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Lured To Basement, Robbed And Held Down: Trio Charged In Elmwood Park Home Ambush, Cops Say
A man was lured into a basement and robbed after meeting a woman outside a 7-Eleven in Elmwood Park, authorities said.
The victim walked into the Elmwood Park Police Department headquarters around 5:15 a.m. to report the robbery, Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said. He told officers he had met a woman, later identified as Elizabeth Womack, 37, of Elmwood Park, outside the 7-Eleven at Market Street and Mola Boulevard earlier that morning. Womack then invited him to a nearby residence in the area of Hillman Drive, the chief said.
Once inside, the woman led him to a side door that o…
Waldwick's John ‘Jack’ Schultz, Softball Coach, Dad, ALS Volunteer, Dies At 45
John “Jack” Schultz died after a long and courageous battle with illness, his family said.
Schultz, 59, spent months in intensive care before his passing, according to a GoFundMe launched by his brother, Kevin. As of Sunday, June 29, the campaign had raised more than $24,000 to help cover his medical and funeral expenses.
Schultz, who lived in Waldwick and Spring Lake, was known for his cutting wit, warm smile, and unwavering loyalty to the people and teams he loved, including the Yankees, the Giants, and Don Bosco, his family wrote in his obituary with Vander Plaat Funeral Home.
A dedicat…
100 MPH West Babylon Pursuit Ends In Ejection, Rollover Crash, State Police Say
A high-speed police chase topping 100 mph ended in a violent rollover crash on the Meadowbrook State Parkway, seriously injuring a 42-year-old Long Island man, New York State Police said.
Troopers attempted to stop a white Chevrolet Equinox in West Babylon around 12:55 a.m. Saturday, June 28, after it was seen speeding southbound in the area of Exit M6 in Hempstead, according to Trooper Brittany Burton.
The driver, identified as Raphael Chuan, 42, failed to pull over, prompting troopers to initiate a pursuit.
The chase ended when Chuan’s SUV collided with an uninvolved vehicle and rolled o…
Funeral Home Owner Who Stashed 190 Decaying Bodies Gets Maximum Federal Sentence: 'Inhumane'
A Colorado man who gave grieving families urns filled with dry concrete instead of their loved ones’ ashes has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison — the maximum possible sentence, authorities announced Friday, June 27.
Jon M. Hallford, 45, of Colorado Springs, was the owner of Return to Nature Funeral Home, which operated in Colorado Springs and Penrose alongside his wife, Carie Hallford.
Over a four-year period, Hallford failed to cremate or bury at least 190 bodies — while collecting more than $130,000 from families for services he never provided, the U.S. Attorney’s Office…
Central Islip Man Killed, Another Critically Injured In Late-Night Crash, Police Say
A Central Islip man was killed and another critically injured when they were struck by a vehicle while walking in the roadway late Saturday night, police said.
Jacinto Santos, 55, and Mauro Zaldivar-Cruz, 38, both of Central Islip, were walking on Wilson Boulevard, just south of St. Johns Street, when they were hit by a 2008 Nissan around 11:59 p.m. on June 28, according to police.
The vehicle was driven by a 26-year-old Central Islip man, who was heading northbound on Wilson Boulevard at the time of the crash, police said.
Santos was taken to South Shore University Hospital, where he was …
