PA Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Rahway Shooting PA Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Rahway Shooting
PA Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Rahway Shooting A Pennsylvania man was arrested in a 2019 Rahway shooting, authorities said Friday. Clifford Cooley, 38, of Allentown, PA, was charged with attempted murder, burglary, weapons offenses and aggravated assault in the Nov. 8, 2019 incident, Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Rahway Police Chief John Rodger said. Shortly before 1 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, Rahway police rushed to a home on the 1300 block of Fulton Street near the downtown train station where they found a man with a gunshot wound in his face, according to Union County Assistant Prosecutor Meghan Tomlin…
Paterson Detectives Bust Five, Seize 2,000 Heroin Folds, 82 Crack Bags, $5,255 Cash Paterson Detectives Bust Five, Seize 2,000 Heroin Folds, 82 Crack Bags, $5,255 Cash
Paterson Detectives Bust Five, Seize 2,000 Heroin Folds, 82 Crack Bags, $5,255 Cash Paterson detectives seized more than 2,000 heroin folds, 82 bags of crack and more than $5,200 in drug proceeds in a pair of busts. The investigators were in an unmarked car Thursday night when they saw a heroin deal go down in the parking lot of the Popeye’s on Market Street, city Police Director Jerry Speziale said. They moved in and arrested Muhammad R. Al-Barr, 49, of Newark, who they said sold 10 heroin envelopes to a 27-year-old Rahway woman, Speziale said. Seized were 1,250 heroin folds, 82 crack baggies, two crystal meth baggies and $2,513 in cash, he…
Nearly 2 Dozen MVC Agencies At Capacity, Another Location Closes After Employee Tests Positive Nearly 2 Dozen MVC Agencies At Capacity, Another Location Closes After Employee Tests Positive
Nearly 2 Dozen MVC Agencies At Capacity, Another Location Closes After Employee Tests Positive Nearly two dozen of New Jersey's Motor Vehicle Commission agencies agencies were closed as of 11:30 Monday morning after reaching capacity. Additionally, a Newark center was closed for two weeks after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. The Newark Regional Service Center shut last Friday and is expected to reopen Oct. 16. The center handles driver's license transactions. A Jersey City agency that's been closed after an employee tested positive was expected to reopen Tuesday. Officials said the volume experienced Monday was due to since reopening during the summer. The foll…
Bayonne PD: Burglars Used Forklift To Load $5K Of Stolen Goods Into Stolen Rental Truck Bayonne PD: Burglars Used Forklift To Load $5K Of Stolen Goods Into Stolen Rental Truck
Bayonne PD: Burglars Used Forklift To Load $5K Of Stolen Goods Into Stolen Rental Truck Two people were caught breaking into a Bayonne warehouse and using forklifts to load $5,000 of goods into a rental truck, authorities said. The owner of a Hook Road business watching the burglary in progress via CCTV called police around 1:45 a.m. Sunday, HudsonCountyView reports. Responding officers saw one man later identified as Amir Ibrahim, 37, of Rahway, operating a forklift, according to Bayonne Capt. Eric Amato. Another man, later identified as Anthony Padilla, 43, of Bayonne, was loading the goods into a Ryder truck, which had been stolen out of Colorado earlier this summer, police…
Paramus Police Department Mourns Loss Of Officer Allan Alvarez, 42 Paramus Police Department Mourns Loss Of Officer Allan Alvarez, 42
Paramus Police Department Mourns Loss Of Officer Allan Alvarez, 42 The Paramus Police Department is mourning the loss of officer Allan Alvarez. Alvarez, 42, died unexpectedly on Sunday due to complications of a medical procedure at Overlook Medical Center in Summit, his obituary says. A Plainfield native, Alvarez grew up in Piscataway and was a Rahway resident at the time of his passing. He graduated Piscataway High School in 1996 and was a U.S. Army veteran, having served in Bosnia and a tour during Operation Desert Fox. At the rank of sergeant, Alvarez received his honorable discharge in 2001. In 2006, Allan was hired by the Paramus Police Departm…
Widow Of Slain Bergen Sheriff's Officer Relieved After Killer Is Denied Parole Widow Of Slain Bergen Sheriff's Officer Relieved After Killer Is Denied Parole
Widow Of Slain Bergen Sheriff's Officer Relieved After Killer Is Denied Parole Bergen County Sheriff’s Officer Joseph Rybka took with him the pride of those he served as he gasped his final breath on a Paramus hospital floor on Jan. 7, 1979. Only 32 years old and already a 10-year veteran of the sheriff’s office, he was a proud sentry who protected others from the horrors of crime. But while guarding a dangerous prisoner at what was then known as Bergen Pines Hospital (now Bergen New Bridge Medical Center), Rybka was suddenly and viciously attacked. Stephen Perry, an offender with a huge list of offenses, was at the hospital after being wounded in a shootout with Tea…
Police Standoff With Suicidal Rahway Man Ends Peacefully Police Standoff With Suicidal Rahway Man Ends Peacefully
Police Standoff With Suicidal Rahway Man Ends Peacefully A police standoff with an armed and suicidal man barricaded in a Rahway apartment ended peacefully after nearly two hours Tuesday. Authorities responded to an East Cherry Street apartment on reports of a man who was possibly suicidal and armed with a gun around 2:30 p.m., Rahway police said. Officers found the man -- who told police he was armed with a gun and suicidal -- barricaded in his apartment and refusing to come out. Rahway police got into the apartment and were able to speak to the man, who told them he was sad over the loss of his mom. Police persuaded the man to come outsid…
VIDEO: Woodbridge Man, 57, Found Dead After Standoff With Police VIDEO: Woodbridge Man, 57, Found Dead After Standoff With Police
Video: Woodbridge Man, 57, Found Dead After Standoff With Police A 57-year-old man was found dead from a gunshot wound in his Colonia home on Monday after an hours-long standoff with police, authorities said. The man's identity has not been released by authorities, pending notification of his family. About 7:30 a.m., police from the Woodbridge and Rahway police departments responded to a home on Dukes Road. A caller claimed to have hostages, weapons and was incoherent and expressing suicidal thoughts, a Woodbridge Police Department spokesman said. The township's SWAT unit was sent to the home about 7:50 a.m. to negotiate with the man who said he had sho…
Authorities: Rahway Man Wanted In Violent Sex Assault Found Hiding Under Bed In Bronx Authorities: Rahway Man Wanted In Violent Sex Assault Found Hiding Under Bed In Bronx
Authorities: Rahway Man Wanted In Violent Sex Assault Found Hiding Under Bed In Bronx 
A man wanted in connection with a violent Rahway sexual assault was arrested after he was found hiding under a bed in New York City, authorities said. Wilfredo "Will" Jose Gonzalez, 34, met with the victim in NYC one early morning last October, and rode the train to his Hamilton Street home, according to Union County Assistant Prosecutor and Special Victims Unit Supervisor Caroline Lawlor, who is prosecuting the case. Gonzalez threatened the woman at knifepoint before repeatedly physically and sexually assaulting her, Lawlor said. The victim managed to escape to a local hospital for …
Matthew Conroy Of Roselle Park Dies, 22 Matthew Conroy Of Roselle Park Dies, 22
Matthew Conroy Of Roselle Park Dies, 22 The Roselle Park community is mourning the death of Matthew Conroy on Feb. 27. He was 22 years old. Matthew was born in Rahway and attended Robert Gordon Elementary School and Roselle Park Middle School. He graduated in 2016 from Roselle Park High School. Matthew loved wrestling, watching football and playing video games, his obituary says. He was also an arts enthusiast and found a creative outlet in drawing and music. "The world lost a genuine person, a young man who is loved by so many relatives and friends," reads Matthew’s obituary. "This love will forever keep his memory alive." Mat…
Rahway Woman Charged In Mom's Stabbing Death Rahway Woman Charged In Mom's Stabbing Death
Rahway Woman Charged In Mom's Stabbing Death A Rahway woman is accused of stabbing her mom to death over the weekend, authorities charged. Malika Jones was being held in the Union County Jail on murder and weapons charges in connection with Sunday's fatal stabbing of her 57-year-old mom, Inell Jones, Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo said Tuesday. The pair were arguing at a house on the 100 block of East Albert Street when the elder Jones was stabbed around 3 p.m., and subsequently pronounced dead, the Union County Prosecutor's Office said. The younger Jones was immediately taken into custody and charged within h…
'The Simpsons' Lovers Behind Union County Bagel Shop D'OH Are Anything But Average 'The Simpsons' Lovers Behind Union County Bagel Shop D'OH Are Anything But Average
'The Simpsons' Lovers Behind Union County Bagel Shop D'OH Are Anything But Average D’OH Bagels in Rahway is anything but your average breakfast joint. The mom-and-pop shop opened its doors in the summer of 2017 and makes each item fresh in-store each morning. The shop’s name, of course, is an homage to the Simpsons as well as a quirky play on words. “My husband grew up loving 'The Simpsons,' which is partially where the name D'OH! came from,” said Erin Leonard, who runs the shop with her husband, Manny. "But it’s sort of a pun since we make all of our dough in-house, too.” Donut varieties include cinnamon crumb, birthday cake, chocolate peanut butter, chocolate Oreo,…