Authorities: Norwood Man Assaults Mom, 83, Fights Police After Crashing Stolen Dump Truck
A probationer from Norwood assaulted his 83-year-old mother when she caught him stealing her jewelry, then crashed a stolen dump truck while fleeing police, authorities said.
Thomas Frasse, 54, broke into the truck on the other side of town, drove to his mother’s house when she wasn’t home and broke in the afternoon of Jan. 11 – violating a restraining order in the process, they said.
He’d taken jewelry and a glazed ham when his mom returned and confronted him, Police Chief Jeffrey Krapels said.
Frasse pushed her down, dropped the ham and drove off in the stolen truck as a neighbor dialed …
Bergen Brokers Admit $4.6M 'Short Sale' Scam
Two Bergen County real estate brokers – one from Ridgefield, the other from Norwood – admitted their roles in a $4.6 million “short-sale” scheme.
Steve Young Kang, 64, of Ridgefield, and Young Jin Son, 49, of Norwood, New Jersey, told a federal judge in Newark on Thursday that they recruited others to participate in the bank and wire fraud conspiracies.
Kang sold his own properties and recruited others to sell properties to a co-schemer, Mehdi Kassai, for substantially less than they were worth by using false documents, straw buyers and cosmetic property damage, as well as restricting the a…
Family's Prayers Answered For Critically Injured Tenafly Boy, 12, Hit By Pickup
A family’s prayers were answered after a 12-year-old Tenafly boy suffered a fractured skull, pelvis and ribs, along with a collapsed lung and lacerated liver, after being struck by a pickup truck walking home earlier this month.
Lucas Ferro has a ways to go, but he was all smiles recently – allowing his loved ones the chance to exhale.
Lucas was crossing County Road at Central Avenue headed east just after 3:30 p.m. April 11 when he was struck by the northbound pickup, driven by a 27-year-old Norwood woman, police said.
A bystander, Sonja Kramer Karlis, said she "ran over to make sure ever…
