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These 9 NJ Towns Failed To Correct Sick Leave Policies, State Comptroller Says These 9 NJ Towns Failed To Correct Sick Leave Policies, State Comptroller Says
These 9 NJ Towns Failed To Correct Sick Leave Policies, State Comptroller Says Towns throughout the Garden State have not addressed their sick and vacation leave policies, the state's comptroller said. In a letter sent to Gov. Phil Murphy, Senate President Nicholas Scutari, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin and State Comptroller Kevin Walsh said nine municipalities have refused to cooperate and develop a correction action plan and is requesting that Murphy's office withhold state funds if they do not cooperate within 30 days. "The failure of the nine municipalities to prepare a correction action plan creates risks that taxpayer funds will be wasted and that unlawful pol…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Home Invader Swiped $3.5K In Valuables While Residents Slept, Friend Kept Lookout In Guttenberg Home Invader Swiped $3.5K In Valuables While Residents Slept, Friend Kept Lookout In Guttenberg
Home Invader Swiped $3.5K In Valuables While Residents Slept, Friend Kept Lookout In Guttenberg One person was arrested while a second remains at large in a Hudson County home invasion, police said. Albert A. Ayala, 34, of Guttenberg, is believed to have acted as the lookout while another man, who police have not identified, went into the home at 68th Street and Hudson Avenue while the victims slept in a locked bedroom on Friday, Sept. 22, Guttenberg Deputy Police Chief Frank Pelaez said. Video surveillance footage from inside of her apartment shows a man walking through the victim's apartment and taking various belongings, valued over $3,500, Pelaez said.  "Officers and detecti…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Feds Help Dismantle Meth, Fentanyl Ring In North Jersey: Cops Feds Help Dismantle Meth, Fentanyl Ring In North Jersey: Cops
Feds Help Dismantle Meth, Fentanyl Ring In North Jersey: Cops An investigation by multiple North Jersey police departments and the Department of Homeland Security led to the arrest of three men for running a meth and fentanyl ring on Wednesday, Sept. 20, authorities said. Nilo Ibarra, a 38-year-old Jersey City resident, Ramon Lopez Arias, a 32-year-old West New York resident and Alexander Sanchez-Castillo, a  37-year-old North Bergen resident were arrested following an operation conducted by the Secaucus Police Department, the Jersey City Police Department Street Crimes Unit and the North Bergen Police Department, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Mill…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Police Fully Justified In Shooting West New York Man Who Fired At Them, Grand Jury Rules Police Fully Justified In Shooting West New York Man Who Fired At Them, Grand Jury Rules
Police Fully Justified In Shooting West New York Man Who Fired At Them, Grand Jury Rules It was as open-and-shut as a police shooting can possibly get. That’s why a state grand jury found that police were more than justified in shooting a West New York gunman who’d just wounded one officer while firing point-blank at them with a gun in each hand. Dramatic police bodycam footage shows Kevin Colindres, 32, opening fire after emerging from his 59th Street home on June 3, 2022. In a clip recorded through the front-door window, Colindres is seen entering the vestibule in a t-shirt and shorts with both hands behind his back as police investigate a domestic violence call. He sudden…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
'76 Corvette Recovered: Edgewater, West New York Police Seize City Man, 66 '76 Corvette Recovered: Edgewater, West New York Police Seize City Man, 66
'76 Corvette Recovered: Edgewater, West New York Police Seize City Man, 66 Edgewater and West New York police teamed up to nab a 66-year-old repeat offender who they said snatched a classic Corvette. Surveillance video shows a thief stealing the ‘76 Chevy from Edgewater Motors and heading south on River Road shortly after 5 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 17, Edgewater Police Detective Lt. Steven Tibus said. West New York police notified their Edgewater colleagues that they’d recovered the vehicle at the intersection of 52nd Street and Broadway just before lunchtime Monday, the lieutenant said. Tibus and Detective Sgt. Timothy Farrell met West New York Detectives Mario Cadena…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Man Killed In West New York Apartment Fire: Prosecutors Man Killed In West New York Apartment Fire: Prosecutors
Man Killed In West New York Apartment Fire: Prosecutors A 55-year-old man was killed in an apartment fire in West New York on Sunday, August 20, authorities said. At 5 a.m.  North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue was notified of a fire at an apartment above 6213 Bergenline Avenue, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Upon arrival, first responders found heavy smoke coming from a bedroom within the apartment, Suarez said.  While firefighters were battling the blaze, they found Adrian Hernandez-Bienes unresponsive in the bedroom, Suarez said. He was pronunced dead at the scene, Suarez said. Two other occupants were …

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Man Shot By Weehawken Police After Striking Officer With Car: Prosecutors (UPDATED) Man Shot By Weehawken Police After Striking Officer With Car: Prosecutors (UPDATED)
Man Shot By Weehawken Police After Striking Officer With Car: Prosecutors (Updated) This story has been updated: Ricky Rivera, 20-year-old Paterson resident was shot by Weehawken Police after hitting a police officer with a car on the early morning of Tuesday, August 1, authorities said. At 5 a.m. police were patrolling a neighborhood plagued by auto thefts, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. When police approached a suspicious vehicle parked in a driveway on Regency Place, Rivera fled the scene in the vehicle, striking an officer, Suarez said. A second officer discharged his weapon, Suarez said. Soon after, the man crashed his vehicle into an occupied Port Auth…

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by Sam Barron
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NY Dealer Gets 11 Years, No Parole, For Moving Fentanyl, Meth, Coke By The Pound Into NJ NY Dealer Gets 11 Years, No Parole, For Moving Fentanyl, Meth, Coke By The Pound Into NJ
NY Dealer Gets 11 Years, No Parole, For Moving Fentanyl, Meth, Coke By The Pound Into NJ A dealer who admitted flooding four North Jersey counties with massive quantities of fentanyl, meth and coke is headed to federal prison for more than a decade. Juan Carlos Merced Moreno, 45, of Manhattan must serve out just about all of his plea-bargained 11-year sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Moreno and his partners operated a fentanyl mill in Washington Heights that supplied traffickers in New Jersey with at least 25,000 pills that were distributed throughout the Garden State, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. Authorities disco…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Man Sexually Assaulted Woman At North Bergen Motel: Prosecutors Man Sexually Assaulted Woman At North Bergen Motel: Prosecutors
Man Sexually Assaulted Woman At North Bergen Motel: Prosecutors A 22-year-old West New York man was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a woman at a motel in North Bergen, authorities said. On Sunday June 4, Emil Figueroa-Blanco met a 22-year-old woman through acquaintances in the hours leading up to the assault at a motel on Tonnele Avenue, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.  Figueroa-Blanco was charged with aggravated sexual assault in the first degree, Suarez said. He was arrested at the Hudson County Correctional Facility on Wednesday, June 28, where he was being detained on an unrelated matter, Suarez said. He remains in cu…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
West New York Police Captain Stole $60K From Youth Academy: Prosecutor West New York Police Captain Stole $60K From Youth Academy: Prosecutor
West New York Police Captain Stole $60K From Youth Academy: Prosecutor A 49-year-old West New York police captain was charged with stealing from the West New York Youth Police Academy, which he helped raise money for, authorities said. Erwin Moreno was arrested on Thursday, June 15 after an investigation by the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office Internal Affairs Unit, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Between 2016 and 2023, Moreno stole $60,000 from the organization's funds for his own benefit, Suarez said. In 2019, Moreno organized a GoFundMe for the Youth Academy, raising more than $5,000 from 66 donors. Moreno was charged with one count of theft …

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
DONE AND DONE: Hudson Pair Get 30 Years Each In Bergen Robbery Murder DONE AND DONE: Hudson Pair Get 30 Years Each In Bergen Robbery Murder
Done AND Done: Hudson Pair Get 30 Years Each In Bergen Robbery Murder UPDATE: Two Hudson County men who killed a Fairview pot dealer during an armed robbery at his home were sentenced to a plea-bargained 30 years each in state prison. Carlos Burgos of Jersey City and Raul Torres of North Bergen, both 23, must each serve 25½ years behind bars before they'll be eligible for parole under the terms of their respective plea agreements. The plot's mastermind, Lexie Burke, 24, of Jersey City, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter last year in the June 2019 shooting death of David Duque-Soto. He's scheduled for sentencing on June 23, Bergen County Prosecutor Ma…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
GOTCHA! Fairview Detectives Nab Habitual Criminal In Spree Of Smash-And-Grabs GOTCHA! Fairview Detectives Nab Habitual Criminal In Spree Of Smash-And-Grabs
Gotcha! Fairview Detectives Nab Habitual Criminal In Spree Of Smash-And-Grabs Fairview detectives cracked a string of smash-and-grab business burglaries after a local career criminal had a blowup with a woman over his drug use, authorities said. The phrase “known to police” was coined for offenders like Andrew Stanganelli, 32, who has a drug-related arrest record in both North Jersey and New York City that stretches back more than a decade. So it’s no surprise that he’d be on the list of usual suspects following last fall’s burglary spree. It began shortly after midnight Nov. 7 when an intruder forced open the front door of Romo Dry Cleaners on Fairview Avenue, sla…

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by Jerry DeMarco