Bergenfield nurse with HIV gets 4 years in prison for raping 14-year-old boy
EXCLUSIVE: An HIV-positive Filipino nurse from Bergenfield was sentenced to four years in state prison for having unprotected oral and anal sex with a 14-year old boy he met online. Roland L. Densen,...
View ArticleBeaten Hackensack woman dies, husband charged with murder
UPDATE: A 59-year-old Hackensack woman who police said was beaten into a coma by her husband died and charges against him were upgraded to murder to murder. Thomas Fabbricatore, who was also arrested...
View ArticleEnglewood police: Father pushes girlfriend down stairs with 16-month-old nearby
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: With their 16-month-old child nearby, an Englewood man pushed his girlfriend down a flight of stairs, severely injuring her, during an argument over a cellphone. Ramsey Rafael...
View ArticleFire at Valentino’s in Park Ridge investigated
UPDATE: Bergen County arson investigators were at the scene tonight of a three-alarm fire at a Park Ridge Italian restaurant. The fire at Valentino’s broke out in the basement just before 4 o’clock and...
View ArticleEnglewood police: Husband savagely beats wife, barefoot son runs half-mile to...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: After laying in wait, an Englewood man punched his wife, tried to strangle her with a power cord, beat her with a laptop and threatened her with a knife, sending her 11-year-old...
View ArticleDWI in Bergenfield for West New York driver asleep at wheel
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bergenfield police said they found a West New York man drunk and asleep in his car, with two wheels on the sidewalk and the lights on, in the middle of the night. Officer David...
View ArticleFair Lawn Rescue: Thanksgiving fundraiser this Saturday
Fair Lawn Rescue is holding a Thanksgiving fundraising event this Sunday at its headquarters — 16-01 Romaine Street — that will include a sports memorabilia raffle and food drive. MORE INFO:...
View ArticleParamus DPW worker clipped by SUV
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Paramus DPW worker’s left foot was hit by a passing SUV as he got out of his garbage truck this morning, sending him to the hospital with an ankle injury, police said. Homer...
View ArticleFort Lee man admits role in largest U.S. tax-fraud case thanks to Bergen PD...
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Fort Lee man has admitted his role in what the government said was one of the nation’s largest, longest-running frauds of its kind — all sparked by a pair of arrests by...
View ArticleNeighbor admits raping Cliffside Park girls after break-in as mother slept
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Cliffside Park man today admitted raping two pre-teen sisters, biting one of them on the back, after breaking into their home. Serkan Seyrek — who will be sentenced to 28...
View ArticleWestwood couple face 30 years in federal prison after mortgage fraud conviction
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A husband and wife from Westwood were both convicted today by federal jurors in Newark after two hours of deliberations for scamming lending companies out of $3.4 million in...
View ArticleJudge: $2 million bail ‘remains the same’ for Hackensack man charged with...
A judge this morning refused to lower the $2 million bail for a Hackensack man charged with beating his wife to death. “The bail remains the same” for 64-year-old Thomas Fabbricatore, Presiding...
View ArticleProsecutors: Ex-boyfriend accused of killing Waldwick woman also raped her
UPDATE: Prosecutors today said a Midland Park man accused of killing his former girlfriend last month after breaking into her parents’ Waldwick home as their 8-month-old son lay in a bassinet nearby...
View ArticleGarfield Albanian immigrant gets 13 years for shooting man in chest after bar...
EXCLUSIVE: An Albanian immigrant from Garfield who went home and got a gun after a bar fight was sentenced to 13 years in state prison today for nearly killing the other man with a bullet in the chest....
View ArticleEnglewood police: Woman in ski mask troubled, not looking to rob bank
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 25-year-old woman who walked into an Englewood bank wearing a ski mask and gloves has “psychological issues and in no way had any intent to rob any banks,” city Detective...
View ArticleREAL Bergen County police wives, girlfriends: a ‘thriving sisterhood’
SHOUT OUT: When your law enforcement officer husband or boyfriend has been under fire — not just from desperate criminals but from politicians and the media — it’s comforting to bond with others in the...
View ArticleAuthorities raid Englewood Cliffs home, smash $100,000 milk crate theft ring
A ring that stole and recycled more than $100,000 worth of plastic milk crates was smashed when investigators raided an Englewood Cliffs home and two Fairfield business addresses while arresting a...
View ArticleLeonia police seek public’s help in reports of separate luring incidents
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN? Leonia police are seeking the public’s help finding a man who they said followed and then approached two different girls on the street, asking one “inappropriate” questions and...
View ArticleOakland police: Mexican immigrant paid $10,000 for docs to get driver’s license
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Mexican immigrant tried getting a New Jersey driver’s license using credentials he bought from another man for $10,000, Oakland police said this morning. Ruben...
View ArticleBail raised to $1 million for Bronx man in Cliffside Park kidnapping
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Municipal Court judge today hiked bail to $1 million for a Bronx fugitive extradited to Bergen County in connection with the September abduction of a Cliffside Park man....
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