VIDEO: Off-Duty Bergen Detectives Restrain Unruly Airline Passenger VIDEO: Off-Duty Bergen Detectives Restrain Unruly Airline Passenger
Video: Off-Duty Bergen Detectives Restrain Unruly Airline Passenger Video shows three off-duty Bergen County sheriff’s detectives and a retired police chief stepping in to restrain an unruly passenger causing a disturbance aboard a United Airlines flight from Newark earlier this week. Bergen County Sheriff’s Office detectives Cesar Fernandez, Jonathan Veloz and Gianina Ocasio were aboard the flight when passenger Daniel Borman appeared intoxicated and began causing a disturbance on Wednesday, Aug. 5, according to Sheriff Anthony Cureton. The flight had departed Newark and was bound for Fort Lauderdale, and Borman, 36, is reportedly from Springfield…
Exposed Breast Shown In Bodycam Footage Released By Little Falls PD, Woman Alleges In Lawsuit Exposed Breast Shown In Bodycam Footage Released By Little Falls PD, Woman Alleges In Lawsuit
Exposed Breast Shown In Bodycam Footage Released By Little Falls PD, Woman Alleges In Lawsuit A New Jersey woman is suing a town and its police department, claiming officials released unredacted video last year showing her exposed breast while she was in police custody, leading to the footage being viewed hundreds of thousands of times online (lawsuit attached at the bottom of this news article). Adrianna Smith, a Mount Olive resident, filed the 17-page lawsuit in Passaic County Superior Court on Tuesday, July 28, against the Township of Little Falls, Little Falls Police Department, civilian records clerk Robert Scalera, and unnamed employees and supervisors. Smith was arrested by L…
Bergen Man Jailed On Gun Charge; Link To SWAT Probe Unclear Bergen Man Jailed On Gun Charge; Link To SWAT Probe Unclear
Bergen Man Jailed On Gun Charge; Link To SWAT Probe Unclear A 60-year-old Upper Saddle River man was jailed on weapons and endangerment charges stemming from alleged offenses Friday, Aug. 7, the same day authorities investigated gunfire into an occupied home in the borough, records show. Authorities have not said whether Michael Louis Norcia's charges are connected to the shooting investigation on Hidden Glen Road.  Norcia was remanded to the Bergen County Jail on Saturday, Aug. 8, according to county jail records reviewed by Daily Voice. He has been charged with second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and third-degree…
Township CFO From Fort Lee Committed Theft: Prosecutor Township CFO From Fort Lee Committed Theft: Prosecutor
Township CFO From Fort Lee Committed Theft: Prosecutor A 39-year-old Fort Lee man was arrested and charged stealing from the township here he served as chief financial officer, authorities announced Friday, Aug. 7. In June, Unity Bank in Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, initiated an internal investigation into payroll fee transactions involving Franklin Township, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renée Robeson said.  During the course of the investigation, the bank identified an alleged double-billing scheme and reported its findings to the Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office, Robeson said. Cameron Keng, who was th…
Hackensack Driver Exposes Himself To Women At Garden State Plaza, Police Say Hackensack Driver Exposes Himself To Women At Garden State Plaza, Police Say
Hackensack Driver Exposes Himself To Women At Garden State Plaza, Police Say A 42-year-old man was arrested after police say he exposed himself to women in the parking lot of Westfield's Garden State Plaza in Paramus. Jordan Williams, of Hackensack, was charged with lewdness following the incident in Paramus on Thursday, Aug. 6, Paramus Deputy Police Chief Frank Scott said. Officer Vincent LaBarbiera, who was working with the department’s Crime Suppression Unit, spotted a gray 2026 Mercedes-Benz GLS450 driving through multiple parking aisles and stopping near women walking through the lot, Scott said. Officers began watching the Mercedes, which Williams was dri…
Popular Steakhouse Struck By Car In Ridgewood Crash Popular Steakhouse Struck By Car In Ridgewood Crash
Popular Steakhouse Struck By Car In Ridgewood Crash A two-car crash sent one vehicle into the front of a Ridgewood building housing a restaurant Friday morning, Aug. 7, incident photographer Boyd A. Loving reports. No injuries were reported in the crash that happened outside of Roots Steakhouse on Chestnut Street and forced one of the vehicles into the building, which houses a restaurant on the ground floor and office space above, Loving said. Damage to the building was cosmetic, and both vehicles were driven away by their owners, Loving said. Ridgewood police and Ridgewood Fire Department/EMS personnel responded to the scene. A Rid…
Raid Turns Up Child Porn At Bergen County Home, Prosecutor Says Raid Turns Up Child Porn At Bergen County Home, Prosecutor Says
Raid Turns Up Child Porn At Bergen County Home, Prosecutor Says A 20-year-old Bergen County man has been arrested on child pornography charges, authorities said. On Thursday, Aug. 6, members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit executed a court-authorized search warrant at the Lodi home of Jesus Arellano, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The investigation revealed that Arellano used the Internet to view, download, and possess 191 items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children, according to Musella. Arellano, who has an otherwise clean criminal record, was arrested and ch…
WATCH: Baseball Team's Plane Struck By Lightning WATCH: Baseball Team's Plane Struck By Lightning
Watch: Baseball Team's Plane Struck By Lightning A plane carrying the Party Animals baseball team was struck by lightning while flying into the Lehigh Valley ahead of two games this weekend, officials said. The flight was traveling from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Lehigh Valley International Airport when the lightning strike happened on the way down for landing on Friday, Aug. 7. The plane landed safely at LVIA, according to officials. Party Animals player Garett Delano had been documenting the team's travel troubles on social media before the lightning strike. “30 minute delay to start the trip to Lehigh Valley. Nothing …
Fugitive Leaves Live Wires, Crashed Pickup Behind Before Stealing Another In Oakland: PD Fugitive Leaves Live Wires, Crashed Pickup Behind Before Stealing Another In Oakland: PD
Fugitive Leaves Live Wires, Crashed Pickup Behind Before Stealing Another In Oakland: PD A Florida man accused of damaging vehicles at an Oakland apartment complex fled police, crashed into a utility pole, disappeared overnight, then resurfaced behind the wheel of a stolen pickup Thursday, Aug. 6, authorities said. Oakland police responded to an apartment complex on West Oakland Avenue around 11:18 p.m., on a report of a man damaging multiple vehicles in the parking lot, Acting Capt. Michael Griffin said. An officer spotted a black Dodge pickup leaving the area and tried to stop it, according to Griffin. The driver, identified as Dylan D. Keirs, 34, of Okeechobee, FL, refu…
'Officer, You Did Your Job': Attempted Murder Fugitive's Story Unravels On Route 4 'Officer, You Did Your Job': Attempted Murder Fugitive's Story Unravels On Route 4
'Officer, You Did Your Job': Attempted Murder Fugitive's Story Unravels On Route 4 A passenger's story began to unravel during a Route 4 traffic stop in Paramus, ultimately leading police to a fugitive wanted for attempted murder for more than two decades, authorities said. Yancy Haywood, 52, of Paterson, was arrested after Officer Nicholas Perna stopped a 2009 gray Kia on Route 4 west at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5, Paramus Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. Perna stopped the vehicle after noticing its Florida license plate was obscured by a heavily tinted cover, Guidetti said. The driver identified his passenger as his brother, "James Haywood," according to Guidett…
'Why Would I Go Back To Jersey?': Brand-New Video Shows Drunk Driver After Killing Bride 'Why Would I Go Back To Jersey?': Brand-New Video Shows Drunk Driver After Killing Bride
'Why Would I Go Back To Jersey?': Brand-New Video Shows Drunk Driver After Killing Bride “I would like to call my dad right now.” Newly released police video shows Hunterdon County native Jamie Komoroski repeatedly asking to call her father after the drunken South Carolina crash that killed a bride on her wedding night. The series of videos released by South Carolina news station WCSC shows Komoroski at a bar before the 2023 crash in Folly Beach, speaking with police near the wreckage, and later being processed at police headquarters. Police body-camera footage shows Komoroski sitting on the lawn of a home near the crash scene, where her rental car can be seen resting against …
Manhunt For Murder Suspect Underway After Fire Engulfs NY Home: State Police Manhunt For Murder Suspect Underway After Fire Engulfs NY Home: State Police
Manhunt For Murder Suspect Underway After Fire Engulfs NY Home: State Police Police are searching for an armed and dangerous suspect in connection with a homicide investigation that followed a devastating house fire in Orange County. On Friday morning, Aug. 7, New York State Police issued an alert identifying Thomas David Ryan, 32, as a suspect in a homicide that occurred on Thursday, Aug. 6, on Greenville Turnpike in Greenville. The fire was reported shortly before 7:30 p.m. at 512 Greenville Turnpike, New York State Police confirmed. Firefighters arriving at the scene encountered heavy smoke and flames engulfing the residence, according to incident reporter Mark …