Hackensack, NJ
Sports
NY Giants Rookie Lauletta Makes Emotional Apology After Arrest NY Giants Rookie Lauletta Makes Emotional Apology After Arrest
NY Giants Rookie Lauletta Makes Emotional Apology After Arrest Kyle Lauletta made an emotional apology Tuesday, speaking out for the first time since his Oct. 30 arrest. The New York Giants rookie quarterback -- who according to head coach Pat Shurmur will not be suspended -- said the incident was "a terrible representation" of who he is and what he stands for. "I can’t say I’m sorry enough about what happened," he said Tuesday during a press briefing in the locker room. "All I can do now is move forward and try to prove myself by my actions and my work ethic. Come back to work and try to put this behind me." The 22-year-old was arrested in Weehawken…

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by Cecilia Levine
Rutherford, NJ
Sports
New York Giant Rookie Lauletta Arrested En Route To MetLife Practice New York Giant Rookie Lauletta Arrested En Route To MetLife Practice
New York Giant Rookie Lauletta Arrested En Route To MetLife Practice New York Giants backup quarterback Kyle Lauletta was arrested while driving to practice in East Rutherford Tuesday morning following a traffic incident, multiple reports say. The 23-year-old was in Weehawken trying to make a right turn from the wrong lane onto NJ-495 when he ignored a police officer telling him to go straight and made the turn anyway -- nearly hitting the officer in the process, sources told NJ.com.  Lauletta -- who has yet to play this season -- was stopped by another officer on the on-ramp, the report says. The rookie athlete was drafted by the Giants in the fourth round…

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by Cecilia Levine
Monsey, NY
Police & Fire
Gunman Admits Robbing Hotels In Ramapo, Nanuet, Elsewhere Gunman Admits Robbing Hotels In Ramapo, Nanuet, Elsewhere
Gunman Admits Robbing Hotels In Ramapo, Nanuet, Elsewhere A 46-year-old man admitted that he robbed employees at a Howard Johnson's in Airmont and a Hilton Garden Inn in Nanuet, along with those at a dozen other hotels in New Jersey. Tremone Burnett of Essex County told a federal judge in Newark that he tied the victims’ hands and feet in some of the holdups. SEE: Gunman Robs Cash From Paramus Hotel He also fired the gun during a hotel robbery at a Sheraton in Weehawken, federal prosecutors said. Burnett robbed the hotels during an eight-week crime spree that began in April 2014, authorities said. These included New Jersey hotels in Secaucus, N…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Police & Fire
Gunman Admits Robbing Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere Gunman Admits Robbing Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere
Gunman Admits Robbing Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere An Essex County man admitted that he robbed employees at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Paramus at gunpoint, along with those at 13 other hotels in New Jersey and Rockland County. Tremone Burnett, 46, of Orange told a federal judge in Newark that he tied the victims’ hands and feet in some of the holdups. SEE: Gunman Robs Cash From Paramus Hotel He also fired the gun during a hotel robbery at a Sheraton in Weehawken, federal prosecutors said. Among the victimized hotels were a Howard Johnson's in Airmont and a Hilton Garden Inn in Nanuet, they said. Burnett robbed the hotels during an eight-w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Police & Fire
Hudson Youngsters OK After Party Yacht Bumps Another In Hoboken Hudson Youngsters OK After Party Yacht Bumps Another In Hoboken
Hudson Youngsters OK After Party Yacht Bumps Another In Hoboken No serious injuries were reported after a dinner cruise yacht with nearly 100 Weehawken High School prom-goers and chaperones aboard bumped a smaller unoccupied boat from behind Thursday at a Hudson River pier in Hoboken, responders said. Dozens of minor cuts, scrapes and other injuries were reported after the 210-foot Cornicopia Destiny rear-ended the docked 117-foot Sundancer at the 14th Street pier. "Weehawken High School students disembarked the Destiny at 9:50 p.m.," Schools Supt. Robert Zywicki tweeted. "The students are en route to the Weehawken Elks via @WeehawkenTSD …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Police & Fire
Bergen, Passaic Buses Collide In Lincoln Tunnel, Dozens Injured Bergen, Passaic Buses Collide In Lincoln Tunnel, Dozens Injured
Bergen, Passaic Buses Collide In Lincoln Tunnel, Dozens Injured A total of 32 people complained of injury after two NJ Transit buses -- one originating in Oradell and the other in Wayne -- collided in the Lincoln Tunnel heading into Manhattan, the FDNY reported. Both buses continued through the tube and emerged on the city side, where firefighters and EMS conducted triage. Nine of the 25 passengers on the #193 bus out of Wayne reported injuries, as well as 23 of the 37 aboard the #165 , NJ Transit's Nancy Snyder said. None were serious, authorities said. Eight were taken by ambulance to local hospitals, FDNY Chief Stephan Russo said. Another 24 were …

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by Cecilia Levine
Fort Lee, NJ
News
Leonia Illegally Closed Streets Leading To GWB, NJ Attorney General Says Leonia Illegally Closed Streets Leading To GWB, NJ Attorney General Says
Leonia Illegally Closed Streets Leading To GWB, NJ Attorney General Says Leonia illegally closed its streets to out-of-towners because of George Washington Bridge-related gridlock and has agreed to stop enforcing the restriction, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said Wednesday. “This is not a new issue," said Grewal, testifying during a state Assembly budget hearing in Trenton. "They don’t have authority to stop people because it’s not a lawful restriction.” State and borough officials are working on an “appropriate fix,” the former Bergen County and onetime assistant federal prosecutor said.  Emphasizing the need to protect children walking …

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by Cecilia Levine
Fort Lee, NJ
Police & Fire
Port Authority PD: 2x Limit Drunk Driver Blocks Lincoln Tunnel Entrance Port Authority PD: 2x Limit Drunk Driver Blocks Lincoln Tunnel Entrance
Port Authority PD: 2x Limit Drunk Driver Blocks Lincoln Tunnel Entrance A woman who drove onto a concrete barrier, blocking traffic to an entrance ramp to the Lincoln Tunnel, registered more than twice the legal limit on an alcohol test, Port Authority police said. Lynda Mendez, 29, of West New York, was charged with DWI, reckless driving and willfully disabling a motor vehicle, among other counts, after PAPD officers responding to a 2:30 a.m. call Saturday found her 2015 Chevy sedan on the median that separates the Park Avenue entrance ramp from Boulevard East in Weehawken, the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. The vehicle's position kept others from passing…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Police & Fire
Port Authority PD: DWI Edgewater Motorist Stuck On Light Rail Tracks Port Authority PD: DWI Edgewater Motorist Stuck On Light Rail Tracks
Port Authority PD: DWI Edgewater Motorist Stuck On Light Rail Tracks EDGEWATER, N.J. -- An Edgewater driver was drunk when she drove her SUV onto the light rail tracks near the Lincoln Tunnel before dawn Friday, authorities said. Rajani Subramanian, 37, was arrested by Port Authority police around after they were told the car vehicle was parked on the tracks about 1,000 north of the tunnel vent building on River Road in Weehawken around 3 a.m., the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. It was impounded, he said. Subramanian was released to a responsible adult after being charged with DWI and reckless driving.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Police & Fire
NY Jets Player Crashes Wrong-Way Car Into Jitney In Lincoln Tunnel NY Jets Player Crashes Wrong-Way Car Into Jitney In Lincoln Tunnel
NY Jets Player Crashes Wrong-Way Car Into Jitney In Lincoln Tunnel New York Jets second-year linebacker Dylan Donahue slammed his sports car into a Paterson-bound jitney bus while driving the wrong way in the Lincoln Tunnel, sending four people to the hospital before dawn Monday, authorities said. Donahue. 25, drove his Dodge Charger Hellcat around traffic cones to enter the center tube in Weehawken against New Jersey-bound traffic around 2 a.m., the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. The car slammed into a jitney bus occupied by 15 passengers -- four of whom were taken with minor injuries to taken to Hoboken Medical University Center, he said. The …

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by Jerry DeMarco