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Juvenile Law

Lyndhurst
Police & Fire
TEAMWORK: Lyndhurst Detectives, Off-Duty And Uniformed Officers Nab Teen Car Thieves TEAMWORK: Lyndhurst Detectives, Off-Duty And Uniformed Officers Nab Teen Car Thieves
Teamwork: Lyndhurst Detectives, Off-Duty And Uniformed Officers Nab Teen Car Thieves Lyndhurst police boxed in a pair of Passaic teens and quickly took both into custody as they tried to pass through town in an SUV stolen out of Clifton, authorities said. Officer Michael D’Alesandro, who'd just finished his shift, spotted the Acura MDX on Ridge Road, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Detectives Chris Cuneo and Nick Abruscato pulled up on the teens on Second Avenue, the lieutenant said. As soon as the lights on their police cruiser were activated, the pair bailed out and tried to run, he said. Coming from the other direction was Detective Matt Giunta, Auteri said. Abrusc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hudson
Police & Fire
Baby Boy Rushed To Hospital After Eating Cannabis Gummy At Hotel Off Route 3 Baby Boy Rushed To Hospital After Eating Cannabis Gummy At Hotel Off Route 3
Baby Boy Rushed To Hospital After Eating Cannabis Gummy At Hotel Off Route 3 A 1-year-old child was reported to be alert and responsive after eating a cannabis gummy at a hotel just off Route 3 where authorities said his teen mother and her adult boyfriend were staying. Secaucus police were called after the infant apparently lost consciousness at the Extended Stay America on Meadowlands Parkway around mid-morning on Thursday, Jan. 18, responders said. The infant was rushed to nearby Hudson Regional Hospital before being transferred to Hackensack University Medical Center, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. The child's 17-year-old mother was detained and issu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ulster Sullivan
Police & Fire
Pot-Smoking Mom Seen On Video Sharing 'Blunt' With Juveniles In Saugerties, Police Say Pot-Smoking Mom Seen On Video Sharing 'Blunt' With Juveniles In Saugerties, Police Say
Pot-Smoking Mom Seen On Video Sharing 'Blunt' With Juveniles In Saugerties, Police Say A Hudson Valley mother who was caught on video smoking marijuana while she was driving and allegedly sharing it with juveniles has been charged with four counts of endangering the welfare of a child. Ulster County resident Kayla M. Walls, age 39, of Saugerties, was arrested on Tuesday, April 4 for the incident which took place on Tuesday, March 25. According to Saugerties Police Chief Joseph Sinagra, an investigation established that Walls took four juveniles, ages 12 and 13, for a ride in her car.  During the ride, Walls lit a marijuana blunt and began smoking the pot before eve…

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by Kathy Reakes
Worcester
Police & Fire
Teens Who Ambushed Auburn Middle Schoolers With Gel Gun Face Serious Charges: Police Teens Who Ambushed Auburn Middle Schoolers With Gel Gun Face Serious Charges: Police
Teens Who Ambushed Auburn Middle Schoolers With Gel Gun Face Serious Charges: Police Police charged three Auburn teens with serious felonies after they ambushed several middle school students and shots them with a child's water toy, authorities said. Though, the decision to charge them with such harsh penalties has split social media.  The attacks happened just before 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, in the Briarcliff Drive and Bryn Mawr Avenue areas, Auburn police said. Parents started calling officers to report that their children had been "shot" with gel pellets called Orbeez from a small pistol.  Just before 3pm today, dispatch started receiving calls from parents of Aub…

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by Josh Lanier
Stamford
Police & Fire
9 Teens Charged After Large Fight In Stamford 9 Teens Charged After Large Fight In Stamford
9 Teens Charged After Large Fight In Stamford Nine teens have been issued summonses in connection with a large fight on a city street in Fairfield County. The incident took place in Stamford on Wednesday, Sept. 28 around 12:45 p.m. near the intersection of Broad and Atlantic streets. According to Capt. Diedrich Hohn, of the Stamford Police, the department was alerted to a large group of 30 people fighting near the intersection of Broad and Atlantic streets. Multiple 911 calls were received however, upon arrival the group had dispersed, and no victims or witnesses were found, Hohn said. "However, that night, and the sub…

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by Kathy Reakes
Southwest Dutchess
Schools
Minor In Poughkeepsie Accused Of Making Snapchat Threat Targeting School Minor In Poughkeepsie Accused Of Making Snapchat Threat Targeting School
Minor In Poughkeepsie Accused Of Making Snapchat Threat Targeting School An 11-year-old girl has been identified as the social media user who made a threat on Snapchat targeting a Hudson Valley school district, officials announced. In Dutchess County, the Poughkeepsie City School District announced that a minor has been identified as the person responsible for making a threat through the social media platform on Tuesday, March 22. A spokesperson for the district said that the City of Poughkeepsie Police Department was notified by the FBI at approximately 2:50 a.m. on Tuesday morning about a threat of a shooting that was flagged by Snapchat stemming from the city…

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by Zak Failla
Monmouth
Schools
Monmouth Prosecutor Takes Lead On Wall HS Hazing, Sex Assault Investigations Monmouth Prosecutor Takes Lead On Wall HS Hazing, Sex Assault Investigations
Monmouth Prosecutor Takes Lead On Wall HS Hazing, Sex Assault Investigations The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office has assumed sole responsibility for separate investigations at Wall High School: One for allegations of hazing among the school's football team, and the other for purported sexual assaults of juveniles. Members of the Wall Township Police Department had been assisting during the early stages of these investigations, yet in order to avoid any appearance of impropriety, "the Department has since been walled off from participating further," according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey. Acting Prosecutor Lori Linskey provides an update…

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by Jon Craig
Brookfield
Police & Fire
17-Year-Old Girl Charged After Police Break Up Underage Drinking Party In Fairfield County 17-Year-Old Girl Charged After Police Break Up Underage Drinking Party In Fairfield County
17-Year-Old Girl Charged After Police Break Up Underage Drinking Party In Fairfield County A 17-year-old girl was charged after police broke up a party involving underage drinking in Fairfield County. The New Canaan Police Department reported that officers responded to a home on Carter Street at about 10 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 30, after receiving a report of a loud party. Upon arrival, officers saw young people running from the home and into the woods and found open and unopened containers of alcohol in the area, police said. Following an investigation, the girl, a New Canaan resident, was issued a juvenile summons for a charge of failure to halt possession of alcohol by a minor…

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by Nicole Valinote
Mount Pleasant
News
Lawyers For School District In Westchester Draw Protests For Rape Case Defense Lawyers For School District In Westchester Draw Protests For Rape Case Defense
Lawyers For School District In Westchester Draw Protests For Rape Case Defense Some students and community members demonstrated and protested over arguments made by lawyers for a New York school district following their response to a lawsuit filed by a teen who alleges that she was raped and choked by a bully. A small group of students and parents gathered in Westchester County outside New Rochelle High School after lawyers for the district said that the 14-year-old alleged victim was “negligent” in the alleged incident last year. According to the lawsuit, the girl was grabbed by her throat and led to a stairwell, where she was raped and choked in March 2020 by a boy …

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by Zak Failla
Cortlandt
Police & Fire
Area Man Accused Of Driving 900-Plus Miles To Have Sex With 15-Year-Old Area Man Accused Of Driving 900-Plus Miles To Have Sex With 15-Year-Old
Area Man Accused Of Driving 900-Plus Miles To Have Sex With 15-Year-Old A 30-year-old Hudson Valley man has been accused of driving more than 900 miles to engage in sex with a teenager. Putnam County resident Andrew W. Wiese, of Patterson, was arrested by police just before 1 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 29 in Crystal Lake, Illinois. Crystal Lake is about 50 miles northwest of Chicago and about 910 miles away from Patterson -- a car drive of about 15 hours. The arrest came after an officer-initiated suspicious persons investigation in the area of Sands Road and Smithana Road, in which it was learned Wiese drove from New York to meet the 15-year-old female resid…

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by Joe Lombardi
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock
Police & Fire
POLICE: Fair Lawn Teen Charged After Giving Classmates Pot Gummy Bears That Made One Sick POLICE: Fair Lawn Teen Charged After Giving Classmates Pot Gummy Bears That Made One Sick
Police: Fair Lawn Teen Charged After Giving Classmates Pot Gummy Bears That Made One Sick A 13-year-old from Fair Lawn is accused of giving her classmates marijuana gummy bears after one of her peers said it made her sick, authorities said. A 14-year-old female was taken to the The Valley Hospital last Friday after vomiting multiple times from one of the gummy bears given to her at school by a classmate, who told her it would "stop her from stressing out," Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. An investigation found that the gummy was a marijuana was determined to be a marijuana edible after the victim was tested at the hospital, Metzler said. Jeffrey Klein, 48 of Fair…

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by Cecilia Levine
Greenwich
Police & Fire
Teens From Greenwich Found At House Party Connected To Vandalism Spree, Police Say Teens From Greenwich Found At House Party Connected To Vandalism Spree, Police Say
Teens From Greenwich Found At House Party Connected To Vandalism Spree, Police Say This story has been updated. About a dozen minors, most from Greenwich, were found during a house party on Martha's Vineyard police believe was connected to a vandalism spree, according to the Vineyard Gazette. Two teen males, 18-year-old Gavin Scott III of Greenwich and a 17-year-old whose name was withheld because he is a minor, were arrested and charged with damaging or defacing property, a felony, after smashed Christmas light bulbs, beer bottles and cans were found on front lawns Friday morning, Dec. 21 near the home at 86 North Water St. in Edgartown, police said. …

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by Joe Lombardi
Hackensack
Police & Fire
Maywood Police Stolen Jeep Chase Up Route 17 Ends With Two Teens In Custody Maywood Police Stolen Jeep Chase Up Route 17 Ends With Two Teens In Custody
Maywood Police Stolen Jeep Chase Up Route 17 Ends With Two Teens In Custody Maywood police were chasing a stolen Jeep overnight when it abruptly stopped in the left lane of northbound Route 17. Two juveniles bailed and bolted across the highway. One was caught immediately and the other a short time later, they said. It began just before 2:30 a.m. Thursday, when Officers William Phayre and Michael McMahon spotted the red 2002 Jeep Liberty attempting to enter the northbound highway through the Essex Street exit ramp, Detective Jason Liaban said. A quick check showed the vehicle was reported stolen from Garfield earlier that night, he said. The officers tried pull…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bronxville
Police & Fire
Teen Allegedly Sexually Assaults Relative In Westchester, Police Say Teen Allegedly Sexually Assaults Relative In Westchester, Police Say
Teen Allegedly Sexually Assaults Relative In Westchester, Police Say A 15-year-old boy allegedly sexually assaulted a 10-year-old family member during a visit to a Mount Kisco home, according to police. Westchester County Police officers were dispatched to Northern Westchester Hospital Center shortly before 1 p.m. on Tuesday, April 17, where there was a report of a 10-year-old girl who had possibly been sexually assaulted by her 15-year-old relative who was visiting Westchester, officials said. Following an investigation by patrol officers and detectives, the 15-year-old was arrested and charged as a juvenile defender, and as a result, his identity has not b…

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by Zak Failla