NJ Army Specialist, 35, Presumed Dead After Being Swept Into Pacific Ocean, Officials Say
A 35-year-old US Army soldier from New Jersey who was swept into the Pacific Ocean in California earlier this week has been identified.
Spc. Amanpreet Thind, a student at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, went missing Saturday, Nov. 22 at Soberanes Point in Garrapata State Park, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said.
Search teams are still trying to find him, Col. Christy L. Whitfield said.
“As search and recovery operations continue, we hold out hope that Spc. Thind will be found," Whitfield said. "We offer our deepest condolences to the Thind fami…
Mahwah Man Caught With 5,000+ Child Sex Abuse Files Arrested Again: Prosecutor
A Bergen County man arrested for chatting with children online in 2021 has been arrested again, this time after authorities found hiim in possession of nearly 5,000 child porn files, they said.
Sporting a clean new look, Quinn T. Dickson, 28, of Mahwah, was arrested Tuesday, Nov. 25, after members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit executed a search warrant at his Mahwah home, Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
Dickson used the Internet to view, download, and possess over 5,000 items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children, Musella…
12 Arrested, $12K In Stolen Goods Recovered In Paramus Retail Theft Sweep: Police
Paramus police arrested 12 people and recovered more than $12,000 in stolen merchandise during a 10-day retail theft crackdown across town, according to a press release issued Tuesday, Nov. 25.
Detectives and patrol officers working with Westfield Garden State Plaza security collected $12,420 in stolen items between Nov. 11 and Nov. 21, police said. The cases involved shoplifting, possession of stolen property, possession of burglary tools, organized retail theft, and endangering the welfare of a child.
Curtann Harris, Pedro Medina, Yorianni Urdanetaderodriguez, Toni Long, Terrence N…
733 Pills, Pound Of Weed In Jeep Near Hackensack Park; Some Drugs Stolen From Pharmacy: Cops
Two men were arrested after detectives found hundreds of suspected oxycodone pills, ecstasy, Xanax, promethazine, marijuana packaged for sale, and drug paraphernalia inside a Jeep Wrangler, according to a press release issued Tuesday, Nov. 25.
Detectives with the Crime Suppression Bureau stopped the 2023 Jeep near Atlantic Street Park, on Friday, Nov. 21 at approximately 11:45 p.m., Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said.
Inside the vehicle, detectives found 733 pills of suspected oxycodone, bottles of promethazine, ecstasy, Alprazolam pills, approximately one pound of unregulated marijua…
Mother Grieves Only Child Killed In Paterson Crash, Loved Ones Say
A GoFundMe has identified the teenager killed in a crash in Paterson over the weekend.
The fundraiser, created by Marcy Arias, says Maykell Gonzalez, 17, was killed in a hit-and-run accident on Saturday, Nov. 22 in Paterson.
Authorities in Passaic County said only that a crash involving a moped and a tractor-trailer happened just after 11 p.m. at Cianci and Market streets. One person, an unidentified male, was pronounced dead at the scene while another occupant, a juvenile, remains critical. Authorities did not say whether or not the crash was a hit-and-run.
The GoFundMe for Maykell's fami…
