Saturday, October 27, 2012
The top headlines from around Bergen County, brought to you by the Patch editors who know those towns best.
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Saturday, October 27, 2012
englewood.patch.com | Facebook | Twitter A team of investigators arrested five members of a burglary crew suspected of targeting extravagant homes across the region just as the thieves were trying to crack open a stolen safe at an Englewood garage late Thursday, authorities said. wyckoff.patch.com | Facebook | Twitter More than a dozen attempted child lurings in Bergen County over the past weeks have police on heightened alert less than a week before thousands of children will take to the streets on Halloween. ridgewood.patch.com | Facebook | Twitter Ridgewood Police are investigating a potential child luring incident involving a motorcyclist and a young boy that occurred in the bathroom of The Daily Treat Sunday afternoon. mahwah.patch.…
Saturday, September 1, 2012
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Saturday, September 1, 2012
Police chief James Batelli credited the “excellent police work” of two Mahwah officers in the apprehension of a “known gang member” wanted in New York. Mitchell Gardner, 30, of Kingston, N.Y., was arrested in Mahwah Tuesday after being pulled over for a motor vehicle violation, Batelli said. Gardner “was wanted out of New York State for a parole violation,” and had an “extensive criminal history for serious crimes and is a known gang member,” Batelli said. A 17-year-old neighbor's carelessly discarded cigarette started last Tuesday's Loretto Avenue house fire that caused major damage to the rear of the building and displaced its two residents, Fair Lawn fire marshal Jay Bender said Monday. Bender said the individual, whose name was not …
Saturday, August 18, 2012
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Saturday, August 18, 2012
A 46-year-old Ridgewood man is facing lewdness charges for attempting to expose himself to three young girls running a lemonade stand in Glen Rock before fleeing when confronted by an adult, police said. Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan filed a lawsuit Thursday against the county freeholders to block a second reading of an ordinance that would dissolve the county police, and prevent a ballot question on merging the department with the sheriff's office. Midland Park Police closed Godwin Avenue from Irving Street to Central Avenue for approximately one hour Wednesday night following a 3-car accident that sent multiple people to the hospital. Glen Rock police say Sazana Sadiku, 24, was a major player in a ring that defrauded at least…
Saturday, August 11, 2012
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Saturday, August 11, 2012
A Fair Lawn mother is suing the producer of an instructional breastfeeding video she appeared in with her infant daughter after the video was posted to YouTube and spliced into a pornographic film by a third party. Maryann Sahoury, a sales and marketing professional who, according to her website, worked for nearly 10 years as the Director of Marketing and Special Events with Parisi Fitness Centers, shot the video for Meredith Video Studios in early 2010. A 16-year-old incoming senior at Ridgewood High School died early Wednesday, Ridgewood police confirmed. Ridgewood police Cpt. Jacqueline Luthcke told Patch that police received a report at 3:36 a.m. Wednesday that a male juvenile was unresponsive at a residence in Ridgewood. The …
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 …
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Each week Patch highlights some of the top headlines from around Bergen County
In top county news this week: An argument between two brothers resulted in a slashing early Saturday at the Highlands Apartment complex in Westwood. The Paramus School District community was in mourning Friday following the death of high school junior Eric Micheo on Thursday. Two unrelated incidents in Fort Lee school buildings had administrators and buildings and grounds working late Wednesday. Governor Chris Christie came to Fair Lawn this week to swear in Republican Mayor Jeanne Baratta during the annual reorganization meeting this week. Sandy Moscartolo became the first Democratic River Edge Mayor in over a decade this week when he was sworn in during the borough’s reorganization meeting. In Oradell, new Republican Mayor Joseph …
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Each week Patch highlights some of the stories from around Bergen County
This week in top county news: A former Hasbrouck Heights police officer was charged with first degree murder in the killing of John Amendola of Wood-Ridge. Scott Smith pleaded not guilty to all charges in his first court appearance Thursday. Family and friends will gather this weekend to remember Amendola. A Washington Township woman was charged with drunk driving early Thursday when Glen Rock police found her and a passenger unconscious in her automobile covered in vomit and excrement. Nineteen-year-old Malik Williams was fatally shot by police last weekend following a chase through a Garfield neighborhood. Nearly 200 members of the Mahwah Education Association teachers union gathered at Wednesday night’s Board of Education meeting …
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Weekly feature highlights some of the top news around Bergen County
Welcome back to Around the County, a weekly feature that highlights some of the top stories from Bergen County. Some of the top news this week includes an off-duty Fair Lawn police office spotted two men taking items from a local which led to their arrest, the K-mart in Westwood was evacuated due to a bomb threat, protestors of the proposed virtual charter school in Teaneck protested Gov. Christie's press conference and Paramus Police Officer Rachel Morgan, who was shot earlier this year, was promoted to detective. Check out some of the top stories from this week: Masked men held up a Franklin Lakes video game store Tuesday night, making off with approximately $900 in cash and a number of video game systems. Two Paterson men were charged…
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Weekly recap of some of the top headlines around Bergen County.
Welcome to "Around The County," a weekly column that highlights stories throughout Bergen County. This week, shoppers from all over flocked to North Jersey malls for Black Friday shopping, a man from Hasbrouck Heights locked himself in a Sunflower Avenue, Paramus office for three hours after allegedly pulling a replica gun on his manager, Girl Scouts in Franklin Lakes received the highest honor, hundreds come out to witness live music in New Milford and Teaneck town officials continue to fight the claims made by a councilwoman. Check out our list of some of the top stories in the county this week: Paramus and county police swarmed an office building on Sunflower Avenue in Paramus Tuesday when a Hasbrouck Heights man locked himself inside …
Saturday, October 15, 2011
This week's Bergen news also includes a Mahwah teen getting arrested for allegedly providing alcohol to minors
Welcome to "Around The County," a weekly column that highlights stories throughout Bergen County. This week, police are investigating burglaries in Hasbrouck Heights, a teen hit a landscaping truck trialer in Ridgewood while on his bike, a Mahwah teen was arrested for allegedly supplying alcohol to minors, a New Milford native planned a religious service at Occupy Wall Street, Governor Christie visited Paramus, Paula Deen and Michael Moore visited Bookends in Ridgewood, Korean language ballots are coming to Bergen County and more. Check out our list of some of the top stories in the county this week:
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3:16 pm on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
I hope that girl is safe, Brooklyn is no joke.. And the men will try to keep you hostage and I know from experience.. Luckily I got away.. more ›