WINNERS: NJ Powerball Players Take Home $50,000 In Bergen, Monmouth Counties WINNERS: NJ Powerball Players Take Home $50,000 In Bergen, Monmouth Counties
Winners: NJ Powerball Players Take Home $50,000 In Bergen, Monmouth Counties A pair of lucky New Jersey Lottery players bought winning Powerball tickets at a Garden State Parkway travel stop and at a deli in Bergen County, state officials said.  Two Powerball tickets matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball drawn Wednesday,. Each player won a $50,000 third-tier prize.  The winning tickets were sold at the following locations: Bergen County: Shreeji Deli & Grocery, 18 Redneck Ave. in Little Ferry; and Monmouth County: Monmouth Travel Plaza, at the 100 mile mark of the Garden State Parkway in Wall. The winning numbers for the Wednesday,…
Authorities: PA Fugitive Nabbed With Bogus Docs At Little Ferry Bank Authorities: PA Fugitive Nabbed With Bogus Docs At Little Ferry Bank
Authorities: PA Fugitive Nabbed With Bogus Docs At Little Ferry Bank A Pennsylvania fugitive was carrying bank receipts in different names when Little Ferry police nabbed him at a local branch, authorities said. Police were called when Ian James, 37, of the Bronx tried to make a transaction -- which he said was to help pay child support -- Thursday afternoon at the TD Bank on Main Street, Chief James Walters said. James gave a bogus name, Social Security number and driver's license from Georgia when officers arrived, Walters said Friday. They fingerprinted him and and found an extraditable warrant out of Harrisburg, as well as another bogus driver's license…
Little Ferry PD: Potential Tragedy Avoided, Driver Charged After Speeding Recklessly By School Little Ferry PD: Potential Tragedy Avoided, Driver Charged After Speeding Recklessly By School
Little Ferry PD: Potential Tragedy Avoided, Driver Charged After Speeding Recklessly By School A suspended Little Ferry motorist deliberately got into his car and drove away from police, blowing a stop sign and a light before speeding past a school on the wrong side of the road, authorities said. It was a blessing that no one was hurt. It began after Khalid Jackson, 38, came to headquarters Monday to file a complaint against police after getting a summons last week for driving on the suspended list, Police Chief James Walters said. Afterward, a lieutenant reminded Jackson that he couldn’t drive, the chief said Tuesday. Jackson, in turn, “mumbled something,” then got into his mother…
'Attack On NYC': Lodi Used Car Salesman Made Bogus Threats, Authorities Charge 'Attack On NYC': Lodi Used Car Salesman Made Bogus Threats, Authorities Charge
'Attack On NYC': Lodi Used Car Salesman Made Bogus Threats, Authorities Charge A used-car salesman from Lodi sent texts to police of an attack that he said was “set to take place” in New York City, said authorities who charged him with causing a false public alarm. Authorities zeroed in on Miguel Baez, 43, after police received a text from a caller using an ID anonymizer, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Working with police from Franklin Lakes, Little Ferry and Lodi, members of Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit “quickly determined that several such messages were sent but they were all false and there was no such threat,” the prosecutor said. Baez was arrested Mo…
HEROES: Firefighters, Off-Duty Police Officer Rescue Driver, Young Child In Route 46 Rollover HEROES: Firefighters, Off-Duty Police Officer Rescue Driver, Young Child In Route 46 Rollover
Heroes: Firefighters, Off-Duty Police Officer Rescue Driver, Young Child In Route 46 Rollover Little Ferry firefighters and an off-duty Secaucus police officer rescued a young Pompton Lakes driver and her 7-year-old daughter following a Route 46 rollover crash. The 31-year-old driver was headed west shortly after 7 p.m. Saturday when her 2021 Hyundai Palisade slammed into a 2012 Honda Pilot driven by a 39-year-old Ridgefield Park man that was stopped a red light at Phillips Avenue in South Hackensack, authorities said. The woman told police she didn’t remember what happened after that, Detective Sgt. James Donatello said. Little Ferry firefighters extricated the mom, while the off-…
Hasbrouck Heights PD: Local Man Attacks Pair With Airsoft Rifle, Bat, Brass Knuckles Hasbrouck Heights PD: Local Man Attacks Pair With Airsoft Rifle, Bat, Brass Knuckles
Hasbrouck Heights PD: Local Man Attacks Pair With Airsoft Rifle, Bat, Brass Knuckles A Hasbrouck Heights man fired an AR-styled airsoft rifle at two fellow teens, then smashed their car with a baseball bat and brass knuckles, authorities said. Investigators identified and arrested Raymond Andrew Pizzoi, 19, at his girlfriend's house a short time after he fled the scene Thursday night, Detective Lt. Michael Colaneri Jr. said Friday. They also seized several weapons, including the airsoft rifle and a similar pistol, as well as brass knuckles and knives, he said. The victims -- also both 19 -- told police that Pizzoi had been following them so they pulled into a parking lot o…
Body Pulled From Hackensack River Body Pulled From Hackensack River
Body Pulled From Hackensack River UPDATE: For days, a Palisades Park detective searched in vain for a troubled borough man whose wife had reported him missing. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/hackensack/news/body-pulled-from-hackensack-river-idd-as-missing-palisades-park-man/805957/ ****** Authorities were trying to identify a man whose body was pulled from the Hackensack River in Little Ferry. Borough police Sgt. John Schwedhelm was on patrol when a trucker flagged him down around 3 p.m. Saturday, Police Chief James Walters said. He pointed the sergeant toward what appeared to be two legs sticking out of the water dur…
'Gone Too Soon': Arrangements Announced, Fond Memories Shared Of Moonachie Firefighter, 24 'Gone Too Soon': Arrangements Announced, Fond Memories Shared Of Moonachie Firefighter, 24
'Gone Too Soon': Arrangements Announced, Fond Memories Shared Of Moonachie Firefighter, 24 TRIBUTE: Among the remembrances that grew Tuesday of a young man gone too soon was one that spoke to the heart of gold that those who knew Moonachie Firefighter Chris Kucan said he had. "I was fishing this summer and knocked my phone out of my hand into Greenwood Lake," wrote Chris Romano of Little Ferry. "I remember being so upset that I lost every last picture I had of my father before he passed away and didn’t save anything on my phone." Kucan fetched his scuba gear, went to the same spot on the lake and tried to find it -- all because he "saw how hurt I was," Romano said. Kucan, 24, w…
Attendant, 60, Found Dead At Route 46 Gas Station, No Foul Play Suspected Attendant, 60, Found Dead At Route 46 Gas Station, No Foul Play Suspected
Attendant, 60, Found Dead At Route 46 Gas Station, No Foul Play Suspected Authorities don't suspect any wrongdoing in the death of a 60-year-old attendant whose body was found at a Little Ferry gas station early Wednesday. The day-shift attendant called police shortly before 7 a.m. after coming to work and finding his co-worker's body at the desk of the Sunoco station store on eastbound Route 46 at the Bergen Turnpike, an interchange once known as the "Little Ferry Circle" at the foot of the Winant Avenue Bridge over the Hackensack River. The man apparently had been texting with his ex-girlfriend before he died, the chief said, adding that there were no signs of …
Just Passing By: Hackensack Firefighters Help Douse Ridgefield Park Candle Factory Blaze Just Passing By: Hackensack Firefighters Help Douse Ridgefield Park Candle Factory Blaze
Just Passing By: Hackensack Firefighters Help Douse Ridgefield Park Candle Factory Blaze UPDATE: Firefighters doused a Wednesday afternoon blaze that damaged solar panels and a portion of the roof of a Ridgefield Park candle factory. Flames and smoke brought not only village firefighters but also their colleagues from Hackensack, who were passing by following a call on Route 80 and could see the roof of Star Candle Company on Industrial Avenue from the highway shortly after 12:30 p.m. The building was evacuated and no injuries were reported. Hackensack firefighters used dry-chemical extinguishers to hold the flames in check until their village colleagues arrived. The fire we…
Police Bust Massive Drug Operation In North Jersey Hotel Room Netting 6 Arrests, Heroin, Coke Police Bust Massive Drug Operation In North Jersey Hotel Room Netting 6 Arrests, Heroin, Coke
Police Bust Massive Drug Operation In North Jersey Hotel Room Netting 6 Arrests, Heroin, Coke Two women in the process of dumping cocaine into a hotel room sink drain were interrupted by police who found MDMA, heroin, suboxone and other drug paraphernalia, Secaucus police said. Police were conducting a "park and walk" in the Harmon Meadow area of Secaucus when someone notified them of possible nefarious activity inside one of the rooms on Feb. 16, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. After a week-long investigation, police went into the hotel room whree Ana Roman and Tracy Eayres were in the process of dumping cocaine into a sink drain, Miller said. A search of the room turned…
Man Dies Attempting To Rev His Way Out Of A Snowbank Man Dies Attempting To Rev His Way Out Of A Snowbank
Man Dies Attempting To Rev His Way Out Of A Snowbank A New Jersey man has died after attempts to drive his car out of a snowbank proved fatal. On Wednesday, Feb. 3, Little Ferry Police responded to a report of a vehicle stuck in the snow around 9 a.m. near Mehrof Road. Though it could not be seen through the piles of snow the car, a four-door Mazda SUV hatchback had driven up on a parking divider with part of the car on the grass, according to NBC News. When police arrived on the scene they saw the driver repeatedly revving his engine and spinning his tires in an attempt to free the car. The officers yelled that his plan wasn’t working and…