A roofer jumped into a vat of acid to save his co-worker who fell 40 feet through the roof into the liquid. NorthJersey.com reports that the men were working on the roof of the Swepco Tube LLC tubing company in Clifton when one fell and was fully submerged in a solution that contained 40-70% nitric acid. The worker was waist-high in acid pulling his peer out, while three other employees assisted. "It takes a lot of courage," Fire Chief Vince Colavitti said, in what strikes us as an understatement. more ›

Police discovered a mother and son dead in their Clifton, NJ home this weekend that they believe was a murder-suicide. Authorities say that 20-year-old Robert Regazzi shot his mother, 53-year-old Cheryl Regazzi, before he fatally overdosed on some type of narcotic. Police are unsure what prompted the shooting. more ›

The police say 27-year-old Joseph Pallipurath fatally shot his estranged wife and another person and injured a third inside a church in Clifton, NJ. The Star-Ledger reports that Pallipurath's wife Reshma James had fled her husband and their California home "to live with a relative in New Jersey... and even took out a restraining order against" him. But he tracked her down at the Thomas Syrian Orthodox Church; witnesses say Pallipurath said, "You are my wife, I'm taking you, you have to come with me." James refused and Pallipurath shot her in the head as well as Dennis John, who tried to intervene. James's cousin Silvy Perincheril was also critically wounded. Pallipurath fled the scene in a 1994 green Jeep with California plates; he is considered armed and dangerous. more ›

In New York, there's the Staten Island Ninja Burglar, who stealthily entered homes to steal money and other valuables. In NJ, there's the would-be Shinobi ninja warriors who were trying to rid the streets of drugs, by way of threatening letters. more ›