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DeWitt Street, Garfield, NJ

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Jersey Shore Driver Stopped By Garfield PD Jumps Into Passaic River Jersey Shore Driver Stopped By Garfield PD Jumps Into Passaic River
Jersey Shore Driver Stopped By Garfield PD Jumps Into Passaic River A Jersey Shore man stopped by a Garfield police officer on Friday hopped out of his car and into the Passaic River, authorities said. Officer Jaroslaw Wdowiak stopped the 46-year-old driver from Toms River in the parking lot of the Custom Gas Station at the intersection of River Drive and DeWitt Street shortly after 12:30 p.m. Wdowiak was returning to his cruiser to write summonses when the driver suddenly got out, dashed around a fence and clambered down the riverbank and into the water, Deputy Police Chief Ronald Polonkay said. Two civilians helped the officer pull the man from the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Suicidal Garfield Man Leads Police Chase To GWB And Back Suicidal Garfield Man Leads Police Chase To GWB And Back
Suicidal Garfield Man Leads Police Chase To GWB And Back A suicidal man led a police chase from Garfield to the George Washington Bridge and back before being taken into custody before dawn Monday. It began just before 2 a.m., when a River Drive resident called police to say the 22-year-old man was suicidal and had left, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. Just after 3:30 a.m., Officer Daniel Duleski saw him driving a 1993 four-door Toyota Corolla in the area of Dewitt and Oak streets, Sucorowski said. Duleski “approached the vehicle and advised him that he wanted to get him help,” but the driver hit the gas and took off he said. Officers pursued the…

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by Jerry DeMarco