Ridgewood NJ, The FBI’s recent fourth-quarter crime report for 2023 paints a picture of a country seeing significant drops in violent crime and murder. According to the agency, murder is down 13.2%, and violent crime has fallen 5.7% compared to 2022. News outlets have eagerly reported this as a major success, with headlines proclaiming that violent crime has “declined significantly” and is approaching pre-pandemic levels.
Saddle River NJ, with the current uptick in crime throughout New Jersey the Saddle River Police Department is offering the following crime prevention tips.
We strongly encourage the use of ALARM SYSTEMS. If you have an alarm system make sure you set it, even if you’re just running out for a few minutes. Security cameras are a great tool. Check your system now to make sure its functioning properly before an incident may happen. With it getting dark earlier, that can provide thieves the cover of darkness they like to operate. Adjust your light timers accordingly to illuminate your residence and deter an intruder.
Woodcliff Lake NJ, Woodcliff Lake Police are alerting residents that on September 15th at 12:45 am a Woodcliff Lake resident’s home was broken into for a second time in three weeks .
Near the end of January this year, three New York City police officers responded to a domestic dispute call in Harlem. The caller hadn’t mentioned any weapons being involved. The police met with a woman and her son in their apartment. The woman said she had been arguing with another son, Lashawn McNeil, who was in a back room.
Westwood NJ, in a Facebook post Senator Holly Schepisi commented on the crime wave impacting Bergen County , “There are some who criticize me posting on this page that there is a significant increase in certain property crimes in Bergen County. Well today I met directly with the Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella. In just the month of January there was an 83% increase in car thefts from the previous January. In that one month alone there were 132 thefts and this number continues to increase with every passing day. Towns with the greatest number of thefts in Bergen are Paramus with 16, Fort Lee with 9, Ridgewood, Rutherford and Garfield with 6 each, Bergenfield, Englewood, Teaneck and Hackensack with 5 each, Franklin Lakes, Lodi, Englewood Cliffs, Upper Saddle River and Tenafly with 4 each, and River Vale, Saddle Brook, East Rutherford, Elmwood Park, Washington Township, North Arlington, Oradell, Cliffside Park, Hasbrouck Heights and Moonachie with 3 each.”
Seattle Wa, “Woke” tech companies have long acted as if they are immune to mundane concerns about crime, taxes, and other “lifestyle” issues where they are based. But that’ may be starting to change.
Trenton NJ, Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and New Jersey State Police Superintendent Colonel Patrick J. Callahan today warned residents about a serious spike in motor vehicle thefts across the state, while noting that stolen vehicles are frequently used to commit other violent crimes. To address this growing concern, the New Jersey State Police and Division of Criminal Justice are expanding the Auto Theft Task Force by adding additional detectives and prosecutors, as well as bringing on board additional police departments from around the state.
Trenton NJ, the state is undergoing a massive crime wave yet the Murphy Administration plans to fire more probation officers . Senator Joe Pennacchio challenged the Murphy Administration’s policy of terminating unvaccinated corrections officers after releasing 40 percent of the State’s prison population.
Ridgewood NJ, two-thirds of voters say crime is getting worse in America and even more expect the issue to be important in the midterm congressional elections.
A new national telephone and online survey by Rasmussen Reports finds that 65% of Likely U.S. voters believe the problem of violent crime in America is getting worse. Only 11% think the crime problem is getting better, while another 22% say violent crime is staying about the same. These findings have changed only slightly since December. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Trenton NJ, Senator Ed Durr said it’s crazy that Governor Phil Murphy calls him “dangerous” while the Murphy administration is releasing even more prisoners from jail amid surging crime in many New Jersey communities.
Ridgewood NJ, homicides are increasing in record-breaking numbers in cities across America. Ten major cities ALL just broke their all-time homicide records. These murders are not just occurring in Chicago and New York, but in cities otherwise considered generally safe– like in Rochester, Austin, Texas, Toledo, Baton Rouge. These are cities that, until recently, have not been immediately associated with violent crime. ABC News reported this story that included a statement saying the reasoning behind this dramatic increase in homicides is unclear.
“SANCTUARY STATE, NOT GOOD, MURPHY BELIEVES THAT ILLEGALS ARE WORTH MORE THAN TRUE LEGALS, CRIME IS RAPID, TAXES ARE VERY HIGH, ROADS & BRIDGES ARE BAD. HIS LACK OF RESPECT FOR POLICE IS TERRIBLE. HE INHERITED SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS BUT HE HASN’T FIXED ANY. IT SEAMS TO ME THAT ALL STATES RUN BY DEMOCRATS ARE IN BAD SHAPE, FISCALLY & EMOTIONALLY . SOCIALISM DOES’T WORK. JUST LOOK AROUND THE WORLD AS THE TRUE EXAMPLE”
Hawthorne NJ, Hawthorne Police located a 26- year old male, who had reportedly been stabbed, sitting inside of a dark blue work van displaying NY State commercial license plates parked in the rear of 320 Lafayette Avenue, Hawthorne shortly before 9 PM on Sunday, 02/10. The victim, who was bleeding from multiple stab wounds, was transported by ambulance to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson. Police on the scene would not say if the victim had been stabbed at the location from which he was transported to the hospital, or at another location. Police were directed to the parked van by a 911 telephone call. Yellow crime scene tape cordoned off the entire parking lot where the van was parked.
Hackensack NJ, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo announced today the arrest of STEVEN SAULTER (DOB: 12/14/1967; single; employed as a truck driver) of 325 Kaplan Avenue, Hackensack, NJ on a charge of Burglary. The arrest is the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Robert Anzilotti.
In August 2018, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Investigations Squad initiated an investigation into a series of residential burglaries in and around Bergen County that appeared to share the same modus operandi.
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