Paramus Declares State Of Emergency After July 4 Storm Batters Bergen County Paramus Declares State Of Emergency After July 4 Storm Batters Bergen County
Paramus Declares State Of Emergency After July 4 Storm Batters Bergen County Paramus declared a local state of emergency Sunday, July 5, as Bergen County crews continued clearing storm damage from a powerful Fourth of July storm that sparked fires, toppled trees, downed power lines and left thousands without electricity (scroll for a list of town-by-town outages). Mayor Chris DiPiazza announced the emergency Sunday afternoon as borough crews worked to restore roads and utilities: "I can promise residents that we have the best men and women working overtime to get our borough back to what we know and love. Most important, no injuries related to this storm have oc…
ID Of NJ Man Killed In Freak Storm Crash Released ID Of NJ Man Killed In Freak Storm Crash Released
ID Of NJ Man Killed In Freak Storm Crash Released Police have released details and the name of the victim killed in a freak accident during the Friday, July 3 storm. Jared C. Hirschowitz, 41, died when a large tree limb crashed onto his moving vehicle on Raritan Road near Quimby Lane at approximately 8:08 p.m., Scotch Plains Police Chif David Lavery said. Hirschowitz was driving a silver 2023 Kia wagon eastbound on Raritan Road during a brief but intense storm when high winds caused the large limb to snap and fall onto the hood and windshield of his vehicle, the chief said. The vehicle then veered off the road, struck a bush and…
Dangerous Man Wanted In Multiple States, Including NJ, Sentenced In MD Victims Want To Be Heard Dangerous Man Wanted In Multiple States, Including NJ, Sentenced In MD Victims Want To Be Heard
Dangerous Man Wanted In Multiple States, Including NJ, Sentenced In MD Victims Want To Be Heard A heavily tattooed fugitive once captured in Texas after a four-state manhunt, who then went back on the run after being released from custody in Pennsylvania in May, has been recaptured and sentenced, according to information shared with Daily Voice and newly filed court records. Kevin James Kistler, 35, of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, was released Monday, May 18, with the understanding that he would surrender himself to authorities in Cecil County, Maryland, according to information provided to Daily Voice by a person familiar with the ongoing cases. Instead,  fugitive warrants were iss…
NJ Mom Pulls Fake Gun In NY Road Rage With Child In SUV: Cops NJ Mom Pulls Fake Gun In NY Road Rage With Child In SUV: Cops
NJ Mom Pulls Fake Gun In NY Road Rage With Child In SUV: Cops A New Jersey woman was arrested after police said she pulled out an imitation handgun during a road rage confrontation in Rockland County while her 9-year-old daughter was riding in her vehicle. Ramapo police responded to the area of Hemion Road and Lackawanna Trail in Montebello at approximately 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 2, following reports of a road rage incident that possibly involved a handgun, according to Sgt. James Tesseyman. Investigators determined the confrontation began on the northbound Exit 14B off-ramp of the New York State Thruway before escalating to Hemion Road and Lacka…
VIDEO: Drunk Teen Driver's Car Flies Into 2nd Floor Of Route 17 Building, Cops Say VIDEO: Drunk Teen Driver's Car Flies Into 2nd Floor Of Route 17 Building, Cops Say
Video: Drunk Teen Driver's Car Flies Into 2nd Floor Of Route 17 Building, Cops Say A 17-year-old driver was charged with DWI after his vehicle flew off Route 17 and crashed into the second floor of a building under construction in Mahwah, authorities said (scroll for video). Sgt. Martin Kilroy was on patrol just after midnight on Sunday, June 28, when he saw a vehicle traveling north on Route 17 lose control near the West Ramapo Avenue off-ramp, according to Mahwah Police Capt. Michael Blondin. View this post on Instagram The vehicle veered off the highway and became airborne before striking the second floor of a building on…
Surprise Crime Scene At Bergen County Home Invasion Leads To 5 Indictments: Prosecutor Surprise Crime Scene At Bergen County Home Invasion Leads To 5 Indictments: Prosecutor
Surprise Crime Scene At Bergen County Home Invasion Leads To 5 Indictments: Prosecutor Three men have been indicted in an armed home invasion and two arrested in a fraud investigation in a scene that unfolded at a Rochelle Park rental home last March, authorities said Friday, July 3. Rochelle Park police responded to a home invasion in progress at a house on Howard Avenue at approximately 3 a.m. on Tuesday, March 10, where officers were told gunshots had been fired and residents were struggling with armed intruders inside the home, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. As officers rushed to the neighborhood, they spotted a suspicious vehicle fleeing the area that w…
ICE Moves To Seize Bergen County Sex Assault Suspect, Records Show ICE Moves To Seize Bergen County Sex Assault Suspect, Records Show
ICE Moves To Seize Bergen County Sex Assault Suspect, Records Show A 24-year-old Guatemalan native is accused of sexually assaulting a child in Bergen County, authorities said.  Gerson I. Canil Garcia, of Fairview, sexually assaulted the child on more than one occasion in Cliffside Park, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Jail records show ICE placed a detainer on Canil Garcia, who was arrested following an investigation under the direction of Bergen County Prosecutor Chief Jeff Angermeyer and the Cliffside Park Police Chief Yakup Zoklu. He's been charged with two counts of second-degree sexual assault and second-degree endang…
Masturbating Man Locks Eyes, Blows Kisses At Bergen County Planet Fitness Patron: Cops Masturbating Man Locks Eyes, Blows Kisses At Bergen County Planet Fitness Patron: Cops
Masturbating Man Locks Eyes, Blows Kisses At Bergen County Planet Fitness Patron: Cops A Bergen County man admitted to exposing himself and masturbating while locking eyes with another gym member inside a Planet Fitness locker room last month, police said. Fairview officers responded to Planet Fitness, 251 Broad Ave., at approximately 6:30 p.m. on June 11, after a man reported a lewd incident in the locker room, Deputy Police Chief John Pierotti told Daily Voice. The victim told officers he was in the locker room while another man was in the shower area when the suspect began blowing kisses at him, Pierotti said. The man then exposed himself and began masturbating while look…
NY Woman Ran Sex Trafficking Ring Out Of Boston-Area Brothels, Feds Say NY Woman Ran Sex Trafficking Ring Out Of Boston-Area Brothels, Feds Say
NY Woman Ran Sex Trafficking Ring Out Of Boston-Area Brothels, Feds Say A New York woman and Chinese national has been federally indicted after prosecutors accused her of running an alleged sex trafficking operation out of residential brothels in the Boston area. Zengzeng Liu, 40, of Flushing, New York, also known as "Bella," is accused of managing an international operation beginning no later than August 2025. Investigators say women, many of them foreign nationals from Japan, Vietnam, China, and the Philippines, were recruited to travel to the Greater Boston area to engage in commercial sex acts, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts said. She is…
South Jersey Mother, Teen Son Arrested In Dirt Bike Theft, Cops Say South Jersey Mother, Teen Son Arrested In Dirt Bike Theft, Cops Say
South Jersey Mother, Teen Son Arrested In Dirt Bike Theft, Cops Say A mother and her 16-year-old son were arrested and charged with stealing a dirt bike in Vineland on Thursday, July 2, authorities said. Law enforcement executed a residential search warrant in the 1500 block of North Orchard Road and investigators recovered a 2021 Kawasaki dirt bike that had previously been reported stolen, along with additional evidence believed to be connected to multiple eluding incidents that have occurred throughout Vineland, police said. A.C., a 16-year-old, was charged with eluding police and receiving stolen property, while his mother, Adriana To…
Driver Runs Over Route 17 Gas Attendant's Foot During $50 Gas Theft: Police Driver Runs Over Route 17 Gas Attendant's Foot During $50 Gas Theft: Police
Driver Runs Over Route 17 Gas Attendant's Foot During $50 Gas Theft: Police A New York man has been charged after allegedly stealing $50 worth of gasoline and running over a gas station attendant's foot while fleeing a Exxon station on Route 17 in New Jersey last month, police said. Officers responded to the Exxon station at 792 Route 17 North in Paramus, at approximately 8 a.m. on Friday, May 29, after receiving a report of a gas theft, Paramus Police Chief Robert M. Guidetti said. The driver asked for $50 worth of regular gasoline and told the attendant he would pay in cash, police said. After the fuel was dispensed, the driver immediately sped away without payin…
Man Found Dead In Pickup Truck On Bergen County Street Man Found Dead In Pickup Truck On Bergen County Street
Man Found Dead In Pickup Truck On Bergen County Street A man in his 70s was pronounced dead after being found unresponsive inside a pickup truck parked on a Bergen County street Wednesday evening, July 1, Daily Voice has learned. Officers responded to 103 Palisade Ave. in Cliffside Park just after 7:10 p.m., on a report of a man sleeping inside a parked vehicle. The man was unresponsive and had no pulse when officers checked on him, reliable sources with direct knowledge of the incident tell Daily Voice. MiGente D Las Escobas shared a video from the scene showing a black Ford pickup truck surrounded by police tape. He was removed from the…