ORADELL, N.J. -- The late talent agent Mark Schlegel of Oradell was honored during Sunday night's Emmy Awards.A photo of Schlegel, who represented represented film, TV and theater performers for more than 30 years, was included in a montage of Academy of Television Arts & Sciences members who died the past year.The popular 57-year-old industry veteran had gone missing from his home ...

PARAMUS, N.J. -- (UPDATE/4:30 p.m.): A faulty electrical outlet strip ignited a fire that killed a 78-year-old Paramus man, authorities said Monday afternoon.David F. Warde Jr. was pronounced dead at the scene of the 6:30 a.m. first-floor apartment blaze on Forest Avenue, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said."Family members living on the second floor were able to flee the ...

FORT LEE, N.J. -- A judge on Monday will determine whether a Fort Lee man who was shot by borough police after he pointed a gun at them should remain behind bars until his case is resolved.Jaquan A. Suber remained held in the Bergen County Jail pending the detention hearing before Superior Court Judge James X. Sattely in Hackensack.He is charged with aggravated assault -- for pointing ...

PARAMUS, N.J. -- A Monmouth County detective physically abused a 9-year-old child, Bergen County authorities charged.David Crenshaw, a 34-year-old prosecutor's detective who lives in Harrison, was processed at the Bergen county prosecutor's office in Paramus on Friday, authorities said.Crenshaw, a former Middletown police officer who recently served as a staff sergeant in the National ...

PALISADES PARK, N.J. -- A Palisades Park cab driver was seen masturbating in his car by two 11-year-old girls in town and by a woman in Leonia, authorities said.Sungmin Ha, 38, was charged with sexual assault and child endangerment, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said.The Palisades Park incident involving the youngsters occurred on Wednesday and the Leonia one the following ...

GARFIELD, N.J. -- Thanks to Garfield police, the city's first responders can better assist seniors who can't provide critical medical information.Capt. Martin Gray and Officer Jeff Stewart of the Community Affairs Division brought "Vials of Life" to the Senior Center on Friday.The vials, kept in the refrigerator, contain vital medical information that assist first responders ...

HACKENSACK, N.J. – Addicted to heroin, crack and cocaine and carrying a lengthy rap sheet, Anita Rogers had nothing left to lose when she opted into the Drug Rehabilitation Center at the Bergen County Jail in Hackensack.In the seven years since then, the mother of four has been drug-free. She’s also become a supervisor in the food industry. “If it wasn’t for the Bergen County Jail ...

HAWTHORNE, N.J. -- A man who crashed his pickup truck into a farmers market in Hawthorne, killing a woman, was convicted Thursday of aggravated manslaughter, among other charges.Jurors in Paterson deliberated for six hours or so over two days before rendering their verdict against James Woetzel, 51, following a seven-week trial.Woetzel had been sniffing chemicals from an aerosol can ...

RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. -- An electronically-operated hidden compartment in a car stopped on Route 95 in Ridgefield Park contained several thousand envelopes used to package heroin, said authorities who arrested two occupants.Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said members of his Narcotics Task Force stopped the 2008 Buick Escalade on Wednesday as part of a drug trafficking ...

PATERSON, N.J. -- A bicycle-riding dealer caught flagging down drivers was busted with 500 envelopes of heroin, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said.Sheriff's detectives acting on a tip found 39-year-old Richard Garcia "beckoning vehicles as they passed" in the area of Mercer and Keen streets in Paterson, Berdnik said. At one point, he got off the bike and retrieved ...