GOTCHA! An ex-con from Union County robbed a Rutherford bank of $2,300 last week wearing a New York Yankees cap that police recovered from a nearby recycling bin, authorities said following his arrest.Senenca Wilson, 43, of Clark entered the Kearny Bank (formerly Kearny Federal Savings) branch at Park and West Newall avenues at 4:12 p.m. last Wednesday, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. ...

Firefighters battled a blaze that blew through the roof of a Passaic home Tuesday afternoon.The fire broke out in a three-story wood-frame residence at the corner of High Street and Temple Place shortly after 2 p.m.It went from two alarms to three within minutes and then four alarms soon after.Conditions forced firefighters to battle the blaze from outside while avoiding downed power ...

A Pennsylvania driver stopped by Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives on Route 80 was carrying two guns – one of which had been stolen – in a secret compartment, authorities said.Ivelise Rodriguez-Mann, a 44-year-old train operator from East Stroudsburg, remained held in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack.Rodriguez-Mann ...

UPDATE: A woman deliberately set a fire last summer that roared through a string of attached mixed-use buildings in Paterson -- displacing 60 residents and injuring four firefighters – during an argument with a tenant, authorities charged.Authorities didn’t suggest a possible motive when they announced that detectives had arrested Yanit Valdez, 38, of Manhattan 10 days after the massive ...

UPDATE: A motorcyclist remained in critical condition Tuesday following a weekend crash on Route 80 in Hackensack, authorities said.Michael Barot, 41, of the Ridgewood section of Queens was headed east in the highway's local lanes when his Yamaha collided with a Mini Cooper between the Green and Hudson street exits shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday, New Jersey State Police Trooper Charles ...

GOTCHA! The search for a man wanted in Rutherford for grabbing a mom pushing a stroller and whacking a jogger on the butt ended thanks to a truck with no license plates, authorities announced Tuesday.Borough detectives identified Dennis Kwiecinski, 29, by “compiling significant surveillance footage from the surrounding areas, as well as several witness statements,” Police Chief John ...

A drug court violator from Fort Lee was caught with 23 pounds of pot, edibles and THC vape cartridges following a stop at a shopping plaza along the Hudson River, authorities said.Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said detectives from his Narcotics Task Force stopped Marc A. Helewa, 22, at the Edgewater Commons off River Road off identifying him as an area dealer.They then executed ...

A former Franklin Lakes resident who ran from a female police officer who was trying to stop him dialed 911 to report a woman chasing him with a gun, authorities said.Bradford Vance, 25, of the Kips Bay section of Manhattan walked out into the middle of Franklin Avenue and gave the middle finger to the drivers of two vehicles who had to brake to avoid hitting him, Capt. Robert Lyon ...

A driver who struck and seriously injured a pedestrian from Wayne as he crossed a Wanaque street has remained a fugitive, authorities said.A judge released Fredi Landero, 41, of Fall River, Massachusetts, with conditions following the December 2019 crash on Ringwood Avenue, which sent the 62-year-old victim to the hospital.Landero was driving without a license at the time, Passaic ...

GOTCHA! The search for a man wanted in Rutherford for grabbing a mom pushing a stroller and whacking a jogger on the butt ended thanks to a truck with no license plates, authorities announced Tuesday.Borough detectives identified Dennis Kwiecinski, 29, by “compiling significant surveillance footage from the surrounding areas, as well as several witness statements,” Police Chief John ...