Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Pets Rescued From Hawthorne House Fire, Flames Climb From Basement To Roof Pets Rescued From Hawthorne House Fire, Flames Climb From Basement To Roof
Pets Rescued From Hawthorne House Fire, Flames Climb From Basement To Roof Two pets were rescued from a Friday night Hawthorne house fire that raced from the basement to the attic. No injuries were reported in the two-alarm blaze, which responders said broke out in a home at the corner of Maitland Avenue and May Street at 10 p.m. and quickly made its way to the third floor and into the attic, Hawthorne Fire Chief Joseph Speranza said. Firefighters had the main body knocked in a little over an hour and a half, keeping it from blowing through the roof, Speranza said. They were joined at the scene by police, the Hawthorne Volunteer Ambulance Corps and the Ladies Aux…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Authorities: Undercover Paterson Police Work Both Sides Of Street, Bust 14 Hookers, 27 Johns Authorities: Undercover Paterson Police Work Both Sides Of Street, Bust 14 Hookers, 27 Johns
Authorities: Undercover Paterson Police Work Both Sides Of Street, Bust 14 Hookers, 27 Johns Female Paterson police posing as prostitutes bagged 27 johns, while their male colleagues snatched up 14 streetwalkers who offered them sex for money, authorities said. Citizen complaints about an open-air prostitution market drove ABC/Vice unit detectives to work both sides of the street, city Police Director Jerry Speziale said. They had help from the department’s Narcotics Division and the Passaic County Sheriff’s Department, as well as from counselors with the county prosecutor’s Human Trafficking Unit, he said. Substance abuse counseling also was provided, Speziale said. A total of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Police & Fire
Weekend Haul: Franklin Lakes Police Continue Picking Off Route 208 Drivers, Most For Warrants Weekend Haul: Franklin Lakes Police Continue Picking Off Route 208 Drivers, Most For Warrants
Weekend Haul: Franklin Lakes Police Continue Picking Off Route 208 Drivers, Most For Warrants A series of weekend traffic stops on Route 208 yielded Franklin Lakes police a half-dozen arrests – most of them of people wanted on warrants. They also included a 32-year-old West Nyack man charged with DWI just after 11:30 p.m. Sunday. Officer Matthew Geyer made that arrest, as well as one just before 7:30 a.m. Saturday of a 29-year-old Clifton man on marijuana and drug paraphernalia possession charges. Moments after that one, Sgt. William Zangara arrested Sean Levy, 48 of Atlantic Highlands, who was wanted on warrants out of Hillsdale and Middletown, Capt. John Bakelaar said Monday. Ju…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
News
Daughter Indicted For Prospect Park Mother's Stabbing Death With Infant At Home Daughter Indicted For Prospect Park Mother's Stabbing Death With Infant At Home
Daughter Indicted For Prospect Park Mother's Stabbing Death With Infant At Home A 33-year-old woman was indicted on charges related to the fatal stabbing of her mother at her Parsippany apartment in September 2018. An indictment was returned May 29 against Lila Lucariello, charging her with murder, weapons offenses and child endangerment, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp, Acting Chief of Investigations Chris Kimker, and Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Chief Andrew Miller announced in a joint statement.  Lucariello's husband called 9-1-1 on Sept. 1, 2018, after he found his mother-in-law, Salwa Kahn-Tamr, 58 of Prospect Park, lifeless with multiple …

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by Cecilia Levine
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
News
Parsippany Woman Indicted For Mother's Stabbing Death With Infant At Home Parsippany Woman Indicted For Mother's Stabbing Death With Infant At Home
Parsippany Woman Indicted For Mother's Stabbing Death With Infant At Home A 33-year-old woman was indicted on charges related to the fatal stabbing of her mother at her Parsippany apartment in September 2018. An indictment was returned May 29 against Lila Lucariello, charging her with murder, weapons offenses and child endangerment, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp, Acting Chief of Investigations Chris Kimker, and Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Chief Andrew Miller announced in a joint statement.  Lucariello's husband called 9-1-1 on Sept. 1, 2018, after he found his mother-in-law, Salwa Kahn-Tamr, 58 of Prospect Park, lifeless with multiple …

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by Cecilia Levine
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
News
Lockdown Lifted, Morris County Tech Deemed Safe After Shooting Threat Lockdown Lifted, Morris County Tech Deemed Safe After Shooting Threat
Lockdown Lifted, Morris County Tech Deemed Safe After Shooting Threat A morning lockdown that resulted of a shooting threat at Morris County School of Technology ended around 10:10 Friday, school officials said. A "thorough" investigation and search of the campus that began as buses were arriving determined the threat was not directed at the school, the email said. Classes resumed with law enforcement on campus for the rest of the day Several North Jersey tech schools had lockdowns Friday morning for precautionary measures, local police told Daily Voice. A threat made Thursday to Passaic County Technical Institute in Wayne resulted in an increased police pr…

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by Cecilia Levine
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
News
Lockdown Lifted, Morris County Tech Deemed Safe After Shooting Threat Lockdown Lifted, Morris County Tech Deemed Safe After Shooting Threat
Lockdown Lifted, Morris County Tech Deemed Safe After Shooting Threat A lockdown as the result of an "indirect threat" at Morris County School of Technology ended at 9:20 Friday, authorities said. Denville police and school officials were notified at 7:35 a.m. that an "act of violence" was going to occur at the E. Main Street school, Capt. Jeffrey Tucker said. An investigation and search of the campus that began as buses were arriving determined the threat was not directed at the school, the email said. Classes resumed with law enforcement on campus for the rest of the day. Several North Jersey tech schools had lockdowns Friday morning for precautionary mea…

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by Cecilia Levine
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Hook, Line And Stinger: Undercover Paterson Police Bust 52 Prostitutes, Johns Hook, Line And Stinger: Undercover Paterson Police Bust 52 Prostitutes, Johns
Hook, Line And Stinger: Undercover Paterson Police Bust 52 Prostitutes, Johns Dozens of men who flocked to a notorious Paterson neighborhood looking for hookers were surprised – and arrested – when some of the streetwalkers turned out to be undercover city police officers. At the same time, police posing as johns rolled up to genuine working girls, then busted those who solicited them. In less than a day, 57 people were arrested – among them, 21 accused prostitutes and 31 alleged johns, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. The others were busted on drug offenses, he said. The sweep was the type of quality-of-life initiative that Speziale said is vital to police work…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Schools
Delayed Openings: These Bergen, Passaic County Schools Have Late Starts Wednesday Delayed Openings: These Bergen, Passaic County Schools Have Late Starts Wednesday
Delayed Openings: These Bergen, Passaic County Schools Have Late Starts Wednesday Rain and ice Tuesday night will make for slippery conditions Wednesday. These schools/districts will have delayed openings on Feb. 13: Academy of the Holy Angels 9:50 a.m. Bergenfield Schools 10 a.m. Bloomingdale 90-minute delayed start Bogota Memorial 9:50 a.m. CTC Fair Lawn, Oakland 90-minute delayed start Dumont Public Schools 10 a.m. Edgewater Public Schools 2-hour delay Fair Lawn 90-minute delay Franklin Lakes (check schedule) Garfield 10 a.m. Glen Rock 10 a.m. Hackensack Public Schools 10 a.m. Leonia 2-hour delay Little Ferry 9:45 a.m. Lyndhurst 2-hour delay Mahwah Public Schools (che…

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by Cecilia Levine
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Arrest Made In Prospect Park Stabbing Of Saddle Brook Man, 26, Found In Van In Hawthorne Arrest Made In Prospect Park Stabbing Of Saddle Brook Man, 26, Found In Van In Hawthorne
Arrest Made In Prospect Park Stabbing Of Saddle Brook Man, 26, Found In Van In Hawthorne UPDATE: Police arrested a Prospect Park man on attempted murder charges after he stabbed a transport van driver from Saddle Brook who was found bleeding from his wounds in a van in Hawthorne Sunday night, authorities said. Omroy O. Williams, 34, stabbed the 26-year-old victim three times on North 11th Street in Prospect Park, authorities said.The victim drove to Hawthorne, where he was found in the van in a parking area behind 320 Lafayette Avenue after receiving a 911 call shortly before 9 p.m. The victim was recuperating at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson. Besides f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Police & Fire
IMAGES: 'Big One' Consumes Marcal Plant, Ignites Nearby Buildings, Power Lines IMAGES: 'Big One' Consumes Marcal Plant, Ignites Nearby Buildings, Power Lines
Images: 'Big One' Consumes Marcal Plant, Ignites Nearby Buildings, Power Lines UPDATE: They feared it would happen sooner or later. Now it has -- in a way far worse than could have been imagined. Wind-whipped flames consumed the Marcal Plant in Elmwood Park Wednesday night in what quickly became the kind of fire many have long feared. The fire raged for several hours after breaking out in a warehouse around the start of the evening rush along nearby Route 80. Dozens of companies raced to help. Hundreds of smoke eaters jumped in. 500 people lost their jobs. And just when it seemed things couldn't get worse, another threat emerged.  Flames consumed the entire pl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Schools
UPDATED: School Closures, Delays Friday In North Jersey UPDATED: School Closures, Delays Friday In North Jersey
Updated: School Closures, Delays Friday In North Jersey Many North Jersey districts that announced delays for Friday have since changed to closures. Here is the update as of 9:30 a.m. Be sure to check your district's website for further details. CLOSED: Bloomingdale Clifton CTC Academy (Fair Lawn/Oakland) Demarest DePaul Catholic HS Fair Lawn Fort Lee Franklin Lakes Glen Rock Hackensack Indian Hills HS Oakland Paterson Prospect Park Mahwah Midland Park Pompton Lakes Ramapo HS Ringwood River Edge Saddle River Sage Day (Mahwah/Rochelle Park) Totowa Wanaque Wayne Wyckoff DELAYED: Bergen Catholic Bergenfield Public Schools Closter Edgewater Engle…

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by Cecilia Levine