October 4, 2009 • 2:38 pm 0
A man was killed early Sunday after a hit and run in Paramus. The incident occurred after a dispute between two groups from Newark and Paterson.
Filed under: Bergen County News, crime, Paterson, breaking news, crime, hit-and-run, investigation, John Molinelli, police
July 31, 2009 • 11:18 pm 0
by Bergen Live News Desk news@bergenlivemedia.com
LITTLE FERRY (July 31, 2009) A man and a woman were found dead shortly after 11 a.m. in a warehouse office at 53 Bergen Turnpike in what a law enforcement official characterized as a possible murder-suicide.
Police found the woman with what appeared to be a stab wound and a man with no visible injuries. Both bodies were found lying on a mattress in the office, according to a press release issued late Friday by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office.
Photo: Google Maps
The county prosecutor’s office identified the dead man as Kyung Hyung Cho, 55, who lived in his office at the warehouse. Investigators located a knife near Cho’s body.
The female body was not positively identified at the time of this report.
“The initial call came from a family member who responded to the business establishment after she was unable to contact her estranged husband,” the release said.
Autopsies were scheduled for August 1 by the Bergen County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Initial reports suggested a possible murder-suicide but authorities said the investigation was ongoing.
Filed under: Little Ferry, Bergen County Prosecutor's Office, crime, Little Ferry, police
July 6, 2009 • 10:55 pm 0
Bergen Live Staff Report
ELMWOOD PARK (July 6, 2009) Authorities have identified the female body found yesterday in the Passaic River as that of missing Waldwick mother of three Beverly T. Spano, according to a report in the Bergen Record.
Elmwood Park Police Chief Donald Ingrasselino said there was no evidence to suggest she was murdered. Investigators used dental records to identify the body after it was pulled from the river Sunday night.
A passerby discovered Spano’s body at 5:40 p.m. in the river along River Drive, south of Market Street, according to police Lt. Thomas Sabat.
Sabat said divers from the Bergen County Police Department and investigators from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office were called to remove the body Sunday night.
The body was too badly decomposed and was taken to the county medical examiner’s office for an autopsy and positive identification, Sabat said Sunday.
At the time of the discovery, police said it was a female and appeared to match the description of the then-unidentified Spano.
The discovery concludes a search that began Thursday after Spano was reported missing by her husband.
Spano’s unlocked minivan was found at an Elmwood Park marina on River Drive and Washington Avenue Thursday night.
Police began searching the Passaic River for Spano after her unlocked minivan was found at the Elmwood Park marina at River Drive and Washington Avenue
Hours before Spano’s body was found, two fishermen discovered a two-year-old child’s body down river in Clifton at approximately 3:30 p.m.
Sabat said there is no connection between the two bodies.
The investigation into the child’s death is ongoing, according to Passaic County authorities.
Filed under: Elmwood Park, body found, breaking news, Elmwood Park, passaic river, police, Waldwick
July 3, 2009 • 5:11 pm 0
by Noah Cohen Story updated: July 4, 2009 11:14 a.m.
PATERSON (July 3, 2009) A suspicious white powdery substance was found today at the main desk of Paterson Police headquarters, authorities said.
An officer brought an envelope containing the substance to the Department’s headquarters at 111 Broadway after a local grocery store owner reported receiving it, Paterson police said. Detective Lt. Donald Giaquinto confirmed the incident occurred at the police main desk on the building’s first floor.
Three officers, including the one who transported the envelope, were examined by emergency crews and found to be uninjured.
A Passaic County Sheriff's Department Emergency Services Unit truck pictured in an unrelated incident. Photo credit: PoliceCarArchives.org
The Passaic County Sherrif’s Department Hazardous Materials Unit responded to the police building at 2:47 p.m. to collect the substance, according to William Maer, chief spokesman for the sheriff’s department.
Maer said the substance will be sent to a state health department lab for analysis.
Sgt. Julian Castellanos, a New Jersey State Police spokesman, said his department was briefed on the situation but it was being handled by Passaic County authorities.
The investigation is ongoing.
Bergen Live News will continue to update this story as information becomes available.
Filed under: Paterson, Passaic County, Passaic County Sheriff, Paterson, police, Suspicious Substance
May 21, 2009 • 5:24 pm 0
MORRISTOWN, (May 21, 2009) More than 40 firearms were seized in a multi-agency raid Thursday, May 21, in the Lake Hiawatha section of Parsippany, the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office announced.
Investigators from the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, Sheriff’s Office, State Attorney General’s Office and Parsippany Police Department arrested Adam Coughlan of 43 Roosevelt Avenue shortly after midnight Thursday.
Coughlan, 28, will be charged with three counts of unlawful possession of an assault firearm and unlawful possession of high-capacity magazines. He was ordered held on 200,000 dollars bail by Judge John B. Dangle.
“This arrest again represents the benefits of pursuing an intelligence/community led policing strategy. Our collaborative partnership has resulted in the significant seizure of over 40 firearms,” Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi said in a statement.
A photo posted on what appears to be Coughlan's MySpace page
The collaborative efforts of local, county and state law enforcement has led to the seizure of more than 80 handguns and assault weapons in Morris County, Bianchi added.
Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and New Jersey State Police Investigators will examine the seized guns to see if they have been used in any pending crimes.
The Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Intelligence Crime
A series of photos showing a man believed to be Coughlan posing with numerous firearms
Task Force and Major Crime Unit in partnership with the Parsippany Police Department and Morris County Sheriff’s Office engaged in an intelligence-led, data driven strategy, according to the prosecutor’s office.
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Link: MySpace page allegedly made by Coughlan
Filed under: Beyond Bergen, crime, morris county, police
May 17, 2009 • 8:10 pm 0
A team of national law enforcement experts will review the operations of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and seek the public’s comment as part of the agency’s efforts to become certified by the Commission on the Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies, County Prosecutor John Molinelli announced May 11.
As part of the assessment, the public will be able to offer their own reviews of the office Monday, May 18 by calling 201-226-5558 between 9 – 11 a.m., according to a news release.
“Verification by the team that the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office meets the Commission’s ‘best practice’ standards is part of a voluntary process to achieve NJSACOP Accreditation and CALEA National Recognition,” Molinelli said in a statement.
Molinelli called the CALEA certification a “highly prized recognition of law enforcement professional excellence.”
The CALEA program is a voluntary review process where outside experts examine a wide range of an agency’s policies and procedures. In 2001, more than 500 agencies in the United States, Canada, and Barbados where certified, according to the CALEA Web site. Recent figures were not available at the time of this writing.
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