The fire broke out just after midnight in the house on Palisades Avenue trapping three people in the basement, according to Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella.
A New Jersey man is now also accused of speeding in the moments leading up to a drunken crash that killed two passengers in the vehicle with him, according to authorities.
Sexual assault charges against Shalom “Sal” Yehudiel were dropped Monday by a Bergen County judge but new charges in a separate case were filed on Tuesday.
A 15-year-old girl swimming off the Sylvania Avenue beach in Avon-by-the-Sea around 8:35 a.m. ran into problems. Her 39-year-father from Teaneck went in after her and was swept under.
Raeshonn Corbo, of Teaneck, faces aggravated manslaughter and other charges three years after bringing both weeks-old twins to the hospital. One of the babies died. The father is already awaiting trial.