Paramus, NJ
News
GOTCHA! Daily Voice Story Shared In NY Leads To Arrest In Hit-Run That Killed Paramus Woman GOTCHA! Daily Voice Story Shared In NY Leads To Arrest In Hit-Run That Killed Paramus Woman
Gotcha! Daily Voice Story Shared In NY Leads To Arrest In Hit-Run That Killed Paramus Woman UPDATE: Sharing stories really does make a difference. A Daily Voice reader who saw a story shared in a Facebook group about the search for a hit-and-run vehicle that struck and killed a woman in Paramus provided the tip that led to the capture of the accused driver. The tipster said he suspected the damaged Ford brought into an auto body shop in Congers was the same one mentioned in a Daily Voice story about the search for the fleeing driver who killed the 58-year-old woman as she walked along a local road early Thursday. So he notified authorities. Detectives from the Bergen County …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Police & Fire
Girl, 16, Seriously Injured, Elizabeth Man Charged In Stolen Car Crash At Passaic River Bridge Girl, 16, Seriously Injured, Elizabeth Man Charged In Stolen Car Crash At Passaic River Bridge
Girl, 16, Seriously Injured, Elizabeth Man Charged In Stolen Car Crash At Passaic River Bridge UPDATE: An Elizabeth man was charged with assault by auto and child endangerment after he crashed a stolen car into a Lyndhurst gas station canopy, seriously injuring his 16-year-old female passenger, following a police chase, authorities said. Byron L. Hernandez, an 18-year-old laborer, crashed the 2019 Honda Civic stolen shortly after 8:30 a.m. Sunday. North Arlington police began chasing the vehicle, which had been reported stolen out of Elizabeth, on River Road but terminated the pursuit after speeds reached 100 miles an hour, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Hernandez conti…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Police & Fire
HEROES: Captive Woman Raped, Beaten Over Several Hours Rescued By Lodi Police HEROES: Captive Woman Raped, Beaten Over Several Hours Rescued By Lodi Police
Heroes: Captive Woman Raped, Beaten Over Several Hours Rescued By Lodi Police A horrific nightmare ended when Lodi police rescued a woman from a local criminal who authorities said held her against her will for several hours while raping and beating her. James McArow, 25, of Westervelt Place spent two months in the Bergen County Jail earlier this year for an incident last October when authorities said he stabbed two people. Lodi police got a 911 call Monday night that brought them to his backyard, where they found the victim hiding, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. She “had been held against her will and physically and sexually assaulted” by McArow, Musel…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Jersey City, NJ
News
Former North Bergen Man Sexually Assaulted Child 'More Than Once', Prosecutor Says Former North Bergen Man Sexually Assaulted Child 'More Than Once', Prosecutor Says
Former North Bergen Man Sexually Assaulted Child 'More Than Once', Prosecutor Says A 55-year-old Hasbrouck Heights man accused of sexually assaulting a child was being held in the Bergen County Jail as of Monday, said authorities who charged him. Norman Dobres, who works as a laborer, was arrested last Friday in Paramus after Hasbrouck Heights police reported he sexually assaulted a child under 13 years old more than once, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Dobres -- who records show formerly lived in North Bergen -- was charged with aggravated sex assault, sexual assault by sexual contact and child endangerment, Musella said. A court hearing was scheduled for S…

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by Cecilia Levine