Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Fugee broke a court agreement ordering him to stop working with kids, Bergen prosecutor says
Former Wyckoff pastor Michael Fugee was arrested and charged Monday with multiple counts of contempt of a court order, after allegedly violating a 2007 agreement with prosecutors to discontinue work with children following accusations of sexual misconduct. The cleric has been living at St. Antoninus Parish on South Orange Avenue in Newark. Fugee, 52, confessed in 2001 to two acts of sexual misconduct with a Wyckoff teenager, once during a visit to the teen’s home and again during an overnight church retreat to Virginia. The confession was later recanted, and a 2003 conviction was overturned on judicial error in 2007. Prosecutors opted not to retry Fugee, and instead reached an agreement with the priest and the Archdiocese of Newark that …
Thursday, May 16, 2013
The 2010 killings of two women, in Teaneck and Palisades Park, remain unsolved. Authorities have not said the two deaths are connected.
The family of a 69-year-old Palisades Park woman found stabbed to death in her burning home has offered a $25,000 reward to help solve the more than three year old slaying, authorities said this week. Emergency crews found Dolores Alliotts dead after they responded to a fire at her home early April 28, 2010, according to the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office. Investigators determined the house was set ablaze to cover up the killing. "Detectives believe, based on available statistics and evidence, that the killer may have had some prior interaction with Alliotts," Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said in a statement. "This may have been a brief interaction that would not normally raise suspicion, such as a deliveryman, maintenance personnel, …
Monday, April 1, 2013
More than 160 schools across Bergen County slated for security reviews, prosecutor says.
Officials are set to inspect more than 160 Bergen County schools in an expanded security initiative formed after the Newtown elementary school massacre, the county prosecutor announced Monday. Under a newly formed county task force, police chiefs in towns that requested the safety reviews will designate a police liaison to receive training from the prosecutor’s office and work with school officials to develop a security plan, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said. “This task force system will create a permanent security environment whereby local schools will have a greater access to information and assistance in their efforts to keep our schools safe,” Molinelli said in a statement. The security inspections have been going on …
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
The video depicts two armed shooters breaking into a local school, and aims to teach school officials and emergency workers how to respond, report says
A new 20-minute video that depicts how police agencies, fire departments, emergency responders and school personnel should react to “active shooter” situations in schools is now available to districts across Bergen County, NJ.com reported Tuesday. “Lockdown,” which was produced by the County Prosecutor’s Office and filmed at David E. Owens Middle School over a year ago, simulates a two armed attackers breaking into the school with rifles and a homemade bomb, the report says. According to NJ.com, the video shows how two teachers react to the situation differently, and points out which reaction is better, and why. "There have been so many [school shootings], and no two are ever identical," said Bergen County Police Sgt. John LaDuca explained…
Saturday, December 29, 2012
A 30-year-old Paterson resident, employed by a Paramus health care services company, is accused of sexual contact and endangerment of River Edge 15-year-old girl.
A home health aide from Paterson was charged Friday for allegedly sexually abusing a 15-year-old River Edge girl while being employed in the family's residence. Grady Brown, 30, was arrested by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Special Victims Unit and River Edge Police in Paramus where he works. Brown is a health aide with Loving Hands Health Care Services. According to Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli, Brown was serving as a health aide in the victim's home for an adult male family member for approximately one year. "While in the home, he is alleged to have touched the female on a number of occasions in a sexual manner," Molinelli stated in a press release. "Upon learning of the allegations, the mother of the victim contacted …
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Paramus man seriously injured after stopping to help woman who crashed her car into pole. River Edge man charged in crash.
A Paramus man was critically injured Friday night when he was struck by a drunk driver after stopping to come to the aid of a second drunk driver who had crashed her car into a pole, authorities said. Gregory Komporlis, 30, of River Edge, was charged with second-degree assault by auto after striking Paramus resident Farbod Fallah, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office said in a release. The incident occured around 2:15 a.m. Friday on Forest Avenue in Paramus. A woman, Rebecca Wright, 21, of Paramus, was driving a 2011 Volkswagen Jetta under the infuence of alcohol when she crashed into a utility pole, Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said in the release. Fallah pulled over next to Wright, exited his grey 2005 Toyota Corolla and called 911, …
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Authorities raid Union Street home, say they've recover highly volatile bomb-making chemical and assault rifles.
A New York doctor who was active in the Occupy Wall Street movement of 2011 was charged Saturday with possessing a large quantity of chemicals used in bomb-making, hours after authorities conducted a raid on the Ridgewood house in which he lived, officials said. Roberto Rivera, 60, a medical doctor, was charged with recklessly creating a risk of widespread injury or damage after FBI agents and members of the Bergen County bomb squad found precursor chemicals used in the making of explosives, Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli said in a release Saturday afternoon. Molinelli called at least one of the chemicals "highly volatile," but authorities did not disclose the names of the chemicals found in the house. Rivera was being held on $1 …
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Sunday, September 23, 2012
Police say 17-year-old hit by a vehicle near Hackensack Avenue.
A 17-year-old Oradell youth killed on Route 4 late Saturday was a senior at River Dell High School, River Dell Schools’ superintendent confirmed Sunday. The teen, whose name was not released, was fatally struck by a car near Hackensack Avenue around 11 p.m., authorities said. Officers rushed to a report of a person hit on the highway's westbound lanes and found the teen, police said. The teenager was pronounced dead at the scene. The vehicle involved remained at the scene and witnesses gave statements to investigators, according to the Bergen County Police Department, who are investigating the crash. “It is a tragic loss that remains under investigation by Bergen County authorities,” River Dell Superintendent of Schools Patrick …
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Bergen County Police say the remote control evidence recovery robot is one of only a half dozen in the county and provides a valuable shared service that local municipalities likely couldn't afford on their own.
An underwater robot the size of a microwave has found its way into the crossfire of a divisive county-wide debate. This week, the Bergen County Police Department’s Water Search and Recovery Unit showed off its new SeaBotix LBV-200-4 Mini ROV — a robot designed to assist the 15-person unit in underwater search and recovery. During a demonstration at the lower lake of the Ramapo Reservation in Mahwah this week, BCPD Sgt. Mark Tiedemann showcased the remote-control device, which sends a video feed from underwater to its operator on dry land. County police conducted the demonstration in the long shadow of a debate over whether or not the county’s police department — and its specialty units like the WSAR — will continue to exist on their own or…
Friday, July 27, 2012
After a Bergen County judge allows sexual assault charges to move forward against two former Paramus Catholic staffers, attorneys for both men plan appeals. One of the lawyers has brought in a criminal defense attorney known for high profile cases.
A lawyer for one of two former Paramus Catholic High School employees charged with engaging in sexual conduct with female students during a school trip to Germany said Friday that he will appeal a judge's ruling that allowed prosecutors to move forward with their case against the men. Attorney Raymond Flood, who represents Artur Sopel, said the appeal will be filed by Monday. Robert Galantucci, the attorney representing Michael Sumulikoski, the other former employee charged in the case, filed for an appeal on Thursday, according to NJ.com. Sopel, 32, of River Edge, and Sumulikoski, 28, of Elmwood Park, were arrested on April 5, 2011 after two teenage girls alleged they engaged in sexual conduct with the pair during the February 2011 trip. …
Common Cents
12:35 am on Wednesday, April 10, 2013
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