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Heroin Found On NY Driver Pepper Sprayed By Officers After Pursuit Through NJ Yards, Police Say
A 50-year-old Rockland County man was found with heroin after leading a police pursuit over state lines, that ended with him hitting multiple vehicles — including police cars — in Mahwah, NJ on Tuesday evening, July 9, police said.
Trouble began sometime around 5:15 p.m., when Eugene McDermott, of Tomkins Cove, NY fled the scene of a motor vehicle accident in Sloatsburg, Mahwah Police Lt. Michael Blondin said.
Officers tried stopping McDermott, who was operating a Dodge pickup truck with significant damage, but he fled, Blondin said.
McDermott struck several vehicles including a Suffern p…
Hudson Valley Man Convicted Of Sexually Assaulting Hotel Housekeeper
A Hudson Valley man accused of sexually assaulting a housekeeper at Bally’s Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City has been convicted, authorities said.
On Thursday, March 31, a jury found Ulster County resident Jamel Carlton, age 36, of Saugerties, guilty of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, burglary, aggravated assault and criminal restraint, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office.
Carlton was arrested twice on Feb. 15, 2018, in separate assaults at the hotel, authorities said.
Police officers responded to a domestic dispute in the casino’s parking garage and found that…
Teen Admits To Stabbing Two Rockland Men On Jersey Shore, Prosecutor Says
A teenager has admitted to stabbing two Hudson Valley men on the Jersey Shore during a fight last year, authorities said.
Juwan Roman, age 18, of Newark, pleaded guilty on Thursday, May 13 to two counts of aggravated assault and weapons offenses, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer.
Roman's name was made public this week after he waived his right to juvenile status in Family Court.
Roman was 17 during the 2020 assault, but he voluntarily agreed to be prosecuted as an adult, the prosecutor said.
On Sept. 7, 2020, at about 3:30 p.m., Point Pleasant…
Rockland County Native Accused Of Beating 4-Week-Old Son
A Rockland County native beat his 4-week-old son, leaving him with serious injuries, authorities charged.
Slobodan Todoric, a 30-year-old Spring Valley native, now of Wayne, in Passaic County, New Jersey, was released with pre-trial monitoring, among other conditions, following a first appearance before a judge in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson on Tuesday, May 11.
It began with the unresponsive infant being taken by ambulance to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center on May 31, 2020, Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Wayne Police Chief Jack McNiff said in a joint release.
Eme…
Route 17 Crash: Rockland Driver Was Drunk, Had THC Products For Sale, Bergen Prosecutor Says
A 22-year-old Rockland County man was intoxicated when his speeding sports car slammed into a tractor-trailer in a horrific overnight crash on Route 17 in Paramus over the weekend, authorities said.
Davil LaFontant, of Nanuet, was charged with aggravated assault, assault by auto, and drug possession in the crash, which injured him and a 20-year-old female passenger, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Wednesday, April 21.
LaFontant, who’s unemployed, plowed a 2019 Dodge Charger into the side of an Amazon Prime rig that was parked on the right shoulder of northbound Route 17 in front…
Suspect On Run Nabbed For Violent Home Invasion In Area, Police Say
A man wanted in connection with an alleged home invasion in which an area resident was stabbed, has been nabbed by authorities.
Jamel McCaskill, of New York City, was arrested in New Jersey on Friday, April 16, for the n Orange County incident which took place in Washingtonville on Saturday, Jan. 30.
According to felony complaints filed with the Washingtonville Village Court, on Jan. 30, McCaskill entered a residence in the village and used a large kitchen knife to stab an individual inside.
McCaskill fled the scene and was at large. The Washingtonville Police Department, togeth…
Prosecutor: Rockland Man Attacks Black Women In Bergen, Captured After Texas Wild Boar Crash
A white Rockland County man made racist comments to three black women outside a Bergen County liquor store, then smashed their car with a baseball bat, injuring two of them, before fleeing, authorities said.
Carson Goodman, 21, of Sparkill was captured in Pecos County, TX, on Friday after his car slammed into a 400-pound wild boar on a local highway and a responding sheriff’s officer discovered that he was a fugitive from justice, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
Goodman, who’d been hiding out with a relative, became a suspect soon after Northvale police were called to the Bevera…
Upstate NY Man Goes Berserk, Beats Flight Attendant, Breaks Officer's Ribs, Authorities Charge
An upstate New York man went berserk on a flight to Newark, barreling into the cockpit door and pummeling a female attendant before injuring one of six Port Authority police officers in a brawl on the tarmac, authorities said.
United Airlines Flight 4965 from Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C. had almost reached Newark Liberty International Airport shortly before 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9 when passengers said Matthew Dingley went off.
Dingley, 28, of Wynantsville, in Rensselaer County, sprinted to the cockpit door and began banging on it, then attacked the much smalle…
Old Tappan PD: Rockland Burglar Chased Down, Charged With Attempted Murder In Beating
Police from several northeast Bergen towns working together nabbed a Rockland man shortly after authorities said he broke into an Old Tappan home and beat a resident.
Garth C. Mackinnon, 26, of Piermont, threatened to kill the Orangeburg Road resident, who was found with head and neck injuries that required medical attention after chasing the intruder from his home, Police Chief Thomas M. Shine said.
Police responding to the burglary call just before 2:30 a.m. Thursday got help from their colleagues from Closter, Demarest, Harrington Park, Haworth, Northvale, Norwood and River Vale in setti…
Final Suspect Caught: Victim Paralyzed After Falling Off Car In Hillsdale
HILLSDALE, N.J. -- Authorities on Wednesday announced the arrest of the third and final suspect wanted in connection with a drug deal gone bad that left a victim likely paralyzed for life after he was thrown from a car on a dead-end Hillsdale street.
Alex Juarez, 29, was being held in the Bergen County Jail, joining Bryan Ortigoza, 19, of Passaic, who was arrested last Wednesday.
Both are charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said.
The getaway driver, a 17-year-old girl who also is from Nutley, was previously detained. A delinquen…
