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Haledon Motorcyclist Ejected In Garden State Parkway Crash: NJSP Haledon Motorcyclist Ejected In Garden State Parkway Crash: NJSP
Haledon Motorcyclist Ejected In Garden State Parkway Crash: Njsp A 37-year-old motorcyclist was seriously injured when his motorcycle struck the back of a van on the Garden State Parkway in Passaic County on Wednesday, Aug. 12, authorities said. New Jersey State Police responded to the southbound Parkway at milepost 155.5 in Clifton at 12:17 p.m. for a crash involving a Ford van and Yamaha motorcycle, NJSP Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said. Both vehicles were traveling south when the Yamaha struck the rear of the Ford near milepost 155.5, according to a preliminary investigation. The motorcyclist, a male from Haledon, was ejected and suffered serious injurie…
Drunk Driver With Prior DUIs Charged In Deadly Mountainside Route 22 Hit-Run: Prosecutor Drunk Driver With Prior DUIs Charged In Deadly Mountainside Route 22 Hit-Run: Prosecutor
Drunk Driver With Prior DUIs Charged In Deadly Mountainside Route 22 Hit-Run: Prosecutor A 35-year-old drunk driver with a history of DUIs and careless driving offenses ran a red light on Route 22 in Mountainside, struck and killed a 65-year-old bicyclist, then continued driving for three miles before police found him, authorities and court records show. Fabian Parra, of North Plainfield, was charged Monday, Aug. 10, with second-degree vehicular homicide and second-degree leaving the scene of a fatal crash in the death of Rocco Della Serra, 65, of Cranford, Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel and Mountainside Police Chief Joseph Giannuzzi said. Parra also faces 15 motor v…
Mitsuwa Shoplifter Hits Worker With Getaway Car: Edgewater PD Mitsuwa Shoplifter Hits Worker With Getaway Car: Edgewater PD
Mitsuwa Shoplifter Hits Worker With Getaway Car: Edgewater PD A shoplifter struck a loss prevention worker with a getaway vehicle while fleeing a popular Bergen County Asian grocery store on Wednesday, Aug. 5, authorities said. Edgewater police responded to Mitsuwa Marketplace at 595 River Road around 2:45 p.m., on a report of a physical dispute, Edgewater Police Detective Sgt. Jorge Vanegas said. A loss prevention employee had confronted two men who were actively shoplifting when the encounter escalated, Vanegas said. Stephen Taborda, 62, of Paterson, struck the employee with the getaway vehicle while fleeing, according to police. Tabo…
Habitual Shoplifters Busted After $57 Theft At Wallington 7-Eleven: Cops Habitual Shoplifters Busted After $57 Theft At Wallington 7-Eleven: Cops
Habitual Shoplifters Busted After $57 Theft At Wallington 7-Eleven: Cops Two accused shoplifters with cases stretching across North Jersey were arrested after fleeing a Bergen County 7-Eleven with $57.42 worth of merchandise, authorities said. Wallington police responded to a shoplifting report at the 7-Eleven at 165 Paterson Ave. at 4:27 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11, after two people fled west on Paterson Avenue, Police Chief Ireneusz "Eric" Kluska said. Officer Richard Rey stopped a vehicle at Paterson and Union avenues, where Capt. Stolarz, Det. Popek and Officer Kulbabinski arrested Veronica Djoreski, 50, and Kenneth Lyons, 65, both of Passaic, police said. Th…
Electric Shock Gloves For ICE: DHS Plans $20M Purchase For Agents Electric Shock Gloves For ICE: DHS Plans $20M Purchase For Agents
Electric Shock Gloves For ICE: DHS Plans $20M Purchase For Agents The Department of Homeland Security DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are planning to spend as much as $20 million on gloves capable of delivering electric shocks, federal records and published reports show. ICE published the new requirement Monday, Aug. 10, seeking CTG-5 G.L.O.V.E. devices, short for Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter, according to the Department of Homeland Security's Acquisition Planning Forecast System. The federal government describes the gloves as a “Conductive Distraction and De-escalation Device” that would be issued to Homeland…
Somerville Couple Shared Year Of Marriage Before He Was Charged With Her Murder Somerville Couple Shared Year Of Marriage Before He Was Charged With Her Murder
Somerville Couple Shared Year Of Marriage Before He Was Charged With Her Murder For their first year of marriage, Alyne and Ignacio Espinal appeared to be a happy couple, sharing photos of beach trips, restaurant outings and celebrations on Facebook. Then, just after their first anniversary, Ignacio Espinal, 55, was charged with murdering his 46-year-old wife inside their Somerville home, authorities announced Wednesday, Aug. 12. On Thursday, Aug. 6, at 7:26 p.m., Somerville police responded to a 911 call on Brookside Avenue and found Alyne with multiple lacerations to her chest, neck and thigh, Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald, Chief of County Detectives Mered…
Lakers Sold To Livingston's Josh Kushner, Bob Iger For $12B: Report Lakers Sold To Livingston's Josh Kushner, Bob Iger For $12B: Report
Lakers Sold To Livingston's Josh Kushner, Bob Iger For $12B: Report The Los Angeles Lakers are being sold to Bob Iger and Josh Kushner for more than $12 billion, The Athletic reports. The move comes just 14 months after Mark Walter agreed to buy the team for a record-setting $10 billion valuation. Iger is the former Disney CEO who grew up in Oceanside, NY, and Kushner, who grew up in Livingston, NJ, is the venture capitalist brother of Jared Kushner, who is married to President Donald Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump. Josh Kushner already has a minority stake in the Miami Heat. Kushner and Iger had been involved in the NBA’s Las Vegas expansion process befor…
Award-Winning Edison Sportswriter Greg Tufaro Dies At 59 Award-Winning Edison Sportswriter Greg Tufaro Dies At 59
Award-Winning Edison Sportswriter Greg Tufaro Dies At 59 Award-winning New Jersey sportswriter Greg Tufaro, whose nearly 30-year career earned national recognition and the admiration of fellow journalists, died Monday, Aug. 10, at 59 years old. The lifelong Edison resident graduated from Saint Joseph High School in Metuchen and Rutgers University. He would go on to spend nearly three decades in journalism, writing for the Home News Tribune in East Brunswick and the USA TODAY NETWORK, racking up national awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors for investigative reporting, breaking news, news reporting, and game story writing. Ove…
Demarest Officers, Firefighters Hospitalized As Heavy Fire Tears Through Home (UPDATE) Demarest Officers, Firefighters Hospitalized As Heavy Fire Tears Through Home (UPDATE)
Demarest Officers, Firefighters Hospitalized As Heavy Fire Tears Through Home (Update) Heavy fire tore through the second floor and attic of a Bergen County home Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 11, sending three police officers and a firefighter to the hospital and damaging two neighboring homes, authorities said. The fire broke out at a home on Woodland Road in Demarest shortly before 4 p.m., prompting responses from surrounding agencies, according to the Demarest Police Department and the Cresskill and Dumont fire departments. Demarest police were called to the residential structure fire at approximately 3:43 p.m., police said. Officers gained entry through a side door and conducte…
Undercover 'Cops In The Crosswalk' Operation Nets 38 Stops In Long Beach Undercover 'Cops In The Crosswalk' Operation Nets 38 Stops In Long Beach
Undercover 'Cops In The Crosswalk' Operation Nets 38 Stops In Long Beach Drivers in one Jersey Shore town were put to the test, and dozens got caught. Long Beach Township police officers posed as pedestrians in crosswalks on Tuesday, Aug. 4, waiting to see whether approaching motorists would stop, the department said (click here to watch). The aptly named "Cops in the Crosswalk" detail was conducted by the department's Traffic Safety Unit to improve pedestrian safety, police said. When a driver failed to stop for an officer crossing in a designated crosswalk, a marked patrol vehicle was waiting to make the traffic stop, police said. The four-hour operation…
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