70-Year-Old Woman Stabbed Dead In Paterson Home, Prosecutor Says 70-Year-Old Woman Stabbed Dead In Paterson Home, Prosecutor Says
70-Year-Old Woman Stabbed Dead In Paterson Home, Prosecutor Says A 70-year-old woman was found dead with multiple stab wounds inside a home in Paterson on Tuesday afternoon, May 6, law enforcement officials said. Police responded to the area of Cianci Street and Market Street around 2:18 p.m. on a report of a stabbing, according to Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Officer-In-Charge Patrick Murray. When officers arrived on scene, they discovered the victim, a 70-year-old female from Paterson, inside the home with multiple stab wounds, the prosecutor’s office said. She was pronounced dead on scene. Authorities have not yet r…
Perth Amboy DWI Driver With 6 Prior Felonies In Deadly Valentine's Day Crash Learns Fate Perth Amboy DWI Driver With 6 Prior Felonies In Deadly Valentine's Day Crash Learns Fate
Perth Amboy DWI Driver With 6 Prior Felonies In Deadly Valentine's Day Crash Learns Fate A 44-year-old Perth Amboy man was sentenced to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to striking two pedestrians in Nutley while driving drunk on Valentine's Day 2024, killing a man who was out with his girlfriend, authorities said. Jocelyn Pietri was walking hand in hand with her boyfriend, Wiston Perlaza, a 22-year-old Paterson resident, on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, when they were struck by a vehicle driven by Dhkir Robinson, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens II said. Robinson, who pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter in February 2025, was driving 55 miles per hour on …
License Plate Reader Picks Up Warren Burglars' Getaway Car, 2 In Custody: Prosecutor License Plate Reader Picks Up Warren Burglars' Getaway Car, 2 In Custody: Prosecutor
License Plate Reader Picks Up Warren Burglars' Getaway Car, 2 In Custody: Prosecutor Two men have been arrested and charged after breaking into an occupied home in Somerset County officials said. Jeremy Proleon-Carmen, 20, of Paterson, and Julio L. Ponce-Giannotti, 44, of Clifton, were taken into custody shortly after the burglary on Wednesday, April 30 in Warren Township, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald said. Police were called around 10:07 a.m. for a burglary in progress on Briarwood Drive East, Warren Township, McDonald said. A caller reported that a man was entering the home through a basement window and also gave police a description of a getaway car. Offi…
Paterson Council President, Campaign Team Stole, Forged Ballots To Win 2020 Election: NJ AG Paterson Council President, Campaign Team Stole, Forged Ballots To Win 2020 Election: NJ AG
Paterson Council President, Campaign Team Stole, Forged Ballots To Win 2020 Election: NJ AG A New Jersey city council president rigged the vote to keep his seat — and now he’s facing a fresh round of felony charges, state officials say. Alex Mendez, the Paterson City Council President, is facing new election fraud charges alongside his wife and three others, including campaign workers, after allegedly stealing and forging ballots to win a municipal election in May 2020, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin announced Wednesday, April 30. According to a 10-count superseding indictment, Mendez and his co-conspirators are accused of forging ballots and voter registrations and s…
Duo Caught Smuggling Kilos Of Cocaine, Oxycodone Across State Lines In Southeast: Sheriff Duo Caught Smuggling Kilos Of Cocaine, Oxycodone Across State Lines In Southeast: Sheriff
Duo Caught Smuggling Kilos Of Cocaine, Oxycodone Across State Lines In Southeast: Sheriff Two Massachusetts men are facing major drug charges after authorities say they were caught transporting cocaine and oxycodone through Putnam County, authorities announced. The arrests were made on Wednesday, April 9 around 6:40 p.m., when deputies with the Putnam County Sheriff’s Narcotics Enforcement Unit pulled over a vehicle in the Town of Southeast, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office announced on Friday, April 25.  During the stop, deputies discovered that the vehicle’s occupants, identified as Joshua Rosario-Pabon, 22, of Holyoke, and Christopher Colon-Diaz, 25, of Springfield, ha…
Another Arrest Made In Murder Of Garfield Man In Paterson: Prosecutor Another Arrest Made In Murder Of Garfield Man In Paterson: Prosecutor
Another Arrest Made In Murder Of Garfield Man In Paterson: Prosecutor A 21-year-old Paterson man has been charged with murder in a broad-daylight shooting that killed a man from Garfield in Paterson last month, authorities announced. Jihad Abdullah has been charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and weapons offenses in connection with the March 22 killing of 21-year-old d Jah’Zyer Montgomery near 12th Avenue and East 24th Street, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Officer-in-Charge Patrick Murray said. A 17-year-old juvenile was also charged earlier this month. Kyle Mazza UNF News for Daily Voice (EXCLUSIVE…
Cops ID Man, 40, Crushed By Car In Clifton: 'Tragic Accident' Cops ID Man, 40, Crushed By Car In Clifton: 'Tragic Accident'
Cops ID Man, 40, Crushed By Car In Clifton: 'Tragic Accident' Police have identified the 40-year-old man fatally crushed by a vehicle in Clifton on Wednesday, April 23. Freddi Gonzalez, of Paterson, was found unresponsive under a vehicle in the parking lot by officers responding to the scene at 810 Bloomfield Ave., at approximately 6:30 a.m., Clifton PD Lt. Robert Anderson said.  Medical interventions were unsuccessful and Gonzalez was pronounced dead at the scene, Anderson said. "Although the investigation is ongoing, at this time, this appears to be a tragic accident," Anderson said. The address comes up as Atlantic Casting and Engineering on…
Woman Killed, Man Wounded In Paterson Park Shooting: Prosecutor Woman Killed, Man Wounded In Paterson Park Shooting: Prosecutor
Woman Killed, Man Wounded In Paterson Park Shooting: Prosecutor A 21-year-old woman was killed and a 24-year-old man was wounded in a shooting at a Paterson park on Tuesday, April 22, authorities said. Officers responded to East Side Park just before 6 p.m. when gunfire rang out, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In- Charge Patrick Murray said. Soon after, both victims arrived at Saint Joseph’s University Medical Center, where the woman was pronounced dead. The Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office asks anyone with additional information about this incident to contact us on our tips line…
From Council Chambers To Nightclubs: Familiar NJ Faces Among 39 Charged In Mob Gambling Ring From Council Chambers To Nightclubs: Familiar NJ Faces Among 39 Charged In Mob Gambling Ring
From Council Chambers To Nightclubs: Familiar NJ Faces Among 39 Charged In Mob Gambling Ring The general manager of a Hoboken nightclub. The father of a prominent Paramus wrestler who was killed in a car crash. A Prospect Park councilman. It wasn't just mobsters among the 39 people arrested for their alleged roles in an underground gambling empire run by the members of the Lucchese Crime Family. It was familiar faces in the community. New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin announced the arrests on Friday, April 11, following multi-agency raids at 12 locations across northern New Jersey earlier in the week. Among the sites: Four poker clubs operating out of Totowa, Garfield, an…
$3.7K In Beauty Products Stolen From Ramsey Ulta, Trio From Passaic County In Custody: Cops $3.7K In Beauty Products Stolen From Ramsey Ulta, Trio From Passaic County In Custody: Cops
$3.7K In Beauty Products Stolen From Ramsey Ulta, Trio From Passaic County In Custody: Cops Three people were arrested after allegedly stealing more than $3,700 in cosmetics from an Ulta Beauty store along Route 17 over the weekend, authorities said. On Saturday, April 19, officers responded to a shoplifting in progress at the Ulta Beauty store in the Interstate Shopping Center in Ramsey, Police Detective Jaclyn Sabatelli said. An employee gave officers descriptions of the two female suspects and the vehicle, a blue Jeep, that they fled in towards North Franklin Turnpike, Sabatelli said. Officers located the vehicle near the Carlson Way exit and pulled it over. Inside the car wer…
Pizza Box Toss Turns Up Hollow-Point Bullets, Prescription Pills, Stolen Gun In Lyndhurst: Cops Pizza Box Toss Turns Up Hollow-Point Bullets, Prescription Pills, Stolen Gun In Lyndhurst: Cops
Pizza Box Toss Turns Up Hollow-Point Bullets, Prescription Pills, Stolen Gun In Lyndhurst: Cops A late-night traffic stop that began with a discarded pizza box ended with the discovery of a stolen handgun, hollow-point bullets, and a stash of prescription pills inside a car in Lyndhurst, authorities said. The stop happened around 12:14 a.m. on Saturday, April 12, when Officers Robert Litterio and Michael LeStrange saw a pizza box fly out the window of a Volkswagen Jetta parked near a business at Rutherford Avenue and Orient Way, according to Detective Capt. Vincent Auteri. When the driver tried to leave, officers pulled the vehicle over. Timothy Carriel, 25, of Hackensack, stepped out…
520 Heroin Folds, 22 Vials Of Crack Seized In NJ Drug Bust: Sheriff 520 Heroin Folds, 22 Vials Of Crack Seized In NJ Drug Bust: Sheriff
520 Heroin Folds, 22 Vials Of Crack Seized In NJ Drug Bust: Sheriff A drug investigation sparked by an anonymous tip led to the arrest of two men and the seizure of heroin, crack cocaine, and cash from a Paterson apartment, Passaic County Sheriff Thomas Adamo announced. The tip came through the department’s Tip-Hotline, reporting illegal drug activity from Apartment #6 at 50 Colonial Ave., Adamo said. On Monday, April 14, detectives with the Bureau of Narcotics (BON) began surveillance at the location. While watching the area, they saw Henry Hiemstra, 62 — who was arrested on drug charges in 2019 — leave the apartment and get into a white Chevrolet driven b…