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Hackensack Woman Dumps Boiling Water On Man, 69, During Apartment House Argument: Police
The victim fortunately escaped with minor injuries, for which he was treated at Hackensack University Medical Center following the assault shortly before 10:30 a.m. Wednesday morning May 15 assault at the notorious Lehigh Street apartment complex. Evelyn Sampson, 62, meanwhile, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and illegal weapons...
Man inappropriately touched sleeping child during visit with family, investigators allege
A man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly inappropriately touched a juvenile who was visiting family members in Hackensack, authorities said. The Hackensack Police Department contacted the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office on May 12 about the suspected abuse, the office said. Detectives alleged Diego Buri-Mora, 33, of Hackensack touched...
Second Bergen Mom In Two Days Charged With Driving To Child's School Drunk
A staff member at the Lenape Meadows School alerted Resource Officer Michael Jack to a possibly drunk woman attending a special Mother’s Day tea on the property shortly after 9:30 a.m. Friday, May 10, Mahwah Police Lt. Michael Blondin said. She reportedly “was stumbling and her speech was slurred,”...
Man who drowned at Jersey Shore beach identified by family
The family of a man who drowned last weekend in Spring Lake identified him in a GoFundMe fundraiser that seeks to send his body back to his native Ecuador. Wilmer Lalvay, 23, of Belleville, drowned May 4 off a beach near St. Clair Avenue in the Monmouth County town. If...
Newark Woman Arrested After Offering ‘Loosies’ Near Shelter
NEWARK — A woman, who spoke out publicly about what she and other residents said are the deteriorating conditions at a city-funded homeless shelter, told TAPinto Newark she was unjustly arrested on Friday evening after handing out loose cigarettes and accepting money in return. Nicole Gibbings, 52, a resident of the Hotel Riviera shelter, said she was parked next to the building with her emotional support pit bull, Diamond, in the passenger seat and her 30-year-old son in the back seat when about six officers moved in and ordered her out of the vehicle at about 7 p.m.CLICK...
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