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Bergenfield Teen Stabbed Juvenile Roy Brown School
It was shortly before 3:40 p.m. Monday, April 22, when officers responding to a call of a dispute found the victim with several stab wounds near the corner of West Clinton Avenue and South Front Street, Police Capt. William Duran said. A large group of juveniles split when police showed...
Paterson officer suspended after prisoner he was supposed to guard escapes from hospital
PATERSON — A prisoner in police custody escaped from St. Joseph’s University Medical Center on Sunday, and the Paterson police officer who was supposed to be guarding him has been suspended for 30 days. The prisoner, 38-year-old Anthony Juliano of Dumont, was apprehended soon after his escape, law enforcement sources said. ...
Judge convicts Spring Valley man for resisting arrest, violating protection order
NEW CITY — A 32-year-old Spring Valley man faces several years in state prison for charges related to a domestic violence incident during which a woman suffered injuries, the Rockland District Attorney's Office said Tuesday. County Court Judge Kevin Russo convicted Michael McCutchen of felony and misdemeanor charges that...
NYC Asian American will see prison time for role in brawl, protesters say he was defending himself
John Ong’s four years of what his family calls a “nightmare” will continue. In a Manhattan courtroom today, the 43-year-old Ong was sentenced to two and a half years in prison, then three years parole for second-degree assault and an eight-year order of protection for his victims including no social media contact. He was led away, handcuffed behind his back. He said nothing during the court procedure, only shaking his head no when asked by Judge Marisol Martinez Alonso if he had anything to say. Some 50-plus community supporters, most elderly, sat silently in the courtroom surrounded by 19 uniformed, armed court officers.
N.J. man, 66, stabbed multiple times outside Port Authority Bus Terminal
A 66-year-old man from Morris County is recovering in a hospital after he was stabbed multiple times Monday in a random attack outside the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York. The NY Post said the victim was on his way to work as a carpenter when he was stabbed...
Attleboro police arrest New York man accused of stealing used cooking oil
ATTLEBORO, Mass. (WJAR) — Attleboro police said a New York man was arrested early Tuesday morning after he allegedly stole used waste cooking oil that was stored behind businesses. Police said 38-year-old Wilkin Argamonte of Yonkers, New York, was arrested on 68 Washington St. around 3 a.m. Argamonte, who...
Columbia extends deadline for accord with pro-Palestinian protesters
NEW YORK -- A group representing pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University claims the school has threatened to request that National Guard troops and New York Police Department officers be deployed to get demonstrators to break up their encampment on campus.The assertion was among a series of apparently conflicting statements by the school and demonstrators about the status of talks between the university and protesters and about a deadline set by the school.On Tuesday, university President Minouche Shafik issued a midnight deadline for demonstrators to reach an agreement with school administrators. But the school announced early Wednesday that it was extending the deadline...
Visitations Set For Officer Eleanor Birrittella Of Yonkers
Westchester Correction Officer Eleanor Birrittella of Yonkers died on Saturday, April 20 in a crash at the age of 40, according to the New York Correctional Officers' Benevolent Organization. Birrittella had been a corrections officer for three years before her death and had also served with the Westchester County Board...
Man charged with stealing $154.47 worth of oxtail meat from Hoboken ShopRite
A man was charged with stealing $154.47 worth of oxtail meat from the Hoboken ShopRite last week, the police department wrote on their police blotter. Manuel Rodriquez, 44, of Union City, was charged with shoplifting on Tuesday, April 16th. On that date at approximately 4:35 p.m., Sgt. Dennis Figueroa and...
When their school closed, these North Jersey softball players found a new home together
RUTHERFORD − They brought their Immaculate Conception letter jackets, they brought their uniforms and their softball traditions. Except the wolf on a stick, which remains missing. “I don’t know how you’re supposed to put a Gael on a stick,” laughed St. Mary junior Ryann Burke. ...
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