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Hoboken Road, Carlstadt, NJ

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Police ID Victim, Hit-Run Driver In Carlstadt Accident Police ID Victim, Hit-Run Driver In Carlstadt Accident
Police ID Victim, Hit-Run Driver In Carlstadt Accident A 70-year-old waiter from Passaic has been charged in a Bergen County crash that left a 61-year-old pedestrian dead, authorities announced. Justinian Cuevasmetemi was behind the wheel  of a 2017 Toyota RAV-4 when he struck Deborah Peko-Lillis, of Secaucus, on Hoboken Road in Carlstadt around 10:20 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20, then fled the scene, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Peko-Lillis of Secaucus was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center where she was pronounced dead as a result of the crash, Musella said. Cuevasmetemi was found Saturday, Jan. 21 and c…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Somewhere In The Swamps Of Jersey: Pursuers Collar Fleeing BMW Thieves In Marshes Near MetLife Somewhere In The Swamps Of Jersey: Pursuers Collar Fleeing BMW Thieves In Marshes Near MetLife
Somewhere In The Swamps Of Jersey: Pursuers Collar Fleeing BMW Thieves In Marshes Near MetLife A posse of local, county and state law enforcement officers captured three teens who’d bolted into the Meadowlands marshes off the New Jersey Turnpike after they blew a tire on a stolen BMW during a pursuit. Hasbrouck Heights police issued an alert to area law enforcement around noon Saturday after the owner happened to spot the red 320i sedan, which had been stolen from outside his Lodi home two days earlier, Carlstadt Deputy Police Chief Thomas Cox said. The owner followed the vehicle as it headed south on Terrace Avenue / Hackensack Street toward Wood-Ridge, Cox said. Just up the road …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Driver Of Airborne Mini Cooper That Slammed Into Minivan On Route 17 Identified, Charged Driver Of Airborne Mini Cooper That Slammed Into Minivan On Route 17 Identified, Charged
Driver Of Airborne Mini Cooper That Slammed Into Minivan On Route 17 Identified, Charged UPDATE: Authorities identified the man behind the wheel of a speeding Mini Cooper that flew into a minivan on Route 17, critically injuring its driver, as a 33-year-old warehouse worker from Hudson County. Witnesses told police that Christopher Macias of Guttenberg was racing the driver of another vehicle – believed to be a Camaro – when he failed to negotiate the exit ramp to Hoboken Road on the southbound highway shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The other vehicle kept going, they said. Macias’s Mini Cooper hit the grass triangle median separatin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Mini Cooper Goes Airborne, Slams Into Minivan On Route 17, Critically Injures Other Driver Mini Cooper Goes Airborne, Slams Into Minivan On Route 17, Critically Injures Other Driver
Mini Cooper Goes Airborne, Slams Into Minivan On Route 17, Critically Injures Other Driver UPDATE: Authorities identified the driver of a speeding Mini Cooper that flew into a minivan on Route 17, critically injuring its driver, as a 33-year-old warehouse worker from Hudson County. Witnesses told police that Christopher Macias of Guttenberg was racing the driver of another vehicle – believed to be a Camaro – when he failed to negotiate the exit ramp to Hoboken Road on the southbound highway shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The other vehicle kept going, they said. Macias’s Mini Cooper hit the grass triangle median separating the exit and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Carlstadt Man Running From Burglars Had 50 Grams Of Pot At Home Police: Carlstadt Man Running From Burglars Had 50 Grams Of Pot At Home
Police: Carlstadt Man Running From Burglars Had 50 Grams Of Pot At Home A Carlstadt man who fled his home while being burglarized was arrested on drug charges after police found more than 50 grams of marijuana in his house, authorities said. Angel Figueroa was arrested on drug charges with the intent to distribute and possession of drug paraphernalia before being transported to police headquarters for processing, Detective Sergeant John Cleary said. At 11 p.m. that night, Carlstadt police received two 9-1-1 calls reporting a loud disturbance and possible fight occurring at 312 Washington Street, police said. One of the callers said they saw one man running acr…

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by Cecilia Levine