Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Authorities: Paterson PD Clips Latin King Who Offered More Than Shave, Haircut At Barbershop Authorities: Paterson PD Clips Latin King Who Offered More Than Shave, Haircut At Barbershop
Authorities: Paterson PD Clips Latin King Who Offered More Than Shave, Haircut At Barbershop Drug detectives raided the Paterson barbershop and Little Falls home of a high-ranking Latin King, seizing more than 10 pounds of pot, a stolen handgun and nearly $21,500 in drug cash, authorities said. Investigators had been watching the “Smooth Kreationz” barbershop owned by ex-con Jecksan “King Smooth” Cancel, 41, after receiving a tip that he’d been selling pot from the Ellison Street business, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said Friday. Working with Little Falls police, they raided four locations – including Cancel’s second-floor Lower Notch Road apartment -- seizing the marijua…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
VIDEO: Hackensack Office Burglars Swipe $40,000 In Coins, Pricey Painting VIDEO: Hackensack Office Burglars Swipe $40,000 In Coins, Pricey Painting
Video: Hackensack Office Burglars Swipe $40,000 In Coins, Pricey Painting Burglars broke into a Hackensack office building and stole $40,000 worth of collectible coins and a painting worth several thousand dollars, said police who released a surveillance video Wednesday. The video shows three intruders casing one of the offices and then suddenly rushing out of the four-story building at 560 Hudson Street around 2:45 a.m. Monday. The coins and painting were stolen from Gilberti Construction, while five other offices sustained damage to interior doors and locks with nothing apparently taken, Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Hackensack police urged anyone who wi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Police & Fire
REWARD: $5,000 Offered To Help Capture Little Falls Bank Robbers REWARD: $5,000 Offered To Help Capture Little Falls Bank Robbers
Reward: $5,000 Offered To Help Capture Little Falls Bank Robbers UPDATE (3/18/2020): The FBI nabbed two men who robbed banks in Passaic and Little Falls last month, federal authorities said Wednesday. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/northpassaic/police-fire/gotcha-fbi-nabs-two-in-passaic-little-falls-bank-robberies/785204/ ****** A $5,000 reward was offered Wednesday for help catching two masked men who robbed a Valley National Bank in Little Falls at gunpoint last Thursday. One of the robbers held a handgun while the other went behind the counter at the at Main Street bank and removed money from the tellers’ drawers, authorities said. Responde…

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by Jerry DeMarco
West Milford, NJ
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Substantial Haul Likely In Little Falls Bank Robbery UPDATE: Substantial Haul Likely In Little Falls Bank Robbery
Update: Substantial Haul Likely In Little Falls Bank Robbery Two men in masks robbed a Little Falls bank branch at gunpoint Thursday afternoon, rifling through tellers' drawers and herding employees into the vault, responders said. One of them held a handgun while the other went behind the counter at the Valley Bank on Main Street and removed money from the tellers’ drawers around 2:20 p.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes and Little Falls Police Chief Steven Post said in a Thursday evening news release. Responders told Daily Voice the robbers then herded employees into the vault and took more cash. Although authorities wouldn't say how mu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Totowa Man, 62, Dies In House Fire UPDATE: Totowa Man, 62, Dies In House Fire
Update: Totowa Man, 62, Dies In House Fire A resident was killed and his mother rescued Saturday in an early-morning fire that ripped through a two-family Totowa home, responders said. Gregory Massaro, 62, was trapped on the second floor after the fire broke out shortly after 5:30 a.m. at the corner of Gordon and Chamberlain avenues, authorities said. His 89-year-old mother, who lives on the first floor, was rescued by firefighters who found her on a couch, responders said. She was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center as a precaution, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Totowa Police Chief Robert Coyle said in …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Police: Woodland Park School Board Candidate Busted For DWI Police: Woodland Park School Board Candidate Busted For DWI
Police: Woodland Park School Board Candidate Busted For DWI A candidate who finished out of the running in this week’s Woodland Park school board election was charged with DWI last month after registering more than twice the legal limit on a blood-alcohol test, police records show. Officer Justin Castro said in a police report that he spotted a four-door 2017 Ford driven by Jason Snyder, 27, just before midnight Oct. 5. In his report, Castro said that he saw Snyder “brake suddenly, activate his right turn signal” less than 100 feet from the corner and turn right onto Nesser Lane from McBride Avenue. He then followed the vehicle as it turned onto S…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Accused Wayne Bank Robber, 69, Charged In Pequannock Holdup UPDATE: Accused Wayne Bank Robber, 69, Charged In Pequannock Holdup
Update: Accused Wayne Bank Robber, 69, Charged In Pequannock Holdup As expected, authorities charged a Little Falls man arrested following a Wayne bank robbery with an earlier holdup last month in Pequannock. Philip N. McGrantham, 69, made a bogus 911 call of a man with a gun in the parking lot of a Route 23 Target “as a ruse to divert the attention of law enforcement” while he robbed the Wells Fargo bank up the road last Thursday, authorities said Tuesday. Wayne detectives -- with help from the FBI and the Passaic County Sheriff's Office – captured McGrantham on Monday at the corner of Main Street and Lincoln Avenue as he returned home. He was driving a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
GOTCHA! Accused Wayne Bank Robber, 69, Captured In Little Falls, Suspected In Pequannock Holdup GOTCHA! Accused Wayne Bank Robber, 69, Captured In Little Falls, Suspected In Pequannock Holdup
Gotcha! Accused Wayne Bank Robber, 69, Captured In Little Falls, Suspected In Pequannock Holdup Local police captured a Little Falls man who they said robbed a Wayne bank hours earlier -- and is suspected in another bank job last Thursday in Pequannock. With help from the FBI and the Passaic County Sheriff's Office, Wayne detectives captured 69-year-old Philip Mcgrantham at the corner of Main Street and Lincoln Avenue as he returned home in a rented Nissan Altima that a law enforcement source told Daily Voice was used in Monday morning's holdup of a TD Bank branch on Valley Avenue. Mcgrantham, who previously lived in Paterson and Jersey City, was charged with first-degree robbery and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Accused Wayne Bank Robber, 69, Captured In Little Falls, Suspected In Pequannock Holdup UPDATE: Accused Wayne Bank Robber, 69, Captured In Little Falls, Suspected In Pequannock Holdup
Update: Accused Wayne Bank Robber, 69, Captured In Little Falls, Suspected In Pequannock Holdup Local police captured a Little Falls man who they said robbed a Wayne bank hours earlier -- and is suspected in another bank job last Thursday in Pequannock. With help from the FBI and the Passaic County Sheriff's Office, Wayne detectives captured 69-year-old Philip Mcgrantham at the corner of Main Street and Lincoln Avenue as he returned home in a rented Nissan Altima that a law enforcement source told Daily Voice was used in Monday morning's holdup of a TD Bank branch on Valley Avenue. Mcgrantham, who previously lived in Paterson and Jersey City, was charged with first-degree robbery and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Wayne Officer Helps Boy Reel In Fish Wayne Officer Helps Boy Reel In Fish
Wayne Officer Helps Boy Reel In Fish The sun was setting over Wayne and Nathan Tedesco had yet to catch a fish. The 10-year-old from Little Falls watched last Saturday evening as his friends reeled them, waiting for a bite from a catfish on his line in the water. Wayne Police Officer Steve Martell spotted the group of boys near Hobson Avenue while patrolling the area and pulled over. "Everyone thinks when you’re fishing the cops are going to tell you go away," said Martell, who learned from his grandfather Nat Giancola at a lake in West Milford when he was young. "They're surprised when you're into what they're doing." The…

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by Cecilia Levine
Paterson, NJ
News
CLOSING: 381 Main In Little Falls To Shut Its Doors CLOSING: 381 Main In Little Falls To Shut Its Doors
Closing: 381 Main In Little Falls To Shut Its Doors 381 Main in Little Falls will be holding on final football party this weekend. The Main Street bar and grille will be holding "Our Last Football Party" July 28 to kick off NFL pre-season -- and a few farewell drinks. 381 Main's last day in business will be Aug. 4, but the owners hope to soon open a new location in town. "It is with heavy hearts, and while it was not our choice, great things are on the horizon," 381 Main said in a Facebook post.  "We are working on securing a new location in Little Falls that will allow us to come back bigger and better." The joint opened as a martin…

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by Cecilia Levine
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Outdoor Temps Nearly Hit 100 As Firefighters Battle Passaic House Blaze Outdoor Temps Nearly Hit 100 As Firefighters Battle Passaic House Blaze
Outdoor Temps Nearly Hit 100 As Firefighters Battle Passaic House Blaze Firefighters endured stifling heat while battling a blaze that ravaged a Passaic home. The four-alarm fire broke out around 5:30 p.m. Saturday on the upper level of the three-story Howard Avenue home in a Jewish Orthodox neighborhood at the corner of Dakota Avenue. The residents were away on vacation, responders said. The blaze quickly spread, forcing firefighters to back out before the rear roof collapsed. It took nearly three hours to knock down, after which firefighters continued to douse hot spots. No injuries were reported. Passaic firefighters had to back out and conduct an ex…

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by Jerry DeMarco