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Career North Jersey Law Enforcer Patents Safety Device To Better Protect Kids In School Career North Jersey Law Enforcer Patents Safety Device To Better Protect Kids In School
Career North Jersey Law Enforcer Patents Safety Device To Better Protect Kids In School As challenges to school safety grow, so do the ideas to address them. Career law enforcer Robert Licamara has produced one that he hopes will make schools in North Jersey and beyond safer. The father of two from Wayne -- who became director of security for Fair Lawn's schools after more than two distinguished decades of police work -- has developed an electronically locked dropbox to replace open plastic bins that are often left in front of schools for parents and others to bring by students' items. Licamara, who spent much of his law enforcement career as an undercover detective, retired …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
NYC 'Prophet Of Doom' Subway Shooter Sentenced To 10 Life Terms Plus 10 Years NYC 'Prophet Of Doom' Subway Shooter Sentenced To 10 Life Terms Plus 10 Years
NYC 'Prophet Of Doom' Subway Shooter Sentenced To 10 Life Terms Plus 10 Years UPDATE: A man who admitted that he intended to cause mass harm when he opened fire on a packed New York City subway train last year was sentenced to 10 life sentences -- one for each victim -- plus 10 years in prison. No one was killed in the horrific attack by Frank James, 62, which left the victims strewn across a smoky 36th Street platform in the Sunset Park section of Brooklyn while igniting underground terror at the height of the morning rush on April 12, 2022. James took a deal from federal prosecutors rather than risk the consequences of a guilty verdict at a jury trial. The heavyse…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Grand Jurors Clear Montclair Officer In Pursuit That Killed Driver, Passenger UPDATE: Grand Jurors Clear Montclair Officer In Pursuit That Killed Driver, Passenger
Update: Grand Jurors Clear Montclair Officer In Pursuit That Killed Driver, Passenger A Montclair police officer did his job properly before a robbery suspect he was pursuing was involved in a crash that killed him and a passenger, a grand jury has found. Officer Michael Kupchak had activated the overhead emergency lights on his marked patrol cruiser in an attempt to stop a vehicle driven by Gregory Dukes on May 10, 2022. In another police vehicle behind him was Officer Brandon Taylor. Video released last year by New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin shows Dukes at first stopping the four-door silver Hyundai on Maple Avenue while investigating a robbery. The …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Police Pull Distraught Man Off Ledge Of Atlantic City Parking Garage Police Pull Distraught Man Off Ledge Of Atlantic City Parking Garage
Police Pull Distraught Man Off Ledge Of Atlantic City Parking Garage Atlantic City police pulled a distraught man from the ledge of a parking garage earlier this month, authorities said. On Sept. 10, t 3:03 p.m., police officers responded to the top floor of a parking structure in reference to a man who was lying on the ledge continually looking over. Surveillance Center personnel were able to locate the man on camera and provide the responding officers with real-time information, police said on Thursday, Sept. 21. Officers Adrianna Petinga and William Harned were first to arrive. The officers calmly attempted to engage the man in conversation as he knelt …

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by Jon Craig
News
Jersey Shore Town Warns Beachgoers They May Be Ticketed If Swimming During Hurricane Lee Jersey Shore Town Warns Beachgoers They May Be Ticketed If Swimming During Hurricane Lee
Jersey Shore Town Warns Beachgoers They May Be Ticketed If Swimming During Hurricane Lee A second Jersey Shore town is warning its residents they may be ticketed for swimming during red flag warnings promoted by the offshore hurricane. A rip currents warning is n effect due to Hurricane Lee. On Friday, Sept. 15, the Toms River Police Office of Emergency Management Coordinator, Chief Mitchell Little, issued an emergency declaration for this weekend’s storm.  "Beaches will remain open with lifeguards, however in light of dangerous rip currents impacting our shore area, and the danger to our beachgoers, no swimming will be permitted while the red flag warning is in…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Bricks, Concrete Fall From Hawthorne HS Building Bricks, Concrete Fall From Hawthorne HS Building
Bricks, Concrete Fall From Hawthorne HS Building Chunks of a Hawthorne High School parapet gave way Tuesday afternoon, raining bricks and concrete that damaged vehicles parked below. There was no immediate answer for what might have caused the chunks to come loose along a 60-foot stretch of the back of the Science Building's façade facing the athletic field on Bamford Avenue on Sept. 12. No work was being done at the time, responders said. The collapsed section of parapet wall pulled a swatch of the frieze down with it. A few vehicles were damaged.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Hawthorne HS officials were joined by township polic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Video Shows NJ Alligator Attempting Sweet Escape Before Capture Video Shows NJ Alligator Attempting Sweet Escape Before Capture
Video Shows NJ Alligator Attempting Sweet Escape Before Capture Police in Piscataway have released bodycam footage showing the capture of the rogue alligator more than a week after it was spotted in a Central Jersey park (scroll for video). The 56-second clip shows the 4-foot gator running from officers who spotted him in front of a home near 2nd Avenue Thursday night, Sept. 7. The alligator was first spotted on Wednesday, Aug. 30. Officers can be seen following the gator until it stops on a grassy area. That's when Patrolman Ian Paglia held the reptile's head and tail with his feet, until the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Fish &a…

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by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Alligator Captured In Central Jersey Alligator Captured In Central Jersey
Alligator Captured In Central Jersey The elusive alligator that kept a Central Jersey park closed for more than a week was captured about 400 yards from where it was first spotted Wednesday, Aug. 30, authorities said. On Thursday night, Sept. 7, officers from the Piscataway Police Department found the 4-foot-long gator near 2nd Avenue, in the roadway in front of a home around 10:10, Middlesex police said. The alligator was subdued and restrained by Piscataway Patrol Officer Ian Paglia until the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Fish & Wildlife Division took custody of it, Piscataway police said. This lo…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Central Jersey Firefighters Get $4M In Federal Funds To Boost Staffing Central Jersey Firefighters Get $4M In Federal Funds To Boost Staffing
Central Jersey Firefighters Get $4M In Federal Funds To Boost Staffing Perth Amboy Fire Department will receive $3.6 million in federal aid to increase staff, U.S. Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. announced on Friday, Sept. 1. The federal funding comes from FEMA. Perth Amboy Fire Chief Edward Mullen said that with the funding "we will be able to hire 12 additional firefighters, increasing our personnel to 84,"  “This is wonderful news for Perth Amboy," Pallone said. "The federal funding will allow the city to maintain adequate staffing to meet the needs of the city’s growing population and keep residents safe and healthy.” 

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
'Altared' State: NJ Sisters Admit Staging Sham Marriages To Keep Non-Citizens In US 'Altared' State: NJ Sisters Admit Staging Sham Marriages To Keep Non-Citizens In US
'Altared' State: NJ Sisters Admit Staging Sham Marriages To Keep Non-Citizens In US UPDATE: Two sisters from Newark admitted obtaining phony marriage licenses and staging bogus wedding ceremonies, receptions and other events in an elaborate scheme to help undocumented non-citizens avoid deportation, federal authorities said. Regina Johnson, 59, and her sister, Andrea Torres, ran the sham scam for nearly three years, recruiting and paying U.S. citizens to pose as spouses, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Their clients: non-citizens looking to remain in the country despite the lack of legal status or proper documentation. As part of the fraud, the sisters "…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
NJ Beach Town Looks To Close Beaches Early Due To Wild Teens, New Curfew Enacted NJ Beach Town Looks To Close Beaches Early Due To Wild Teens, New Curfew Enacted
NJ Beach Town Looks To Close Beaches Early Due To Wild Teens, New Curfew Enacted Those under 18 years old will need adult supervision after midnight in one New Jersey beach town. Wildwood this week passed a new ordinance that requires juveniles to be accompanied by a parent or guardian between midnight and 6 a.m. unless they're going to or coming from work or a local business. A proposed ordinance suggests closing beaches from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. for everyone, in the interest of public safety. According to the ordinance, it's all because of the rowdy teens that gathered in the city on the Fourth of July Weekend. The teens were rioting, engaging in "criminal mischief," and…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Driver Approached Girl Near Wawa In Central Jersey: Police Driver Approached Girl Near Wawa In Central Jersey: Police
Driver Approached Girl Near Wawa In Central Jersey: Police South Brunswick police seek tips on a suspicious vehicle that stopped to talk to a girl near Wawa on Route 27 last week. Her parent called the police on Wednesday, July 19 after the incident, they said. Detectives were able to find video of a blue Honda Civic seen in the area at around the time the incident may have taken place, police said. Detectives are unsure what the driver said to the girl or why he stopped near her, they said. Video of the area shows the Honda pulling into the Wawa around 2:45 p.m. Several minutes later, the Honda leaves the Wawa parking lot and heads southbound on…

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by Jon Craig