Young Child Airlifted To Hospital After Near-Drowning In Bergen Backyard Pool Young Child Airlifted To Hospital After Near-Drowning In Bergen Backyard Pool Young Child Airlifted To Hospital After Near-Drowning In Bergen Backyard Pool
Young Child Airlifted To Hospital After Near-Drowning In Bergen Backyard Pool A young child was airlifted to Hackensack University Medical Center after nearly drowning in a backyard pool in Mahwah late Wednesday afternoon. The boy, 3, was breathing on his own but unconscious when first responders arrived at the Wyckoff Avenue home near the Ramsey border. He regained consciousness, however, and was picked up by AirMed 1 at the nearby George Washington School field, witnesses said. No further information was immediately available.
Double Rollover Jams Route 17 Double Rollover Jams Route 17 Double Rollover Jams Route 17
Double Rollover Jams Route 17 Northbound Route 17 was temporarily closed following a double-rollover crash in Ramsey. All of the occupants of the Jeep and minivan involved got out safely following the 8 a.m. crash Wednesday, May 18, near the QuickChek just north of East Allendale Avenue, responders said. Injuries didn't appear serious. Ramsey police, firefighters and rescue unit members quickly responded along with Upper Saddle River police and EMS from The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, witnesses said. The northbound highway was jammed with morning commuters and commercial drivers as the wreckage was cleared and evid…
These 70+ NJ Gas Stations Are Dropping Prices Friday These 70+ NJ Gas Stations Are Dropping Prices Friday These 70+ NJ Gas Stations Are Dropping Prices Friday
These 70+ NJ Gas Stations Are Dropping Prices Friday Ever wonder how cheap gas in New Jersey would be if it was self-serve? More than 70 New Jersey stations will be offering fuel at a discounted rate to show drivers just that on Friday, May 13. The initiative promoting self-serving fueling was launched by Fuel Your Way NJ, a coalition that advocates for self-serve gas stations that still offer full service. The coalition appropriately titled the day " Fuel Your Way NJ Self-Serve Day of Awareness." Self-service stations were proposed in a measure by lawmakers in March, however, it was halted by in the General Assembly by the Motoris…
Young Driver Killed In Route 17 Collision With Tractor-Trailer Young Driver Killed In Route 17 Collision With Tractor-Trailer Young Driver Killed In Route 17 Collision With Tractor-Trailer
Young Driver Killed In Route 17 Collision With Tractor-Trailer A driver was killed in a horrific crash on Route 17, authorities confirmed. Cyrenius "Cy" Menard, a 19-year-old football player who wasgraduated from St. Joseph's Regional High School, was ejected from his sedan in a collision with a tractor-trailer in the southbound lanes just north of East Allendale Avenue in Saddle River shortly after 11:30 a.m. Friday, May 6. Cy MenardSt. Joseph Regional High School Southbound Route 17 was reopened between Lake Street in Ramsey and East Allendale Avenue after detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Unit and the Bergen County Sh…
Wyckoff Firefighters Make Quick Work Of House Fire Wyckoff Firefighters Make Quick Work Of House Fire Wyckoff Firefighters Make Quick Work Of House Fire
Wyckoff Firefighters Make Quick Work Of House Fire Wyckoff firefighters quickly doused a house fire, preventing more serious damage. They responded to the Kingston Street blaze shortly before 9:30 a.m. Sunday, May 1, and had the two-alarm fire knocked down within 15 minutes. No injuries were reported. Waldwick, Ho-Ho-Kus and Ramsey firefighters were among the mutual aid responders. Companies were already being released before 10 a.m.
UPDATE: Bergen College Student Released Following Arrest In Bogus High School Gun Threat UPDATE: Bergen College Student Released Following Arrest In Bogus High School Gun Threat UPDATE: Bergen College Student Released Following Arrest In Bogus High School Gun Threat
Update: Bergen College Student Released Following Arrest In Bogus High School Gun Threat UPDATE: A college student from Ramsey who was arrested in upstate New York last week was brought to New Jersey to face charges of phoning in a bogus high school gun threat.  Luke Natoli, 18, was released from custody on Tuesday, April 19, after being booked into the Bergen County Jail on Monday, records show. Natoli blocked the number he was calling from when he threatened to bring a gun to baseball practice at a high school in Montvale on April 12, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Musella didn't say whether it was Pascack Hills High School or St. Joseph Regional High …
NJ Bans Pursuits But Not Perimeters: Vehicle Thieves Nabbed In Upper Saddle River NJ Bans Pursuits But Not Perimeters: Vehicle Thieves Nabbed In Upper Saddle River NJ Bans Pursuits But Not Perimeters: Vehicle Thieves Nabbed In Upper Saddle River
NJ Bans Pursuits But Not Perimeters: Vehicle Thieves Nabbed In Upper Saddle River As bail reform and bans on police pursuits in New Jersey make vehicle thieves harder to catch, police have devised other strategies. Teamwork with both the public and among neighboring departments is beginning to show results. It was shortly after noon Monday, April 11, when police from several towns converged on an Upper Saddle River neighborhood near the Rockland County border. A resident -- aware that you can't waste a second in these instances -- dialed 911 to report someone trying to steal a vehicle from his West Saddle River Road driveway and then fleeing when his alarm sounded, …
CHILD PORN: Cyber Crime Detectives Charge Retiree From Ramsey, 79 CHILD PORN: Cyber Crime Detectives Charge Retiree From Ramsey, 79 CHILD PORN: Cyber Crime Detectives Charge Retiree From Ramsey, 79
Child Porn: Cyber Crime Detectives Charge Retiree From Ramsey, 79 A 79-year-old retiree was caught with nearly 100 child porn images at his Ramsey home, authorities said. Michael Alfone was arrested Friday and then released pending an April 6 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing in Hackensack, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Monday, March 21. Detectives from the prosecutor’s Cyber Crimes Unit raided Alfone’s Arch Street home off Main Street on March 4 during the course of a months-long investigation, Musella said. They arrested Alfone on third-degree child porn possession charges after determining that he “used the Internet to vi…
Woman Stabbed In Bergen Home Rescued By Stepdad, Ex Charged With Attempted Murder Woman Stabbed In Bergen Home Rescued By Stepdad, Ex Charged With Attempted Murder Woman Stabbed In Bergen Home Rescued By Stepdad, Ex Charged With Attempted Murder
Woman Stabbed In Bergen Home Rescued By Stepdad, Ex Charged With Attempted Murder "Take one last breath -- it will be the last time," a knife-wielding man told a former partner before stabbing her with a folding knife in her parents' Bergen County home, investigators said. Jason Hinton, 27, of Little Ferry then straddled the fallen victim and raised the knife again, they said. But the victim’s stepfather grabbed him before he could do worse harm to the young mom. The horrifying tale continued with the fleeing Hinton stabbing himself several times, then driving from the Ramsey home to a hospital in Rockland County to be treated, police said. Social media posts leading u…
GOTCHA! Trio Of Broad-Daylight Car Thieves Captured In Saddle River, With Help, Following Crash GOTCHA! Trio Of Broad-Daylight Car Thieves Captured In Saddle River, With Help, Following Crash GOTCHA! Trio Of Broad-Daylight Car Thieves Captured In Saddle River, With Help, Following Crash
Gotcha! Trio Of Broad-Daylight Car Thieves Captured In Saddle River, With Help, Following Crash Three car thieves from Newark were captured thanks to a Saddle River resident who suspected something sinister, along with force-multiplying officers from neighboring towns who responded instantly, authorities said. Car thefts not only have skyrocketed recently throughout New Jersey the past few months -- they also occur during the day now, all because of new rules that prevent police pursuits. What local law enforcement officers can rely on, however, are their colleagues and their citizens. This played out in Saddle River -- an affluent suburban town off Route 17 near the New York State b…
Assailant Stabs Woman In Ramsey, Turns Knife On Himself, Drives To Rockland Hospital: Police Assailant Stabs Woman In Ramsey, Turns Knife On Himself, Drives To Rockland Hospital: Police Assailant Stabs Woman In Ramsey, Turns Knife On Himself, Drives To Rockland Hospital: Police
Assailant Stabs Woman In Ramsey, Turns Knife On Himself, Drives To Rockland Hospital: Police A manhunt ended when a man who'd stabbed a woman at a home in Ramsey turned the knife on himself before driving to Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern for treatment, authorities said. The victim was taken to the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood before being transferred to the trauma unit at Hackensack University Medical Center following the assault on Swan Street, just off southbound Route 17, around 9:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 18, Ramsey Police Chief Brian Lyman said. The suspect, Jason Hinton 27, of Liberty Street in Little Ferry, was later located at Good Sam, where he'd sought medical attention f…
Repeat Child Porn Offender From Bergen Sentenced To 5 Years Repeat Child Porn Offender From Bergen Sentenced To 5 Years Repeat Child Porn Offender From Bergen Sentenced To 5 Years
Repeat Child Porn Offender From Bergen Sentenced To 5 Years A Bergen County landscaper who was caught collecting child porn for the second time in a decade was sentenced to five years in state prison. Detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Cyber Crimes Unit arrested Jakob Menzo, 33, of Waldwick on June 10, 2021. The investigators found that Menzo “used the Internet to view, download, and possess more than 600 digital files depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said at the time. SEE: 10 Years After: Bergen Man Busted On Child Porn Charges Again Menzo was living in…