Knife Scare Sparks Lockdown At Nvot, School's Third This Year: Police
A report of a student possibly carrying a knife sent a Bergen County high school into lockdown Friday morning, Oct. 9, prompting a response from six police departments, marking the third lockdown at the school in 2026 but first for this school year, authorities said.
Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan was placed on lockdown around 10:29 a.m. after a student reported that another student inside the building might have a knife, Old Tappan Police Chief Kathryn J. Weaver said.
Officers from Old Tappan, Northvale, Norwood, Harrington Park, Closter and River Vale responded to secu…
DC Gunmen Who Sprayed Bullets Into Dunbar High School Learn Prison Fate: Feds
The two DC teens who unleashed a barrage of gunfire outside Dunbar High School, sending bullets into classrooms and grazing a student in the head, are headed to prison.
Saki Frost, 19, and Azhari Graves, 20, were each sentenced on Thursday, July 16, to five years behind bars for the May 2024 shooting near the Northwest DC school, the US Attorney's Office announced.
The pair pleaded guilty in December to aggravated assault while armed, assault with a dangerous weapon, and carrying a pistol without a license. Frost was 17 when the shooting happened, but was prosecuted as an adult.
Judge J. M…
Parents Arrested In Wyandach Flag Football Fight, School Shooting Threat: Cops
Two parents were arrested for a brawl at a Long Island high school flag football game after one of them threatened to shoot up the school and the other punched two teen girls, police said Friday, May 8.
The fight erupted during a game Thursday evening, May 7 in Wyandanch between Southampton High School and Wyandanch Memorial High School, the Suffolk County Police Department said.
Though it initially involved only players, two parents joined the fracas, according to investigators. Shalaya Gatlin, 37, and Jonathan Perez, 35, were both booked and set for arraignments at a later date, police sa…
Nvot Junior From Brazil Who Made Gun Threat That Triggered Lockdown ID'd: Sources
Charges have been filed against an 18-year-old student accused of threatening a peer with a CO2 air pistol, prompting a lockdown at a Bergen County high school on Monday, April 27.
Ryan Ribiero Rodrigues DeSousa, 18, of Northvale, is accused of making the threat at Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan at approximately 11:30 a.m., sources told Daily Voice.
DeSousa, who turned 18 on April 13, made the threat in a classroom just before lunch, before two students reported the incident to an adult. Police were contacted and the school was placed on lockdown during lunch, sour…
Ski Mask-Wearing Teen Who Fired Gun Near School Bus Drop-Off In Newburgh Learns Fate
A teenager will spend years in state prison for his role in a shooting that unfolded after students got off a school bus in Orange County last year, prosecutors announced.
Jianni Nicholas, 19, of Newburgh, was sentenced on Tuesday, Feb. 3, to nine years in prison in Orange County Court following his guilty plea to second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday, Feb. 5.
The case stems from an incident on March 18, 2025, when two teenagers had just exited a school bus in Newburgh. Authorities said a vehicle pulled up to …
