SWAT STANDOFF: Stabbing Suspect Sets Fire, Tosses Furniture Out Window, Seized After Struggle SWAT STANDOFF: Stabbing Suspect Sets Fire, Tosses Furniture Out Window, Seized After Struggle
SWAT Standoff: Stabbing Suspect Sets Fire, Tosses Furniture Out Window, Seized After Struggle A suspect in a stabbing set fire to his clothes, then began tossing furniture at police cars out the window of his second-floor Clifton apartment Thursday before a Passaic County Sheriff's SWAT team stormed in and seized him, authorities said. Police tried negotiating with the combative 32-year-old tenant after they determined the fire was extinguished in the Lexington Avenue apartment above a city business, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. But he only "became more angry and began to toss chairs and other hard objects from the second-floor window, damaging patrol cars that were parke…
Fugitive Wanted In Paterson Stabbing Death Captured In Rhode Island, Extradited To NJ Fugitive Wanted In Paterson Stabbing Death Captured In Rhode Island, Extradited To NJ
Fugitive Wanted In Paterson Stabbing Death Captured In Rhode Island, Extradited To NJ A fugitive wanted for stabbing a fellow Paterson resident dead during a group brawl nearly a year ago was captured in Rhode Island last month, authorities announced on Monday. A warrant for his arrest had been obtained after investigators identified Roshane Latty, 22, as the prime suspect in the stabbing death of Luis Ramirez, 26, on Park Avenue off East 22nd Street late last January, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a brief announcement. Latty was extradited to New Jersey last Wednesday, they added. It wasn't immediately cl…
Police: Paramus Woman, New BF Break Into Ex's Fort Lee Condo, Brutally Stab Dog Police: Paramus Woman, New BF Break Into Ex's Fort Lee Condo, Brutally Stab Dog
Police: Paramus Woman, New BF Break Into Ex's Fort Lee Condo, Brutally Stab Dog A Paramus woman who’d threatened to kill a former lover broke into his Fort Lee condo with her new boyfriend and stabbed the man's dog, authorities said. The owner told police he fled the Cumbermeade Road condominium after the couple called and threatened to shoot him just after midnight Tuesday, Capt. Edward Young said. Officers who found the front door ajar were later shown Ring video by the victim showing Leena Radwan, 34, and Joseph Valenti, 32, of Kearny breaking in and stabbing his German Shepherd, Young said. Rushed to a local animal hospital with a deep gash that bled profusely, th…
Home Depot Shoplifter In Bulletproof Vest Waved Knife, Carried Loaded Shotgun: South Jersey PD Home Depot Shoplifter In Bulletproof Vest Waved Knife, Carried Loaded Shotgun: South Jersey PD
Home Depot Shoplifter In Bulletproof Vest Waved Knife, Carried Loaded Shotgun: South Jersey PD A 37-year-old South Jersey man wearing a bulletproof vest was arrested after he allegedly waved a knife at a Home Depot employee, authorities said. Mark C. Payne was suspected of shoplifting and had brandished a knife at a loss prevention worker at 7:02 p.m. Sunday, according to Westampton Township police. The incident occurred at the Home Depot store at 2703 Burlington-Mt. Holly Road in Westampton. Arriving patrol officers were flagged down by a loss prevention worker and pointed in the direction of a suspect fleeing in the parking lot. Police reportedly took Payne into custody without inc…
Traffic Stop Turns Up Loaded Gun, 200 Heroin Folds, Crack, $1,547 Cash, Haledon Police Say Traffic Stop Turns Up Loaded Gun, 200 Heroin Folds, Crack, $1,547 Cash, Haledon Police Say
Traffic Stop Turns Up Loaded Gun, 200 Heroin Folds, Crack, $1,547 Cash, Haledon Police Say A Haledon police officer found a 19-year-old Paterson man carrying a loaded gun, 200 heroin folds, a half-ounce of crack and $1,547 in proceeds during a traffic stop, authorities said. Officer Jeffrey Welsh stopped the Dodge Dart with Michigan license plates on Aberdeen Court after the driver failed to signal a turn shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday, Capt. George Guzman said. The driver – who turned out to be unlicensed -- also wasn’t wearing a seatbelt, he said. Welsh approached from the passenger side and spotted a brick of heroin jutting out of the front-seat passenger’s jacket pocket, the …
Questions Emerge After Trio Is Charged With Stabbing In Passaic Questions Emerge After Trio Is Charged With Stabbing In Passaic
Questions Emerge After Trio Is Charged With Stabbing In Passaic Two Passaic residents and one from Wayne were charged with stabbing one of two city men during what authorities said was a planned attack. Being held in the Passaic County Jail pending initial court appearances this Wednesday in Superior Court in Paterson are Sergio Xochiulacuamatzi, 26, Christian Martinez, 21, both from Passaic, and Richard Arriaga, 25, of Wayne. All are accused of stabbing a 29-year-old Passaic man on Van Buren Street off Lexington Avenue shortly after 2 a.m. Friday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman said in a joint releas…
SWAT STANDOFF: Barricaded Ridgefield Man Seized With Knives, Grenade, Young Daughter In Home SWAT STANDOFF: Barricaded Ridgefield Man Seized With Knives, Grenade, Young Daughter In Home
SWAT Standoff: Barricaded Ridgefield Man Seized With Knives, Grenade, Young Daughter In Home A troubled Ridgefield man was seized after barricading himself in his home with his 12-year-old daughter, authorities said. A Bergen County Regional SWAT team joined local officers during the Maple Avenue standoff, which ended when Osvaldo Salas-Kechichian, 44, was taken into custody shortly before 11 p.m. Sunday, nearly three hours after it began, Ridgefield Deputy Chief Robert Meurer said. His roommate had come to headquarters earlier to report that Salas-Kechichian threw his belongings outside and threatened him with a knife, Meurer said. Salas-Kechichian, who was known to have several …
Police: Fugitive Wanted For Shooting Pregnant Woman Captured After Carjacking, Crash In Bogota Police: Fugitive Wanted For Shooting Pregnant Woman Captured After Carjacking, Crash In Bogota
Police: Fugitive Wanted For Shooting Pregnant Woman Captured After Carjacking, Crash In Bogota GOTCHA! A New York City fugitive wanted for shooting his pregnant girlfriend was captured by Bergen County sheriff's officers after he carjacked an SUV at gunpoint from a 72-year-old driver outside a 7-Eleven in Bogota, authorities confirmed Friday. Ex-con Dennis Fredericks, 28, of the Bronx was on the run after shooting the woman in the neck during an argument in a Lower East Side apartment around 8:45 p.m. Thursday, the NYPD said. The elderly Bogota driver was sitting in his Toyota Highlander in the parking lot of a 7-Eleven on Palisades Avenue when Fredericks approached him around 11:30 …
ICE Puts Hold On Hudson Man Jailed In Brutal Stabbing Death Of Popular Bergen County Chef ICE Puts Hold On Hudson Man Jailed In Brutal Stabbing Death Of Popular Bergen County Chef
ICE Puts Hold On Hudson Man Jailed In Brutal Stabbing Death Of Popular Bergen County Chef UPDATE: Federal authorities have placed an immigration detainer on a 22-year-old Jersey City man accused of brutally stabbing a well-known chef to death during a party at the victim’s Little Ferry home. ICE issued the detainer amid questions over the immigration status of Ray Edwardo Arcentales Sanchez, who is listed in Bergen County Jail records as an Ecuadoran national. Sanchez was sitting on a curb, spattered with blood, when police responding to a 911 call before dawn Thursday found a mortally wounded Yuryin Herrera, 36, on the backyard steps of his Abend Street home, responders said.…
Teen Daughter Of Slain Fair Lawn Mom 'Lost Her Best Friend' Teen Daughter Of Slain Fair Lawn Mom 'Lost Her Best Friend'
Teen Daughter Of Slain Fair Lawn Mom 'Lost Her Best Friend' TRIBUTE: Jeanette Willem "was not much for attention," but the late Fair Lawn mom would've appreciated the tidal wave of love and support that has come her family's way, her grieving brother said. A funeral service is scheduled this Monday for Willem, 43, who was slain at her job at Jamis Bikes in Northvale this week. "Everyone has been so supportive," Matthew Willem wrote Friday afternoon, adding that his sister "would have loved seeing everyone come together during this time." The shock and grief has barely subsided since news of Jeanette Willem's death was announced on Wednesday. A co-…
Hudson Man Charged In Brutal Stabbing Death Of Popular Chef At Little Ferry Party Hudson Man Charged In Brutal Stabbing Death Of Popular Chef At Little Ferry Party
Hudson Man Charged In Brutal Stabbing Death Of Popular Chef At Little Ferry Party UPDATE: Authorities charged a 22-year-old Jersey City man with brutally stabbing a well-known chef to death during a party at the victim’s Little Ferry home. Ray Edwardo Arcentales Sanchez, who works for a cleaning service, was arrested hours after detectives said he violently attacked 36-year-old Yuryin Herrera during a pre-dawn party Thursday at his Abend Street home. It was Bergen County's fourth homicide in 10 days, all of which produced arrests. Little Ferry and Moonachie police officers responded to a 911 call from the Herrera’s home shortly after 5 a.m. Thursday, Bergen County Pros…
Woman, 75, Found Dying Washington Township Daughter After Stabbing, Reports Show Woman, 75, Found Dying Washington Township Daughter After Stabbing, Reports Show
Woman, 75, Found Dying Washington Township Daughter After Stabbing, Reports Show UPDATE: A dying Washington Township woman was found by her 75-year-old mother after she'd been beaten and stabbed in her townhouse, investigators said. Flora Casale, who's listed in tax records as owning the Washington Commons condo off Pascack Road, called township police at 12:05 a.m. Sunday, saying that "she found her daughter, Mary Huber, injured inside of the residence," a complaint on file in Superior Court in Hackensack says. Arriving officers found the accused killer, Patrick Camilli, with a knife atop the unresponsive Huber, 51, "in a pool of blood," the complaint says. Camilli, w…