October 19 Morning News
NJ.COM HAS REPORTED THAT 52-YEAR-OLD HACKENSACK WOMAN ROHWENIVEN BACANI IS FACING AGGRAVATED ASSAULT CHARGES AFTER POISONING HER FRIEND WITH A CUP OF TEA. ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT A RESTAURANT IN FORT LEE ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, WHEN THE VICTIM AGREED TO MEET BACANI AND DISCUSS SUSPICIOUS BANKING ACTIVITY IN WHICH BACANI HAD SHARED ACCESS. WHEN THE VICTIM ARRIVED, BACANI WAS WAITING AT THEIR TABLE WITH A CUP OF TEA PREPARED. WHEN THE VICTIM DRANK IT, THEY STOPPED BECAUSE IT HAD AN UNUSUAL TASTE, AND LATER COLLAPSED WHEN LEAVING THE RESTAURANT AND WOKE UP IN THE HOSPITAL WITH NO MEMORY OF WHAT HAPPENED. LEONIA POLICE RECEIVED INFORMATION OF THE INCIDENT ON SEPTEMBER 11TH WHILE THE VICTIM WAS BEING TREATED FOR WHAT APPEARED TO BE A POISONING, AND LAUNCHED A JOINT INVESTIGATION ALONG WITH THE BERGEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE’S MAJOR CRIMES UNIT AND ROBBERY-HOMICIDE DIVISION. DETECTIVES STATED THAT BACANI HAD DRUGGED THE TEA PRIOR TO THE MEETING, AND WAS CHARGED WITH THIRD-DEGREE AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON OCTOBER 14TH, AND BERGEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR MARK MUSELLA (MYOO-ZEL-UH) ANNOUNCED HER ARREST THE FOLLOWING DAY ON OCTOBER 15TH. SHE IS NOW BEING HELD IN THE BERGEN COUNTY JAIL PENDING A FIRST APPEARANCE IN STATE SUPERIOR COURT.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY HAS REPORTED THAT A ROUTE 17 CRASH LED TO A SECOND COLLISION IN CARLSTADT. ACCORDING TO CARLSTADT POLICE, THE FIRST CRASH HAPPENED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AT 4:45 AM NEAR BIGGIE’S RESTAURANT ON ROUTE 17 SOUTHBOUND, WHEN A BMW VEERED OFF THE ROAD, STRIKING A UTILITY POLE AND GUARDRAIL, AND THEN CRASHED INTO A RETAINING WALL, AND SCATTERED DEBRIS ACROSS ALL SOUTHBOUND LANES. OFFICERS ON SCENE REMOVED THE DRIVER FROM THE VEHICLE AND BEGAN TREATING HIM FOR INJURIES AND FILED A CRASH REPORT. HE WAS THEN TAKEN TO HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER WITH FACIAL INJURIES. AN OFFICER HAD ALSO SUFFERED MINOR CUTS WHILE HELPING REMOVE THE DRIVER. A SECOND VEHICLE WAS THEN STRUCK BY THE SCATTERED DEBRIS, AND POLICE THEN LOCATED THE VEHICLE NEAR MEADOWLANDS DINER AND FILED A SECOND CRASH REPORT. THE INITIAL CRASH ALSO CAUSED INTERMITTENT POWER OUTAGES, AND A PSE&G CREW WERE WORKING TO REPLACE THE DAMAGED UTILITY POLE AT THE TIME OF THE POLICE ANNOUNCEMENT LATER THAT DAY.
NEW JERSEY NEWS 12 REPORTED A PERSON IS HOSPITALIZED AFTER BEING SHOT IN PATERSON EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. ACCORDING TO THE PASSAIC COUNTY PROSECUTORS OFFICE, THE PERSON WAS AN UNIDENTIFIED 39 YEAR OLD MAN. POLICE RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF A SHOOTING VICTIM AT 4AM IN THE AREA OF ELM STREET AND MILL STREET. ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, OFFICERS FOUND THE MAN SUFFERING FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND AND WAS TAKEN TO ST JOSEPHS MEDICAL CENTER IN PATERSON. NO INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY AUTHORITIES ABOUT THE MANS CONDITION.
NBC NEW YORK REPORTED AN OFF-DUTY SADDLE BROOK POLICE CAPTAIN SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES SATURDAY NIGHT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP A PAIR OF CAR THIEVES. THE CAPTAIN PLACED A 911 CALL AROUND 11:30PM STATING THAT THERE WERE TWO MEN WITH FLASHLIGHTS IN THE DRIVEWAY OF HIS FATHERS HOME, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE ACROSS THE STREET FROM HIS OWN. THE MEN WERE TRYING TO STEAL HIS FATHERS 2011 GRAY INFINITI G37. ACCORDING TO CHIEF OF POLICE JOHN ZOTOLLO JR, THE OFFICER RAN TO HIS FATHER’S HOME ACROSS THE STREET WHEN HE SAW THE CAR BEGIN TO BACK OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. THE CAR HIT THE CAPTAIN AND KNOCKED HIM TO THE GROUND AS THE THIEVES BACKED OUT AND FLED WITH THE INFINITI. THE CAPTAIN INJURED HIS RIGHT LEG AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS SHORTLY DISCHARGED. THE THIEVES ARE STILL ON THE LOOSE AS OF SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND A DESCRIPTION HAS YET TO BE PROVIDED BY INVESTIGATORS.