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Glen Rock Resident Escapes Injury Confronting SUV Thief In Driveway
A thief in a ski mask had just gotten into an SUV left running outside a Glen Rock home when the driver's husband came running out trying to stop him, authorities said.
The husband, 41, opened the passenger side door of the 2020 Audi SQ5, but the thief kept backing down the driveway around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said.
He fortunately let go of the handle before the door smashed the side of the Van Allen Road home, the chief said.
The tall, thin bandit, who was wearing gloves, abandoned the now-damaged SUV and got into a waiting 2021 B…
Update: Humc Patient Care Tech Fighting For Life Following Attack
UPDATE: A contract nurse who fled after authorities said he set a 54-year-old colleague at Hackensack University Medical Center on fire was found dead of suicide in South Jersey, authorities said.
The body of Nicholas Pagano, 31, of West Deptford was found in a wooded area of Waterford Township, in Camden County, a two-hour drive of more than 100 miles from Hackensack, early Tuesday, Feb. 8, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
He'd shot himself once in the chest, apparently with a gun that had been stolen from his brother's home, law enforcement sources said.
HUMC employees we…
Mugshots: Two Stabbed In North Arlington, Accused Assailants Seized
UPDATE: Two women remained in custody after another woman and a man were stabbed during a dispute in North Arlington, authorities confirmed.
Briana Bueso, 18, of Brooklyn, and Keyana Coates, 22, of Newark are both charged with attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, aggravated assault and weapons offenses, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
The dispute began among acquaintances at an apartment in a building that also houses an Asian restaurant at the corner of Ridge Road and the Belleville Turnpike shortly after 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, responders said.
It then "spilled into th…
Police: Hackensack Man Chokes, Punches Older Neighbor, Robs Cash, Cellphone
A Hackensack garden apartment tenant choked and punched his 63-year-old neighbor several times while robbing him of cash and his cellphone, authorities said.
Allen D. Humphries, 27, surrendered to city police on Wednesday to face charges of first-degree robbery, as well as aggravated assault, assault and burglary, six days after the mugging, said Capt. Darrin DeWitt, the officer in charge of the department.
Humphries knocked on his neighbor's Second Street door near Clay Street last Thursday night and demanded $20, DeWitt said.
The victim handed him five dollars, and the enraged Humphries …
North Arlington PD: Woman Stabbed In Stomach, Female Assailants Seized
Two women were taken into custody after another woman and a man were stabbed during a dispute Wednesday morning in North Arlington, authorities confirmed.
Briana Bueso, 18, of Brooklyn, and Keyana Coates, 22, of Newark were both charged with attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, aggravated assault and weapons offenses, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
The dispute began among acquaintances at an apartment in a building that also houses an Asian restaurant at the corner of Ridge Road and the Belleville Turnpike shortly after 7:30 a.m., responders said.
It then "spilled in…
Responders: Bergen Mom Catches Husband's Friend Sexually Assaulting Daughter, 2, In Her Bedroom
A Little Ferry mom caught a friend of her husband's sexually assaulting the couple's 2-year-old daughter in the child's bedroom, authorities said.
Franklin Gomez Paredes, 28, of Moonachie pulled up his underwear and pants as both the mother and father chased him out of their home around 3:30 a.m. Saturday, responders said.
Paredes, who didn't have a car, fled on foot, they said. He was arrested at his home a short time later.
The child's father was asleep when the mother noticed the door to the bedroom where her daughter slept open. On the bed she saw Paredes on top of the naked child, res…
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…
