Defendant In Murder Of Paterson Woman Found Stuffed In Car Trunk Points To BF, His Dad Defendant In Murder Of Paterson Woman Found Stuffed In Car Trunk Points To BF, His Dad
Defendant In Murder Of Paterson Woman Found Stuffed In Car Trunk Points To BF, His Dad UPDATE: One of three people charged with the brutal murder of a Paterson woman told detectives that she saw her live-in boyfriend and his father carry a large box from their Totowa home to the victim's car the night she was believed killed, authorities said. The victim, Stephanie DeJesus, 38, had driven to the Gordon Avenue home where Justin Fisher and Joelle Martucci lived with their young son the night of Feb. 23, documents say security video shows. She'd driven there from a nearby pharmacy, according to an affidavit filed in Superior Court in Paterson. Martucci, 24, pulled up afterward…
Rideshare Driver Charged With Setting Early-Morning Arson Fire At Bergen County Pizzeria Rideshare Driver Charged With Setting Early-Morning Arson Fire At Bergen County Pizzeria
Rideshare Driver Charged With Setting Early-Morning Arson Fire At Bergen County Pizzeria GOTCHA! A rideshare driver from Carlstadt was charged with setting a fire in the basement of a Wood-Ridge pizzeria that investigators said had multiple points of origin. Majd Abdallah, a 27-year-old Jordanian national, was arrested following an investigation into the Feb. 21 blaze, which broke out in a common basement area below Emilia Romagna Pizza & Ristorante on Valley Boulevard shortly before 8 a.m., Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He’s charged with several counts of aggravated arson and burglary, Musella said. No injuries were reported were in the two-alarm blaze. Fir…
Out-Of-State Driver Stopped On Route 17 For Bogus Plates, Tinted Windows Was Armed: Paramus PD Out-Of-State Driver Stopped On Route 17 For Bogus Plates, Tinted Windows Was Armed: Paramus PD
Out-Of-State Driver Stopped On Route 17 For Bogus Plates, Tinted Windows Was Armed: Paramus PD Tinted windows, bogus plates, no registration or insurance -- one of the only things that could've made a Paramus police traffic stop worse for an out-of-state driver was having drugs or a gun in the car. Turns out he had both, they said. Officer Cesar Hurtado was on patrol on westbound Route 4 shortly before 1:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 28, when he spotted the 2004 Toyota Camry with "extremely blacked out" windows, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. A quick computer check showed the license plates belonging to a Chevy Impala, Ehrenberg said. Backed up by Officer Matthew Orefice, Hurtado stop…
Police: Mugger Bites Man Walking Dog In Englewood Police: Mugger Bites Man Walking Dog In Englewood
Police: Mugger Bites Man Walking Dog In Englewood An Englewood man walking his dog was bitten by a mugger who was later caught while the victim was reporting the incident, authorities said. The resident said the stranger approached and "engaged him in a conversation about his dog" on West Englewood Avenue and William Street shortly after 6 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23, Lt. Fred Pulice said. When he turned to walk away, he said, the would-be robber "grabbed him from behind and began reaching into his pockets." The victim told police he fought him off but was bitten on the hand during the scuffle, Pulice said. By coincidence, the victim was at …
Hackensack Police Find Gun, Hollow-Point Ammo, Large Magazine, Drugs, Seize Warehouse Worker Hackensack Police Find Gun, Hollow-Point Ammo, Large Magazine, Drugs, Seize Warehouse Worker
Hackensack Police Find Gun, Hollow-Point Ammo, Large Magazine, Drugs, Seize Warehouse Worker A warehouse worker from Hackensack suspected of dealing drugs was busted with a handgun and a high-capacity magazine, as well as pot and Oxycodone packaged for sale, city police said. John O. Oguje Jr., 25, was charged with various drug and weapons charges following a raid on his apartment Thursday, Feb. 10, as part of an investigation by Detective Michael Reo, Detective Capt. Michael Antista said. Narcotics Bureau detectives found Oguje conducting business while investigating complaints of drug dealing next to a local park and school, Antista said. He was familiar to authorities, having b…
Concerns Emerge For Paterson Homeless Outreach Program After Founder's Arrest Concerns Emerge For Paterson Homeless Outreach Program After Founder's Arrest
Concerns Emerge For Paterson Homeless Outreach Program After Founder's Arrest A man charged in a stabbing during a dispute over a parking spot outside his Clifton home operates a Paterson outreach program that's received more than $300,000 in grants this month and boasts partnerships with New Jersey State Police, among others. The ”lead-up to the incident” last weekend involving Roger Lester, 42, “is still unclear and has become a legal matter,” a publicist for his organization said Thursday. Brennan Jenkins of Ruthleess Marketing contended that Lester -- the founder and CEO of NJ PAAIN (Preparing Adolescent & Adult Ideologies Now) -- had been “caught […
Gunman Who Shot Off-Duty Officer In West Orange Charged With Attempted Murder Gunman Who Shot Off-Duty Officer In West Orange Charged With Attempted Murder
Gunman Who Shot Off-Duty Officer In West Orange Charged With Attempted Murder An East Orange man who shot an off-duty police officer intervening during an argument at a West Orange convenience store Monday has been charged with attempted murder, authorities announced. The 27-year-old officer was at the store on South Valley Road when he saw a fight break out between Shaahid Forshee, 36, and another man around 3 p.m., Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and West Orange Police Chief James P. Abbott said. During the struggle, the Forshee struck the officer with the gun and fired the weapon, striking the unarmed officer in the head. The bul…
BAIL REFORM: NJ Judge Frees Gun-Carrying Driver Who Rammed Police Cars With Stolen BMW, PD Says BAIL REFORM: NJ Judge Frees Gun-Carrying Driver Who Rammed Police Cars With Stolen BMW, PD Says
Bail Reform: NJ Judge Frees Gun-Carrying Driver Who Rammed Police Cars With Stolen BMW, PD Says A driver with no license, registration or insurance was carrying a gun when he rammed two Hawthorne police cars -- narrowly missing several officers -- with a BMW stolen from the Hamptons, authorities said. Troy Weeks, 27, was charged with five counts of aggravated assault on a police officer, possession of both a firearm and a stolen vehicle and several other offenses following the incident, Hawthorne Detective Lt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. Weeks has a criminal history, including arrests in Essex County dating back to 2017, records show. A Central Judicial Processing Court judge in Paterson …
Teaneck Woman Assumes Dead Brother's ID To Get $20G In Social Security, Authorities Charge Teaneck Woman Assumes Dead Brother's ID To Get $20G In Social Security, Authorities Charge
Teaneck Woman Assumes Dead Brother's ID To Get $20G In Social Security, Authorities Charge A home health care worker from Teaneck assumed her dead brother’s identity to collect more than $20,000 in Social Security disability money, authorities charged. Wanda Lynn Sermon, 55, “failed to notify the Social Security Administration of her brother’s death and instead assumed control of his bank account,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Wednesday. For the next 16 months, Musella said, Sermon “continued to access Social Security disability benefit funds intended for [him],” pocketing $20,438 in the process. Detectives from his Financial Crimes Unit began investigating this su…
Ridgefield Man, 18, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Fairview Pre-Teen Ridgefield Man, 18, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Fairview Pre-Teen
Ridgefield Man, 18, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Fairview Pre-Teen An 18-year-old unemployed Ridgefield man was charged with repeatedly sexually assaulting a Fairview pre-teen. Billy Garcia remained held Thursday in the Bergen County Jail, pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, following his arrest the day before, records show. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said members of his Special Victims Unit began investigation after being alerted by Fairview police last month. Garcia is charged with 10 counts of sexual assault on a victim under 13, one of aggravated sexual assault of a victim under 13 and nine counts…
Volunteer Fire Chief Charged With Inappropriate Touching Of Woman's Breasts In South Jersey Volunteer Fire Chief Charged With Inappropriate Touching Of Woman's Breasts In South Jersey
Volunteer Fire Chief Charged With Inappropriate Touching Of Woman's Breasts In South Jersey A 45-year-old volunteer fire chief from South Jersey has been charged with involuntary touching, authorities said.  The chief of the Delanco Fire Department has been charged with touching the breasts of a woman from another local emergency services agency who had come to the fire house for work purposes, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Delanco Township Police Chief Jesse DeSanto. Todd R. Johnsen, 45, of Center Avenue, was charged with criminal sexual contact in connection with the June 19 incident inside the Delanco Fire House, they said. Johnsen is sc…
‘Mannequin Parts’: Bergen Man Indicted In Unusual Hit-Run Death Of Route 3 Pedestrian ‘Mannequin Parts’: Bergen Man Indicted In Unusual Hit-Run Death Of Route 3 Pedestrian
‘Mannequin Parts’: Bergen Man Indicted In Unusual Hit-Run Death Of Route 3 Pedestrian A grand jury voted to support charges filed by authorities against a Moonachie motorist in the hit-and-run death of a Paterson man on Route 3 in Clifton earlier this year. Investigators were drawing closer to cracking the case when Bryan Meza-Roca, 26, surrendered to face charges of leaving the scene of a fatal crash and endangering an injured victim, authorities said. Meza-Roca was driving a 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe that they said struck Mustafa Hemaid, 33, on the busy eastbound highway outside Clifton Commons and kept going before dawn on June 13. Hemaid’s remains weren't discovered until d…