Cocaine Found After 7MPH Driver Tries Speeding Off From Leonia PD Into Fort Lee, Chief Says Cocaine Found After 7MPH Driver Tries Speeding Off From Leonia PD Into Fort Lee, Chief Says
Cocaine Found After 7MPH Driver Tries Speeding Off From Leonia PD Into Fort Lee, Chief Says A motorist who caught a Leonia police officer’s attention by going 7 miles an hour tried to speed away into Fort Lee, recklessly running a red light in the middle of the afternoon, before she was caught, authorities said. Officer Debbie Maldonado spotted the black Acura trudging up Fort Lee Road from Grand Avenue around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24, Leonia Police Chief Scott Tamagny said. Maldonado pulled behind the vehicle, whose driver stopped several times for no apparent reason, then signaled a turn at Broad Avenue but kept going straight through the turn lane, the chief said. The office…
Ex-CBS Philadelphia Reporter, NJ Dad Facing Child Porn Charges Ex-CBS Philadelphia Reporter, NJ Dad Facing Child Porn Charges
Ex-cbs Philadelphia Reporter, NJ Dad Facing Child Porn Charges A South Jersey man who graduated from the University of Maryland and went on to work in TV journalism in Pennsylvania and Virginia has been arrested on child pornography charges, authorities announced. Cleve W. Bryan Jr. was charged Wednesday, Oct. 18 by police in Washington Township, Gloucester County with endangering the welfare of children by possessing child pornography, the department said. Byran, of the Sewell section of Washington, was taken to the Salem County Correctional Facility pending a court appearance. Bryan's X page bio reads: "Journalist, Storyteller, Father, Husband, Beli…
Mahwah Detectives, Patrol Nab Paterson Pair In 23 Car Burglaries, 11 Attempts In Single Night Mahwah Detectives, Patrol Nab Paterson Pair In 23 Car Burglaries, 11 Attempts In Single Night
Mahwah Detectives, Patrol Nab Paterson Pair In 23 Car Burglaries, 11 Attempts In Single Night Two dozen or so car burglaries and nearly a dozen other attempts in a single overnight were solved by Mahwah detectives with the arrests of two Paterson men, authorities said. Calls flooded the dispatch center in the early morning hours of Sept. 23rd, Capt. Guido Bussinelli said. Detective Lt. Kevin Hebert quickly collected surveillance video from several victims, as well as from a local business where Bussinelli said the pair had used credit cards that they’d stolen from residents’ vehicles. “Once suspects were identified, members of the Mahwah Police Department's investigation and patrol…
Gang Member Admits Planning Murder, Committing Gunpoint Robbery: NJ Feds Gang Member Admits Planning Murder, Committing Gunpoint Robbery: NJ Feds
Gang Member Admits Planning Murder, Committing Gunpoint Robbery: NJ Feds A member of the Rollin’ 60s Neighborhood Crips gang admitted his role in planning a murder and robbing a victim at gunpoint, federal authorities said. Federal prosecutors used the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) law to charge Tre Byrd, 22, and dozens of other reputed gang bangers rounded up by a collection of crime-fighting “supergroups.” Byrd, they said, belonged to the Rollin’ 60s Neighborhood Crips – a violent drug-selling gang -- for seven years. He was in on planning the rubout of a rival who was shot dead in March 2019 in Irvington, then more than a year later r…
Repeat Package Pirate From NY Nabbed By Rutherford PD In FedEx Thefts Repeat Package Pirate From NY Nabbed By Rutherford PD In FedEx Thefts
Repeat Package Pirate From NY Nabbed By Rutherford PD In FedEx Thefts A habitual offender with an apparent affinity for FedEx packages was identified and charged by Rutherford police who caught him in the act, authorities said. A Rutherford police officer responding to a call of a FedEx box burglary on May 8 spotted Thomas Mensah trying to crack open another one, Police Chief John Russo said. Mensah, 25, of Flushing, NY fled in a vehicle with stolen license plates, the chief said. That didn't deter Detective Russell Snyder, who gathered and reviewed area surveillance video and pulled a fingerprint off a package that Russo said Mensah handled but didn't ake. …
Suspicious Pre-Dawn Pair On Quiet Ridgefield Park Street Had Company: Police Suspicious Pre-Dawn Pair On Quiet Ridgefield Park Street Had Company: Police
Suspicious Pre-Dawn Pair On Quiet Ridgefield Park Street Had Company: Police Two out-of-towners moving stealthily before dawn on a quiet Ridgefield Park street apparently didn’t realize they had company, authorities said. Officer Kenneth Knebl spotted their parked Toyota Prius with New York plates -- and its headlights off -- near Fellowship Park around 4:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, Lt. Justin Tress said. As Knebl watched, the driver turned on the lights, reversed down the block and parked in another spot, the lieutenant said. One of the occupants got out, approached a nearby home and returned soon after, Tress said. The driver then headed back to the original park…
Sussex County Man Initiates High-Speed Rt. 46 Chase, Crashes Into Tree, Flees Again: Prosecutor Sussex County Man Initiates High-Speed Rt. 46 Chase, Crashes Into Tree, Flees Again: Prosecutor
Sussex County Man Initiates High-Speed Rt. 46 Chase, Crashes Into Tree, Flees Again: Prosecutor A Sussex County man was identified and arrested after speeding away from officers attempting to stop him, crashing in Hackettstown, and fleeing on foot, authorities said. Jeffrey Bissonnette, 52, of Andover, was seen speeding past other vehicles on Route 46 and driving recklessly on Saturday, August 19, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said in a Wednesday release. Bissonnette allegedly ignored officers’ attempts to stop him, continuing east on Route 46 in Hackettstown and eventually crashing into a tree on Cook Street. He then fled the scene on foot, at which point officers were…
16 Indicted In Crime Ring Targeting Asian-American Jewelers Across Mid-Atlantic: Feds 16 Indicted In Crime Ring Targeting Asian-American Jewelers Across Mid-Atlantic: Feds
16 Indicted In Crime Ring Targeting Asian-American Jewelers Across Mid-Atlantic: Feds An indictment of 16 members of a violent mid-Atlantic crime ring has been unsealed and the federal agencies are naming names.  Of the 16, eight of the alleged crime ring members were arrested in the morning on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, police in Fairfax County, Virginia announced later that day.  They were all arrested in connection to a violent crime spree that took place between Jan. 7, 2022, through Jan. 27, 2023.  The crime ring members were all from Maryland and the District of Columbia. They met with their accused leader – Trevor Wright, also known as “Taliban Glizzy” …
CAUGHT: Fugitive Gang Member Wanted For Attempted Murder Nabbed By Mahwah PD CAUGHT: Fugitive Gang Member Wanted For Attempted Murder Nabbed By Mahwah PD
Caught: Fugitive Gang Member Wanted For Attempted Murder Nabbed By Mahwah PD A fugitive member of the Crips who was wanted for attempted murder in New York City was nabbed by Mahwah police on Route 17, authorities said. Hakeem “Flow Cash” Jamison, 28, was a passenger in a 2005 Mercedes E500 driven by a Vermont woman who committed several motor vehicle violations before Officer John Lange stopped her on the northbound highway near the Route 287 flyover, Capt. Guido Bussinelli said. Sgt. Richard Albro quickly joined his colleague during the 10:15 a.m. stop on Monday, Aug. 28, the captain said. After getting conflicting stories from the driver, 44-year-old Jill Steel…
Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Bust Duo With Heroin, Hundreds Of Pills For Paterson Street Sale Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Bust Duo With Heroin, Hundreds Of Pills For Paterson Street Sale
Passaic Sheriff: Detectives Bust Duo With Heroin, Hundreds Of Pills For Paterson Street Sale Two men were busted by Passaic County sheriff's detectives with a variety of street and prescription drugs for sale following complaints from neighborhood residents and business owners, authorities said. The Bureau of Narcotics investigators watched as Darrel Battle, 50, and Corrie Brown, 27, slung drugs from a black Hyundai sedan outside Battle's Main Street apartment Thursday, Aug. 24, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnick said. The detectives arrested Battle and Brown, searched both, then searched the car, the sheriff said. Berdnik said they found: 120 heroin folds; 68 Xanax pills; …
Firefighters Douse Smoky Rochelle Park Blaze Firefighters Douse Smoky Rochelle Park Blaze
Firefighters Douse Smoky Rochelle Park Blaze An 80-year-old resident was hospitalized and her ex-con son arrested as firefighters doused a smoky Tuesday morning blaze that ravaged their Rochelle Park home. Carmine Covino, 55, was taken into custody after he interfered with responders trying to take his mother, Concetta, to Hackensack University Medical Center after she suffered smoke inhalation, Rochelle Park Police Lt. Edward Kukalski said. Covino, a registered sex offender with a lengthy rap sheet, "ignored several warnings" before officers were left no choice, the lieutenant said. Witnesses said Covino -- who Kukalski said sustai…
Lyndhurst PD: Fleeing Motorcyclist From Lodi, 19, Captured Carrying Drugs, Knife Lyndhurst PD: Fleeing Motorcyclist From Lodi, 19, Captured Carrying Drugs, Knife
Lyndhurst PD: Fleeing Motorcyclist From Lodi, 19, Captured Carrying Drugs, Knife A motorcyclist who tried to give a Lyndhurst police officer the slip was captured following a brief chase, authorities said. Jaydan Tejada, 19, of Lodi, was carrying a large kitchen knife, a ski mask, and assorted drugs -- crystal meth and psilocybin mushrooms, as well as THC candies and vaporizers -- following the pursuit, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. It began shortly after 11:30 p.m. Mondy, Aug. 7, when Officer Nicollette Villani spotted a pair of motorcycles heading south on Park Avenue. Neither rider was wearing a helmet and both had their lights off, Auteri said. …