October 8 Morning News
THE DAILY VOICE REPORTED A MAN CARRYING A MACHETE NEAR AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN RIDGEFIELD PARK PROMPTED A SHELTER IN PLACE WEDNESDAY MORNING. ACCORDING TO POLICE CAPTAIN JUSTIN TRESS, A PASSERBY CALLED 911 AROUND 11:15AM, AFTER SEEING A MAN WITH A KNIFE ON TEANECK ROAD NEAR GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE CALLER SAID THE MAN APPEARED TO BE BLEEDING FROM HIS HEAD. SCHOOL OFFICIALS PLACED THE BUILDING UNDER A SHELTER IN PLACE WHILE POLICE INVESTIGATED. AN OFFICER WHO WAS ALREADY CONDUCTING A SECURITY CHECK LOCATED THE MAN AT ORCHARD AND HENRY STREETS. POLICE IDENTIFIED HIM AS 32 YEAR OLD ELMER A. SUTUJCHITAY OF RIDGEFIELD PARK AND HE WAS ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ACCORDING TO POLICE, HE HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN A DISPUTE WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE OVER A PARKING COMPLAINT. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN POLICE CUSTODY WITH CHARGES PENDING. THE SHELTER IN PLACE WAS LIFTED AFTER THE SCENE WAS CLEARED, POLICE EXPLAINING THERE WAS NO THREAT TO THE SCHOOL AT ANY POINT.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED TWO MEN FROM PATERSON HAVE BEEN CONVITED IN THE 2021 MURDER OF A WOMAN WHO WAS SHOT WHILE SITTING IN HER CAR OUTSIDE OF HER HOME. JEFERSSON GONZALEZ AND ELVIS DEJESUS SHOT JASMIN WEL ON EAST 24TH STREET IN PATERSON. A JURY FOUND BOTH MEN GUILTY IN THE KILLING. SENTENCING IS SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 4TH.
NEW 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED THAT A THIRD MAN WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH A SEXUAL ASSAULT INVESTIGATION INVOLVING THREE UNDER AGED GIRLS IN JERSEY CITY. 20 YEAR OLD QUAMEL SETTLE WAS ARRESTED MONDAY AT A HOME ON FULTON AVENUE, BY THE MEMBERS OF THE U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY REGIONAL FUGITIVE TASK FORCE. HE IS CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ENDAGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD. THE INVETSIGATION BEGAN WHEN JERSEY CITY MEDICAL CENTER NOTIFIED AUTHORTIES JULY 5TH, ABOUT A SEXUAL ASSAULT INVOLVING THREE JUVENILE GIRLS. ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, THE GIRLS REPORTED MEETING A MAN ON INSTAGRAM WHO ARRANGED TRANSPORTATION TO AN APARTMENT ON BERGEN AVENUE, WHERE THE ALLEGED CRIME OCCURED ON JULY 3RD. DURING A COURT ORDERED SEARCH OF THE APARTMENT, INVESTIGATORS RECOVERED A HANDGUN, HOLLOW-POINT BULLETS, AND A LARGE CAPACITY MAGAZINE. TWO MORE JERSEY CITY MEN, DESMAR RIVERS, 27 YEARS OLD, AND JAQUAN ROBINSON, 19 YEARS OLD, WERE PREVIOUSLY ARRESTED ON SEVERAL SEX CRIMES AND WEAPONS CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH INVESTIGATION. SETTLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO HUDSON COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY PENDING HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE.
THE DAILY VOICE REPORTED A TWO ALARM FIRE BROKE OUT AT A HOME IN HASBROUCH HEIGHTS WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE FIRE STARTED JUST AFTER 8:10AM AT 215 MADISON AVENUE AND WAS CONFINED TO THE ATTIC. FIREFIGHTERS FROM HASBROUCH HEIGHTS AND HACKENSACK QUICKLY KNOCKED DOWN THE FLAMES. THE COUNTY WIDE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM PROVIDED WATER TO CREWS WHILE HASBROUCK HEIGHTS POLICE DIRECTED TRAFFIC. THE SOURCES AT THE SCENE BELIEVED THE FIRE MAY HAVE BEEN ELECTRICAL. THE CAUSE REMAINED UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE HASBROUCH HEIGHTS FIRE DEPARTMENT.