UPDATE: Hillsdale Driver, 53, Killed In GSP Bergen Crash UPDATE: Hillsdale Driver, 53, Killed In GSP Bergen Crash
Update: Hillsdale Driver, 53, Killed In GSP Bergen Crash A driver killed in a Wednesday morning crash on the Garden State Parkway was identified as a 53-year-old Hillsdale woman. A Toyota RAV 4 driven by Shang Nam was disabled by another crash when it was struck in the EZ-Pass express lanes on the southbound Parkway in Washington Township by an Audi A4 driven by a 40-year-old Upper Saddle River man shortly before 6 a.m., Sgt. Lawrence Peele said. Nam was pronounced dead at the scene, Peele said. The other driver was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with injuries that weren't considered life threatening, he said. The EZ-Pass express lan…
Deadlocked Jurors End Child Sex Assault Trial Of Upper Saddle River Business Owner Deadlocked Jurors End Child Sex Assault Trial Of Upper Saddle River Business Owner
Deadlocked Jurors End Child Sex Assault Trial Of Upper Saddle River Business Owner The child sex assault trial of a former construction company owner from Upper Saddle River ended with jurors in Hackensack unable to reach a verdict. Bergen County prosecutors said they will seek a new trial against Louis Tantillo, 55, following the mistrial. The jury of eight men and four women began deliberating Tuesday morning. Early Wednesday, they told Superior Court Judge Robert M. Vinci they didn't think they could reach the required unanimous decision. After a few more hours of deliberations, the judge accepted the deadlock. This comes after judges previously dismissed two indic…
VIDEO: Firefighters Battle Propane Tank Blaze At Bergen/Rockland Border VIDEO: Firefighters Battle Propane Tank Blaze At Bergen/Rockland Border
Video: Firefighters Battle Propane Tank Blaze At Bergen/Rockland Border Firefighters battled a Monday afternoon blaze fueled by a propane tank in the rear of a Mahwah home at the New York border. The fire was reported around 3:20 p.m. on Doremus Road in Mahwah just off East Crescent Avenue (which becomes Church Road in NY), barely 500 yards from the Airmont line. Flames spread to the eaves and parts of the interior of the home as firefighters from several companies converged on the scene. The fire then went to three alarms for coverage about 45 minutes later. Assisting township firefighters were, among others, their colleagues from Suffern, Tallman, Ramsey, …
Conflict Arises In Child Sex Assault Trial Of Upper Saddle River Business Owner Conflict Arises In Child Sex Assault Trial Of Upper Saddle River Business Owner
Conflict Arises In Child Sex Assault Trial Of Upper Saddle River Business Owner Conflict erupted in only the second day of the trial of a former construction company owner from Upper Saddle River charged with sexually assaulting a young girl. A detective was testifying Thursday in Hackensack when defense attorney Joshua Cohn referred to previously dismissed indictments against his client, Louis Tantillo, witnesses said. Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Kristen DeMarco objected and Superior Court Judge Robert M. Vinci instructed the jurors to ignore the comment. After Vinci dismissed the jury for the day, Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Joseph W. Torre asked the …
Upper Saddle River PD: Drunk Driver Topples Pole, Knocks Out Area Power, Cable Upper Saddle River PD: Drunk Driver Topples Pole, Knocks Out Area Power, Cable
Upper Saddle River PD: Drunk Driver Topples Pole, Knocks Out Area Power, Cable A 23-year-old Upper Saddle River driver was intoxicated when his car knocked down a utility pole, knocking out cable and electricity to some area customers late Monday afternoon, authorities said. Some still  hadn't had service restored more than two hours after the BMW sedan toppled the pole on Orchard Drive near Lake Street, bringing wires down across the road, shortly after 4 p.m., Police Detective Lt. Edward Kane said. Bystanders alerted police, Kane said. The driver, Zunnan Chudry, was charged with DWI, reckless driving and failing to report an accident before being released…
Minivan Crash Topples Wires, Closes Route 17 For Hours Minivan Crash Topples Wires, Closes Route 17 For Hours
Minivan Crash Topples Wires, Closes Route 17 For Hours A crash that stretched utility wires across Route 17 Sunday morning in Upper Saddle River occurred when a 58-year-old Paterson driver suffered a medical episode, authorities told Daily Voice. The victim was alone in his Dodge Caravan when it veered off the southbound highway and struck a tree and a utility pole near Maserati of Bergen County shortly after 7:30 a.m., Detective Lt. Edward Kane said. The driver was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that didn't appear life-threatening, Kane said. The crash, meanwhile, strew wires across the highway, closing both sides…
HEROES: Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Fought Flames Trying To Save Their HQ HEROES: Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Fought Flames Trying To Save Their HQ
Heroes: Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Fought Flames Trying To Save Their HQ Three Palisades Interstate Parkway police officers who were pulling New Year’s Day duty came running when they smelled smoke in their chief’s unoccupied office. They broke down the locked door and turned extinguishers on the blaze. But the heat and smoke from the quickly-spreading fire forced them out of the stone building, built as a private residence in the Alpine section of Palisades Interstate Park nearly a century ago, Lt. Jock Watkins Jr. said. By that time, a dispatcher had summoned firefighters and rushed to the second floor to retrieve a bicyclist who’d stopped to use the bathroo…
Grant Helps USR-Allendale Coalition Assist Families Dealing With Drugs, Other Youth Issues Grant Helps USR-Allendale Coalition Assist Families Dealing With Drugs, Other Youth Issues
Grant Helps Usr-allendale Coalition Assist Families Dealing With Drugs, Other Youth Issues A unique program aimed at reducing substance abuse while also tackling other troubling issues among young people in Allendale and Upper Saddle River will grow even stronger, thanks to a new federal grant, organizers said. The $625,000 National Drug Control Policy grant will be distributed evenly over five years to the USRA Coalition, said Upper Saddle River Mayor Joanne Minichetti, the group’s chairperson. The money will “both sustain and broaden the USRA Coalition’s programming and education,” Minichetti said. The USRA Coalition was created in 2017 in response to the increase in substan…
Deer With Plastic Pumpkin Stuck To Head Rescued In Upper Saddle River Deer With Plastic Pumpkin Stuck To Head Rescued In Upper Saddle River
Deer With Plastic Pumpkin Stuck To Head Rescued In Upper Saddle River Recent reports of a deer roaming Upper Saddle River with a plastic pumpkin stuck to its head turned out to be true, said authorities who rescued the crippled creature on Tuesday. TYCO Animal Control officers based in Ho-Ho-Kus came to town and coordinated efforts with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the New Jersey Division of Fish & and Wildlife to rescue the young deer, Police Chief Patrick Rotella said. "We'd been receiving calls from residents since the end of November reporting sightings of the deer," Rotella said. "Unfortunately we were unable to locate the animal. "We don…
TRIBUTE: Camp Sunshine Counselor, Mahwah HS Lacrosse Coach Allie Garbely Dies, 23 TRIBUTE: Camp Sunshine Counselor, Mahwah HS Lacrosse Coach Allie Garbely Dies, 23
Tribute: Camp Sunshine Counselor, Mahwah HS Lacrosse Coach Allie Garbely Dies, 23 Allie Garbely of Mahwah devoted her life to others. In only 23 years, the Ramapo College student had made a profound impact across the world -- from Ridgewood to Brazil. Although Garbely's life was cut short on Nov. 18, her countless good deeds and uplifting spirit live on the hearts of many. Garbely worked as a camp counselor at Ridgewood's Camp Sunshine, a summer recreational program for children and young adults with multiple disabilities. Her campers remembered her as a friend, more than anything. "Allie Garbely was a caring and loving person and friend of mine," one of her campers …
Park Ridge Dad, Upper Saddle River Son Sentenced To Federal Time For Mortgage Scam Park Ridge Dad, Upper Saddle River Son Sentenced To Federal Time For Mortgage Scam
Park Ridge Dad, Upper Saddle River Son Sentenced To Federal Time For Mortgage Scam A Park Ridge man was sentenced Thursday to 27 months in federal prison and his Upper Saddle River son to home confinement for eight months for defrauding mortgage lenders out of more than $300,000. George Bussanich Sr., 60, and George Bussanich Jr., 39, used most of the money to buy high-end luxury vehicles, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Both men previously admitted in U.S. District Court in Newark that they used sham short sales of two properties -- one on Jefferson Avenue in Emerson, the other on Lillian Street in Park Ridge – to swindle mortgage lenders between 2009 and 2012. The …
Convicted Montvale Public Masturbator Arrested Again, This Time On Weapons Charges Convicted Montvale Public Masturbator Arrested Again, This Time On Weapons Charges
Convicted Montvale Public Masturbator Arrested Again, This Time On Weapons Charges A convicted public masturbator from Montvale was back in jail, this time after being arrested on weapons charges. Borough police took Marty Napoleon, 38, into custody after finding him with brass knuckles when they responded to his home on a harassment complaint last Thursday, Police Chief Joseph Sanfilippo said. He remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Tuesday after a judge initially denied his release. Napoleon spent eight days in the county lockup less than a month ago after Upper Saddle River police said he spot on one officer and tried to head butt another. They'd caught him tre…