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Pair Struck In Downtown Bergenfield, Bogota Man Seriously Injured By Teaneck Driver, Police Say
A couple was struck crossing Bergenfield's main drag by an SUV driven by a fellow out-of-towner, authorities said. The 42-year-old man from Bogota suffered serious injuries and his 43-year-old female companion from Oradell sustained less significant injuries when they were struck on South Washington Avenue between Palisade Avenue and East Main Street at 6:43 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28, Bergenfield Police Detective Lt. Kyle C. Witty said. Both were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, the lieutenant said. The Bergenfield Volunteer Ambulance Corps and ALS from Holy Name Medical Center re…
Police & Fire
Fleeing Driver Returns After Slamming Into Pole, Rolling SUV In Bergenfield
An unlicensed 28-year-old driver from Bergenfield who knocked down a pole and rolled his SUV while making an illegal turn at high speed before dawn Tuesday fled the scene and then returned, authorities said. Christian Pilamunga Pilco was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center by members of the Bergenfield Volunteer Ambulance Corps following the 3 a.m. Dec. 27 crash outside the Walgreens on South Washington Avenue, Bergenfield Police Chief Mustafa Rabboh said. His injuries weren’t considered life-threatening, the chief said. Pilco was speeding toward the New Bridge Road intersection …
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Police: Robber Assaults Bergenfield T-Mobile Store Employee, Flees With iPhone
A robber assaulted a T-Mobile store employee in Bergenfield before fleeing with an iPhone 13, authorities said. The robber was black, wearing a black long-sleeve shirt, blue jeans and a medical mask, when he entered the South Washington Avenue store off Main Street at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Police Lt. William Duran said. He grabbed the phone, punched the female employee in the face and fled to a waiting blue sedan with two occupants, the lieutenant said. The victim said her eye was nearly swollen shut. She refused medical attention, Duran said. ANYONE who might have seen something, or has secu…
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Man Wanted In Bergenfield Domestic Incident Captured In Closter
SWAT team members and Bergenfield police captured a 21-year-old man with a recent domestic violence history following what authorities said was another incident. Daniel Moncion-Ortega, 21, remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Monday, March 28, following the alleged assault the night before. A Bergen County Regional SWAT team was summoned to a home off South Washington Avenue around 9:30 p.m., responders said. Local EMS members were put on standby. Moncion-Ortega wasn't there, though. A short time later, Moncion-Ortega was seized by the tactical team and borough police in front of t…
Police & Fire
Police: There's Another Side To Fight Between Bergen Firefighter, Cellphone Store Employee
UPDATE: There's another side to an incident involving a New Milford firefighter and an employee at a cellphone store in Bergenfield whom he accused of attacking him in front of his young son, borough police said early Tuesday evening. Daily Voice left a message early Tuesday with an employee at the T-Mobile store on South Washington Avenue who said the manager was expected at work sometime during the day. The call wasn't returned, however, and the store -- which ordinarily closes at 8 p.m. on weekdays -- shut down early. No charges were filed by police. Bergenfield Police Detective Lt. Wi…
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Police: There's Another Side To Fight Between Bergen Firefighter, Cellphone Store Employee
UPDATE: There's another side to an incident involving a New Milford firefighter and an employee at a cellphone store in Bergenfield whom he accused of attacking him in front of his young son, police said early Tuesday evening. Daily Voice left a message early Tuesday with an employee at the T-Mobile store on South Washington Avenue who said the manager was expected at work sometime during the day. The call wasn't returned, however, and the store -- which ordinarily closes at 8 p.m. on weekdays -- shut down early. No charges were filed by police. Bergenfield Police Detective Lt. William Du…
News
Bergenfield Home Ravaged By Fire
UPDATE: Fire ravaged a Bergenfield home early Friday. A resident and her son got out safely after the three-alarm East Clinton Avenue blaze -- just off South Washington Avenue -- broke out around 7 a.m., friends and neighbors said. Flames tore through the second floor into the attic as the fire spread. Firefighters had the blaze doused within an hour, then remained to douse pockets of flame. A home behind it also was evacuated out of an abundance of caution. From South Washington Avenue.Chris Cudina for DAILY VOICE Mutual aid responders included firefighters from Bogota, Dumont, En…
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Firefighters Douse Downtown Bergenfield Blaze
Firefighters extinguished a smoky Saturday afternoon blaze that damaged four stores in a downtown Bergenfield commercial strip. Five alarms were sounded after the fire broke out between two stores in a string of businesses on South Washington Avenue just south of Bedford Avenue around 1:45 p.m. The call drew more than 100 firefighters to the scene. The blaze was contained and declared under control about an hour and 20 minutes later. No injuries were reported. Mutual aid responders included firefighters from Bogota, Cresskill, Dumont, Englewood, Hackensack, Haworth, …
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Thieves Hit Bergenfield Woman With Car After Stealing PS5 During Facebook Marketplace Sale
A Bergenfield woman who thought she was selling a Play Station through Facebook Marketplace had it snatched from her by a group of thieves who clipped her with their car as they fled. One of the thieves took the PS5 from the 29-year-old victim at the Dunkin Donuts on South Washington Avenue and got into a silver Dodge Charger with three other occupants shortly before 6 p.m. Sunday, Detective Lt. William Duran said. The Charger then roared off, hitting the victim, he said. She wasn't injured, the lieutenant said, adding that the car struck another vehicle on South Washington Avenue as it fl…
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Authorities: Teaneck Man Attacks, Injures 3 Bergenfield Officers After Fleeing Hospital
Three Bergenfield police officers had to be treated for various injuries following an unprovoked attack by a Teaneck man who’d become the subject of a search after he walked out of Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, authorities said. Officer Shane Churaman, hearing an alert shortly after midnight, stopped a sedan with Pennsylvania license plates being driven by 26-year-old Patrick S. Chakauya Jr. in the area of South Washington Avenue and Carnation Street. A search for Chakauya involved several area towns and a New Jersey State Police helicopter. The Bergenfield Volunteer Ambulance Cor…
Business
Report: Former Sears In Bergenfield Could Become Trampoline Park
The former Sears in Bergenfield may be turned into a trampoline park, according to a recent report. An unnamed franchisee signed a lease for the building earlier this year, SABRE Realty's James Aug, a building owner representative, told NorthJersey.com. Meanwhile, the Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting from March 2 included an agenda item regarding a change of use application by global indoor trampoline park chain Sky Zone, which has 11 existing locations throughout New Jersey. The 33,000-square-foot building at 450 South Washington Ave., was once a skating rink. The building, still z…
Police & Fire
Update
: Woman, 25, Charged With Attempted Murder In Bergenfield, Teaneck Shootings
Authorities charged a 25-year-old woman with attempted murder in separate shootings that they said occurred hours apart in Bergenfield and Teaneck. Tamykah Trival, of Teaneck, first fired at the intended victim, also 25, and missed in the area of in the area of Hargreaves Avenue and Ardsley Court in Teaneck shortly before 11 p.m. Monday, authorities said. She fled in an orange-colored Volvo SUV, they said. Around 3 a.m. Tuesday, Trival again shot at the victim, who was in a vehicle in the area of New Bridge Road and South Washington Avenue in Bergenfield, borough Detective Lt. William Dur…
Police & Fire
Update
: Woman, 25, Charged With Attempted Murder In Bergenfield, Teaneck Shootings
Authorities charged a 25-year-old woman with attempted murder in separate shootings that they said occurred hours apart in Bergenfield and Teaneck. Tamykah Trival, of Teaneck, first fired at the intended victim, also 25, and missed in the area of in the area of Hargreaves Avenue and Ardsley Court in Teaneck shortly before 11 p.m. Monday, authorities said. She fled in an orange-colored Volvo SUV, they said. Around 3 a.m. Tuesday, Trival again shot at the victim, who was in a vehicle in the area of New Bridge Road and South Washington Avenue in Bergenfield, borough Detective Lt. William Dura…
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HIM? Bergenfield Landscaper Sought In Bar Fight Stabbing Death
Authorities sought the public's help finding a laborer who they said stabbed and killed another man during a fight that began in a Bergenfield bar. Jose D. Perez Vasquez, 50, is charged with murder and weapons possession in connection with the overnight stabbing death of 43-year-old Uvaldo de Gabriel Aguilar, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. A passing police officer found the bleeding, unresponsive Aguilar on Portland Avenue, a few steps from Armando's Bar on South Washington Avenue -- where law enforcement sources said the fight broke out -- and less than a block from the…
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HIM? Authorities Seek Bergenfield Landscaper Charged In Fatal Stabbing
A 50-year-old landscaper charged in connection with a fatal Bergenfield stabbing was being sought by authorities Monday night. A warrant is out for the arrest of Jose D. Perez Vasquez, who was charged with murder and weapon possession after a 43-year-old man was found dead on Portland Avenue early Monday morning, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. A passing police officer found Uvaldo de Gabriel Aguilar, 43 of Bergenfield, bleeding and unresponsive a few steps from Armando's Bar on South Washington Avenue just after 12:30 a.m., Daily Voice initially reported. Aguilar wa…
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HIM? Bergenfield Landscaper Sought In Bar Fight Stabbing Death
Authorities sought the public's help finding a laborer who they said stabbed and killed another man during a fight that began in a Bergenfield bar. Jose D. Perez Vasquez, 50, is charged with murder and weapons possession in connection with the overnight stabbing death of 43-year-old Uvaldo de Gabriel Aguilar, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. A passing police officer found the bleeding, unresponsive Aguilar on Portland Avenue, a few steps from Armando's Bar on South Washington Avenue -- where law enforcement sources said the fight broke out -- and less than a block from the…
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HIM? Authorities Seek Bergenfield Landscaper Charged In Fatal Stabbing
What apparently began as a bar fight became a fatal stabbing overnight in Bergenfield, said authorities who sought the public's help Monday in searching for the killer. A warrant is out for the arrest of Jose D. Perez Vasquez, 50 of Bergenfield, who was charged with murder and weapon possession after a 43-year-old man was found dead on Portland Avenue early Monday morning, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. A passing police officer found the bleeding, unresponsive Aguilar on Portland Avenue, a few steps from Armando's Bar on South Washington Avenue -- where law enforcement s…
Events
Bergenfield District Alliance Hosts Inaugural “Food & Fright Festival”
The second “Food and Fright Festival,” hosted by the Go Bergenfield District Alliance, will kick off on Friday, October 26 with the first day of the Food Crawl and run through Sunday, November 4. The full Food & Fright Festival will consist of a parade on Saturday, October 27 and a Halloween Day event with multiple family activities, trick or treating and ongoing entertainment. “The Halloween Day event is an evening where the community can come together and have fun with one another,” said Mayor Norman Schmelz. “It allows parents to get into the Halloween spirit of costumes and candy and…
Police & Fire
Tribute
: Veteran Newsman/Church Historian From Bergenfield Devoted Himself To Others
It was only a few days before he was struck crossing the street in front of the Bergenfield apartment complex where he lived that 76-year-old Robert Armbruster was laughing and sharing memories with former colleagues let go from New Jersey’s largest newspaper a decade ago. Although his professional life was spent as a longtime copy editor at The Star-Ledger, Robert Armbruster devoted himself to helping others – building libraries for seminaries and schools in the Philippines and serving meals to the homeless in and around Bergenfield. Prayers were raised after word spread that Ambruster, fo…
Police & Fire
Pedestrian, 76, Clings To Life After Being Struck By PSE&G Truck In Bergenfield
A 76-year-old Bergenfield man sustained a critical head injury after he was struck by a PSE&G truck outside his home Friday morning, authorities said. Robert Armbruster was struck around 10:20 a.m.as he crossed South Washington Avenue heading east from the Magnolia Court apartments, Capt. Mustafa Rabboh said. The 55-year-old driver had just turned left, heading south, from Magnolia Street, he said. Due to the severity of the injury, the Bergen County Fatal Accident Investigation Unit was called to assist in the investigation, the captain said. The Bergenfield Volunteer Ambulance Corp…
Police & Fire
Update
: Veteran Newsman/Church Historian From Bergenfield Devoted Himself To Others
It was only a few days before he was struck crossing the street in front of the Bergenfield apartment complex where he lived that 76-year-old Robert Armbruster was laughing and sharing memories with former colleagues let go from New Jersey’s largest newspaper a decade ago. Although his professional life was spent as a longtime copy editor at The Star-Ledger, Robert Armbruster devoted himself to helping others – building libraries for seminaries and schools in the Philippines and serving meals to the homeless in and around Bergenfield. Prayers were raised after word spread that Ambruster, fo…
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