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Loaded Glock, Drugs Seized, Ex-Con From Tuxedo Park Nabbed By Police In Route 17 Stop Loaded Glock, Drugs Seized, Ex-Con From Tuxedo Park Nabbed By Police In Route 17 Stop
Loaded Glock, Drugs Seized, Ex-Con From Tuxedo Park Nabbed By Police In Route 17 Stop Officers found a loaded gun and a host of drugs for sale after an officer stopped an ex-con from Orange County for tailgating on Route 17 in Bergen County, police said. Ryan Larkin, age 35, of Tuxedo Park, told  Saddle River Officer Ryan Holdsworth that he needed the .40-caliber Glock 35 -- with a high-capacity magazine -- “for the purpose of protecting himself and his girlfriend from others,” Saddle River Police Chief Jason Cosgriff said following the noontime arrest on Friday, Sept. 9. Larkin apparently was taking his girlfriend to The Valley Hospital following an undetermined injury whe…
Authorities Smash International Sex-Trafficking Ring In NJ, NY, Rescue Dozens Of Victims Authorities Smash International Sex-Trafficking Ring In NJ, NY, Rescue Dozens Of Victims
Authorities Smash International Sex-Trafficking Ring In NJ, NY, Rescue Dozens Of Victims More than 50 women were forced into prostitution in North Jersey, Rockland County and New York City by male members of a large-scale international human trafficking ring run by three women from Teaneck and two men from Lodi, authorities said . A massive investigation into sex trafficking in both states culminated in a series of early-morning raids Wednesday at 19 homes and other locations in Bergen and Hudson counties – including Lodi, Teaneck, Englewood, Elmwood Park and Bergenfield. Detectives and uniformed police and sheriff's officers arrested 21 ring members. They also obtained a fug…
Motorcyclist Injured In Route 17 Crash Motorcyclist Injured In Route 17 Crash
Motorcyclist Injured In Route 17 Crash A New York motorcyclist survived an overnight crash on Route 17 in Waldwick, authorities said. The 52-year-old Orange County resident from Middletown victim lost control of the motorcycle on the northbound highway just north of Sheridan Avenue shortly before 2 a.m., Police Chief Mark Messner said. “No other vehicles were involved and at that time and the conditions were clear and dry,” Messner said. The rider “was alert and conscious the entire time but did suffer lacerations to his leg and knee and a fair amount of road rash,” the chief said. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical…
UPDATE: Bergen Cold Case Unit Probes Bag Of Bones Found At State Line Lookout On Palisades UPDATE: Bergen Cold Case Unit Probes Bag Of Bones Found At State Line Lookout On Palisades
Update: Bergen Cold Case Unit Probes Bag Of Bones Found At State Line Lookout On Palisades UPDATE: Bones found in a bag tied to a snack stand at the State Line Lookout atop the Palisades in Alpine were identified as human remains -- as well as those found along with some personal items nearby, authorities said Wednesday. "The remains will be submitted to a lab for identification and will be compared to missing persons records," Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Employees arriving for work at the stand on Monday found the bones in a bag tied to the door. "The individual who left the bag of remains on the snack stand door was located and directed law enforcement officers…
Spring Valley Stalker's Bogus 'Active Shooter' Call Brings SWAT Team, Prosecutor Says Spring Valley Stalker's Bogus 'Active Shooter' Call Brings SWAT Team, Prosecutor Says
Spring Valley Stalker's Bogus 'Active Shooter' Call Brings SWAT Team, Prosecutor Says An unemployed Spring Valley man called in a bogus report of an active shooter at a Bergen County home, bringing a SWAT team, among other responders, said authorities who took him into custody. Austin Parks, 48, was already in the Rockland County Jail in connection with another arrest when investigators identified him, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Wednesday. Parks used technology to block his number when he made the April 17 call, claiming there was an active shooter at a residence in Park Ridge, Calo said. Detectives from the prosecutor’s Cyber Crimes Unit and Park Ridg…
Mahwah Stop Yields Fireworks, Arrests Of Out-Of-Town Parolee, Probationer Mahwah Stop Yields Fireworks, Arrests Of Out-Of-Town Parolee, Probationer
Mahwah Stop Yields Fireworks, Arrests Of Out-Of-Town Parolee, Probationer Mahwah police spoiled the 4th of July party for two out-of-towners – one a parolee, the other a probationer – after catching them with an assortment of fireworks during a traffic stop, authorities said. Officer Christopher Fasulo stopped their New York-registered commercial van for a violation on MacArthur Boulevard, Police Chief James N. Batelli said. The driver, 40-year-old Joshua Requena of Equinunk, PA, told the officer they were “working at a job site in Pennsylvania for a cleaning company,” the chief said. Fasulo quickly spotted what turned out to be “an extensive assortment of illeg…
Kids OK After Mini-Cooper Rear-Ends School Bus On Route 4 In Hackensack Kids OK After Mini-Cooper Rear-Ends School Bus On Route 4 In Hackensack
Kids OK After Mini-Cooper Rear-Ends School Bus On Route 4 In Hackensack A group of youngsters on a school bus involved in a multi-vehicle crash Monday morning on westbound Route 4 in Hackensack were hospitalized as a precaution, responders said. None of the children on the White Plains Bus Company vehicle out of Westchester appeared seriously injured but were being taken to Hackensack University Medical Center to be completely checked out. It wasn't immediately clear where the youngsters are from. The driver of the Mini-Cooper, part of which slid under the school bus, was hospitalized with serious injuries, responders said.  Two occupants of a minivan that hi…
Body Of Postal Worker From Lyndhurst, 51, Pulled From Passaic River Body Of Postal Worker From Lyndhurst, 51, Pulled From Passaic River
Body Of Postal Worker From Lyndhurst, 51, Pulled From Passaic River LYNDHURST, N.J. – (UPDATE) The body of a postal worker from Lyndhurst who went missing more than three weeks ago was pulled Friday from the Passaic River in South Kearny. https://lyndhurst.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/body-of-missing-postal-worker-from-lyndhurst-found-in-passaic-river/736660/ ****** PREVIOUS STORY: Divers searched the Passaic River for 51-year-old Vitorino Cirne, with no results, after his car was found nearby (SEE: Passaic River Search For Missing Lyndhurst Man Called Off). Cirne is 5-foot-7 and 150 pounds, with brown eyes, brown and gray hair and a fair complexion, Lyndh…
Allendale PD: Driver Shouted Death Threat Outside Northern Highlands HS Allendale PD: Driver Shouted Death Threat Outside Northern Highlands HS
Allendale PD: Driver Shouted Death Threat Outside Northern Highlands HS ALLENDALE, N.J. – “I will kill everyone!” a frustrated father of a student shouted as he pulled into the parking lot of Northern Highlands Regional High School in Allendale, making a gun gesture with his hands – and leading to his arrest, authorities said. Another student told police he was stopped in traffic driving out of the lot Tuesday when a white Nissan pulled in and stopped next to a vehicle in front of his, Police Chief George Scherb said. The Nissan driver “made a weapons gesture with his hands” while shouting at the other driver that he would “kill everyone,” Scherb said. After i…
Update: Female Body Pulled From Hackensack River Update: Female Body Pulled From Hackensack River
Update: Female Body Pulled From Hackensack River Authorities recovered a female body from the Hackensack River on Sunday, local police said. UPDATE: Body Pulled From River ID'd As Missing Woman, 26 First responders arrived just after 10 a.m. following a report of an unidentified body in the water behind the Shops at Riverside, authorities said. The body was recovered at 12:20 p.m., Hackensack Lt. Darrin Dewitt told Daily Voice. Responders including the Hackensack police and fire departments, Oradell Fire Department, Bergenfield Fire Department and the Bergen County Sheriff's Office worked for more than two hours to recover the body.
UPDATE: Female Body Pulled From Hackensack River UPDATE: Female Body Pulled From Hackensack River
Update: Female Body Pulled From Hackensack River This story has been updated. HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Authorities recovered a female body from the Hackensack River on Sunday, local police said. First responders arrived just after 10 a.m. following a report of an unidentified body in the water behind the Shops at Riverside, authorities said. The body was recovered at 12:20 p.m., Hackensack Lt. Darrin Dewitt told Daily Voice. Responders including the Hackensack police and fire departments, Oradell Fire Department, Bergenfield Fire Department and the Bergen County Sheriff's Office worked for more than two hours to recover the body.