Brothers Charged With Thefts From Vacant Bergen County Hotel: Police Brothers Charged With Thefts From Vacant Bergen County Hotel: Police
Brothers Charged With Thefts From Vacant Bergen County Hotel: Police Two brothers are among three young men charged with breaking into a vacant Bergen County hotel and intending to steal a $12,000 ATV, where approximately $50,000 in tools and construction equipment was also reported missing, police said. Anthony M. Graziano, 18, of North Haledon, Izan Y. Majagah, 18, of Haledon, and Joseph F. Graziano, 23, of Haledon, were charged Monday, Aug. 10, in the burglary and thefts at the shuttered Garden Plaza Hotel at 129 Pehle Ave., Saddle Brook Police Chief John A. Zotollo Jr. said. The investigation began Tuesday, Aug. 4, when police responded to a theft i…
NJ Grandmother Scammed Out Of $7K By Paterson Pair In Jail Scheme: Cops NJ Grandmother Scammed Out Of $7K By Paterson Pair In Jail Scheme: Cops
NJ Grandmother Scammed Out Of $7K By Paterson Pair In Jail Scheme: Cops A Bergen County resident lost $7,000 after a caller posing as her jailed granddaughter set off an elaborate bail scam, police said. The resident reported the scam in January 2025 after receiving a call from a private number, Ramsey Police Detective Jaclyn Sabatelli said. The caller claimed to be the woman's granddaughter, said she was in jail in New York, and needed $7,000 for bail, according to Sabatelli. The caller told the woman to contact her attorney, identified as "James Harris," and provided a phone number, police said. The woman called the purported attorney, who told her a ba…
Mom, Young Child Seriously Hurt In Fair Lawn Hit-Run: Prosecutor Mom, Young Child Seriously Hurt In Fair Lawn Hit-Run: Prosecutor
Mom, Young Child Seriously Hurt In Fair Lawn Hit-Run: Prosecutor A 47-year-old woman and 5-year-old child were hospitalized after being struck by an alleged hit-and-run driver in Fair Lawn early Tuesday morning, Aug. 11, according to authorities and initial reports from the scene. Fair Lawn police responded to Broadway and Fair Lawn Parkway and found that the two pedestrians had been struck by a vehicle that fled the scene, just before 6:35 a.m., Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Chief of Detectives Jeff Angermeyer said. The woman and child were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with varying degrees of injuries, however, both were in stable c…
NJ Motorcyclist Dad Killed In Fiery Head-On Crash With SUV In PA: State Police NJ Motorcyclist Dad Killed In Fiery Head-On Crash With SUV In PA: State Police
NJ Motorcyclist Dad Killed In Fiery Head-On Crash With SUV In PA: State Police A New Jersey motorcyclist was killed and two Pennsylvania residents were hospitalized following a fiery head-on crash in Northampton County, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Monday, Aug. 10. Nathan D. Giamoni, 48, of Phillipsburg, was riding a 2014 Harley-Davidson Low Rider south on South Delaware Drive in Williams Township when the crash happened at 7:07 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 9, according to the PSP Belfast crash report.  Giamoni lost control for an unknown reason and was thrown from the motorcycle, which slid into the northbound lane on the 200 block of South Delaware Drive, als…
21-Year-Old BMW Driver Charged In Crash That Killed 34-Year-Old Woman: Prosecutor 21-Year-Old BMW Driver Charged In Crash That Killed 34-Year-Old Woman: Prosecutor
21-Year-Old BMW Driver Charged In Crash That Killed 34-Year-Old Woman: Prosecutor A 21-year-old BMW driver from Clifton has been charged in a four-vehicle North Bergen crash that killed a 34-year-old woman and injured five others, authorities said. Mahmoud Khalifa was arrested Monday, Aug. 10, in connection with the Saturday, May 30 crash, just after 4:30 a.m. near Tonnelle Avenue and 70th Street, Hudson County Prosecutor Wayne Mello said. Responding North Bergen police officers found four damaged vehicles: a tractor-trailer, Alfa Romeo Giulia, Hyundai Tucson, and BMW 435i driven by Khalifa, authorities said. The Hyundai driver, Karen Velasquez-Ochoa, 34, of North …
Intoxicated GWB Driver Injures 4 Officers With 5-Year-Old In Car: PAPD Intoxicated GWB Driver Injures 4 Officers With 5-Year-Old In Car: PAPD
Intoxicated GWB Driver Injures 4 Officers With 5-Year-Old In Car: Papd Four Port Authority police officers suffered minor injuries after an erratic driver struck two PAPD vehicles on the George Washington Bridge, authorities confirmed. Oscar E. Broadhead, 36, of New York City, was driving erratically on the upper level of the GWB eastbound when he struck the vehicles in Fort Lee, a PAPD spokesperson said. The incident happened on Friday, Aug. 7 at approximately 6:15 p.m., court records show. A 5-year-old girl was a passenger in Broadhead's vehicle at the time, according to the PAPD spokesperson. Broadhead was arrested and faces four criminal charges …
Mom, 5-Month-Old Daughter ID'd In Deadly Liberty Island Boat Capsize Mom, 5-Month-Old Daughter ID'd In Deadly Liberty Island Boat Capsize
Mom, 5-Month-Old Daughter ID'd In Deadly Liberty Island Boat Capsize A mother and her 5-month-old daughter have been identified as the two victims killed when a boat carrying their family capsized near Liberty Island. Sara Sanchez and her 5-month-old daughter died in the Saturday night, Aug. 8 incident, according to Il Punto Ristorante, which identified Sanchez's husband and Antonella's father as Andres Garcia, a beloved member of its restaurant family. According to a GoFundMe launched by the restaurant, Andres was also aboard the boat and is left alone to care for his and Sanchez's 6-year-old son. "This past weekend, what was meant to be a joyful fami…
NJ Bartender, Wife Dead In House Fire: VFW NJ Bartender, Wife Dead In House Fire: VFW
NJ Bartender, Wife Dead In House Fire: VFW A husband and wife died in an early-morning house fire in Middlesex County over the weekend, authorities and a local VFW said. The fire broke out at a home on Front Street in Jamesburg around 1:02 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 9, Middlesex County Prosecutor Linda Estremera and Jamesburg Police Chief Jason Muller said. First responders found a 39-year-old woman at the home and took her to Old Bridge Medical Center for treatment, authorities said. Sandra Dutcher, 67, of Jamesburg, was found inside the home with serious injuries and pronounced dead while being taken to the hospital, authorities said.…
Hackensack Man Ties Up Roommate With Thick Rope After Drinking: Police Hackensack Man Ties Up Roommate With Thick Rope After Drinking: Police
Hackensack Man Ties Up Roommate With Thick Rope After Drinking: Police A 48-year-old Hackensack man was arrested after police say he assaulted his roommate and tied him up with thick rope inside their apartment. Hackensack police responded to a Maple Avenue apartment around 1 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 9, on a report of a person being restrained after allegedly assaulting a guest, according to a department press release issued Monday, Aug. 10. Officers found the 40-year-old roommate wedged between a dresser and a bed with his hands and feet bound with thick rope, police said. The man had a cut under his left eye that was bruised and swollen, according to police. Wils…
Multiple Injuries After Vehicle Overturns On Route 519: NJSP Multiple Injuries After Vehicle Overturns On Route 519: NJSP
Multiple Injuries After Vehicle Overturns On Route 519: Njsp Multiple people were injured after a vehicle overturned on County Route 519 Friday, Aug. 7, authorities said. At 10:37 a.m., officers responded to County Route 519 and Brass Cattle Road in White Township after a crash between a Jeep SUV and Hyundai, Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said. The Jeep overturned on its side, Lebron said. Minor injuries were reported, Lebron said. The crash remains under investigation, Lebron said. 
Woman, Baby Killed In Boat Crash Off Liberty Island Woman, Baby Killed In Boat Crash Off Liberty Island
Woman, Baby Killed In Boat Crash Off Liberty Island A 46-year-old Manhattan man has been charged after a boat overturned near Liberty Island, killing a 27-year-old woman and a 5-month-old baby, authorities said. Manuel Hernandez was arrested at 2:27 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 9, within the NYPD's 72nd Precinct, and charged with 13 counts of reckless endangerment, an NYPD spokesperson said. The incident began around 10:25 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, when police received a 911 call reporting an overturned vessel near Liberty Island within the 1st Precinct, authorities said. The NYPD Harbor Unit, SCUBA Team and Aviation Unit responded to the scene…
Suspect Slapped With 5,500+ Charges For Raping Teen 'Almost Daily' For Years: Affidavit Suspect Slapped With 5,500+ Charges For Raping Teen 'Almost Daily' For Years: Affidavit
Suspect Slapped With 5,500+ Charges For Raping Teen 'Almost Daily' For Years: Affidavit A Pennsylvania man accused of raping a teenage girl "almost daily" for years is facing thousands of criminal charges, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Friday, Aug. 7. Nicholas Allen Spencer, 37, of Clearfield, was charged following an investigation that began when a 16-year-old girl went to Pennsylvania State Police to report sexual messages she said she had been receiving from him, according to the affidavit. The teen arrived at the PSP Clearfield station with a parent on Sunday, May 17, and showed investigators messages Spencer had sent her that day, investigators w…