CRIME & SAFETY
Documentary on 1973 murder of Joan D'Alessandro to premiere at Ridgewood film festival
A short film about a Bergen County girl abducted and murdered near her home more than a half-century ago is making its New Jersey debut Thursday at the Ridgewood International Film Festival. "Daughter of Mine," a documentary about the killing of 7-year-old Joan D'Alessandro in 1973, will premiere during the 13th annual festival,...
Gotcha! Teens Nabbed By Fair Lawn Police After Pursuit, Crash
The 17-year-old driver hit the gas and sped west when the officers pulled up on the SUV on Yerger Road at Menow Street shortly before 3 a.m. Sunday, April 21, Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Eric Eleshewich said. They chased the Audi Q5 into the city before it crashed at Market...
Millions in Passaic sheriff surveillance equipment locked away over national defense case
PATERSON — Millions of dollars' worth of surveillance cameras and other security equipment purchased for the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office remain in storage, frozen in a federal case involving national defense. The county spent about $13 million from November 2019 through August 2022 to buy the security devices...
Armed robbery at Maywood jewelry store under investigation
Authorities are investigating an armed robbery that occurred in Maywood on Tuesday morning. Maywood police responded to 42 West Pleasant Ave., home of Diamond Fantasy jewelers, after a 911 call at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, said a press release from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office. The Paramus and Rochelle Park police departments also joined the...
Immigrant found dead behind NYC pizzeria was ‘hissy-pissy drunk,’ local who wheeled him there on office chair says
A Staten Island man found dead behind a local pizzeria was “hissy pissy drunk” on the ground just hours earlier — according to a neighbor who cops say helped wheel him there in an office chair. John Young told The Post the victim, identified by sources and neighbors as Julio Morocho, 34, was sprawled out on his driveway early Sunday — and asked repeatedly to be taken to the pizza joint. “My daughter is a nurse and she called me and she said there was a man passed out in the driveway,” said Young, 61. “So I told my daughter, ‘Go over...
Fugitive Duo Caught On Mundy Lane In Mount Vernon: Police
The arrests of Dion Johnson, age 38, and Yolanda Lower, age 46, who were both wanted in connection with a stabbing in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, were announced by the Westchester County Police Department on Monday, April 22. According to the department, the events leading up to the arrests began when authorities...
Edenwald: Police Appeal for Help Locating 13-Year-Old Girl Reported Missing
The New York City Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a 13-year-old girl reported missing from the Edenwald section of The Bronx. Police said that Anaisa Coby of 3620 Marolla Place was last seen leaving her home on Saturday, April 20, at around 2.15 p.m. She is described as female, is around 5 feet, 8 inches tall, has black curly hair, and was last seen wearing a green coat, a white t-shirt, dark colored jeans and white sneakers.
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