Newark, NJ
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Gun-Running Ring, 36 Weapons Seized
A rifle that fired the bullet that killed a 2-year-old girl being held by her mother was among more than 36 firearms and over a pound of meth that was seized in a joint takedown of a major gun trafficking ring operating in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, authorities announced Monday. The attorneys general’s offices in both states worked in tandem with NJ State Police, Philadelphia police and the FBI, DEA and ATF in “Operation Zombie,” which produced the arrests of five alleged ring members from Philadelphia who authorities said brought guns and meth into Camden. A semi-automatic rifle that th…
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Route 80 Road Rage: Tractor-Trailer Driver Charged With Threatening Motorist With Loaded Gun
A tractor-trailer driver was captured by Moonachie police after he threatened another motorist with a handgun on Route 80, authorities said. Officers John Bussanich and Frank Tamargo were on patrol in the Teterboro area when NJ State Police issued an alert following Tuesday night’s alleged road rage incident. The driver of the rig “reportedly brandished a black firearm and threatened another driver,” Sgt. Jeff Napolitano said. The officers were checking businesses near the Route 80 exit ramp to North Street in Teterboro when Tamargo spotted the truck leaving a local business, Napolitano sa…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Morris County Ex-Con Who Exploded Bomb, Illegally Collected Weapons Gets 2 Years In Federal Pen
UPDATE: An ex-con from Morris County must spend the next two years in federal prison for detonating a bomb at a lake, owning explosive devices and illegally collecting a cache of guns and ammo. Christopher Faschan, 31, of Landing, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in August to unlawful possession of destructive devices and being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition in exchange for leniency at sentencing. Faschan showed the bomb to an unidentified woman on Feb. 1 in Stanhope, then detonated it at Lake Lackawanna, authorities said. “That’s something that could easily be …
Pascack Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Morris County Motorcyclist, 39, Killed In Upper Bergen GSP Crash Involving Rockland Driver
A 39-year-old Morris County motorcyclist was killed in a Friday night crash on the Garden State Parkway in Washington Township, authorities said. Preliminary indications were that a southbound Honda sedan driven by a 43-year-old Nanuet man "entered the lane of travel" of a Yamaha motorcycle driven by Simon Kerns of Chatham near Exit 166 just after 6 p.m., NJ State Trooper Charles Marchan said. The Yamaha struck the left side of the Honda, ejecting Kerns, the trooper said. A witness told Daily Voice it appeared he'd been thrown nearly 30 feet. Kerns was later pronounced dead at The Valley …
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Police & Fire
Trucker Charged With Vehicular Homicide, Assault In Fatal NJ Turnpike Crash
A chain-reaction crash on the NJ Turnpike in Ridgefield that claimed the life of a Long Island man was caused by a Seattle truck driver, said State Police who charged him vehicular homicide. Stefan (Stephen) Shipinkoski, 22, remained held Thursday in the Bergen County Jail on death-by-auto and assault-by-auto charges following his arrest Wednesday. Shipinkoski was driving a Freightliner box truck that rear-ended a Nissan Altima, igniting the chain-reaction crash on the Turnpike’s southbound western spur just after 2 p.m. Saturday, NJ State Police Trooper Alejandro Goez said. Luis Choez-Pad…
Pascack Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
NJ State Police: Westchester Native Struck, Killed Walking On Garden State Parkway Overnight
An engineer from Westchester who worked on innovations in supercomputer chips was inexplicably walking in the fast lane of the Garden State Parkway before dawn Sunday when he was struck and killed near the New York State border, authorities said. Samuel E. Gottheim, 30, an Arsdley native living in California, had attended a nearby family wedding Saturday night, family members said. He was walking on the northbound parkway at milepost 169.7 in Woodcliff Lake "for an unknown reason" at 3 a.m. when he struck by an Acura driven by a 28-year-old New City man, according to NJ State Police Trooper…
Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
Obituaries
Hackettstown Man Killed In Motorcycle Crash Days Before 27th Birthday
Quiet. Respectful. Passionate for his trade. This is how Ryan Alexander F. Manubag of Hackettstown is being remembered. Ryan died at Bon Secours Community Hospital in Port Jervis, N.Y., on Aug. 30 days before his 27th birthday. Ryan was headed northbound on Route 23 on his Kawasaki motorcycle near milepost 52.5 when he lost control, hitting the back of a car making a left turn from the southbound lane into a Shell gas station, NJ State Police Trooper Alejandro Goez said. Ryan was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the trooper said. Born in Livingston on Sept. 10, 1992, …
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Police Chase: Wayne Man Wanted In Attempted Water Gap Kidnap Captured On Route 46
A Wayne man wanted for an attempted kidnapping and assault with a deadly weapon at the Delaware Water Gap national park was captured in Warren County, authorities said. An off-duty firefighter called police early Monday evening while following a vehicle driven by 57-year-old Jeffrey A. Mulcahy on eastbound Route 46 in Independence Township following the incident, said Hackettstown police, who'd heard the alert and were waiting for him. Mulcahy kept going when they tried stopping him, throwing a t-shirt out the window during a brief pursuit, they said. He eventually pulled over, refused at …
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Morris County Ex-Con Admits Exploding Bomb, Illegally Collecting Weapons
An ex-con from Morris County admitted in federal court in Newark on Wednesday that he detonated a bomb at a lake, owned explosive devices and illegally collected a cache of guns and ammo. Christopher Faschan, 31, of Landing, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of destructive devices and being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Faschan showed the bomb to an unidentified woman on Feb. 1 in Stanhope, then detonated it at Lake Lackawanna, Carpenito said. “That’s something that could easily be put under someone’s car, not that I would do…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Paterson Girl, 15, Killed In Route 80 Crash In Elmwood Park
UPDATE: A 15-year-old Paterson girl was killed in a crash on Route 80 in Elmwood Park, authorities said Monday. Kayla Liriano was a passenger in a 2000 Honda that struck the center divider on the westbound highway near mile marker 60.8 shortly after 8 p.m. Sunday, NJ State Police Trooper Charles Marchan said. The vehicle was then struck by a 2018 Acura SUV, he said. Kayla was pronounced dead at the scene and was extricated from the vehicle. The seriously injured Honda driver – identified as 33-year-old Elizabeth Jiminian-Cruz, also of Paterson -- was taken to a nearby hospital. The Acura …
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Convicted Hackensack Drug Dealer Gets 12 Years In Morris County Jail
A Hackensack man with a history of narcotics trafficking was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in prison, authorities said. Michael T. Swanson, 42, dealt cocaine in Morris and surrounding counties before he was caught. He pleaded guilty to distribution of cocaine and conspiracy to distribute controlled dangerous substances, according to the Morris County Prosecutor's Office. Swanson, in 2011, had been convicted of similar offenses in Passaic County. He must serve at least 53 months before earning parole eligibility. Swanson, who was dealing drugs out of Morris County between January 2017 and …
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
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: Missing Hackensack Man Found With Violent Ex-Con Who Bummed Ride To Paterson For Drugs
UPDATE: A missing 82-year-old Hackensack man who became the subject of a statewide Silver Alert was found Friday morning with an ex-con who police said convinced him to drive him to Paterson, among other destinations, over the course of some 18 or so hours. Nathaniel James-Booth -- whose 25-year criminal history includes recent arrests for kidnapping and robbery -- was immediately seized by police who found him in a car driven by John Ingallinera near the corner of Lehigh and Essex streets, said Capt. Darren DeWitt. They charged James-Booth, 42, with illegal possession of Percocet, DeWitt s…
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