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NJ Ranks Among Top States For Hospital Safety In Fall 2024, Leapfrog Report Finds
New Jersey hospitals are among the safest in the nation, according to the fall 2024 Hospital Safety Grade report from The Leapfrog Group.
The Garden State ranks in the top 10 states for the highest percentage of "A" hospitals, joining states like Utah, Virginia, and Connecticut. The grades, which are updated twice a year, assess nearly 3,000 hospitals across the country on their effectiveness at preventing medical errors, accidents, and infections.
The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses up to 30 performance measures to assign grades ranging from "A" to "F," offering patients and fami…
Killer Gets 35 Years For Deadly Bergen Town Center Stabbing: Prosecutor
A 74-year-old North Bergen man was sentenced on Wednesday, Oct. 16, to 35 years in prison for fatally stabbing a man in 2021, authorities said.
On Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, Augusto Perez stabbed Omar Cruz, a 64-year-old Albany, NY resident, to death behind the Ulta Beauty store in the Bergen Town Center mall in Maywood, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Muella said.
With his dying breath, Cruz identified his killer, as previously reported by Daily Voice.
Perez was arrested the next day, Musella said. Perez was convicted of aggravated manslaughter in April following a six-week trial, Mu…
Passaic Man Violently Robs Victim, 68, In ShopRite Parking Lot, Police Say
A 42-year-old Passaic man was arrested in Rochelle Park after robbing a 68-year-old North Bergen man at a local ShopRite and Dunkin complex, authorities said.
Police were called to the complex on West Passaic Street around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24 where a man later identified as Ramsey Thompson approached the victim and asked for money, Rochelle Park Police Capt. James DePreta said.
The victim refused and was then pushed to the ground, his wallet forcibly removed from a back pocket, DePreta said.
Sgt. Brian Cobb along with Patrolmen Todd Starling, Joe Buono, and Evan Migliore, spo…