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Pre-Dawn DWI Driver Registers .25 BAC In Fiery Garbage Truck Crash Pre-Dawn DWI Driver Registers .25 BAC In Fiery Garbage Truck Crash
Pre-Dawn DWI Driver Registers .25 BAC In Fiery Garbage Truck Crash A drunk driver whose car burst into flames after slamming into a garbage truck overnight in Emerson registered a preliminary blood-alcohol level more than three times the legal limit, authorities said. The 41-year-old Paterson driver told police he was heading home from work when his Nissan Altima slammed into the driver's side of the truck outside the Old Hook Farm on Old Hook Road at 4:15 a.m. Friday, April 22, Police Chief Michael Mazzeo said. The Altima's engine ignited, and flames quickly spread to the car's cabin and onto the truck, the chief said. The truck driver was OK, but the in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SWAT STANDOFF: Emerson Officer Talks Troubled Man, 27, Out SWAT STANDOFF: Emerson Officer Talks Troubled Man, 27, Out
SWAT Standoff: Emerson Officer Talks Troubled Man, 27, Out An Emerson police officer backed by a SWAT team and county negotiator talked a barricaded man out of his home. What originally came in as the possibility of weapons in the troubled 27-year-old man's home prompted borough police to summon Bergen County Regional SWAT team members and crisis negotiators just after 5:30 p.m. Monday. Officer Sean Croal got a rapport going with the man, said Police Chief Michael Mazzeo, who was among the other responding officers. Counseled by the negotiator, Croal convinced the troubled resident to come out of his room without incident about three hours later,…

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by Jerry DeMarco