Wanted Motorist Who Fled Two Palisades Parkway Police Stops Nabbed By New York State Troopers Wanted Motorist Who Fled Two Palisades Parkway Police Stops Nabbed By New York State Troopers
Wanted Motorist Who Fled Two Palisades Parkway Police Stops Nabbed By New York State Troopers A wanted driver who fled a Palisades Interstate Parkway police stop in Bergen County late last year was captured by New York State troopers in Rockland after doing it again, authorities said. Vincent Gambrell, 56, of Orange County had initially sped off when Officer Thomas Shine tried to stop his Ford Taurus on the New Jersey side of the northbound parkway shortly before midnight last Dec. 17, Detective Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. The sedan had Georgia license plates that belonged to another vehicle, leading to the attempted stop, Walter explained. Gambrell slowed down and…
Feds Charge Bergen Drug Company Owner With Embezzling $3.9M Feds Charge Bergen Drug Company Owner With Embezzling $3.9M
Feds Charge Bergen Drug Company Owner With Embezzling $3.9M Federal agents arrested the former chief executive officer and owner of a Bergen County pharmaceutical firm on Monday and charged him with embezzling millions of dollars from the company, authorities confirmed. John Klein, 75, transferred $3.9 million into an account that he tapped, in part, to pay credit cards charges for him and his wife, as well as for his kid's tuition, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Formerly of Alpine and currently living in Palisades Park, Klein has been sued in federal court by several people with whom he either worked or collected investment money from …
New Jersey Zip Codes Listed Among Top 100 Priciest In Country New Jersey Zip Codes Listed Among Top 100 Priciest In Country
New Jersey Zip Codes Listed Among Top 100 Priciest In Country Three locations in New Jersey were included in a new ranking of the most expensive zip codes in the United States based on residential sales. Property Shark created the report of the 100 most expensive zip codes in 2021 based on residential transactions closed between Jan. 1 and Oct. 22. The three New Jersey zip codes included in the list are located in Bergen County, Monmouth County, and Cape May County. The following zip codes were included: 07620 in Alpine was ranked 58th, with a median sale price of $2 million 08750 in Sea Girt was ranked 70th, with a median sale price of $1,892…
Smoky Roof Fire Doused At Bergen County Nursing Home Smoky Roof Fire Doused At Bergen County Nursing Home
Smoky Roof Fire Doused At Bergen County Nursing Home Firefighters doused a smoky blaze at a Bergen County nursing home Friday afternoon. The building was evacuated and there didn't initially appear to be any serious injuries after the fire broke out between the roof and second floor at the Russ Berrie Home for Jewish Living around 1:30 p.m., responders said. Workers have been replacing sections of the roof for the past week and a half, they said. "The area they've been working on is the original flat roof, not the new, peaked addition that was put on the front of the building," one explained. Northvale firefighters were joined, either at t…
Chris Rock Says He's Got COVID-19: 'Trust Me You Don't Want This' Chris Rock Says He's Got COVID-19: 'Trust Me You Don't Want This'
Chris Rock Says He's Got Covid-19: 'Trust Me You Don't Want This' Chris Rock became the latest celebrity to announce that he has the coronavirus -- and after being vaccinated. “Hey guys I just found out I have COVID," Rock tweeted Sunday. "[T]rust me you don’t want this," he added. "Get vaccinated.” Rock, 56, who has a home in Alpine, joked with Jimmy Fallon on "The Tonight Show" in May that he'd skipped the line to get the COVID-19 vaccine. “I didn’t care. I used my celebrity, Jimmy," he said. "I didn’t care. I was like, ‘Hey, step aside, Betty White. Step aside, old people. Judge Judy, kiss my ass.' I was like Billy Zane on the Titanic.” Rock's infec…
Tenafly Police Pursuit Ends In Crash, Capture Near GWB Tenafly Police Pursuit Ends In Crash, Capture Near GWB
Tenafly Police Pursuit Ends In Crash, Capture Near GWB A drunk Bronx driver crashed and was captured near the George Washington Bridge after leading Tenafly police on a chase, authorities said. A borough officer began pursuing the speeding Honda, which had front-end damage, on Route 9W shortly after 10:30 a.m. Sunday The Honda headed north into Alpine before getting onto the southbound Palisades Interstate Parkway, Capt. Timothy E. O'Reilly said. The pursuit continued through Englewood Cliffs before the driver – identified as Nigel Harrell, 30, exited the parkway toward Fletcher Avenue in Fort Lee, the captain said Monday. Coming to a red lig…
HERO: Sergeant Rescues Suspects From Burning SUV After Pursuit Ends In Crash Near NJ-NY Border HERO: Sergeant Rescues Suspects From Burning SUV After Pursuit Ends In Crash Near NJ-NY Border
Hero: Sergeant Rescues Suspects From Burning SUV After Pursuit Ends In Crash Near Nj-ny Border UPDATE: A Palisades Interstate Parkway police sergeant rescued two suspects from a burning SUV after it crashed into two other vehicles and overturned during a stolen-vehicle chase Thursday afternoon, authorities said. A group of suspects who'd become the subjects of a suspicious persons report fled the Englewood Cliffs Marina in a GMC Envoy shortly before 3 p.m., PIP Police Sgt. First Class Raymond Walter said. An alert went out to surrounding departments about the SUV, which had been reported stolen out of Onondaga County, NY, he said. Englewood Cliffs police began pursuing the vehicle b…
HERO: PIP Officer Saves Suspects From Burning SUV After Pursuit Ends In Crash Near NJ-NY Border HERO: PIP Officer Saves Suspects From Burning SUV After Pursuit Ends In Crash Near NJ-NY Border
Hero: PIP Officer Saves Suspects From Burning SUV After Pursuit Ends In Crash Near Nj-ny Border UPDATE: A Palisades Interstate Parkway police sergeant rescued two suspects from a burning SUV after it crashed into two other vehicles and overturned during a stolen-vehicle chase Thursday afternoon, authorities said. A group of suspects who'd become the subjects of a suspicious persons report fled the Englewood Cliffs Marina in a GMC Envoy shortly before 3 p.m., PIP Police Sgt. First Class Raymond Walter said. An alert went out to surrounding departments about the SUV, which had been reported stolen out of Onondaga County, NY, he said. Englewood Cliffs police began pursuing the vehicle b…
Authorities Probe Alarming Discovery Of German Shepherds Abandoned Throughout Bergen, Passaic Authorities Probe Alarming Discovery Of German Shepherds Abandoned Throughout Bergen, Passaic
Authorities Probe Alarming Discovery Of German Shepherds Abandoned Throughout Bergen, Passaic Authorities have launched a major investigation into the alarming discovery of no fewer than nine apparently related German Shepherds abandoned in various areas of North Jersey this past week. “Something foul has happened,” Deborah Yankow, the director of the Bergen County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center, said Friday. “What that is we don’t yet know.” “German Shepherds, like any other breed, come in all sizes, shapes and colors,” Yankow said. “But going from the two we have at the shelter and the pictures I’ve looked at, they all look identical, like siblings.” Five of the young adult …
Authorities Probe Alarming Discovery Of German Shepherds Abandoned Throughout Bergen, Passaic Authorities Probe Alarming Discovery Of German Shepherds Abandoned Throughout Bergen, Passaic
Authorities Probe Alarming Discovery Of German Shepherds Abandoned Throughout Bergen, Passaic Authorities have launched a major investigation into the alarming discovery of no fewer than nine apparently related German Shepherds abandoned in various areas of North Jersey this past week. “Something foul has happened,” Deborah Yankow, the director of the Bergen County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center, said Friday. “What that is we don’t yet know.” “German Shepherds, like any other breed, come in all sizes, shapes and colors,” Yankow said. “But going from the two we have at the shelter and the pictures I’ve looked at, they all look identical, like siblings.” Five of the young adult …
Three Extricated From Minivan, Nine Injured In Palisades Interstate Parkway Pileup Three Extricated From Minivan, Nine Injured In Palisades Interstate Parkway Pileup
Three Extricated From Minivan, Nine Injured In Palisades Interstate Parkway Pileup UPDATE: Five minivan occupants had to be hospitalized -- three of whom were extricated by police -- following a multi-vehicle crash that closed the northbound Palisades Interstate Parkway on Saturday for nearly an hour and a half, authorities said. The 2008 Chrysler minivan, a 2013 BMW X5 SUV and a 2013 Toyota coupe were involved in the 12:30 p.m. crash at Exit 4 on the parkway's northbound side in Alpine, PIP Police Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. Nine occupants in all required attention after Parkway police extricated three trapped victims from the minivan, Walter said. The five…
WATCH: NJ's Claudia Conway Heading To Hollywood After 'American Idol' Audition WATCH: NJ's Claudia Conway Heading To Hollywood After 'American Idol' Audition
Watch: NJ's Claudia Conway Heading To Hollywood After 'American Idol' Audition New Jersey's Claudia Conway is going to Hollywood. The 16-year-old's mom is former White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, and her dad is anti-Trump lawyer George Conway. Claudia went viral last year for exposing political differences within her family's Alpine home. During her "American Idol" audition, the teen admit music has been there for her during dark times incited in part by negativity online. "When life is going downhill, I have my music," she told the judges. "I'm a singer, and this is what I want to do." Claudia began with a rendition of "Love on the Brain" by Rihanna, but swi…