Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Judge and officer injured in falls; courthouse closed for remainder of the day, official says.
HACKENSACK - A 27-year-old New Milford man was arrested Monday after he broke a water pipe at the Bergen County Courthouse, causing significant damage and forcing the building to close for the remainder of the day, the sheriff’s office said. Benjamin Blohm was caught on camera kicking the third floor pipe until it broke, according to Bergen County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Richard Moriarty. Sheriff's officers reviewed security footage and arrested Blohm at the courthouse. Blohm was in the building for a drug court appearance, Moriarty said. A Superior Court judge and a sheriff’s officer slipped on the wet ground and were both treated for injuries, Moriarty said. The judge was taken to an area hospital, but his condition was not …
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Court moved as part of effort to ease overcrowding at county justice complex.
The new location for Bergen County Central Municipal Court will open Tuesday in Hackensack, one step in a major renovation of the county’s justice complex. Officials will open the new location at 71 Hudson Street. The county has been renovating the building since last year. Central Municipal Court is unique to Bergen and generally handles summonses issued by county agencies. The busy court was located in the Bergen County Courthouse on Main Street. Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan has announced plans to rehabilitate the historic courthouse and surrounding justice complex. John L. Molinelli, the county prosecutor, pledged $7 million in forfeiture funds to help fund the project. In addition to courtroom renovations, the county plans …
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Each week Patch highlights some of the top news from around Bergen County.
In top county news this week: Ramapo College will hold a remembrance ceremony Monday for a student, Jacob Halle, who passed away Wednesday after sustaining critical injuries from a car accident two days earlier on Route 202 near the college in Mahwah. Prosecutors said Anthony Graziano, the 19-year old Lodi man accused of arson at synagogues in Rutherford and Paramus confessed to the crimes, however his attorney says his client’s admission should not be taken seriously, citing his mental health. Friends and family of a murdered Teaneck resident Robert Cantor rallied outside the Bergen County courthouse in Hackensack this week calling for a special prosecutor to take over the nearly year-old unsolved case. An elderly Ridgewood resident …
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