Franklin Lakes German Shepherd Owner Charged With 14 Animal Cruelty Counts Franklin Lakes German Shepherd Owner Charged With 14 Animal Cruelty Counts
Franklin Lakes German Shepherd Owner Charged With 14 Animal Cruelty Counts A 55-year-old Franklin Lakes woman with a history of similar trouble was served with a host of animal cruelty complaints after more than a dozen German Shepherds were removed from her home, authorities said. The 14 dog were in varying health and living conditions, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said, when animal control officers removed them from the Haddon Place home-turned-dog kennel of Danielle Weitz and her husband, Robert.  Borough officials also deemed the house uninhabitable. "I'm not interested in this call," Robert Weitz said Tuesday night before hanging up …
Herd Of German Shepherds Removed From Franklin Lakes Couple's Home Herd Of German Shepherds Removed From Franklin Lakes Couple's Home
Herd Of German Shepherds Removed From Franklin Lakes Couple's Home UPDATE: A 55-year-old Franklin Lakes woman with a history of similar trouble was served with a host of animal cruelty complaints after more than a dozen German Shepherds were removed from her home, authorities said. The 14 dog were in varying health and living conditions, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said, when animal control officers removed them from the Haddon Place home-turned-dog kennel of Danielle Weitz and her husband, Robert. Borough officials also deemed the house uninhabitable. "I'm not interested in this call," Robert Weitz said Tuesday night before hang…
SEEN HER? Ridgefield Park Mom Missing Since May 22 SEEN HER? Ridgefield Park Mom Missing Since May 22
Seen HER? Ridgefield Park Mom Missing Since May 22 A 35-year-old Ridgefield Park mom who suffers from mental health disorders has been missing since last month. Erin Stack was last seen around 4 p.m. on May 22 in Paterson, where she took a photo with a friend and then said she was going to file paperwork for housing at Eva's Village, her mom Lori Stack said. Stack last saw her daughter earlier that day on E. 18th Street, where she accompanied her to Walgreens, she said. Stack had been living with her grandparents and prior to that at local homeless shelters, most recently in Hackensack. Lori Stack, who believes her daughter may be in an a…
U.S. Navy Fighter Jets Rattle Bergen County U.S. Navy Fighter Jets Rattle Bergen County
U.S. Navy Fighter Jets Rattle Bergen County If you heard three alarmingly loud planes fly over your house around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, you weren't the only one. It wasn't clear where they came from or where they're headed, but the trio of U.S. Navy fighter jets touched down at Teterboro Airport. Dozens of Bergen County residents in Maywood, Paramus, Emerson, Hackensack and elsewhere asked one another whether those were, in fact, fighter jets screaming over their homes. The planes will be departing again on Friday at an unknown time, authorities said. In December, the Teterboro Airport Noise Abatement Advisory Committee (TANAAC) voted …
West Nyack Couple Busted With 60 Bags Of Heroin In NJ, Police Say West Nyack Couple Busted With 60 Bags Of Heroin In NJ, Police Say
West Nyack Couple Busted With 60 Bags Of Heroin In NJ, Police Say A West Nyack couple was carrying 60 bags of heroin when they were stopped on a local highway, police in New Jersey said. Glen Rock Officer T.J. Graziani pulled the car over on southbound Route 208 for not maintaining a lane and having no visible rear license plate just before 11:30 p.m. Thursday, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The passenger, 44-year-old Shawn R. Landau, tried giving police a bogus name “in an attempt to evade arrest on active warrants that were issued by the Elmwood Park and Paterson Municipal Courts,” Ackermann said. Both he and the driver – Erin Davey, 43 – were taken…
Hackensack Horse Didn't Win Derby But Trainer's Other Colt Made History Hackensack Horse Didn't Win Derby But Trainer's Other Colt Made History
Hackensack Horse Didn't Win Derby But Trainer's Other Colt Made History The same trainer who coached Hackensack's American Pharoah to the 2015 Kentucky Derby finish line just made history again. This time, it was trainer Bob Baffert's pre-race, undefeated favorite Justify (5-2) who went on to win the 144th Kentucky Derby Saturday reversing the Apollo Curse -- with only three races under his belt. Hall of Famer Baffert also trained racehorse Solomini, of Hackensack's Zayat Stables, LLC -- owned by a Teaneck family -- who finished 10th this year at Churchill Downs. Three-year-old Justify's win made him the first horse without a race as a 2-year-old to win the an…
Hackensack Couple Killed By Train Identified Hackensack Couple Killed By Train Identified
Hackensack Couple Killed By Train Identified HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Each was on the opposite side of the tracks before Keith Daisley and Regina Eller met in the middle Wednesday afternoon -- and were struck and killed by a commuter train, witnesses told investigators. Eller, 48, "had just gotten off a bus on Main Street" around 1:10 p.m., a law enforcement official said. Daisley, 51, "was waiting for her on the other side of the tracks," he said, adding that they apparently hadn't seen one another in awhile. The couple -- who each lived at different Hackensack addresses -- "met in the middle of the tracks,"…
Hackensack Couple Meeting In Middle Of Tracks Struck, Killed By Train Hackensack Couple Meeting In Middle Of Tracks Struck, Killed By Train
Hackensack Couple Meeting In Middle Of Tracks Struck, Killed By Train HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Each was on the opposite side of the tracks before Keith Daisley and Regina Eller met in the middle Wednesday afternoon -- and were struck and killed by a commuter train, witnesses told investigators. Eller, 48, "had just gotten off a bus on Main Street" around 1:10 p.m., a law enforcement official said. Daisley, 51, "was waiting for her on the other side of the tracks," he said, adding that they apparently hadn't seen one another in awhile. The couple -- who each lived at different Hackensack addresses -- "met in the middle of the tracks,"…
Wildlife Expert IDs Mystery Skeleton Found By Hackensack Man In River Wildlife Expert IDs Mystery Skeleton Found By Hackensack Man In River
Wildlife Expert IDs Mystery Skeleton Found By Hackensack Man In River A mysterious skeleton found Saturday by a Hackensack man in the Pequannock River has been identified by wildlife experts as a deer. Michael Rawlins, originally of Elmwood Park, was out for a hike in Pompton Lakes when he saw the bones floating in the river. Hackensack Riverkeeper Captain Bill Sheehan was able to identify it by its teeth. "You can clearly see the grinding teeth, which are like molars for dogs or humans," Sheehan told Daily Voice. That's what deer have because they're vegetarians and need to be able to grind food up." Sheehan said it's not uncommon to find an…
'Joke' School Shooting Post Gets Garfield Boy, 12, Delinquency Complaint 'Joke' School Shooting Post Gets Garfield Boy, 12, Delinquency Complaint
'Joke' School Shooting Post Gets Garfield Boy, 12, Delinquency Complaint GARFIELD, N.J. – A 12-year-old Garfield boy must go before a family court judge after police said he threatened a school shooting on social media and then said it was just a joke. School officials notified police Friday morning about a “threatening post [that] indicated a Garfield school shooting was going to occur on Monday and then indicated that the post is a joke,” Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. School officials and police took it seriously: Detectives issued a delinquency complaint against the middle schooler for offenses which, if committed by an adult, would equal causing a false publ…
Hackensack Man Charged With Threatening To 'Murder' Police In 19+ Towns Hackensack Man Charged With Threatening To 'Murder' Police In 19+ Towns
Hackensack Man Charged With Threatening To 'Murder' Police In 19+ Towns HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A private building custodian from Hackensack called no fewer than 19 municipal police departments threatening to "murder" officers, said authorities who arrested him. Angel Sariol, 45, was being held in the Bergen County Jail, charged with making terroristic threats and causing a false public alarm. The calls were made this past Monday through Wednesday, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. "During many of these calls, the unknown caller stated that police officers from those towns would be murdered," Calo said, adding that Sariol "…
Trucker Charged With Sexually Assaulting North Arlington Teen Four Times Trucker Charged With Sexually Assaulting North Arlington Teen Four Times
Trucker Charged With Sexually Assaulting North Arlington Teen Four Times NORTH ARLINGTON, N.J. – A Hudson County truck driver was charged with sexually assaulting an underage North Arlington girl several times spanning this and last year, said authorities who arrested him. Luis Lozano, 40, of North Bergen remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Saturday following a detention hearing in Hackensack. Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Lozano was arrested Friday after members of his Special Victims Unit and North Arlington police investigated a Feb. 15 report Lozano is charged with sexually assaulting the girl four times beginning when she was 16, …