Local Police Sergeant In Bergen County Charged With Pocketing PBA Funds Local Police Sergeant In Bergen County Charged With Pocketing PBA Funds
Local Police Sergeant In Bergen County Charged With Pocketing PBA Funds A Northvale police sergeant is accused of embezzling more than $75,000 from local PBA accounts. Sgt. Charles J. “CJ” Amorosso, 35, “made cash withdrawals and transferred money out of multiple PBA (Police Benevolent Association) bank accounts without authorization,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Tuesday, April 26. Detectives from Musella’s office charged Amorosso with theft on Monday following an investigation stemming from a Feb. 25 complaint, the prosecutor said. BERGEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE PRESS RELEASE: Northvale Police Sergeant Charged With Theft Of PBA Funds Am…
SUV Crash Leaves Bergen Home Uninhabitable SUV Crash Leaves Bergen Home Uninhabitable
SUV Crash Leaves Bergen Home Uninhabitable A Northvale home was deemed uninhabitable after an SUV plowed into it, authorities said. The Ford Flex barreled up the West Avenue driveway, through bushes and into the house at 12:40 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, Northvale Police Chief Howard J. Ostrow said. Both the driver, 68, from Closter, and her 67-year-old boyfriend from Northvale refused further medical attention after being evaluated by Englewood Hospital and Medical Center EMS, the chief said. Northvale firefighters assisted police at the scene, Ostrow said. The vehicle was towed and a building official said the residence wasn't safe …
Overnight Fire Severely Damages Norwood Home Overnight Fire Severely Damages Norwood Home
Overnight Fire Severely Damages Norwood Home Flames blew through the roof of a Norwood home near the Rockland County border. Firefighters battled extreme cold and slippery conditions to douse the upper-floor bedroom blaze, which broke out on Broadway just off Piermont Road around 2 a.m. Sunday. No serious injuries were immediately reported. Mutual aid responders either at the scene or in coverage included firefighters from Harrington Park, Closter, Demarest, Northvale and Old Tappan. Firefighters battled extreme cold and icy conditions in the overnight Norwood blaze.Closter FD
Driver, 23, Killed When Vehicle Hits His Disabled Sedan On Palisades Interstate Parkway Driver, 23, Killed When Vehicle Hits His Disabled Sedan On Palisades Interstate Parkway
Driver, 23, Killed When Vehicle Hits His Disabled Sedan On Palisades Interstate Parkway A 23-year-old driver from Northvale was killed when his disabled car was struck by another overnight Monday on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Alpine, authorities said. The victim's 2002 Honda Civic was stopped in the fast lane of the northbound highway about a mile before Exit 4 in Alpine when it was struck by a 2021 Subaru shortly before 2 a.m., PIP Police Detective Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. Police conducted CPR but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene, Walters said. The three occupants of the other vehicle -- a 19-year-old man from Valley Stream, Long Island, w…
Teen Daughter Of Slain Fair Lawn Mom 'Lost Her Best Friend' Teen Daughter Of Slain Fair Lawn Mom 'Lost Her Best Friend'
Teen Daughter Of Slain Fair Lawn Mom 'Lost Her Best Friend' TRIBUTE: Jeanette Willem "was not much for attention," but the late Fair Lawn mom would've appreciated the tidal wave of love and support that has come her family's way, her grieving brother said. A funeral service is scheduled this Monday for Willem, 43, who was slain at her job at Jamis Bikes in Northvale this week. "Everyone has been so supportive," Matthew Willem wrote Friday afternoon, adding that his sister "would have loved seeing everyone come together during this time." The shock and grief has barely subsided since news of Jeanette Willem's death was announced on Wednesday. A co-…
Prosecutor: Harrington Park Man Killed Fair Lawn Mom With Hammer At Bergen Bicycle Distributor Prosecutor: Harrington Park Man Killed Fair Lawn Mom With Hammer At Bergen Bicycle Distributor
Prosecutor: Harrington Park Man Killed Fair Lawn Mom With Hammer At Bergen Bicycle Distributor UPDATE: A Harrington Park warehouse worker killed a Fair Lawn mom with a ball peen hammer at an international bicycle distributor in Northvale, authorities said. Christian Giron, 24, was quickly taken into custody after the body of co-worker Jeanette Willem, 43, was found at Jamis Bikes at 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Giron is charged with murder, weapons offenses and hindering arrest. The killing came less than 24 hours before another, this one in Little Ferry, and was the third of fourth homicides reported in Bergen County in 10 days (SEE: Man Stabbed …
Woman Killed, Suspect Seized At Bergen County Industrial Building Woman Killed, Suspect Seized At Bergen County Industrial Building
Woman Killed, Suspect Seized At Bergen County Industrial Building A Harrington Park warehouse worker killed a Fair Lawn mom with a ball peen hammer at an international bicycle distributor in Northvale, authorities said. Christian Giron, 24, was quickly taken into custody after the body of co-worker Jeanette Willem, 43, was found at Jamis Bikes at 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Giron is charged with murder, weapons offenses and hindering arrest. The killing came less than 24 hours before another, this one in Little Ferry, and was the third of fourth homicides reported in Bergen County in 10 days (SEE: Man Stabbed Dea…
Smoky Roof Fire Doused At Bergen County Nursing Home Smoky Roof Fire Doused At Bergen County Nursing Home
Smoky Roof Fire Doused At Bergen County Nursing Home Firefighters doused a smoky blaze at a Bergen County nursing home Friday afternoon. The building was evacuated and there didn't initially appear to be any serious injuries after the fire broke out between the roof and second floor at the Russ Berrie Home for Jewish Living around 1:30 p.m., responders said. Workers have been replacing sections of the roof for the past week and a half, they said. "The area they've been working on is the original flat roof, not the new, peaked addition that was put on the front of the building," one explained. Northvale firefighters were joined, either at t…
Driver, 21, Killed In Predawn Closter Crash Driver, 21, Killed In Predawn Closter Crash
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. …
Rockland Scooter Driver Airlifted, Passenger Taken By Ambulance Following Northvale Crash Rockland Scooter Driver Airlifted, Passenger Taken By Ambulance Following Northvale Crash
Rockland Scooter Driver Airlifted, Passenger Taken By Ambulance Following Northvale Crash A Rockland man was airlifted to the hospital after he and a female passenger were struck riding a scooter in Northvale. The 48-year-old victim from Piermont was heading north on Livingston Street around 10:30 p.m. when the driver of a sedan made a left into the Citgo gas station and hit the Vespa, Police Chief Howard J. Ostrow said. Air Med 1 flew him to Hackensack University Medical Center with traumatic injuries after landing at John L. Hogan Memorial Park. His female passenger was taken to the hospital by ambulance, Ostrow said. The sedan driver, a 40-year-old Orangeburg man, was relea…
Northvale Firefighters Free Two 22-Year-Olds Trapped By Live Wires In Utility Pole Crash Northvale Firefighters Free Two 22-Year-Olds Trapped By Live Wires In Utility Pole Crash
Northvale Firefighters Free Two 22-Year-Olds Trapped By Live Wires In Utility Pole Crash Northvale firefighters extricated two 22-year-old men from the area who avoided serious injury when their sedan slammed into a utility pole, shattering it and strewing live wires across the vehicle. The 2019 Acura was headed east on Paris Avenue near the Rockleigh border when it left the roadway and slammed into the pole around 10 p.m. Sunday, Police Chief Howard J. Ostrow said. Firefighters got the Westwood driver and his male Old Tappan passenger out safely, Ostrow said. An Orange & Rockland Utilities crew cleared the lines and pole, pieces of which had fallen in a driveway, the chie…
Driver, 65, Injured In State Line Rollover Driver, 65, Injured In State Line Rollover
Driver, 65, Injured In State Line Rollover A 65-year-old driver was hospitalized with back and neck injuries Tuesday after rolling his sedan near the Bergen/Rockland border. The driver got out under his own steam following the crash outside the Northvale Square Shopping Center on Livingston Street, barely 100 yards from the New York State line. Firefighters from Northvale and Tappan, NY, responded along with borough police and the Closter Volunteer Ambulance and Rescue Corps, which took him to Hackensack University Medical Center. Orangetown police temporarily closed their end of Route 303. Livingston Street was closed at the other…