Hackensack Stabbing Victim, 30, Dies, Teaneck Ex-Con Charged With Aggravated Manslaughter
UPDATE: A Teaneck ex-con with a long rap sheet stabbed and killed another former inmate in a Hackensack apartment late Sunday, authorities said.
Kelisen Brewley, 31, and the victim, 30-year-old Vanden Carter "were acquaintances and had been together in the apartment" on Anderson Street when they got into a fight around 10 p.m., Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Monday.
Another person tried to intercede and was assaulted, as well, Musella said, not identifying that victim.
Carter, who'd been released from state prison a month ago, was found with multiple stab wounds on the floor o…
Bergen Prosecutor: Drug-Dealing Quartet From Englewood, Teaneck Snared In SWAT Raid
Three accused dealers from Englewood and one from Teaneck were nabbed with crack, pot, cocaine and Oxy during a coordinated series of raids, authorities said.
A Bergen County Regional SWAT Team hit homes and vehicles on West Street, Genessee Avenue and Liberty Road in Englewood and American Legion Drive in Teaneck, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
Besides various amounts of drugs, members of the prosecutor’s Narcotic Task Force members seized $3,449 in alleged drug proceeds, Musella said.
The defendant with the cash, 33-year-old Roy Theodore of Englewood, tossed crack out the wi…
'It's About Time': South Hackensack Police Swear In First Female Officer
Three new officers were sworn into the South Hackensack Police Department Monday night, including the department's first-ever female.
Ashley LaGrosa, a 20-year-old Hillsdale native who comes from a family of law enforcement, was a dispatcher for the Hackensack and Hillsdale police departments.
Her uncle, Robert Francaviglia, is the current police chief in Hillsdale, where her grandfather, Robert Francaviglia Sr., retired as a lieutenant.
"For as long as I can remember I’ve wanted to be a police officer," LaGrosa said.
"It is something I’ve always loved," she said. "I always saw the impac…
