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Apartment Super Trespasses In Tenant's Home, Caught Due To Careless Mistake: Denville PD Apartment Super Trespasses In Tenant's Home, Caught Due To Careless Mistake: Denville PD
Apartment Super Trespasses In Tenant's Home, Caught Due To Careless Mistake: Denville PD A 29-year-old Denville apartment complex superintendent was arrested and charged on Friday, May 3, with trespassing in one of his tenant's homes, authorities said. A resident of the Pinefield Manor Apartment Complex told officers that upon returning to her apartment she noticed a suspicious item in her house, and suspected someone may have unlawfully entered, Denville police said in a release.  Following an investigation, police determined Gerardo Monroy-Cardemas unlawfully entered her apartment and dropped an item prior to exiting, officers said. Monroy-Cardemas was charged with crim…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Teacher's Sedan Slams Into Wall Of Adult Special Needs School In Little Ferry Teacher's Sedan Slams Into Wall Of Adult Special Needs School In Little Ferry
Teacher's Sedan Slams Into Wall Of Adult Special Needs School In Little Ferry A sedan driven by a teacher slammed into a private Little Ferry school for adults with developmental disabilities where she works. The 34-year-old teacher told police she was parking her Honda Civic at the New Jersey Expanding Capabilities Center on Chamberlain Avenue when she lost her brakes around noon on Tuesday, May 7, Little Ferry Police Chief James Walters said. No one was near the window when the sedan rammed the wall, the chief said. The driver reported what appeared to be a minor injury. She was more shaken up than anything, responders said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
NJ Stars Shine At 'Garden Of Time' Themed Met Gala 2024 NJ Stars Shine At 'Garden Of Time' Themed Met Gala 2024
NJ Stars Shine At 'Garden Of Time' Themed Met Gala 2024 New Jersey was well-represented at the Met Gala 2024. The theme of the event held Monday, May 6 was "The Garden of Time." Cardi B, 31, who built a massive mansion in Tenafly, topped off her custom-made feathered black gown with a tall, black turban. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cardi B (@iamcardib) "Glee star Lea Michele, a 37-year-old Tenafly native, showed off her baby bump in a baby blue, Rodarte gown ordained with tulle and a cross-body, floral strap. View this post on Instagram …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Youngster Seized For Anti-Semitic Desk Graffiti, Internet Searches In Glen Rock Youngster Seized For Anti-Semitic Desk Graffiti, Internet Searches In Glen Rock
Youngster Seized For Anti-Semitic Desk Graffiti, Internet Searches In Glen Rock A student accused of marking a Glen Rock High School desk with anti-Semitic graffiti also conducted troubling online searches, authorities said. District officials “handled the matter by district policy,” Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Borough detectives, meanwhile, have classified the matter as a bias incident, which will affect any delinquency complaints signed against the youngster. In addition to the 9th grade desk graffiti, “the student’s school computer internet search history had also been flagged by the administration due to antisemitic searches,” Ackermann said. Gle…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Real Estate
Newly-Built 'Trophy Home' With Pool Listed At $5.75M In Bergen County Newly-Built 'Trophy Home' With Pool Listed At $5.75M In Bergen County
Newly-Built 'Trophy Home' With Pool Listed At $5.75M In Bergen County A newly-built home in Bergen County is on the market for $5.75 million. A "trophy home" with six bedrooms and eight bathrooms features a 2-story great room with a wall of glass that opens into a kitchen at 675 Navaho Trail Dr., in Franklin Lakes, according to the Zillow listing. 675 Navaho Trail, Franklin Lakes. Jump 675 Navaho Trail, Franklin Lakes. Jump The second floor includes a luxury primary suite with a spa-like bath and custom closets and four guest bedrooms. The lower level features a recreation room with a wet bar, a wine room, a cigar room and a gym, accordin…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Motorcyclist Ejected In Rear-End Route 17 Crash (UPDATE) Motorcyclist Ejected In Rear-End Route 17 Crash (UPDATE)
Motorcyclist Ejected In Rear-End Route 17 Crash (Update) A 19-year-old motorcyclist from Moonachie was hospitalized after he was ejected during a rear-end crash early Tuesday with a Tesla on Route 17, authorities said. The May 7 morning rush was well underway when the motorcyclist rammed the other vehicle from behind just south of the busy Franklin Avenue intersection around 7:30 a.m. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that didn't appear to be life-threatening, Hasbrouck Heights Police Lt. John Behr said. A lane of traffic was able to pass, while two remained closed, as the scene was cleared and an investigation b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
36-Year-Old Woman Killed In Two-Car Crash: Morris County Prosecutor 36-Year-Old Woman Killed In Two-Car Crash: Morris County Prosecutor
36-Year-Old Woman Killed In Two-Car Crash: Morris County Prosecutor A 36-year-old woman was killed in a two-car crash in Parsippany on the evening of Monday, May 6, authorities said. At 8:55 p.m., at West Hanover Avenue and Gov. Chris Christie Drive, a 2020 Hyundai Sonata and a 2016 Volvo S60 collided, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office Major Crimes Unit said. The driver of the Sonata was taken to Morristown Medical Center and pronounced dead at 10 p.m., authorities said The driver of the Volvo sustained non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said. No criminality is suspected, though the investigation is ongoing, authorities said. The Morris County …

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Newark Airport TSA: Yet Another Traveler Says He Didn't Know He'd Packed A Gun Newark Airport TSA: Yet Another Traveler Says He Didn't Know He'd Packed A Gun
Newark Airport TSA: Yet Another Traveler Says He Didn't Know He'd Packed A Gun A Florida man was arrested after TSA agents at Newark Airport found a loaded pistol in his carry-on, authorities said. It was part of what threatens to be a record year with more than 5,000 guns intercepted at airports throughout the country so far compared with 6,542 for ALL of 2023. The traveler's .38-caliber revolver was spotted in the X-ray machine in Newark's Terminal C, the Transportation Security Administration's Lisa Farbstein said. Port Authority police seized the weapon and its owner, who "claimed that he did not realize that he was traveling with his loaded gun in his carry-on b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Pequannock Rallies For Fire Victims Pequannock Rallies For Fire Victims
Pequannock Rallies For Fire Victims A fire heavily damaged a home in Morris County on Thursday, May 2 and now the community is coming together to help. The fire occurred at 10 Ryan Ln. in Pequannock Township, Mayor Ryan Herd said. Everyone was able to evacuate and there were no injuries, Herd said.  "Our first responders...worked their ass off to put this fire down and keep everybody safe, including the neighbors and the neighbors houses.," Herd said.  A fundraiser has been set up to Ardjian Veseli, the homeowner, as he and his family attempts to rebuild their life.  "The impact of this tragedy extends b…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Rockland Man Dies From Drugs Bought In Bergen From Paterson Dealer: Authorities Rockland Man Dies From Drugs Bought In Bergen From Paterson Dealer: Authorities
Rockland Man Dies From Drugs Bought In Bergen From Paterson Dealer: Authorities Authorities from Bergen and Rockland counties who arrested a man accused of selling a fentanyl-laced dose of Xanax that killed a user from Suffern reported finding two stolen guns in his Paterson home. Detectives determined that Tristan Colquhoun, 30, sold Matthew Andreas, 39, of Suffern the fatal dose, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Andreas was pronounced dead shortly after Suffern police responding to an overdose call found him unresponsive in the upstairs bedroom of a local residence shortly after 3:30 p.m. Feb. 16, the prosecutor said. They tried to save his life, includin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Firefighters Quickly Douse Rapidly Spreading Fair Lawn House Fire Firefighters Quickly Douse Rapidly Spreading Fair Lawn House Fire
Firefighters Quickly Douse Rapidly Spreading Fair Lawn House Fire 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: Fair Lawn firefighters quickly doused a blaze that began in a basement and spread through a local home. “Basement fires can be extremely dangerous to our crews. There was a lot of smoke in the basement, making locating the fire very difficult,” Fair Lawn Fire Chief Pete Yuskaitis said after the 31st Street blaze was doused early Monday evening. “The crews did a great job fighting the heat to get to the fire and extinguish it,” the chief said. The call to the two-story home on 31st Street came in at 6:38 p.m. May 6, Yuskaitis said. The fire quickly escalated to a second alarm, brin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Scotland Pedestrian Crash Kills Globally Renowned Philadelphia Scholar, Princeton Librarian Scotland Pedestrian Crash Kills Globally Renowned Philadelphia Scholar, Princeton Librarian
Scotland Pedestrian Crash Kills Globally Renowned Philadelphia Scholar, Princeton Librarian A doctor from Philadelphia who has been working as a librarian at Princeton University but known globally for his scholarly work has died following a pedestrian crash in Scotland. William Noel, 58, was struck by a Citroen Relay van in the evening hours of Wednesday, April 10 in Edinburgh, police in Scotland said. He was taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, where he died of his injuries on Monday, April 29, police said. The driver of the van, a 40-year-old man, was arrested and released pending further enquiries. According to his bio on the Princeton website, Noel is a "curator and li…

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by Cecilia Levine