CRIME & SAFETY
Alarm Malfunction Triggers Lockdown, Massive Law Enforcement Response At Westwood HS
The entire building was searched following the 11:07 a.m. lockdown, Washington Township Police Chief John Calamari said. The search confirmed there wasn't a threat of any kind and the lockdown was stepped down to a shelter in place. The system malfunctioned a second time after being reset, the chief said.
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…
Man Shoots, Kills Cab Driver Moments After End Of Shift In Westchester: Here's His Sentence
A man will spend decades in prison for fatally shooting a cab driver in Westchester during a robbery right after the victim's work shift ended, officials announced. Covington, Virginia resident Percell Ross Blakely, age 54, was sentenced to 20 years to life in state prison for the Oc…
'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.
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...
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 […]
Man accused in Rockland stabbing suffers from mental illness, lawyer says
NEW CITY, N.Y. -- CBS New York has learned more about the victim and the suspect in last week's attack on a man outside his Rockland County home.The victim's injuries are far more serious than first known.On Tuesday, the family of the suspect spoke out through an attorney about his struggle with mental illness.Elijah Dean was a top student-athlete at Spring Valley High School in 2018 who went on to play football at Western Connecticut State University before leaving school in 2020.Now, Dean, 23, is charged with attempted murder, accused of viciously stabbing a man in the driveway of a...
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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