Firefighters cut the roof off of a sedan that collided with a minivan to extricate the driver Monday evening in Paramus.The crash occurred around 5:20 p.m. outside of 524 Forest Ave.The sedan driver was conscious and alert after being extricated, and was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries. The minivan driver was sitting in a chair on the side of the road waiting to be ...

A Jersey City man who was recently released from prison and wanted in an armed robbery in Hudson County was captured with help from theU.S. Marshals Monday morning, authorities said.Tyrone Baskin, 50, of Jersey City, was found around 9 a.m. at his sister's home, Hudson County Sheriff Frank X. Schillari said.Baskin -- who recently been released from prison for aggravated sexual ...

Cuban Pete's in Montclair was issued a violation for serving food indoors, authorities said.The popular Bloomfield Avenue eatery was one of three Executive Order violations reported over the weekend, Col. Pat Callahan of the New Jersey State Police said during Monday's COVID-19 briefing.Restaurants in the Garden State are currently only allowed to serve and sell food through ...

A 47-year-old Newark man died after being shot over the weekend, authorities said.Dana Cromer was shot on the 400 block of South 11th Street around 9:50 p.m. Friday, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said.He was pronounced dead at the scene around 10:15 p.m.No arrests had been made as of Monday.Anyone with ...

The Paramus Police Department is mourning the loss of officer Allan Alvarez.Alvarez died unexpectedly on Sunday due to complications of a medical procedure.Alvarez served in the U.S. Army in Bosnia and was appointed to the Paramus Police Department in 2006. He had been assigned to the Traffic and Safety Unit.Arrangements to follow. 

A 26-year-old man has been charged with stabbing his roommate to death over the weekend in their Jersey City apartment, authorities said Monday.Tong Cheng, 26, was charged with stabbing Yuting Ge, 23, in their New York Avenue apartment Saturday, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.Authorities responding to the apartment found Ge's lifeless body covered in gashes around 12:30 ...

The 45-year-old host of a Vegas-like party Bergen County mansion party was charged with violating New Jersey's limits on large gatherings, police said Monday.Tashay Knight, of Newark, was charged on Friday with recklessly creating risk of widespread injury and issued several summonses for the nearly 400-person party that brought a large police presence on Aug. 1, Alpine Police Chief ...

Three people were arrested after robbing two people of sneakers and several thousand dollars worth of jewelry at gunpoint in the backyard of a Secaucus home over the weekend, authorities charged.James J. Baker, 20 and James Pena, 25, both of Secaucus, were arrested on charges of armed robbery and a slew of other weapons offenses, while Jacquelin Romero, 20, of West New York, was ...

Thousands of New Jersey residents were still without power Monday, six days after Tropical Storm Isaias hit the region.As of 10:30 a.m., there were nearly 5,600 residents in the dark, according to utility company outage maps. Sunday night, there were approximately 20,900 outages across New Jersey, according to Gov. Phil Murphy.Many residents who had power recently restored were ...

A passenger having a medical emergency on a Newark Liberty Airport-bound flight claimed there was a bomb on board, bringing emergency vehicles to the tarmac after the plane landed, reports say.The passenger was on flight 2304 from Los Angeles, which landed safely just after 4:30 p.m. Sunday, ABC7 reports.The pilot in an announcement to passengers said the person was hallucinating ...