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Driver Flees Route 1&9 Crash On Foot, Leaves Seriously Injured Passenger Behind, Police Charge Driver Flees Route 1&9 Crash On Foot, Leaves Seriously Injured Passenger Behind, Police Charge
Driver Flees Route 1&9 Crash On Foot, Leaves Seriously Injured Passenger Behind, Police Charge A driver abandoned a severely injured woman when he crashed his SUV into a utility pole in Fairview and ran from the scene, authorities charged. Kyu Cho, a 64-year-old Korean national who lives in Little Ferry, crashed the Acura MDX on Broad Avenue (Route 1/9) near Prospect Avenue around 9 p.m. Friday, July 23. Cho was gone when responding officers arrived, Deputy Police Chief Vincent Bellucci said. They found an adult female passenger, who was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with severe back injuries, he said. Cho came to police headquarters on Tuesday with severe bruises o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Ex-Con With Violent History Jailed After Fighting Little Ferry Police At HQ Ex-Con With Violent History Jailed After Fighting Little Ferry Police At HQ
Ex-Con With Violent History Jailed After Fighting Little Ferry Police At HQ A violent ex-con from Carlstadt who spent several years in state prison for robbing a group of tourists at knifepoint assaulted Little Ferry police at their headquarters over the weekend, authorities said. Scott Recanati, 50, had gone there Saturday afternoon, Sept. 24, to complain about a victim whom he was under a court order not to contact, Police Chief James Walters said. What he may or may not have known was that the victim had just shown police text messages that he’d sent that same day, the chief said. When Officers Joseph Montemurro and Officer Max Katzner told Recanati they'd hav…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Teen Brothers Attacked By Mob After Football Game At Elizabeth McDonald's Teen Brothers Attacked By Mob After Football Game At Elizabeth McDonald's
Teen Brothers Attacked By Mob After Football Game At Elizabeth McDonald's Two brothers from Elizabeth were hospitalized after being beaten — one of them badly — by a crowd after a high school football game Friday, Sept. 16, authorities said. The 17-year-old brother was found unconscious after apparently being pummeled and stomped behind the football stadium on Fillmore Street, according to the spokesperson for the city police department and RLS Media. His 19-year-old brother was treated for minor injuries to his head, police said. Authorities were seeking those responsible for the incident and spoke to the brothers' mom.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Woman Stabbed Multiple Times By Group In Jersey City Home Invasion: Police Woman Stabbed Multiple Times By Group In Jersey City Home Invasion: Police
Woman Stabbed Multiple Times By Group In Jersey City Home Invasion: Police A 34-year-old woman was found with multiple stab wounds after a group of people barged into her Jersey City apartment and attacked her Monday, Sept. 12, police said. Officers found the woman bleeding heavily with gashes on her left arm, left leg, and neck around 10:45 p.m. at 4 Orient Ave., a city spokeswoman told Daily Voice. She was transported to the local hospital where she is in stable condition. The investigation is ongoing.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Lodi Schools Chief Punched Woman In Head, Assaulted Her Rescuer In Seaside: Police Report Lodi Schools Chief Punched Woman In Head, Assaulted Her Rescuer In Seaside: Police Report
Lodi Schools Chief Punched Woman In Head, Assaulted Her Rescuer In Seaside: Police Report UPDATE: Lodi Schools Supt. Douglas Petty punched a woman in the head on a Seaside Heights street, then brawled with a man who came to her aid, police charged. A Heights police officer reported seeing Petty, 46, of Morris Plains, punch the woman in the head with a closed fist near the corner of Sumner Avenue and Boulevard shortly before 1:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 25. A man approached and got into a fistfight with Petty, the officer wrote in a complaint on file in Superior Court in Toms River. The victim -- whose name was withheld -- had an undisclosed personal relationship with the schools chi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Lodi Schools Chief Arrested On Assault Charges At Jersey Shore Lodi Schools Chief Arrested On Assault Charges At Jersey Shore
Lodi Schools Chief Arrested On Assault Charges At Jersey Shore Lodi Schools Supt. Douglas Petty punched a woman in the face and then fought with a man who came to her aid on a Seaside Heights street in the middle of the night, authorities said. A Heights police officer reported seeing Petty, 46, of Morris Plains, punch the woman in the head with a closed fist near the corner of Sumner Avenue and Boulevard shortly before 1:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 25. A man approached and got into a fistfight with Petty, the officer wrote in a complaint on file in Superior Court in Toms River. The victim -- whose name was withheld -- had an undisclosed relationship with t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Trenton Officers Arrested In Motel Incident: Report Trenton Officers Arrested In Motel Incident: Report
Trenton Officers Arrested In Motel Incident: Report A Mercer County sheriff’s officer and a Trenton detective were charged with assault after a physical altercation at a motel in Burlington County, NJ.com reports. A Pennsylvania man was also charged with simple assault following the Saturday, Aug. 20 fight at the Route 206 Best Western motel in Bordentown Township, the outlet reports citing police. Sheriff’s Officer Matt Sickler, 35, was checking in with Trenton detective Tara Dzurkoc, 45, when he reportedly started fighting with a 60-year-old Langhorne man. As a female hotel employee tried to break up the scuffle, Dzurkoc kicked her and yan…

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Father Stabbed, Son Sought In Assault At Route 46 Motel Father Stabbed, Son Sought In Assault At Route 46 Motel
Father Stabbed, Son Sought In Assault At Route 46 Motel Police were looking for a troubled man whose father sustained minor stab wounds in an assault at a South Hackensack motel. Carlos Rodriguez, 27, fled after the 8:40 a.m. incident on Sunday, Aug. 28, at the Knights Inn off Route 46, Police Chief Robert Chinchar said. Both had been living together there the past several years, he said. The victim sustained two small puncture wounds in the back of the neck from a steak knife for which he didn't require hospitalization, the chief said. South Hackensack police issued an alert to surrounding towns while searching for Rodriguez. He shouldn't be…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Assailant Beat Victim With Metal Pipe, Glass Bottles In Newark: Police Assailant Beat Victim With Metal Pipe, Glass Bottles In Newark: Police
Assailant Beat Victim With Metal Pipe, Glass Bottles In Newark: Police Authorities in Newark are seeking a man wanted for beating a victim with a metal pipe and glass bottles last week. The man pictured above and two others beat the victim on  the 100 block of Brunswick Street around 7:45 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz G. Fragé said. The three suspects then fled in a black Honda heading southbound on Brunswick Street. Director Fragé urges anyone with information about this suspect to call the Police Division’s 24-hour Crime Stopper tip line at 1-877-NWK-TIPS (1-877-695-8477). All anonymous Crime Stopper tips are kept co…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Suspect Tussles With Police On Cliff Overlooking Route 95 Suspect Tussles With Police On Cliff Overlooking Route 95
Suspect Tussles With Police On Cliff Overlooking Route 95 A car burglary suspect grappled with Fort Lee police on a cliff overlooking Route 95 before he joined two accomplices in handcuffs, authorities said. Patrick Jordan, 21, of Newark, had been released by a judge in Hackensack in June, a week after police said he and three other ski-masked thieves nearly struck a Saddle River homeowner as they fled after trying to steal his $200,000 Mercedes SUV. Paramus police captured that quartet on southbound Route 17 and handed them over to their Saddle River colleagues. SEE: Fleeing Vehicle Thieves Nearly Run Down Owner, Nabbed On Ro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Pair Charged In Newark Man's Murder, Another's Wounding: Prosecutor Pair Charged In Newark Man's Murder, Another's Wounding: Prosecutor
Pair Charged In Newark Man's Murder, Another's Wounding: Prosecutor Two people have been charged in a double shooting that left one man dead another wounded last month, authorities announced. Joseph Dowdell, 33, is accused of gunning down Tameel Grimes, 31, on the 300 block of New Street just after midnight on Saturday, July 23, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II said. Dowdell was charged with first-degree murder, second-degree assault and two weapons offenses. Meanwhile, Shanade McDaniel, 31, was charged with second-degree hindering prosecution. It was not clear why. Grimes was pronounced dead at the scene while a second vict…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Daughter Beat Mom Dead With Broomstick: Report NJ Daughter Beat Mom Dead With Broomstick: Report
NJ Daughter Beat Mom Dead With Broomstick: Report A 65-year-old woman is facing multiple charges including manslaughter after she beat her 80-year-old mother dead with a broomstick, CBS reports. Florence Dicriscio was rushed to the hospital after police responded to Woodmont Circle in Washington Township for a dispute on Aug. 6, various outlets say citing the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office. Neighbors told CBS they heard screams. DiCriscio Florence J. "Peggy" passed away peacefully on August 9, 2022. Devoted wife of the late Alfonso "Sonny"... Posted by Grasso Funeral Home on Thursday, August 11, 2022 Dicriscio's daughter, Loret…

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by Cecilia Levine