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Cat Rescued From Burning Home In Wood-Ridge Cat Rescued From Burning Home In Wood-Ridge
Cat Rescued From Burning Home In Wood-Ridge Firefighters and police officers saved a cat from a burning home Wednesday evening, Oct. 9 in Bergen County. Responders made entry to the home at 198 Main Ave. in Wood-Ridge around 6 p.m., where they found the animal, sources tell Daily Voice Companies from Wood-Ridge, Lodi, Moonachie and Hasbrouck Heights responded. The cause wasn't immediately known. Sources say the house was destroyed. No further information was provided.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
3-Vehicle Crash With School Bus Sends Jeep Driver To Hospital In Bergen County 3-Vehicle Crash With School Bus Sends Jeep Driver To Hospital In Bergen County
3-Vehicle Crash With School Bus Sends Jeep Driver To Hospital In Bergen County One person was hospitalized in a three-vehicle crash with a school bus carrying people with special needs on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 9 in Bergen County, Daily Voice has learned. The school bus was carrying a group of both children and adults with special needs when it collided with a Jeep and one other vehicle on Hackensack Street at North Avenue in Wood-Ridge, sources said. The bus was evacuated and no injuries were reported. The Jeep driver was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.

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by Cecilia Levine
News
TikToking Bergen County Superior Court Judge Suspended TikToking Bergen County Superior Court Judge Suspended
TikToking Bergen County Superior Court Judge Suspended One of New Jersey's top judges has been suspended without pay over his TikTok accounts. A formal complaint by the Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct was filed last year against Bergen County Superior Court Judge Gary N. Wilcox.  The complaint cites Wilcox's 40 since-deleted videos posted under the pseudonym "Sal Tortorella" from April 2021 to March 2023. The complaint says that Wilcox recorded several TikTok videos in his chambers, including songs that contained profanity, graphic sexual references to female and male body parts, and/or racist terms.  In o…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Mugshot Released Of DUI Driver, 18, Accused Of Seriously Injuring Officer On Route 17 Mugshot Released Of DUI Driver, 18, Accused Of Seriously Injuring Officer On Route 17
Mugshot Released Of DUI Driver, 18, Accused Of Seriously Injuring Officer On Route 17 Daily Voice has obtained the mugshot of the 18-year-old Range Rover SUV driver who police say was intoxicated when he caused a weekend crash that left an officer seriously injured on Route 17. Joseph Ford, a resident of the United Kingdom, was speeding in the southbound lanes when he rammed the rear of an Allendale patrol car that had stopped to assist a Saddle River officer on a motor vehicle stop at approximately 10:40 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, near East Allendale Road, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The impact caused "a four-car chain-reaction crash involving the vehicle stoppe…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
Ayyyyyyy! Meet The Fonz, a.k.a. Henry Winkler In North Jersey Ayyyyyyy! Meet The Fonz, a.k.a. Henry Winkler In North Jersey
Ayyyyyyy! Meet The Fonz, a.k.a. Henry Winkler In North Jersey Jukeboxes in Bergen County beware. The Fonz is coming to town. Henry Winkler, who played the iconic character "Arthur Fonzarelli" on "Happy Days" will be signing copies of his new children's book "Detective Duck" at Bookends in Ridgewood on Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. "Detective Duck: The Case of the Missing Tadpole" is the second book in the "Detective Duck" series, and is about Willow Feathers McBeaver, a crime-solving duck, who launches an investigation when Tad the Tadpole goes missing from Dogwood Pond, according to a synopsis. Though he is most known for "Happy Days" and other TV show…

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by Sam Barron
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Bergen County Acme Sells $50K Powerball Winner Bergen County Acme Sells $50K Powerball Winner
Bergen County Acme Sells $50K Powerball Winner Three Powerball tickets winning $50,000 from a drawing earlier this month were sold in New Jersey. The numbers from the Wednesday, Oct. 2 drawing are 01, 02 21 37, and 43. The Powerball drawn was 21. The tickets were sold at the following locations: 7-Eleven, Fort Dix St., Wrightstown (Burlington) Acme, Lake Street, Midland Park (Bergen) 7-Eleven, Lakeside Boulevard, Landing (Morris) The next Powerball drawing will be held Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 10:59 p.m.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Florida Ex-Cons Found With Runaway Girls, Loaded Guns In Route 46 Traffic Stop: Police Florida Ex-Cons Found With Runaway Girls, Loaded Guns In Route 46 Traffic Stop: Police
Florida Ex-Cons Found With Runaway Girls, Loaded Guns In Route 46 Traffic Stop: Police Two out-of-state men stopped for motor vehicle violations on Route 46 in Bergen County were found to have not only picked up two runaway girls from Virginia but were in possession of loaded guns, a high-capacity magazine, stolen hollow-point bullets, and more, police said. Ridgefield Park officer Lavrone Green stopped a Penske truck around 11:35 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 6 in the westbound lanes near the I-95 ramp, Chief Joseph Rella said. With help from Sgt., Nicholas Triano, Ptl. Marco, and Ptl. Anthony D’Elia, Green carried out an investigation and identified the men as Freddie Lynum,…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Photo Shows Aftermath Of DUI Crash That Injured Officers On Route 17 (UPDATE) Photo Shows Aftermath Of DUI Crash That Injured Officers On Route 17 (UPDATE)
Photo Shows Aftermath Of DUI Crash That Injured Officers On Route 17 (Update) The NJ State PBA has released a photo of the wreckage of the Saturday, Oct. 5 crash caused by a DUI driver that left multiple police officers injured, including one seriously. As of press time, Saddle River Police Officer John Latka has been released from the hospital, while Allendale Police Officer Mark Dunn, Jr. remains hospitalized in critical condition, the NJ State PBA said. The crash was caused by 18-year-old Joseph Ford, of New York City, who was speeding in a Range Rover SUV the southbound lanes when he rammed the rear of Dunn's patrol car that had stopped to assist Latka on a …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Unconscious Driver Freed By Firefighters In Route 17 Wreck Unconscious Driver Freed By Firefighters In Route 17 Wreck
Unconscious Driver Freed By Firefighters In Route 17 Wreck Firefighters in Bergen County freed an unconscious driver from a vehicle following a crash on Route 17 on Saturday, Oct. 5. Hasbrouck Heights firefighters were called to the two-vehicle crash at Williams Avenue in the southbound lanes around 6 p.m., they said. Photos from the scene show the crash involved a Jeep Grand Cherokee and some other type of SUV. Crews stabilized the vehicle and extricated the patient, firefighters said in a release. Around 6 PM on Route 17 South before Williams Ave, members operated at a two-car motor vehicle accident with an... Posted by Hasbrouck Heights Fi…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
New Supermarket Replaces Shuttered Bergen County Stop & Shop New Supermarket Replaces Shuttered Bergen County Stop & Shop
New Supermarket Replaces Shuttered Bergen County Stop & Shop A brand-new supermarket has opened at the former site of Stop & Shop in one Bergen County town. Food Bazaar is now open at the Carlstadt Commons on Paterson Avenue in Carlstadt. The Carlstadt Stop & Shop was one of 32 underperforming stores in New Jersey set to close by year's end. Food Bazaar markets itself as "one of the leading, privately owned, ethnic supermarkets in the northeast," devoting several aisles to both international and mainstream groceries. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Food Bazaar Supermarket (@foodba…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Bergen County Man, 65, Sexually Assaulted Victim Under 16: Prosecutor Bergen County Man, 65, Sexually Assaulted Victim Under 16: Prosecutor
Bergen County Man, 65, Sexually Assaulted Victim Under 16: Prosecutor A 65-year-old Bergen County man has been charged with sexually assaulting a child under 16 years old. Sylvester R. Jackson, of Westwood, allegedly sexually assaulted the victim on Sept. 28 in the borough of Westwood, an investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office and Westwood police found, according to Prosecutor Mark Musella. Jackson was arrested on Wednesday, Oct. 2, and charged with endangering the welfare of a child and criminal sexual contact. He was lodged in the county jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Bergen County Man Tricked 8 Victims Into Investing In Property For 'Redevelopment:' Prosecutor Bergen County Man Tricked 8 Victims Into Investing In Property For 'Redevelopment:' Prosecutor
Bergen County Man Tricked 8 Victims Into Investing In Property For 'Redevelopment:' Prosecutor A Bergen County man is facing charges after authorities say he tricked eight victims into paying thousands of dollars for Newark investment properties, which authorities said had not actually been designated for redevelopment. An investigation was launched into Jason S. McNeill, 48, of Wyckoff, last April, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musell said.  McNeill allegedly presented the eight victims with forged documents and solicited approximately $420,000 in total from them. McNeill told the victims that the money would go toward the purchase of investment properties, namely vacant lots f…

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by Cecilia Levine