For Immediate Release: August 28, 2026 Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrests of 23-year-old AJAHMIR S. CUTTINO of Scranton, PA; 24-year-old RHYONNE S. JACKSON of Passaic, NJ; 26-year-old AJAHWAN T. KENNER of West Orange, NJ; 24-year-old ANTRELL MONROE of Wilkes-Barre, PA; and 24-year-old JAHAD K. WATSON of Wilkes-Barre, PA, on charges stemming from an armed robbery and aggravated assault incident. The arrests are the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, under the direction of Chief Jeff Angermeyer, and the South Hackensack Police Department, under the direction of Chief Robert Chinchar. On Saturday, May 9, 2026, officers from the South Hackensack Police Department responded to a local hospital to meet with victims of a possible aggravated assault and robbery that occurred in South Hackensack, NJ, earlier that day. Responding officers determined that one of the victims, an adult male,…

For Immediate Release: August 11, 2026 Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of 67-year-old MARITZA SALAZAR-PEREZ of Fair Lawn, NJ, on charges stemming from a hit-and-run motor vehicle crash. The arrest was the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, under the direction of Chief Jeff Angermeyer, and the Fair Lawn Police Department, under the direction of Chief Joseph Dawicki. On Tuesday, August 11, 2026, at approximately 6:34 a.m., the Fair Lawn Police Department responded to the intersection of Broadway and Fair Lawn Parkway at 32nd Street where two pedestrians were struck by a vehicle. Upon arrival, officers determined that a 47-year-old woman and her 5-year-old son had been struck by a vehicle. The driver of the vehicle that struck the pedestrians ultimately left the scene of the crash without notifying police of her involvement in the collision. The pedestrians were transported…

For Immediate Release: August 10, 2026 Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of 60-year-old MICHAEL L. NORCIA, of Upper Saddle River, NJ, on charges stemming from a shooting incident. The arrest is the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, under the direction of Chief Jeff Angermeyer; the Upper Saddle River Police Department, under the direction of Chief Patrick Rotella; and the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office, under the direction of Sheriff Anthony Cureton and Chief Marc Metzinger. On Friday, August 7, 2026, at approximately 12:00 p.m., the Upper Saddle River Police Department responded to possible shots fired at a private residence on Hidden Glen Road in Upper Saddle River, NJ. Upon arrival, responding officers suspected that shots had in fact been fired into an occupied home. Due to the nature of the report, members of the Bergen County Regional SWAT Team…

For Immediate Release: August 7, 2026 Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of 20-year-old JESUS ARELLANO of Lodi, NJ, on the charge of possession of child sexual abuse material. The arrest is the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Jeff Angermeyer. On Thursday, August 6, 2026, members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit executed a court-authorized search warrant at the residence of JESUS ARELLANO during the course of an Internet child sexual abuse material investigation. The investigation revealed that ARELLANO used the Internet to view, download, and possess 191 items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children. As a result of the investigation, on Thursday, August 6, 2026, JESUS ARELLANO was arrested in Paramus, NJ, and charged with third-degree possession of child pornography, N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4b(5)(b)(iii). ARELLANO was remanded to the…

For Immediate Release: August 4, 2026 Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrests of 33-year-old ALTRAY K. BROWN of Irvington, NJ; 26-year-old LEIBYS A. MERCEDES of Linden, NJ; 24-year-old LYDELL M. MERCEDES of Linden, NJ; and 30-year-old YOLANDA K. MONTGOMERY of Newark, NJ, on charges related to the murders of Brian Dominick Lockett and Ezequiel Aquino. These arrests were the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, under the direction of Chief Jeff Angermeyer, and the North Arlington Police Department, under the direction of Chief Michael Horton. As previously reported, on Sunday, July 19, 2026, at approximately 8:37 p.m., the North Arlington Police Department received several reports of a shooting incident near the intersection of Ridge Road and Belleville Turnpike, where Ridge Road becomes Kearny Avenue at the border of the two municipalities. Upon arrival, officers from the North…