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Haledon Officer Shot While Conducting Drill At Passaic County Shooting Range Haledon Officer Shot While Conducting Drill At Passaic County Shooting Range
Haledon Officer Shot While Conducting Drill At Passaic County Shooting Range A Haledon police officer is recovering after an accidental shooting during a rifle course at the Passaic County shooting range this week, authorities said. The officer was conducting a drill during the week-long course when a round discharged into his leg on Wednesday, Sept. 10 around 12:45 p.m. at the range in Paterson, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. The Officer was taken to St. Joseph’s Medical Center for treatment for injuries that were described as non-life threatening.
Man, 18, Woman, 22, Lied About Accidental Shooting In Bergen County: Prosecutor Man, 18, Woman, 22, Lied About Accidental Shooting In Bergen County: Prosecutor
Man, 18, Woman, 22, Lied About Accidental Shooting In Bergen County: Prosecutor An 18-year-old Bergen County man who accidentally shot himself and a 22-year-old woman who went along with his story that he'd been involved in a drive-by shooting are both facing charges. Damien I. Flores was taken to St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Paterson for treatment of a gunshot wound on Friday, July 26, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Flores told police that he'd been struck by gunfire during a drive-by shooting near Belmont Park in Garfield, according to Musella. Accordingly, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Investigations Squad was notified, resp…
Raging Car Fire Caught On Video By New Police Drone In Yonkers Raging Car Fire Caught On Video By New Police Drone In Yonkers
Raging Car Fire Caught On Video By New Police Drone In Yonkers Police and firefighters had eyes in the sky while extinguishing a vehicle blaze in Westchester.  The blaze happened alongside a busy street in Yonkers over the weekend of Saturday, July 20, the Yonkers Police Department announced on Monday, July 22. According to police, after the fire was reported in the city's 3rd Precinct, the department's new drone, Air1, took off from its launching location from the roof of St. Joseph's Medical Center and flew to the scene of the blaze. There, it was able to catch the incident on camera and give first responders an idea of the situation before they…
Drone As First Responder: Yonkers Police Department Becomes First In County To Use Them Drone As First Responder: Yonkers Police Department Becomes First In County To Use Them
Drone As First Responder: Yonkers Police Department Becomes First In County To Use Them A police department in Westchester has become the first in the county to embrace help from drones during emergency calls.  The Yonkers Police Department announced the launch of its Drone as a First Responder pilot program during a press conference held on Wednesday, July 10.  As part of the initiative, the only one of its kind in Westchester, the department will use one drone outfitted with high-definition cameras and thermal imaging and will fly alongside and overhead officers during calls.  The drone will launch from the roof of St. Joseph's Medical Center and will be remo…
Man Who Fatally Shot Neighbor 5 Times Then Hid In River In Yonkers Sentenced Man Who Fatally Shot Neighbor 5 Times Then Hid In River In Yonkers Sentenced
Man Who Fatally Shot Neighbor 5 Times Then Hid In River In Yonkers Sentenced A man will spend decades in prison after fatally shooting his neighbor five times in Westchester County before hiding from police in a river.  Earlier Report - Man Who Hid In Saw Mill River Admits To Fatally Shooting Victim 5 Times In Yonkers: DA Yonkers resident Terrence Gonzalez, age 31, was sentenced to 25 years to life for fatally shooting 23-year-old Lateef Butler outside the Yonkers apartment building on Nepperhan Avenue that they both shared, Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah announced on Thursday, Feb. 16.  The shooting happened on June…
'Demanding Better': Nurses In Yonkers To Rally For Safe Staffing, Fair Contract 'Demanding Better': Nurses In Yonkers To Rally For Safe Staffing, Fair Contract
'Demanding Better': Nurses In Yonkers To Rally For Safe Staffing, Fair Contract A group of nurses in Westchester County will soon rally to demand safer staffing practices and a better contract from the hospital they work at. The speak-out will be held on Friday, Nov. 18 at noon in Yonkers in front of the St. Joseph’s Medical Center, according to the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA). There, nurses will highlight how the hospital has violated contractual safe staffing ratios in the intensive care unit, psychiatric units, and emergency department by often assigning three patients to nurses instead of the safer standard of two, according to the NYSNA.&nb…
COVID-19: Here's How Many Hudson Valley Hospital Workers Have Been Vaccinated, Refused Shot COVID-19: Here's How Many Hudson Valley Hospital Workers Have Been Vaccinated, Refused Shot
Covid-19: Here's How Many Hudson Valley Hospital Workers Have Been Vaccinated, Refused Shot The lowest percentage of hospital employees who have received the COVID-19 vaccine in New York reside in the Hudson Valley. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that 57.9 percent of hospital workers in the Hudson Valley have received the COVID-19 vaccine, while statewide, a total of 60.8 percent of medical professionals have been vaccinated. The percentage in the Hudson Valley is the lowest in the state, behind New York City (59 percent), Long Island (60 percent), Mohawk Valley (60.1 percent), and Western New York (63 percent).  Cuomo also made note that vaccination performance is uneven b…
Clifton Baby Injured In Crash Dies, Organs Help 3 Others Live Clifton Baby Injured In Crash Dies, Organs Help 3 Others Live
Clifton Baby Injured In Crash Dies, Organs Help 3 Others Live A baby critically injured in a Route 3 crash with her mom died Monday evening, less than a week after the accident. Her organs, however, will save the lives of three other babies. "Jaelynn is a hero," the baby's cousin Kimmy Laverty said.  "She saved three children who are no longer in need of organs and life saving surgeries. These three children have been blessed with beauty and a loving soul. Let us hold our families tight as we can not see the future and won’t know when our time is to come." Jamie Yarrish and baby JaelynnCOURTESY: Kimmy Laverty Jaelynn, who turned 1 Aug. 15, and h…
Worker From Fairview Falls 25 Feet Off Glen Rock Roof Worker From Fairview Falls 25 Feet Off Glen Rock Roof
Worker From Fairview Falls 25 Feet Off Glen Rock Roof A worker survived a 25-foot fall from the roof of a Glen Rock home on Thursday, authorities said. The Glen Rock Ambulance Corps took the 37-year-old Fairview man to St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Paterson following the 8:50 a.m. mishap on Pinelynn Road, Lt. Frank Riggio said. His injuries weren’t considered life-threatening, Riggio said. OSHA was notified. ****** ALSO SEE: Two PSE&G workers were burned Thursday – one seriously – when they struck a gas line that ignited on a Teaneck street, authorities said. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/teaneck/police-fire/pseg-workers-burn…
VIDEO: St. Joe's Workers Celebrate Dr. James Pruden's Emotional Hospital Discharge VIDEO: St. Joe's Workers Celebrate Dr. James Pruden's Emotional Hospital Discharge
Video: St. Joe's Workers Celebrate Dr. James Pruden's Emotional Hospital Discharge "Pruden! Pruden! Pruden!" Nurses, doctors and healthcare workers at St. Joseph's Medical Center cheered as Dr. James Pruden was discharged from the hospital after beating coronavirus. The video, posted by nurse Desserie Morgan on Facebook Wednesday, shows the 70-year-old Teaneck resident clapping and pointing as he's pushed out of the hospital in a wheelchair. "Unbelievably proud moment," Morgan wrote. "Dr. Pruden discharged after beating Covid19 and his St. Joseph’s family seeing him home." Dr. James Pruden heads home after more than a month battling coronavirus at St. Joseph's Medic…
COVID-19: Bill, Hillary Clinton Order Pizzas For Hospitals In Westchester County COVID-19: Bill, Hillary Clinton Order Pizzas For Hospitals In Westchester County
Covid-19: Bill, Hillary Clinton Order Pizzas For Hospitals In Westchester County As health care professionals work around the clock combatting the novel coronavirus, longtime Westchester County residents Bill and Hillary Clinton had a special treat cooked up and delivered to area hospitals. The Clintons, who call Chappaqua home, had dozens of pizzas sent to the several hospitals in the county, including St. John's Riverside Hospital in Yonkers, St. Joseph's Medical Center in Yonkers, Blythedale Children’s Hospital in Valhalla, and White Plains Hospital on Wednesday, March 25 as hospital workers have all hands on deck with the COVID-19 outbreak. White Plains Hospita…
Teaneck Mayor Asks Residents To Self-Quarantine Teaneck Mayor Asks Residents To Self-Quarantine
Teaneck Mayor Asks Residents To Self-Quarantine UPDATE: Teaneck went on virtual coronavirus lockdown Sunday, as township official closed bars, taverns, daycare center, barbershops, hair and nail salons, gyms and more. County Executive Jim Tedesco warned that all of Bergen could soon be next. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/teaneck/police-fire/teaneck-goes-on-virtual-coronavirus-lockdown-all-of-bergen-could-soon-be-next-tedesco-warns/785013/ ****** Teaneck Mayor Mohammed Hameeduddin is asking residents to self-quarantine amid the spread of COVOID-19 in the township. The township had 18 presumptive positive cases -- 31 total in Bergen…
Teaneck Mayor Tells Residents To Self-Quarantine Teaneck Mayor Tells Residents To Self-Quarantine
Teaneck Mayor Tells Residents To Self-Quarantine Teaneck Mayor Mohammed Hameeduddin is asking residents to self-quarantine amid the spread of COVOID-19 in the township. The township had 18 presumptive positive cases -- 31 total in Bergen County and 69 in New Jersey -- as of Saturday. Hameeduddin urged residents to only leave their homes for food and medicine. Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco effected an executive order closing movie theaters and postponing public gatherings in parks on Friday. Longtime St. Joseph's Medical Center physician and Teaneck resident James Pruden is among the 18 cases , and as of Friday was in critical con…
Man Falls 14 Feet Down Butler Elevator Shaft Helping Person With Hand Stuck In Doors Man Falls 14 Feet Down Butler Elevator Shaft Helping Person With Hand Stuck In Doors
Man Falls 14 Feet Down Butler Elevator Shaft Helping Person With Hand Stuck In Doors A 59-year-old man remained in critical but stable condition Monday after falling through an elevator shaft in a Butler building while helping a person who had their hands stuck in the doors, authorities said. The man fell through a shaft at 10 Park Place after trying to open the elevator door for a person who had their hand stuck around 10:55 p.m. Saturday, Butler police Lt. Michael Moeller said. When the good Samaritan opened the door, he stepped back and fell down the shaft near Unit 4A, Moeller said. The man was bleeding from his head when Butler firefighters extricated him, and tu…
Clifton Duo Charged After Hawthorne Motorist Is Hit With Golf Club In Fair Lawn Road Rage Brawl Clifton Duo Charged After Hawthorne Motorist Is Hit With Golf Club In Fair Lawn Road Rage Brawl
Clifton Duo Charged After Hawthorne Motorist Is Hit With Golf Club In Fair Lawn Road Rage Brawl UPDATE: A Clifton couple were charged after the husband hit a Hawthorne motorist in the head with a golf club during a road rage brawl Sunday night in Fair Lawn, authorities said. Mariusz Czerwinski, 44, was driving a 2014 Chrysler Town & Country van with his wife, 42-year-old Sylwia Czerwinska, as a passenger when he passed and then stopped in front of a Ford 2016 Focus driven by the victim shortly after 7 p.m. outside the Walgreens shopping center on River Road, Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Both drivers got out of the vehicles and exchanged words, after which Czerwinski …
UPDATE: Fair Lawn Road Rage Victim Struck With Golf Club UPDATE: Fair Lawn Road Rage Victim Struck With Golf Club
Update: Fair Lawn Road Rage Victim Struck With Golf Club UPDATE: A Clifton couple were charged after the husband hit a Hawthorne motorist in the head with a golf club during a road rage brawl Sunday night in Fair Lawn, authorities said. Mariusz Czerwinski, 44, was driving a 2014 Chrysler Town & Country van with his wife, 42-year-old Sylwia Czerwinska, as a passenger when he passed and then stopped in front of a Ford 2016 Focus driven by the victim shortly after 7 p.m. outside the Walgreens shopping center on River Road, Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Both drivers got out of the vehicles and exchanged words, after which Czerwinski …
Fair Lawn PD: Teens Hospitalized After Driving Car That Went Airborne Over Pedestrian Bridge Fair Lawn PD: Teens Hospitalized After Driving Car That Went Airborne Over Pedestrian Bridge
Fair Lawn PD: Teens Hospitalized After Driving Car That Went Airborne Over Pedestrian Bridge A pair of Fair Lawn teens were taken to the hospital with significant but non life-threatening injuries after driving over a pedestrian tunnel and subsequently crashing, authorities said. Police responding to Howard Avenue at Alden Terrace around 9:35 p.m. found a 2004 Acura that had been purposely driven over the eastbound pedestrian tunnel, Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The car was forced into the air after hitting a hump in the roadway. Once it landed, the car swerved to the right, struck a "no parking" sign and then a tree before coming to rest, Metzler said. The 17-year-ol…
Toddler Seriously Injured After Falling Three Stories In Jersey City Toddler Seriously Injured After Falling Three Stories In Jersey City
Toddler Seriously Injured After Falling Three Stories In Jersey City A 3-year-old child was rushed to St. Joseph's Medical Center in Paterson Friday afternoon after falling from a window in Jersey City, police said.  The child fell about three floors from a building on Ogden Avenue shortly before 3 p.m., police said.  The incident is under investigation.  This story will be updated as more information becomes available. 
Clifton PD Seek Wheelie-Popping Dirt Bike Rider Who Left Injured Friend At Crash Scene Clifton PD Seek Wheelie-Popping Dirt Bike Rider Who Left Injured Friend At Crash Scene
Clifton PD Seek Wheelie-Popping Dirt Bike Rider Who Left Injured Friend At Crash Scene Clifton police were seeking a dirt bike rider who fled the scene after his friend popped a wheelie and crashed into a parked car, sending him to the hospital, authorities said. The two were riding against traffic when the crash occurred at the corner of Main and Hadley Avenues around 8 p.m. Tuesday, Clifton Lt. Robert Bracken said. One was taken to St. Joseph's Medical Center with a head injury, while the other rode away on his bike, Bracken said. An investigation was ongoing as of Wednesday morning. No summonses had been issued.
Motorcyclist Hospitalized After Toppling Over Hood Of Pick-Up Truck In Fair Lawn Crash Motorcyclist Hospitalized After Toppling Over Hood Of Pick-Up Truck In Fair Lawn Crash
Motorcyclist Hospitalized After Toppling Over Hood Of Pick-Up Truck In Fair Lawn Crash A 51-year-old motorcyclist from Franklin Lakes sustained multiple injuries after flying over the hood of a pick-up truck he collided with Tuesday afternoon in Fair Lawn, authorities said. Maple Avenue between River Road and Oak Street was closed following the 12:50 p.m. crash for investigation and is expected to remain shut until rush hour, Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The motorcyclist was headed north on Maple Avenue when he struck a 2002 GMC Sierra turning left onto the road, driven by a 69-year-old man from Maywood, Metzler said. Both vehicles were heavily damaged. The pic…
Pequannock PD: 91-Year-Old Man Seriously Injured After Car Flips In Route 23 Crash Pequannock PD: 91-Year-Old Man Seriously Injured After Car Flips In Route 23 Crash
Pequannock PD: 91-Year-Old Man Seriously Injured After Car Flips In Route 23 Crash An 91-year-old man whose car flipped after rear-ended another on Route 23 in Pequannock was in stable condition Friday, authorities said. The man, who sustained serious injuries in the 5:45 p.m. crash Thursday, was taken to St. Joseph's Medical Center, Pequonnock Police Capt. Dan Comune said.  The crash was under investigation by the Morris County Prosecutor's Office Thursday night. All lanes were reopened late that night.
'I Want Answers,' Says Westchester Mom Of Teen Among 7 Dead In Adenovirus Outbreak 'I Want Answers,' Says Westchester Mom Of Teen Among 7 Dead In Adenovirus Outbreak
'I Want Answers,' Says Westchester Mom Of Teen Among 7 Dead In Adenovirus Outbreak The Westchester mother of a 16-year-old girl who was among seven dead in an adenovirus outbreak at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in North Jersey is demanding answers, ABC7 reports. Elizabeth Poulous of Ossining was in St. Joseph's Medical Center in Paterson, New Jersey with a raging fever at the time of her diagnosis, her mom Kristine Poulous told the outlet. The teen -- who has been a longterm care patient at the facility for four years -- was apparently diagnosed with the virus several days before the NJ Health Department was notified of the outbreak, the WABC article …
'I Want Answers,' Says Mom Of Teen Among 7 Dead In North Jersey Adenovirus Outbreak 'I Want Answers,' Says Mom Of Teen Among 7 Dead In North Jersey Adenovirus Outbreak
'I Want Answers,' Says Mom Of Teen Among 7 Dead In North Jersey Adenovirus Outbreak The mother of a 16-year-old girl who was among seven dead in an adenovirus outbreak at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation is demanding answers, ABC7 reports. Elizabeth Poulous was in St. Joseph's Medical Center in Paterson with a raging fever at the time of her diagnosis, her mom Kristine Polous Deleg told the outlet. The teen -- who has been a longterm care patient at the facility for four years -- was apparently diagnosed with the virus several days before the NJ Health Department was notified of the outbreak, the article says. Her mother says she was not made aware of the…
Westchester Man Extradited From Scotland Sentenced For Fatal Teen Shooting Westchester Man Extradited From Scotland Sentenced For Fatal Teen Shooting
Westchester Man Extradited From Scotland Sentenced For Fatal Teen Shooting A man who was extradited from Scotland and returned to Westchester County on a murder charge has been sentenced after fleeing the country following the fatal shooting of a teenager. Yonkers native Sheppard Adeghe, 33, has been sentenced to 20 years in state prison for manslaughter in the shooting death of Elias Flores in 2016. He had faced life in prison on a murder charge before his guilty plea. At approximately 7:15 p.m. on Aug. 10, 2016,  a car drove into the emergency room area at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Yonkers, where a 19-year-old was dropped off, suffering from an apparent gun…
Authorities Charge Englewood Ex-Con With Attempted Murder In Paterson Shooting Authorities Charge Englewood Ex-Con With Attempted Murder In Paterson Shooting
Authorities Charge Englewood Ex-Con With Attempted Murder In Paterson Shooting An Englewood ex-con was charged with attempted murder and other counts in connection with the shooting of a Paterson man. Vanden L. Carter, 29, remained held in the Passaic County Jail after authorities said he shot the 44-year-old victim on North Straight Street around 1:20 a.m. Sept. 15. Detectives identified Carter as the shooter, then took him into custody around 1:20 a.m. Wednesday 2018 in the area of Governor Street, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said. The victim was treated at St. Joseph’s Medical Center and survived the shooting, …