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Fentanyl Dealer Charged In Rochelle Park Supply Chain Manager's OD Death: Prosecutor Fentanyl Dealer Charged In Rochelle Park Supply Chain Manager's OD Death: Prosecutor
Fentanyl Dealer Charged In Rochelle Park Supply Chain Manager's OD Death: Prosecutor A 29-year-old Paterson man has been charged with selling a 37-year-old Rochelle Park man the fentanyl that killed him, authorities announced. Police called to a home on Rochelle Avenue on Wednesday, July 10 just after 9:45 a.m., and found James A. Mara unresponsive and unconscious at the scene, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Mara was pronounced dead by paramedics. Indicators of a possible drug overdose were noted, and detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotic Task Force were notified. Detectives found that Mara ingested fentanyl before his death,…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Rochelle Park School Board Member Running For Municipal Office Busted For DWI Rochelle Park School Board Member Running For Municipal Office Busted For DWI
Rochelle Park School Board Member Running For Municipal Office Busted For DWI A Rochelle Park Board of Education member who's running for a seat on the Township Committee was busted for DWI earlier this month, police records show. Officers responding to a call found a Toyota SUV with a green light idling in a left-turn lane on Railroad Avenue shortly before 4 a.m. Oct. 7, according to a report filed by one of them. Jorge A. Martinez Jr. was alone in the vehicle and had his head down as they pulled, the officers said. Once they did, Martinez suddenly turned onto Rochelle Avenue headed north, they said. They pulled him over near the Rochelle Park firehouse. Mart…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Stolen Credit Cards, Oxy, $10,000 Seized, Two From NYC Busted By Rochelle Park PD Stolen Credit Cards, Oxy, $10,000 Seized, Two From NYC Busted By Rochelle Park PD
Stolen Credit Cards, Oxy, $10,000 Seized, Two From NYC Busted By Rochelle Park PD A Rochelle Park police officer trying to help the occupants of a disabled vehicle found them carrying credit cards in other people's names, oxycodone tablets and $10,000 in tainted cash, authorities said. Officer Jorge Orihuela went to help after spotting the vehicle in front of the Midland School on Rochelle Avenue around 10 p.m. Monday, April 25, Lt. James DePreta said. "Nervous behavior and conflicting accounts" from the driver and his passenger made Orihuela suspicious, DePreta said. After getting consent to search the vehicle, he found the credit cards, drugs and cash, as well as blan…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'National Night Out' Gets New Participant 'National Night Out' Gets New Participant
'National Night Out' Gets New Participant America’s “National Night Out” against crime welcomes a new host this year: the Rochelle Park Police Department. The township's first-ever “National Night Out” is set for this coming Tuesday, Aug. 3 at the Midland School on Rochelle Avenue. The community-building campaign promotes police/community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie. It will include food and beverage trucks, music, a Wiffle Ball home run derby, first responder giveaways and more, including talks with and demonstrations by: township police, firefighters and Office of Emergency Management personnel, all with equipmen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Mud-Soaked Morris Driver Flushed From Brook After Fleeing Rochelle Park Traffic Stop Mud-Soaked Morris Driver Flushed From Brook After Fleeing Rochelle Park Traffic Stop
Mud-Soaked Morris Driver Flushed From Brook After Fleeing Rochelle Park Traffic Stop A speeding Morris County driver who ran from a traffic stop was flushed from a nearby brook by Rochelle Park police before dawn Thursday, authorities said. Tajay Turner, 25, of Rockaway at first tried to elude Officer Chris Kiszka on Rochelle Avenue in his Honda Accord but eventually pulled over on West Passaic Street shortly after midnight, Detective Lt. James DePreta said. Turner told the officer that he didn’t have any ID, then began sweating profusely while providing what appeared to be a false name, DePreta said. After following Kiszka directive to step out of the car, Turner bolted, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Driver Reaches For Gun In Struggle, Rochelle Park Police Say Driver Reaches For Gun In Struggle, Rochelle Park Police Say
Driver Reaches For Gun In Struggle, Rochelle Park Police Say A tragedy was prevented when a Hudson County driver reaching for a gun was quickly subdued during a weekend brawl between him, his passenger and police outside a Rochelle Park 7-Eleven, authorities said. A white Cadillac bearing New York license plates taken from another vehicle was headed north on Rochelle Avenue when Officer Chris Kiszka stopped it Saturday afternoon, Detective Lt. James M. DePreta said. Detecting the odor of raw marijuana, Kiszka began removing the driver -- identified as Josean Diaz, 21, of Union City -- when he reached for a gun his waistband, DePreta said. Capt. Gl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Rochelle Park PD: Out-Of-Gas Franklin Lakes Pickup Driver Caught With Loaded Revolver Rochelle Park PD: Out-Of-Gas Franklin Lakes Pickup Driver Caught With Loaded Revolver
Rochelle Park PD: Out-Of-Gas Franklin Lakes Pickup Driver Caught With Loaded Revolver A Rochelle Park police officer found a pickup truck driver from Franklin Lakes stopped in the middle of a dark street -- with an empty tank of gas and no headlights on -- illegally carrying a loaded handgun, authorities said. Robert Vergara, 50, had the .357-caliber revolver in his front pocket when Officer Jim Zenock found him in the truck on Rochelle Avenue "not making any attempts to summon help or get fuel" around 5 p.m. Thursday, Detective Sgt. James M. DePreta said. Given his "inability to account" for the circumstances, Vergara was sent to New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus fo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Rochelle Park Police Stop Stolen Car Driven By 14-Year-Old Rochelle Park Police Stop Stolen Car Driven By 14-Year-Old
Rochelle Park Police Stop Stolen Car Driven By 14-Year-Old A 14-year-old boy was behind the wheel of a stolen car stopped by a Rochelle Park police officer, authorities said. Officer Todd Starling pulled over the 2002 Honda Civic – which had its keys taken from the owner at an Elmwood Park fitness center -- on Rochelle Avenue, Detective Sgt. James M. DePreta Said. Taken into custody were the 14-year-old driver and three passengers – only one of whom, 18-year-old Osvaldo Mejia, is an adult. Mejia was charged with knowingly riding in a stolen vehicle, given a court date and released. Delinquency complaints for receiving stolen property and joyridi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Rochelle Park Pedestrian Pinned Under SUV While Walking Dog Rochelle Park Pedestrian Pinned Under SUV While Walking Dog
Rochelle Park Pedestrian Pinned Under SUV While Walking Dog A 57-year-old Rochelle Park resident was expected to survive after being struck and pinned by an SUV while crossing a local street with her dog early Thursday, authorities said. The woman was walking south along Rochelle Avenue when she crossed Chesnut Street and was struck by a Chevy Equinox whose driver was making a left from northbound Rochelle Avenue around 7:45 a.m., Police Chief Robert Flannelly said. Rochelle Park Fire Rescue lifted the car off the victim, who was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that Flannelly said didn’t appear life-threatening. The 44-y…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
SEE ANYTHING? Hit-Run Driver Sought In Rochelle Park Collision SEE ANYTHING? Hit-Run Driver Sought In Rochelle Park Collision
SEE Anything? Hit-Run Driver Sought In Rochelle Park Collision Authorities were searching for a hit-and-run driver who damaged another motorist's SUV Tuesday morning in Rochelle Park. Barbara Chojna said she was headed toward Paramus from Lodi when the driver of a gold Subaru hatchback "changed his mind about making a right and swerved into the intersection to make a left without even looking" at Essex Street and Main Streets/Rochelle Avenue around 7:40 a.m. The hatchback hit her 2003 Toyota Highlander on the passenger side, said Chojna, 32, of Hasbrouck Heights. "He stopped for a second, thought about it and then left," she said. "No airbags deploye…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Rochelle Park PD: Dealer's Phone Blows Up With Drug-Buy Texts At Police HQ Rochelle Park PD: Dealer's Phone Blows Up With Drug-Buy Texts At Police HQ
Rochelle Park PD: Dealer's Phone Blows Up With Drug-Buy Texts At Police HQ ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- Her phone buzzed with texts from drug buyers while Rochelle Park police processed a Newark driver who was carrying illegal prescription drugs and $4,555 in suspected proceeds when she was stopped, authorities said. Alisha Gonzalez, 38, was brought to headquarters late Monday after an officer who stopped her 2003 Lexus for moving erratically on Rochelle Avenue found the drugs and cash, Detective Sgt. James DePreta said Tuesday. "She was also believed to be under the influence of drugs," DePreta said. During a consent search of her phone while she was in cust…

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by Jerry DeMarco