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Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Teaneck Driver Charged In Critical Hit-Run Route 46 Pedestrian Crash In South Hackensack
An intensive investigation led to the arrest of a Teaneck man who authorities say struck a 22-year-old Englewood pedestrian on Route 46 in South Hackensack earlier this month. Another vehicle first hit the victim as he tried to cross the highway at Philips Avenue around 1:45 a.m. June 2, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. He was then struck by another car -- a blue 2003 Audi A4 driven by Ryan D. Burnside, 22, the prosecutor said. Although the first driver remained at the scene, Burnside took off, Musella said. The victim remained in critical but stable condition Frida…
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
News
'People Said She Was Dead': Off-Duty Nurse Revives Drowning Girl, 8, At Ridgefield Pool
Lifeless is how Kerri Burghardt described an 8-year-old girl who was pulled from the Ridgefield community pool Saturday afternoon. Seconds matter in situations like that, the 34-year-old South Hackensack mom knew. "Normally, when they blow an airhorn for an emergency, the child they pull out is paddling," said Burghardt, a nurse at St. Mary's General Hospital in Passaic. "But the first thing I saw was a lifeless body." Burghardt got her own 3-year-old out of the water before clearing bystanders away from the girl, who was laid out on the pool deck. "People were saying she was …
Englewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Repeat Sex Offender From Englewood Charged With Sexually Assaulting Minor
A registered sex offender who previously served time for assaulting a 15-year-old girl in a South Hackensack motel is charged with raping another teen in his Englewood apartment. Garrett Haskins, 44, was taken to a state processing facility in Trenton -- for violating parole -- after being processed at the Bergen County Jail, records show. The parole violation will keep him imprisoned at least until next May, pending the outcome of the new charges. He is scheduled for a first appearance Friday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said W…
Hackensack, NJ
Lifestyle
Waldwick Man, South Hackensack Restaurant Owner Wins Big In Lottery First
South Hackensack's Bergen Brick Oven owner Nicholas Schilt likes playing Quick Draw right before a big push in in the kitchen. Schilt of Waldwick likes the simple, patterned numbers that are easy to check during drawings. His luck paid off on May 11, when he won the BULLSEYE ten-spot wager, making him the first New Jersey Lottery player to match a perfect ten-spot in the Quick Draw since the game's launch in July 2017. Schilt, formerly of Mahwah, says his win is a dream come true for him and his wife. "Every day at work people ask me how I’m doing," he told Daily Voice. "My response …
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Update
: South Hackensack Boy, 16, In Stepbrother's Fatal Stabbing Suffered Neck Injury
UPDATE: A 16-year-old South Hackensack boy who authorities say stabbed his older stepbrother dead in self-defense was hospitalized with a severe neck injury, Daily Voice has learned. "He's lucky he wasn't paralyzed," a source with direct knowledge of the incident said. No charges had been filed in connection with the stabbing death of Ismael Fajardo, 18, during the confrontation at their Hoffman Street home over the weekend. Police responding to a 911 call found Fajardo bleeding and unresponsive in a second-floor bedroom, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. He's suffered "s…
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Update
: South Hackensack Teen Stabbed Dead By Stepbrother In Fight, Authorities Say
UPDATE: A 16-year-old South Hackensack boy who authorities say stabbed his older stepbrother dead in self-defense was hospitalized with a severe neck injury, Daily Voice has learned. "He's lucky he wasn't paralyzed," a source with direct knowledge of the incident said. No charges had been filed in connection with the stabbing death of Ismael Fajardo, 18, during the confrontation at their Hoffman Street home over the weekend. Police responding to a 911 call found Fajardo bleeding and unresponsive in a second-floor bedroom, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. He's suffered "s…
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Update
: South Hackensack Teen Stabbed Dead By Stepbrother In Fight, Authorities Say
UPDATE: A 16-year-old South Hackensack boy who authorities say stabbed his older stepbrother dead in self-defense was hospitalized with a severe neck injury, Daily Voice has learned. "He's lucky he wasn't paralyzed," a source with direct knowledge of the incident said. No charges had been filed in connection with the stabbing death of Ismael Fajardo, 18, during the confrontation at their Hoffman Street home over the weekend. Police responding to a 911 call found Fajardo bleeding and unresponsive in a second-floor bedroom, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. He's suffered "s…
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Accused Hackensack Mall Thieves With Anti-Theft Bags Caught After Chase, Crash In River Edge
A brief police pursuit ended Friday afternoon with a crash, a search and the arrests of two men in River Edge who authorities said used anti-theft devices to shoplift from Bloomingdale's at Hackensack's Shops at Riverside off Route 4. Jordan Gulley, 24, and 19-year-old Count Victor Cooks remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Saturday. Both were charged with shoplifting by using anti-theft devices and receiving stolen property. Cooks also was charged with resisting arrest after he had to be hunted down, authorities said. Hackensack police began chasing them just before 2 p.m. before R…
Hackensack, NJ
Schools
Throngs Expected For Memorial Tribute To Legendary Hackensack HS Principal Harold Bloom
It seemed more fitting than a funeral: What organizers expect to be a spectacular tribute this weekend will try to reflect the impact that the late, legendary Harold Bloom had on Hackensack High School and beyond. The celebration of Bloom’s life scheduled from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. this Saturday, April 27, in the auditorium of the school where “Hal” served as principal for 22 years. Members of the sending districts of Maywood, Rochelle Park and South Hackensack will join the city Board of Education, the Bloom family and close friends, returning students and colleagues. All will…
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Easter Sunday Fire Severely Damages Little Ferry Home
UPDATE: No one was injured in an Easter Sunday fire that severely damaged a Little Ferry home. The two-alarm blaze broke out around 11 a.m. outside and extended up the side and through the attic of the 2½-story wood-frame Mariani Drive home, responders said. Little Ferry firefighters were joined by their colleagues from Hackensack, Hasbrouck Heights, Moonachie and South Hackensack. They had the fire knocked in 20 or so minutes.
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
South Hackensack Handyman Charged With Molesting Pre-Teenage Girl
An undocumented 52-year-old handyman living in South Hackensack molested a pre-teenage girl over the course of a couple of years, authorities charged. ICE put a detainer on Segundo Calle-Calle, an Ecuadoran national who remained held in the Bergen County Jail following his April 1 arrest. Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo Hackensack police contacted his Special Victims Unit after receiving a report that Calle-Calle “engaged in sexual acts with a juvenile under the age of thirteen in South Hackensack.” Detectives from the unit arrested Calle-Calle on charges of sexual assault by c…
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Police & Fire
South Hackensack Police Nab Fugitive Teen After Hasbrouck Heights Stop Near Felician In Lodi
South Hackensack police nabbed a fugitive teen from Passaic who took off after a Hasbrouck Heights traffic stop in Lodi, ending a search involving officers from several towns. It began when Hasbrouck Heights Police Officer Nicholas Brunetti stopped a silver Honda Accord near the Felician University campus with three occupants and a strong smell of marijuana coming from inside, Detective Lt. Michael Colaneri Jr. said. The 17-year-old, wanted for escaping a juvenile facility in Trenton, took off on foot, Colaneri said. Several agencies responded to search for him while Hasbrouck Heights poli…
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