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! Fugitive, 77, In 1997 Passaic Stabbing Captured After 26½ Years On Run
Ramon Siri ducked authorities for 26½ years after they pegged him as the assailant who stabbed another man in a Passaic apartment in 1997. Then he slipped up. The city resident was arrested without incident late Tuesday afternoon, March 19, after authorities got a tip that he was back in town, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman announced Friday. Siri remained held in the Bergen County Jail, charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and illegal weapons possession. Witnesses at the time said the unidentified victim was stabbed below t…
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2½ Years A Fugitive: Accused Killer From Jersey City Captured In South Carolina
On the same day that U.S. Marshals announced a reward for help capturing an accused killer from Jersey City who’d been on the run for 2½ years, they nabbed him in South Carolina. Tybear Miles, a 28-year-old ex-con, remained held in the Spartanburg County Detention Center pending extradition to New Jersey to face murder and illegal weapons possession charges in the June 5, 2021 shooting death of Ahmad McPherson in Jersey City. Spartanburg police, working with the U.S. Marshals Service’s New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force, nabbed Miles on Wednesday, Jan. 10, Hudson County …
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Trio In Clifton Attacked, Knife-Wielding Assailant Caught Trying To Flee US: Police
Two men were stabbed and another cut during a fight in Clifton with a Lodi man who was later caught trying to flee the country, police said. Mirsad Kolasinac, 51, was captured by federal agents at JFK Airport in Queens, Police Lt. Robert Anderson said. He remained held on Monday, Dec. 18, in the Bergen County Jail. Officers responding to an overnight fight outside the Village Square shopping center early this month found two men who'd been stabbed with a large kitchen knife at the Botany Lounge, Anderson said. One victim, 26, had multiple stab wounds in his legs, as well at facial injuries…
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Murder In Franklin Lakes: Son Charged With Killing 87-Year-Old Father, Multiple Weapons Seized
UPDATE: An unemployed Franklin Lakes man stabbed, bludgeoned and drowned his 87-year-old father in their home, then went to the police station to confess to the murder, according to a report outlining the horrific assault. David Allen Hagal, 60, was charged with murder and illegal weapons possession in the brutal murder of his 87-year-old father. Borough police rushed to the home, found the body of George J. Hagal and took David Allen Hagal, 60, into custody shortly after 7:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 10. The younger Hagal hit his father in the head with a metal pipe and stabbed him multiple…
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: New Defendant Charged With Murder In Barbershop Ambush Of Maywood Dad
BREAKING NEWS: A Hackensack teenager was arrested Monday and charged with participating in the calculated cold-blooded killing of a 28-year-old Maywood man outside a city barbershop late last year. Jaheim Robinson, an 18-year-old college student, “acted as an accomplice in the fatal hit on Vidal Nieves” in the area of Essex and Lehigh streets on Nov. 12, 2022, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Robinson was taken into custody on March 6 and sent to the Bergen County Jail to await a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, Musella said. He’s with charg…
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! Hardcore Ex-Con Trio Robbed 80-Year-Old Shopper In Route 46 Costco Lot: Prosecutor
UPDATE: Authorities charged three hardcore criminals from Newark with robbing a defenseless 80-year-old shopper in the parking lot of a Costco off Route 46 in Teterboro. Ex-cons Alex Carroll, 35, David Fate, 38, and Tariq Kyam, 57, all have extensive, violent criminal histories, records show. Kyam and Fate were both charged with committing two robberies in 2009, one of which left a Verona gas station attendant shot dead. Kyam served nearly nine years behind bars after Fate testified against him. How much time Fate served in exchange for his testimony couldn't immediately be determined. Th…
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Homicide
: Barbershop Shooting Victim Was Single Dad Who Worked As Dollar Store Clerk
UPDATE: On the day when loved ones laid to rest a Maywood man who was gunned down outside a Hackensack barber shop last weekend, authorities announced the arrests of his alleged killer and two accomplices. A Catholic prayer service and burial were held on Thursday morning, Nov. 17, for Vidal Nieves, a 28-year-old single dad who worked at a dollar store in Passaic. At the same time, charges were being brought against: Dior Alston, a 21-year-old laborer from South Hackensack; Malik Abel, 21, an electrician from Maywood; Rayshawn Powel-Myhand, a 19-year-old cashier from Hackensack. Alston a…
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Route 95 Motorist Caught With Loaded Gun After Crossing Median: Leonia PD
A motorist who was stopped after driving his sedan over the median from the express to the local lanes on Route 95 had a loaded gun in the glove compartment, police said. Richard X. Santos, an unemployed 29-year-old resident of Washington Heights, was behind the wheel of a 2018 BMW sedan with a female passenger when he was stopped by Officer Debbie Maldonado on the northbound highway around noontime Tuesday, Leonia Police Chief Scott Tamagny said. Officers Ryan Berger and Young Cho joined Maldonado at the scene along with a Bergen County Sheriff’s K-9 Unit, the chief said Wednesday. A warr…
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Man Stabbed, Woman Slashed, Suspect Bashed In Head With Frying Pan In East Rutherford
A domestic violence incident in East Rutherford sent three family members to the hospital, including the alleged assailant, responders said. A 58-year-old man and his 24-year-old daughter were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center after he'd been stabbed and she'd been slashed Sunday night at a multi-family home on Carlton Avenue near the Wallington border, they said. Their injuries weren't considered life-threatening. Also injured, responders said, was the accused assailant -- a 25-year-old family member who they said was bashed in the head with a frying pan. He was released afte…
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! Ex-Con's Facebook, Instagram Pages Lead To Arrest In Lodi, Elmwood Park Armed Robberies
His social profiles helped investigators identify a convicted armed robber as the gunman who they said held up a convenience store in Lodi and pistol-whipped a Chinese restaurant worker during another robbery in Elmwood Park. Michael Stuart, 48, used a revolver to rob a 7-Eleven on Route 46 in Lodi shortly before 2:30 a.m. on April 26, authorities charged. Using the same gun, car and clothing, Stuart held up the Garden China Restaurant on Broadway in Elmwood Park on May 10, exactly two weeks later, a complaint on file in Superior Court in Hackensack says. Stuart, most recently of East Oran…
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! Driver Who Tried To Pass Holland Tunnel Jam With Illegal Lights, Siren On Gets Surprised
A motorist who tried bypassing a huge Holland Tunnel traffic jam by driving on the shoulder with illegal lights and sirens on his car hadn't counted on who might be in front of him. Port Authority Police Chief of Operations Emilio Gonzalez was on his way to work Thursday morning when the vehicle came up behind him on the Route 78 approach to the tunnel, the department's Lenis Valens said. Gonzalez began talking with the driver, identified as Jose Ramos Navarro, 30, of Jersey City, she said. Navarro at first claimed to be an officer with the Metropolitan Transit Authority, then changed his …
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Prosecutor: CT Pair Nabbed In NJ Turnpike Stop With Ghost Gun, Hollow-Nose Bullets
Two unemployed Connecticut men stopped on the New Jersey Turnpike in Bergen County were packing two handguns and hollow-nosed bullets in their vehicle, authorities said. One of the weapons was a homemade ghost gun, they said. The passenger, Jeffrey Torres, 23, of Bristol, CT, bailed out and tried to run after Narcotic Task Force detectives stopped them on northbound Route 95 in Ridgefield, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. A Superior Court judge in Hackensack later ordered that both Torres and the driver, Angel Ramos-Ortiz, 24, of Hartford, CT, remain held in the Bergen County Ja…
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Maine Driver Busted Near GWB With 25 Pounds Of Pot, 'Ghost' Gun, $50,705 Cash, Prosecutor Says
A driver from Maine was stopped by detectives with more than 25 pounds of marijuana in bulk, a homemade “ghost gun” and $50,705 in suspicious cash in Fort Lee, authorities said. Carleton E. Dixon, 39, of New Vineyard was arrested after detectives Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella’s Narcotics Task Force stopped and searched his black 2012 Chevrolet Silverado on Tuesday, Feb. 8, the prosecutor said. The contraband, weapon and cash were all seized, he said (You can legally possess up to six ounces of pot under New Jersey law. Any weight over that subjects you to criminal charges). Dixon r…
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Washington Township Woman Stabbed Dead, Boyfriend Charged In Attempted Murder-Suicide
A Washington Township man stabbed his girlfriend dead before trying to kill himself before dawn Sunday, authorities confirmed. Police responding to the Washington Commons townhouse complex off Pascack Road shortly after midnight found Mary Huber, 51, on the floor of her condo, with Patrick Camilli, 55, on top of her, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Huber, who'd suffered multiple stab wounds and bruises, was pronounced dead a short time later at The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, the prosecutor said. Camilli was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, where he was treated …
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Judge To Decide Holding Or Releasing Paterson Police Officer Charged With Assault, Misconduct
UPDATE: A judge in Paterson will decide Wednesday whether a city police officer charged with assaulting a victim and lying about it should remain jailed or be released from custody. Spencer Finch, 44, of Mahwah has been held in the Bergen County Jail since Friday, records show. The Passaic County Prosecutor's Office charged him with aggravated assault, official misconduct and illegal weapons possession, as well as tampering with public records. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said the 18-year city department veteran beat a victim with his fist and a flashlight and kn…
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Paterson Police Officer Charged With Assault, Misconduct
A Paterson police officer beat a victim with his fist and a flashlight, kneed him in the face, then filed a bogus report about it, authorities charged. Spencer Finch, 44, of Mahwah assaulted the victim on May 26, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said Friday without identifying where or under what circumstances. “The aggravated assault took place while the defendant was on-duty and in uniform,” Valdes said. “The defendant then prepared, signed, and submitted a police report describing the incident that contained several false statements,” she added. A first appearance via v…
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NYC Man Jailed In Stabbing Of Route 17 Gas Station Attendant
UPDATE: A Queens man remained jailed after police said he stabbed a Route 17 gas station attendant in Paramus during an argument over a rewards card. Kevin Reid, 38, argued with the attendant over the use of a Speedway pass at the Speedway station on the southbound highway near A&S Drive on Wednesday, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Reid then pulled a knife and stabbed the 23-year-old pump jockey from East Orange in the chest, the chief said. Police and EMS workers rendered aid before the victim was taken to the trauma unit at Hackensack University Medical Center, where he re…
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: Elmwood Park Man Charged With Threats, Weapons, Obstruction
UPDATE: An Elmwood Park man who was captured by a SWAT team after a 6½-hour standoff remained hospitalized in police custody Tuesday pending a first court appearance. "Get the f*** out of my house!" Brian Rodriguez, 33, shouted as he descended the stairs toward two borough police officers inside his mother's Obal Avenue home wielding two knives on Saturday, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Coolly and calmly, the officers backed out, Foligno said. Negotiators tried through the afternoon and into the evening to get Rodriguez to surrender. A SWAT team finally stormed the house and seized …
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Murder Charged Against Rutherford Man Who Claimed Brother He Hacked Dead Had Demons Inside Him
UPDATE: A Rutherford man claimed that he was trying to remove demons from his younger brother's body after he stabbed, slashed and hacked him dead, soaking the apartment they shared in blood, responders said. A recorded history of domestic violence ended when Uriel Adames-Gomez, 29, dialed 911 shortly before 8 p.m. Tuesday and said he'd just stabbed Gabriel Adames-Gomez, 26. Adames-Gomez told borough police that "he had stabbed and killed his brother," Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Officers responding to the call found Adames-Gomez in front of the Union Avenue building acros…
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Rutherford Man Claims Brother He Hacked Dead Had Demons Inside Him, Responders Say
UPDATE: A Rutherford man claimed that he was trying to remove demons from his younger brother's body after he stabbed, slashed and hacked him dead, soaking the apartment they shared in blood, responders said. A recorded history of domestic violence ended when Uriel Adames-Gomez, 29, dialed 911 shortly before 8 p.m. Tuesday and said he'd just stabbed Gabriel Adames-Gomez, 26. Adames-Gomez told borough police that "he had stabbed and killed his brother," Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Officers responding to the call found Adames-Gomez in front of the Union Avenue building acros…
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Authorities: Teaneck Man Attacks, Injures 3 Bergenfield Officers After Fleeing Hospital
Three Bergenfield police officers had to be treated for various injuries following an unprovoked attack by a Teaneck man who’d become the subject of a search after he walked out of Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, authorities said. Officer Shane Churaman, hearing an alert shortly after midnight, stopped a sedan with Pennsylvania license plates being driven by 26-year-old Patrick S. Chakauya Jr. in the area of South Washington Avenue and Carnation Street. A search for Chakauya involved several area towns and a New Jersey State Police helicopter. The Bergenfield Volunteer Ambulance Cor…
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: Dumont Girlfriend Murderer Captured Without Pants, Shoes, Carrying 2 Young Kids
UPDATE: A man who authorities said brutally stabbed his girlfriend dead in her Dumont apartment before dawn Tuesday was captured by Closter police after he knocked on a local resident's door in the middle of the night not wearing pants or shoes and carrying their two young children in his arms. Jeffrey Daniels, 36, was charged with murder, child endangerment and illegal weapons possession in the slaying of Michelle Boccellari Burns hours earlier in the garden apartment they shared on Knickerbocker Road. Burns, a 36-year-old mother of three girls, had been stabbed several times in the head …
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Paterson Man Shot With Own Gun, Friend Charged With Helping Hide It
A Paterson man accidentally shot himself in the leg before a friend help him vanish the gun, said authorities who charged them both. Nygee Dennis, 22, showed up at the St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center emergency room at 8:20 p.m. Tuesday with a gunshot wound in his leg, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint announcement. Apparently, Dennis was getting into a car in the area of Belmont Avenue when the gun he was carrying went off, they said. Samar Clyburn, 21, who was sitting with another man in the car, helped Dennis get ri…
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AG: Armed Robber Spits On Jersey City Police, Says They'll Find Out Whether He Has Coronavirus
A three-time armed robber asked Jersey City police how they could be sure that he wasn’t infected with the coronavirus, then spit in an officer’s face, authorities said. Jose Rios, 51, used a gun in two holdups and a knife in another, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. After suggesting that he could be infected, Rios of Jersey City said that police would soon find out – then spit at one of them, Grewal said. Police charged him with three counts of armed robbery and several of illegal weapons possession for the May 2 and May 9 holdups, then sent him to the county lockup to await …
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South Jersey Man Pleads Guilty To Shooting Vietnam Vet's Therapy Poodle In Head
A Burlington County man admitted shooting his Vietnam veteran neighbor's therapy poodle in the head with a pellet gun. William "Wild Willie" Stroemel, a 64-year-old heavy equipment operator, pleaded guilty to animal cruelty and illegal weapons possession Wednesday in Superior Court in Mount Holly in exchange for a five-year state prison term. As part of the plea deal, Stroemel cannot have any contact with the dog's owners. He also must pay the cost of a necropsy and veterinary care, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said. The Cook family of Greenwood Avenue called police last Sept…
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Wanted Teaneck Man Pulls Knife, Threatens EMTs, Police Charge
A Teaneck man wanted on outstanding warrants grabbed a kitchen knife and threatened EMTs who’d responded to his house on a medical call, said police who took him custody. Members of the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps (TVAC) had responded to the Griggs Avenue home Friday night on a report of a man who was feeling weak, Deputy Police Chief John Faggello said. Rather than be treated, 36-year-old Enso Rodriguez began threatening them, Faggello said. Opening a kitchen drawer, he grabbed a knife while shouting, “I told you to stay the f**k away from me!” the deputy chief said. The responders…
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Jets' Quinnen Williams Arrested For Carrying Gun At LaGuardia Airport
New York Jets defensive lineman Quinnen Williams was caught carrying a gun Thursday night at LaGuardia Airport, Port Authority police said. Williams, the 22-year-old No. 3 overall draft pick by the Jets out of Alabama University last year, was about to board an out-of-town flight at the airport in Queens when officers seized him at 9:15 p.m., police said. He was charged with illegal weapons possession. Williams has a permit to carry the Glock 19 handgun in Alabama but not in New York, police said. They didn’t say whether the gun was loaded. Williams couldn’t immediately be reached for co…
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