The director of the Bergen County Police and Fire Academy, injured in an accident last week when he lost control of his van and was broadsided by a truck, remained in critical condition at The Valley Hospital Wednesday, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Three Paterson men who allegedly tried to steal a car in the Garden State Plaza parking lot Monday were arrested after a chase by car and on foot into Rochelle Park, police said.
A borough police officer was injured Monday evening when a suspect he was chasing allegedly slammed the door of a house on his elbow, police said. Anthony Masucci of San Francisco was charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct, and was released on $6,000 bail, said Cliffside Park Detective Sgt. Donald Umland.
One man remained in the Bergen County Jail on Saturday while two others were freed on $15,000 bail each following their arrest Friday on charges of receiving stolen property.
An elderly borough woman is alive today, neighbors say, thanks to the care and alertness of her mail carrier, who noticed Thursday that she had not collected her mail the day before. Else Beisler, 87, fell down the stairs into her basement Tuesday evening and lay there for nearly two days, said Nancy Bachmann, her neighbor on Feronia Way.
A 33-year-old New York City man arrested Thursday by city police and charged with possessing a stolen car was wanted for a shooting in Englewood a year ago, police said.
A 32-year-old Teaneck man who shot a neighbor Sunday night and then held his young daughter hostage as “protection” from police used the child the same way in an incident this spring, police said.
Two underground electrical explosions shook downtown Dumont Tuesday, injuring a 46-year-old borough woman, cutting off power to more than 1,000 residents, and shutting down several businesses for the day.
A truck’s trailer, carrying flammable printing ink, overturned Saturday morning and caused a six-hour shutdown of Route 3 west in front of Giants Stadium, inconveniencing fans on their way to the Notre Dame-Navy football game.
New York City police on Friday continued their investigation of the shooting death of a 21-year-old Closter man whose body was found Thursday near the Henry Hudson Parkway in Upper Manhattan.