Saturday, February 9, 2013
Here are the top headlines from around Bergen County, brought to you by the Patch editors who know those towns best.
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Saturday, February 9
The tragic tale of a 22-year-old aspiring fashion designer who took her own life by jumping from the George Washington Bridge on Wednesday —allegedly a victim of bullying, according to the NY Post — has attracted widespread attention on social networking sites. A Fair Lawn man was arrested this week after he allegedly broke into his roommate's secured bedroom, stole his roommate's credit cards and identification, and used them to make fraudulent purchases, police said. It's been a rough week for Ridgewood Village Manager Ken Gabbert. On Monday, Patch broke the news the council majority will call for Gabbert to resign his post on Wednesday night. Now, Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan is getting in on the action, calling for the part…
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Here are the top headlines from around Bergen County, brought to you by the Patch editors who know those towns best.
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Sunday, December 30, 2012
Two Paterson men and one woman from North Haledon were arrested Friday night after orchestrating a plot to rob the woman's boss — the owner of a popular Wyckoff pizzeria — but failing after a gun accidentally discharged in front of the business owner's home, according to police. A deaf and elderly dachshund disappeared on Christmas Eve from Paula Gilligan's Glen Rock yard and remains missing. The owner suspects the dog — not known to take off — was snatched. A man wearing a ski mask and brandishing an automatic handgun robbed a Franklin Lakes GameStop Wednesday night, according to police. This robbery was the second in just over a year at the popular Franklin Crossing Shopping Center electronics franchise. Police are looking for two …
Friday, December 7, 2012
Here are the top headlines from around Bergen County, brought to you by the Patch editors who know those towns best.
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Friday, December 7, 2012
The four men (pictured) were arrested and charged Dec. 1 with third degree criminal mischief following an incident last week in which a 25 foot tall, eight-inch diameter tree was cut down and logs were thrown through the window of a car, according to Wyckoff police. “Their actions are beyond stupid," said Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox. "They caused a significant amount of damage, they used a chainsaw at 11 o'clock at night, and to think that between these four men, not a single one of them suggested to the others that this might not be a good idea over a disputed $300 bill defies all common sense.” Contrite and hoping to move on, the former treasurer of a Glen Rock youth soccer club accused of embezzling nearly $60,000 into his …
Saturday, September 29, 2012
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Saturday, September 29, 2012
A fire at a Grove Street house in Ridgewood destroyed a kitchen, but all members of the family were unharmed, though shaken. Two cats were rescued after a stove-top fire engulfed a Grove Street kitchen late Wednesday morning in Ridgewood. John Ferrito was in transit when he received the call from his wife. There had been a kitchen fire, his wife said. The Hackensack Univeristy Medical Center employee rushed home. His wife Michele and 17-year-old daughter Katie were shaken up but uninjured. The Ferritos' Cape Cod-style home had sustained major smoke damage and the kitchen was charred, in shambles. And the family cats, Nikita and and Louie, were missing. A 17-year-old Oradell boy killed on Route 4 late last Saturday was a senior at River …
Saturday, September 22, 2012
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Saturday, September 22, 2012
A 27-year-old Clifton High School teacher who grew up in Fair Lawn was indicted this week on sexual assault charges stemming from two sexual encounters Kristin Leone allegedly had this April with one of her male students. A motor vehicle stopped for speeding on Route 17 in Mahwah led to the arrest of two cousins — Isiah and Nija Whaley — on drug-related charges, Mahwah Police Chief Jim Batelli said Tuesday afternoon. A driver traveling northbound on Route 208 rolled over his vehicle near the the Fair Lawn-Glen Rock border Tuesday night, causing major traffic delays. Gov. Chris Christie promoted his Middle-Class Reform Agenda and called on Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney to make a stronger case for his presidency to the American…
Saturday, July 28, 2012
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Saturday, July 28, 2012
The lover of a Wyckoff woman charged with luring her ex-boyfriend to a schoolyard for a savage beating and robbery was arrested Friday for allegedly carrying out the pummeling, police said late Friday. Daniel A. Chaupiz, 20, of Crescent Avenue, was arrested at his Wyckoff residence hours after police claim girlfriend Margaux Tocci orchestrated a conspiracy with several men to beat a 19-year-old Ridgewood resident at Lincoln School with a baseball bat and a pipe Thursday night. A woman was fatally struck by an NJ Transit train Tuesday at 9:10 a.m., about 400 feet west of the Broadway-Fair Lawn Station, an NJ Transit spokeswoman said. Police have identified the victim as Yelena Gorovits, of Fair Lawn. She was 47, according to public records…
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Here's a look at some of the top stories from Patch sites across the county
A 17-year-old male was being treated at a local hospital Thursday after he was allegedly stabbed by three other teens at the Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus. According to Paramus Police the teen and a friend left the mall at approximately 7:30 p.m. and had an argument with three other males in their late teens before the incident escalated. A Garfield woman who attempted to mace a security guard is now facing a slew of charges including armed robbery after police say she tried to make off with stolen liquor at a Glen Rock supermarket. Mona Branch, 43, entered the Food Basics store on Lincoln Avenue on Wednesday and allegedly grabbed two liquor bottles off the shelf and placed them in her backpack before she was confronted by the …
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Here are some of the most compelling stories this week from around Bergen County.
Ridgewood Sanitation Department employee Damien Hamlin received more than 30 stitches Monday morning after dropping a porcelain toilet that shattered and sliced up his thigh. Fort Lee police are searching for a man they say swiped $700 from a local gas station and mini-mart early Monday morning after asking the attendant for a pack of cigarettes and then pointing a gun at him and demanding cash from the register. Fort Lee police received a called just after 1:30 a.m. Monday that an armed robbery had just taken place at the Exxon station at 2338 Route 4, police said. With little time to spare, a local surgeon, a hospital, and members of the Paramus and Fair Lawn Rotary clubs teamed up to save the life of a 28-year old woman suffering from …
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Each week Patch highlights some of the top headlines from around Bergen County
In top county news this week: Wood-Ridge High School girls' softball coach Jillian Clementi, also a teacher at Immaculate Heart Academy in Washington Township, engaged in improper sexual relations with a male student from Wood-Ridge High School, authorities charged Wednesday. A sixth-grade teacher at Yeshivat Noam in Paramus was in custody Thursday after FBI agents found hundreds of videos and images depicting child pornography on his home computer, according to authorities and court documents. Daina Firestone, a 22-year old from Garfield, was charged with sexual assault Wednesday night when Paramus Police found him engaged in sexual activity with a 15-year-old Wood-Ridge girl in a parked vehicle at Garden State Plaza mall, authorities …
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Each week Patch highlights top headlines from around Bergen County
In top county news this week: U.S. Senator Robert Menendez came to Ridgewood this week touting the impact a new federal bill would have for state commuters in clearing congestion and cutting red tape to initiate transit development while preserving and creating jobs. Former Bergen County Improvement Authority chairman Ronald J. O’Malley was sentenced to two years in prison for a mortgage fraud scheme that falsely claimed mortgage borrowers worked at the county’s public financing agency, according to a U.S. Attorney. Glen Rock police say a Paterson man eyed by authorities for allegedly committing a string of burglaries in Bergen, Passiac and Morris counties targeted the borough last month. Police continue to investigate two armed robberies …
Mark Braemer
8:45 pm on Saturday, December 8, 2012
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