Monday, April 22, 2013
Briefcase, cardboard boxes turn out to not contain anything harmful.
Authorities investigated two incidents involving suspicious materials Sunday night. A briefcase was found on Lake Drive East Sunday at about 8 p.m., NorthJersey.com reported. The Passaic County Sheriff’s Department bomb squad and the Wayne fire department and first aid squad responded to the scene. Authorities determined the briefcase was empty. The roadway was closed for a few hours. Officials also investigated cardboard boxes on Lake Drive West in the Packanack Lake section of town at about 11:30 p.m., the website reported. The bomb squad reported the boxes contained nothing harmful. Residents who suspect suspicious activity should notify the police department immediately. — Have a question or news tip? Contact editor Daniel Hubbard …
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Here is a look back at some of the top Wayne stories this week.
Here is a recap of the top stories from Thanksgiving week. Two Wayne men were charged with aggravated assault on a police officer and resisting arrest after they attempted to flee during a traffic stop on Packanack Lake Road Tuesday night, police reported. In addition to the assault and resisting arrest charges, the men were charged with obstruction, hindering apprehension, possession of more than 50 grams of marijuana and possession with intent to distribute. More than Wayne Hills 100 students from the school’s national honor society collected vegetables and created bundles of food for needy families for Thanksgiving. More than a dozen individuals were arrested for running a major North Jersey network that allegedly distributed millions …
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Basilis Stephanatos, who was accused last year of brandishing a shotgun in front of a sheriff's officer, claims town over-assessed his property and he shouldn't have to pay school portion of his bill.
A former tax protestor who allegedly leveled a shotgun at a sheriff’s officer when authorities tried to evict him from his home last year claims the township owes him more than $100 million in damages. Basilis Stephanatos filed a civil complaint in federal court in March alleging the township has been exacting “unlawful taxes exceeding $50,000 between 1995 and 2011,” Stephanatos said in an e-mail. The complaint is still pending before U.S. District Court Judge Faith Hochberg. Stephanatos, 54, was charged with aggravated assault in June 2011 after a three-hour standoff with police when a Passaic County Sheriff’s officer attempted to serve him with an eviction notice at his home at 687 Indian Road. Stephanatos said the township foreclosed on…
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Basil Stephanatos pulled shotgun on Sheriff's officer.
Basilis Stephanatos, the man charged with pointing a shotgun at a Passaic County Sheriff's officer who tried to evict him from his home Tuesday morning, is free after posting bail early Wednesday morning. Bail was set at $100,000. A message left for Stephanatos at his home was not immediately returned Wednesday afternoon. Stephanatos, 53, was taken into custody after a three-long standoff with police that began at 9 a.m. when a sheriff's officer went to his home at 687 Indian Road to serve an eviction notice, Wayne Police Chief John Reardon said. With no children in the school district, Stephanatos argued he simply shouldn't have to pay the school portion of his tax bill, according to lawsuits he filed against Wayne Township. The suit was …
Rob Burke
5:38 pm on Thursday, July 19, 2012
Lyons vs. township of Wayne, no supreme court opinion. Check it out. Wow. Pro we husband and wife prevail in suit against town for groundwater intrusion caused by town work on their street. Town Kept appealing and losing til the road ended with the supremes. more ›