Westchester/Fairfield County Stolen Car Chase Leads To Three Arrests Westchester/Fairfield County Stolen Car Chase Leads To Three Arrests
Westchester/Fairfield County Stolen Car Chase Leads To Three Arrests Police arrested three people after taking officers on a chase in a stolen vehicle along the Hutchinson River Parkway in Westchester to the Fairfield County border before crashing. The incident took place around 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 22, when Harrison Harrison Police officers were altered by a license plate reader that a vehicle stolen in the Bronx was traveling along area roads, said the Harrison Police Department. A Harrison sergeant spotted the vehicle at a gas station near North Street on the Hutch, the department said. When the sergeant attempted to stop the vehicle, the driver fl…
‘HELP ME!’ Clifton PD Rescues Couple Kidnapped By Violent Sex Offender Posing As Police Officer ‘HELP ME!’ Clifton PD Rescues Couple Kidnapped By Violent Sex Offender Posing As Police Officer
Help ME!’ Clifton PD Rescues Couple Kidnapped By Violent Sex Offender Posing As Police Officer “HELP ME!” a Morris County woman mouthed to a stranger in the parking lot of a Clifton bank after she and a companion were kidnapped by a violent registered sex offender. That brought Clifton police, who captured both the abductor and an accomplice, authorities said. The 28-year-old woman and her companion, a 32-year-old West Milford man, told police that they were parked near the corner of Main and Vreeland avenues around 10:45 p.m. Friday when there was a tap on the driver’s side window. Travis Mann, 39, of Hewitt identified himself as a police officer and said they were breaking the law…
Man Who Continued Stalking Terrified Bergen Woman After Arrests Gets Probation Man Who Continued Stalking Terrified Bergen Woman After Arrests Gets Probation
Man Who Continued Stalking Terrified Bergen Woman After Arrests Gets Probation A man who continued to stalk the same Bergen County woman despite repeated arrests took a plea deal and walked away with probation. Superior Court Judge Keith Bachmann also repeated previous orders that Timothy Conti, 44, not have any contact with the victim, who was forced to move from her Rutherford apartment. The woman told police she’d never been with or talked with Conti, who allegedly told police that he “really really” liked her and hoped to marry her someday, claiming they had a “special bond.” This, of course, terrified her. Neighbors told the woman that Conti initially got into…
Judge Releases Babysitter, 64, Charged With Raping Passaic Girl, 8 Judge Releases Babysitter, 64, Charged With Raping Passaic Girl, 8
Judge Releases Babysitter, 64, Charged With Raping Passaic Girl, 8 A 64-year-old babysitter raped an 8-year-old Passaic girl he was watching, then was released by a judge with conditions, authorities said. Juan Jimenez, also of Passaic, was babysitting the girl at a daycare located in an apartment at 70 Passaic Street when he sexually assaulted her, they said. Detectives arrested Jimenez on charges of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and child endangerment for “engaging in acts of sexual penetration and sexual contact” with the girl on July 22, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman said in a joint anno…
Thieves Don’t Even Wait, Steal Brand-New Sedan While Clifton Family Unloads Groceries Thieves Don’t Even Wait, Steal Brand-New Sedan While Clifton Family Unloads Groceries
Thieves Don’t Even Wait, Steal Brand-New Sedan While Clifton Family Unloads Groceries Members of a Clifton family were unloading groceries from their brand-new sedan Wednesday night when a group of brazen thieves pulled up, stole the car and led police on a chase into Newark that ended in a crash, authorities said. A Clifton police cruiser and an SUV involved in the theft crashed on Avon Avenue in Newark during the pursuit, Clifton Police Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The officer was OK, but the thieves evaded capture, he said. It all happened in an instant. The family was unloading groceries from their 2020 Hyundai Sonata at the corner of Grove Street and Robin Hood …
Authorities: Ex-Con Who Fought Police Over Officer's Gun Injures Six In NJ Turnpike DUI Crash Authorities: Ex-Con Who Fought Police Over Officer's Gun Injures Six In NJ Turnpike DUI Crash
Authorities: Ex-Con Who Fought Police Over Officer's Gun Injures Six In NJ Turnpike DUI Crash A Jersey City ex-con who was freed after a fierce struggle with Hoboken police three months ago was ordered released by another judge barely 24 hours after authorities said he caused a pre-dawn DUI crash that injured six people on the New Jersey Turnpike in Bergen County. Lonnie Clark had served state prison time for a 2015 lewdness conviction involving children and, before that, for a 2007 conviction for selling drugs, NJ Department of Corrections records show. A judge released him last September pending trial following a sexual contact and weapons arrest, records show. He was arrested ag…
Closed-Door Negotiations Could Result In Change To Controversial NY Bail Reform Measure Closed-Door Negotiations Could Result In Change To Controversial NY Bail Reform Measure
Closed-Door Negotiations Could Result In Change To Controversial NY Bail Reform Measure Could New York's bail reform laws that took effect this year soon be a thing of the past? Gov. Andrew Cuomo and State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins reportedly met behind closed doors this week to discuss the much-maligned and oft-criticized newly enacted bail reform laws. The two were reportedly looking to make potential changes to the law before the New York State budget has to be signed into law on Wednesday, April 1. As of Wednesday, Jan. 1, thousands of inmates throughout the state were put back on the streets due to Cuomo’s bail reform legislation, which marked the en…
Man Charged With DWI After Fiery Crash In Area Man Charged With DWI After Fiery Crash In Area
Man Charged With DWI After Fiery Crash In Area A man was charged with alleged DWI following a fiery car crash in Rockland County. The incident took place around 2:43 a.m., Friday, Feb. 28, in the area of Route 45 and Pomona Road in Ramapo, said the Rampo Police. When officers arrived on the scene they found a vehicle had struck a utility pole and then burst into flames, police said. The man was able to get out of the vehicle before the police arrived. First responders douse the flames.Ramapo Police Department Officers found the man was allegedly intoxicated and arrested before he was transported to Nyack Hospital for non-life thre…
Sex Offender Arrested At Private Nursery School Playground Sex Offender Arrested At Private Nursery School Playground
Sex Offender Arrested At Private Nursery School Playground A Level 3 sex offender who sexually assaulted two young girls ages 10 and 11 has been arrested for trespassing at a nursery school playground in the area. Mark Edward Nelson, 61 of Newburgh was arrested on Thursday, Feb. 27, by New Windsor Police after investigating a report of a man trespassing in a fenced-in playground of an area nursery school, said Deputy Chief Michael Farbent.  According to Farbent, two employees and two children were exiting the nursery school out of the side door adjacent to the playground when Nelson approached them in the darkened area and …
Haworth Traffic Stop Produces Third Recent Arrest In Different Town For Bergenfield Man Haworth Traffic Stop Produces Third Recent Arrest In Different Town For Bergenfield Man
Haworth Traffic Stop Produces Third Recent Arrest In Different Town For Bergenfield Man A 19-year-old Bergenfield man was busted for the third time in the past nine months after Haworth police said they found bags of pot in his pocket and a knife in his waistband during a traffic stop. Henry H. Hernandez, 19, gave Officer Andrew Soltes and Sgt. Gialuca Ragone a false name after the Thursday night traffic stop on Schraalenburgh Road, Detective Sergeant Justin Fox said. Hernandez is still awaiting the outcome of charges of harassment, assault, trespassing from last May in Dumont of criminal restraint last December in New Milford, records show. Both times he was sent to the Ber…
Accused Area Library Killer Was Free Without Bail On Attempted Rape Charge Accused Area Library Killer Was Free Without Bail On Attempted Rape Charge
Accused Area Library Killer Was Free Without Bail On Attempted Rape Charge This story has been updated. The 25-year-old man behind bars for allegedly fatally stabbing a Rockland County library security guard was free without bail on an attempted rape charge. On Tuesday, Feb. 18, Sandra Wilson, 52, of Spring Valley, was killed by Blanchard Glaudin, on the third floor of the Finkelstein Memorial Library in Spring Valley, after she asked him to turn his music down. According to Spring Valley Police, Glaudin attacked Wilson with a 6-inch knife in which he stabbed her repeatedly before being restrained by "heroic" bystanders. See Earlier Story: IDs Released Fo…
Long Island Man Released Under NY's Bail Reform Nabbed After Four Bank Robberies, Police Say Long Island Man Released Under NY's Bail Reform Nabbed After Four Bank Robberies, Police Say
Long Island Man Released Under NY's Bail Reform Nabbed After Four Bank Robberies, Police Say A Long Island man accused of committing four bank robberies who was on the run after being released under New York’s new bail reform laws has been apprehended, police say. Romell Nellis, 40, of Long Beach Road in Hempstead, has been charged with robbery and a variety of other offenses, Nassau County Police announced on Wednesday, Feb. 12. Nellis, who police say had an open Nassau County warrant for two counts of third-degree robbery and two counts of third-degree grand larceny, was also charged with two counts of third-degree robbery.  In addition, he had an open warran…