NJ Woman Named Among 3 Victims Struck By Stray Bullets In Times Square Shooting NJ Woman Named Among 3 Victims Struck By Stray Bullets In Times Square Shooting
NJ Woman Named Among 3 Victims Struck By Stray Bullets In Times Square Shooting A New Jersey woman and two other innocent bystanders were struck by stray bullets in a Saturday evening shooting in Times Square, authorities said. The unnamed 43-year-old woman, a 4-year-old Brooklyn girl and a 23-year-old woman visiting Manhattan for Mother's Day were all hospitalized with non life-threatening injuries following the 5 p.m. shooting at  W 44th Street and 7th Avenue, NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said. Gunfire broke out during a dispute between a group of men, stray bullets hitting the innocent bystanders, Shea said. The suspect was identified in surveillance footage rele…
NYC Foursome Arrested In $10,000 Heist From Jersey Shore Beauty Shop NYC Foursome Arrested In $10,000 Heist From Jersey Shore Beauty Shop
NYC Foursome Arrested In $10,000 Heist From Jersey Shore Beauty Shop Four suspects from New York City have been arrested in connection with an attempted theft of nearly $10,000 in merchandise from a Jersey Shore beauty shop, authorities said. Toms River police say the foursome may be responsible for similar heists in the tri-state area.  Toms River police responded to a call about a theft-in-progress at 1:20 p.m. on Tuesday at Ulta Beauty shop and hair salon at 1203 Hooper Ave. Four suspects fled the store on foot and got into a gray Mitsubishi with out-of-state license plates, police said. Police officers ultimately located and caught Frank Greene, 2…
US Marshals Capture Fugitives In Fatal Trenton Shooting US Marshals Capture Fugitives In Fatal Trenton Shooting
US Marshals Capture Fugitives In Fatal Trenton Shooting US Marshals arrested three fugitives on Monday in connection with a fatal shooting in Trenton last month, authorities said. Isaiah Ellis, 19, Emmitt Littles, 24, and Isaiah Porter, 25, all of Trenton, were charged with murder, accomplice liability and weapons offenses, according to Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri.  Kaheem Carter, 22, was found unconscious and shot multiple times at 1:50 a.m. on April 15, Onofri said.  All three men were arrested by members of the U.S. Marshals NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force. Ellis and Littles were taken into cust…
Prosecutor: Clifton Man Tried To Get Kidnap Victim To Drop Charges Against Instagram Influencer Prosecutor: Clifton Man Tried To Get Kidnap Victim To Drop Charges Against Instagram Influencer
Prosecutor: Clifton Man Tried To Get Kidnap Victim To Drop Charges Against Instagram Influencer A Clifton businessman tried to bribe a kidnapping victim into dropping charges against Bergen County-based Instagram influencer “Jay Mazini,” authorities charged. Bassam Patrick Aljanadi, 56, “contacted the victim and his family on numerous occasions,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Thursday afternoon. Aljanadi, who owns a heating and air conditioning company, offered the victim cash in exchange for dropping kidnapping charges filed against Jebara Igbara, the prosecutor said. He did this to “try and obstruct and/or impede the investigation and prosecution of Igbara,” Musella sa…
NYC Subway Bomber Sentenced To Life Plus 30 Years NYC Subway Bomber Sentenced To Life Plus 30 Years
NYC Subway Bomber Sentenced To Life Plus 30 Years A would-be suicide bomber who detonated a device strapped to his chest in a crowded subway station near the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan was sentenced Thursday to life in prison plus 30 years. Judge Richard J. Sullivan said the punishment fit the “heinous crime” when he sentenced Akayed Ullah for the December 2017 attack in subway tunnels beneath Times Square and the bus terminal. Ullah, a 31-year-old Bangladeshi immigrant, began researching how to build a bomb about a year before the attack, federal authorities said. That morning, packed a homemade device with metal screws bef…
GOT 'EM: 10 New Jersey Johns Busted In Newark Prostitution Sting GOT 'EM: 10 New Jersey Johns Busted In Newark Prostitution Sting
GOT 'EM: 10 New Jersey Johns Busted In Newark Prostitution Sting Ten johns from across New Jersey arrested in a Newark prostitution sting, authorities said Friday. A Newark police operation aimed at reducing prostitution in the South Ward  began Thursday night and ended Friday morning around East Bigelow Street and Sherman Avenue, according to Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara. The following men were charged with solicitation of prostitution, according to police. William Hazell, 36, of Brooklyn;  Naeem Kornegay, 39, of Cranford;  Tashawn Jones, 37, of Elizabeth;  Rahim A. Brown, 41, of Linden;  Douglas E. Hoffm…
Instagram Celeb Held In Bergen Jail For Kidnapping, Terrorizing Man Who Trashed Him Online Instagram Celeb Held In Bergen Jail For Kidnapping, Terrorizing Man Who Trashed Him Online
Instagram Celeb Held In Bergen Jail For Kidnapping, Terrorizing Man Who Trashed Him Online An Instagram influencer and two associates kidnapped a man in Bergen County, then stripped him naked and held a machete to his neck while threatening to kill him if he didn’t remove negative social media posts, authorities charged. Jebara J. Igbara, 25, told the victim that a video of the kidnapping would be released to social media if he didn’t do what he was told, they said. Earlier this week, federal authorities in Brooklyn charged Ibarra with scamming four of his nearly 1 million followers out of Bitcoin virtual currency by sending them worthless wire transfers in exchange for more than…
Mahwah PD: Rockland Dealer, Hotel Companion Busted With Meth, More Thanks To Dangled SUV Mirror Mahwah PD: Rockland Dealer, Hotel Companion Busted With Meth, More Thanks To Dangled SUV Mirror
Mahwah PD: Rockland Dealer, Hotel Companion Busted With Meth, More Thanks To Dangled SUV Mirror A rear-view mirror hanging off a new SUV drew the attention of a Mahwah police detective who ended up busting a Rockland dealer and a companion with meth and an assortment of other drugs for sale at a local hotel, authorities said. Before they were done, police had seized meth, cocaine, methadone, clonazepam, hypodermic needles and packaging materials, Police Chief Stephen Jaffe said. Detective Christopher Fasulo had gone to the hotel near the New York State border Monday night to check out a report of a stolen vehicle, Jaffe said. Fasulo noticed the rearview mirror hanging off the housing…
SPOILER: Meet The 3 New Jersey Natives Competing On 'The Bachelorette' SPOILER: Meet The 3 New Jersey Natives Competing On 'The Bachelorette'
Spoiler: Meet The 3 New Jersey Natives Competing On 'The Bachelorette' Three New Jersey natives will be competing on the upcoming season of "The Bachelorette" on ABC. The contestants on Katie Thurston's were revealed in a series of Instagram posts by Reality Steve on Thursday. The New Jersey natives competing for a chance at love with Thurston include: Cranford native Jeff Caravello, 31: The former Cranford track and field coach lives in Brooklyn and works as a sales specialist at Integra LifeSciences. He graduated from Wagner College, where he was a pole vaulter. Edison native Greg Grippo, 27: Originally cast for Clare Crawley's season but didn't make the f…
UPDATE: Carbon Monoxide Suicide Eyed In Deaths Of Brothers Found In Old Tappan Garage UPDATE: Carbon Monoxide Suicide Eyed In Deaths Of Brothers Found In Old Tappan Garage
Update: Carbon Monoxide Suicide Eyed In Deaths Of Brothers Found In Old Tappan Garage Authorities were awaiting autopsy results to determine the official causes of death of two brothers whose bodies were found in the garage of the family’s Old Tappan home in an apparent double suicide. Insuh Yoon, 36, and David Yoon, 39, were in grade school when they emigrated to the United States with their mother from Seoul, South Korea more than 25 years ago. Their bodies were found early Friday in a Nissan Rogue parked in the garage of a home at the end of a heavily wooded cul-de-sac in Old Tappan near the Rockland County border, multiple responders said. They'd been in the SUV “more …
Bodies Of Erotica Photographer, Brother, Found In Bergen County Garage Bodies Of Erotica Photographer, Brother, Found In Bergen County Garage
Bodies Of Erotica Photographer, Brother, Found In Bergen County Garage Authorities were awaiting autopsy results to determine the official causes of death of two brothers whose bodies were found in the garage of the family’s Old Tappan home in an apparent double suicide. Insuh Yoon, 36, and David Yoon, 39, were in grade school when they emigrated to the United States with their mother from Seoul, South Korea more than 25 years ago. Their bodies were found early Friday in a Nissan Rogue parked in the garage of a home at the end of a heavily wooded cul-de-sac in Old Tappan near the Rockland County border, multiple responders said. They'd been in the SUV “more t…
'He Died In His Tracks,' NJ Mom Says After Twin Son, 25, Dies Of Fentanyl Poisoning 'He Died In His Tracks,' NJ Mom Says After Twin Son, 25, Dies Of Fentanyl Poisoning
'He Died In His Tracks,' NJ Mom Says After Twin Son, 25, Dies Of Fentanyl Poisoning A New Jersey mother is opening up on social media to spread awareness of counterfeit drugs after the sudden death of her 25-year-old son due to fentanyl poisoning. Denville native and Morris Knolls High School graduate Ross Michael Kaplowitz died Dec. 13, his obituary says. The University of Vermont student had gone out to smoke in the family’s garage and was found dead hours later, his mother, Marisa, details in a public Facebook post -- which had nearly gone viral as of March 3. “There was nothing we could do to revive him, although we tried," she wrote. "He died in his tracks.” Though…