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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.
Bergen County lottery player wins $50,000 on scratch-off ticket
A trip to a convenience store turned into a big payday for one Bergen County lottery player. The New Jersey Lottery announced Thursday on social media that a $50,000 prize was recently won at the Quick Mart on Franklin Turnpike in Mahwah. The lottery player spent $30 on a $50,000...
What turned this Bergen County brook bright green? We found the answer
"Who had 'radioactive river' on the Garfield bingo board?" asked one Garfield resident on Facebook on Wednesday morning alongside a photo of an unnaturally green body of water. This post in the Garfield Deserves Better Facebook group stirred up a conversation with several residents, all wondering why the Fleischer Brook near Price Rite on Outwater Lane was bright green. ...
10 most expensive homes sold in Bergen County, April 8-14
A house in Ridgewood that sold for $5.6 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Bergen County in the past week. In total, 194 residential real estate sales were recorded in the county during the past week, with an average price of $791,996. The average price per square foot ended up at $385.
Man accused of punching boy, 11, selling candy in NYC subway station: sources
MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) — A man allegedly punched an 11-year-old boy while he was selling candy with his older brother in a Manhattan subway station on Wednesday, according to law enforcement sources. Alvin Doris allegedly confronted the young vendors and stole one of their cellphones in the Broadway-Lafayette subway station in Lower Manhattan at around […]
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,...
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 […]
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