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Hospital Treatment, Summonses After Tractor-Trailers Crash On GWB
FORT LEE, N.J. -- Two tractor-trailer drivers were hospitalized -- and received summonses -- after their rigs collided on the Jersey-bound upper level of the George Washington Bridge overnight,...
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Lodi PD: Deli Burglar Selling Stolen Lottery Tickets Subdued After Struggle
LODI, N.J. – An 18-year-old Lodi man was busted after he tried selling lottery tickets on the street that he’d stolen from a local deli, authorities said Wednesday.Lodi police detectives and officers...
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Tearful Reunion For Wanaque Family, Cat After 2½ Years
WANAQUE, N.J. — Susan Zelitsky of Wanaque wasn't sure she'd ever see her Tabby cat Jimmy again after he went missing in 2014.She did, though, last month on the West Milford Shelter Society Facebook...
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East Rutherford Payless ShoeSource Among 400 To Shutter In U.S.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The Payless ShoeSource at Loews Shopping Center in East Rutherford is among seven in New Jersey and 400 in the U.S. that is expected to close.The company announced Tuesday that...
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Cliffside, Waldwick, River Edge Drug Buyers, Sellers Busted In Paterson
PATERSON, N.J. -- They came from Cliffside Park, Waldwick, River Edge, Garfield and Hackensack, said Paterson police, who busted them for both buying and selling heroin, cocaine and pot.The Bergen...
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Elmwood Park Drug Ring Member Admits Trafficking 7 Pounds Of Heroin
ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. – A drug trafficking ring member from Elmwood Park admitted Wednesday that he bought nearly seven pounds of heroin that made its way from Paterson to street-level buyers in Bergen,...
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Guilty Plea Could Affect Case Of Stony Point Man In Massive Heroin Ring
STONY POINT, N.Y. – A guilty plea Wednesday by an admitted heroin trafficker from New Jersey could affect the case of a Stony Point man charged in connection with the ring.Joseph Trimarco was one of...
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Man Struck, Killed By Commuter Train In Passaic
PASSAIC, N.J. -- Authorities were trying to identify a man struck and killed by an NJ Transit Wednesday afternoon near the Broadway station in Passaic.The man was struck at 1:15 p.m. by a Port Jervis...
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MTA Blasts Amtrak: State Of Affairs At Penn Station 'Simply Unacceptable'
Riders aren't the only ones frustrated by the "series of unacceptable infrastructure failures," as MTA put it in a letter to Amtrak on Wednesday.MTA Acting Chairman Fernando Ferrer and Interim...
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Wayne PD: Unlicensed Driver Had 110 Bags Of Heroin, Taser
WAYNE, N.J. -- A Bloomingdale driver had 110 bags of heroin and a stun gun when Wayne police stopped her car, authorities said Wednesday.Officers Adrian Sulejmani and John Donado pulled over the 1995...
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Bergen Sheriff: Inmate Transition Program Reduces Neighborhood Crime
HACKENSACK, N.J. – Any county jail that has a revolving door out front isn’t doing all it can to protect the community: That’s why Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino has made helping inmates return...
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Englewood Police Seize Two In Street Robbery, Another With Knife
ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- Police who've saturated Englewood streets in response to a rash of robberies grabbed five teenagers -- one of whom had a knife -- after seeing two of them rob a 16-year-old of his...
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New NJ Program: Report Distracted, Impaired Drivers By Phone
DIAL #77: In what's believed to be one of the first initiatives of its kind in the U.S., New Jersey authorities announced Thursday that they’ll start sending warning letters to distracted drivers...
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Amtrak Apologizes, Eyes Friday Rail Service Restoration At Penn Station
Rail service is expected to be fully restored by Friday morning for New York Penn Station commuters who have faced severe delays and cancellations following Monday's derailment of an NJ Transit train,...
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Bergenfield Woman's Accomplice Gets 3 Years For Moving Cocaine From PR
BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- A New York man who conspired with a Bergenfield woman to traffic more than 4½ pounds of cocaine from Puerto Rico to Bergen County was sentenced Thursday to three years in federal...
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Mahwah PD: Virginia Ex-Con In Route 17 Stop Had Loaded Gun, Pot, $3,860
MAHWAH, N.J. – A Virginia ex-con and his companion had a loaded revolver, more than four ounces of pot and $3,860 in suspected drug money in their car when a Mahwah patrol officer stopped them on...
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Local Couple Challenges Ridgewood Water Crisis With Israeli Technology
FAIR LAWN, N.J. — Adi and Michael Oren of Fair Lawn believe clean water shouldn't be a luxury.In 2015, after a bacteria found in human waste and piping contamination called "coliform" was discovered...
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Tenafly PD: Bogus Utility Rep Caught Trying To Hustle Resident
TENAFLY, N.J. – Thanks to a quick-acting neighbor, Tenafly police nabbed an “unscrupulous” hustler who got into a resident’s home by pretending to work for PSE&G, authorities said Thursday.It...
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Prosecutor: Hackensack Trucker Sexually Abused Girl, Now 10, For Two Years
HACKENSACK, N.J. – A Hackensack mechanic sexually abused a girl, now 10, for two years, said authorities who arrested him.Luis Remache, 40, was being held without bail in the Bergen County Jail...
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Wayne Police Bust Drug User Who Hocked Some Of $12,000 In Stolen Valuables
WAYNE, N.J. -- Jewelry worth $7,320, a bronze statue valued at $4,000 and five purses worth a combined $910 were stolen by a Wayne drug abuser accused last year of helping a visiting nurse swipe cash...
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