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NJ Corrections Officer Ryan Stemple Dies Months After Cancer Diagnosis, 51
The New Jersey Department of Corrections is mourning the loss of Senior Correctional Police Officer Ryan Robert Stemple, who died on Monday, Dec. 2.
Ryan, 51, of Park Ridge (Bergen County), was diagnosed with Stage 4 Esophageal Cancer that metastasized to a small area of his lung earlier this year, according to a GoFundMe campaign launched for his daughter.
"He was a very proud father, great son, brother, cousin and friend to many," writes Jen Van Cleef in an update on the campaign.
"Ryan expressed he was not afraid to the unknown but more sad. He said he is going to miss …
Update: Arrest Made In Hit-Run Crash That Injured Couple After Rockland Holiday Parade
Authorities have charged a driver with the hit-and-run crash that injured a couple as they left Suffern's annual holiday parade earlier this month.
Police in Bergen, Passaic and Rockland counties initially participated in a search that eventually led to the arrest, announced Tuesday, of Seth Snyder, 57, of Airmont.
Suffern police said he was driving a Kia SUV that struck Donna Raimondi and her husband, Billy Danzi, as they carried dinner to their car on Orange Avenue (Route 202) just south of Route 59 on Dec. 4.
Raimondi, 55, suffered serious injuries, including broken ribs and various ot…
Video: Haworth Nanny, Baby Stroller Struck By Hit-Run Van, Fleeing Rockland Driver Caught
A Haworth nanny and an infant she was pushing in a stroller were struck Wednesday by a van driven by a FedEx worker from Rockland who fled the scene, authorities said.
A police sergeant in neighboring Demarest stopped David Gutfeld, 56, of Airmont a short time later, Haworth Police Chief Michael Gracey said.
The child was OK, but the 55-year-old nanny had to be hospitalized, Gracey said, adding that the entire incident was captured on home security video.
“Lucky thing the child was strapped in securely,” he said.
Video shows the white Enterprise rental van plowing into the nanny and 1½-y…
Firefighters Douse Mahwah Basement Blaze Near Rockland Border
Firefighters doused a basement blaze Wednesday that severely damaged a Mahwah home near the Upper Saddle River and Rockland borders.
No injuries were reported in the two-alarm blaze, which broke out shortly after 3:15 p.m. on Tam-O-Shanter Drive in the Scotch Hills section of the township barely a quarter-mile from Airmont, NY.
Mutual aid responders either at the scene or in coverage included firefighters from Ramsey, Midland Park, Allendale, Upper Saddle River, Oakland, Franklin Lakes, Waldwick and Wyckoff, Tallman, Suffern and Hillburn.
Several companies provided mutual aid in the Ma…
