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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Family Offers $25K Reward in Slaying of Bergen Woman

The 2010 killings of two women, in Teaneck and Palisades Park, remain unsolved. Authorities have not said the two deaths are connected.

The family of a 69-year-old Palisades Park woman found stabbed to death in her burning home has offered a $25,000 reward to help solve the more than three year old slaying, authorities said this week. Emergency crews found Dolores Alliotts dead after they responded to a fire at her home early April 28, 2010, according to the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office. Investigators determined the house was set ablaze to cover up the killing. "Detectives believe, based on available statistics and evidence, that the killer may have had some prior interaction with Alliotts," Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said in a statement. "This may have been a brief interaction that would not normally raise suspicion, such as a deliveryman, maintenance personnel, …

Monday, April 1, 2013

Bergen Prosecutor Forms School Security Task Force

More than 160 schools across Bergen County slated for security reviews, prosecutor says.

Officials are set to inspect more than 160 Bergen County schools in an expanded security initiative formed after the Newtown elementary school massacre, the county prosecutor announced Monday. Under a newly formed county task force, police chiefs in towns that requested the safety reviews will designate a police liaison to receive training from the prosecutor’s office and work with school officials to develop a security plan, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said.  “This task force system will create a permanent security environment whereby local schools will have a greater access to information and assistance in their efforts to keep our schools safe,” Molinelli said in a statement. The security inspections have been going on …

Common Cents

12:35 am on Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Gnobie01. Read what I said closer. I do not trust. But, the reality of it is that there are only a few who would be able to do what would be necessary. I may even flirt with the idea you may be up to it. I have no problem with one stretcher and the means of the action to cause it.   more ›

Saturday, November 17, 2012

'Occupy' Doctor Had Bomb-Making Chemicals In Ridgewood Basement, Authorities Charge

Authorities raid Union Street home, say they've recover highly volatile bomb-making chemical and assault rifles.

A New York doctor who was active in the Occupy Wall Street movement of 2011 was charged Saturday with possessing a large quantity of chemicals used in bomb-making, hours after authorities conducted a raid on the Ridgewood house in which he lived, officials said. Roberto Rivera, 60, a medical doctor, was charged with recklessly creating a risk of widespread injury or damage after FBI agents and members of the Bergen County bomb squad found precursor chemicals used in the making of explosives, Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli said in a release Saturday afternoon. Molinelli called at least one of the chemicals "highly volatile," but authorities did not disclose the names of the chemicals found in the house. Rivera was being held on $1 …

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John Santaella

4:38 pm on Wednesday, November 21, 2012

If you have flour in your pantry and fertilizer in your shed you've got bomb making ingredients. Tea anyone?   more ›

Sunday, September 9, 2012

County Police Show Off Underwater Robot as Debate Rages Over Future of Agency

Bergen County Police say the remote control evidence recovery robot is one of only a half dozen in the county and provides a valuable shared service that local municipalities likely couldn't afford on their own.

An underwater robot the size of a microwave has found its way into the crossfire of a divisive county-wide debate. This week, the Bergen County Police Department’s Water Search and Recovery Unit showed off its new SeaBotix LBV-200-4 Mini ROV — a robot designed to assist the 15-person unit in underwater search and recovery. During a demonstration at the lower lake of the Ramapo Reservation in Mahwah this week, BCPD Sgt. Mark Tiedemann showcased the remote-control device, which sends a video feed from underwater to its operator on dry land. County police conducted the demonstration in the long shadow of a debate over whether or not the county’s police department — and its specialty units like the WSAR — will continue to exist on their own or…

Anonyamous

12:55 pm on Saturday, September 15, 2012

Cutter 0710 FYI I just read article The secret of their success? How US leaders from JFK to Roosevelt and George Bush share Psychopathic traits. I have always known this I watch overachievers like my mother and brother and that same drive that makes them successful can also be a double sword .Like the saying goes everyone is crazy but you. However, in war it is import to understand the psychology…   more ›

Friday, June 29, 2012

Man Accused in Synagogue Firebombing Pleads Not Guilty in Prosecutor Murder Plot

Aakash Dalal, the former Lodi man allegedly behind the anti-semitic arsons earlier this year, has pleaded not guilty to additional charges that he plotted to murder the assistant prosecutor in the case.

The former Lodi man who allegedly played a guiding role in the firebombings of Jewish synagogues earlier this year has pleaded not guilty to new charges that he conspired to kill the assistant prosecutor handling his case, authorities said Thursday.  Aakash Dalal, 20, who had been attending Rutgers University and has a New Brunswick address, plotted to obtain a gun and murder Assistant Prosecutor Martin Delaney after he made bail, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said in a statement. Dalal, who was scheduled to be released from jail this week after arranging to post $1 million bail, was charged with conspiracy to commit murder, conspiracy to possess a weapon for unlawful purposes and terroristic threats. In early May, FBI agents …

Paul Umrichin

11:15 am on Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Hey Billy Mays, You can stuff it too. You say that you don't actually intend to make people believe that you are Billy Mays, so why do you insist and continue to use his name. And how are you different than others guilty of identity theft? You just don't make sense, but then again you never do.   more ›

Monday, May 14, 2012

Manahawkin Woman Used George Soros' Name in Bergen Ponzi Scheme, Prosecutor Says

Woman claimed she once worked for acclaimed financier George Soros, prosecutors say.

A Manahawkin woman bilked investors out of about $450,000 over six years by claiming their money was going to a hedge fund handled by New York City finance magnate George Soros, the Bergen County Prosecutor said Monday. Dunya Predovan, 57, was arrested Thursday on charges of theft by deception and issuing bad checks after investigators with the Prosecutor’s Office and Alpine police uncovered her Ponzi scheme, Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said in a statement. Predovan told victims she worked for Soros in the 1980’s and promised a large return on the investments, Molinelli said. Soros, however, had never heard of Predovan and she had not worked for the famed financier, according to the prosecutor. “To date, none of the victims have received …

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Love Triangle Led To 2011 Murder Of Teaneck Man, Prosecutor Says

Prosecutor says additional arrest is possible

TEANECK, NJ -- A jealous husband was behind the killing of a Teaneck man who was found shot to death last year in his charred Elm Avenue home, authorities charged Friday.  Sui Kam “Tony” Tung, 49, faces first-degree murder, first-degree felony murder and aggravated arson charges in the March 2011 death of Robert Cantor, according to a statement released Friday night by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. Tung confronted Cantor at his home late the night of March 6, 2011 after learning of an affair between Tung’s estranged wife and Cantor, Prosecutor John Molinelli said in the statement. Tung first learned of the relationship in 2010 and began stalking Cantor, eventually confronting him in Teaneck the night before he was found shot and …

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follow-up question

4:01 pm on Monday, May 14, 2012

where were YOU on the night of the murder and arson? pls record the i.p. number of the computer that sent that post immediately above...   more ›

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

The Fight Over The Future Of A $22 Million Police Department

Six months since a study recommended sweeping changes to Bergen County Police Department, none have come.

Note: This story was published on Dec. 4, 2011 Six months after a study called for sweeping changes to the Bergen County Police Department, none of the study's central recommendations have been implemented as the fight over the future of the agency continues, a fight that has seemingly chilled the relationship of two county leaders who were allies this time last year.  Bergen County officials are currently waiting for a second report on the county police that’s supposed to be completed early next year, this one by a committee created by County Executive Kathleen Donovan. Critics - most notably Sheriff Michael Saudino, who swept into office with Donovan last November - argue the panel is composed primarily of political appointees rather …

Anonyamous

4:04 am on Saturday, September 8, 2012

While they disband the Bergen County Police they should also look to cut back the municpal town police department. The municpal town police are glorified security guards making $150,000 to basically write tickets. Teaneck has a excellent Police force but that is rare Englewood, Oakland and Paramus are the worse. The Police are lazy do not want to write police reports, Do absolutely nothing to …   more ›

Monday, March 26, 2012

Prosecutor: New York Man Sought Pornographic Photos of 6-Year-Old

Fifty-nine year old used internet to make arrangements with an individual he believed to be the mother of a 6-year-old female.

A 59-year-old New York man was arrested on charges that he arranged to meet a 6-year-old child in order to take pornographic photos of her, according to the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office.  Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli announced the arrest Monday following an investigation in which Allan Davis, of Valley Stream, used the internet to make arrangements with a person he believed to be the mother of a 6-year-old female to take nude photographs of the child. Davis, who was arrested without incident on March 23, was charged with attempt to endanger the welfare of a child and attempt to manufacture child pornography. Davis is a registered sex offender in his home state of New York for a 1999 arrest in which he traveled from Maryland…

Scondo

5:03 pm on Tuesday, March 27, 2012

What ever happened to having sexual relations with your spouse ? We are overrun with perversities.   more ›

Monday, March 12, 2012

Waldwick Man, 57, Advertised Himself As Prostitute, Police Charge

Placed ads online seeking money for sex, authorities allege

An unemployed Waldwick man who advertised himself as a prostitute on the Internet was arrested after meeting with an undercover detective he thought was a client, authorities said Monday. Lawrence Duffy, Jr., who is 57 and divorced, was arrested at his home after officials charged him with engaging in prostitution, Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli said in a release. Duffy was also charged with resisting arrest, and was released on his own recognizance.

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