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Northern Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Inferno
(
Video
): Beloved Old Tappan Family With Infant Twins Displaced In Post-Christmas Fire
An Old Tappan family was displaced by an early-morning fire that destroyed their newly-renovated home the day after Christmas. Homeowner Angelo Mazza said he awoke Wednesday around 7 a.m. to the smell of smoke and quickly got his wife, sister-in-law, 1-year-old twin boys and their dog out of the house. The roof of the 2½-story Grant Avenue home collapsed during the blaze. No injuries were reported. Authorities were trying to determine the cause. All that was left.Ralph Affuso for DAILY VOICE PHOTO: Ralph Affuso for Daily Voice Mazza owns One Fitness in Northvale with Rob DeBrino. "T…
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Business
Music Teacher Opening North Jersey Studio Has To Pry Kids Away From Piano
The desire to come to a music lesson has rarely been the issue for Erin Calev's students. It's having to leave, the Dumont mom says, that poses a problem. Calev, who is recently opened her first studio on Park Avenue, chalks it up to her teaching philosophy. "I realized very early on in life and early on in motherhood that a child can learn anything if you make it fun," said Calev, who has more than two decades of experience teaching music. "I really enjoy working with young kids and I actually sometimes have trouble with them not wanting to leave. Their parents have to pr…
Northern Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Thank Facebook: Norwood Police ID Lost Woman, Family En Route From Philly
Norwood police trying to identify a lost, confused woman who turned up in town used various identification and missing-persons databases – even facial recognition technology – and in the end got a quick return from Facebook. “There were more than 700,000 hits,” Police Chief Jeffrey Krapels said. “A woman in Nebraska saw it and contacted us.” The wayward 60-something woman, whom borough DPW workers found sitting on a Livingston Street bench earlier this week, is “completely non-verbal,” Krapels said. She’d been missing for six months, he said. The woman – whose identity was being withheld …
Northern Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Norwood Police ID Lost, Confused Woman
Norwood police trying to identify a lost, confused woman who turned up in town used various identification and missing-persons databases – even facial recognition technology – and in the end got a quick return from Facebook. “There were more than 700,000 hits,” Police Chief Jeffrey Krapels said. “A woman in Nebraska saw it and contacted us.” The wayward 60-something woman, whom borough DPW workers found sitting on a Livingston Street bench earlier this week, is “completely non-verbal,” Krapels said. She’d been missing for six months, he said. The woman – whose identity was being withheld …
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Police & Fire
Closter PD: Member Of Northern Valley Car Theft Ring Nabbed With Resident's Help
One of several Northern Valley car thieves who bailed out of a stolen Jeep after a brief chase was found hiding on a local resident’s porch, Closter police said. Officer Daniel Hargrave tried to stop the Jeep on westbound Homans Avenue before dawn Thursday, but the driver kept going, Detective Sgt. Vincent Aiello said. Moments later, the vehicle – which has been reported stolen out of Glen Ridge -- stopped on the railroad tracks near Closter Dock Road and Herbert Avenue and the occupants hopped out, Aiello said. All vanished except for one – identified as Omar M. Deas, 19 of East Orange. …
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Police & Fire
Police: Transgender Female With 20-Year Rap Sheet Pulls Screwdriver On Walmart Security Guard
A transgender shoplifter pulled a screwdriver on a Teterboro Walmart security guard and threatened to stab him with it, authorities said. Photographs of Gregory Bates, 39, of Hackensack and a companion, 28-year-old Anna Ross of Norwood, were distributed to area police departments after the guard tried stopping Bates from stealing a pair of shoes and was threatened, Moonachie Police Chief Richard Behrens said. On Thursday, Detective Sgt. Anthony Fugnitti was at the Walmart for another incident when he spotted an idling vehicle illegally parked in a fire lane – and found Bates asleep in the f…
Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
Police & Fire
Friend's Alleged Punch Kills Man Outside Pearl River Bar
Two familiar families -- both coming from lines of first responders -- are now grieving following the death of a young man after authorities said he was knocked unconscious by his friend outside a Pearl River bar. Assault charges were expected to be upgraded to manslaughter against 21-year-old Douglas Guido of Hasbrouck Heights, NJ, following the death of his friend, RJ Hess of Norwood in Bergen County. The two had been together at the Saloon on West Central Avenue in Pearl River in the pre-dawn hours of June 23 when they were asked to leave, a source close to the families told Daily Voice.…
Northern Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Friend's Alleged Punch Kills Norwood Man Outside Former Rockland Bar
Two familiar families -- both coming from lines of Bergen County first responders -- are now grieving following the death of a young Norwood man after authorities said he was knocked unconscious by his friend outside a former Rockland County bar. Assault charges were expected to be upgraded to manslaughter against 21-year-old Douglas Guido, a Norwood native living in Hasbrouck Heights, following the death of his friend, RJ Hess. The two had been together at the Saloon on West Central Avenue in Pearl River in the pre-dawn hours of June 23 when they were asked to leave, a source close to the …
Northern Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Norwood Peeping Tom Secretly Recorded People Naked
A consultant from Norwood secretly recorded two people naked, said authorities who arrested him Friday on invasion-of-privacy charges. Petro “Peter” Barbounis, 46, who is married, is accused of using a camera “to record two victims depicting them nude and/or sexually explicit without their knowledge or consent,” Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. He was released pending a July 18 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Calo thanked Norwood police, as well as officers from the Lyndhurst, Hillsdale and Oradell Police departments who participate in …
Northern Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Rockland Pedestrian, 81, Hit By Pickup In Northvale Airlifted To Hospital
An 81-year-old pedestrian from Tappan was flown to a local hospital by medical chopper after being struck by a pickup truck in Northvale early Friday, police said. The victim was crossing Livingston Street, headed toward the Dunkin Donuts, when he was struck just after 6 a.m. "Ambulance and paramedic units arrived on scene and requested a medevac due to the severity of the injuries," Capt. Howard Ostrow said. A rig took him to nearby Hogan Field, where AirMed One picked him up and took him to Hackensack University Medical Center. The 27-year-old Ford pickup driver from Rockleigh…
Northern Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Pedestrian, 81, Struck By Vehicle In Northvale Airlifted To Hospital
An 81-year-old pedestrian from Tappan was flown to a local hospital by medical chopper after being struck by a pickup truck in Northvale early Friday, police said. The victim was crossing Livingston Street, headed toward the Dunkin Donuts, when he was struck just after 6 a.m. "Ambulance and paramedic units arrived on scene and requested a medevac due to the severity of the injuries," Capt. Howard Ostrow said. A rig took him to nearby Hogan Field, where AirMed One picked him up and took him to Hackensack University Medical Center. The 27-year-old Ford pickup driver from Rockleigh…
Pascack Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Westwood Patriarch, 72, Charged With Attempted Murder In Stabbing
UPDATE: Authorities charged a 72-year-old Westwood homeowner with attempted murder for stabbing his wife and aggravated assault for attacking his daughter in their home Tuesday night. Troy Jones also faces illegal weapons charges, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Wednesday. None of the injuries appeared life-threatening after Jones stabbed his 67-year-old wife, Cathy, and assaulted their 31-year-daughter, Ashleigh, in their home at the corner of Westwood Boulevard and Hooper Street, law enforcement sources told Daily Voice. Cathy Jones was rushed to Hackensack University Me…
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