PA Man Charged With Attempted Murder In Rahway Shooting
A Pennsylvania man was arrested in a 2019 Rahway shooting, authorities said Friday.
Clifford Cooley, 38, of Allentown, PA, was charged with attempted murder, burglary, weapons offenses and aggravated assault in the Nov. 8, 2019 incident, Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Rahway Police Chief John Rodger said.
Shortly before 1 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, Rahway police rushed to a home on the 1300 block of Fulton Street near the downtown train station where they found a man with a gunshot wound in his face, according to Union County Assistant Prosecutor Meghan Tomlin…
Paterson Detectives Bust Five, Seize 2,000 Heroin Folds, 82 Crack Bags, $5,255 Cash
Paterson detectives seized more than 2,000 heroin folds, 82 bags of crack and more than $5,200 in drug proceeds in a pair of busts.
The investigators were in an unmarked car Thursday night when they saw a heroin deal go down in the parking lot of the Popeye’s on Market Street, city Police Director Jerry Speziale said.
They moved in and arrested Muhammad R. Al-Barr, 49, of Newark, who they said sold 10 heroin envelopes to a 27-year-old Rahway woman, Speziale said.
Seized were 1,250 heroin folds, 82 crack baggies, two crystal meth baggies and $2,513 in cash, he…
Bayonne PD: Burglars Used Forklift To Load $5K Of Stolen Goods Into Stolen Rental Truck
Two people were caught breaking into a Bayonne warehouse and using forklifts to load $5,000 of goods into a rental truck, authorities said.
The owner of a Hook Road business watching the burglary in progress via CCTV called police around 1:45 a.m. Sunday, HudsonCountyView reports.
Responding officers saw one man later identified as Amir Ibrahim, 37, of Rahway, operating a forklift, according to Bayonne Capt. Eric Amato. Another man, later identified as Anthony Padilla, 43, of Bayonne, was loading the goods into a Ryder truck, which had been stolen out of Colorado earlier this summer, police…
'The Simpsons' Lovers Behind Union County Bagel Shop D'OH Are Anything But Average
D’OH Bagels in Rahway is anything but your average breakfast joint. The mom-and-pop shop opened its doors in the summer of 2017 and makes each item fresh in-store each morning.
The shop’s name, of course, is an homage to the Simpsons as well as a quirky play on words.
“My husband grew up loving 'The Simpsons,' which is partially where the name D'OH! came from,” said Erin Leonard, who runs the shop with her husband, Manny. "But it’s sort of a pun since we make all of our dough in-house, too.”
Donut varieties include cinnamon crumb, birthday cake, chocolate peanut butter, chocolate Oreo,…
