SEE ANYTHING? Driver Of Hit-And-Run Pickup Sought In Death Of Hawthorne Pedestrian, 83 SEE ANYTHING? Driver Of Hit-And-Run Pickup Sought In Death Of Hawthorne Pedestrian, 83
SEE Anything? Driver Of Hit-And-Run Pickup Sought In Death Of Hawthorne Pedestrian, 83 UPDATE: Authorities on Thursday released a photo of the hit-and-run pickup truck that they said struck and killed an 83-year-old longtime Hawthorne resident as he crossed a local street near his home. They're hoping someone recognizes it. Joseph Bender was struck at the corner of Wagaraw Road and Passaic Avenue at 8:46 p.m. Wednesday, June 28, they said. The U.S. Marine Corps veteran was pronounced dead a short time later at St. Joseph's University Medical Center, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Hawthorne Police Chief James W. Knepper said in a joint release. Police issue…
SEE ANYTHING? Pickup Driver Sought In Hit-And-Run Death Of Hawthorne Pedestrian, 83 SEE ANYTHING? Pickup Driver Sought In Hit-And-Run Death Of Hawthorne Pedestrian, 83
SEE Anything? Pickup Driver Sought In Hit-And-Run Death Of Hawthorne Pedestrian, 83 UPDATE: Authorities on Thursday released a photo of the hit-and-run pickup truck that they said struck and killed an 83-year-old longtime Hawthorne resident as he crossed a local street near his home. They're hoping someone recognizes it. Joseph Bender was struck at the corner of Wagaraw Road and Passaic Avenue at 8:46 p.m. Wednesday, June 28, they said. The U.S. Marine Corps veteran was pronounced dead a short time later at St. Joseph's University Medical Center, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Hawthorne Police Chief James W. Knepper said in a joint release. Police issue…
Passaic County Sheriff's Detectives Bust Coke Dealer In Paterson: Authorities Passaic County Sheriff's Detectives Bust Coke Dealer In Paterson: Authorities
Passaic County Sheriff's Detectives Bust Coke Dealer In Paterson: Authorities A cocaine dealer from Paterson was caught in the act by Passaic County sheriff's detectives, authorities said. Bureau of Narcotics investigators followed Johnny Robles-Rodriguez, 32, as he drove his Lexus from his Linwood Avenue home -- around the corner from Public School No. 27 -- to Sherwood Avenue and Crosby Street a block and a half away, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. There, he sold coke to the driver or a waiting Jeep, the sheriff said. Both then went their separate ways, with the detectives following each and stopping them. The Jeep driver, city resident Christoph…
Passaic Man, 43, Charged With Using Google, Whats App To Collect 450 Child Porn Videos Passaic Man, 43, Charged With Using Google, Whats App To Collect 450 Child Porn Videos
Passaic Man, 43, Charged With Using Google, Whats App To Collect 450 Child Porn Videos A 43-year-old Passaic man apparently thought he could traffic more than 450 child pornography videos on Google and WhatsApp without being caught, authorities said. Jorge Avilavelez was arrested earlier this week following an investigation by the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crime Against Children Task Force in tandem with the county prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit. He's remained held in the Bergen County Jail, charged with three various counts of child endangerment and two counts of obstruction. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik jointl…
CHOPPED: Passaic, Bergen Garages Doubled As Destinations For Stolen Vehicles, Authorities Say CHOPPED: Passaic, Bergen Garages Doubled As Destinations For Stolen Vehicles, Authorities Say
Chopped: Passaic, Bergen Garages Doubled As Destinations For Stolen Vehicles, Authorities Say A group of towing and mechanic business owners in Bergen and Passaic had a lucrative moonlighting operation going before New Jersey State Police shut them down, authorities said. Workers at the off-hour chop shops in Paterson, Passaic and Elmwood Park altered stolen vehicles for resale and disassembled others to be sold as parts, state authorities said on Friday, June 2. Fourteen people in all were arrested during quick-strike raids last week by the NJSP, assisted by the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office, Paterson police and several other local, county and federal law enforcement agencies. R…
Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Pick Off Stolen Out-Of-State Pickup Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Pick Off Stolen Out-Of-State Pickup
Passaic Sheriff's Detectives Pick Off Stolen Out-Of-State Pickup Passaic County sheriff's detectives working a drug case found a North Jersey man driving a pickup truck stolen out of St. Louis, authorities said. Bureau of Narcotics members stopped the super-duty 2020 Ford F-350 in Wayne and discovered that a bogus VIN number had replaced the original to make the truck appear legit, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. They arrested the driver, Beau Richard Gunset, 28, of Oak Ridge and charged him with receiving stolen property and having possession of a vehicle with altered/fictitious parts, the sheriff said. Gunset was released pending court…
Passaic Sheriff's Deputies Seize Pound Of Pure Coke, Ghost Gun, More Passaic Sheriff's Deputies Seize Pound Of Pure Coke, Ghost Gun, More
Passaic Sheriff's Deputies Seize Pound Of Pure Coke, Ghost Gun, More Passaic County sheriff’s detectives seized nearly a pound of pure cocaine, a ghost gun and more than $21,000 in alleged drug proceeds while arresting a Little Falls resident, authorities said. Victor M. Miranda, 48, ran a drug mill from his Newark Pompton Turnpike apartment while running coke with his car, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Working with Little Falls police, the sheriff’s Bureau of Narcotics detectives followed Miranda from his home to Paterson, where he sold cocaine to a local resident on Thursday, May 25, the sheriff said. That man, Ramon Rivera, 53, was arre…
Four Injured, One Critical, In Paterson Hammer Attack: Responders Four Injured, One Critical, In Paterson Hammer Attack: Responders
Four Injured, One Critical, In Paterson Hammer Attack: Responders Four people were reportedly injured -- one critically -- in an overnight hammer attack in Paterson, responders said. There were extremely few initial details from the incident on the Oliver Street approach to Route 19 around 3:30 a.m. Monday, May 22. More detailed information was expected by early afternoon. Investigators focused on a house at the bend in the road after the Ward Street split, across the highway from Marshall Street.  The incident occurred up the block from this grocery store at the corner of Mill and Oliver streets in Paterson before dawn Monday, May 22.Kyle Mazza/UNF …
UPDATE: Victim, 40, Reported Stable After Bus Stop Stabbing In Passaic, Assailants Sought UPDATE: Victim, 40, Reported Stable After Bus Stop Stabbing In Passaic, Assailants Sought
Update: Victim, 40, Reported Stable After Bus Stop Stabbing In Passaic, Assailants Sought A 40-year-old man was reported in stable condition after being stabbed at a bus stop in Passaic. A Be On the Lookout was issued for a white Porsche Cayenne occupied by two males and a female following the stabbing on Main Avenue at Burgess Place, around the corner from Grand Elementary School, around 2 p.m. Thursday, April 27. Passaic Mayor Hector Carlos Lora was at the scene, "making sure everything's going smoothly around the school." There was no immediate danger to anyone in the area, he said, adding that police were actively investigating the incident. The area at the bus stop on…
Armed Robber Fires Shot In Passaic Pharmacy Holdup, Employees Still Don't Comply: Feds Armed Robber Fires Shot In Passaic Pharmacy Holdup, Employees Still Don't Comply: Feds
Armed Robber Fires Shot In Passaic Pharmacy Holdup, Employees Still Don't Comply: Feds Talk about gutsy. An ex-con from Paterson fired a pair of shots in a drug store robbery, then fled a second pharmacy holdup in Passaic empty-handed when employees there refused to comply, said federal authorities who now have him in custody. Antonio Rivera, 46, demanded Percocet, morphine and oxycodone at gunpoint in an unidentified Paterson drug store this past Feb. 8, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. An employee complied after Rivera fired a shot, Sellinger said. Another handed over cash from a register after Rivera squeezed off a second round, the U.S. attorney sa…
Busy Dealer Nabbed With Coke, Smack, Cash: Passaic County Sheriff Busy Dealer Nabbed With Coke, Smack, Cash: Passaic County Sheriff
Busy Dealer Nabbed With Coke, Smack, Cash: Passaic County Sheriff A dealer from Woodland Park was nabbed with nearly a quarter pound of cocaine, a dozen bundles of heroin and more after detectives watched him in action, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik said. The sheriff's narcotics detectives stopped Edwin Olmedo, 34, as he drove on Route 23 in Wayne mid-afternoon Friday, April 21. Warranted searches turned up nearly four ounces of coke, the bundles of heroin, Xanax and Oxycodone pills and $1,391 in suspected drug cash, the sheriff said on Saturday. The detectives also arrested two Little Falls men whom Berdnik said Olmedo was seen selling to in se…
Last Of His Kind: Powerbroking Former Passaic County Sheriff Edwin Englehardt Dies At 93 Last Of His Kind: Powerbroking Former Passaic County Sheriff Edwin Englehardt Dies At 93
Last Of His Kind: Powerbroking Former Passaic County Sheriff Edwin Englehardt Dies At 93 He was the last of a bygone breed, a no-nonsense New Jersey political kingpin whose blessing or disapproval made or broke careers. Former Passaic County Sheriff Edwin “Eddie” Englehardt was heavy-handed, for sure – “this is not a country club,” he said of the jail he ran with an iron fist for nearly three decades. And he was, by nature, politically motivated in virtually all things. A Republican in a Democrat-denominated county, Englehardt nonetheless received deference, if not outright allegiance, from those on the other side of the political aisle. He also withstood a barrage of fed…