Fugitive Wanted For Setting HUMC Co-Worker On Fire Found Dead Of Suicide Fugitive Wanted For Setting HUMC Co-Worker On Fire Found Dead Of Suicide
Fugitive Wanted For Setting Humc Co-Worker On Fire Found Dead Of Suicide UPDATE: A contract nurse who fled after authorities said he set a 54-year-old colleague at Hackensack University Medical Center on fire was found dead of suicide in South Jersey, authorities said. The body of Nicholas Pagano, 31, of West Deptford was found in a wooded area of Waterford Township, in Camden County, a two-hour drive of more than 100 miles from Hackensack, early Tuesday, Feb. 8, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He'd shot himself once in the chest, apparently with a gun that had been stolen from his brother's home, law enforcement sources said. HUMC employees were n…
UPDATE: HUMC Patient Care Tech Fighting For Life Following Attack UPDATE: HUMC Patient Care Tech Fighting For Life Following Attack
Update: Humc Patient Care Tech Fighting For Life Following Attack UPDATE: A contract nurse who fled after authorities said he set a 54-year-old colleague at Hackensack University Medical Center on fire was found dead of suicide in South Jersey, authorities said. The body of Nicholas Pagano, 31, of West Deptford was found in a wooded area of Waterford Township, in Camden County, a two-hour drive of more than 100 miles from Hackensack, early Tuesday, Feb. 8, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He'd shot himself once in the chest, apparently with a gun that had been stolen from his brother's home, law enforcement sources said. HUMC employees we…
APARTMENT RAID: Large Cache Of Coke, Trio Of Tasers Seized, Hackensack Repeat Offender Jailed APARTMENT RAID: Large Cache Of Coke, Trio Of Tasers Seized, Hackensack Repeat Offender Jailed
Apartment Raid: Large Cache Of Coke, Trio Of Tasers Seized, Hackensack Repeat Offender Jailed A SWAT-backed drug raid on a Hackensack ex-con’s apartment turned up “a large amount” of cocaine, as well as three Tasers, authorities said Friday. Howard M. Harper, 41, was arrested on drug and weapons charges Tuesday following a warranted raid on his Quail Heights apartment on Prospect Avenue, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The SWAT team-backed raid was part of a joint investigation that Musella said his Narcotics Task Force detectives were conducting with Hackensack police. Harper has a criminal history covering nearly all of his adult life, records show. These include arr…
Plumber From Bergen County Busted With Sawed-Off Shotgun Plumber From Bergen County Busted With Sawed-Off Shotgun
Plumber From Bergen County Busted With Sawed-Off Shotgun A plumber from Tenafly was jailed after detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office said they caught him with a sawed-off shotgun. Matthew Panetta, 28, was arrested at work by investigators who also executed a search at his home, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He remained held Monday in the Bergen County Jail, charged with possession of a prohibited weapon for an unlawful purpose. Musella didn’t define that purpose. The prosecutor thanked Hackensack and Tenafly police for their assistance.
Teaneck Man, 75, Jailed On Child Sex Assault Charges Teaneck Man, 75, Jailed On Child Sex Assault Charges
Teaneck Man, 75, Jailed On Child Sex Assault Charges A 75-year-old Teaneck man was jailed on charges of sexually assaulting two children multiple times. Neville Kennedy remained held Tuesday in the Bergen County Jail following his arrest Friday in Teaneck, records show. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said detectives of his Special Victims Unit investigated following a report from Teaneck police a month earlier. Investigators found that Kennedy “sexually assaulted two children, both of whom were under the age of 13, on more than one occasion,” the prosecutor said. Kenney is charged with aggravated sexual assault, aggravated crimina…
Bergen County Man Charged With Murdering 3-Month-Old Daughter Bergen County Man Charged With Murdering 3-Month-Old Daughter
Bergen County Man Charged With Murdering 3-Month-Old Daughter A North Arlington man was charged with murder in the death of his and his fiancée’s 3-month-old daughter. Aaron Medrano, 27, initially was charged with aggravated assault and released on Dec. 30, 2021, a week after the child was brought to Hackensack University Medical Center with several injuries. Baby Giovanna died last Wednesday, Jan. 5, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Medrano was re-arrested on Tuesday, this time on first-degree murder charges, the prosecutor said.  He was in custody Wednesday at New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus pending a first appearance in Centr…
UPDATE: Couple Found Dead, Two Young Children Unharmed, In Rochelle Park Home UPDATE: Couple Found Dead, Two Young Children Unharmed, In Rochelle Park Home
Update: Couple Found Dead, Two Young Children Unharmed, In Rochelle Park Home UPDATE: Two young children were being cared for after authorities found their parents dead in their Rochelle Park home on Saturday. The bodies of Mandy Staples, 35, and her ex-husband Marcos Gagnon, 43, who'd been living in Atlantic County, were found on the second floor of their Schlosser Drive home around 11 a.m., Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The children -- ages 5 and 6 -- were found unharmed in the home and were being cared for, responders said. Musella said the causes of death had "not yet been determined" and that the incident "appears to be isolated." A friend had f…
MUGSHOTS: Two Stabbed In North Arlington, Accused Assailants Seized MUGSHOTS: Two Stabbed In North Arlington, Accused Assailants Seized
Mugshots: Two Stabbed In North Arlington, Accused Assailants Seized UPDATE: Two women remained in custody after another woman and a man were stabbed during a dispute in North Arlington, authorities confirmed. Briana Bueso, 18, of Brooklyn, and Keyana Coates, 22, of Newark are both charged with attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, aggravated assault and weapons offenses, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The dispute began among acquaintances at an apartment in a building that also houses an Asian restaurant at the corner of Ridge Road and the Belleville Turnpike shortly after 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, responders said. It then "spilled into th…
North Arlington PD: Woman Stabbed In Stomach, Female Assailants Seized North Arlington PD: Woman Stabbed In Stomach, Female Assailants Seized
North Arlington PD: Woman Stabbed In Stomach, Female Assailants Seized Two women were taken into custody after another woman and a man were stabbed during a dispute Wednesday morning in North Arlington, authorities confirmed. Briana Bueso, 18, of Brooklyn, and Keyana Coates, 22, of Newark were both charged with attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, aggravated assault and weapons offenses, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The dispute began among acquaintances at an apartment in a building that also houses an Asian restaurant at the corner of Ridge Road and the Belleville Turnpike shortly after 7:30 a.m., responders said. It then "spilled in…
Prosecutor: Elmwood Park Man Stabs Mom In Back On New Year's Eve Prosecutor: Elmwood Park Man Stabs Mom In Back On New Year's Eve
Prosecutor: Elmwood Park Man Stabs Mom In Back On New Year's Eve An Elmwood Park man stabbed his mother in the back with a kitchen knife on New Year's Eve, snapping the blade off between her shoulder blades, authorities said. Garfield police captured Emiliano Domi, 25, after investigators said he fled following Friday's attack on Martha Avenue near the border of both towns, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. It was initially unclear what prompted the alleged assault, which sent the 43-year-old victim to the hospital. The Albanian immigrant told responders that she was suddenly attacked from behind. She was expected to survive, responders said. …
Authorities: Freed Little Ferry Molester Rearrested After Homemade Child-Porn Video Is Found Authorities: Freed Little Ferry Molester Rearrested After Homemade Child-Porn Video Is Found
Authorities: Freed Little Ferry Molester Rearrested After Homemade Child-Porn Video Is Found A 23-year-old cook from Little Ferry who was freed pending trial on charges of repeatedly molesting a River Edge pre-teen was arrested again Thursday following the discovery of a disturbing homemade video, authorities said. A Superior Court judge in Hackensack had freed Roberto Carlos Mancia from the Bergen County Jail on Sept. 8, two weeks after detectives from Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella’s office arrested him on sexual assault and child endangerment charges. Investigators arrested him again on Thursday after discovering that Mancia had a child “engage in a sexual act while recor…
Bergen County Jail Inmate Sexually Assaulted By Violent Paterson Ex-Con, Authorities Charge Bergen County Jail Inmate Sexually Assaulted By Violent Paterson Ex-Con, Authorities Charge
Bergen County Jail Inmate Sexually Assaulted By Violent Paterson Ex-Con, Authorities Charge An ex-con with a violent history sexually assaulted a fellow inmate in the Bergen County Jail, authorities charged. Nasir Newsome, 25, of Paterson was being housed in the Bergen County Jail under an overflow agreement with Passaic County authorities after being charged with resisting arrest earlier this year, records show. Passaic County is paying Bergen County a little over $100 a bed per night to house each of up to 200 inmates as a means of easing overcrowding while officials determine the fate of the aging jail in Paterson. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said the county sheriff’…