Driver, 21, Killed In Predawn Closter Crash
A Closter driver died in a predawn crash despite furious efforts to save him, authorities said.
The victim, 21, failed to negotiate a turn when his 2018 Mercedes GLE hit a tree and telephone pole before coming to rest on its side on Piermont Road near Alpine Drive at 4:46 a.m. Wednesday, Closter Police Chief John McTigue said.
Closter police, assisted by their colleagues from Norwood and Haworth, lifted the car and freed the driver, who was pinned beneath the vehicle, the chief said.
They began CPR and summoned a medical chopper that was then cancelled because of the foggy weather.
…
Demarest Man, 63, Charged With Stalking Oakland Woman, 30
A 63-year-old Demarest man was arrested for stalking an Oakland woman, authorities said.
Kerry Fouch was taken into custody after the 30-year-olf victim told Officer Jacob Martin reported being followed, Lt. Christian Eldridge said.
Her stalker "would appear at numerous places that she would frequent in and out of Oakland," the lieutenant said.
Fouch, formerly of Closter, has a history of minor arrests for offenses including theft, receiving stolen property and drug possession, records show,
Oakland police charged Fouch with stalking and then released him pending a hearing, he said.
Former Bergen Resident From CT Admits Embezzling $540,000 From Security Firm
A former Bergen County resident now living in Connecticut admitted Wednesday that she embezzled $540,000 from a local company.
Melissa Corso, 50, and her husband lived in Closter when she worked for a Delaware-based security systems supplier with an office in Ridgefield Park, federal authorities said.
Corso, currently of Groton, CT, and co-worker Joseph Spaccavento steered customer payments owed to their former employer to a PayPal account registered to him and linked to her work email, according to an FBI complaint.
The customers, in turn, sent more than $3.1 million through 1,150 transa…
Authorities Probe Alarming Discovery Of German Shepherds Abandoned Throughout Bergen, Passaic
Authorities have launched a major investigation into the alarming discovery of no fewer than nine apparently related German Shepherds abandoned in various areas of North Jersey this past week.
“Something foul has happened,” Deborah Yankow, the director of the Bergen County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center, said Friday. “What that is we don’t yet know.”
“German Shepherds, like any other breed, come in all sizes, shapes and colors,” Yankow said. “But going from the two we have at the shelter and the pictures I’ve looked at, they all look identical, like siblings.”
Five of the young adult …
Authorities Probe Alarming Discovery Of German Shepherds Abandoned Throughout Bergen, Passaic
Authorities have launched a major investigation into the alarming discovery of no fewer than nine apparently related German Shepherds abandoned in various areas of North Jersey this past week.
“Something foul has happened,” Deborah Yankow, the director of the Bergen County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center, said Friday. “What that is we don’t yet know.”
“German Shepherds, like any other breed, come in all sizes, shapes and colors,” Yankow said. “But going from the two we have at the shelter and the pictures I’ve looked at, they all look identical, like siblings.”
Five of the young adult …
