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Englewood, NJ

Probationer Shot Dead By Pennsylvania State Police Previously Lived As Fugitive In New Jersey Probationer Shot Dead By Pennsylvania State Police Previously Lived As Fugitive In New Jersey
Probationer Shot Dead By Pennsylvania State Police Previously Lived As Fugitive In New Jersey A 35-year-old Johnstown man who was shot and killed during a 100 mph chase on US 22 in Pennsylvania had a lengthy criminal record including getting caught while hiding out in New Jersey, authorities say. Krysten Harland Pretlor, had been living in Johnstown, Pennsylvania prior to the deadly shooting on Thursday, Nov. 3.  The Garden State native's extensive criminal background includes being captured on May 18, 2017 after the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Squad received a tip that he was in a local in resident’s home, the office stated in a release at the time. He was arreste…
Motorcyclist Ejected, Hit By Tractor-Trailer On NJ Turnpike Motorcyclist Ejected, Hit By Tractor-Trailer On NJ Turnpike
Motorcyclist Ejected, Hit By Tractor-Trailer On NJ Turnpike A motorcyclist had his arm amputated following a horrific crash on the New Jersey Turnpike, responders said. The 26-year-old Bronx resident was headed south in the express lanes at milepost 121 in Englewood when he lost control of the KTM motorcycle and was ejected shortly after 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, New Jersey State Trooper II Charles Marchan said. A southbound tractor-trailer then hit him, the trooper said Monday. The motorcyclist was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, where he had to be intubated and remained in critical condition. State Police are investigating the caus…
SEEN HIM? Two Years Later, Missing NJ Man Still Hasn't Been Found SEEN HIM? Two Years Later, Missing NJ Man Still Hasn't Been Found
Seen HIM? Two Years Later, Missing NJ Man Still Hasn't Been Found Ruben Wilson had a habit of wandering off and sometimes traveling significant distances from his Englewood home despite dementia and other challenges. The 6-foot, 240-pound Wilson always turned up, though -- from as close as Teaneck, Hackensack and Tenafly, and as far as the Jersey Shore. He was once found with his dog in Englewood Cliffs. Another time, he drove nearly 70 miles to Wall Township. That changed after Wilson went missing more than two years ago. Ruben always enjoyed an early cup of coffee with his son, Shalom Kennedy, loved ones said. That didn't happen the morning of May 2…
Authorities: Sleeping NJ Rape Victim Thought Family Friend Was Her Husband Authorities: Sleeping NJ Rape Victim Thought Family Friend Was Her Husband
Authorities: Sleeping NJ Rape Victim Thought Family Friend Was Her Husband A landscaper raped a sleeping Englewood woman after borrowing her husband’s car and using his keys to get into their home, authorities said. The victim told police she at first thought it was her husband who’d climbed into bed with her. She turned around after a few minutes and was horrified to find that she'd been penetrated by Ulises Ramirez Argueta, a 31-year-old El Salvador national known to the couple, they said. The husband told investigators he'd just gotten to work on Monday, April 11, when Argueta asked if he could borrow his car "to go buy some empanadas,” a complaint on file in …
Detectives: NJ Woman's Killer Slipped Out, Circled Back After Daughter Woke Detectives: NJ Woman's Killer Slipped Out, Circled Back After Daughter Woke
Detectives: NJ Woman's Killer Slipped Out, Circled Back After Daughter Woke A Paterson gang member now charged with killing a Leonia woman in the garden apartment she shared with her daughter ran out when he heard the girl wake up, then circled back as if he was just arriving, investigators said. Nile Diakos, 35, was recorded on phone calls and in texts admitting that he killed Alicia Arnone by stabbing her in the neck and chest last Saturday, March 26, according to court papers. Authorities originally charged her former live-in boyfriend, Andrae Daniels of Lodi, with killing Arnone, 35. But new information emerged that led them to drop murder charges against him…
MURDER SHOCKER: Ex-BF Cleared, Recent Lover Charged With Stabbing Leonia Woman To Death MURDER SHOCKER: Ex-BF Cleared, Recent Lover Charged With Stabbing Leonia Woman To Death
Murder Shocker: Ex-BF Cleared, Recent Lover Charged With Stabbing Leonia Woman To Death UPDATE: A Paterson gang member now charged with killing a Leonia woman in the garden apartment she shared with her daughter ran out when he heard the girl wake up, then circled back as if he was just arriving, investigators said. Nile Diakos, 35, was recorded on phone calls and in texts admitting that he killed Alicia Arnone by stabbing her in the neck and chest last Saturday, March 26, according to court papers. Authorities originally charged her former live-in boyfriend, Andrae Daniels of Lodi, with killing Arnone, 35. But new information emerged that led them to drop murder charges aga…
UPDATE: Ex-BF Cleared, Gang Member Charged With Stabbing Leonia Woman To Death UPDATE: Ex-BF Cleared, Gang Member Charged With Stabbing Leonia Woman To Death
Update: Ex-BF Cleared, Gang Member Charged With Stabbing Leonia Woman To Death UPDATE: A Paterson gang member now charged with killing a Leonia woman in the garden apartment she shared with her daughter ran out when he heard the girl wake up, then circled back as if he was just arriving, investigators said. Nile Diakos, 35, was recorded on phone calls and in texts admitting that he killed Alicia Arnone by stabbing her in the neck and chest last Saturday, March 26, according to court papers. Authorities originally charged her former live-in boyfriend, Andrae Daniels of Lodi, with killing Arnone, 35. But new information emerged that led them to drop murder charges aga…
Convicted Big-Time NJ Pot Trafficker Caught Doing It Again: Prosecutor Convicted Big-Time NJ Pot Trafficker Caught Doing It Again: Prosecutor
Convicted Big-Time NJ Pot Trafficker Caught Doing It Again: Prosecutor An Englewood man who served four months in state prison for smuggling thousands of pounds of pot from California in stereo speakers got caught dealing again, authorities said. Oscar Holguin, 42, had two pounds of marijuana in his car when Narcotic Task Force detectives searched it – and arrested him – earlier this week, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. A search of his apartment at The Sheffield just off eastbound Route 4 turned up packaging materials, a bogus driver’s license and $58,880, all of which was seized, Musella said. Holguin was “distributing marijuana and laundering t…
$1.5M Cosmetics Scam Sends NJ Swindler To Fed Pen For 2½ Years $1.5M Cosmetics Scam Sends NJ Swindler To Fed Pen For 2½ Years
$1.5M Cosmetics Scam Sends NJ Swindler To Fed Pen For 2½ Years A former Englewood resident must serve nearly 2½ years in federal prison for scamming three investors out of $1.5 million. Matthew Benjamin, 54, used the victims' money for car and house rental payments, food, international travel, legal fees, technology equipment and summer camp tuition for family members, among other purposes, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. Benjamin, currently of New York, told the victims that his purported company, Clear Solutions Group, had lucrative contracts to purchase closeout or excess cosmetic inventory from one company that he planned to …
GOTCHA! NJ Fugitive Wanted For Sex Trafficking Captured At Newark Airport GOTCHA! NJ Fugitive Wanted For Sex Trafficking Captured At Newark Airport
Gotcha! NJ Fugitive Wanted For Sex Trafficking Captured At Newark Airport A fugitive from Bergen County wanted for running a massive sex-trafficking ring in North Jersey, Rockland and New York City was captured trying to re-enter the United States from Colombia, authorities confirmed. Birmania “Nancy” Rincon, 62, a Colombian national living in Teaneck, was among the ringleaders of a crew that forced dozens of women into prostitution, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. She was in the wind, however, when authorities seized 21 defendants during a series of early-morning raids at 19 homes and other locations in Bergen and Hudson counties exactly two weeks ag…
Four NJ Smoke Shops Raided, Five Busted For Selling Pot, THC Edibles Four NJ Smoke Shops Raided, Five Busted For Selling Pot, THC Edibles
Four NJ Smoke Shops Raided, Five Busted For Selling Pot, THC Edibles A group of owners and operators sold pot and THC products out of smoke shops in Englewood, Butler, Randolph, and Scotch Plains, charged authorities who busted them during a series of raids. Detectives assisted by the DEA seized seizure of hundreds of pounds of marijuana, THC edibles and THC wax/oil, along with $305,000 in illicit proceeds, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. They arrested co-owners Michael Ligus, 24, and Damian Harry Wesler Sr., 44, along with Damian H. Wesler Jr., 22, all of Ringwood, and were arrested, along with Anthony Garcia, 45, of Secaucus and Ezekiel Pau…
Sharp-Eyed Detective Solves Broad-Daylight Mugging Of Woman Outside NJ Cafe Sharp-Eyed Detective Solves Broad-Daylight Mugging Of Woman Outside NJ Cafe
Sharp-Eyed Detective Solves Broad-Daylight Mugging Of Woman Outside NJ Cafe GOTCHA! A fresh eye cracked the mugging of a woman who got into a fierce broad-daylight struggle with a robber outside an Englewood cafe over a year ago, authorities announced. Surveillance images show the suspect cruising the area on a bicycle before donning a face mask, pulling up a hood and riding up to the woman, who was having cake and coffee outside Dulce Le Leche on busy West Palisade Avenue in early November 2020. The would-be robber tried snatching the woman's wallet, but he didn't know what he was in for: She wasn't giving it up that easily, Detective Lt. Fred Pulice said. The wa…
One Caught, Another Sought After NJ Home Owned By Biz Partner Of Rapper Fat Joe Is Burglarized One Caught, Another Sought After NJ Home Owned By Biz Partner Of Rapper Fat Joe Is Burglarized
One Caught, Another Sought After NJ Home Owned By Biz Partner Of Rapper Fat Joe Is Burglarized Police nabbed one suspect and were tracking down another after they broke into a Bergen County home owned by one of New York City rapper Fat Joe's business partners. Efrain Uran Garcia, 43, and his partner bolted out a back door of the North Woodland Street residence in Englewood shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday when they realized someone was home, police said. The resident was unharmed, they said. The pair ditched a late-model SUV in a Booth Street resident's driveway and ran, neighbors said. Officers caught Garcia after a brief foot chase. The Colombian national told them he'd recently arri…
Paranoid NJ Husband Who Slashed Wife's Throat Sentenced To 14 Years Paranoid NJ Husband Who Slashed Wife's Throat Sentenced To 14 Years
Paranoid NJ Husband Who Slashed Wife's Throat Sentenced To 14 Years UPDATE: The husband of a Hackensack woman who played dead for 45 minutes after he slashed her throat was sentenced to 14 years in state prison for the gruesome attack. Prosecutors said Jergere Minaya-Acosta, 52, believed his wife was cheating on him when he deliberately stabbed her twice in their Coles Avenue apartment in April 2019. Rosanna Cuevas played dead while her husband showered, changed into fresh clothes and tossed the bloody garments and knife into a garbage bin before fleeing to New York, detectives told Daily Voice at the time. She then ran to a neighbor for help. Minaya-Acost…
Punk Godmother Patti Smith, Alex Hamilton, Ron Jaworski Among NJ Hall Of Fame Inductees Punk Godmother Patti Smith, Alex Hamilton, Ron Jaworski Among NJ Hall Of Fame Inductees
Punk Godmother Patti Smith, Alex Hamilton, Ron Jaworski Among NJ Hall Of Fame Inductees Patti Smith didn’t know what to expect when she popped in the cassette that Bruce Springsteen had given her. Soon after, the godmother of punk poetry wrote a simple love song, punctuated by a big Boss arena-rock chorus. “Because the Night” became a late ‘70s anthem of sorts, one that introduced many listeners to Patricia Lee Smith – who, like Springsteen, lived in the Garden State. Smith, 74, will be among two dozen new inductees to the New Jersey Hall of Fame, it was announced Tuesday. Among those joining Smith -- the former Pitman resident and Deptford High School graduate -- will be he…
Police: Street Evangelist Stalked NJ Abortion Doc With Drone Police: Street Evangelist Stalked NJ Abortion Doc With Drone
Police: Street Evangelist Stalked NJ Abortion Doc With Drone A self-described Christian missionary from Westchester was arrested after Englewood police said he used a drone to peer into the second-floor office of an abortion doctor he was stalking. Daniel Stephen Courney, 36, of Scarsdale, NY was caught piloting the device -- equipped with a camera and speaker -- outside Metropolitan Medical Associates on Engle Street, where he and other pro-lifers have frequently protested over the years, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said. Detective Ron Layne learned that Courney had been terrorizing the doctor over a four-month period by “purposely and repeatedl…
Taking Liberties: PA Burglars Ate, Drank, Showered While NJ Child, Sitter Were Home, Police Say Taking Liberties: PA Burglars Ate, Drank, Showered While NJ Child, Sitter Were Home, Police Say
Taking Liberties: PA Burglars Ate, Drank, Showered While NJ Child, Sitter Were Home, Police Say A babysitter was alone with a young child in a New Jersey home when a Pennsylvania couple broke in, helped themselves to food, drink – even a shower – and fled in the victim's SUV, authorities said. They may have even had sex there, too. The babysitter eventually discovered the pair, who fled in the homeowner’s Lincoln Navigator with jewelry, a wallet and an iPhone -- while leaving the clunker they drove up in behind, they said. Alex Ray Yeakley, of Myerstown, and Amanda Lentz, of Lebanon, had been in the Cedar Street home on Friday night "for some time," said Lawrence Suffern, the pol…