Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Police found the mummified body of Alice Klee, 68, under debris in her apartment more than two months after their initial search of the unit. New Milford police said Monday that an "extensive search" of the apartment would have required a warrant.
New Milford police said Monday that they'd found the body of a missing 68-year-old woman under a mountain of debris in the apartment they first searched two months ago. Alice Klee, who lived alone in the Main Street apartment, was last seen on Feb. 8. Police performed a preliminary search of the "hoarder's house," but did not find Klee's body, which was stuck between a bed and a wall, and buried beneath a pile of trash, clothing and blankets, authorities said Monday. Police focused their search on the woods near her home, where she was known to feed stray cats. Bergen County Police dogs searched the woods, but were not brought inside the apartment, authorities said. Klee's body was discovered by her landlord, who had received court …
Thursday, December 20, 2012
For 24 years, Bergen County's local PBA's have been delivering Christmas toys to kids in need.
Lines are never good. But these lines are particularly bad. You will not find them in toy stores or in malls. These lines are the pathways carved by unimaginable agony, yet tell a story of unceasing hope and incredible faith. These are the lines that map the faces of parents afflicted with the anguish of watching over, and caring for, their seriously ill children. Many of whom are dying. Now in its 24th year, the Santa Response Team, organized by Closter police sergeant Don Nicoletti and consisting of PBA members from all over North Jersey, has brought Santa to Hackensack University Medical Center's Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital and Tomorrows Children to deliver Christmas to the children and families who occupy every pediatric …
Monday, June 25, 2012
New Jersey State Parole Board denies Christopher Righetti parole.
Christopher Righetti, the man who raped and murdered 20-year-old Kim Montelaro of New Milford in 1976 was denied parole today. This was the fifth time since 1976 that Righetti has been up for parole. Righetti kidnapped Montelaro from the Paramus Park Mall on Aug. 31, 1976, and brutally raped and stabbed her to death in a secluded area of the Pine Lake Swim Club in Washington Township. Speaking on behalf of Assemblyman Robert Schroeder, who was in a voting session, Chief of Staff, Lisa Yakomin, said that Righetti appeared before a two member parole board panel at Northern State Prison this afternoon where they denied his request for parole. According to Yakomin, today's decision goes to a three member parole board panel that will set a …
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Officials determine that victim died from self-inflicted wound.
Chief Frank Papapietro said in a release Wednesday that the Bergen County Medical Examiner and New Milford Detectives have determined that the wounds observed on the 37-year old female found with a bullet wound to the head along the banks of the Hackensack River Tuesday were self inflicted. The woman was reported missing to the New Milford Police Department late Monday evening. New Milford Police located the victim's car in the parking lot of Shop Rite on River Road. With the assistance of the Bergen County K-9 Unit, police performed an extensive search of the area. However, the dogs lost track of her scent when the tide came in. Her body was discovered by a close family member at approximately 8am Tuesday morning. The woman's body was …
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Body of 37-year old woman found submerged in the Hackensack River with fatal gunshot wound to head; weapon found at scene reported stolen.
The body of a 37-year old New Milford woman was found Tuesday morning with a fatal gunshot wound to the head in the Hackensack River across from the Dorchester Apartment Complex on Columbia Street, Chief of Police Frank Papapietro said. Papapietro said that the weapon found at the scene had been reported stolen out of Dumont. Also found near the body was the victim's purse containing her I.D. Papapietro said that the woman has been identified, but her name is being withheld until family members have been notified. Papapietro also said that officials are not ready to determine the death a suicide and called the investigation "on-going." No note was found near the victim's body, but Papapietro said that police will be searching her car …
Friday, February 24, 2012
Zachary Garry and Joseph Delguercio were arrested by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office
Three men, including two from River Edge, have been charged with distributing ounces of marijuana, authorities said Friday. River Edge residents Zachary Garry, 19 and Joseph Delguercio, 20, along with Reagen Owimrin, 21, of Saddle Brook, were charged after a month-long undercover investigation, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said in a news release. The investigation began in late January following Garry's sale of one ounce of marijuana to an undercover detective in the Bergen County Narcotic Task Force in River Edge, authorities said. Similar transactions took place towards the very end of January and again in mid-February, authorities said. Following a fourth transaction on Feb. 23, Garry was arrested and a search warrant was …
Blaine M. Pool
11:29 am on Wednesday, April 17, 2013
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