Former Roselle Mayor Arrested On Assault, Harassment Charges
A former New Jersey assemblyman and mayor has been arrested on assault and harassment charges, jail records show.
Reginald W. Atkins, 58, of Roselle, who previously served as the borough's mayor, was booked into the Essex County Correctional Facility on Monday, Oct. 12, according to inmate records.
Atkins faces charges of simple assault for purposely or knowingly causing bodily injury, simple assault involving threats of bodily injury by physical menace, and harassment involving striking, offensive touching or threats, records show.
The circumstances surrounding the alleged incident were n…
Bogus Missing Baby Report Ends With Cops Assaulted, Death Threats In PalPark: Police
A report of a missing 4-month-old baby in Bergen County turned violent when the caller attacked two police officers and threatened to kill one of them, authorities said.
Obel E. Simon-Lopez, 23, a Guatemalan national living in Palisades Park, was arrested following the Thursday, Oct. 8 incident, Police Chief George Beck announced Monday, Oct. 12.
Officers responded to the area of Broad and Henry avenues around 3:33 p.m. after receiving the missing baby report, Beck said. Police initially could not find the caller at his apartment but later located Simon-Lopez outside on Broad Avenue, w…
Reading Son Kills Mom Arguing Over Cats, Captured In VT: Reports
A 22-year-old Massachusetts man who charged in his mother's death was captured after an hours-long manhunt in Vermont, and 19 firearms were recovered from his room in his parents' basement, according to multiple published reports.
Police were called to the Hanafin home on Center Avenue in Reading on Thursday, Oct. 8, for a caller who had found his wife, Andria Hanafin, 49, dead in the kitchen, NBC News reports citing Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan.
The couple's 13-year-old son was unharmed, however, the older son, Ryan Hanafin, was missing. Ryan had a license to carry a gun, b…
Man Climbs Through Ex-GF's Hackensack Window, Chokes Her: Police
A Newark man climbed through his ex-girlfriend's kitchen window in Hackensack, grabbed her by the neck and squeezed until she became dizzy, authorities said.
Ruben P. Vera, 33, was arrested Thursday, Oct. 8, more than seven months after the alleged attack, Hackensack Police Detective Captain Darrin DeWitt said.
The woman told police Vera entered her apartment through a kitchen window about 30 minutes before she called authorities at 12:32 a.m. Sunday, March 1, DeWitt said.
Vera approached her, wrapped both hands around her neck and applied pressure until she became dizzy, police said.
Whe…
Freeport Woman-Beater Who Threatened Girlfriend With Gun Gets Hefty Prison Term: Authorities
A Long Island man who beat his girlfriend near his toddler and later threatened to shoot her was sentenced to prison on Thursday, Oct. 8, prosecutors said.
David Chaplin, 58, of Freeport, got 23.5 years to life following his conviction on kidnapping, assault, weapons, and other charges, the Nassau County District Attorney’s office said.
The violence began when the victim visited Chaplin and his 2-year-old daughter in 2024, prosecutors said.
After an argument, Chaplin beat the woman with his fists and a wooden, bat-like object near his daughter, authorities said. The woman suffered a broken…
Gas Station Worker Slashed In Face After Rejecting Robber's Demand In Rockville Centre: Police
A robber struck a 64-year-old gas station worker in the face with a knife after the employee refused to hand over cash on Long Island, police said.
Saifuddin Abdus-Samad, 56, of Hempstead, was arrested in Long Beach on Thursday, Oct. 8, following the attack last month, the Nassau County Police Department said.
Abdus-Samad entered the BP gas station at 2 Sunrise Highway in Rockville Centre on Monday, Sept. 14, around 3:45 a.m. and demanded money from the register, investigators said.
When the worker refused, Abdus-Samad struck him in the face with a knife, causing a cut, police said. He the…
Man Traps Victim In Bathroom, Chokes Her In Newburgh Attack Before Fleeing, Cops Say
A 41-year-old man is accused of attacking a victim inside her own bathroom after she invited him into her Orange County home, police said.
Newburgh resident Mark Adams, 41, was arrested following the assault on Tuesday, Oct. 6, the City of Newburgh Police Department announced on Thursday, Oct. 8.
On the day of the incident, officers responded to a home near 29 East Parmenter St. just before 7 p.m. after receiving a report of an unknown man inside a residence. The woman told police that Adams, whom she knew, had asked to use her bathroom.
After she allowed him inside, Adams asked…
Ex-Mail Carrier Who Shoved 4-Year-Old Boy To Ground In Monsey Sentenced: Report
A former United States Postal Service worker who was caught on surveillance video shoving a 4-year-old boy to the ground in Rockland County has pleaded guilty and received his sentence, according to reports.
Stony Point resident Gabriel Stan, 39, pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of a child on Wednesday, Oct. 7, and was sentenced to three years of probation, six weeks of anger management classes, and a $1,000 fine, The Monsey Scoop reported.
Stan was also ordered to stay away from the child.
The case stemmed from an incident on Thursday, March 19, on Garden Terrace off …
