Fort Lee Cop Cleared After Fatal Shooting Of 25-Year-Old Woman In Mental Health Crisis
A state grand jury has declined to bring criminal charges against a Fort Lee police officer who shot and killed 25-year-old Victoria G. Lee during a mental health emergency in her apartment last summer, officials said Tuesday, July 15.
The decision, announced by the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA), came nearly one year after Lee was killed by Officer Tony Pickens Jr. at The Pinnacle apartments on Main Street in Fort Lee.
The panel voted “no bill” on Monday, July 14, following a review of 911 calls, body-worn camera footage, taser video, witness interviews, ballistics re…
Ex-Fair Lawn School Employee Masturbated In Building With Kids Present: Prosecutor
A 33-year-old former school district employee has been charged in a lewdness investigation in Bergen County, authorities announced.
John C. Stewart, a former substitute teacher in Fair Lawn, is accused of breaking into Thomas Jefferson Middle School on Thursday, July 3 and Friday, July 4, and masturbating in the hallways, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
During one of the instances, children were present for a summer activity, Musella said on Wednesday, July 9.
Charging documents indicate that Stewart, of Midland Park, also broke into the school on Tuesday, July 8. Th…
Ridgewood Dads Unite After Sudden Loss Of One Of Their Own
The night before he died, Octavio Gonzalez was more full of life than ever.
He spent the evening laughing with one of his closest friends, Ahmad Oloumi, who said nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
“He was no different,” Oloumi said. “His typical jovial self.”
Which is why the news of Gonzalez’s sudden passing the next day, Sunday, June 22, came as such a shock.
Now, in the wake of his death, Oloumi and Ridgewood’s Dads’ Night, a nonprofit made up of fathers from two of the village’s elementary schools, have launched a GoFundMe to support Gonzalez’s wife, April, and their children, M…
Bloods Gang Member, Ex-Con Wanted By US Marshals Fights Paramus Cops: Police
A Bloods gang member and ex-con wanted by the US Marshals Service in a string of charges across New Jersey was arrested in Paramus, where he tried fighting off Paramus officers, police said.
Paramus officers Jason Hrbek, Michael Cleary, and Matthew Orefice responded to Howland Avenue for a dispute where they encountered Danny Urena, 32, of Passaic on Thursday, June 19 at approximately 1:15 p.m., Paramus Police Deputy Chief Frank Scott said.
Urena, standing at 6 feet and 3 inches and weighing 310 pounds, gave officers a false name, tried fleeing, and “continually flailed his arms and le…
