Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
HEROES: Watch As Secaucus Police Catch Boy, 4, Thrown From Window In Fire HEROES: Watch As Secaucus Police Catch Boy, 4, Thrown From Window In Fire
Heroes: Watch As Secaucus Police Catch Boy, 4, Thrown From Window In Fire Video shows Secaucus police officers catching a 4-year-old boy tossed to them from the window of a burning building. They also carried an unconscious, badly burned woman out the front door. Officer Nicholas Spangenberg forced his way into a first-floor apartment in the the smoky Radio Avenue building and found the 56-year-old woman unconscious on the floor. He, Officer Jason Mitchell, and Detective Aniello Schaffer carried out the woman, who police said suffered 2nd- and 3rd-degree burns. Another mother, seeing other officers below, tossed her son to them out the second-floor window of a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newark, NJ
Lifestyle
Most Popular Ice Cream Shops In Essex County Most Popular Ice Cream Shops In Essex County
Most Popular Ice Cream Shops In Essex County Craving a sweet treat to cool you down on a hot summer day? Here are several ice cream shops you can try today in Essex County. The spots you see on this list were top-rated on several user-generated review sites, featured in local publications and recommended by Daily Voice readers. Scroll down for the complete list. Absolute Zero Ice Cream, Montclair: The one-of-a-kind creamery earned a 4.7/5-star Google rating and is known for serving decadent ice cream rolls, which come in various flavors and can be topped with fruits, cereals, cookies and other tasty treats. 410 Bloomfield Avenue…

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by Valerie Musson
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Former Gottheimer Aide Admits Forging Congressional Letters Former Gottheimer Aide Admits Forging Congressional Letters
Former Gottheimer Aide Admits Forging Congressional Letters A now-former aide to New Jersey Congressman Josh Gottheimer admitted using the U.S. House of Representatives seal to falsify letters written on the federal lawmaker’s letterhead. Patrick Sheehan, 29, of West Milford, was working as director of community outreach in Gottheimer’s Sussex County office in Newton when he “falsified and mailed” a series of letters that purported to be from another staffer containing false information about the congressman and that employee, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said following Friday's guilty plea. Sheehan then “falsified multiple copies of a letter on [G…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
COVID-19: NY Man Wanted In Ramapo, Mahwah Drug Thefts Coughs On Montvale Officers, Police Say COVID-19: NY Man Wanted In Ramapo, Mahwah Drug Thefts Coughs On Montvale Officers, Police Say
Covid-19: NY Man Wanted In Ramapo, Mahwah Drug Thefts Coughs On Montvale Officers, Police Say One of three people wanted for swiping $5,000 worth of allergy medicine from CVS stores in Mahwah and Ramapo claimed he had COVID-19 while repeatedly coughing on the Montvale police officers who captured them, authorities said Wednesday. He also gouged the paint on a police vehicle with his handcuffs, they said. Officer John Guico was at the CVS on Chestnut Ridge Road around 4 p.m. Tuesday when he spotted a vehicle described in an alert issued by Ramapo police shortly after a theft at one of their stores, Montvale Police Chief Joseph Sanfilippo said. Police arrested the trio, identified as…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Morris County Man Admits Phoning In Synagogue Bomb Threat Morris County Man Admits Phoning In Synagogue Bomb Threat
Morris County Man Admits Phoning In Synagogue Bomb Threat A Morris County man admitted Tuesday that he called in a bomb threat that forced the evacuation of a synagogue three years ago. James Triano, 38, of Pompton Plains, pleaded guilty via videoconference to "maliciously conveying false information about an explosive" in exchange for leniency at a scheduled Sept. 30 sentencing in U.S. District Court in Newark. Triano was charged with calling Temple Beth Shalom on Mount Pleasant Avenue in Livington on March 21, 2017 and saying that a bomb there would explode in a half hour. The "malicious" threat caused a "substantial disruption to the reli…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Elizabeth, NJ
Police & Fire
Massive Route 1&9 Tanker Fire Severely Burns Trucker, Guts Home Massive Route 1&9 Tanker Fire Severely Burns Trucker, Guts Home
Massive Route 1&9 Tanker Fire Severely Burns Trucker, Guts Home A trucker was badly burned when his tanker burst into flames after it was struck by another vehicle Friday night at a gas station off Route 1&9 in Elizabeth, responders said. Massive flames from the fully-involved truck fire at the BP station near Bayway Circle spread to and gutted a nearby two-family home on South Elmora Avenue around 8:30 p.m.  Nine people -- three of them children -- reportedly were displaced. The trucker was taken to Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston. Two other vehicles, as well as traffic lights and wires, were destroyed or damaged in the three-alarm b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Burned Firefighter Hospitalized In Newark Blaze Burned Firefighter Hospitalized In Newark Blaze
Burned Firefighter Hospitalized In Newark Blaze A firefighter was hospitalized with burns while battling a nighttime Newark blaze that damaged two homes. He was taken to St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston Thursday night with wounds that weren’t considered life-threatening, fellow firefighters said. Responders found heavy flames between a pair of 2 ½-story wood-frame homes in the 200 block of North Street, one of which was vacant, shortly before 9:30p.m. The fire extended into the basement and the upper floors and cockloft of one of the homes, they said. Firefighters got the blaze under control in about an hour. The Red Cross te…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
News
These NJ ShopRite Stores Imposing Customer Limit Amid Coronavirus Spread These NJ ShopRite Stores Imposing Customer Limit Amid Coronavirus Spread
These NJ ShopRite Stores Imposing Customer Limit Amid Coronavirus Spread More than two dozen New Jersey ShopRite stores have implemented customer limits in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus. The maximum number of customers will be roughly 30 percent of the store’s regular maximum occupancy, ShopRite said in a statement. A security guard will be stationed at entrances and exits to track the number of customers coming in and out. Only one entrance per store will remain open. The guard will allow customers into the building, counting them along the way. Once the store is at capacity, ShopRite will ask customers to form a line outside. The following…

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by Cecilia Levine
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Newark HS Basketball Coach Attacked By JV Players After Livingston Game Newark HS Basketball Coach Attacked By JV Players After Livingston Game
Newark HS Basketball Coach Attacked By JV Players After Livingston Game The Shabazz High School's junior varsity basketball team coach was brutally beaten by his own players after an away game in Livingston Tuesday in Newark. Video footage published by RLS Media shows a person on the ground outside of the Newark high school being punched and kicked by at least three team members in a nearly 25-second attack. Livingston officials said Shabazz players were engaged in "some physical confrontation among themselves" during the game. It wasn't until they returned back to Newark that the attack on the coach occurred. The coach did not appear to have suffered serious …

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by Cecilia Levine
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Idling Maserati Stolen In Livingston, Found In Belleville Idling Maserati Stolen In Livingston, Found In Belleville
Idling Maserati Stolen In Livingston, Found In Belleville A high-end vehicle that sells in the six-figure range was taken from the parking valet stand at a Livingston restaurant Thursday night, police said.  The grey Maserati was running but unoccupied around 9:30 p.m. at Nero's Grille, 618 South Livingston Ave., when someone described only as a black male jumped in and took off, police said.  The vehicle was found hours later parked on Watchung Avenue in Belleville. The thief was still at large Friday afternoon, police also said. 

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by Paul Milo
Newark, NJ
Obituaries
Lauren Reinhardt, 35, 'Amazing' Aunt And Animal Lover Lauren Reinhardt, 35, 'Amazing' Aunt And Animal Lover
Lauren Reinhardt, 35, 'Amazing' Aunt And Animal Lover Lauren Reinhardt of Livingston died Nov. 13. She was 35 years old.  She enjoyed hiking, traveling and photography, among other pursuits, and had a special affinity for animals. She's remembered as an "amazing" aunt who enjoyed playing with her nieces and taking them on trips to the pool.  Along with her nieces, Blake and Brooke, she is survived by her grandmother, Doris "Pat" Reinhardt; sister Kelley Reinhardt; and sister Jamie Rajkumar and her husband Joseph.  Visitation will be Thursday from 4 to 8 p.m. at Quinn-Hopping Funeral Home, Livingston, with a service to conclude …

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by Paul Milo
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Drug Sweep During Concert At Nassau Coliseum Nets 26 Arrests Drug Sweep During Concert At Nassau Coliseum Nets 26 Arrests
Drug Sweep During Concert At Nassau Coliseum Nets 26 Arrests Twenty-six people were arrested during the Dead and Company concert at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale. The multiple arrests took place from Tuesday, Nov. 5 to Wednesday, Nov. 6, in Uniondale at the Coliseum and the surrounding area, said the Nassau County Police. During the drug sweep, three people were found to be in need of medical attention and were transported to nearby hospitals for treatment, police said. Sixteen people were arrested for the illegal use/sale of nitrous oxide and an additional 10 were arrested on other charges including: Clemens Mackay, 40, of Cobleskill was charg…

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by Kathy Reakes