Taking Liberties: Burglars Ate, Drank, Showered While Englewood Child, Sitter Were Home Taking Liberties: Burglars Ate, Drank, Showered While Englewood Child, Sitter Were Home
Taking Liberties: Burglars Ate, Drank, Showered While Englewood Child, Sitter Were Home A babysitter was alone with a young child when a Pennsylvania couple broke into an Englewood home, helped themselves to food, drink – even a shower – and fled in the victims’ SUV, authorities said. They may have even had sex there, too. The babysitter eventually discovered the pair, who fled in the homeowner’s Lincoln Navigator with jewelry, a wallet, clothing and a backpack -- while leaving the clunker they drove up in behind, they said. They also took the one item that authorities said would lead police directly to them: an iPhone. Alex Ray Yeakley, of Myerstown, and Amanda Lentz, o…
Police: Jersey Shore Ex-Con Stalker Called Bergen Woman 200 Times, Hung Outside For Hours Police: Jersey Shore Ex-Con Stalker Called Bergen Woman 200 Times, Hung Outside For Hours
Police: Jersey Shore Ex-Con Stalker Called Bergen Woman 200 Times, Hung Outside For Hours A Jersey Shore ex-con phoned a former girlfriend more than 200 times before police found him near her Englewood home carrying a knife, authorities said. Officers responding to the woman’s 911 call found Nicholas Anastasio, 30, of Long Branch nearby, Police Chief Lawrence Suffern said. Anastasio served two years in prison in Florida for convictions for burglary, theft and fraud, records show. He’d already been warned by Englewood police not to contact the victim, Suffern said. Yet over the course of a week, the chief said, Anastasio was seen standing in front of her home for hours while ca…
Englewood Pedestrian, 70, Struck By Car Along Treacherous Stretch Englewood Pedestrian, 70, Struck By Car Along Treacherous Stretch
Englewood Pedestrian, 70, Struck By Car Along Treacherous Stretch A 70-year-old pedestrian was struck by a car in the southeast end of Englewood early Thursday. The city resident was struck at the corner of Broad and Van Nostrand avenues around 6:30 a.m., Police Chief Lawrence Suffern said. She was conscious and alert when taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with leg and back injuries, as well as a cut on her head, that didn't appear life-threatening, the chief said. Police issued a summons to the 33-year-old driver from Paterson for failing to yield to a pedestrian, he said. Mayor Michael Wildes, who lives just up the street, noted that …
Home Invasion: Robber Threatens to Shoot Englewood Owner, Police Say Home Invasion: Robber Threatens to Shoot Englewood Owner, Police Say
Home Invasion: Robber Threatens to Shoot Englewood Owner, Police Say SEE ANYTHING? A robber forced his way into a home in an exclusive Englewood neighborhood and threatened to kill the owner, said police who sought the public’s help finding him. The robber “threatened to shoot the homeowner during the confrontation” in the 300 block of Lydecker Street in the East Hill neighborhood near Englewood Cliffs shortly after 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said. "No weapon was shown,” he added. The bandit – described only as tall, light-skinned and African-American – fled towards Glenwood Road in a small, light-colored vehicle that had been parke…
Bergen Prosecutor Takes Control Of Troubled Englewood PD's Internal Affairs Unit Bergen Prosecutor Takes Control Of Troubled Englewood PD's Internal Affairs Unit
Bergen Prosecutor Takes Control Of Troubled Englewood PD's Internal Affairs Unit The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office has assumed control of the troubled Englewood Police Department’s Internal Affairs Unit from Chief Lawrence Suffern for at least the next six months amid accusations that he singled out officers for punishment by denying them extra-work opportunities. A six-month investigation into the department’s internal affairs operation made the move necessary, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella and Englewood City Manager Sonia Alves-Viveiros said in a joint statement Wednesday. Both signed a memorandum of agreement placing a full-time monitor from Musella’s off…
COVID Mask Clash: Tech Darling Charged With Bashing Englewood Officer In Face With Radio COVID Mask Clash: Tech Darling Charged With Bashing Englewood Officer In Face With Radio
COVID Mask Clash: Tech Darling Charged With Bashing Englewood Officer In Face With Radio A celebrated startup business advisor with an escalating history of violence smashed an Englewood police officer in the face with his own radio after causing a commotion at a local Starbucks when he refused to wear a COVID mask, authorities said. Frank Denbow, 35, eventually was subdued with help from a good Samaritan, police said. The attack, captured on video, came just weeks after authorities said Denbow kicked a police officer in Wyoming in the chest and sprayed him with a carbonated energy drink. An Englewood native, Denbow has been featured on various online business shows and tech …
RECOGNIZE HIM? Woman Sitting Outside Englewood Cafe Mugged By Bandit On Bicycle RECOGNIZE HIM? Woman Sitting Outside Englewood Cafe Mugged By Bandit On Bicycle
Recognize HIM? Woman Sitting Outside Englewood Cafe Mugged By Bandit On Bicycle A woman struggled desperately to get back her wallet from a thief who rode up on a bicycle and snatched it as she sat outside at an Englewood cafe, said authorities who turned to the public for help identifying him. A reward is available. The bandit ended up losing his footing and dropping the wallet during the fierce broad-daylight struggle outside Dulce Le Leche on busy West Palisade Avenue near the corner of William Street, they said. He tried to scoop it up, but the woman's screams scared off the would-be robber, who hastily pedaled away, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. Surv…
Girl, 14, Struck By Van In Englewood Girl, 14, Struck By Van In Englewood
Girl, 14, Struck By Van In Englewood A 14-year-old Englewood girl was struck crossing a city street Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. The 36-year-old Secaucus driver of the Ford van that hit her at the intersection of Tenafly Road and Hudson Avenue shortly before 3:30 p.m. said he was "temporarily blinded by the glare of the sun," Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. The girl was conscious and alert when she was taken to nearby Englewood Hospital and Medical Center with hip and shoulder injuries, he said. Police were investigating, the deputy chief said. ****** ALSO SEE: Englewood police captured a violent repeat o…
VIDEO: Police, Marchers Clash In Englewood, Four Arrested VIDEO: Police, Marchers Clash In Englewood, Four Arrested
Video: Police, Marchers Clash In Englewood, Four Arrested Tensions were quickly escalating Saturday when the organizer of a peace march in Englewood and a city police officer went chest-to-chest. Then things got out of hand. The officer was one of several who apparently were trying disperse a march early Saturday evening, repeatedly telling participants and onlookers to back up, after what appeared to be a separate incident that occurred along the route several minutes into the event. That's when he and Ainsworth Minott faced off, video shows (see below). Almost instantly, the officer and others push forward. Some marchers are forced to the grou…
Woman, 57, Dog Killed In Englewood Fire Woman, 57, Dog Killed In Englewood Fire
Woman, 57, Dog Killed In Englewood Fire A 57-year-old Englewood woman and her dog were killed in a Monday night fire apparently ignited by a cigarette, authorities said. A Grove Street resident who’d been out for the evening called 911 after smelling and then seeing smoke coming from a detached garage apartment where Clare Mackin lived around 10 p.m., Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said Tuesday. Firefighters doused the two-alarm blaze and found the body of the victim, who “apparently succumbed to the intense heat and was unable to exit the structure,” Halstead said. Also killed was her dog, responders said. No other injur…
Englewood PD: Lyft Driver Outsmarts Drunken Repeat Offender Trying To Steal Vehicle Englewood PD: Lyft Driver Outsmarts Drunken Repeat Offender Trying To Steal Vehicle
Englewood PD: Lyft Driver Outsmarts Drunken Repeat Offender Trying To Steal Vehicle A quick-thinking Lyft driver hit the emergency brake after a drunken passenger with a history of assaults got behind the wheel, said police who chased down the thief. The driver told police he’d picked up Cesar Mesa, 64, of from Hackensack and took him to an address on West Linden Avenue in Englewood shortly before 4 a.m. Saturday, Englewood Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. When they got there, Halstead said, a heavily intoxicated Mesa refused to get out while arguing with him, the driver told police. The driver said he opened a door to the back seat of his Toyota Camry, shoved…
SEE ANYTHING? Arsonists Set Three Fires Hours Apart In Englewood SEE ANYTHING? Arsonists Set Three Fires Hours Apart In Englewood
SEE Anything? Arsonists Set Three Fires Hours Apart In Englewood Arsonists set three fires two hours apart at the same housing complex in Englewood, said authorities who were seeking the public's help finding those responsible. A resident and his girlfriend tries to douse the first fire with an extinguisher shortly before midnight Sunday at the Tryon Gardens apartments, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. Someone had set fire to discarded furniture next to a dumpster, he said. City firefighters extinguished the blaze, which charred one of the buildings and slightly melted the siding, Halsread said. There was no damage to the interior, nor were …