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WAYNE, NJ — A grim discovery shocked local authorities early Tuesday morning after a routine car fire call turned into a death investigation in Passaic County.
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Elmwood Park NJ, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of 29-year-old JHAMIR E. BROWN of Passaic, NJ on charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault, and weapon offenses in connection with a shooting incident in Elmwood Park, NJ. In addition, 24-year-old DARIAL P. HUNT of Paterson, NJ was arrested and charged with possession of hollow-point bullets. These charges are the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, under the direction of Deputy Chief Jeff Angermeyer, and the Elmwood Park Police Department, under the direction of Chief Michael Foligno.
Continue reading Man and Accomplice Arrested For Attempted Murder in Elmwood Park
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Fairfield NJ, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrests of 39-year-old SAMER J. HELOU of Fairfield, NJ; 64-year-old LEILA HELOU of West Caldwell, NJ; 31-year-old JAMES A. MARRA of Belleville, NJ; 49-year-old FRANK A. PREZIOSI of West Orange, NJ; 39-year-old MIGUEL A. ROSA of West New York, N.J; and 56-year-old ABBAS SAYED of West Caldwell, NJ on various narcotics distribution charges. The arrests are the result of a two-year investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, under the direction of Chief Matthew Finck, and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), under the direction of Administrator Terrence C. Cole.
Continue reading Major Bergen County Drug Bust Nets $500,000, 200 lbs. of pot, and Six Arrests
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POMPTON LAKES, NJ—A former elementary school teacher at Lenox Hill Elementary School in Pompton Lakes, who was accused of using masking tape to secure a student’s head to his desk, has permanently forfeited his right to teach in New Jersey.
Todd Lewis voluntarily agreed to relinquish both of his teaching certificates to the New Jersey State Board of Examiners in August 2025, effectively ending his career in the state’s public school system.
Continue reading Pompton Lakes Teacher Accused of Taping Student to Desk Surrenders Teaching License
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Lodi NJ, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrests of 18-year-old DAVON WHITE of Paterson, NJ and a 17-year-old juvenile from Passaic County, NJ on charges stemming from a carjacking incident that occurred in Lodi, NJ. The arrests are the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, under the direction of Chief Matthew Finck, and the Lodi Police Department, under the direction of Chief Donald Scorzetti.
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Lyndhurst NJ, following the NJ State police shutdown of a major drug mill a second major narcotics investigation has led to the arrest of 23 individuals across multiple North Jersey towns, along with the seizure of drugs, firearms, ammunition, and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash.
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Edgewater NJ, four individuals have been charged with operating a series of illicit massage parlors in New Jersey and New York, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
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Lodi NJ, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of 42-year-old JOSE F. VILLANUEVA of Lodi, New Jersey on charges of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault by sexual contact, and endangering the welfare of a child. The arrest was the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Matthew Finck and the Lodi Police Department under the direction of Chief Donald Scorzetti.
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Elmwood Park NJ, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of HUSEM NASRI, 24, of Elmwood Park, NJ on charges of armed robbery, weapon possession, and other related offenses. The arrest is the result of a months-long investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Matthew Finck.
Continue reading Elmwood Park Man Charged in Multiple Armed Robberies in Bergen and Passaic Counties
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Newark NJ, FBI Newark Safe Streets Gang Task Forces based in Newark Headquarters and the North Jersey Violent Crime Task Force based at the Garret Mountain Resident Agency worked with law enforcement agencies in Hudson, Passaic and Essex Counties to organize a month-long effort titled Operation Clean House to proactively locate and arrest violent offenders in a strategic effort to address violent crime. FBI agents, task force officers, and detectives made 29 arrests beginning November 1, through December 1, 2023. The charges range from drug possession, conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and heroin, to manslaughter and murder.
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Paterson NJ, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced a new indictment against Shelim Khalique, the operator of a pair of Paterson school bus companies who had been previously indicted in June 2020 for allegedly using unqualified drivers to operate school buses and misleading public-school districts. On Wednesday, June 28, 2023, the state grand jury returned a superseding indictment in the case that includes charges stemming from the role that Khalique, 53, of Wayne, played in continuing to operate school buses in Paterson, and elsewhere, with unqualified drivers — even after his original indictment — through another company. The superseding indictment adds a new count of second-degree theft of services stemming from tens of thousands of dollars in outstanding tolls those buses allegedly racked up with the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.
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Lodi NJ, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrests of GIOVANNI FELICIANO (DOB: 9/11/1999; single; unemployed) of 133 Shaw Street, Garfield, NJ and JEFERSSON GONZALEZ (DOB: 1/15/2001; single; unemployed) of 153 Lewis Street, Paterson, NJ on murder, weapons and drug-related charges; and ELVIS DEJESUS (DOB: 9/10/1997; single; unemployed) of 75 22nd Avenue, Paterson, NJ on weapons and drug-related charges.
Continue reading Three Men Charged in Lodi Murder Investigation
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Ho-Ho-Kus NJ, according to the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office , a 62-year-old strip club owner, from Ho-Ho-Kus, is being accused of sexually assaulting a dancer on Sept. 28 in the VIP room of Johnny A’s Hitching Post in Paterson, according to a June 9 news release from the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office.
Continue reading Passaic County Strip Club Owner Charged with Sexually Assaulting a Dancer
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Continue reading NJ State Police Teams Up With Other Law enforcement Agencies to Arrest 17 Fugitives
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Paterson NJ, the Paterson police are asking for the public’s help after officers responded to a crime scene Friday evening and found a 33-year-old Ridgewood resident with multiple gunshot wounds.
Police were responding to a report of gunshots in the area of North 6th Street and Temple Street around 10:50 p.m. when they found the man.
Sourced report the victim was immediately transported to Saint Joseph’s University Medical Center and is currently in stable condition, said the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office and Paterson Police Department in a joint statement.
The investigation is ongoing, and the he Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office is asking anyone with information to call 1-877-370-PCPO or email [email protected] or contact the Paterson Police Ceasefire Unit at 973-321-1342.
