September 10 Evening News
NORTHJERSEY.COM REPORTED THREE BERGEN COUNTY SCHOOLS WERE ORDERED TO SHELTER IN PLACE ON THE MORNING OF SEPT. 10, AFTER POLICE RECEIVED A REPORT OF AN ARMED MAN NEARBY THAT TURNED OUT TO BE UNFOUNDED. THE PALISADES PARK POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO THE REPORT THURSDAY MORNING, WHICH SAID THAT A MAN WAS CARRYING A FIREARM NEAR BROAD AVENUE AND EAST PALISADES BOULEVARD. PALISADES PARK POLICE CHIEF GEORGE BECK SAID IN A NEWS RELEASE THE MAN WAS DESCRIBED AS WEARING A BLACK BASEBALL CAP, A BLUE SHIRT, AND BLUE PANTS. ACCORDING TO BECK, PATROL UNITS AND OFFICERS DEPLOYED TO A LOCAL ROAD, IMMEDIATELY CANVASING THE AREA. AFTER SEARCHING THE AREA AND REVIEWING SECURITY FOOTAGE, DETECTIVES DETERMINED THAT THE REPORT WAS UNFOUNDED, WITH NO CREDIBLE THREAT TO THE PUBLIC OR LOCAL SCHOOLS. THE SHELTER-IN-PLACE ORDER WAS LIFTED, AND DAILY OPERATIONS RESUMED.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED THURSDAY EVENING THAT A BRONX MAN IS FACING CHARGES FOR DRIVING THE WRONG WAY ON ROUTE 46 IN FAIRFIELD WHILE ALLEGEDLY INTOXICATED WITH THREE CHILDREN IN HIS VEHICLE. ACCORDING TO FAIRFIELD POLICE, AN OFFICER SPOTTED A DODGE DURANGO TRAVELING WESTBOUND IN THE EASTBOUND LANES OF ROUTE 46 SHORTLY AFTER 2 AM AUGUST 30, AND STOPPED THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER WAS IDENTIFIED AS 33-YEAR-OLD MIGUEL NOCELO-SOTO, WITH THREE CHILDREN IN THE BACKSEAT AGES 17, 12, AND 1. NOCELO-SOTO TOLD THE OFFICER HE HAD TWO BEERS, BUT HAD BLOODSHOT, WATERY EYES. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE WEST CALDWELL POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PROVIDED BREATH SAMPLES, TO WHICH POLICE ALLEGE HIS BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION WAS ABOVE THE LEGAL LIMIT. HE WAS CHARGED WITH ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD, AND RECEIVED MULTIPLE MOTOR VEHICLE SUMMONSES, INCLUDING FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, RECKLESS DRIVING, HAVING AN OPEN CONTAINER, AND DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED WITH A MINOR PASSENGER. POLICE SAID THE CASE WAS REFERRED TO THE DIVISION OF CHILD PROTECTION AND PERMANENCY. NOCELO-SOTO IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN ESSEX COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT OCTOBER 13.
NJ.COM REPORTED A 39-YEAR-OLD BERGEN COUNTY MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF 13. VICTOR SAYAS OF OAKLAND WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY, CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT, SECOND-DEGREE SEXUAL ASSAULT AND THIRD-DEGREE ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD. ACCORDING TO AN ARREST SWORN STATEMENT, SAYAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED THE VICTIM ON SEPT. 7. HE IS BEING HELD IN BERGEN COUNTY JAIL, PENDING A FIRST APPEARANCE IN BERGEN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED THAT A MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER ENGLEWOOD POLICE USED A PAIR OF STOLEN AIRPODS TO TRACK HIM FOLLOWING A VEHICLE BURGLARY MONDAY. ACCORDING TO POLICE, OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A REPORT OF A VEHICLE BURGLARY AND LEARNED THAT AIRPODS HAD BEEN TAKEN, AND THEY WERE USED BY OFFICERS TO TRACK THE MISSING DEVICES. AN OFFICER FOUND AND STOPPED A MAN IN POSSESSION OF THE AIRPODS AFTER A BRIEF INVESTIGATION, WHERE THE MAN MADE SEVERAL DISPARAGING COMMENTS, THREATENING ONE OF THE OFFICERS. HE WAS CHARGED WITH BURGLARY, THEFT, RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY, TERRORISTIC THREATS, RESISTING ARREST AND POSSESSION OF BURGLARY TOOLS. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE BERGEN COUNTY JAIL PENDING A COURT APPEARANCE. POLICE DID NOT IDENTIFY THE MAN IN THE RELEASE.