CRIME & SAFETY
Paramus School Bus Driver's Parole Possible At Anniversary Of Horrific Crash That Killed Two
Hudy Muldrow, now 83, was taking 40 East Brook Middle School fifth graders and a small group of adults on a field trip to Waterloo Village on May 17, 2018 when he got lost and tried to make an illegal U-turn on the busy interstate in Mount Olive. A dump...
Funeral arrangements scheduled for Passaic Police Officer Brian Lora
PASSAIC — Funeral arrangements have been scheduled for Brian Lora, the 29-year-old, three-year city police officer who died suddenly on Monday. Visitation will be held on Sunday from 5 to 9 p.m. at Funeraria Alvarez, 66 Passaic Ave., Passaic. Mass will be celebrated on Monday at 10 a.m. at St. Anthony's Church, at...
For 25 years, N.J. woman collected over $1M of her dead aunt’s benefits, feds allege
A New Jersey woman was indicted Thursday on charges she collected over $1 million intended for her deceased aunt over a period of 25 years, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Janis Miller, 77, of South Orange was charged with one count of fraud for collecting payments from the Social...
Police ID Driver, 33, Killed In Fiery Atlantic County Crash
A Passaic County man died in a fiery crash in Atlantic County, authorities said.An Absecon officer saw the vehicle on fire off Route 30 near Delilah Road just before 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, Apr. 28, the police department said in a news release. The vehicle was spotted near the former site of Bayview …
Pedestrian struck by NJ Transit train early Wednesday in Garfield
A pedestrian was hit by a train early Wednesday morning, causing delays and cancellations along the Bergen County Line, NJ Transit said. At about 5:33 a.m., an out-of-service train was being moved on the Bergen County Line when it struck and injured a pedestrian near Plauderville Station in Garfield. There were no customers...
Bud Bus Owner Bill Schlette Arrested
Bud Bus Inc. Founder William Schlette, of West Nyack, was charged with deceptive business practices, money laundering, and drug offenses, according to Warren County Prosecutor Anthony Picone. Two search warrants on Schlette's Bud Bus Inc, a van parked at 1077 State Highway 94 in Frelinghuysen Township, on March 7, culminated...
Families of victims in fatal N.J. school bus crash settle lawsuits for $20.5M
A trucking company involved in a 2018 Paramus school bus crash in Morris County that left two people dead has settled a lawsuit for $650,000, bringing total settlement amounts in the case to more than $20 million, an attorney said Wednesday. Bruce Nagel, who represented the families of one child...
NYPD officer ‘accidentally’ fired gun during raid on Columbia anti-Israel protesters inside Hamilton Hall
An NYPD officer accidentally fired his gun while storming Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall Tuesday night during the operation to oust anti-Israel protesters who illegally took over the building, according to police sources. The cop did not appear to aim the weapon at anyone, and no one was injured, said Douglas Cohen, a spokesperson for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office. Sources told The Post it was likely an accidental discharge. Barnard student twice arrested at Columbia protests refuses to say whether Israel has right to exist The DA’s Police Accountability Unit is investigating the shooting, Cohen noted: “It is our policy to review such incidents.” The cop fired the weapon...
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