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Mugshot: Cops ID Armed West Haverstraw Suspect In High-Speed Pursuit, Standoff
Police have identified the 41-year-old suspect who they say led a high-speed pursuit across multiple Rockland County towns before crashing and then barricading himself in a vehicle with a rifle for several hours this weekend.
Marcos Seda, 41 years old, of West Haverstraw, is facing unlawful imprisonment, assault, menacing, reckless endangerment, weapon possession, and fleeing police, according to Haverstraw police.
Trouble began around 11 p.m. Saturday, July 19, when police responded to a report of a domestic dispute involving a firearm, Chief John J. Gould Jr. said in a press rel…
Boy, 5, Dies After Being Found In Wayne Pool, Prosecutor Says
A 5-year-old boy died Friday night, July 18 after being found unresponsive in a swimming pool in Wayne, officials said.
Officers responded to a home in the area of Armstrong Avenue and Maple Lane around 6:30 p.m., on a report of a possible drowning, Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said in a news release.
According to witnesses at the scene, a 5-year-old boy had been located floating in a pool after he had left his residence unaccompanied by an adult at about 5:30 p.m., Valdes said.
The child was taken to Chilton Medical Center in Pompton Plains, where he was pronounced dead at 7:44 p.m. …
NJ Doctor Demanded Sex For Oxy Scripts, Feds Say: Allegations Detailed In Horrifying Complaint
A North Jersey doctor is accused of running a pill mill out of his Fair Lawn office, demanding sexual favors in exchange for powerful opioids, and billing New Jersey Medicaid for visits that never happened, federal authorities announced.
Dr. Ritesh Kalra, 51, of Secaucus, was charged in a five-count federal complaint with three counts of unlawful opioid distribution and two counts of healthcare fraud, U.S. Attorney Alina Habba said in a Friday, July 18 announcement. Kalra appeared in Newark federal court and was released on home incarceration and an unsecured $100,000 bond. He must shut down…
Mahwah's Kathryne Badura, Fashion Attorney, Music Lover, Dies At 38
Kathryne Badura, a Bergen County native who built a career at the intersection of fashion, law, and business, died on Tuesday, June 24, according to her obituary on the Vander Plaat Funeral Home website. She was 38 years old.
Services were held Tuesday, July 8 at St. Elizabeth RC Church in Wyckoff.
Born in Paterson and raised in Fair Lawn before moving to Mahwah, Badura graduated from Immaculate Heart Academy in 2004, where she was an honors student, athlete, and performer, her obituary says. She continued her academic and artistic pursuits at Villanova University, graduating magna cum laud…
