Bergen County Street Brawl, Slashing Posted To Socials Ends In Football Player's Arrest: Cops Bergen County Street Brawl, Slashing Posted To Socials Ends In Football Player's Arrest: Cops
Bergen County Street Brawl, Slashing Posted To Socials Ends In Football Player's Arrest: Cops A former New Jersey high school football player was charged with slashing an 18-year-old during a large street brawl that was filmed and shared to social media, according to police and online records. Police in Hasbrouck Heights received multiple calls reporting a large fight on Terrace Avenue near the Wood-Ridge border around 11:41 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 6, Hasbrouck Heights Police Capt. John Behr said. Officers from Hasbrouck Heights responded with mutual aid from Wood-Ridge, Carlstadt, East Rutherford, and South Hackensack, Behr said.   The fight had ended by the time offi…
Convicted Murderer, Mom Break 4-Year-Old Boy's Bones, Burn Him: Affidavit Convicted Murderer, Mom Break 4-Year-Old Boy's Bones, Burn Him: Affidavit
Convicted Murderer, Mom Break 4-Year-Old Boy's Bones, Burn Him: Affidavit A convicted murderer and the mother of a 4-year-old boy are accused in a disturbing child abuse case that left the child with broken bones, burns, bruises, and injuries doctors ultimately categorized as "torture," according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Tuesday, Aug. 11. Raheem Akbar Shabazz Floyd, 38, who was on parole for a North Carolina murder conviction, and the boy's mother, Brianna Nichole Nolte-Maple, 32, were arrested in Harrisburg following an investigation into the child's extensive injuries on Friday, Aug. 7, according to the affidavit. The investigation began af…
NJ Boy Dies In Car Crash During Family Vacation In Ecuador NJ Boy Dies In Car Crash During Family Vacation In Ecuador
NJ Boy Dies In Car Crash During Family Vacation In Ecuador A New Jersey mother is facing what friends called "every parent’s worst nightmare" after her son died in a car crash during a family vacation in Ecuador. Vanessa Gonzalez was vacationing in Ecuador with her husband and son Zechariah Diaz, of Cliffside Park, and members of her husband’s family when the crash happened, according to a GoFundMe shared by the borough. Zechariah and members of Gonzalez’s in-law family were involved in the crash, according to the fundraiser, launched by Juliana Chalarca. Zechariah died. Gonzalez remains in Ecuador with her husband as the family handles arrang…
Son Who Worked To Save Dad's Fort Lee Mexican Restaurant Arrested In Taxi Driver Assault: Cops Son Who Worked To Save Dad's Fort Lee Mexican Restaurant Arrested In Taxi Driver Assault: Cops
Son Who Worked To Save Dad's Fort Lee Mexican Restaurant Arrested In Taxi Driver Assault: Cops A man who made headlines for carrying on the legacy of his late father's longtime Fort Lee Mexican restaurant has been arrested for assaulting a taxi driver before threatening police officers and spitting at them during his arrest, authorities said. Fort Lee police responded to McLoud Drive just before 11:35 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, on a report of a fight between a taxi driver and customer, Fort Lee Deputy Police Chief Edward Young said. Officers found the taxi driver with injuries to his face, police said. The Fort Lee Volunteer Ambulance Corps evaluated and treated him at the scene…
'Watch How Evil I Can Be:' Argument Over Kitchen Cleaning Turns Violent In Hackensack, Cops Say 'Watch How Evil I Can Be:' Argument Over Kitchen Cleaning Turns Violent In Hackensack, Cops Say
'Watch How Evil I Can Be:' Argument Over Kitchen Cleaning Turns Violent In Hackensack, Cops Say A Hackensack man with a long criminal history is behind bars again after police said he grabbed a large knife and threatened a family member in an argument over cleaning the kitchen, authorities said. Daniel Leandry, 29, latest arrest came Monday, Aug. 10, after an adult woman fled their apartment and contacted police, Hackensack Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. The woman told police that Leandry, a family member who lived with her, put her in fear for her safety while they argued over cleaning the kitchen, according to DeWitt. Leandry threw plates, food, and other items before grabbing …
North Haledon Teen, Haledon Brothers Charged In Vacant Hotel Burglary: Police North Haledon Teen, Haledon Brothers Charged In Vacant Hotel Burglary: Police
North Haledon Teen, Haledon Brothers Charged In Vacant Hotel Burglary: 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…
Paterson Pair Scam Grandmother Out Of $7,000 In Bail Bonds Jail Scheme: Cops Paterson Pair Scam Grandmother Out Of $7,000 In Bail Bonds Jail Scheme: Cops
Paterson Pair Scam Grandmother Out Of $7,000 In Bail Bonds 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…
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.…