‘Polícia!’ Getaway Driver Shouts Before Colombian Burglary Crew Is Captured By Paramus PD ‘Polícia!’ Getaway Driver Shouts Before Colombian Burglary Crew Is Captured By Paramus PD
‘Polícia!’ Getaway Driver Shouts Before Colombian Burglary Crew Is Captured By Paramus PD A watchful neighbor gave Paramus police the drop on a Colombian burglary crew that had just broken into a local home, leading to four quick arrests, authorities said. “Polícia!” the getaway driver shouted into his cell phone as Officers Kevin Osback and Dan DiRienzo arrived at the Haywood Drive home shortly after 11:30 a.m. last Friday, Dec. 23, Deputy Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. The officers and several other colleagues converged on the block after a resident called to report two hooded bandits dressed all in black entering the rear of a neighbor’s home, the deputy chief said on Tue…
Delinquent With Ankle Monitor Among Trio Caught After Mahwah Stolen Car Pursuit, Paramus Crash Delinquent With Ankle Monitor Among Trio Caught After Mahwah Stolen Car Pursuit, Paramus Crash
Delinquent With Ankle Monitor Among Trio Caught After Mahwah Stolen Car Pursuit, Paramus Crash A predawn stolen car chase that began at a Mahwah housing development that has become a frequent destination for thieves ended in a crash in Paramus and the seizure of three delinquents from Newark, one of whom was wearing an ankle monitor, authorities said. Township police converged the Rio Vista development in response to multiple 911 calls of vehicles being broken into shortly before 7 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, Capt. Guido Bussinelli said. Moments later, Officer Darren Iurato tried to stop a recently-stolen Honda CRV after it emerged from the complex and headed first toward Campgaw Road and …
Special Police Officer IDs Brooklyn Boy, 15, Who Threatened To Blow Up Lyndhurst High School Special Police Officer IDs Brooklyn Boy, 15, Who Threatened To Blow Up Lyndhurst High School
Special Police Officer IDs Brooklyn Boy, 15, Who Threatened To Blow Up Lyndhurst High School A sharp-eyed Lyndhurst special police officer nabbed a 15-year-old boy from Brooklyn who authorities said made a 911 call threatening to blow up the township high school. A Bergen County communications dispatcher told Lyndhurst police shortly after noon on Oct. 7 that an unknown caller using anonymizing technology claimed there was a bomb inside the high school, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. The school was locked down and all 852 students, along with teachers and staff, were escorted out by Lyndhurst police. The Bergen County sheriff’s bomb and K-9 squads checked inside and out and d…
Member Of Paterson '230 Boys' Admits Selling Heroin-Laced Fentanyl That Killed User Member Of Paterson '230 Boys' Admits Selling Heroin-Laced Fentanyl That Killed User
Member Of Paterson '230 Boys' Admits Selling Heroin-Laced Fentanyl That Killed User A reputed member of a notorious Paterson street gang admitted in federal court in Newark on Wednesday that he sold fentanyl-laced heroin that killed a user. Authorities didn't identify the victim who they said died after ingesting drugs sold by Wyzier Peterson, 25. Peterson was among 17 reputed 230 Boys members charged in a coordinated heroin, fentanyl and cocaine trafficking case assembled in September 2019 by a strike force comprised of agents from the DEA, ATF and state, county and local law enforcement. One of them, Keith Brinkley, shot a Belleville man in Paterson and then fled to Geo…
GoFundMe Verifies Campaign By NJ Family Of Man Who Led PA Police On Deadly 100 MPH Chase GoFundMe Verifies Campaign By NJ Family Of Man Who Led PA Police On Deadly 100 MPH Chase
GoFundMe Verifies Campaign By NJ Family Of Man Who Led PA Police On Deadly 100 MPH Chase The New Jersey family of a 35-year-old man who was shot and killed during a 100 mph chase on US 22 in Pennsylvania has launched a GoFundMe campaign to cover the funeral cost. Krysten Harland Pretlor, who had been living in Johnstown, Pennsylvania prior to the deadly shooting on Thursday, Nov. 3, had a lengthy criminal record including getting caught while hiding out in New Jersey, authorities say. The Garden State native's extensive criminal background includes being captured on May 18, 2017, after the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Squad received a tip that he was in a local resi…
Probationer Shot Dead By Pennsylvania State Police Previously Lived As Fugitive In New Jersey Probationer Shot Dead By Pennsylvania State Police Previously Lived As Fugitive In New Jersey
Probationer Shot Dead By Pennsylvania State Police Previously Lived As Fugitive In New Jersey A 35-year-old Johnstown man who was shot and killed during a 100 mph chase on US 22 in Pennsylvania had a lengthy criminal record including getting caught while hiding out in New Jersey, authorities say. Krysten Harland Pretlor, had been living in Johnstown, Pennsylvania prior to the deadly shooting on Thursday, Nov. 3.  The Garden State native's extensive criminal background includes being captured on May 18, 2017 after the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Squad received a tip that he was in a local in resident’s home, the office stated in a release at the time. He was arreste…
Teaneck Resident, 69, Charged With Robbing Bank Right Down The Street Teaneck Resident, 69, Charged With Robbing Bank Right Down The Street
Teaneck Resident, 69, Charged With Robbing Bank Right Down The Street GOTCHA! A man who robbed a Teaneck bank of several thousand dollars lives right up the block, authorities said after he was taken into custody a short time later. Leo Richard Jones Jr., 69, was dressed all in black when he passed a note "threatening bodily injury" to a teller at the Chase Bank on Cedar Lane shortly after 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, Teaneck Deputy Police Chief Andrew McGurr said. No weapon was shown, the deputy chief said. A bank employee dialed 911 as Jones ran up the street toward the Cedar Lane garden apartment complex where he lives (at right in photo above), McGurr sai…
Seven Charged In Armed Saddle Brook Home Invasion Seven Charged In Armed Saddle Brook Home Invasion
Seven Charged In Armed Saddle Brook Home Invasion A virtual mountain of evidence uncovered by Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives and Saddle Brook police produced the arrests of two ex-cons and five other suspects following what authorities said was a gunpoint home invasion this past summer. At least two victims had weapons pointed at them as the bandits forced their way in and took $12,500 in cash, $3,000 worth of jewelry, a wallet with multiple credit and debit cards and cellphone around 12:30 a.m. June 28, investigators said. Bergen County prosecutor's detectives who worked the case found a lot to go on. They and their Saddle Brook co…
Teaneck Resident, 69, Robbed Bank Right Down The Block: Authorities Teaneck Resident, 69, Robbed Bank Right Down The Block: Authorities
Teaneck Resident, 69, Robbed Bank Right Down The Block: Authorities GOTCHA! A man who robbed a Teaneck bank of several thousand dollars lives right up the block, authorities said after he was taken into custody a short time later. Leo Richard Jones Jr., 69, was dressed all in black when he passed a note "threatening bodily injury" to a teller at the Chase Bank on Cedar Lane shortly after 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, Teaneck Deputy Police Chief Andrew McGurr said. No weapon was shown, the deputy chief said. A bank employee dialed 911 as Jones ran up the street toward the Cedar Lane garden apartment complex where he lives (at right in photo below), McGurr sai…
UPDATE: Firefighter Charged In Horrific 9W Crash Later Returned To Scene As Responder UPDATE: Firefighter Charged In Horrific 9W Crash Later Returned To Scene As Responder
Update: Firefighter Charged In Horrific 9W Crash Later Returned To Scene As Responder UPDATE: A volunteer firefighter charged in a horrific road-rage crash that nearly killed a fellow group of fellow Bergen County teens earlier this week left the scene and then returned as a responder, authorities said. Luke Stein, 18, who was taken into custody in Colorado on Friday, Oct. 14, became a volunteer firefighter in Alpine and Demarest earlier this year, records show.  He was driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee with blue and white emergency lights on the dashboard when he pursued and then deliberately rear-ended the victims' Honda Pilot on Route 9W just after midnight on Monday, Oct. 1…
Compulsive Bergen Cyber-Stalker Freed After 3½ Years Terrorizes Same Victim Again: Prosecutor Compulsive Bergen Cyber-Stalker Freed After 3½ Years Terrorizes Same Victim Again: Prosecutor
Compulsive Bergen Cyber-Stalker Freed After 3½ Years Terrorizes Same Victim Again: Prosecutor Nearly 3½ years behind bars made little difference to a compulsive cyber-stalker from Bergen County who went right back after his victim just months after being released, authorities charged. Daniel Pfeiffer, 33, of Old Tappan was originally convicted several years ago of posting fake nude photos and bogus social medial accounts of a woman he’d dated more than a decade ago. He ended up serving 364 days in the Bergen County Jail after taking a plea deal. No sooner was he released than he was back at it, victimizing the same woman in October 2019, authorities charged. Pfeiffer took another …
Pedestrian Leaving MNF Game On Route 3 Whacked In Head By Rental Truck Mirror Pedestrian Leaving MNF Game On Route 3 Whacked In Head By Rental Truck Mirror
Pedestrian Leaving MNF Game On Route 3 Whacked In Head By Rental Truck Mirror A man walking from MetLife Stadium on Route 3 after the Giants-Cowboys Monday Night Football game was clocked in the head by the mirror of a rental truck. The 29-year-old victim from North Bergen was headed eastbound near the Hackensack River bridge when he was whacked from behind by the mirror of a Ryder Chevy, East Rutherford Police Capt. Jeff Yannacone said. He tried to keep walking but required medical attention and was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center by East Rutherford EMS, the captain said. The 61-year-old driver from Paterson remained at the scene, he said. No summonse…