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Fugitive From NYC Wanted For Murdering Fellow Out-Of-Stater In Englewood Captured In Colombia
The long arm of the law reached 2,400 miles to South America, where authorities arrested a fugitive wanted for shooting a Yonkers resident dead in Englewood late last summer.
Joshua Alvarado, 29, of New York City was captured in Medellin last Saturday, Feb. 17, with assistance from U.S. Marshals and the Colombian National Police, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
Alvarado is charged with murder, felony murder, armed burglary, aggravated assault and weapons offenses, among other counts, the prosecutor said.
Englewood police responding to a 911 call to a residence on Mevan Avenue …
Shocker: NJ Teacher Had Sex With Student Starting At 15 In School, Car, House: Authorities
A married teacher had intercourse as part of a years-long sexual relationship with a former Garfield Middle School student beginning when the youngster was 15, including several times in a car -- and even at the school, authorities charged.
Amy Impero D'Ovidio, a 46-year-old Bergen County native, had worked for the Garfield Board of Education when the alleged encounters began, they said.
She was 35 at the time.
Locations included “within the Garfield Middle School, at a private residence in Cedar Grove, as well as within a vehicle at unknown locations in Bergen, Essex, and Passaic counties…
Infant Ingests Cocaine At Bergenfield Home, Couple Arrested
A couple were arrested after an infant ingested cocaine at the man’s Bergenfield home and had to be rushed to the hospital, authorities said.
The child was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center following a call for help from Seminary Court, a cul-de-sac behind Our Lady of Angels Cemetery, on Monday, Jan. 29.
It was quickly determined that the infant had ingested cocaine, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
Prosecutor’s detectives and Bergenfield police seized Raymond Sylvester, 55, a physical therapist who lives at the home, and Leshawnda Nixon, 33, who’s listed in criminal…
Bergen Prosecutor's Lieutenant Charged With Stealing Coke, Fentanyl From Evidence
A Bergen County prosecutor’s lieutenant stole cocaine and potentially deadly fentanyl from his department's evidence room, then tried to return the drugs in “substantially different” condition after superiors got wise, state authorities charged.
Kevin T. Matthew, 47, of Cedar Grove, apparently was selling the drugs based on what was a series of cash deposits under $10,000 each at various banks to try and slide past federal reporting requirements, Attorney General Matthew Platkin said on Tuesday, Dec. 19.
Two razor blades were also found in Matthew’s office at the BCPO, the attorney general …
New Milford Man, 80, Woman, 56, Killed In Murder-Suicide Officially ID'd
UPDATE: The identities of a couple found dead in a murder-suicide at a New Milford home over the weekend were confirmed by Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella.
He didn't say who fired the shots.
An apparent dispute led to an incendiary breakup between Giovanni “John” Emmolo, 80, and 56-year-old Marina Perez, multiple law enforcement and family sources told Daily Voice.
Both were found dead of gunshot wounds at Emmolo's Myrtle Avenue home at 4:15 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, after New Milford police were asked to conduct a welfare check, Musella said late Sunday afternoon, confirming a Daily V…
