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Disturbing New Details Released In Arrest Of Palisades Park Police Officer
Disturbing new details have come to light in the arrest of 42-year-old David Chun, a Palisades Park police officer.Chun, 42, of South Hackensack, was arrested Monday, July 22 on a slew of charges stemming from multiple assaults on a woman in Hasbrouck Heights between 2019 and 2023, Bergen…
Driver found dead after truck explosion causes road closures, evacuations in Clifton
A driver has been found dead after a large truck exploded and caught fire, which prompted road closures and traffic delays in Clifton on Monday morning.It happened on Route 3 near East Valley Road around 9 a.m. but the large mess left behind will likely take a while to be cleaned up.Route 3 was closed in both directions following the crash, but the westbound lanes reopened Monday evening.Eastbound lanes are still closed between Route 46 and Grove Street. One eastbound lane is expected to reopen Thursday night, and the remaining three lanes will remain closed until 5 a.m. on Tuesday,...
Pair of creeps on the loose after rape of 12-year-old on NYC rooftop: cops
A 12-year-old girl was raped by a pair of strangers on the rooftop landing of an East Harlem building Sunday evening, cops said. The two unidentified creeps — believed to be teens and still at large Monday night — sexually assaulted the pre-teen atop an apartment building at the intersection of East 112th Street and First Avenue, authorities said. Suspect, 22, who allegedly ran over Mich. Trump supporter, 80, with ATV kills himself: report The NYPD responded to a 911 call about the rape around 6:40 p.m., and the girl’s parents reported the sick crime, police said. The child was taken to a local...
Leroy Truth files false arrest lawsuit against Union City mayor and police dept.
YouTuber LeRoy Truth filed a two-count lawsuit against Union City Mayor Brian Stack and the local police department this morning, alleging that his civil rights were violated and that he was wrongfully arrested at a board of commissioners meeting last week. The 34-page court filing by West New York-based attorney...
Hoboken Aggravated Assault Incident: Two Family Members Arrested
HOBOKEN, NJ - Two people from the same family have been processed on charges of aggravated assault. The charges stem from an incident on June 9, 2024, when HPD officers responded to Fourth and Jefferson Streets on reports of a fight. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER They met with the victim who reported he’d been attacked by four men as he attempted to go into a convenience store on the 300 block of Jackson Street. An on-scene investigation revealed Hyadia Ladson hit the victim with an umbrella, and Larry Ladson then hit him with his...
NJ teacher charged with assaulting 11-year-old special needs student
WEST ORANGE — A special education teacher is facing charges including child endangerment for assaulting an 11-year-old student at school, according to authorities. Jaron Spicer, 32, of Bayonne was arrested on July 16, according to Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens. The teacher at Mt. Carmel Guild Academy in West...
Maniac accused of killing 4 relatives, including 2 kids, inside NYC home left building with bloody face, claimed he was on ‘shrooms’: DA
The crazed relative accused of slaughtering four family members inside a Brooklyn apartment claimed he was high on shrooms after he allegedly stabbed his mother, strangled his sister-in-law and her two small kids and fled the home with a bloody face, prosecutors said Sunday. Shahboz Rajabboev — who is facing murder charges after his brother discovered the gruesome crime scene Friday night in Bensonhurst — claimed to police he didn’t know what happened to his relatives, including his niece, 5, and nephew, 4, because he ingested mushrooms, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office. During Rajabboev’s arraignment Sunday night where he was...
New video shows moment truck hauling chemicals explodes after crash on Route 3 in NJ
New video that the moment a tractor-trailer hauling chemicals exploded after crashing into a wall on a New Jersey highway, as an investigation into what happened continues. All lanes on Route 3 in Clifton reopened on Tuesday, a day after a big rig exploded in a fiery mess that left the driver dead and the roadway shut down for hours.
Rikers Island inmate with suspected scarlet fever dies after jail staff block medical help: records
A Rikers Island inmate with suspected scarlet fever died after jail staff repeatedly blocked medical workers from treating her, according to advocates and records. Charizma Jones, 23, died last week — more than two months after EMS personnel rushed her from the troubled jail to a Queens hospital, a letter from attorneys with The Legal Aid Society obtained by The Post states. The letter sent Monday to the Board of Correction raises concerns whether jail staff letting a fever-riddled, rash-covered Jones languish untreated for two days led to her death — a question also raised by MK Kaishian, an attorney for Jones’...
Attempted murder suspect in stabbing of MTA bus driver walks free after grand jury doesn’t indict him in time
The attacker who allegedly stabbed a Brooklyn MTA bus driver in a broad-daylight fit of rage last month was charged with attempted murder – but walked free because a grand jury did not indict him in time, according to cops and prosecutors. Malachi Houston, 27, was arrested July 8 and charged with attempted murder for allegedly knifing a 60-year-old operator in the neck on board a B99 bus at Pitkin and Alabama avenues in East New York a month earlier, authorities said Monday. But Houston was ultimately cut loose because a Brooklyn grand jury did not indict him within the established 6-day...
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