Catalytic Converter Thieves Drawing Intense Attention Of Police In Teaneck Catalytic Converter Thieves Drawing Intense Attention Of Police In Teaneck
Catalytic Converter Thieves Drawing Intense Attention Of Police In Teaneck It began with an overnight call to police from a Teaneck resident who heard an electric saw being used just outside the family's home. In no time, catalytic converter thieves had hit at least a dozen vehicles in the area, Police Chief Andrew R. McGurr said. Such thieves have been cutting out converters and selling them for scrap for years. It's recently become something of an epidemic, though -- one that is made all the more visible by the explosion of home security video. The highly-prized emissions-control devices help remove nitrogen oxide and other potentially toxic pollutants from a v…
Masked Robber Hits Longmeadow Bank: Report Masked Robber Hits Longmeadow Bank: Report
Masked Robber Hits Longmeadow Bank: Report There was a large police presence outside of Berkshire Bank in Longmeadow Monday afternoon as police investigate a robbery that happened around 11 a.m., police said.  Police said a man walked into the Longmeadow Street bank and handed the teller a note that demanded cash. No one was hurt, Longmeadow police said.  Police described the man as between 5-feet-5-inches tall and 5 feet 6 and weighing about 250 pounds. He wore a black mask and clothing and sped away in a light-colored Honda CRV after the robbery.  On Monday, January 30, 2023 at approximately 11:00 AM, Longmeadow Police Depar…
Woman Killed In Chain-Reaction Bridgeport Crash Woman Killed In Chain-Reaction Bridgeport Crash
Woman Killed In Chain-Reaction Bridgeport Crash A Fairfield County woman was killed in a six-vehicle crash after a 22-year-old man ran into the back of a car, setting off a chain-reaction crash. The incident took place in Bridgeport around 6:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 20, on Linen Avenue. According to Sgt. Darryl Wilson, of the Bridgeport Police, a 2022 Honda CRV, driven by Gladys Andrade, age 74, of Bridgeport, was hit from behind by a silver 2014 Nissan Pathfinder driven by 22-year-old Yuri Barral of Bridgeport, The impact pushed, the 2022 Honda CRV into an oncoming silver 2015 Dodge Charger driven by 27-year-old Brandon Viera of Bridgepor…
Seen Them? Duo Steals Wallet At Mohegan Lake Walmart, Police Say Seen Them? Duo Steals Wallet At Mohegan Lake Walmart, Police Say
Seen Them? Duo Steals Wallet At Mohegan Lake Walmart, Police Say Police are looking for two suspects who they say stole a wallet at a Walmart in Northern Westchester.  The wallet, which contained financial cards, personal ID including a passport, and cash, was stolen at the Walmart in Mohegan Lake at 3133 East Main St. (Route 6) on Sunday, Dec. 18, according to an announcement by state police from Wednesday, Jan. 18.  In photos taken from security footage, the suspects are seen wearing dark-colored hoodies and driving a grey or silver SUV that is possibly a Honda CRV with unknown registration. Anyone with any information as to their identities is asked…
Missing Framingham Woman, 33, Found In Boston Area: Police Missing Framingham Woman, 33, Found In Boston Area: Police
Missing Framingham Woman, 33, Found In Boston Area: Police UPDATE: Framingham Police report DeShazo has been located in the Boston area and is with her family.  Framingham Police are asking for the public's help in finding a missing woman who could be danger because of health reasons, the department said,  Madeline DeShazo, age 33, was last seen in Framingham on Thursday, Jan. 12, police said. She is thought to have left in her black Honda CRV, bearing Washington plate BFC2456.  DeShazo is described as a White woman, standing 5'5," weighing 230 pounds with hazel eyes and brown hair. DeShazo might be wearing white pants and a baggy yellow white jac…
Pickup Driver In Horrific Head-On Ridgewood Crash With 80-Year-Old Motorist Was DWI: Police Pickup Driver In Horrific Head-On Ridgewood Crash With 80-Year-Old Motorist Was DWI: Police
Pickup Driver In Horrific Head-On Ridgewood Crash With 80-Year-Old Motorist Was DWI: Police A driver from Hawthorne was drunk when his pickup truck slammed head-on into an SUV driven by an 80-year-old Waldwick woman in Ridgewood, authorities charged. Thomas Michalski, 59, was headed south on North Monroe Street when his Chevy Silverado crossed the double-yellow line Fairmount Road and collided with a northbound Honda CRV around 11:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. Both drivers were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, the chief said. What was left of the Chevrolet Silverado.Boyd A. Loving Michaski was charged with DWI, making an unsafe l…
Horrific Head-On Crash In Ridgewood Leaves Twisted Wreckage Horrific Head-On Crash In Ridgewood Leaves Twisted Wreckage
Horrific Head-On Crash In Ridgewood Leaves Twisted Wreckage A driver from Hawthorne was drunk when his pickup truck slammed head-on into an SUV driven by an 80-year-old Waldwick woman in Ridgewood, authorities charged. Thomas Michalski, 59, was headed south on North Monroe Street when his Chevy Silverado crossed the double-yellow line Fairmount Road and collided with a northbound Honda CRV around 11:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. Both drivers were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, the chief said. Michaski was charged with DWI, making an unsafe lane change and not wearing a seat belt, she said. Ridgewoo…
Stolen VIN-Switched SUV Stopped, Driver Busted By Passaic County Sheriff's Detectives Stolen VIN-Switched SUV Stopped, Driver Busted By Passaic County Sheriff's Detectives
Stolen Vin-switched SUV Stopped, Driver Busted By Passaic County Sheriff's Detectives A Dominican national was driving a “re-VINned” SUV that had been stolen out of the Bronx when Passaic County sheriff’s officers stopped him, authorities said. Members of the department’s Fugitive and Warrant Squad arrested Estaury Lanfranco, 27, after he pulled the Honda CRV into the parking lot of the Home Depot in Paterson, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Lanfranco was carrying a bogus New Jersey title for the vehicle that matched a phony VIN number, the sheriff said. It turns out the CRV had been reported stolen on Jan. 4, he added. Lanfranco was issued complaints for receiving stole…
One Airlifted After Machinery Falls Off Hunterdon County Dump Truck, Impales SUV Roof: UPDATE One Airlifted After Machinery Falls Off Hunterdon County Dump Truck, Impales SUV Roof: UPDATE
One Airlifted After Machinery Falls Off Hunterdon County Dump Truck, Impales SUV Roof: Update A 47-year-old driver was flown to a nearby hospital after a piece of machinery fell from a dump truck towing a well-drilling machine, impaling the roof of an SUV in Hunterdon County Thursday afternoon, authorities said. The accident occurred on Bridge Street near the High Bridge Train Station in High Bridge around 1:45 p.m., the HBPD said. A Honda CRV was found in the southbound lane impaled by the machinery, which had fallen from a northbound White Chevy dump truck trailering a well-drilling machine as the 59-year-old driver, of Hamburg, was turning right onto Route 513N, according to poli…
Law & Odor: K9 Sniffs Out Crack, Loaded Gun During Route 46 Stop In Little Ferry Law & Odor: K9 Sniffs Out Crack, Loaded Gun During Route 46 Stop In Little Ferry
Law & Odor: K9 Sniffs Out Crack, Loaded Gun During Route 46 Stop In Little Ferry A motorist who refused to let a Little Ferry officer search his SUV following a stop on Route 46 was arrested, authorities said, after a police dog led his partner to crack and a loaded gun. Officer James Serio stopped the 2012 Honda CRV with dark-tinted windows after the registration came up suspended during a quick computer check shortly after 4 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, Police Chief James Walters said. The driver -- identified as Reynaldo Perez, 41, of North Bergen -- began "aimlessly looking through the same documents" when he was asked for and couldn't produce the necessary paperwork, Se…
Maryland State Police ID Nissan Altima That Kicked Off Fatal Hit-Run Crash On I-95 Maryland State Police ID Nissan Altima That Kicked Off Fatal Hit-Run Crash On I-95
Maryland State Police ID Nissan Altima That Kicked Off Fatal Hit-Run Crash On I-95 Recognize this vehicle? Maryland State Police investigators are seeking the public's assistance in tracking down the driver of a vehicle sporting new Jersey tags that is believed to have been involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash in Prince George’s County over the weekend. Investigators say that they are looking for a black 2009 Nissan Altima with the New Jersey license plate “P92NJE” that may have been involved in the fatal crash that killed 23-year-old Columbia resident Ceasar Alfred Charles Burke on Sunday, Dec. 4. Shortly before 10 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4, troopers from the Maryland S…
Driver Struck, Killed By Cars, Tractor-Trailer During Argument Outside Vehicle On I-95: Police Driver Struck, Killed By Cars, Tractor-Trailer During Argument Outside Vehicle On I-95: Police
Driver Struck, Killed By Cars, Tractor-Trailer During Argument Outside Vehicle On I-95: Police A violent scene played out on I-95 in Maryland early on Sunday morning when a man attempting to assist a woman who wandered into the roadway during an argument on the side of the road was struck by multiple cars, state police announced. Howard County resident Ceaser Alfred Charles Burke, 23, of Columbia, was pronounced dead after being struck by three vehicles - two of which fled the area - while offering aid to a woman he had been talking with in the shoulder of the roadway, police say. Shortly before 10 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4, troopers from the Maryland State Police College Park Barrack r…