49 Displaced By Multi-Alarm Paterson Fire 49 Displaced By Multi-Alarm Paterson Fire
49 Displaced By Multi-Alarm Paterson Fire Nearly 50 people were displaced by a five-alarm fire Sunday, Feb. 23 in Paterson, officials said. The blaze erupted around 5 p.m. at multiple multi-family homes on Totowa Avenue. The American Red Cross was assisting 49 people from 13 different families.
PA Man Retrieving $50K In Fentanyl At Paterson Post Office Arrested, Sheriff Says PA Man Retrieving $50K In Fentanyl At Paterson Post Office Arrested, Sheriff Says
PA Man Retrieving $50K In Fentanyl At Paterson Post Office Arrested, Sheriff Says A 31-year-old Pennsylvania man was arrested after attempting to retrieve a package containing two kilograms of fentanyl at a New Jersey post office, authorities said. Werling Santiago Tejada-Jimenez, of Reading, PA, was taken into custody after a joint investigation by the Passaic County Sheriff's Office and U.S. Postal Police led to a controlled delivery, Sheriff Thomas Adamo announced. Investigators intercepted a suspicious parcel intended for a Paterson address and obtained a court-approved search warrant, Adamo said. The package was found to contain two kilograms of fentanyl, authoritie…
Route 46 Stolen Car Chase Crosses County Lines, Ends In Foot Pursuit: Clifton Police Route 46 Stolen Car Chase Crosses County Lines, Ends In Foot Pursuit: Clifton Police
Route 46 Stolen Car Chase Crosses County Lines, Ends In Foot Pursuit: Clifton Police A police chase ended with a dramatic foot pursuit across Route 46 and the arrests of three people in a stolen car, authorities said. The incident unfolded around 6:05 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, when Clifton Police Officers Michael McNally and Anderson Ferreira spotted a Black Honda Accord driving erratically on Route 21 North before merging onto Route 46 East, Clifton Police Lt Robert Anderson said. When officers attempted a traffic stop, the driver sped up to evade them, struck another vehicle, and continued down the exit ramp to River Drive in Elmwood Park, Anderson said. The suspect aband…
Gunman In Valentine's Day Hotel Armed Robbery Sought By Cops In Mahwah Gunman In Valentine's Day Hotel Armed Robbery Sought By Cops In Mahwah
Gunman In Valentine's Day Hotel Armed Robbery Sought By Cops In Mahwah Authorities in Bergen County are searching for a 31-year-old man with Paterson, NJ and Wilkes-Barre, PA ties accused of an armed robbery in a hotel parking lot. Henry X. Rodriguez is wanted in connection to an incident that occurred on Friday, Feb. 14, at approximately 8:12 p.m., according to Detective Sergeant Eric Larsen of the Mahwah Police Department. Police say Rodriguez confronted a man and woman in the parking lot of a local hotel, brandished a handgun, and stole the woman’s purse before fleeing the scene. Rodriguez is known to have ties to both Paterson, NJ, and Wilkes-Barre, PA. A…
Final Ride: Paterson Motor Officer Laid To Rest, Honored With Special Sendoff Final Ride: Paterson Motor Officer Laid To Rest, Honored With Special Sendoff
Final Ride: Paterson Motor Officer Laid To Rest, Honored With Special Sendoff Former Paterson Police Officer Anthony DeSopo was honored with a heartfelt farewell on Thursday, Feb. 13, as colleagues and loved ones gathered to pay their final respects. The department shared powerful images of a solemn police procession, featuring DeSopo's former patrol bike—a touching tribute to his years of service. DeSopo, who retired in January 2024, tragically lost his life in a snowmobile accident in Pennsylvania on Friday, Feb. 7. He was 55 years old. Photos captured officers standing at attention, lining the city streets in salute as a black hearse, flanked by Paterson motor of…
Former NJ Firefighter Kills Wife, Takes Own Life In Mt. Pocono Murder-Suicide: Police Former NJ Firefighter Kills Wife, Takes Own Life In Mt. Pocono Murder-Suicide: Police
Former NJ Firefighter Kills Wife, Takes Own Life In Mt. Pocono Murder-Suicide: Police A New Jersey native killed his wife before taking his own life days before Christmas in Mt. Pocono, Pennsylvania, police announced on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. Craig Zigarelli, 54, a former Rockaway Township, NJ, volunteer firefighter, fatally stabbed Joann Alberti, 47, inside their home on Brookville Terrace before turning a gun on himself, according to a Pocono Mountain Regional Police investigation and a Monroe County Coroner’s ruling. Officers discovered the couple’s bodies on Dec. 23, 2024, at 1:54 p.m., after being dispatched for a welfare check. A concerned family member had reported…
PA Parents Sold NJ Heroin From Filthy Home With Kids Inside: DA PA Parents Sold NJ Heroin From Filthy Home With Kids Inside: DA
PA Parents Sold NJ Heroin From Filthy Home With Kids Inside: DA Two parents in Stroud Township are accused of selling heroin and fentanyl from their home while their young children lived in dangerous, squalid conditions, authorities announced on Friday, Feb. 7. Jessica Walters, 35, and Robert Nochella, 35, were arrested after Monroe County detectives and Children and Youth Services discovered drug paraphernalia, scales, and packaging materials scattered throughout their home on Thursday, Feb. 6, officials said. Walters was reportedly withdrawing from fentanyl during the investigation, according to the criminal complaints. The home, where Walters and Noc…
Hardworking Grandfather Killed Clearing Snow Off Car In Paterson Was 'Joy In The Room' Hardworking Grandfather Killed Clearing Snow Off Car In Paterson Was 'Joy In The Room'
Hardworking Grandfather Killed Clearing Snow Off Car In Paterson Was 'Joy In The Room' A 59-year-old father and grandfather killed in a hit-and-run crash while clearing snow from his car leaves behind a grieving family that remembers him as a hardworking man who always put others first. Abel Herrera Cardoso was struck by a green Chevy Trailblazer near Alabama and Trenton avenues at approximately 8:50 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 3, according to Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Officer-In-Charge Patrick Murray. Officers arrived to find Herrera suffering from severe injuries, officials said. He was rushed to Saint Joseph’s University Medical Center, where…
Surge In ICE Arrests In NJ Prompts Massive Immigrant Rights Rally In Passaic Surge In ICE Arrests In NJ Prompts Massive Immigrant Rights Rally In Passaic
Surge In ICE Arrests In NJ Prompts Massive Immigrant Rights Rally In Passaic Hundreds of immigrant families and community members are expected to gather on Saturday, Feb. 8, in Passaic for immigrant rights and to protest recent attacks on their communities. Organized by Make The Road NJ, the rally is expected to begin at 2:30 p.m. at the corner of Passaic and Paulison Avenues. Dubbed “We Are Home: March for Immigrant Rights," the march is part of a larger movement demanding protections for immigrants across New Jersey. Organizers say the march comes at a critical time. On Jan. 29, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reported 1,016 arrests a…
Victim Cleaning Snow Off Car Killed By Hit-Run Driver In Paterson: Prosecutor (PHOTOS) Victim Cleaning Snow Off Car Killed By Hit-Run Driver In Paterson: Prosecutor (PHOTOS)
Victim Cleaning Snow Off Car Killed By Hit-Run Driver In Paterson: Prosecutor (Photos) A hit-and-run driver has been charged in connection with a crash that claimed the life of a 59-year-old man cleaning snow off of his vehicle earlier this week in Paterson, authorities said. Shakim D. Adams, 21, was behind the wheel of a green  Chevy Trailblazer when he struck Abel Herrera, 59, near Alabama and Trenton avenues around 8:50 a.m. Monday, Feb. 3, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In-Charge Patrick Murray said. Officers arrived at the scene to find Herrera suffering from severe injuries, officials said. He was rushed…
DUI Pickup Driver Sentenced In Fair Lawn Crash That Killed Music Producer Set To Wed DUI Pickup Driver Sentenced In Fair Lawn Crash That Killed Music Producer Set To Wed
DUI Pickup Driver Sentenced In Fair Lawn Crash That Killed Music Producer Set To Wed A Hawthorne man has been sentenced to six years in New Jersey State Prison after pleading guilty to vehicular homicide and DWI in a Fair Lawn crash that killed a 33-year-old music producer and entrepreneur. William M. Clark, who was 38 at the time of the crash, was sentenced on Thursday, Jan. 30, before Bergen County Superior Court Judge Kevin Purvin, in the crash that killed Harole Almonte, according to the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office.  Prosecutors had sought a seven-year sentence, but Clark ultimately received six years, subject to New Jersey’s No Early Release Act (NERA), mean…
Secaucus Prostitution Ring Courier Surveilled Hotels Across NJ: Police Secaucus Prostitution Ring Courier Surveilled Hotels Across NJ: Police
Secaucus Prostitution Ring Courier Surveilled Hotels Across NJ: Police A 41-year-old Paterson man was arrested and charged on Thursday, Jan. 30 with working as a courier for a prostitution ring in Secaucus, authorities said. Roland Jiimenenz-Rodriguez was surveilled at various hotels/motels in Secaucus along with others in Bergen and Middlesex Counties, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Jiimenez-Rodriguez would meet with prostitutes at the hotels/motels to collect money from them and then deposit the illegal gains into a bank in Paterson, Miller said.  Jiimenez-Rodriguez would then electronically disburse the funds, laundering thousands of d…