After Candy Distraction At Willowbrook, Pickpocket Suspect Caught At Garden State Plaza: Cops
A mall pickpocket investigation involving multiple police departments led to an arrest at Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus, police said.
Timothy Mitchell, 34, of Bloomfield, was arrested in connection with a stolen wallet and credit card case, Paramus Police Chief Robert Guidetti announced Monday morning, Dec. 22.
On Saturday, Dec. 20, at approximately 5 p.m., officers assigned to the Paramus Police Department Anti-Crime Unit were patrolling the mall when they saw three individuals trying to sell shoes from a bag to mall patrons, Guidetti said.
While Anti-Crime Detective Nicholas Pe…
Suspect Caught Wearing $800 Gucci Sneakers She Swiped From Paramus Mall, Chief Says
A Paterson woman was arrested after allegedly stealing Gucci sneakers from Nordstrom in at Westfield's Garden State Plaza in Paramus, police said.
On Saturday, Dec. 20, at 7 p.m., Nordstrom security broadcast a report of a theft involving a pair of Gucci sneakers taken by a woman who fled the store and entered the parking lot, Paramus Police Chief Robert Guidetti said.
Sgt. Anthony Mordaga, who was on patrol in the area, saw a woman matching the broadcast description entering a white BMW SUV, Guidetti said.
Mordaga initiated a motor vehicle stop and observed that the driver, ide…
Toms River Driver, 20, Killed, Passenger Seriously Injured In Parkway Crash: Njsp
A Toms River man was killed and another was seriously injured after a vehicle ran off the Garden State Parkway and overturned early Sunday morning, Dec. 21, New Jersey State Police said.
Brian Fort, 20, was heading north in an Infiniti passenger car carrying a 22-year-old front seat passenger from Long Branch, when he ran off the roadway to the right, traveled down an embankment, struck multiple trees, and overturned just after 6:05 a.m., at milepost 73.2 in Lacey Township, according to New Jersey State Police Trooper Sgt. Charles Marchan.
Fort was killed while his male passenger …
Totowa Chief Headbutted Victim Who Locked Him Out Of Hotel Room After Red Sox Game, DA Says
A New Jersey police chief was ordered held on $25,000 bail after being charged with kidnapping and multiple counts of domestic assault and battery tied to an incident last September in a Boston hotel room, after a Red Sox-Yankees game at Fenway Park, prosecutors said.
Totowa Police Chief Carmen Veneziano, 47, on Monday, Dec. 22 was ordered to remain in custody, fitted with a GPS tracking bracelet, and told to stay away from the victim and her town of residence, According to James Borghesani, chief of communications for the Suffolk County District. He is scheduled to return to court on F…
Willimantic Artist, Disability Advocate Killed In Route 66 Columbia Crash: CSP
Carissa Kelsy Decelles, a 34-year-old Connecticut artist known for her creative leadership and disability advocacy, was killed in a three-vehicle crash last week.
Troopers responded to the crash on Route 66 near Cards Mill Road in Columbia just before 10:20 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 18, according to Connecticut State Police. Decelles was driving a 2016 Chrysler Town & Country when a 2007 Buick Lucerne, attempting to turn left from Cards Mill Road, entered her path, police said. The Chrysler then collided with a 2018 Ram 1500 traveling westbound on Route 66.
Decelles, of Willimantic, was pr…
Bowen Yang’s Final ‘SNL’ Sketch May Have Said More Than Goodbye
Bowen Yang said goodbye to his time on Saturday Night Live on Saturday, Dec. 20, in an emotional sketch set inside the Delta Sky Lounge.
Yang, 35, played an employee handing out free eggnog, a role that quickly became a metaphor for departure.
“They’re closing my station,” Yang said in the sketch. “This is my last shift.”
“I’m going to miss everything about this place, the way it smells, sometimes celebrities would come through,” Yang said.
Yang began his "SNL" career as a writer in 2018, rose to on-air cast member the following season, and made history in 2021 as the first featured playe…
