Prosecutor: Bond Gang Successor Gets Out Of Prison, Launches Another Bergen Burglary Spree
Released after spending four years in state prison, one of the last successors of the infamous James Bond burglary crew was immediately back at it – breaking into homes in Englewood, Hackensack, Oradell, Paramus, Teaneck and Tenafly -- until a task force nabbed him and three accomplices, authorities said Tuesday.
Hackensack police tipped off investigators from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Investigations Squad last month to a rental van being used by ex-con Aasim Boone, 35, and the other three during a series of break-ins throughout the county, Acting Prosecutor Dennis Calo s…
Old Tappan PD: Rockland Burglar Chased Down, Charged With Attempted Murder In Beating
Police from several northeast Bergen towns working together nabbed a Rockland man shortly after authorities said he broke into an Old Tappan home and beat a resident.
Garth C. Mackinnon, 26, of Piermont, threatened to kill the Orangeburg Road resident, who was found with head and neck injuries that required medical attention after chasing the intruder from his home, Police Chief Thomas M. Shine said.
Police responding to the burglary call just before 2:30 a.m. Thursday got help from their colleagues from Closter, Demarest, Harrington Park, Haworth, Northvale, Norwood and River Vale in setti…
Hello, Sailors: Fleet Week 2018 Is On, Plus Bergen Memorial Day Events
U.S. sailors have once again taken Manhattan, arriving on a flotilla of 14 ships that launched a Fleet Week packed with seven days of tri-state area events, exhibitions and spectacles.
The USS Arlington led the way for the 2,300 sailors on Wednesday, as crew members in their whites stood shoulder to shoulder before the 25,000-ton warship – named for the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon -- docked at Manhattan’s Pier 90.
For more than 35 years, on and off, residents have enjoyed the pageantry, as well as the chance to mingle – and take selfies, of course -- with the United States’ fighting forces …
Bergen Prosecutor: Local Police Save 7 OD Victims With Narcan In Five Days
Local police officers in several Bergen County towns used Narcan to save the lives of seven overdose victims in five days, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Wednesday.
Calo listed the saves:
Last Wednesday: Lyndhurst, 45-year-old man;
Thursday: Fort Lee, 52-year-old woman;
Friday: Oakland, 25-year-old man;
Saturday (2): Elmwood Park, 33-year-old victim, Hackensack, 27-year-old man;
Sunday: Wallington, 38-year-old man;
Monday: Old Tappan, 30-year-old woman.
As of Wednesday, Calo said, local police used Narcan to save 76 overdose victims.
Over that same period, 15 users have …
Bergen Native Pushed Quadriplegic Boyfriend Along Boston Marathon Route
"For years, running has been a way for me to relax, unwind, and take some time for myself," writes Old Tappan native Kaitlyn Kiely in Shape.com.
"It has a way of making me feel strong, empowered, free, and happy. But I never truly realized what it meant to me until I was faced with one of the greatest adversities of my life."
In 2016, her boyfriend of seven years, Matt Wetherbee, became paralyzed from the shoulders down during a basketball game.
Kiely promised him when he began intensive physical therapy that year that they would run the Boston Marathon together -- eve…
Bergen County Towns With Most Power Outages; Thousands In The Dark
North Jersey made for a picturesque morning on Thursday. But thousands remained in the dark.
Here's a look at outages by the numbers (as of 11:20 a.m.).
More than 5,300 PSE&G customers lost power in Bergen County. The most outages were reported in:
Northern Highlands, Wyckoff areas 2,556
Fort Lee, Englewood areas: 932
Paramus, Hackensack: 640
Ridgewood: 700
Dumont, New Milford: 350
Nearly 2,000 PSE&G lost power in Passaic County, with the majority of outages reported in North Haledon and Totowa (1,400).
Some are looking at restoration times of 12 a.m.
More than 12,000 Orange &a…
