Five slayings left from 2008 stymie police    Posted on 2009-01-05
Source: North Jersey Media Group
Passaic County starts the year with five open homicides cases from 2008. That's up from three unclosed murder cases in 2007.... Full story...

Passaic County Jail faces more staph cases    Posted on 2009-01-04
Source: North Jersey Media Group
Months after a number of Passaic County Jail inmates and officers were stricken with a drug-resistant staph infection, officials have confirmed new cases among inmates.... Full story...

Police: West Milford woman killed when husband accidentally fires pellet gun    Posted on 2009-01-03
Source: Daily Record
WEST MILFORD - A 44-year-old mother died Saturday morning after being struck in the back after her husband accidentally discharged a pellet gun he intended to use to scare away a squirrel, police said.... Full story...

Church shooting puts spotlight on close-knit Knanaya religion    Posted on 2009-01-03
Source: The Victoria Star
5. Pallipurath, 27, of Sacramento, Calif., is charged with murder, attempted murder and weapons offences in the Nov.... Full story...

UPDATED: Man killed crossing Route 80    Posted on 2009-01-02
Source: North Jersey Media Group
A Wallington man was struck by two vehicles and killed last night after he ran into oncoming traffic on eastbound Route 80 in Totowa, state police said.... Full story...

West Milford - Roads to receive county's attention    Posted on 2009-01-01
Source: Suburban Trends
Passaic County's road resurfacing program will continue in 2009 with a possible record, as 3.1 miles of roadway are currently proposed for paving in West Milford.... Full story...

Paterson man pleads not guilty of slaying    Posted on 2008-12-31
Source: North Jersey Media Group
A 20-year-old Paterson man pleaded not guilty during his arraignment Tuesday on charges that he shot a man to death on a city street.... Full story...

Another arrest made in robbery    Posted on 2008-12-31
Source: NorthJersey.com
CLIFTON a ' Nearly two months after a team of robbers bound five people with duct tape and ransacked their apartment, police made a fourth arrest in the case.... Full story...

WANAQUE - Robbery makes pizza deliverers cautious    Posted on 2008-12-30
Source: Suburban Trends
The Dec. 13 armed robbery of a pizza deliveryman in an isolated area of the borough has not ground future deliveries to a halt, but restaurant staff is being ever cautious about where its pizza will go.... Full story...

N.Y. men charged in Wayne burglary    Posted on 2008-12-30
Source: North Jersey Media Group
WAYNE a ' A pair of burglars from the Bronx were nabbed by township police after a local homeowner spotted them leaving her house, police said Monday.... Full story...

3 charged in murder scheme    Posted on 2008-12-30
Source: North Jersey Media Group
PASSAIC a ' Police on Monday said greed was behind a murder conspiracy that led to the death of a 32-year-old man visiting Passaic County from Colombia.... Full story...

Assembly OK's EnCap-Related Oversight Bill    Posted on 2008-12-29
Source: GlobeSt.com
EnCap wanted to turn 800 acres of closed landfills in New Jersey's Meadowlands region into a $1-billion mix of golf courses, residences, office and retail space, but the subsidiary of Raleigh, NC-based Cherokee ...... Full story...

11 hires, 11 promotions,but sheriff's staff smaller    Posted on 2008-12-27
Source: North Jersey Media Group
WAYNE a ' Two weeks after Passaic County freeholders filled a nearly $2 million budget gap for the Sheriff's Department, Sheriff Jerry Speziale promoted 11 officers and hired 11 people on Tuesday.... Full story...

Family safe after fire damages their home    Posted on 2008-12-25
Source: North Jersey Media Group
PASSAIC a ' More than 40 firefighters from Passaic and Bergen counties battled a three-alarm fire Wednesday that heavily damaged a large Victorian house at 114 High St.... Full story...

Wanaque pedestrian struck, killed    Posted on 2008-12-23
Source: North Jersey Media Group
A pedestrian was struck by a car and killed last night on Hamburg Turnpike in Wayne, police said this morning.... Full story...

Teenager's 911 Call About Dad Driving Drunk Held Sufficient Cause for Stop    Posted on 2008-12-22
Source: Legal Times
A teenage daughter's 911 call to police that her father was driving drunk was enough to justify a stop of his vehicle, even without evidence of erratic driving, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Monday.... Full story...

Winter Storm Watch for New Jersey    Posted on 2008-12-22
Source: My Fox NY
Storm Watch on Fox 5 and MyFoxNY.com. If you enjoyed Friday's snow storm, get ready for more of the same.... Full story...

Study's focus is shoppersafety    Posted on 2008-12-19
Source: North Jersey Media Group
LITTLE FALLS a ' The bustling intersection of Main Street and Paterson Avenue is looking more and more like a thriving downtown business district these days, with a mix of hair and nail salons, cafA©s, ...... Full story...

West Milford - County to replace Union Valley bridge    Posted on 2008-12-17
Source: Suburban Trends
STAFF PHOTO BY DEMITRIUS BALEVSKI The West Milford Township Council recently gave consensus to draft an ordinance that would donate a 508-square-foot lot to Passaic County for the replacement of the Green Brook ...... Full story...

WANAQUE - Gunmen intercept pizza delivery    Posted on 2008-12-16
Source: Suburban Trends
Police are on the lookout for two suspects who allegedly needed some dough and therefore held up a pizzeria delivery man with a "revolver type" gun in an isolated section of the borough Sunday night shortly ...... Full story...

Boro resident arrested in MSU arson investigation    Posted on 2008-12-16
Source: Pascack Valley Community Life
According to a Dec. 10 statement issued by Montclair State University Chief of Police Paul Cell, Park Ridge resident Steven Romano, 19, was arrested and charged with setting a string of recent fires on the ...... Full story...

Former Paterson politician sentenced to prison    Posted on 2008-12-15
Source: Central Jersey
A former New Jersey Assemblyman who is also a Baptist minister has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison.... Full story...

Crash, car fire closes Route 3    Posted on 2008-12-15
Source: North Jersey Media Group
CLIFTON a ' Police had to close a portion of Route 3 west for nearly two hours Sunday morning after a car spun off the highway and hit a patch of trees.... Full story...

Monroe Ford creditors will get debts paid from auction    Posted on 2008-12-14
Source: Recordonline.com - The Times Herald-Record
Blue-and-white balloon bouquets still hung from the showroom ceiling, but not over shiny cars with price stickers.... Full story...

West Milford - County springs big project on township    Posted on 2008-12-12
Source: Suburban Trends
With wastewater management plans due to the state in five months, Passaic County is giving the township the option of completing its portion of the plan for the understaffed county government.... Full story...