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Lyft Driver Heard Sex Offender Loading Bullets Into Mag Before North Arlington Standoff: Cops
Authorities have released new details in the police-involved shooting of a suspected carjacker whose violent rampage stretched across North Jersey.
Emmanuel Etienne, 42, a registered sex offender from Bayonne, was identified Monday, June 16, by Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella as the suspect behind the incident, which began in Kearny and ended in North Arlington on Saturday, June 14.
According to the criminal complaint, the victim — a Lyft driver in a gray 2012 Honda Accord — picked up Etienne at an address in Bloomfield, with a destination of Jersey City.
When the driver arrived, he …
$50K Powerball Ticket Sold At Dumont Stop & Shop Among 3 Big Scratch-Off Wins In Bergen
A $50,000 Powerball ticket led a streak of big lottery wins across Bergen County, where three more players also struck it rich on scratch-off games, according to the New Jersey Lottery.
The Powerball ticket was sold at Stop & Shop #828 on Washington Avenue for the June 11 drawing, officials said.
Between June 9 and June 15, Bergen County saw four prizes of $10,000 or more, including three scratch-off wins:
$50,000: $50,000 Jumbo Bucks, sold at 7-Eleven #38990, Paterson Ave, Carlstadt
$25,000: Crossword Bonanza, sold at Village Stationers, West Main St, Ramsey
$10,000: Mega Hot 7's, so…
CT Mom Killed During 'Long-Awaited' Trip To Northern Ireland
A Connecticut mom was killed in a crash while visiting Ireland on a long-awaited trip to explore her heritage, loved ones say.
Allison Eichner, a U.S. citizen from Connecticut, died Wednesday, June 11, in a one-vehicle crash in the Causeway Road area of Bushmills, according to the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
A police report indicates that a 66-year-old driver struck Eichner, a pedestrian, just before 12:30 p.m. Eichner was rushed to the hospital, where she died, and the driver was later charged with causing death by careless driving.
Eichner was on a "long-awaited, special tri…
DWI Spring Valley Driver Kills 4-Year-Old Girl, Seriously Injures 3 Others Leaving Park: Cops
A 4-year-old girl was killed and three others, including two young boys, were seriously injured after a suspected drunk driver plowed into a group of pedestrians near a park in Rockland County, police said.
The crash happened around 9:20 p.m. on Saturday, June 14, on Old Nyack Turnpike near 142 Old Nyack Turnpike, according to Spring Valley Police. The victims were leaving the park when a black vehicle jumped the curb and hit them as they walked along the sidewalk.
Police said 41-year-old Axel Lopez-Santiago, of Spring Valley, was found wedged in his vehicle, which had become disabled after…
