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Trump Wants Hamas To Release NJ Hostage Edan Alexander: Envoy "Edan Alexander is an American, and he’s injured—so he’s a top priority for us." That's what President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff told reporters Thursday, March 6, as negotiations intensify for the release of the 20-year-old Tenafly, NJ native still being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza. Alexander is the only remaining Israeli-American hostage believed to still be alive in captivity, the NY Times reports. Witkoff, speaking on the former president’s behalf, expressed frustration with Hamas, calling for immediate transparency in the hostage situation. "We feel Hamas has not bee…

by Cecilia Levine

03/06/2025

Police & Fire

Driver Killed, Others Injured In Route 17 Multi-Car Crash In Hasbrouck Heights A driver was killed and several others were injured in a multi-vehicle crash that shut down Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights during the evening rush hour, authorities confirmed. The crash, which involved four vehicles, happened near the intersection with Franklin Avenue in the southbound lanes around 6:20 p.m. on Thursday, March 6, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Deputy Chief of Detectives Jeff Angermeyer said. One of the drivers was pronounced dead at the scene, while multiple others were rushed to an area hospital with varying degrees of injuries, according to Angermeyer. Th…

by Cecilia Levine

03/06/2025

Police & Fire

Escaped Psychiatric Patient Seen Running Through Middletown Hospital Before Bolt: State Police Authorities are searching for a psychiatric patient who fled from Garnet Health Medical Center in Middletown on Thursday, March 6, according to New York State Police. Christopher R. Morgan was last seen around 2:39 p.m., reportedly bolting through the facility while wearing a white jacket, as shown in a photo released by law enforcement. Police are urging the public not to approach Morgan if spotted and to call State Police Middletown immediately at (845) 344-5300. This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

by Cecilia Levine

03/06/2025

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Woman Who Caused Double Fatal NY Crash Cited For Careless Driving Days Prior: Records A 25-year-old woman who authorities say caused a wrong-way crash that left her and another motorist dead had been ticketed for similar offenses just days earlier, records show. Sydnie M. Haines, of Blackwood, NJ, was heading east in the westbound lanes of Route 17 in Chester, NY, when she crashed head-on into a 2014 Honda Odyssey around 1:50 a.m. Wednesday, March 5, New York State Police said. Both Haines and the Odyssey’s driver, 54-year-old Mordichy Zafir of Kiamesha Lake, were killed in the collision, authorities said. Records show that just three days earlier, on March 2, Haines wa…

by Daily Voice

03/06/2025

Police & Fire

Hasbrouck Heights Pair Charged In Deadly Fentanyl Overdose In Hackensack Two Hasbrouck Heights residents have been arrested and charged in connection with a deadly fentanyl overdose in Hackensack, authorities said. Robert Wichowski, 31, and Xiomara Frias-Barbosa, 28, were taken into custody on Wednesday, March 5, following a months-long investigation into the Nov. 2, 2024, overdose death of a 54-year-old man at a private residence in Hackensack, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Police responded to the home at 6:36 that night and found the victim unresponsive. He was pronounced dead at the scene, and authorities noted indicators of a possible drug…

by Cecilia Levine

03/06/2025

Police & Fire

Mount Laurel Woman Slaps Two Children At Home Daycare: Prosecutor A Mount Laurel woman has been charged with abusing two young children she was caring for in her home daycare, authorities announced. Danielle Ingraham, 36, of Evergreen Road, was arrested Monday, March 4, and charged with two counts of endangering the welfare of a child and two counts of cruelty to a child, according to Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw and Mount Laurel Police Chief Timothy Hudnall. Ingraham was taken into custody at her residence and is being held at the Atlantic County Justice Facility in Mays Landing pending a detention hearing in Superior Court in Mou…

by Cecilia Levine

03/06/2025

Police & Fire

Hackensack Police Director Ray Guidetti Stepping Down, City Says Hackensack Police Director Ray Gudietti is stepping down. The City of Hackensack made the announcement on Thursday, March 6. Guidetti said he will step down at the end of March. Guidetti's departure comes after "taking on a culture of corruption that had infected the Hackensack Police Department when he was appointed in 2022, and instituting major reforms with the goal of bringing the Department back to its rightful position as a premier law enforcement agency in Bergen County," the release says. Guidetti was appointed "after a storied law enforcement career to clean up a police department…

by Cecilia Levine

03/06/2025

Police & Fire

Passaic County Residents Among 23 Arrested In Another Major Drug Bust: Prosecutor Twenty-three people including four women and 19 men from Bergen and Passaic counties have been arrested following a 10-month-long investigation into the distribution of cocaine and narcotics in Passaic County, authorities said. The 23 people were charged with various controlled dangerous substance offenses after an investigation that began last May, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes and numerous police chiefs said. Law enforcement in Wayne and Pompton Lakes began investigating after responding to complaints about the sale of cocaine in the area, Valdes said. The investigati…

by Sam Barron & Cecilia Levine

03/06/2025

Police & Fire

‘Can You Guarantee I Won’t Be On TikTok?’: Video Shows Accused DWI Driver's Route 46 Arrest Newly released bodycam footage captures the moment a 43-year-old woman was arrested for DWI after driving the wrong way on Route 46 and crashing head-on into another vehicle, police said. The crash happened on Sunday, Feb. 24, at 2:40 a.m., when Clifton police responded to a head-on collision on Route 46 West between Crooks Avenue and the Garden State Parkway, according to Clifton Police Lt. Robert Anderson. Bodycam footage obtained by Transparency Bodycam opens with another motorist limping next to his crashed vehicle. It later shows Velez, of Belleville, struggling through field sob…

by Cecilia Levine

03/06/2025

Police & Fire

Multi-Vehicle Crash Shuts Route 4 In Teaneck (Developing) A multi-vehicle crash closed a stretch of Route 4 on Thursday, March 6 in Teaneck. Photos from the scene show one car off the roadway and another facing the opposite direction near Belle Avenue. At least five were involved at approximately 10:45 a.m. Witnesses tell Daily Voice that glass and debris were in the roadway, "making it difficult to even get around." "A cop from the opposite side of the highway stopped traffic and came over the divider to help assist the driver that was off roadway out of the vehicle," they said. "A few people came out of their vehicle to check on the drivers." …

by Cecilia Levine

03/06/2025

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