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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Authorities ID Mahwah Man Accused Of Stabbing Wife Dead With Kitchen Knife
UPDATE: Authorities on Tuesday night identified a Mahwah retiree who they said stabbed his wife dead with a kitchen knife after her morning shower. Dieter R. Zimmerman, 73, called police around 7:45 a.m. from the couple's home on Indian Field Court, a townhouse development off Belgrove Drive near the Rockland border, to tell them what happened, authorities said. Township police found Zimmerman with “several scratches and a bleeding cut on a finger” and his 69-year-old wife, Jaquelin, on a floor in an upstairs bathroom adjacent to the master bedroom, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark …
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Authorities: Mahwah Woman Stabbed Dead, Husband In Custody After Calling Police
UPDATE: Authorities on Tuesday night identified a Mahwah retiree who they said stabbed his wife dead with a kitchen knife after her morning shower. Dieter R. Zimmerman, 73, called police around 7:45 a.m. from the couple's home on Indian Field Court, a townhouse development off Belgrove Drive near the Rockland border, to tell them what happened, authorities said. Township police found Zimmerman with “several scratches and a bleeding cut on a finger” and his 69-year-old wife, Jaquelin, on a floor in an upstairs bathroom adjacent to the master bedroom, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella sa…
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Drive-Thru COVID Testing Returns To BCC With One Slight Change
The drive-thru testing center at Bergen Community College is back, this time, with one slight change: Tests must be scheduled ahead of time. The Paramus site first opened in March, and in its first day open reached capacity in four hours. Over time, less and less people were showing up for tests, and so the site closed sometime over the summer. But with the number of new cases nearly back to where it was at the height of the first wave, the BCC testing site has reopened. More than 1,000 tests were anticipated to be performed opening day (Tuesday, Dec. 1), Bergen County Exe…
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Update
: Authorities Find Vehicle That Killed Wedding Guest Outside Bergen Catering Hall
UPDATE: Authorities have the hit-and-run vehicle that struck and killed a 20-year-old wedding guest from Massachusetts outside a popular Route 17 catering hall Saturday night. Now they just need to determine who was driving. Witnesses and several occupants who were in the vehicle at the time were being interviewed. "We need to make sure which one was the actual driver," Bergen County Prosecutor's Chief of Detectives Robert Anzilotti told Daily Voice around noontime. An alert initially was broadcast for a red Dodge that fled the scene after the victim from Roxbury, MA was struck outside t…
Hackensack, NJ
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Convicted Bergen Child Porn Collector Charged With Doing It Again
An assistant prosecutor knew what he was talking about when he convinced a judge in Hackensack to order lifetime parole supervision for a convicted child porn trafficker. Jackson T. Dietrich, 37, appears headed back to state prison for a third time after Bergen County prosecutor's detectives said they found him again viewing online child pornography. It was his second parole violation in 18 months, records show. Dietrich was apologetic, telling the judge that he was ashamed for himself and his family, when he was sentenced in November 2014 to five years in prison for trafficking dozen…
Englewood, NJ
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Video
: Police, Marchers Clash In Englewood, Four Arrested
Tensions were quickly escalating Saturday when the organizer of a peace march in Englewood and a city police officer went chest-to-chest. Then things got out of hand. The officer was one of several who apparently were trying disperse a march early Saturday evening, repeatedly telling participants and onlookers to back up, after what appeared to be a separate incident that occurred along the route several minutes into the event. That's when he and Ainsworth Minott faced off, video shows (see below). Almost instantly, the officer and others push forward. Some marchers are forced to the grou…
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Bergen Prosecutor Asks Parents To Check After Youth Program Director Swaps Nude Pics With Kid
UPDATE: The recently-hired director of a before- and after-school program in Saddle Brook exchanged nude images with a victim under 16 and had conversations on social media with several juveniles that "included sexually explicit dialogue," Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. Jack T. Anderson, 25, of Fair Lawn, also met with one of the minors at least three separate times, the prosecutor said. Anderson has worked extensively with youngsters the past several years in New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts, records show. Musella asked that any parent or guardian who determ…
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Director Of Saddle Brook School Program Jailed On Child Sex Abuse Charges
UPDATE: The recently-hired director of a before- and after-school program in Saddle Brook exchanged nude images with a victim under 16 and had conversations on social media with several juveniles that "included sexually explicit dialogue," Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. Jack T. Anderson, 25, of Fair Lawn, also met with one of the minors at least three separate times, the prosecutor said. Anderson has worked extensively with youngsters the past several years in New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts, records show. Musella asked that any parent or guardian who determines …
Hackensack, NJ
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Judge Releases Hackensack Woman Accused Of Killing Newborn
UPDATE: A judge in Hackensack on Tuesday released a Hackensack woman less than 24 hours after she was booked into the Bergen County Jail on charges of killing her newborn son. Kimberly Aponte, 19, hid the unwanted pregnancy from her family, authorities said. Aponte gave birth before dawn Saturday to a full-term boy whom she then wrapped in a towel and stuffed into a hamper, they said. Aponte's father called city police to the family's Hackensack Avenue apartment Saturday afternoon, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. There, the officers found the lifeless child, he said. Aponte,…
Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Palisades Park Police Sergeant Accused Of Stealing $10K From Resident Suspended
A Palisades Park police sergeant accused of stealing thousands of dollars from a borough resident was suspended from his job, authorities said Thursday. The police department received a complaint from a resident saying Christopher Sambogna, 50, stole $10,000 for them, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The sergeant, in his 16th year with the department, broke into the resident's safe to steal the money March 1, according to a criminal complaint. Police received a complaint from the resident the following day, documents show. Sambogna was arrested Aug. 12 and charged with thef…
Middletown, NJ
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Covid-
19: Here's Where You Can Get Tested In North Jersey
As expected, the number of coronavirus cases has increased with the opening of testing sites across New Jersey. And that number is only going to increase, Gov. Phil Murphy said. "As the testing regime expands, we’re going to see these numbers go up in a big way," he said. "We are getting a clearer and better sense of how far the coronavirus has already spread.” Here's a list of coronavirus testing sites in New Jersey: Officials are urging New Jersey residents to keep these testing sites open to those who need it saying that if you feel okay, stay home and rest. You'll need state ID…
Fort Lee, NJ
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Covid-
19: Fort Lee Shuts Down Senior Citizen Center
The Fort Lee Senior Center will be closed for two weeks, beginning Thursday, as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus, officials said Wednesday. Arrangements have been made with the “Meals on Wheels” program sponsored by Bergen County to provide qualified seniors with lunch during the closure period, Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich said. "This measure is strictly preemptive and is not in response to any presumptive or additional confirmed cases of individuals in the Borough of Fort Lee contracting COVID-19," Sokolich said. Fort Lee will still provide free shuttle bus service to i…
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