investigation produced charges of aggravated ass…
Authorities: Injured Man Gets Off Stretcher, Charges At Teaneck Police, Ambulance Workers Authorities: Injured Man Gets Off Stretcher, Charges At Teaneck Police, Ambulance Workers
Authorities: Injured Man Gets Off Stretcher, Charges At Teaneck Police, Ambulance Workers An injured man got off a stretcher and led Teaneck police on a brief chase after family members interfered with his treatment, authorities said. Daquan Frazier, 26, had gotten into an argument with his mother, Angele Frazier, as she drove him to be treated for a cut on his hand Saturday night, Police Chief Glenn M. O’Reilly said. She apparently wanted to bring him to New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus, but he insisted on going to nearby Holy Name Medical Center and got out of the car, O’Reilly said. Officers responding to a call at Teaneck Road and Route 4 found Frazier on the ground hav…
Authorities: Norwood Man Assaults Mom, 83, Fights Police After Crashing Stolen Dump Truck Authorities: Norwood Man Assaults Mom, 83, Fights Police After Crashing Stolen Dump Truck
Authorities: Norwood Man Assaults Mom, 83, Fights Police After Crashing Stolen Dump Truck A probationer from Norwood assaulted his 83-year-old mother when she caught him stealing her jewelry, then crashed a stolen dump truck while fleeing police, authorities said. Thomas Frasse, 54, broke into the truck on the other side of town, drove to his mother’s house when she wasn’t home and broke in the afternoon of Jan. 11 – violating a restraining order in the process, they said. He’d taken jewelry and a glazed ham when his mom returned and confronted him, Police Chief Jeffrey Krapels said. Frasse pushed her down, dropped the ham and drove off in the stolen truck as a neighbor dialed …
Maywood Councilman Charged With Harassment, Resisting Arrest In Teaneck Domestic Incident Maywood Councilman Charged With Harassment, Resisting Arrest In Teaneck Domestic Incident
Maywood Councilman Charged With Harassment, Resisting Arrest In Teaneck Domestic Incident EXCLUSIVE: A Maywood councilman was arrested in Teaneck after he became combative with police during a domestic incident, authorities said. Officers were trying to calm Matthew Garofalow, 40, who apparently was upset over the breakup of a relationship when he showed up at police headquarters around 6:25 p.m. Friday, sources with knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. Garofalow remained agitated, they said, and kept trying to get past them to a harassment victim who'd gone there for help. The Democrat councilman and father of three then made statements while being restrained that raise…
HERO: Firefighter Rescues Suicidal Woman From Route 17 Overpass Leap HERO: Firefighter Rescues Suicidal Woman From Route 17 Overpass Leap
Hero: Firefighter Rescues Suicidal Woman From Route 17 Overpass Leap “Why don’t you kill yourself?” her boyfriend told a distraught Lodi woman. Hours later, the 24-year-old woman had climbed atop a bridge barrier above Route 17 in nearby Hasbrouck Heights and considered whether to jump. Then Joey Fehl showed up. Fehl, a Palisades Park firefighter who lives in town, faced his own ordeals. He came out the other side neither bitter nor discouraged. So he knew where she was coming from.And she could sense it. Fehl was driving down Route 46 with pal Thomas Mayer when he spotted her out of the corner of his eye shortly after 3:30 Wednesday afternoon. “Why is t…
Police: Ridgefield Park Officer Tackles Wood-Wielding Assailant After Taser Fails Police: Ridgefield Park Officer Tackles Wood-Wielding Assailant After Taser Fails
Police: Ridgefield Park Officer Tackles Wood-Wielding Assailant After Taser Fails A Ridgefield Park police officer tackled a borough man who attacked him and his colleagues with a block of wood after damaging a patrol car and several other parked vehicles on Thursday, authorities said. Robert Ebeid, 34, ran behind an 8th Street home after officers responding to a dispute just after 11 a.m. found him arguing with family members, Lt. Joseph Rella said. He then doubled back to the front and began yelling, screaming and swinging two large pieces of wood, one in each hand, said Rella, who was one of the responders. Ebeid “began smashing one of the nearby patrol cars with the…
Losing Streak: Fort Lee Police Nab Naked Man Running Down Route 4 Losing Streak: Fort Lee Police Nab Naked Man Running Down Route 4
Losing Streak: Fort Lee Police Nab Naked Man Running Down Route 4 Fort Lee police nabbed a naked, drug-influenced man running down Route 4, authorities said. Responding to a call at the Holiday Inn, Officer Carlos Cabrera saw 51-year-old Kelton L. Mccrink-Goode of Morris Plains running in the right lane of the eastbound highway around 6 a.m. Sunday, Capt. Ricky Mirkovic said. Cabrera blocked the right lane of eastbound Route 4 with his vehicle and found the undressed McCrink-Goode holding a pocket knife in his right hand while “acting in an irate and irrational manner,” Mirkovic said. Cabrera displayed his Taser and got McCrink-Goode to drop the knife, t…
Rochelle Park PD: Out-Of-Gas Franklin Lakes Pickup Driver Caught With Loaded Revolver Rochelle Park PD: Out-Of-Gas Franklin Lakes Pickup Driver Caught With Loaded Revolver
Rochelle Park PD: Out-Of-Gas Franklin Lakes Pickup Driver Caught With Loaded Revolver A Rochelle Park police officer found a pickup truck driver from Franklin Lakes stopped in the middle of a dark street -- with an empty tank of gas and no headlights on -- illegally carrying a loaded handgun, authorities said. Robert Vergara, 50, had the .357-caliber revolver in his front pocket when Officer Jim Zenock found him in the truck on Rochelle Avenue "not making any attempts to summon help or get fuel" around 5 p.m. Thursday, Detective Sgt. James M. DePreta said. Given his "inability to account" for the circumstances, Vergara was sent to New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus fo…