SWATTING: Masked Gunmen Hoax Brings SWAT Team, Squadron Of Police To East Rutherford SWATTING: Masked Gunmen Hoax Brings SWAT Team, Squadron Of Police To East Rutherford SWATTING: Masked Gunmen Hoax Brings SWAT Team, Squadron Of Police To East Rutherford
Swatting: Masked Gunmen Hoax Brings SWAT Team, Squadron Of Police To East Rutherford A bogus call of two masked men with guns triggered a large police response Wednesday to an industrial area of East Rutherford. A Bergen County Regional SWAT Team was summoned after the "swatting" caller directed police to "masked guys with guns" at the Poplar Street address off Paterson Avenue around 4:10 p.m., authorities said. "At the time of the call, the complainant was difficult to understand due to a language barrier," East Rutherford Deputy Chief Phillip Taormina said. "Upon officers arrival, all appeared in order, a perimeter was established and the area was secured." "Swattin…
Bergen Prosecutor: Drug-Dealing Quartet From Englewood, Teaneck Snared In SWAT Raid Bergen Prosecutor: Drug-Dealing Quartet From Englewood, Teaneck Snared In SWAT Raid Bergen Prosecutor: Drug-Dealing Quartet From Englewood, Teaneck Snared In SWAT Raid
Bergen Prosecutor: Drug-Dealing Quartet From Englewood, Teaneck Snared In SWAT Raid Three accused dealers from Englewood and one from Teaneck were nabbed with crack, pot, cocaine and Oxy during a coordinated series of raids, authorities said. A Bergen County Regional SWAT Team hit homes and vehicles on West Street, Genessee Avenue and Liberty Road in Englewood and American Legion Drive in Teaneck, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Besides various amounts of drugs, members of the prosecutor’s Narcotic Task Force members seized $3,449 in alleged drug proceeds, Musella said. The defendant with the cash, 33-year-old Roy Theodore of Englewood, tossed crack out the wi…
Citizens Cheer: Hackensack Police, SWAT Team Raid Drug Den, Bust 10 Citizens Cheer: Hackensack Police, SWAT Team Raid Drug Den, Bust 10 Citizens Cheer: Hackensack Police, SWAT Team Raid Drug Den, Bust 10
Citizens Cheer: Hackensack Police, SWAT Team Raid Drug Den, Bust 10 Relieved residents of a Hackensack neighborhood praised police for smashing an open-air drug market on their street, arresting 10 people in the process and seizing an assortment of drugs, packaging materials – along with a 9mm handgun. Hackensack Narcotics Bureau detectives summoned the Bergen County Regional SWAT team to help hit the home at 181 Berdan Place, which had been the scene of previous shootings, assaults and other crimes. Detective Reuven Lyak initiated the investigation “after receiving numerous complaints from residents and tipsters regarding an open-air drug market and ongoin…
SWAT Standoff Ends In Upper Saddle River After Drunken Suicidal Man Fires Shot, Points Gun SWAT Standoff Ends In Upper Saddle River After Drunken Suicidal Man Fires Shot, Points Gun SWAT Standoff Ends In Upper Saddle River After Drunken Suicidal Man Fires Shot, Points Gun
SWAT Standoff Ends In Upper Saddle River After Drunken Suicidal Man Fires Shot, Points Gun An intoxicated, suicidal Upper Saddle River man pointed a gun out the window at SWAT team members before surrendering after a 3½-hour standoff overnight Sunday, authorities said. Family members fled as Christopher Koski, 24, fired a shotgun blast in the house and threw two rifles out the window, Detective Lt. Edward Kane said. A member of the Bergen County Regional Crisis Negotiation Team eventually talked him out, but not before Koski “pointed a loaded handgun out a second-floor window” at the tactical unit, Kane said. Authorities seized several firearms from the home, the lieutenant said…
Garfield High School Sheltered In Place Amid Series Of North Jersey Lockdowns Garfield High School Sheltered In Place Amid Series Of North Jersey Lockdowns Garfield High School Sheltered In Place Amid Series Of North Jersey Lockdowns
Garfield High School Sheltered In Place Amid Series Of North Jersey Lockdowns While the vo-techs in Bergen, Passaic & Morris went into lockdown, Garfield High School students and staff were sheltered in place Friday morning after police were tipped off to what was described as "a threatening post on social media." Garfield patrol and ESU officers, along with two officers from the Bergen County Regional SWAT Team, secured the school, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. "Detectives from the Garfield Police Department conducted an investigation and were in contact with other agencies investigating similar incidents," the captain said. "As a result of the investigation, i…
North Arlington PD: Man, 20, Jailed After Tossing Knives At Officers In Brief SWAT Standoff North Arlington PD: Man, 20, Jailed After Tossing Knives At Officers In Brief SWAT Standoff North Arlington PD: Man, 20, Jailed After Tossing Knives At Officers In Brief SWAT Standoff
North Arlington PD: Man, 20, Jailed After Tossing Knives At Officers In Brief SWAT Standoff A 20-year-old North Arlington man who police said barricaded himself in his apartment after throwing kitchen knives at officers responding to a disturbance Tuesday night was jailed on several charges. Family members who called police allowed them into their Eagle Street apartment, where they found Jordan M. Crato-Montiero, shortly before 6:30 p.m., Lt. Robert J. Reilly said. The 5-foot-6-inch, 110-pound Crato-Montiero “began to curse at the officers,” then “threw kitchen knives at them as they retreated to safety and removed other family [members] from the residence,” Reilly said. Police s…
Lodi Police Seize $13,000, BMW In Raid On Accused Pot Dealer Lodi Police Seize $13,000, BMW In Raid On Accused Pot Dealer Lodi Police Seize $13,000, BMW In Raid On Accused Pot Dealer
Lodi Police Seize $13,000, BMW In Raid On Accused Pot Dealer Lodi detectives, uniformed officers and a Bergen County Regional SWAT team raided a local home, arrested a resident there who they said was selling pot and seized $13,000 in drug proceeds and a BMW, authorities said. Arrested in the 5 a.m. raid on Pasadena Avenue following an investigation by Detective Joseph Lanfrank was Nelson Montero-Fabio, 26, Police Chief Donald Scorzetti said. Montero-Fabio was charged with drug offenses and money laundering and released pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. ****** ALSO SEE: Lodi police seized a local re…
SWAT Standoff: Negotiators Talk FDNY Retiree From New Milford Home Following Threat SWAT Standoff: Negotiators Talk FDNY Retiree From New Milford Home Following Threat SWAT Standoff: Negotiators Talk FDNY Retiree From New Milford Home Following Threat
SWAT Standoff: Negotiators Talk Fdny Retiree From New Milford Home Following Threat Negotiators talked a retired New York City Fire Department paramedic out of his New Milford home after a SWAT standoff of a little over an hour and a half Wednesday. The 63-year-old tenant apparently made threatening remarks during an angry call to a fire department organization in New York after he had difficulty with a particular benefit, Detective Sgt. Kevin Van Saders. "He had threatened to bring an assault rifle to their building and open fire," Van Saders said. The reference to an AK-47 prompted the FDNY division to call local police, who also summoned a Bergen County Regional SWAT …
Bergen Detectives Smash Cocaine, Heroin Ring With SWAT Raids In Hackensack, Garfield, Lodi Bergen Detectives Smash Cocaine, Heroin Ring With SWAT Raids In Hackensack, Garfield, Lodi Bergen Detectives Smash Cocaine, Heroin Ring With SWAT Raids In Hackensack, Garfield, Lodi
Bergen Detectives Smash Cocaine, Heroin Ring With SWAT Raids In Hackensack, Garfield, Lodi With help from a variety of law enforcement agencies, Bergen County prosecutor's detectives smashed a local drug ring, arresting five people during a series of quick-strike SWAT raids in Garfield, Lodi and Hackensack, authorities announced Tuesday. Responders grabbed three defendants who tried to flee a vacant first-floor Garfield apartment that was being used to process and package heroin for sale – among them, third-floor resident Frankley Sanchez-Javier, 31, who “jumped through a glass pane window before being apprehended outside,” Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo sai…
'New Life Meets Old': Bergen Army Cadet Unites Police, SWAT, Military To Boost Local Charities 'New Life Meets Old': Bergen Army Cadet Unites Police, SWAT, Military To Boost Local Charities 'New Life Meets Old': Bergen Army Cadet Unites Police, SWAT, Military To Boost Local Charities
'New Life Meets Old': Bergen Army Cadet Unites Police, SWAT, Military To Boost Local Charities For a while, Parisi Speed School in Fair Lawn was Brendan Brown's second home. The Wyckoff native trained and interned there -- fostering a close bond with owner Rich Sadiv, other employees and members. West Point Military Academy, however, became Brown's new second home after graduating from  Ramapo High School in 2016. The cadet found a reason to bring his two worlds together on Saturday, creating the first ever Battle of the Warriors at Parisi, which pit his peers against Bergen County law enforcement and SWAT team member, with a common goal of raising money for local nonprofit organiz…
Bergen County Police Go Head-To-Head With SWAT Team, Army Cadets For Charity Bergen County Police Go Head-To-Head With SWAT Team, Army Cadets For Charity Bergen County Police Go Head-To-Head With SWAT Team, Army Cadets For Charity
Bergen County Police Go Head-To-Head With SWAT Team, Army Cadets For Charity Bergen County law enforcement, SWAT team members and U.S. Army cadets will be going head-to-head for charity next month. Battle of the Warriors begins at 10 a.m. at Fair Lawn's Parisi Speed School, Dec. 1. Admission is $10 and will all go to charity. The Paramus Police Department, Bergen County Regional SWAT Team and West Point will compete in nine athletic events ranging from kettle bell rows to tug of war. Each participating organization chose a beneficiary: Paramus PD: Oakland's Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge Parisi School: Best Buddies BCR SWAT: Tomahawk Charitable Soluti…
Wallington Drug Raid Produces Cocaine, Cash, Arrest Wallington Drug Raid Produces Cocaine, Cash, Arrest Wallington Drug Raid Produces Cocaine, Cash, Arrest
Wallington Drug Raid Produces Cocaine, Cash, Arrest A Polish national had roughly $3,000 worth of cocaine for sale in his Wallington home, said authorities who arrested him. Arkadiusz Krupinski, 30, “became a target after detectives received a tip that he was selling cocaine from his Anderson Avenue home,” Capt. Shawn Kudlacik said. Besides the cocaine, detectives seized nearly $1,700 in drug proceeds during a warranted raid on Saturday involving a Bergen County Regional SWAT Team and a county sheriff’s K-9 unit, Kudlacik said. A judge ordered Krupinski’s release on Tuesday, under New Jersey’s 2017 bail reform law, after two days in the Ber…