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Impaired Driver In Illegally Parked Car Found With Coke, Pot, Xanax: North Arlington PD Impaired Driver In Illegally Parked Car Found With Coke, Pot, Xanax: North Arlington PD
Impaired Driver In Illegally Parked Car Found With Coke, Pot, Xanax: North Arlington PD A 37-year-old motorist found illegally parked in North Arlington was carrying significant amounts of cocaine, Xanax and pot, authorities said. Juan D. Maldonado was under the influence and had some of the drugs in plain view in the vehicle when officers approached him on River Road near Arlington Boulevard early Sunday, Aug. 20, Police Lt. Michael Horton said. Maldonado, who the lieutenant said also had drugs on him, was taken into custody. He was charged with DUI and 10 various drug-possession counts, including having them for sale, then was sent to the Bergen County Jail. A judge releas…
INFANT OVERDOSE: Judge Frees Bergen Woman Charged With Endangerment After Baby Ingests Opioid INFANT OVERDOSE: Judge Frees Bergen Woman Charged With Endangerment After Baby Ingests Opioid
Infant Overdose: Judge Frees Bergen Woman Charged With Endangerment After Baby Ingests Opioid A 23-year-old Bergen County woman was arrested after a 6-month-old child ingested and overdosed on an opioid, authorities said. Alia Elsafy of North Arlington was initially jailed, but a Superior Court judge in Hackensack almost immediately ordered her release on Friday, May 26, under New Jersey's bail reform law, records show. She’s charged with one count of child endangerment. The infant survived the May 19 overdose, which Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said was immediately reported to members of his Special Victims Unit by the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency. W…
Teacher's Aide Arrested After Arranging Sex With Boy, 14: North Arlington PD Teacher's Aide Arrested After Arranging Sex With Boy, 14: North Arlington PD
Teacher's Aide Arrested After Arranging Sex With Boy, 14: North Arlington PD A 24-year-old teacher’s aide from Bloomfield was arrested after authorities said he arranged to have sex with a 14-year-old North Arlington boy. Don R. Knight-Powell, 24, had been communicating online before making the arrangements, North Arlington Police Lt. Michael Horton said. He was arrested by North Arlington police on luring charges a short time later and sent to the Bergen County Jail. A judge in Hackensack ordered him released the next day. Knight-Powell made local news last year with a personal story of “trauma and triumph as a gay black man” whose adoptive parents rejected him be…
Police: Intruder Breaks In Overnight, Robs Lyndhurst Grandmother Police: Intruder Breaks In Overnight, Robs Lyndhurst Grandmother
Police: Intruder Breaks In Overnight, Robs Lyndhurst Grandmother A repeat offender broke into his grandmother's home in the middle of the night, then pulled her purse from her hands and fled when she caught him, Lyndhurst police said. Joseph A. Ban, 29, was rummaging through the 77-year-old victim's belongings when she awoke around 2:30 a.m., Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. She confronted Ban, who demanded cash and credit cards, the lieutenant said. The woman grabbed her purse, but Ban wrested it from her, knocked her aside and ran from the home, he said. Officer Michael LeStrange and Sgt. Charles Giangeruso were checking area automated teller machi…
Bergen Man Charged With Molesting Passaic County Girl Bergen Man Charged With Molesting Passaic County Girl
Bergen Man Charged With Molesting Passaic County Girl A North Arlington man was arrested early Friday and charged with molesting a 15-year-old child at a Woodland Park home. David Romero, 34, was taken into custody after detectives interviewed the alleged victim and multiple witnesses, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Romero is charged with second-degree sexual assault, attempted sexual assault and child endangerment, Valdes said. He remained held in the Passaic County Jail pending a detention hearing next week. ****** NOTE: Authorities warn parents that those who rape, molest or otherwise sexually assault young children a…
LAWSUIT: Parsippany Police Covered Up Violations, Enforced Illegal Ticket Quotas, Sergeant Says LAWSUIT: Parsippany Police Covered Up Violations, Enforced Illegal Ticket Quotas, Sergeant Says
Lawsuit: Parsippany Police Covered Up Violations, Enforced Illegal Ticket Quotas, Sergeant Says A Parsippany Police Sergeant has filed a lawsuit against the department alleging the enforcement of unfair ticket quotas, violation cover-ups and other abuses, a new report says. Sgt. Matthew LaManna, who has spent 14 years with the Parsippany Police Department, says he first became wary of violations among fellow officers after hearing talks of a cover-up in regards to the cause of a car crash in 2014. In order to avoid insurance hikes, officers were told not to disclose the fact that the crash — which involved another Sergeant’s teenage daughter -- was caused by phone-related distracted d…