Jamaican National From Wayne Charged With Machete Attack In Clifton Jamaican National From Wayne Charged With Machete Attack In Clifton
Jamaican National From Wayne Charged With Machete Attack In Clifton A Jamaican national who lives in Wayne was charged with slashing a Clifton man's wrist with a machete during a weekend dispute. The victim was rushed to St. Joseph's University Medical Center with a serious cut following the incident at a home on the corner of Vernon and Bergen avenues shortly before 10 p.m. Saturday, June 22. Police tracked down Romario Douglas, 27, who they said fled after the stabbing. He was charged with aggravated assault and weapons possession and sent to the Bergen County Jail. Douglas remained held there on Monday while awaiting a first appearance in Central Judic…
Teaneck Ex-Con Freed After 6 Months On Gun Conviction Charged With Shooting Couple In Paterson Teaneck Ex-Con Freed After 6 Months On Gun Conviction Charged With Shooting Couple In Paterson
Teaneck Ex-Con Freed After 6 Months On Gun Conviction Charged With Shooting Couple In Paterson A Teaneck ex-con who served all of six months in state prison on a gun conviction and a Paterson man are charged with wounding a city woman and an East Orange man in a burst of gunfire on a Silk City street. Tommy Norberto, 20, and Paterson native Jazyre K. Kearney, 21, were both charged with attempted murder and weapons possession in the May 22 shooting on West Broadway between Matlock Street and Totowa Avenue, authorities said Police found the 37-year-old Paterson woman at the scene with a bullet wound in her leg, responders at the scene said. She was brought to St. Joseph’s University M…
Repeat Hackensack Offender Captured After Pulling Knife On Garfield Resident: Police Repeat Hackensack Offender Captured After Pulling Knife On Garfield Resident: Police
Repeat Hackensack Offender Captured After Pulling Knife On Garfield Resident: Police A repeat offender from Hackensack was caught hiding in a Garfield resident's backyard after he threatened someone with a knife, police said. Elijah I. Fulgham, 24, was also wanted on a December 2021 warrant out of Teaneck, records show. Officers who responded to a report of a dispute possibly involving a handgun in the area of Palisade Avenue and Sampson Street spoke with the victim, Garfield Police Capt. Mario X. Pozo said. He told them that Fulgham "knocked on his apartment door and threatened him with a knife," Pozo said. The issue between them was immediately clear. Fulgham tipped aw…
Officers Responding To Hackensack Street Brawl Find Birthday Boy Carrying Loaded Gun: PD Officers Responding To Hackensack Street Brawl Find Birthday Boy Carrying Loaded Gun: PD
Officers Responding To Hackensack Street Brawl Find Birthday Boy Carrying Loaded Gun: PD Two Hackensack police officers responding to a report of an overnight fight found a city man marking his 24th birthday Tuesday with a loaded handgun stashed under the driver’s seat of his vehicle, authorities said. Participants in the fight on Central Avenue off Prospect scattered as police approached shortly after 1 a.m. June 20, said Capt. Michael Antista, the officer in charge of the department. While some of them were being rounded up, Officers Michael Reo and Reuven Lyak turned their attention to an idling vehicle occupied by Noah Brown, the captain said. The officers determined that …
Jersey City Man Arrested, Firearms, Drugs Seized: Hudson County Prosecutor Jersey City Man Arrested, Firearms, Drugs Seized: Hudson County Prosecutor
Jersey City Man Arrested, Firearms, Drugs Seized: Hudson County Prosecutor A 29-year-old Jersey City man was arrested and charged with numerous drug and weapons charges, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced on Thursday, June 15. David Pineiro was arrested following a months-long investigation, Suarez said. Police recovered four forearms and various illegal narcotics, valued at more than $50,000, Suarez said. The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office Narcotics Task Force searched Pineiro's Audubon Avenue apartment on Wednesday, June 7, seizing more than 20 ounces of cocaine, 14 ounces of heroin and over a pound of marijuana, Suarez said. They also found mor…
Stolen iPad's Ping Leads To Multi-Burglary Arrest: Ridgefield Park PD Stolen iPad's Ping Leads To Multi-Burglary Arrest: Ridgefield Park PD
Stolen iPad's Ping Leads To Multi-Burglary Arrest: Ridgefield Park PD A cellphone stolen during a burglary spree led Ridgefield Park police to a South Hackensack motel and the arrest of a suspect tied to several area break-ins. Village police headed to the Congress Inn in South Hackensack after one of the victims told them that his iPad had pinged there, Sgt. Justin Tress said. Suer enough, they found Shamiar L. Clyburn, 33, of Paterson, on nearby Phillips Avenue off Route 46. Clyburn was the man seen on surveillance video burglarizing multiple vehicles shortly after 5 a.m. Sunday, June 10, the sergeant said. He resisted arrest but was subdued with help fro…
Armed Wawa Shopper Spits On Police In Bucks County, Authorities Claim Armed Wawa Shopper Spits On Police In Bucks County, Authorities Claim
Armed Wawa Shopper Spits On Police In Bucks County, Authorities Claim A Philadelphia man is accused of spitting on police officers after allegedly waving around a firearm at a Bucks County Wawa, authorities say.  It happened in Hilltown on Friday, May 19, Township police wrote in a release. Officers were called to the Wawa at 3520 Bethlehem Pike for reports of an armed person, the department said.  Police were told that a suspect "brandished a handgun at a citizen" in the store parking lot. Montgomery Township Police assisted authorities in finding the suspect's vehicle and pulling him over, according to the release.  After being arrested, pol…
Duo Caught With Illegal Guns On Same Day In Mount Vernon: Police Duo Caught With Illegal Guns On Same Day In Mount Vernon: Police
Duo Caught With Illegal Guns On Same Day In Mount Vernon: Police Two men, including one suspect allegedly involved in a shooting incident, face weapons charges after being caught with illegal guns in a city in Westchester on the same day, police said.  Both arrests happened on Friday, May 19 in Mount Vernon, according to the city's Director of Communications Timothy Allen.  The first incident began just before 2:20 p.m. when detectives saw a parked and unoccupied vehicle in the area of 7 West Broad St. that was wanted in connection to a past robbery.  As detectives continued to watch the vehicle, they saw 23-year-old Bronx resident R…
Bergenfield Man, 20, Accused Of Firing Toy Gun At Englewood Pedestrians Bergenfield Man, 20, Accused Of Firing Toy Gun At Englewood Pedestrians
Bergenfield Man, 20, Accused Of Firing Toy Gun At Englewood Pedestrians A 20-year-old Bergenfield man fired a gel blaster that hit two people crossing an Englewood street, authorities said. Jason Suarez was identified as the person responsible for firing the water beads from the paintball-type toy gun, which struck the pedestrians as they crossed East Palisade Avenue around 8 p.m. Sunday, May 7, police said. Suarez apparently fired from a 2019 Honda Accord that then sped off, they said. Police had him in custody by 11 a.m. the next morning, Chief Thomas Greeley said. They issued him two summonses for aggravated assault, as well as one for weapons possession…
Long Island Thief Found With Glock, Arrested: Police Long Island Thief Found With Glock, Arrested: Police
Long Island Thief Found With Glock, Arrested: Police A Long Island man originally arrested for shoplifting was found with a weapon after he was arrested, authorities said. Store security allegedly saw 20-year-old Christian Chavez of East Garden City enter the Roosevelt Field Nordstrom on Thursday, May 4, at around 1:35 p.m., the Nassau County Police reported. Chavez allegedly picked up a pair of shorts, hid them, and exited the store without paying. When officers arrived at the scene, Chavez was arrested without incident. Following an investigation, police recovered a black nine-millimeter Glock 26. Chavez is charged with: Second-de…
Robber With Meat Tenderizer Attacks Woman Outside Bergenfield School, Takes Cash, Phone, More Robber With Meat Tenderizer Attacks Woman Outside Bergenfield School, Takes Cash, Phone, More
Robber With Meat Tenderizer Attacks Woman Outside Bergenfield School, Takes Cash, Phone, More A robber wielding a meat tenderizing hammer took a cellphone, purse, credit cards and $400 in cash from a woman in broad daylight outside a Bergenfield elementary school, said authorities who arrested him moments later. Uniformed officers and detectives flooded the neighborhood around the Hoover Elementary School at Murray Hill Terrace and Sylvan Avenue shortly before 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 1, Capt. William Duran said. The terrorized 45-year-old victim from Little Falls had surrendered her belongings to Rickent Carrasco, 33, after being threatened, the captain said. Responding officers cap…
UPDATE: Getaway Driver, 21, In Fairview Drug Murder Gets 30 Years Without Parole UPDATE: Getaway Driver, 21, In Fairview Drug Murder Gets 30 Years Without Parole
Update: Getaway Driver, 21, In Fairview Drug Murder Gets 30 Years Without Parole The getaway driver in the cold-blooded killing of a Fairview man during a drug-related apartment robbery was sentenced to 30 years without parole in state prison. David Martinez, 21, of North Bergen watched as three men who were in the apartment when David Duque Soto was shot in June 2019 took guilty pleas rather than risk the consequences of a trial. Martinez let a jury decide his fate and was convicted on March 13 in Hackensack of felony murder, armed robbery, conspiracy and weapons possession. Assistant Bergen County Prosecutors Suzanne Cevasco and Matthew Fitzpatrick presented 16 witn…