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Police & Fire
Covid-
19: Woman Who Kept Mom, Kids In Filth Deliberately Sneezes On Target Customer, Police Say
A Jersey City woman whose two sons and mother were found last year in a feces- and flea-infested home deliberately sneezed on another customer during an argument at the local Target, authorities said Wednesday. Detectives who investigated the COVID-related incident at the 14th Street store last week signed complaints against Bernadette Bisogno, 49, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Bisogno, who had prior unspecified run-ins with the victim, sprayed saliva on the victim’s coat and skin, Grewal said. She was charged with harassment, simple assault and violating state coronavirus …
Police & Fire
Sussex County Man With Arrest Record Blames Black Man For
Covid-
19 Pandemic, Police Say
A Sussex County who once threatened to kidnap a JCP&L worker during a power outage was taken into custody again, this time for blaming a black man for the COVID-19 pandemic, said authorities who charged him. Authorities responding to ShopRite on reports of a bias incident Sunday morning found Robert A. Winter, 65, of Vernon, had used racial slurs while blaming a black man -- in part -- for the spread of coronavirus, Franklin police said in a release. Winter was charged with simple assault, terroristic threats, harassment and bias intimidation. He was charged, processed and r…
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Closter Dad Who Assaulted Teen Football Coach Has Teaching License Suspended
State education authorities suspended the teaching license for three years of a local dad and former Closter schools official who cursed out and put a 16-year-old in a headlock during a youth flag football game. Former Closter Public Schools Business Administrator Peter Iappelli, 52, in 2017 was formally charged with simple assault and disorderly conduct after witnesses said he grabbed the teen coach -- the son of a Westwood councilman -- and put him in a headlock. Following an investigation, the New Jersey Department of Education's State Board of Examiners suspended Iappelli's teachin…
Police & Fire
Road
Rage
: Harding Man Dragged, Threatened Death, Hit Driver In Face With Hammer, Police Say
A 50-year-old Harding man was arrested after threatening to kill another driver and hitting him in the face with a hammer then dragging him, authorities said. Victor Henriques was on Lake Trail West in Mt. Kemble Lake on June 22 around 6:05 p.m. when the apparent assault took place, Harding Police Chief Erik Heller said. Henriques was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, terroristic threats and unlawful weapon possession. He was issued a summons and released pending an appearance in Morris County Superior Court.
Police & Fire
‘Go Back To Mexico’: Boy, 13, Charged With Knocking Out Passaic Mom, Beating Son
Authorities confirmed Tuesday that they’d seized a 13-year-old Passaic boy who they said knocked out a mother with a punch, leaving her with serious injuries, after bullying her son and telling him to “go back to Mexico.” The information was released following a news report in which Beronica Ruiz described being attacked after picking up her 12-year-old son from The Gifted and Talented Academy on Monroe Street in Passaic around 5 p.m. last Wednesday. The 7th-grader was also punched by the older boy in the Lexington Avenue attack, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Polic…
Police & Fire
Belleville Man Applied For A Job, Then Swiped Tip Jar: Nutley Police
A man ostensibly looking for a job turned out to be a thief instead, according to Nutley police. On Tuesday, four people were hanging around outside an eatery in the township when two of them entered the Franklin Avenue business to fill out job applications, a police department spokesman said. The spokesman declined to identify the business. After filling out their applications, one of them, later identified as Michael Almonte-Parades, 19, of Belleville, grabbed a tip jar from the counter and ran, the business owner later told police. An employee briefly chased Almonte-Parades but stoppe…
Police & Fire
Burglar Sexually Assaulted Woman In Her N. Bergen Home: Prosecutor
A North Bergen man who allegedly broke into a sleeping woman’s residence last month and sexually assaulted her has been arrested, the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office and North Bergen police said Wednesday. Oscar Juracan-Juracan, 26, broke into the 4th Avenue home early on May 25, authorities said. A 49-year-old woman was awakened by the disturbance and then attacked by Juracan-Juracan, authorities also said. Juracan-Juracan was arrested Tuesday in Jersey City and charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault, simple assault, burglary and making terroristic threats. The prosecuto…
Police & Fire
Newark Man Charged A Fifth Time For Domestic Violence With Same Victim
A 21-year-old Newark man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly assaulted a woman and then threatened her with a gun, the fifth time the man has been charged with domestic violence involving the woman, police said. Rahmon N. Johnson is accused of assaulting the woman in the South Ward Monday and then pointing the gun at her. On Tuesday, Johnson was arrested in the 200-block of Clinton Avenue. He was found with a loaded .380 caliber handgun, according to police. He has been charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, terroristic threats and weapons offenses. “…
News
Morris County Doctor Convicted In Bunny Slope Attack On Boy, 12
A jury found Morris County Dr. Samuel Caruthers guilty of stabbing a then-12-year-old boy with a ski pole on a Mountain Creek bunny slope in 2016, reports say. Caruthers, 47 of Mountain Lakes, was found guilty Wednesday of child endangerment, simple assault, a disorderly persons offense and unlawful weapon possession, the New Jersey Herald reports. His attorney intends on filing a motion to overturn the verdict, the report says. The boy sustained a bruised rib and busted lip after being punched several times by the doctor on the mountain, after he accidentally snowboarded into Caruthers' 1…
Police & Fire
Guilty
: Paramus Nanny Convicted Of Leaving 9-Month-Old With Broken Bones
Jurors last week convicted a nanny from Paramus of abusing a 9-month-old child in her care, sending the infant to the hospital with several broken bones. A judge scheduled a Sept. 27 sentencing for Laura Gonzalez, 38, who was found guilty of child endangerment and simple assault following a trial in Somerville, authorities said. Meanwhile, she remained held in the Somerset County Jail. The Bernards Township child was admitted to Morristown Medical Center last Nov. 23 with fractures of the right femur and tibia and left ankle, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said. Detective…
Police & Fire
Clifton PD: Irate Restaurant Patron Fights Staff, Responding Officers
A Clifton restaurant patron upset with his bill broke a bottle of alcohol, head-butted an employee, then fought with police who eventually subdued him, authorities said. Martin Castillo-Valdizan, 52, “refused to pay his bill when it was brought to him and became irate with restaurant staff” at El Mexicano Restaurant on Main Avenue, Sgt. Robert Anderson said. “At one point, he picked up a bottle of alcohol and broke it on the bar,” Anderson added. An employee who tried to calm him down was then head-butted in the face, the sergeant said. Officers who responded to the 2:22 a.m. call on Satu…
Police & Fire
West Milford Police Rescue Mom, Youngsters, Seize Barricaded Boyfriend
West Milford police privately kept a woman on the line as they stormed a house and took her barricaded boyfriend into custody, rescuing her and their two young children, authorities said. Anthony J. Damico, 28, remained held in the Passaic County Jail Friday following the Thursday morning incident. Township police activated their Special Operations Unit and made contact with the woman without Damico’s knowledge following the 7 a.m. call of a barricaded subject, Lt. Stephen Singerline said. She “was able to verify details of the incident, which was still unfolding,” he said. Assisted by un…
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