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Juvenile Delinquency
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes
Police & Fire
Car Thief Confronted By Wyckoff Homeowner Turns Out To Be 14-Year-Old Garfield Boy
A would-be car thief who fled a Wyckoff driveway after the new BMW X5’s owner confronted him turned out to be a 14-year-old boy from Garfield, authorities said. The teen hopped into a waiting Dodge Charger that was trailed by a Nissan Rogue, both of which sped from Atwood Place early one late-March morning, Wyckoff Police Lt. Joseph Soto said. Sgt. Ryan Noon tried stopping the Rogue but had to terminate the pursuit because of safety concerns, Soto said. Detective Sgt. Michael DeMaio took it from there, identifying the boy with help from Newark police who’d stopped the Charger, the lieutena…
Northern Valley
Police & Fire
Bergen Grade Schoolers Accused Of Sodomizing Boy With Sex Toy
A group of young boys from Old Tappan are accused of sodomizing another with a sex toy. According to multiple parents, the 8th graders pooled their money to buy the penis-shaped sex aid from a popular gift company. One apparently turned it on another at a local residence while at least two others helped with the horrific assault, they said. Video of the penetration and what the parents said was an equally disgusting subsequent act was apparently recorded and shared. It wasn't immediately clear what physical injuries the victim may have suffered or what medical treatment was needed. …
Capital District
Police & Fire
Teen Duo Charged With Attempted Murder Following Shooting In Troy
Two underage teens are facing attempted murder charges following a shooting in the region. The Rensselaer County incident happened shortly before 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, in Troy, near 3rd and Jefferson streets. Troy Police said someone called 911 saying they had heard multiple gunshots in the area. When officers arrived, they interviewed an individual who they believe to have been the intended target of the shooting. The victim was not struck and there were no reports of injuries. Patrol officers spotted the suspects 45 minutes later on a CDTA bus and they were arrested on 3rd Av…
Garfield-Lodi
Police & Fire
Police Car Struck, Vehicle Thieves Captured After Crash In Garfield: Authorities
A driver wanted for hitting a police cruiser with a stolen BMW was nabbed by Garfield police after he crashed into a pole, igniting a fire, and took off on foot, authorities said. Garfield police spotted the orange 2020 BMW M4 shortly before noon Wednesday, March 27, after colleagues from Newark who were tracking the vehicle via GPS pointed them to Prospect Street after one of their vehicles was hit, Capt. Mario Pozo said. Garfield Police Officer Noah Murphy tried stopping the sedan moments later, the captain said, but the driver threw it in reverse, hit the gas and accidentally slammed int…
Sussex
Police & Fire
Bomb Squad Called After Teen Points Loaded Weapon At Person: Franklin Borough PD
A 16-year-old Franklin Borough teenager was arrested after they pointed a loaded firearm at a household member during a dispute on Sunday, Feb. 11, police said. Franklin Borough Police said no weapons were discharged and nobody was injured during the incident. While on scene, police investigated other weapons and prohibited devices being possessed and improvised by the juvenile within the home, officers said. The New Jersey State Police Bomb Unit was called in and each weapon and other unlawful device was removed from the home. The teenager was issued a delinquency complaint warr…
Teaneck
Police & Fire
High Schooler Charged With Vehicular Homicide In Hit-And-Run Crash That Killed Teaneck Mom
UPDATE: A high school student who caused a crash that killed a Teaneck mom near her home has been charged with vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a fatal crash, authorities announced on Tuesday. Dymond T. Fryson, 40, briefly clung to life following the horrific 7:52 a.m. Jan. 25 crash at the intersection of Palmer and Sherman avenues. Witnesses said the other driver, a Bogota High School student who was with a classmate, sped through multiple stop signs before his 2015 Ford Explorer slammed into Fryson’s 2022 Nissan Rogue three blocks from the high school. The impact sent Fryson’s…
South Passaic
Police & Fire
Boys — 15, 16 — Charged With Shooting 14-Year-Old Outside Paterson School
Two Paterson boys – one 15, the other 16 – are charged with shooting a 14-year-old outside a city grade school last fall. The victim was treated at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center after being wounded near the Halpine Street entrance to School #12 on Oct. 25. A lengthy investigation led to delinquency complaints signed this past week against both youngsters, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In-Charge Isa Abbassi said in a joint announcement. The complaints allege what would be the adult equivalent of attempted murder and weapons offen…
Somerset
Police & Fire
Teenage Trio Arrested In Somerset County After Loaded Handguns Recovered: Prosecutors
Three people were arrested in Somerset County after police discovered two loaded handguns following a traffic stop on Thursday, Jan. 4, authorities said. At 3:30 p.m., a Warren Township police officer pulled over a vehicle on Hillcrest Road near I-78, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of Detectives Francisco Roman Jr., and the Warren Township Police Department said. During the traffic stop, police discovered the vehicle had a stolen license plate and Javon Singletary, an 18-year-old Phillipsburg resident and a 17-year-old juveni…
Suffolk NY
News
State Worker Admits Drugging, Sexually Abusing 15-Year-Old At Dix Hills Juvenile Facility
A New York State employee has confessed to drugging and sexually abusing an underage girl at a juvenile detention center on Long Island. Ovzie Cannon, age 40, of Queens, pleaded guilty to rape and related charges in Suffolk County Court on Friday, Dec. 1. According to prosecutors, Cannon worked as a youth support specialist at the Brentwood Residential Center for Girls between January and February 2023. The facility – operated by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services – serves girls ages 12 to 18 who have been adjudicated as juvenile delinquents. Cannon admitted to givi…
Yorktown
Police & Fire
14-Year-Old Duo Nabbed For Spray Painting Graffiti On Wall At Yorktown Intersection
Two teenagers face charges after being caught spray painting graffiti on a wall at a busy Northern Westchester intersection, police announced. The arrests stemmed from an incident on Monday, Dec. 4 around 11:40 a.m., when the two teens were seen spray painting graffiti on a sound barrier wall just east of the intersection of Route 6 and Mill Street in Yorktown, according to Yorktown Police. Officers then responded to the intersection and found the two teenagers in the area. An investigation determined that the duo had spray painted several graffiti "tags" onto the wall and were allegedly in…
South Passaic
Police & Fire
Security At Westmount Country Club Nabs Juvenile Worker With Loaded Gun
A 17-year-old employee at the Westmount Country Club got caught bringing a loaded gun to work, authorities said. Security at the banquet hall off Rifle Camp Road seized the boy, the handgun and a magazine loaded with hollow-point bullets, Woodland Park Police Capt. Michael Brady said. They turned all over to responding officers, he said. Woodland Park police signed a delinquency complaint charging the teen with weapons-related offenses, the captain said. They then sent him to the Essex Juvenile Detention Center in Newark pending a closed-door hearing, because of his age, in the Famil…
Montgomery PA
News
Boy, 15, Claiming Man Raped GF Kills Him Using Dad's Gun In Pottstown: DA
"He's a rapist!" That's what police say a 15-year-old boy yelled moments after fatally shooting a 39-year-old man in Pottstown using his dad's gun on Wednesday, Nov. 22, authorities announced the following weekend. Thomas James Niarhos, of Stowe, has been charged with first-degree murder in the midday killing of Jeremiah "Jay" Waylon Hawkins, near the Pottstown Train Station on South Hanover Street, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. The teen boy was seen loitering in the same area, Security Plaza, just before 6 a.m., on July 13, according …
Rutherford
Police & Fire
Boy Seized With BB Gun At Rutherford HS Playoff Game
A 17-year-old boy who apparently thought it was a good idea to bring a BB gun to Rutherford High School's state playoff game against visiting Hanover Park was quickly taken into custody, authorities said. The Friday night lights made it easy for a concerned citizen to see the weapon, which the boy pulled from his waistband to show other fans near the end of the Nov. 3 game, Rutherford Police Chief John Russo said. The citizen went straight to one of the officers on duty. It was "just a matter of minutes," the chief said, before Officer Anthony Bachmann and Sgt. Scott Ahearn seized the boy …
Middlesex NJ
Police & Fire
Two Teens Charged In Central Jersey Shooting: Prosecutor
Two teenagers have been charged in a February shooting in Central Jersey, authorities said. Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Director Anthony Caputo of the New Brunswick Police Department announced that the males are in custody and charged with acts of juvenile delinquency for offenses which if committed by an adult would constitute attempted murder, aggravated assault and weapons offenses. On Feb. 25, at approximately 11 a.m., the New Brunswick Police Department received a 911 call about a shooting in the area of Joyce Kilmer Avenue and Delavan …
Ocean
Police & Fire
Suspects In Ski Masks Arrested With Weapons In Brick Township: Police
Brick police arrested two teenagers with weapons after they were spotted by a resident driving in ski masks, authorities said. On Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 6:26 p.m., Brick police received a call from a resident who observed a Black Honda drive past them with the driver and passenger both wearing ski masks, police said. Due to the recent spike in burglaries, the resident thought it was suspicious and reported it to police. Moments later, this vehicle was observed by police traveling on Mantoloking Road. After a motor vehicle stop on Chambers Bridge Road near Kohl’s Plaza, an officer ob…
Middlesex NJ
Police & Fire
Anti-Semitic Threats Made Against New Brunswick School Administrator On Instagram: Prosecutor
A teenager has been arrested for making violent, anti-semitic threats against a New Brunswick school administrator on Instagram, authorities said. Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Director Anthony Caputo of the New Brunswick Police Department announced that a juvenile male has been taken into custody and charged with acts of juvenile delinquency for offenses which, if committed by an adult, would constitute false public alarm, terroristic threats, and bias intimidation. On Thursday, Sept. 7, the New Brunswick Police Department received a report detail…
Middlesex NJ
Police & Fire
Pair Arrested For Defacing LGBTQIA+ Mural In Central Jersey
Two people have been arrested in connection with defacing a LGBTQIA+ mural in Central Jersey, authorities said. Alexis Reynozo, 19, of Perth Amboy, and a juvenile male were taken into custody and charged in connection with the bias incident at Brighton Avenue and Sadowski Parkway in Perth Amboy. On Aug. 16, witnesses told police they observed at least two vehicles performing burnouts on the mural before driving away, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone. Social media videos surfaced online of the incident accompanied by anti-LGBTQIA+ langua…
Garfield-Lodi
Police & Fire
Terrifying Driveway Carjacking Of Garfield Resident Leads To Arrests Of Young Trio
UPDATE: More than three months have passed since four robbers rushed a Garfield resident in his driveway and took his car, cash and jewelry at gunpoint. An intense investigation of the May 14 carjacking and robbery produced the arrests this week of two 20-year-old men and the detention of a 17-year-old boy, all from Paterson, according to Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella. Investigators also seized two handguns during simultaneous raids on Monday, the prosecutor announced on Wednesday, Aug. 30. It was around 8 o’clock on a Sunday night when the victim was ambushed as he sat in his Lexu…
Teaneck
Police & Fire
Stolen Car Left In Flames On Route 80, Trio Captured By
Njsp
, Teaneck PD
A young trio was captured by New Jersey State Police troopers and Teaneck police after they left a stolen car engulfed in flames on Route 80, authorities said. An intense search began after troopers found the fully engulfed Chevy Cruze, reported stolen out of Jersey City, on the westbound highway near milepost 69 at 7:40 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 22, NJSP Sgt. First Class Philip Curry said. Teaneck firefighters doused the blaze. Troopers snatched up two of the fleeing occupants and Teaneck police nabbed the third, the sergeant said. Horton Felder, 20, and Zahkir Coleman-Smith, 18, both …
Ocean
Police & Fire
Teenager Charged With Stealing Car In Ocean County: Prosecutor
A 17-year-old juvenile from Seaside Heights has been charged with stealing a vehicle in Jackson Township, authorities said. The boy was charged with Theft of Moveable Property, Eluding, Obstruction, and Resisting Arrest by Means of Flight, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Jackson Township Police Chief Matthew Kunz. On Aug. 3, at approximately 10:45 p.m., Officers from the Jackson Township Police Department responded to the area of Imperial Place for a report of two stolen motor vehicles. At approximately 11 p.m., Jackson Township Police Offic…
Middlesex NJ
Police & Fire
Teenager Made Hoax Bomb Threats Against Hooters In East Brunswick: Police
A 16-year-old boy from Old Bridge has been accused of making hoax bomb threats against Hooters restaurant in East Brunswick, authorities said. The teenager, whose name was not released, allegedly confessed to making the threats by phone twice this month to the Hooters at 195 Highway 18, East Brunswick police said. He was charged with juvenile delinquency. Both threats prompted evacuations of the restaurant, police said. On July 6, at 9:28 p.m., East Brunswick Police Department responded to Hooters in response to a phone call they received from an unknown individual who claimed a bomb was …
Yorktown
Police & Fire
14-Year-Old Steals Victim's Car, Hits Her With Her Own Cane In Yorktown: Police
A 14-year-old boy was sent to a juvenile detention center after stealing a victim's vehicle and then beating her with her own walking cane in Northern Westchester, police said. The incident happened on Saturday, July 15 just after 2 a.m., when Yorktown police responded to a residence in town for a reported domestic dispute. According to authorities, an investigation into the incident determined that the 14-year-old suspect took the victim's vehicle without her permission. After this, the suspect then forcibly grabbed the victim's walking cane and struck her with it, injur…
Paramus
Police & Fire
Driver, 14, Leads Paramus Stolen Car Chase Ending With Hackensack Crash, Pet Parakeet Recovered
A 14-year-old boy whose passenger was carrying a pet parakeet in his backpack led Paramus police on an overnight stolen car chase that ended with a crash down a Hackensack dead end. An officer in Upper Saddle River first spotted the 2015 Hyundai Sonata on Lake Street around 2 a.m. and issued an alert to police in surrounding towns. Paramus Officer Michael Mordaga was waiting as the sedan, reported stolen out of Belleville nearly 24 hours before, sped past him on southbound Route 17. Mordaga activated his emergency lights and siren, but the young driver from Newark kept going, Paramus Polic…
Prince George's
Police & Fire
Steering Wheel Lock Leads to Downfall Of Would-Be DC Teen Kia Carjackers In Oxon Hill
A steering wheel lock came to the rescue of a woman who was the victim of an attempted carjacking when four teenagers assaulted her in Prince George’s County. Four teens - ages 16, 15, 15, and 14 - from the Washington, DC area are all facing charges following an incident in Oxon Hill when they failed to carjack a woman before fleeing in a stolen vehicle, according to officials. At approximately 11:10 p.m. on Wednesday, June 21, a spokesperson for the Prince George’s County Police Department said that officers were called to the 1500 block of Iverson Street when a woman was pushed to the gro…
Paramus
Police & Fire
Teamwork
: NY Teens Nabbed By Paramus, Wyckoff PDs After Fleeing Stolen Car Crash Off Route 208
A 16-year-old driver and three teenage companions were captured by police following an overnight stolen car pursuit Wednesday that began in Paramus and ended in a crash just up the road in Wyckoff. Paramus Police Officer Slavko Bajovic saw the driver pull a ski mask over his face as he drove a 2018 Hyundai Elantra west on Route 4 shortly after 1:30 a.m. June 21, Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. A check of the registration showed that the vehicle had been reported stolen out of Lodi the day before, he said. The driver “slowed down abruptly, almost coming to a stop, attempting to elude Off…
Arlington
News
Bike-Riding 11-Year-Old Bandit Busted For String Of Crimes In DC, Police Say
Criminals in Washington, DC keep getting younger and younger. The Metropolitan Police Department announced that an 11-year-old boy from Northeast, DC has been arrested following a near weeklong crime spree that saw him targeting multiple victims with a gun. Police say that the trail of terror began on Sunday, May 21, when the child allegedly committed an armed robbery at approximately 2:45 p.m. in the 700 block of Lamont Street NW. In that instance, the suspect approached a victim and demanded property, which was initially rebuffed, at which point he pulled out a gun and made off with his…
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights
Police & Fire
Youth Gang Seized Following Vandalism In Hasbrouck Heights Park
A group of bicycle-riding juveniles were corraled by police after they vandalized a Hasbrouck Heights park, responders said. A resident called police to report parts of the gazebo at the Terrace Avenue Park near Cleveland Avenue spray-painted and broken off around 7 p.m. Thursday, May 25. A detective tried stopping eight of the juveniles on Henry Street a short time later, but they resisted, responders said. Wood-Ridge police joined their Hasbrouck Heights colleagues who immediately converged on the neighborhood. Ten youngsters were brought to police headquarters, according to an initial …
Middlesex NJ
Police & Fire
Serious 5-Car Crash Was Caused By 2 Juveniles In East Brunswick: Prosecutor
Two teen boys have been charged in a five-vehicle East Brunswick crash that left one vehicle overturned and others sustaining damage, authorities said. The 11:30 a.m. crash on Ryders Lane near Winton Road left a Mercedes SUV overturned and struck a Honda head-on, as a result of the juveniles' impact on the SUV, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. The driver of the Mercedes was uninjured, while the driver and juvenile passenger of the Honda were taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. The driver of the Honda was released from the Hospital early Thursday morning, …
South Passaic
Police & Fire
Patrol Units Damaged As Boy, 15, Tops 100MPH In Clifton Police Pursuit Through Several Towns
A 15-year-old stolen car thief damaged two Clifton police vehicles while failing to elude his pursuers, authorities said. A police chase had passed through Passaic, Nutley, East Rutherford and Secaucus – with speeds exceeding 100 miles an hour -- before heading back to Clifton, where a chain-reaction crash occurred, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Officer Mohammed Rayyan was the first to spot the 2021 Ford Bronco on southbound Route 21 near Ackerman Avenue shortly after 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 15. The driver of the vehicle, which had been reported stolen out of Woodland Park earlier in t…
South Passaic
Police & Fire
Two Guns, Five Arrests In Less Than 24 Hours: Paterson Crime Crackdown Continues
Paterson police took two guns off the street, arrested four young men and seized a juvenile in a span of less than 24 hours, authorities said. It began when a colleague alerted a detective sergeant and two detectives who were on patrol to a man carrying a handgun. The pair recovered the weapon and took Tysaun Beach, 18, into custody on 12th Avenue, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and NJ State Police Major Frederick Fife said in a joint announcement. Two other officers patrolling downtown the same day spotted Cameron Louzan, 20, who was wanted for a carjacking and weapons off…
Middlesex NJ
Police & Fire
Trespassing Prompts Lockdown At Central Jersey High School
Two youths were charged with juvenile delinquency after trespassing at a Central Jersey high school, authorities said. The incident involving two non-students prompted a lockdown at Metuchen High School on Wednesday, April 26, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone. Following an investigation by the Metuchen Police Department and the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, no threat was found. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Robert Ring of the Metuchen Police Department at (732) 632-8501 or Detective Margaret Kolta of the Middlese…
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