Wrong-Way Driver High On Heroin Sends 3 To Hospital In Head-On Elmwood Park Crash Wrong-Way Driver High On Heroin Sends 3 To Hospital In Head-On Elmwood Park Crash
Wrong-Way Driver High On Heroin Sends 3 To Hospital In Head-On Elmwood Park Crash An adult and two youngsters were injured when an unlicensed, out-of-town drug addict high on heroin crashed his car into theirs while driving on the wrong side of the road in Elmwood Park, authorities said. Kyle Apgar, 29, kept going before his car struck two parked vehicles around 8:15 p.m. Saturday, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. The victims, whose car was struck on Broadway, weren’t seriously injured, he said Police found a hypodermic syringe and heroin in Apgar's car after it hit the two parked vehicles on Bellevue Avenue and came to a stop, Foligno said. Apgar, who the chief sai…
Investigation Lands Suspected Greenwich Dealer Behind Bars Investigation Lands Suspected Greenwich Dealer Behind Bars
Investigation Lands Suspected Greenwich Dealer Behind Bars A Greenwich man is behind bars following a lengthy investigation into alleged drug dealing in town. Ahmed I Sambo, 42, was arrested Monday, March 18, after officers with the Greenwich Police Narcotic Section conducted an investigation into a suspected drug dealer living in Greenwich, said Greenwich Police Lt. John Slusarz. On Monday, officers executed a search warrant on Sambo’s residence and vehicle. Among the items seized was approximately 20 grams of suspected cocaine, a small amount of marijuana, and numerous items associated with the weighing, concealing, storage, and packaging of nar…
Woman Charged With Liability For Fentanyl, Heroin Death Of Morristown Artist Battling Addiction Woman Charged With Liability For Fentanyl, Heroin Death Of Morristown Artist Battling Addiction
Woman Charged With Liability For Fentanyl, Heroin Death Of Morristown Artist Battling Addiction A Rockaway woman initially arrested on a minor drug charge is facing much more severe consequences for providing the heroin and fentanyl that killed a user, authorities said. Natalia E. Zyga, 30, is charged with strict liability for a drug-induced death, they said.  Police found Sasha Truesdale dead Nov. 23 after overdosing on drugs given to her by Zyga, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp, Chief of Investigations Stephen F. Wilson, Jr. and Rockaway Borough Police Chief Conrad Pepperman said in a joint release Tuesday. Under state law, someone who sells illegal drugs that k…
Mahwah Police Chief Leaves A Modernized, Professional Department Sensitive To Township's Needs Mahwah Police Chief Leaves A Modernized, Professional Department Sensitive To Township's Needs
Mahwah Police Chief Leaves A Modernized, Professional Department Sensitive To Township's Needs Ask retiring Mahwah Police Chief James N. Batelli for highlights from more than four decades in law enforcement and his attention immediately turns to the accomplishments – large and small -- of the members of the department he’s headed since 2002. “We are a nationally accredited agency through CALEA and that is a tribute to the officers who provide the service,” Batelli said Saturday. “Since the initial accreditation we have received four re-accreditations, which is something our officers work very hard at -- and only 5% of law enforcement agencies in the nation achieve.” Accreditation re…
Northern Highlands Students Hear About Opiate Addiction From Users, Police Praise Program Northern Highlands Students Hear About Opiate Addiction From Users, Police Praise Program
Northern Highlands Students Hear About Opiate Addiction From Users, Police Praise Program It’s one thing to have authority figures warn schoolkids of the dangers of heroin and opioids, but it’s another when it’s recovering addicts, as students at Northern Highlands Regional High School learned. Not only that: The speakers were all from schools in the Allendale area. A key component of the #NotEvenOnce program was the participation of the organization Alumni in Recovery, Police Chief George Scherb said. “Students had the opportunity to hear from addicts in recovery who shared their real-life experiences with addiction, dependency and their path to recovery,” he said. #NotEvenOn…
Kyle Navin Pleads Guilty To Killing Parents In Fairfield County Kyle Navin Pleads Guilty To Killing Parents In Fairfield County
Kyle Navin Pleads Guilty To Killing Parents In Fairfield County A day before he was to face a jury of 12 to decide his fate, Kyle Navin pleaded guilty to shooting to death his parents in Fairfield County. Navin, 29, is accused of murdering his parents, Jeanette and Jeffrey Navin of Easton, in 2015 and burying them in the yard of a Weston home. He was arrested in October 2015 and charged with two counts of murder and murder under special circumstances. His plea came about 20 minutes after Superior Court Judge Robert Devlin rejected all suppression motions by his attorneys. When making his plea, the judge asked Navin if he agreed with the prosecutor's s…
Man Nearly Dies Of Heroin Overdose Inside Library Bathroom In Stamford Man Nearly Dies Of Heroin Overdose Inside Library Bathroom In Stamford
Man Nearly Dies Of Heroin Overdose Inside Library Bathroom In Stamford An employee found a 52-year-old man unconscious and nearly dead from a heroin overdose in a second-floor bathroom at Ferguson Library in Stamford, according to police. The man was found around 1 p.m. Thursday at the library at 1 Public Library Plaza when the staff member entered the bathroom, said Stamford Police Sgt. Robert Shawinsky. Shawinsky said the staffer called police and EMS who quickly arrived and medics administered two doses of Narcan before bringing the man back to life. The man, who had a needle in his arm when found, didn't "want anything to do with police or EMS,"…
Recovering Addicts Share Chilling Stories On Bergen Prosecutor Video Series Recovering Addicts Share Chilling Stories On Bergen Prosecutor Video Series
Recovering Addicts Share Chilling Stories On Bergen Prosecutor Video Series If he'd only known he'd be doing heroin at 17 years old, he would have gotten out sooner. That's what one recovering addict said in a new series by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office, "If I'd Only Known." "We don't want anyone to say 'If I'd only known,'" the prosecutor's office said on social media. The videos highlight "recovery specialists" from across the county who share their stories and experiences as a former alcohol or drug addict.  The goal is to stop the opioid epidemic that last year claimed the lives of approximately 130 people in Bergen Count…
Bergen Sheriff Provides Anti-Heroin Drug To Eligible Jail Inmates Bergen Sheriff Provides Anti-Heroin Drug To Eligible Jail Inmates
Bergen Sheriff Provides Anti-Heroin Drug To Eligible Jail Inmates HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino's staff this week began offering the anti-heroin drug Vivitrol to addicted inmates. “This is just another tool that we can offer with our partners to break the deadly cycle of addiction in our communities,” Saudino said. Eligible inmates enrolled in a program to reintegrate them into society who are struggling with opioid/heroin addiction are being offered the drug. The first two participants are already being monitored "to support them and to measure the impact of this initiative," the sheriff said. The injectable Vivitr…
Rockland DA Zugibe Will Run For State Supreme Court Rockland DA Zugibe Will Run For State Supreme Court
Rockland DA Zugibe Will Run For State Supreme Court Rockland District Attorney Thomas Zugibe would love to wrap up his career as a judge on the state Supreme Court, and announced Thursday that's just what he plans to do. Zugibe, 64, the county's district attorney for the past 10 years, will seek one of six judgeships up for grabs in Nov. 6, election, he announced before a ballroom full of supporters at the Nyack Seaport. With nearly four decades involved in the state legal system, Zubgie said he is seeking the unexpired term for Justice Thomas Walsh's Rockland-based seat, which has nine years remaining.  He cited his long legal background, …