Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Newark Man Found Guilty In Love-Triangle Shooting That Left Friend Paralyzed Newark Man Found Guilty In Love-Triangle Shooting That Left Friend Paralyzed
Newark Man Found Guilty In Love-Triangle Shooting That Left Friend Paralyzed A Newark man was convicted of aggravated assault and weapons offenses for shooting his childhood friend after catching him in bed with his girlfriend, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said Thursday.  Jurors declined to convict Rahiym Washington, 31, of attempted murder and of charges involving his girlfriend, but prosecutors say he is still likely to get a lengthy term when he's sentenced next month. Prosecutors will ask for 20 years, citing Washington's criminal history.  On April 5, 2018, Washington entered the woman's home and saw his childhood friend with her. Washington s…

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by Paul Milo
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
Fair Lawn PD: Officer Busts Upstate NY Trio With Heroin On Route 4 Fair Lawn PD: Officer Busts Upstate NY Trio With Heroin On Route 4
Fair Lawn PD: Officer Busts Upstate NY Trio With Heroin On Route 4 A Fair Lawn police officer nabbed an upstate New York trio with heroin during a stop on Route 4, authorities said. All three have criminal histories, records show. The driver, identified as Marvin Parada, 32, of Kingston, “initially gave false information during questioning” by Officer Geovanny Buitron following Saturday night’s stop on the eastbound highway at Paramus Road, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Parada’s criminal history includes giving false information to police in Kingston who were investigating a 2016 stabbing because he was on parole and a heroin arrest in Saugerties the year befor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Police & Fire
Habitual Mahwah Offenders Charged With Drugs In Glen Rock Route 208 Stop Released Again Habitual Mahwah Offenders Charged With Drugs In Glen Rock Route 208 Stop Released Again
Habitual Mahwah Offenders Charged With Drugs In Glen Rock Route 208 Stop Released Again A pair of 29-year-old habitual offenders from Mahwah were arrested by Glen Rock police on drug charges following a Route 208 stop – and then released soon after being booked into the Bergen County Jail. An officer pulled them over around 1:30 a.m. Saturday for failure to signal what became an unsafe lane change on the northbound highway, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Che Muller and Matthew Bourgholtzer were arrested after an open alcohol container, cocaine, suboxone and pot were found, Ackermann said. Traffic summonses also were issued, he said. Both men have documented criminal histo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
50-Year Sentence For Killer Who Shot Newark Man In the Back 50-Year Sentence For Killer Who Shot Newark Man In the Back
50-Year Sentence For Killer Who Shot Newark Man In the Back A 32-year-old Newark man was sentenced to a half-century in prison aggravated manslaughter and other charges stemming from a deadly shooting in 2017, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said Friday. Alrahsim Charles killed Rajaee Montgomery, 22, on May 27, 2017 in Newark. Montgomery was shot in the back as he was fleeing from gunfire.  Chambers was found guilty of weapons offenses in addition to manslaughter in June.  In arguing for an extended sentence, prosecutors pointed to Charles; extensive criminal history, which included a 2008 conviction for assault, a 2012 conviction fo…

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by Paul Milo
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Couple Charged In Route 80 Assault On NJ State Trooper Couple Charged In Route 80 Assault On NJ State Trooper
Couple Charged In Route 80 Assault On NJ State Trooper A Union County couple remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Sunday after being charged with assaulting a New Jersey state trooper during a traffic stop on westbound Route 80 in Hackensack. Alecia S. Jones of Hillside and Tyson S. Stamper of Elizabeth, both 22, are charged with two counts of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, as well as resisting arrest and possession of marijuana. Stamper, who has a criminal history, was wanted on outstanding warrants out of Elizabeth and Clark, records show. The couple had been pulled over around 9:50 a.m. Saturday when they attacked th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Newark Man Killed 'Over $2,500 Car', Jury Finds Newark Man Killed 'Over $2,500 Car', Jury Finds
Newark Man Killed 'Over $2,500 Car', Jury Finds A 32-year-old Irvington resident was convicted this week of aggravated manslaughter and aggravated assault stemming from a dispute involving unpaid parking tickets that ended in gunfire two years ago, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said.  On May 25, 2017,  a car registered to Rajaee Montgomery of Newark, was towed. The car was registered to Montgomery because the person using the car had several unpaid tickets, the prosecutor's office said.  Al Rashim Chambers arranged to have one of Montgomery's relatives ask Montgomery to meet him at the home of Chambers' grandparents…

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by Paul Milo
Englewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Police: Ex-Con Uses Children As Human Shields Against Englewood Officers After Assault, Crash Police: Ex-Con Uses Children As Human Shields Against Englewood Officers After Assault, Crash
Police: Ex-Con Uses Children As Human Shields Against Englewood Officers After Assault, Crash Englewood police avoided a potential tragedy when they calmly captured an ex-con who used his two children as human shields after assaulting his ex-girlfriend and causing a hit-and-run crash that hospitalized a pizza delivery man, authorities said. Rameesh Dula, 34, first grabbed one of the youngsters after responding officers found both him and the woman bleeding, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said. The woman told police that Dula had stolen her car moments earlier, crashed it and then returned to her home, Torell said. Police tried to take Dula into custody, but he “grabbed one of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fairfield, CT
News
Fairfield County Man Sentenced For Months-Long Bank Robbery Spree Fairfield County Man Sentenced For Months-Long Bank Robbery Spree
Fairfield County Man Sentenced For Months-Long Bank Robbery Spree A Fairfield County man who threatened to kill bank employees during an armed robbery and later engaged in a standoff with police has been sentenced to nearly a decade behind bars following his seven-month crime spree. Bryce Alexander Laister, 26, formerly of Bridgeport and Stratford, has been sentenced to 107 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after he pleaded guilty to robbing five Connecticut banks between November 2016 and June 2017. He must also pay $25,279 in restitution to the banks. Laister robbed Webster Bank on Merwin Avenue in Milford on Nov. 30, 2016…

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by Zak Failla
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Police & Fire
Saddle Brook Police Fish Fleeing Lodi Ex-Con Out Of River Saddle Brook Police Fish Fleeing Lodi Ex-Con Out Of River
Saddle Brook Police Fish Fleeing Lodi Ex-Con Out Of River SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- A wanted Lodi ex-con hopped a highway guard rail and jumped into the Saddle River but was quickly grabbed by police, authorities said. Steven W. Gore, 34, lied to Saddle Brook police who stopped him Wednesday on eastbound Route 46, then jumped over a guardrail and down an embankment to the river, Police Chief Robert Kugler said. Gore, who was wanted on warrants out of Passaic, Paterson and Lodi, was taken into custody and turned over to Lodi police before being lodged in the Bergen County Jail. He remained held there, charged with theft and simple assault out of Lodi,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Police & Fire
Fugitive Ex-Con Wanted In Dumont Rampage Captured Fugitive Ex-Con Wanted In Dumont Rampage Captured
Fugitive Ex-Con Wanted In Dumont Rampage Captured DUMONT, N.J. -- Bergen County tactical officers and detectives captured an ex-con from Cliffside Park after authorities said he tried to go after a victim in Dumont with a machete. Christopher Campana, 34, was being held in the county jail pending a detention hearing following the Monday afternoon arrest. Campana has a criminal history stretching back more than a decade -- including an arrest in Fairview in 2010 on charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault, making terroristic threats and weapons possession, among other offenses, records show. He'd been serving the rest of a recent se…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bridgeport, CT
Police & Fire
Police: Former Tax Preparer Used Six Fake Identities To Keep Lights On Police: Former Tax Preparer Used Six Fake Identities To Keep Lights On
Police: Former Tax Preparer Used Six Fake Identities To Keep Lights On BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A former tax preparer with a criminal history was arrested Tuesday after police said she stole United Illuminating service for years using stolen identities from victims as far away as Alabama and Kentucky. Sharonda Chisholm-Ferguson, 63, of Bridgeport, was charged with third-degree larceny, third-degree identity theft and two counts of second-degree larceny, police said. She was taken into custody at 6:15 a.m. after she returned a work vehicle to a North Avenue parking lot. A fraud protection investigator for the electric company told police that power to Chisholm-Ferg…

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by Meredith Guinness