Tony Caputo

Police are warning drivers about a rise in thefts targeting specific car parts from Honda and Acura vehicles. Authorities in Clifton say thieves are stealing airbags and vehicle sensor modules because of their high value. Police say the crimes can happen in seconds by experienced offenders. In Teaneck, officers recently arrested two suspects on June 21 who were found with multiple sensor modules taken from a Honda.

A man was fatally shot late Sunday night outside an apartment complex in North Bergen. The shooting happened around 11 p.m. near The Mews on Paterson Plank Road. In a statement to News 12, the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed the fatal shooting. “The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the North Bergen Police Department are investigating the fatal shooting of a male on Paterson Plank Road,” the prosecutor’s office said.

A senior couple’s home went up in flames in South Bound Brook early Friday morning. According to South Bound Brook Police Chief Douglass LaGrua, one of the two was taken to a local hospital. We’re awaiting word on the others condition. A firefighter suffered a minor head injury but is expected to be OK. The fire call came in around 4:00 a.m. The damaging fire appears to have forced a collapse of the upstairs into the downstairs part of the house.