SMASH BURGLARS: Photos Show Destructive Wyckoff Jewelry Thieves At Work SMASH BURGLARS: Photos Show Destructive Wyckoff Jewelry Thieves At Work
Smash Burglars: Photos Show Destructive Wyckoff Jewelry Thieves At Work PHOTOS: Three burglars who smashed their way into a Wyckoff jewelry store cleared broken glass from the front of the shop, loaded a plastic trash can with bling and fled, security images released by police show. Township police released the images while trying to identify the trio who struck Devon Fine Jewelry in the Wyckoff Square shopping center over the weekend. Officers who responded to an alarm down the street from police headquarters found the front door glass smashed shortly before 12:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 27, Lt. Joseph Soto said. Authorities asked that anyone who might have wit…
UPDATE: Upper Saddle River Woman, 96, Driver, 77, Killed In Route 17 Crash UPDATE: Upper Saddle River Woman, 96, Driver, 77, Killed In Route 17 Crash
Update: Upper Saddle River Woman, 96, Driver, 77, Killed In Route 17 Crash UPDATE: A 96-year-old Upper Saddle River woman and the 77-year-old driver were killed in a single-vehicle crash on Route 17 in Ramsey on Tuesday, authorities said. Ethel Toth was a passenger in a 2009 Jeep Cherokee driven by George Sadue, 77, of Coventry, Rhode Island, that left the northbound highway and hit a tree on the property of an Exxon station around 2:30 p.m. Nov. 29, Ramsey Police Chief Brian Lyman said. Toth was killed on impact, Lyman said. Northbound Route 17, RamseyROCKLAND BUFF Sadue was extricated by firefighters but succumbed to his injuries a short time later, the chi…
SEE ANYTHING? Smash-And-Grab Burglars Hit Wyckoff Jewelry Store SEE ANYTHING? Smash-And-Grab Burglars Hit Wyckoff Jewelry Store
SEE Anything? Smash-And-Grab Burglars Hit Wyckoff Jewelry Store Three burglars smashed their way into a Wyckoff jewelry store and fled overnight with a sizable amount of bling, authorities said. Police who responded to an alarm shortly before 12:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 27, found the front door glass smashed at Devon Fine Jewelry in the Wyckoff Square shopping center at the corner of Godwin and Franklin avenues, Lt. Joseph Soto said. "Several display cases had been smashed open and their contents removed," the lieutenant said. Surveillance footage showed a trio of burglars arriving in a red vehicle believed to be a newer Honda Accord, Soto said. The Berge…
Man Gunned Down At New Milford Apartment Complex, Killer At Large Man Gunned Down At New Milford Apartment Complex, Killer At Large
Man Gunned Down At New Milford Apartment Complex, Killer At Large A man was shot and killed behind a New Milford garden apartment complex Saturday night, said investigators who were searching for his killer. The victim, a black man in his 20s who's believed to be from out of town, was shot in the head in the rear of the Bookchester Apartments in the 900 block of Boulevard shortly after 7 p.m. Nov. 26, responders said. He was taken in traumatic arrest to Hackensack University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead shortly after 8 p.m., roughly an hour after the call. It was too soon to tell under what circumstances the shooting occurred. No descript…
'Shoot Him': Manhunt Continues For Strong-Arm Robbers Who Accosted Hasbrouck Heights Tenant 'Shoot Him': Manhunt Continues For Strong-Arm Robbers Who Accosted Hasbrouck Heights Tenant
'Shoot Him': Manhunt Continues For Strong-Arm Robbers Who Accosted Hasbrouck Heights Tenant A Hasbrouck Heights garden apartment tenant told police he was robbed by two men who covered his mouth and yanked a bracelet from his wrist as he arrived home shortly before dawn. Officers from Hasbrouck Heights and Wood-Ridge responded to the call from the Skyline Apartments on Terrace Avenue shortly before 5 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, Sgt. John Behr said. He was headed to his apartment door, the 23-year-old tenant said, when the robbers rushed him -- forcing open a common-area door and breaking the lock, the sergeant said. They then "held a hand over his mouth and forced a bracelet off of …
$45,000 Cash, Jewelry, Pricey Bags Stolen Along With Security Cams, Glen Rock Resident Reports $45,000 Cash, Jewelry, Pricey Bags Stolen Along With Security Cams, Glen Rock Resident Reports
$45,000 Cash, Jewelry, Pricey Bags Stolen Along With Security Cams, Glen Rock Resident Reports Whoever reportedly stole $45,000 and pricey valuables from a Glen Rock home also made sure to take the security cameras, as well, the owner told police. The Cranford Road homeowner told responding officers that a rear window apparently had been forced open, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. In addition to the cash, the resident reported multiple designer handbags, jewelry and the NETGEAR cameras all gone, the chief said. Pinpointing the time period was difficult, however. The resident reported leaving the home in the late afternoon of Monday, Nov. 7 and not returning until just after midni…
HERO: Distraught Man, 80, Pursuing Suicide Rescued By Hasbrouck Heights Police Officer HERO: Distraught Man, 80, Pursuing Suicide Rescued By Hasbrouck Heights Police Officer
Hero: Distraught Man, 80, Pursuing Suicide Rescued By Hasbrouck Heights Police Officer A Hasbrouck Heights police officer revived an 80-year-old man who authorities said was trying to kill himself. Officer Michael Renna found the man unconscious in his vehicle on a quiet stretch of Franklin Avenue between Oak Grove Avenue and Boulevard shortly before 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, according to a police report. The officer reportedly administered Narcan, which helped bring the man around. An ambulance took the man to Hackensack University Medical Center. Police, meanwhile, discovered a suicide note. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification also responded t…
Bullet Fired Through Bank Window, Route 208 Closed Bullet Fired Through Bank Window, Route 208 Closed
Bullet Fired Through Bank Window, Route 208 Closed Route 208 was temporarily shut down in both directions after someone apparently fired a shot through the window of the Bank of America building in Glen Rock. Police found a bullet hole in the fourth-floor window at the bank's wealth management and private banking office building on Harristown Road around 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20. "The employee assigned to that office was not at work, and no one used the office during the day," Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. "There were no injuries, and it has not yet been determined what time the incident occurred," the chief said. The Ber…
UPDATE: Two Vehicles Hit Pedestrian Trying To Cross Route 17 UPDATE: Two Vehicles Hit Pedestrian Trying To Cross Route 17
Update: Two Vehicles Hit Pedestrian Trying To Cross Route 17 Two vehicles hit a man as he tried to cross dark, busy Route 17 in Ramsey, authorities said. Described only as in his 20s, the victim was wearing dark clothing when he tried to make his way across the highway roughly a half-mile south of the Lake Street overpass shortly after 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, Ramsey Police Chief Brian Lyman said. Where he was headed wasn’t clear. He was struck in the southbound lanes by two vehicles, the chief said on Thursday. “The operators of both vehicles, as well as multiple witnesses, stopped and remained” at the scene, Lyman said. Police temporarily c…
UPDATE: Pedestrian Struck On Route 17 In Ramsey Airlifted To St. Joe's UPDATE: Pedestrian Struck On Route 17 In Ramsey Airlifted To St. Joe's
Update: Pedestrian Struck On Route 17 In Ramsey Airlifted To St. Joe's UPDATE: Two vehicles hit a man as he tried to cross dark, busy Route 17 in Ramsey, authorities said. Described only as in his 20s, the victim was wearing dark clothing when he tried to make his way across the highway roughly a half-mile south of the Lake Street overpass shortly after 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, Ramsey Police Chief Brian Lyman said. Where he was headed wasn’t clear. He was struck in the southbound lanes by two vehicles, the chief said. “The operators of both vehicles, as well as multiple witnesses, stopped and remained” at the scene, Lyman said. Police temporarily close…
SEE ANYTHING? Paramus Mom Returning Home Interrupts Burglars SEE ANYTHING? Paramus Mom Returning Home Interrupts Burglars
SEE Anything? Paramus Mom Returning Home Interrupts Burglars A Paramus mother who returned home after dropping off her children at school interrupted a pair of burglars, igniting an area manhunt. The intruders bolted after the homeowner, who lives off Pascack Road near the Cedar Park and Beth El cemeteries, showed up Thursday morning, Sept. 29, authorities said. Their getaway car was described as small and dark-colored, with no license plate. A Bergen County Sheriff's K-9 Unit responded, along with police from surrounding towns and the sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification, which collected evidence. ANYONE who might have noticed something -- …
UPDATE: Driver Jumps To Death From Route 3 Bridge UPDATE: Driver Jumps To Death From Route 3 Bridge
Update: Driver Jumps To Death From Route 3 Bridge UPDATE: Westbound Route 3 was reopened after authorities recovered the body of a driver who responders said stopped on a bridge on the East Rutherford side of the Hackensack River, got out and jumped. The jumper's body was recovered from the water beneath the bridge across from Secaucus near the American Dream mall following the 10:58 a.m. call on Tuesday, Sept. 20, East Rutherford Police Capt. Mike Giancaspro said. The driver's SUV was parked in the far right lane off the bridge's narrow shoulder. That lane and the one next to it remained closed while authorities investigated. All westbo…