VIDEO: Motorists Report Tractor-Trailer Weaving Before Driver Is Killed In Fiery Route 80 Crash VIDEO: Motorists Report Tractor-Trailer Weaving Before Driver Is Killed In Fiery Route 80 Crash
Video: Motorists Report Tractor-Trailer Weaving Before Driver Is Killed In Fiery Route 80 Crash UPDATE: A tractor-trailer driver apparently suffered a medical emergency before he died in a fiery crash off Route 80, authorities confirmed. Motorists had just reported the rig weaving back and forth in front of them when it barreled off the westbound highway close to the site of the old Marcal plant in Elmwood Park shortly before 8:30 p.m. Saturday,  New Jersey State Police Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. First it drifted onto the right shoulder, then it struck the guardrail and continued over the curbed median at the Exit 61 on-ramp before plowing through another guardrail and plummeting off …
Tractor-Trailer Driver Killed In Horrific Fiery Crash On Route 80 Tractor-Trailer Driver Killed In Horrific Fiery Crash On Route 80
Tractor-Trailer Driver Killed In Horrific Fiery Crash On Route 80 UPDATE: A tractor-trailer driver apparently suffered a medical emergency before he died in a fiery crash off Route 80, authorities confirmed. Motorists had just reported the rig weaving back and forth in front of them when it barreled off the westbound highway close to the site of the old Marcal plant in Elmwood Park shortly before 8:30 p.m. Saturday, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. First it drifted onto the right shoulder, then it struck the guardrail and continued over the curbed median at the Exit 61 on-ramp before plowing through another guardrail and plummeting off …
Bergen Man Had Gun Parts 'Artfully' Hidden In Ankle, Wrist Weights At Newark Airport, TSA Says Bergen Man Had Gun Parts 'Artfully' Hidden In Ankle, Wrist Weights At Newark Airport, TSA Says
Bergen Man Had Gun Parts 'Artfully' Hidden In Ankle, Wrist Weights At Newark Airport, TSA Says A Bergen County man bound for Turkey was caught at Newark Airport with various gun parts "artfully" concealed inside ankle and wrist weights, authorities said. The Elmwood Park traveler claimed a friend had given him the suitcase that he checked with the airline before attempting to board a flight to Istanbul late Wednesday night, said Lisa Farbstein of the Transportation Security Administration. An alarm sounded as the checked bag went through the screening process, Farbstein said. A search turned up the gun parts inside the weights, which she said were packed in a box. Passengers can tr…
Seven $10K Mega Millions Tickets Sold At These New Jersey Retailers Seven $10K Mega Millions Tickets Sold At These New Jersey Retailers
Seven $10K Mega Millions Tickets Sold At These New Jersey Retailers Seven winning Mega Millions tickets each worth $10,000 were sold across New Jersey. The winning numbers from the Friday, July 22 drawing were: 14, 40, 60, 64, and 66. The Gold Mega Ball was 16, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 03. ALSO SEE: $3M Mega Millions Lottery Ticket Sold At NJ Wawa The tickets were sold at the following locations: Bergen County: 7-Eleven #33475, 357 Market St., Elmwood Park; Burlington County: Applegreen Cooper, NJ Turnpike Milepost 39 North, Mount Laurel; Cumberland County: Garden Truck Stop, 2114 W. Garden Rd., Vineland; Ocean County: Quick Chek #113, 2307 …
WINNER: $3M Mega Millions Lottery Ticket Sold At NJ Wawa WINNER: $3M Mega Millions Lottery Ticket Sold At NJ Wawa
Winner: $3M Mega Millions Lottery Ticket Sold At NJ Wawa There was one second-tier prizewinning ticket sold for the Friday, July 22, Mega Million lottery drawing. That ticket matched five of the five white balls drawn winning the $1 million prize. That ticket was purchased with the Megaplier option, multiplying the prize to $3 million, and was purchased at Wawa #457, 436 Oakshade Rd., Vincentown in Burlington County. In addition to the second-tier prize won, seven players matched four of the five white balls and the Mega Ball drawn winning the $10,000 third-tier prize.  Those tickets were sold at the following locations: Bergen County: 7…
GOTCHA! Ex-Con's Facebook, Instagram Pages Lead To Arrest In Lodi, Elmwood Park Armed Robberies GOTCHA! Ex-Con's Facebook, Instagram Pages Lead To Arrest In Lodi, Elmwood Park Armed Robberies
Gotcha! 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…
Ex-Con Caught With Loaded Gun After Girlfriend Maces Him, Elmwood Park Police Say Ex-Con Caught With Loaded Gun After Girlfriend Maces Him, Elmwood Park Police Say
Ex-Con Caught With Loaded Gun After Girlfriend Maces Him, Elmwood Park Police Say An Elmwood Park woman Maced her ex-con boyfriend, dialed 911, then refused to cooperate after responding officers found him carrying a gun, authorities said. The Elmwood Terrace Apartments tenant summoned police shortly after 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 3, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Responding officers stopped convicted felon Demetrius Balmer Jr., 24, as he left her apartment, Foligno said. "You're not searching me," Balmer told them. Then he ran, the chief said. Backup officers quickly caught Balmer, who was carrying a Walther Arms PK380 pistol in a fanny pack, Foligno said. His …
Passaic County Woman Charged With Stabbing Bergen BF Twice During Argument Passaic County Woman Charged With Stabbing Bergen BF Twice During Argument
Passaic County Woman Charged With Stabbing Bergen BF Twice During Argument An overnight argument left an Elmwood Park man hospitalized with knife wounds and his girlfriend from Clifton in custody, authorities said. Borough officers who responded to the stabbing at a private residence on Augusta Street just off Market Street stemmed the bleeding from the 36-year-old victim's shoulder before he was taken to St. Joseph's University Medical Center shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday, April 23, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. They also took Maria Saenz, 37, into custody and recovered a serrated steak knife, he said. Saenz had stabbed the victim twice in the left shoulde…
Bergen Sheriff's K-9 Saves The (Earth) Day In Elmwood Park After Key Set Is Lost Bergen Sheriff's K-9 Saves The (Earth) Day In Elmwood Park After Key Set Is Lost
Bergen Sheriff's K-9 Saves The (Earth) Day In Elmwood Park After Key Set Is Lost An ad hoc search party was having trouble finding an important set of keys lost during an Earth Day cleanup in Elmwood Park, so Police Chief Michael Foligno called on the experts. Borough police had organized the community cleanup involving their officers, DPW and Recreation Department workers and Foligno's administrative assistant, Angela Fava on Friday, April 22. They were about an hour into the job along the Susquehanna Railroad tracks when Fava lost the keys to her house and job in some thick brush along the tracks, said Foligno, who's also the borough administrator. "The crew switche…
Former Bergen Man Arrested For Buying Stolen Catalytic Converters, Prosecutor Says Former Bergen Man Arrested For Buying Stolen Catalytic Converters, Prosecutor Says
Former Bergen Man Arrested For Buying Stolen Catalytic Converters, Prosecutor Says A former Bergen County resident was charged with buying stolen catalytic converters on the black market. Jozef “Joey” Kiszka of South River – formerly of Elmwood Park – was caught "unlawfully purchasing stolen catalytic converters from multiple individuals,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The 42-year-old Polish immigrant was arrested at his job in Woodbridge last weekend following a months-long investigation, the prosecutor said. Kiszka -- who posted a photo of himself atop a mountain of the highly-prized exhaust emission control devices was charged on a summons to appear in c…
GOTCHA! Teaneck Fugitive Accused Of Running Sex Trafficking Ring Captured At Newark Airport GOTCHA! Teaneck Fugitive Accused Of Running Sex Trafficking Ring Captured At Newark Airport
Gotcha! Teaneck Fugitive Accused Of Running Sex Trafficking Ring Captured At Newark Airport A fugitive from Bergen County wanted for running a massive sex-trafficking ring in North Jersey, Rockland and New York City was captured trying to re-enter the United States from Colombia, authorities confirmed. Birmania “Nancy” Rincon, 62, a Colombian national living in Teaneck, was among the ringleaders of a crew that forced dozens of women into prostitution, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. She was in the wind, however, when authorities seized 21 defendants during a series of early-morning raids at 19 homes and other locations in Bergen and Hudson counties exactly two weeks ag…
GHASTLY BERGEN CRASH: Driver, 22, Ejected Through Moonroof, Debris Field Covers 500 Feet GHASTLY BERGEN CRASH: Driver, 22, Ejected Through Moonroof, Debris Field Covers 500 Feet
Ghastly Bergen Crash: Driver, 22, Ejected Through Moonroof, Debris Field Covers 500 Feet A 22-year-old driver was ejected through the moon roof of his Jeep in a horrific overnight crash in Park Ridge that left a debris field of more than 150 yards, authorities said. The 2021 Grand Cherokee was headed north on Spring Valley Road when it left the roadway and slammed into a large tree at the north corner of Alberon Drive shortly before 2 a.m. Tuesday, Park Ridge Police Capt. Joseph Rampolla said. The impact jettisoned the Jeep across the road, where it flipped over, spun and severed a utility pole, knocking it over, Rampolla said. The Elmwood Park driver, who was alone in the veh…