'Please Don't Let Me Die': Man Shot At Hackensack Convenience Store, Arrest Made 'Please Don't Let Me Die': Man Shot At Hackensack Convenience Store, Arrest Made
'Please Don't Let Me Die': Man Shot At Hackensack Convenience Store, Arrest Made “Please don’t let me die,” a shooting victim told police as he lay bleeding on the floor of a Hackensack convenience store. The victim survived, thanks to city firefighters and paramedics, and the gunman was arrested a block away, thanks to a Bergen County sheriff's K-9 unit. Officers Aaron Rios and Jeffrey Rodriguez found the victim on the floor inside the Central Mini Market at the corner of 1st Street and Central Avenue around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. He was holding crumpled paper towels over a gunshot wound in his abdomen, he said. “I don’t want to die…
Lakewood Birthday Boy, 11, Critical After Falling Two Stories From Balcony Lakewood Birthday Boy, 11, Critical After Falling Two Stories From Balcony
Lakewood Birthday Boy, 11, Critical After Falling Two Stories From Balcony A Lakewood boy's 11th birthday party ended with a fall from a balcony that left him critically injured, police said. Police were called to the Yeshiva Apartments on Princeton Avenue about 6 p.m. Tuesday on a report of a serious fall, Lakewood police said. The youngster was trying to throw a party snapper from the second-floor balcony during the celebration when he accidentally plunged 20 feet onto concrete below, police said. He was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune City with significant head injuries requiring emergency surgery, police said. He was listed in crit…
Urgent Surgeries Are Minimally Invasive But Maximally Effective At NWH Urgent Surgeries Are Minimally Invasive But Maximally Effective At NWH
Urgent Surgeries Are Minimally Invasive But Maximally Effective At NWH Undergoing surgery can be a difficult and stressful process, even with proper preparation. So when patients need to have sudden, emergency procedures, the surgeons at Northern Westchester Hospital are trained to act quickly, yet thoughtfully. "My approach to surgery is to be as minimally invasive as possible," said Dr. Anna Aronova, an acute care surgeon at Northern Westchester Hospital. "I like to perform robotic surgery because it affords the patient an easier recovery, smaller incision, and less pain post-operatively." Although not appropriate for every case, minimally invasive, rob…
UPDATE: Retired Hackensack, Saddle Brook, Newark Firefighter Seriously Injured In Accident UPDATE: Retired Hackensack, Saddle Brook, Newark Firefighter Seriously Injured In Accident
Update: Retired Hackensack, Saddle Brook, Newark Firefighter Seriously Injured In Accident A retired Newark deputy fire chief who was also a firefighter in Hackensack and Saddle Brook was seriously injured in a construction accident behind Franklin Lakes police headquarters Wednesday morning, authorities said. James Weiss, 59, was in emergency surgery at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson after he was struck in the head by a large sheet of metal at the Bender Court construction site just after 8:30 a.m., authorities said. Weiss, who works for Altona Metal Works of Little Ferry, was transported by AirMed One, which landed nearby, Capt. John Bakelaar said. …
Englewood Man Critically Injured In Suspected Suicide Jump From Route 4 Overpass Englewood Man Critically Injured In Suspected Suicide Jump From Route 4 Overpass
Englewood Man Critically Injured In Suspected Suicide Jump From Route 4 Overpass A 30-year-old Englewood man was undergoing a lengthy emergency surgery after jumping from a Route 4 overpass early Tuesday in a suspected suicide attempt, authorities said. Responding city police officers found him moving but severely injured on South Dean Street below the highway at 7:15 a.m., Deputy Chief Gregory Halstead said. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a possibly severe spinal injury, along with heavy facial injuries and cuts, responders said. South Dean Street was temporarily closed between Van Nostrand Avenue and Rockwood Place, Halstead said.
Man Sentenced For Northern Westchester Deli Stabbing Man Sentenced For Northern Westchester Deli Stabbing
Man Sentenced For Northern Westchester Deli Stabbing A 49-year-old man will spend nearly a decade behind bars after stabbing a man in a Northern Westchester deli during a late-night skirmish on Christmas Day. Anthony Alvarez has been sentenced in State Supreme Court to nine years in state prison after pleading guilty over the summer to first-degree assault stemming from an incident in Peekskill last year. At approximately 10 p.m. on Christmas Day last year, Alvarez, who authorities say is homeless, was in a South Street deli with several other men when an altercation broke out. Over the course of the incident, Alvarez attacked another man, st…
Man Accidentally Shoots Himself Behind Popular Restaurant In Fairfield Man Accidentally Shoots Himself Behind Popular Restaurant In Fairfield
Man Accidentally Shoots Himself Behind Popular Restaurant In Fairfield A man is in critical condition after being shot in the chest in the rear of a popular Fairfield County restaurant. Fairfield Police found the unidentified man around 9:07 p.m. Tuesday after receiving a 911 call from an employee at Wings Over Fairfield, 2075 Black Rock Turnpike, reporting that a man was shot in the back of the building, said Lt. Robert Kalamaras. Police arrived on the scene within seconds and found the man lying on his back in the rear hallway of the restaurant, he said.  Kalamaras said the man may have shot himself, but detectives are still confirming the information. &qu…
Lodi Teacher Rushed To Hospital During Newborn Photoshoot Lodi Teacher Rushed To Hospital During Newborn Photoshoot
Lodi Teacher Rushed To Hospital During Newborn Photoshoot WOOD-RIDGE, N.J. – Less than two weeks after her daughter was born, Danielle Guido of Wood-Ridge suffered a thunderclap headache during a family photoshoot and was rushed to the hospital. “Danielle went into emergency surgery with bleeding on the brain and then was put into a medically induced coma,” states a GoFundMe page created to raise funds for the Lodi elementary school teacher and her family. Doctors told the family that long term side effects could affect her physical health and she will need an unsure amount of rehabilitation, and will remain in intensive care for weeks. “Even the…
Saddle Brook Dad Recovers After Emergency Brain Surgery On Business Trip Saddle Brook Dad Recovers After Emergency Brain Surgery On Business Trip
Saddle Brook Dad Recovers After Emergency Brain Surgery On Business Trip SADDLE BROOK, N.J. — Discovering that a loved one needs emergency surgery is never easy. Last month, it was even more difficult for Christynn Henriquez of Saddle Brook, whose husband was on business in Oklahoma when he began suffering from stroke-like symptoms last month. Yuniel "Nuni" Henriquez, who shares two girls with Christynn, needed emergency surgery -- before his family had time to get to him. Doctors found an abscess in his brain caused by two different bacterias and, while Nuni is doing much better, he's still in Oklahoma. "I was truly hoping to be able to transpor…