Bergenfield Man Seized In Overdose Death Of Hackensack Drug User Bergenfield Man Seized In Overdose Death Of Hackensack Drug User
Bergenfield Man Seized In Overdose Death Of Hackensack Drug User A Bergenfield man was seized at his home on Friday and charged with supplying the drugs that killed a 34-year-old Hackensack user nearly five weeks ago. Stevie J. Killins, 59, was sent to the Bergen County Jail to await a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack following his March 3 arrest, city Police Capt. Michael Antista said. Killins -- also known as Steven Bease -- is charged with the strict liability death of the overdose victim on Jan. 28, the captain said. He's also charged with various drug possession counts for heroin and illegal prescription pills tha…
Hackensack Ex-Con With Notorious History Going Away For A Long Time This Time Hackensack Ex-Con With Notorious History Going Away For A Long Time This Time
Hackensack Ex-Con With Notorious History Going Away For A Long Time This Time A notorious ex-con paroled just last year is already headed back to prison following a drug raid at his Hackensack apartment. Eleven months of freedom ended for Courry Rice, 40, when a Bergen County Regional SWAT team joined police from Hackensack and Maywood in hitting his Prospect Avenue home early Tuesday, Feb. 21. Seized were varying amounts of crack and Ecstasy, along with packaging materials and scales, Maywood Police Chief Terence Kenny said. Rice has a criminal history that includes a host of convictions involving drug dealing and violence, to go with multiple front-page news accou…
HEROES: Hackensack Officers Capture Kidnapper, Rescue Victim HEROES: Hackensack Officers Capture Kidnapper, Rescue Victim
Heroes: Hackensack Officers Capture Kidnapper, Rescue Victim A laborer was dragging a kidnap victim down a driveway in broad daylight when two Hackensack police officers rushed to the rescue, authorities said. Officer Wanda Rivera and Special Police Officer Nicholas Mazzaccaro were on patrol on Hudson Street when they saw the victim being dragged behind a building around 7:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, Capt. Michael Antista said. Following the sounds of the victim’s shouts, the officers seized city resident Omer Alvarado, 46, the captain said. They found that Alvarado had assaulted the victim, who was known to him, and was dragging the person back into a…
Meet Hoboken's Newest Police Officers Meet Hoboken's Newest Police Officers
Meet Hoboken's Newest Police Officers Hoboken Police Department swore in three new police officers on Thursday, Feb. 9. The new officers are: David Chicara, Keven De La Cruz and Shawn Sodora. Hoboken Mayor Ravi S. Bhalla, Public Safety Director Ken Ferrante, and Police Chief Steven Aguiar participated in the swearing-in ceremony. "These new officers will be a fantastic asset to the department,” Bhalla said. “I’m honored to welcome these officers to our team,” Aguiar said. “They are among the best and brightest and I look forward to working with all three. . ." Officers Chicara, De La Cruz, and Sodora previously served as par…
New Milford PD: Hackensack Ex-Con Made Dozens Of Threatening Calls To Police, Local School New Milford PD: Hackensack Ex-Con Made Dozens Of Threatening Calls To Police, Local School
New Milford PD: Hackensack Ex-Con Made Dozens Of Threatening Calls To Police, Local School An ex-con with a history of making threats used racial slurs in alarming calls to a New Milford school, followed by 26 similar calls to borough police, authorities charged. The first call by Sean Michael Persons, 39, of Hackensack last week was “threatening, offensive and had racial rhetoric,” alarming school administrators, Police Capt. Kevin Van Saders said. The following day, Persons “called the New Milford Police Department 26 times with the same harassing statements,” Van Saders said on Monday, Dec. 19. “Some were three-way calls with the New Milford Police Department and New Milford …
HEROES: Hackensack Police Talk Down Teen Threatening To Jump From High-Rise Parking Deck HEROES: Hackensack Police Talk Down Teen Threatening To Jump From High-Rise Parking Deck
Heroes: Hackensack Police Talk Down Teen Threatening To Jump From High-Rise Parking Deck A troubled teen was perched on the ledge of a Hackensack high-rise parking deck when a group of city officers arrived and began talking with him. Sgt. Kley Peralta, Detective Chris Lara Nunez and Officers Frank Caneja and Matthew Debonis responded to the Excelsior II Apartments on Prospect Avenue around 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9. Law enforcement officials call it "de-escalation," "crisis intervention" and other terms, but what the men in blue basically did was connect with the boy enough to get him off the ledge and keep him from hurting himself. He was then taken to a local hospital for an…
SEE ANYTHING? Gang Of Four Robs $104,000 Worth Of Luxury Handbags From High-End Route 4 Store SEE ANYTHING? Gang Of Four Robs $104,000 Worth Of Luxury Handbags From High-End Route 4 Store
SEE Anything? Gang Of Four Robs $104,000 Worth Of Luxury Handbags From High-End Route 4 Store Three men and a woman robbed $104,000 worth of luxury handbags and accessories from a high-end Italian brand store at Hackensack's Shops at Riverside, authorities confirmed. Police turned to the public for help on Thursday, Sept. 22, sharing a photo of the distinctive getaway car involved in the holdup just off westbound Route 4 two days earlier. The quartet entered Bottega Veneta and threatened employees who were opening the store for the day, "putting them in fear," before noon on Sept. 20, Police Capt. Michael Antista said on Thursday. The crew snatched the goods and fled in a silver Do…
Ex-Con With Violent History Jailed For Domestic Assault In Hackensack Ex-Con With Violent History Jailed For Domestic Assault In Hackensack
Ex-Con With Violent History Jailed For Domestic Assault In Hackensack Hackensack police rescued a domestic violence victim and seized an ex-con with a violent criminal history. Officer Brett McCarthy was flagged down by the victim, who reported being beaten, restrained and threatened with a box cutter by Derek Warren Hutchinson, 53, before dawn Monday, Sept. 19, said Capt. Michael Antista, the officer in charge of the department. The unemployed Hutchinson also threatened to kill the victim, who sustained minor injuries, the captain said. Hutchinson, formerly of Bergenfield, has a criminal background that stretches back nearly 30 years, with arrests for aggra…
New Hackensack Police Director Hits Ground Running New Hackensack Police Director Hits Ground Running
New Hackensack Police Director Hits Ground Running A highly-respected law enforcement veteran has become Hackensack's new police director. Raymond Guidetti, who retired as a lieutenant colonel after a highly distinguished career with the New Jersey State Police, began working last week, multiple department and city sources confirmed Tuesday. "We've been getting memos from him already on things like internal policies and expectations," one department member said. Guidetti, 54, of Paramus, was officially appointed to the position for three years at Monday night's Mayor and Council meeting, according to city spokesman Nick Bond. “I am very p…
GOTCHA! Garfield Man Nabbed After Series Of ‘Swatting’ Threats To Hackensack High School, PD GOTCHA! Garfield Man Nabbed After Series Of ‘Swatting’ Threats To Hackensack High School, PD
Gotcha! Garfield Man Nabbed After Series Of ‘Swatting’ Threats To Hackensack High School, PD What seemed like an unending series of phone threats that plagued Hackensack High School and city police for nearly three months led to the arrest of a stock clerk from Garfield, authorities announced. Christopher Vitone, 38, was seized at his job after Hackensack Police Detectives Chris Lara-Nunez and Felix Katsaroans identified him as the "swatter" responsible for one of the calls, which was made to Hackensack police on June 16, Detective Capt. Michael Antista said Monday. An investigation was continuing into more than a dozen other bomb threats and false alarms to both the city Boar…
Assault Rifle Seized From Bergen Man In Hudson Armed Robbery Assault Rifle Seized From Bergen Man In Hudson Armed Robbery
Assault Rifle Seized From Bergen Man In Hudson Armed Robbery A rifle was seized from a Bergen man in an armed robbery in Hudson County, authorities said. Officers responding to the armed robbery report at the Shell Gas Station on Route 3 East on Saturday, April 30 saw similar circumstances to several other robberies in neighboring areas, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller. A follow-up investigation identified Jacob Abreu, 26, of Hackensack as the primary suspect, Miller said. A search of Abreu’s home on Thursday, May 5 led to the discovery of a Smith & Wesson 5.56mm assault rifle found to be stolen in a 2018 Pennsylvania home burglary, authorit…
Gun Put To Driver’s Head In Hackensack Cab Robbery, Six Suspects Seized Gun Put To Driver’s Head In Hackensack Cab Robbery, Six Suspects Seized
Gun Put To Driver’s Head In Hackensack Cab Robbery, Six Suspects Seized A gun that was put to the head of a cab driver was recovered by Hackensack police who seized an 18-year-old East Rutherford resident and five juveniles accused of robbing him. Rahmeir McBride was being processed at Hackensack police headquarters following the arrests when he made a run for it. He didn’t get far, authorities said. The driver told police that he’d picked up seven people from the Paramus area and was headed to their requested destination when he was robbed on March 26 near Columbus Park, Detective Capt. Michael Antista said. “They first demanded the money from him by pointing…