September 9 Morning News
NJ.COM REPORTED THAT DETECTIVES IN PASSAIC COUNTY ARE INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING OF A 39-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO WAS FOUND OVER THE WEEKEND ON ROUTE 21 IN PASSAIC. ACCORDING TO PASSAIC COUNTY PROSECUTOR CAMELIA M. VALDES, POLICE WERE CALLED AROUND 3:41 AM SATURDAY ON A REPORT OF A SHOOTING NEAR MILEPOST 10.9 ON THE NORTHBOUND SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. OFFICERS FOUND A GARFIELD RESIDENT WHO HAD BEEN SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES IN OR NEAR A VEHICLE. HE WAS TAKEN TO AN AREA HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE. THE INVESTIGATION REMAINS ONGOING, AND ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE AT 1-877-370-PCPO OR TIPS@PASSAICCOUNTYNJ.ORG.
NORTHJERSEY.COM REPORTED AN E-BIKE RIDER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A CRASH INVOLVING A BUS IN BERGEN COUNTY. THE SOUTH HACKENSACK POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO HUYLER ST SEPTEMBER 7TH, ON REPORTS OF A RIDER STRUCK BY A NEW JERSEY TRANSIT BUS AT 4:45PM. POLICE FOUND THE 41-YEAR-OLD MAN UNRESPONSIVE. POLICE SAID THE UNIDEFITIDED MAN WAS TAKEN TO HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER AND REMAINED IN CRITICAL CONDITION AS OF SEPT. 8. INITIAL FINDINGS INDICATE HE WAS NOT WEARING A HELMET AND DID NOT HAVE A LICENSE, THE E-BIKE UNREGISTERED AND UNINSURED. ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, VIDEO FROM THE BUS INVOLVED IN THE CRASH SHOWS THE BICYCLIST WAS HEADING SOUTH ON HUYLER STREET WHEN HE STRUCK THE BUS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND. THE VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE ANY PASSENGERS AT THE TIME, AND THE BUS DRIVER WAS UNINJURED. THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. SOUTH HACKENSACK POLICE URGES ALL RIDERS TO OBEY TRAFFIC LAWS AND WEAR A HELMET AT ALL TIMES.
RLSMEDIA REPORTED NEWARK POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A STABBING THAT LEFT A MAN SERIOUSLY INJURED. POLICE RESPONDED TO THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THE AREA OF FERRY AND MAGAZINE STREETS SHORTLY AFTER 4 P.M., WHERE OFFICERS FOUND AN ADULT MALE SUFFERING FROM A STAB WOUND TO THE CHEST. UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL EMS CREWS RESPONDED TO THE SCENE PROVIDING EMERGENCY TREATMENT, TRANSPORTING THE VICTIM TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE STABBING REMAIN UNDER INVESTIGATION. NO ARRESTS OR SUSPECT INFORMATION WERE IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE.
ACCORDING TO THE DAILY RECORD, A BERGEN COUNTY PSYCHIC FACES A LAWSUIT, ACCUSING HER OF SCAMMING A HAWTHORNE WOMAN OUT OF $78,000. PARAMUS-BASED PSYCHIC, HOLLY STANLEY, WOULD INSTRUCT MARISOL MEZA(MAH-REE-SOHL MEH-SAH) OF HAWTHORNE TO PAY $65,000 IN 65 DIFFERENT ENVELOPES, EACH REPRESENTING A YEAR OF MEZA'S HUSBAND'S LIFE BEFORE HE PASSED, INCLUDING ANY ADDITIONAL COSTS. STANLEY WAS ARRESTED IN 2016 FOR SCAMMING SOMEONE ELSE OUT OF $41,000. THE COMPLAINT ACCUSES STANLEY OF FRAUD, UNDUE INFLUENCE, UNJUST ENRICHMENT, BREACH OF GOOD FAITH AND FAIR DEALING, AND VIOLATING THE CONSUMER FRAUD ACT. MEZA IS SEEKING DAMAGES, ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COSTS OF THE SUIT.