A sleeping homeowner awoke to a burglar in her home Monday, Oct. 28 in Palisades Park, police said.Officers were called to the home and found the back kitchen sliding glass door had been smashed with a flower pot around 8:20 p.m., Palisades Park police said.The burglar went into the home and upstai…

A vehicle turning left onto Liberty Street from Route 46 west in Little Ferry was struck by a vehicle heading east on Route 46 just before 5 p.m., Police Chief Jim Walters said. The vehicle spun out upon impact into two other vehicles that were stopped for the traffic light...

An officer noticed a dark blue Hyundai Palisade driving recklessly near Teaneck Road on Route 4 and tried to stop the vehicle at 9:45 p.m., a spokesperson for the Bergen County Sheriff's Office said. The driver, later identified as Ali Ameer Abdulhakim Noman, of the Bronx, sped up, ignoring the...

SECAUCUS — A Bergen County man who has already served time for a home invasion, attempted to run over a gas attendant and threatened him, before assaulting police officers at headquarters and throwing urine at cops at a hospital, according to Secaucus police. Nelson Castellon, 27, of Ridgefield Park,...

Grei Mendez, 37, the operator of El Divino Niño Daycare Center in Kingsbridge Heights where one-year-old Nicholas Feliz Dominici died on Sept. 15, 2023, from fentanyl poisoning has pleaded guilty to federal charges brought against her following the incident, prosecutors announced on Tuesday, Oct. 29. “Grei Mendez has just...

A 27-year-old West New York man was arrested after police found a gun in his car while serving a parking violation in Guttenberg on Sunday, Oct. 27, authorities said.At 12:41 a.m., police were addressing a parking complaint at 69th Street and John F. Kennedy Blvd East, Guttenberg police said. While…

A 37-year-old Hackensack man was convicted on Tuesday, Oct. 29 for his role in a string of armed robberies in Hudson County over the course of one night in April 2022, authorities said.The conviction stem from four armed robberies that were reported between the late night hours of Friday, Apri…

A 27-year-old man with a prior conviction in New Jersey for gun possession has been sentenced to federal prison for illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition in New Hampshire, authorities said Tuesday. Monytung Maker, also known as “MoSavage,” previously pleaded guilty in 2019 to a weapons offense in Bergen...

The body of a newborn baby was found outside an apartment building in the Bronx on Wednesday.Police say the newborn girl was found in the courtyard of a building on St. Lawrence Avenue around 11:15 a.m.The child was discovered by a building worker. She was unconscious and unresponsive with the umbilical cord still attached.The contractor then notified the building superintendent, who told Eyewitness News that he wish he had known sooner."I was like crazy because they say the baby was there for almost three or four days and the baby was next to my living room," said the building superintendent...

Officers conducted a traffic stop after observing the vehicle's driver, later identified as Olinsser Vera, engage in what appeared to be drug transaction, Guttenberg police said. Officers believed the driver was engaged in criminal activity and requested the Bayonne Police Department's K9 unit, police said. The narcotics K9 conducted a...

The FDNY said the incident happened around 1 p.m. Tuesday inside the Astor Collegiate Academy in Pelham Parkway.

The grief-stricken family of the New York City artist found brutally murdered in a swanky Hamptons spa and resort expressed their devastation Wednesday — as they paid tribute to the ‘beloved’ slain woman. Sabina Rosas, 33, of Brooklyn, was found dead in a guest room at the high-end Shou Sugi Ban House in Water Mill on Monday, according to police — who have yet to detail exactly how she was murdered. “We are devastated by this senseless loss,” her family said in a statement obtained by NBC4, adding that she was a “beloved daughter, sister, fiancee and friend.” “As the eldest of three daughters, Sabina brought excitement, adventure, joy and love to our...

Eduardo L. Villegas Valera, 30, of Elmhurst, NY had been hired to help someone move items in Englewood Cliffs on Monday, March 11, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Once at the commercial property on Sylvan Avenue, Villegas Valera alerted Gliderman Cienfuego Castro, 37, confirming the existence of the true victim's watch, the prosecutor said.

Holding her grandmother’s floral painted urn on the concrete stoop of her childhood home, Kristina Lopez stood for a photo. As her mother flashed the bright camera light, Lopez clutched the remains of her late grandmother and stepgrandfather in both of her arms. In the background of the portrait,...

The man accused of attacking a Bronx woman was back in court Wednesday - but never made it into the courtroom.

A jury has been seated to hear the subway chokehold case against Daniel Penny with opening statements scheduled for Friday.The jury is comprised of seven women and five men, including four people of color. The Manhattan District Attorney's Office filed a motion accusing the defense of eliminating certain potential jurors based on race. At the time, the defense used their challenges to strike at least 10 people of color.Prosecutors cited a Black woman with purple hair that defense attorneys struck after pointing out the hair color as among the reasons they wanted her off the jury.Jury selection began more than...

A 9-year-old girl escaped a masked kidnapper as she walked to school in Queens — then ran to her mom, who works as a school crossing guard, cops and sources said. The girl was walking at the southwest corner of 34th Avenue and 93rd Street in North Corona around 7:40 a.m. when the gray-haired creep in a black mask rolled up to her in his black sedan, authorities said.  “Come inside the car,” the man called out to the youngster, according to police.  Three arrested over kidnapping of newlywed American YouTuber in Philippines —in possible love triangle When the girl refused, he allegedly got...

The first New Jersey school to crack the list was Alpine Middle School at No. 65. Niche's rankings can be broken down even further to find the top public middle schools in Bergen County. They are:. 20. Maywood Avenue School. 19. Union School, Rutherford. 18. Lewis F. Cole Middle School,...

Jose Tavares of Englewood found guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud for pandemic-related unemployment scheme. MORRISTOWN, NJ - Jose Tavares, a 37-year-old resident of Englewood, New Jersey, was convicted on October 28, 2024, for his role in a scheme to steal over $570,000 in COVID-19 unemployment benefits. The conviction came after a five-day jury trial in Trenton federal court before U.S. District Judge Robert Kirsch. Tavares was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, a charge that carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and fines up to $250,000 or twice the financial impact on victims.

Police are investigating after three people were shot and killed in the Bronx on Wednesday.The shooting happened just after 8 p.m. at 613 Southern Blvd. in the Longwood section.Police say they received a 911 call of three people shot inside of the location.They found three victims, a 34-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the head, a 67-year-old woman with a gunshot wound to the head and a 57-year-old man with gunshot wounds to the body.The 57-year-old man and 57-year-old woman were pronounced dead at the scene.The 34-year-old man was taken to Lincoln Hospital and was later pronounced dead.There's no description of the suspect, or word on what led up to the shooting.The investigation remains ongoing.This story will be updated as more information becomes available.----------* More Bronx news* Send us a news tip* Download the abc7NY app for breaking news alerts * Follow us on YouTube Submit a tip or story idea to Eyewitness NewsHave a breaking news tip or an idea for a story we should cover? Send it to Eyewitness News using the form below. If attaching a video or photo, terms of use apply.