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Police: Dashcam Records Pedestrian Struck By Pickup While Crossing Against Signal In Allendale Police: Dashcam Records Pedestrian Struck By Pickup While Crossing Against Signal In Allendale
Police: Dashcam Records Pedestrian Struck By Pickup While Crossing Against Signal In Allendale A 55-year-old Allendale woman appeared to be using her cellphone when she was struck by a pickup truck while crossing against the pedestrian signal as dusk fell Wednesday, authorities said. A dashboard cam operated by another driver captured the 4:28 p.m. crash, said Sgt. Todd A. Griffith, the officer in charge of the department. Allendale Police Officer Kevin Azevedo and Victor Bartoloma were among the responders with Griffith, borough firefighters and the Allendale Volunteer Ambulance Corps. The woman was headed across Hillside Avenue in the crosswalk when the driver of the Ford F-250 tu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Firefighters Douse Allendale House Blaze Firefighters Douse Allendale House Blaze
Firefighters Douse Allendale House Blaze Firefighters doused a house blaze in Allendale late Sunday. The fire broke out on the second floor of the 2½-story, wood-frame house on West Crescent Avenue off Franklin Turnpike around 10:15 p.m. It went to a second alarm for coverage 20 minutes later and was knocked down 10 minutes or so after that, responders said. Firefighters from Mahwah, Waldwick, Wyckoff, Ho-Ho-Kus and Saddle River assisted their Allendale colleagues at the scene. Franklin Lakes, Midland Park and Upper Saddle River firefighters were asked to remain on standby in their own headquarters. No injuries were reported i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Allendale Ex-Con Captured After Breaking Into Woman’s Home, Furiously Fighting Police Allendale Ex-Con Captured After Breaking Into Woman’s Home, Furiously Fighting Police
Allendale Ex-Con Captured After Breaking Into Woman’s Home, Furiously Fighting Police An Allendale ex-con released from prison only three days earlier fought fiercely with police in a waist-deep stream after a local woman found him in her home before dawn Friday, authorities said. An Allendale dispatcher called the West Crescent Avenue resident back after getting an abandoned 911 call around 3:40 a.m. and was told that there was someone in the house, Police Chief George Scherb said. Borough police were joined in setting up a perimeter by officers from neighboring towns – among them, Mahwah, Midland Park, Ramsey, Saddle River, Waldwick and Wyckoff, Scherb said. Soon after, h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
NY Motorcyclist Caught After Northern Highlands Chase NY Motorcyclist Caught After Northern Highlands Chase
NY Motorcyclist Caught After Northern Highlands Chase A 22-year-old motorcyclist from Rockland led a chase from Waldwick to Allendale Friday night before police snared him, authorities said. Waldwick Officer Christopher Sanchez tried to stop Angelo Naclerio of West Nyack for a traffic violation when he took off, Lt. Thomas Dowling said. Sanchez pursued Naclerio, who tried to elude him, Dowling said. The chase went into Allendale, where Naclerio turned off West Crescent Avenue and eventually onto dead-ended Cambridge Avenue, the lieutenant said. He then pulled into a resident's garage. Sanchez and Allendale police seized Naclerio, Dowling sai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
4 Feet High & Rising: Allendale Firefighters Rescue Driver From Floodwaters 4 Feet High & Rising: Allendale Firefighters Rescue Driver From Floodwaters
4 Feet High & Rising: Allendale Firefighters Rescue Driver From Floodwaters A pair of wet-suited Allendale firefighters rescued a motorist who was trapped in her car with water up to her driver’s side window -- and rising -- during Tuesday’s storm. An SUV driver had backed out as police reached the West Crescent Avenue underpass near the Myrtle Avenue intersection, Police Chief George Scherb said. A 62-year-old Florida, NY driver was stuck, however, with the waterline rising four feet to handles of her sedan, Scherb said. An officer summoned firefighters as the water continued to rise. After first throwing her a rope and telling her to keep calm, the firefighters…

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by Jerry DeMarco