CRIME & SAFETY
N.J. doctor accused of groping 6 patients during exams gets license revoked
A New Jersey cardiologist accused by six women of groping and fondling them during medical exams has had his medical license revoked by the state Board of Medical Examiners in a case that took nearly a decade to resolve, officials said Friday. John Strobeck entered a consent order with the...
'I survived you': Ramapo College kidnapping victim confronts defendant at sentencing
HACKENSACK — A young woman told the man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping her that she is no longer a victim when she confronted him at his sentencing on Monday. With her family and friends at her back, Alexis Ruhlen read her victim impact statement to the court, describing her harrowing experience as Pawel Sliwinski, her boyfriend of two years, kidnapped her at knifepoint from the Ramapo College of New Jersey campus on Oct. 13, 2022.
NJ bank employee admits to stealing more than $100K from dead customer
NEWARK, N.J. (PIX11) – A former bank employee in New Jersey admitted to stealing more than $100,000 in federal retirement benefits from a dead customer’s account, U.S. Attorney Phillip R. Sellinger said Thursday. Jorge Nova, a 35-year-old bank employee from Passaic, N.J., pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud, court documents show. The deceased […]
Crash shut down Route 23 south in Pequannock
Route 23 south was shut down Tuesday night by an accident investigation in Pequannock. The crash just before 8 p.m. closed all the southbound lanes and the left northbound lane north of Alexander Avenue, according to the NJ Department of Transportation. ...
Inmate Beaten Passaic Jail Blind Spot Lorenzo Bowden Urine
Officer Lorenzo Bowden, 39, initially agreed with Sgt. Jose Gonzalez and Sgt. Donald Vinales not to talk after they'd received federal grand jury subpoenas two years ago this month, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said. Bowden eventually had a change of heart. The pretrial detainee was "transported through an area of...
Wayne Motorcyclist, 37, Killed In Route 23 Crash: Morris County Prosecutor
At 7:40 p.m., Mojtaba Kahn's motorcycle collided with the pickup truck at an intersection at Route 23 South and Alexander Avenue in Pequannock, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said. When first responders arrived on scene, Kahn was unconscious and not breathing and he was ultimately pronounced dead at the scene,...
SEEN HER? Concerns Grow Following Unconfirmed Call That Missing Englewood Woman Was Dead
𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚: A caller's claim that a missing single mom had died hasn't been confirmed, said authorities in Englewood who've stepped up their search for her.Concerns initially were raised when Cynthia Anderson, 33, who'd recently been homeless, stopped communicating with friends, police said.They becam…
Already charged with fraud, Bergen County real estate influencer faces new lawsuit
A Bergen real estate influencer accused of fraud and charged in a Ponzi scheme is facing another lawsuit. Cesar Pina, his wife, Jennifer, and their companies, and Raashaun Casey, a popular DJ known as DJ Envy, have been embroiled in about two dozen lawsuits since last spring. They are accused of defrauding people...
Max Azzarello who set himself on fire outside Trump trial stuck tongue out in mugshot, was ‘suicidal’ when arrested: records
The man who lit himself on fire outside Manhattan court during former President Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial Friday had been arrested twice in Florida in the last year, police reports obtained by The Post show. Max Azzarello was arrested in St. Augustine and booked on Aug. 21, 2023 on charges he disturbed the peace. He was let go the next day then arrested again on Aug. 24 on charges of damage to property and criminal mischief. At the second booking cops noted he was suicidal and in the bizarre accompanying mugshot, Azzarello can be seen sticking out his tongue with one eye closed. On both...
Paterson Fugitive US Marshals East Orange Prospect Park Shot
It was just before 5 a.m. this past Jan. 1 that the 25-year-old victim from Prospect Park arrived at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center via private vehicle. She’d been shot near the corner of Market Street and East 33rd Street, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In- Charge Isa Abbassi said in a joint announcement.
Jawbone found by rock-collecting child identified as that of Marine who died in 1951 training accident
A jawbone discovered two decades ago in Arizona by a boy with a rock collection was positively identified decades later as that of a Marine who died in a 1951 training accident. Last year, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office turned the piece of bone over to the Ramapo College Investigative...
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