Trucker Charged With Tossing Molotov Cocktails On Roof Of NJ Strip Club Trucker Charged With Tossing Molotov Cocktails On Roof Of NJ Strip Club
Trucker Charged With Tossing Molotov Cocktails On Roof Of NJ Strip Club A truck driver who apparently had a beef with a strip club in Lodi tossed Molotov cocktails onto the roof of the business, authorities said. Andy Pena, 41, who lives in town was arrested Thursday and charged with aggravated arson, attempting to cause widespread injury or damage and weapons possession, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced. He was sent to the Bergen County Jail to await a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. The incident occurred in the early morning hours of July 8 at the Harem Cabaret on southbound Route 17 beneath the Route 80 ov…
GOTCHA! Ex-Con Charged With Shooting Haskell Man In Paterson GOTCHA! Ex-Con Charged With Shooting Haskell Man In Paterson
Gotcha! Ex-Con Charged With Shooting Haskell Man In Paterson Investigators cracked the July 4th weekend shooting of a Haskell man in Paterson with the arrest of an ex-con in Haledon, authorities said. Juan Pereyra, 32, was captured by Haledon police in the area of Belmont Avenue and Tilt Street shortly after 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, they said. Detectives had identified Pereyra in the July 2 shooting of a 36-year-old Haskell resident in the area of Prospect Street and Market Street in Paterson. Responding officers that night found a crime scene but no victim. That’s because he’d gone to St. Joseph’s Wayne Medical Center in a private vehicle, authorities…
AGAIN AND AGAIN: Allendale Ex-Con Freed After Two Years Charged In Ramsey, Ho-Ho-Kus Burglaries AGAIN AND AGAIN: Allendale Ex-Con Freed After Two Years Charged In Ramsey, Ho-Ho-Kus Burglaries
Again AND Again: Allendale Ex-Con Freed After Two Years Charged In Ramsey, Ho-Ho-Kus Burglaries A Bergen County ex-con with a violent history had been free all of two days when he started up again, authorities said. Justinian Rocco, 25, of Allendale was released from custody only two weeks ago. He’d spent two years behind bars for laying down on a railroad track, stopping NJ Transit service and fighting with police who arrested him. Rocco is already back in the Bergen County Jail, charged with more than a half-dozen burglaries and break-in attempts in Ramsey and Ho-Ho-Kus. The career criminal got into a frenzied brawl with responding officers in a waist-high stream -- biting and kick…
GOTCHA! Fugitive Eludes Police, Nabbed The Next Day By Alert Bogota Officer GOTCHA! Fugitive Eludes Police, Nabbed The Next Day By Alert Bogota Officer
Gotcha! Fugitive Eludes Police, Nabbed The Next Day By Alert Bogota Officer A fugitive who eluded Bogota police during what became an aborted pursuit walked right past another officer the next day and was promptly arrested, authorities said. It began around 1 a.m. Tuesday when a 2021 Mercedes E350 sped past Officer Matthew Luciano at more than 20 miles over the 30-mile-an-hour speed limit on West Main Street, Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. Luciano tried to stop the sedan, but the driver hit the gas, steered around several other vehicles and blew a red light, Cole said. Given the potential danger – not to mention state Attorney General guidelines regarding pursuits – the…
Passaic County Man Charged With Kidnapping, Raping Girl Passaic County Man Charged With Kidnapping, Raping Girl
Passaic County Man Charged With Kidnapping, Raping Girl A Paterson man is accused of repeatedly raping an underage girl whom he lured and held captive in his car. Lenny Feal, 23, was arrested after detectives interviewed multiple witnesses, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said Tuesday. These include the alleged victim, who told investigators that Feal “sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions” in his vehicle, which he parked on various streets in Paterson, between October 2021 and May 2022, they said. City police and members of Valdes’s Special Victims Unit conducted a three-month invest…
Passaic Sheriff: Fugitive Ex-Con Who Ran From Detectives Caught With Stolen Gun, Drugs, More Passaic Sheriff: Fugitive Ex-Con Who Ran From Detectives Caught With Stolen Gun, Drugs, More
Passaic Sheriff: Fugitive Ex-Con Who Ran From Detectives Caught With Stolen Gun, Drugs, More Noontime temperatures in Paterson were way too high for a man to be pulling a ski mask over his face, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik said. Jeziel Cabral Rodriguez, 32, began tipping away as detectives from his fugitive squad approached a group gathered in front of a Park Avenue grocery store, the sheriff said. Then he took off on foot. Rodriguez darted down a driveway on nearby Carroll Street, then hopped into a parked Chevy Malibu -- where the detectives found him, Berdnik said. He was carrying dozens of bags of oxycodone, cocaine and pot, as well as $487 in suspected drug-dealin…
Handcuffed Fugitive Who Jumped Into Passaic River Was Wanted Out Of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Handcuffed Fugitive Who Jumped Into Passaic River Was Wanted Out Of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts
Handcuffed Fugitive Who Jumped Into Passaic River Was Wanted Out Of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts A suspect who nearly drowned after jumping into the Passaic River while handcuffed was wanted in both Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, authorities said. Juan Castano, 29, of New York was a passenger in a car driven by a Paterson resident that Hawthorne police stopped in response to a call late Tuesday afternoon of two suspicious-looking men peering over the barbed wire fence of the Citywide Towing impound lot in Hawthorne. “People have previously jumped their fence and stolen vehicles that had been impounded due to being stolen,” Hawthorne Detective Lt. Matthew Hoogmoed said Thursday. Borou…
Hackensack PD: Habitual Offender Violates Order, Shows Explicit Pics To Victim's Co-Worker Hackensack PD: Habitual Offender Violates Order, Shows Explicit Pics To Victim's Co-Worker
Hackensack PD: Habitual Offender Violates Order, Shows Explicit Pics To Victim's Co-Worker Hackensack police arrested a city man for violating a restraining order by going to the victim’s job and showing explicit photos of her. Carlos A. Caraballo, 43, was seized without incident or injury on Wednesday, Hackensack Police Capt. Michael Antista said. He “showed up at the victim’s place of employment while a restraining order was in effect and showed explicit photos of [the] victim to a third party at the location who alerted police,” Antista said. Criminal records show a string of arrests for Caraballo dating back at least 15 years in North Bergen, Union City, West New York, Gutte…
Good Guys, Bad Guy Go For A Swim: Escaped Prisoner Pulled From Passaic River Good Guys, Bad Guy Go For A Swim: Escaped Prisoner Pulled From Passaic River
Good Guys, Bad Guy Go For A Swim: Escaped Prisoner Pulled From Passaic River GOTCHA! A suspect who nearly drowned after he jumped into the Passaic River while handcuffed was wanted in both Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, authorities said. Juan Castano, 29, of New York was a passenger in a car driven by a Paterson resident that Hawthorne police stopped in response to a call late Tuesday afternoon of two suspicious-looking men peering over the barbed wire fence of the Citywide Towing impound lot in Hawthorne. “People have previously jumped their fence and stolen vehicles that had been impounded due to being stolen,” Hawthorne Detective Lt. Matthew Hoogmoed said Thurs…
16-Year-Old Among Trio Nabbed By Paterson Detectives In Separate Gun Arrests 16-Year-Old Among Trio Nabbed By Paterson Detectives In Separate Gun Arrests
16-Year-Old Among Trio Nabbed By Paterson Detectives In Separate Gun Arrests A 16-year-old Paterson youth was one of three city residents arrested in separate gun-related incidents over a span of roughly 30 hours, authorities said. The teen was nabbed by Detectives Kenneth Kerwin, Suquan Gary, Joseph Aboyoun and John Traynor at the corner 12th Avenue and East 22nd Street shortly before 1 a.m. Monday, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. He was carrying a 9mm Girsan handgun equipped with a high-capacity magazine, the director said. The teen was sent to the Essex County Juvenile Detention Center in Newark to await a closed-door hearing in the Family Part …
Clifton Officer Struck On Highway, Fleeing DWI Motorist Charged With Assault With Deadly Weapon Clifton Officer Struck On Highway, Fleeing DWI Motorist Charged With Assault With Deadly Weapon
Clifton Officer Struck On Highway, Fleeing DWI Motorist Charged With Assault With Deadly Weapon A driver was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after he hit a Clifton police officer with his car on the shoulder of a highway and then led a pursuit that ended in a crash, authorities said. Officer George Balkjy had stopped a motorcycle on northbound Route 21 near Route 46 around 7 a.m. Tuesday when Luis Villalba, 21, of Paterson tried to pass bottlenecked traffic on the shoulder, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Balkjy stopped the vehicle and was approaching the driver's side when Villalba hit the gas and swerved toward the officer, hitting him in the arm and leg, Bra…
Out-Of-State Passenger Charged With Loaded Gun, Hollow-Point Ammo In Paramus Route 17 Stop Out-Of-State Passenger Charged With Loaded Gun, Hollow-Point Ammo In Paramus Route 17 Stop
Out-Of-State Passenger Charged With Loaded Gun, Hollow-Point Ammo In Paramus Route 17 Stop A North Carolina passenger was arrested on illegal gun and ammo possession charges following a Route 17 traffic stop in Paramus. Officer Vincent Labarbiera stopped the driver of a 2005 Honda Accord with overly tinted windows for making an unsafe lane change on the southbound highway near Midland Avenue earlier this month, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Officers Clario Sampson and Don Liu assisted, the chief said. Passenger Robert Collins, 53, of Ayden, NC admitted having a loaded weapon under the seat, Ehrenberg said. Police recovered the compact .380-caliber Ruger Crimson Trace, al…