A man from Lodi is facing charges including aggravated assault, DWI, assault by auto, and leaving the scene of an accident resulting in serious bodily injury, after a recent car accident left a Bergen County Police Officer with significant injuries. According to Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli, 36-year-old Michael Ettz, a math teacher and […]
read full articleA man from Closter, New Jersey is currently facing charges for possession and distribution of marijuana, distribution of marijuana in a school zone, and possession of drug paraphernalia, after Closter police recently conducted a search of his home. According to Dennis Kaine, the Chief of the Closter Police Department, 43-year-old Alexander Drazen was under investigation […]
read full articleA Bergen County grand jury recently indicted two men from Bergen County on charges including strict liability for drug-induced death, manslaughter, as well as possession and distribution of heroin, in connection with the fatal heroin overdose of a woman from Emerson, New Jersey. The seven-count indictment was issued on Tuesday, April 15th against 27-year-old Old […]
read full articleA man from Lodi, New Jersey was recently charged with assault by auto and DWI, among other offenses, after an accident in Carlstadt that left a man and his young son injured. According to Thomas Nielsen, the chief of the Carlstadt Police Department, 24-year-old Kenneth Haines was driving while intoxicated when he caused an accident […]
read full articleDetectives from the Bergen County Prosecutors Office and officers from the Hackensack Police Department recently arrested a man who is now facing charges including kidnapping, sexual assault, and endangering the welfare of a child for alleged crimes against a 14-year-old female victim. 24-year-old Darion Benbow was taken into custody on Friday, April 11th following an […]
read full articleA Bogota, NJ teacher has been arrested for allegedly forcing an eighth grade student to touch his genitals. The 39-year-old man, who resides in Teaneck, is suspected of forcing the female student to touch him in 2009. In June 2013, the student came forward with the allegations and told school officials about the teacher’s alleged […]
read full articleA Palisades Park, NJ man has been sentenced to five years in the Somerset County drug court program. The 33-year-old defendant had been arrested for selling crystal meth out of his home in Bound Brook, NJ. He pleaded guilty to related drug offenses in January. In exchange for his guilty plea, the defendant was sentenced […]
read full articleA Brooklyn, NY woman known as “the Lady” was sentenced to nearly 22 years in federal prison for leading a car smuggling operation. 44-year-old Hope Kantete led a sophisticated smuggling ring that shipped dozens of luxury automobiles from New Jersey to Africa. According to authorities, the vehicles were stolen and carjacked. Police believe that approximately […]
read full articleA Lodi, NJ man was arrested after an officer with the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office allegedly found 120 envelopes of heroin in the man’s trunk. The sheriff’s officer pulled over 26-year-old Daniel Mactaggart in Garfield, New Jersey. The officer initiated the traffic stop after he observed Mactaggart cut off several drivers on Lanza Avenue and […]
read full articleA Garfield, NJ man has been charged with sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl. 30-year-old Eduardo Romero is accused of assaulting the young girl several times over a five-month period. According to a statement issued by Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli, the girl was an acquaintance of Romero’s. Authorities learned of the allegations when the […]
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