Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Make $40,000 Heroin Bust Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Make $40,000 Heroin Bust
Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Make $40,000 Heroin Bust Palisades Interstate Parkway police seized $40,000 worth of heroin and arrested two people – one of them from Orange County, NY -- after stopping a minivan on the parkway, authorities said. PIP Police Officer Matthew Levine stopped the Honda Odyssey for a traffic violation in Alpine on Dec. 15, Lt. Jock H. Watkins, Jr. said Friday. A probable-cause search turned up 4,000 wax folds of heroin, Watkins said. Arrested, he said, were two passengers: Holly Anne Mead, 32, of Newburgh, who was charged with marijuana possession, and Gabriel Zurita-Bayron, 36, of Philadelphia, who was charged with h…
Rockland Driver With Busted Brake Light Charged With Giving River Vale Officer Bogus License Rockland Driver With Busted Brake Light Charged With Giving River Vale Officer Bogus License
Rockland Driver With Busted Brake Light Charged With Giving River Vale Officer Bogus License A Rockland woman was arrested just across the border in River Vale for giving a bogus driver's license to a police officer who stopped her for having a broken brake light, authorities said. Baiba Beitan, 27, who doesn't have a valid license, was stopped on Rivervale Road near Oak Drive, Detective Sgt. Peter Martin said. After handing over the fake license, she was taken to police headquarters in custody, processed and released pending a court hearing, Martin said. Police charged her with unsworn falsification and gave her summonses for the busted brake light and driving without a license, …
Hawthorne PD: NY Men Coming From Paterson In Unregistered, Unlicensed Car Had Heroin, Pot Hawthorne PD: NY Men Coming From Paterson In Unregistered, Unlicensed Car Had Heroin, Pot
Hawthorne PD: NY Men Coming From Paterson In Unregistered, Unlicensed Car Had Heroin, Pot “Fine,” a stopped New York State driver told a Hawthorne police officer who asked whether he was carrying any drugs before pulling out several bundles of heroin stuffed down his pants, authorities said. Corey Kessler, 28, of Wurtsboro, was driving a 2014 Nissan Sentra when he and his passenger, 22-year-old Jayquan Lightfoot of Middletown, NY were stopped on Goffle Road near Watchung Drive in the middle of the afternoon on Nov. 8, they said. Kessler told the officer he’d gone to Paterson to pick up his cousin, but Lightfoot told a different story, Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. Asked…
Waldwick PD: Rockland Motorcyclist Caught After Chase Into Allendale Waldwick PD: Rockland Motorcyclist Caught After Chase Into Allendale
Waldwick PD: Rockland Motorcyclist Caught After Chase Into Allendale A 22-year-old motorcyclist from Rockland led a chase from Waldwick to Allendale Friday night before police snared him, authorities said. Waldwick Officer Christopher Sanchez tried to stop Angelo Naclerio of West Nyack for a traffic violation when he took off, Lt. Thomas Dowling said. Sanchez pursued Naclerio, who tried to elude him, Dowling said. The chase went into Allendale, where Naclerio turned off West Crescent Avenue and eventually onto dead-ended Cambridge Avenue, the lieutenant said. He then pulled into a resident's garage. Sanchez and Allendale police seized Naclerio, Dowling sai…
Authorities ID Man Shot During Wild Union Police Chase Authorities ID Man Shot During Wild Union Police Chase
Authorities ID Man Shot During Wild Union Police Chase The man who was shot after fleeing from police in Union Friday afternoon has been identified as a 32-year-old Linden resident, the Union County Prosecutor's Office said.  Lester Krek was pulled over for a traffic violation on Rt. 22 in Union around 2:15 p.m. Krek took off during the stop, according to authorities.  Shortly afterward, Union police found his smashed pickup a few miles west in Mountainside. A Union police sergeant found Krek on foot in the 1600 block of Larkspur Drive and the two scuffled, the prosecutor's office said.  As the sergeant, who was not identified, …
Wyckoff PD: Driver Ticketed For Being Unlicensed Busted For Getting Right Back Behind Wheel Wyckoff PD: Driver Ticketed For Being Unlicensed Busted For Getting Right Back Behind Wheel
Wyckoff PD: Driver Ticketed For Being Unlicensed Busted For Getting Right Back Behind Wheel Wyckoff police stopped an unlicensed motorist for the second time in two hours when he ignored orders to leave his car until a valid driver could pick it up, authorities said. Officer Robert Schlossberg first pulled over 23-year-old Melvin Acosta-Espinal of New York City for a traffic violation on Wyckoff Avenue just after 2:30 a.m., Lt. Joseph Soto said. Acosta-Espinal received a summons for driving while on the suspended list and was told to leave the vehicle in a nearby parking lot until a valid driver was available to get it, Soto said. At 4:20 a.m., Kaitlyn Maglione saw Acosta-Espinal…
Clifton PD: Pursuit Ends With Crash In Little Ferry, Driver, 18, Grabbed With Girl, 15 Clifton PD: Pursuit Ends With Crash In Little Ferry, Driver, 18, Grabbed With Girl, 15
Clifton PD: Pursuit Ends With Crash In Little Ferry, Driver, 18, Grabbed With Girl, 15 A pursuit from Clifton ended in Little Ferry when the 18-year-old driver slammed his car into a  police cruiser and was taken into custody after a brief struggle – along with a 15-year-old female passenger, authorities said. Officer Jessenia Levy was patrolling the area of Piaget Avenue and Lexington Avenue when she saw Julian Romero blow a red light around 2:45 a.m. Saturday, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Levy tried pulling him over, but Romero hit the gas, Bracken said. The officer followed the 2000 Toyota Corolla onto eastbound Route 46 for nearly seven miles into Little Ferry…
Repeat Offender With Pursuit History Hits Cresskill Police Cruiser Head On, Slams Into Another Repeat Offender With Pursuit History Hits Cresskill Police Cruiser Head On, Slams Into Another
Repeat Offender With Pursuit History Hits Cresskill Police Cruiser Head On, Slams Into Another A Dumont driver with a history of trying to elude police slammed his car head-on into one Cresskill cruiser, then rammed another Friday afternoon after refusing to stop for a traffic violation, authorities said. Edward Arnold, 30, "went a couple of blocks, came up Maple Street, then hit a police car head-on," Detective Sgt. Jason Lanzilotti told Daily Voice. "He totaled the police car, then spun out and hit a backup unit," the sergeant said. Arnold then bailed out and ran, but officers quickly caught him on Knickerbocker Road, a short distance from the monument circle at Madison Avenue, he…
Mahwah PD: Observant Officer Nabs Pennsylvania Driver With 500 LSD Hits Mahwah PD: Observant Officer Nabs Pennsylvania Driver With 500 LSD Hits
Mahwah PD: Observant Officer Nabs Pennsylvania Driver With 500 LSD Hits A Mahwah police officer who suspected no good found a Pennsylvania driver carrying 500 hits of LSD, authorities said. Officer John Rodriguez was on patrol late Monday when he spotted “several individuals acting in a suspicious manner in a municipal commuter lot” off East Ramapo Avenue, Police Chief James N. Batelli said Tuesday. They then got into separate vehicles and exited the lot in different directions, Batelli said. Moments later, Rodriguez stopped one of them for committing a traffic violation on Island Road, the chief said. The driver – identified as 25-year-old Adrian Wielgolaski…
Moonachie PD: Trio With Drugs All Provided Fake Names Moonachie PD: Trio With Drugs All Provided Fake Names
Moonachie PD: Trio With Drugs All Provided Fake Names A driver who ran a red light right in front of a Moonachie police officer provided a bogus name – as did two women who were with him – and was found carrying drugs and a crack pipe, authorities said. Officer Daniel Leoncini was on patrol Wednesday afternoon when the driver of the silver Infiniti – identified as Stephon C. Womack, 35, of Newark – made a left from eastbound Route 46 onto Huyler Street through the light, Police Chief Richard Behrens said. Womack, who gave the officer another person’s name, was wanted on an outstanding warrant, Behrens said. He agreed to a search of his car, w…
Port Authority PD: North Carolina Couple At GWB Had Hidden Revolver, Pot Port Authority PD: North Carolina Couple At GWB Had Hidden Revolver, Pot
Port Authority PD: North Carolina Couple At GWB Had Hidden Revolver, Pot A Port Authority police officer found a North Carolina couple he stopped at the George Washington Bridge toll plaza carrying a revolver hidden behind a vent panel, authorities said Friday. Officer David Hunter became suspicious after he stopped the white Ford pickup truck for a traffic violation Wednesday night, authority spokesperson Lenis Rodrigues told Daily Voice. After smelling a strong odor of marijuana, Hunter found the passenger, 50-year-old Kimberly Busse of Fayetteville, NC – “covering herself with a blanket, even though it was 75 degrees at the time,” Rodrigues said. The officer…
POLL: Would You Try To Help Your Child Out Of Legal Trouble? POLL: Would You Try To Help Your Child Out Of Legal Trouble?
Poll: Would You Try To Help Your Child Out Of Legal Trouble? Caren Z. Turner admits in her public statement issued Wednesday that she let her emotions get the best of her while attempting to help her children out of a traffic violation Easter weekend. Some people say the fact that she interjected herself alone was out of line while others maintain they would have tried to help their own kids had they been in a similar situation. What would you do? Vote below or read on if you are unfamiliar with the story. Last month, Port Authority Commissioner and Tenafly mom Turner showed up at the scene of a traffic stop -- her daughter a backseat passenger.  The…