Thursday, May 2, 2013
Reward for information leading to capture of Joanne Chesimard, convicted in 1973 killing of state trooper, totals $2 million.
The most wanted woman in New Jersey history is now the first woman on the FBI's fugitive terrorist list. Joanne Chesimard, convicted of a murdering a state trooper in 1973, was added to the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist list Thursday on the 40-year anniversary of the trooper's death. The FBI Newark Division held a press conference Thursday to announce the addition of Chesimard's name and the collaboration between federal and state law enforcement agencies in upping the reward for information that leads to her arrest to $2 million. Chesimard is the first woman on the Most Wanted Terrorist List. Chesimard, who is now known as Assata Shakur, has been living under political asylum in Cuba since she broke out of a Hunterdon County prison during a…
Friday, February 15, 2013
Weekly town-by-town crime data made available online
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Friday, February 15
Updated crime statistics for towns and counties in New Jersey will be made available more frequently than in the past, according to State Police. Police will be updating an online database of crime stats weekly, or as often as local departments report their new information. In the past, statewide statistics on crime were updated only once per year in the annual Uniform Crime Report. Data for 2011 was released in December. “For the first time, we are able to give the public a sense of the current crime picture in their area. Even as preliminary data, this will be a great new tool for the public,” Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police Colonel Rick Fuentes said in a statement. The new data is available online here. It is currently …
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
NJ Spotlight has created an interactive map of 2011 crime rates in New Jersey.
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012
NJ Spotlight has created an interactive map using the recently released 2011 Uniform Crime Report that plots the total crime rate per 1,000 people for seven index crimes (four violent -- murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault -- and three non-violent -- burglary, larceny and motor vehicle theft). According to NJSP Crime Reports, the township's crime rate remained flat in 2011, after dropping in 2010. Year Total # of Mahwah Crimes # of Violent Crimes # of Nonviolent Crimes 2011 110 3 107 2010 109 3 106 2009 154 6 148 2008 202 7 195 2007 145 10 135 Mahwah’s crime rate was lower than in many surrounding towns, and in many municipalities across the state. Check out the interactive map to see how the crime rates in municipalities across …
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
But, there were more burglaries in the township than in 2010
Crime levels in Mahwah remained virtually unchanged last year, according to the state police’s 2011 Uniform Crime Report released Friday that cited a 3% jump in crimes reported across the state. In 2011, Mahwah saw 110 total crimes reported in the township, up just one from 109 in 2010. The number of reported violent crimes, three, stayed the same year-over-year. Of the reported violent crimes, 2011 did see one more case of aggravated assault, up from two in 2010 to three. And, of the non-violent crimes, the number of burglaries jumped from seven in 2010 to 10 last year. The total number of larcenies dropped, from 87 to 85. Motor vehicle thefts also remained stagnant, 12 occurred each year. Overall, the report said the crime rate per 1,000…
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Traffic was backed up for about a mile on and around Route 287 Tuesday afternoon, police said
Three men from Kingston, N.Y., were injured in a three-car accident on 287 in Mahwah Tuesday afternoon, according to police. At about 3:20 p.m. Tuesday, “a woman coming off the New York State Thruway into Jersey switched from the right to center lane, and struck a tractor-trailer that was in the center lane,” Mahwah Lt. Phil Tangel said Tuesday evening. “The tractor trailer then swerved, and hit a pick-up truck in the left lane. The pick-up hit the center median, causing some serious damage [to the truck]." Three adult males — two brothers and a friend — traveling in the pick-up were injured in the crash, police said. Two suffered a concussion and one back and leg injuries, Tangel said. All three were transported to Good Samaritan Hospital…
Monday, November 26, 2012
Police used the women's cell phone GPS systems to help rescue them
A New Jersey State Police helicopter helped Mahwah and Bergen County police officers locate two hikers lost in the Ramapo Reservation Saturday night, Mahwah Police Chief Jim Batelli confirmed. According to police, two sisters, ages 19 and 22, from Oradell, were hiking in the Reservation Saturday afternoon, but became disoriented after nightfall. “Two Mahwah officers and one Bergen County officer were dispatched to the scene but even using cell phone coordinates it became apparent the [women] were far into the reservation and off any designated trail,” Batelli said. The women were led back to a trail by following police sirens, Batelli said. The women were navigating themselves using a cell phone flashlight that was running out of battery, …
Friday, July 27, 2012
Attorney General's Office says troopers allegedly altered plates in high-speed escort.
Two New Jersey state troopers accused of leading a high-speed escort on the Garden State Parkway for a fleet of luxury cars have been criminally charged, the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office announced. The New Jersey State Police (NJSP) received complaints regarding the March 2012 caravan to Atlantic City, and the troopers were subsequently suspended without pay in April. In a press conference in Trenton on Friday, Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa said the troopers who conducted the unauthorized escort "turned our highway into a virtual speedway." "What they did was absolutely wrong," he said. An investigation by the Division of Criminal Justice into the incident found that the troopers, Sgt. First Class Nadir Nassry, 47, and Trooper…
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Pair has been suspended since April while Attorney General's Office conducts investigation into high-speed escort.
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Thursday, July 26, 2012
The two state troopers allegedly involved in a high-speed luxury car escort down the Garden State Parkway in March could be criminally charged Friday and one of the troopers has resigned, according to NJ.com. New Jersey State Police Sgt. Nadir Nassry and Joseph Ventrella were suspended without pay in April, the Attorney General's Office has said. Ventrella was a member of the force for six years and was assigned to the Troop B Tactical Patrol Unit. Nassry, 47, of Phillipsburg, was a trooper of 25 years and was assigned to Totowa Station. NJ.com reported Thursday that the suspended troopers could face third- or fourth-degree criminal charges after they were allegedly caught on video camera escorting luxury cars to Atlantic City at a high …
Sunday, December 18, 2011
New Jersey Attorney General Paula Dow has blocked public access to State Police overtime. Is she right or wrong? Vote in our poll
Under a new rule by New Jersey Attorney General Paula Dow, the public no longer has the right to information about State Police overtime figures. NJ.com's Statehouse Bureau reported Wednesday that Dow's move is part of a larger campaign by the attorney general to keep certain trooper assignments confidential. A supporter said Dow's move helps protect undercover officers who can earn a lot in overtime payments from having their assignments or identities exposed. But transparency advocates said Dow's rule flies in the face of accountability and access to how the state spends taxpayer money. A New Jersey Foundation for Open Government representative said blocking access to overtime records restricts the Open Public Meetings Act and that …
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