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Video Shows Fatal Morris Motel Shootout With Fugitive Wanted For Wounding Bergen Woman
A soundless TV is on in his Route 46 motel room when a tactical team bursts in and an ex-con being sought for shooting a New Milford woman in Elmwood Park raises a silver revolver. Several shots are fired by shield-wielding members of Morris County's emergency response team, and James Allandale instantly falls to the floor. He's pronounced dead less than 10 minutes later. The scene at the Knights Inn in Pinebook this past New Year's Eve is captured in a pair of body-camera videos released by state authorities as part of a mandated review of all deaths involving police in New Jersey. All…
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One-Man Crime Wave: Arrest Made In Armed Gas Station, 7-Eleven Robberies In Four Bergen Towns
Authorities charged an Essex County man with robbing three gas stations and two convenience stores in Bergen County at gunpoint – four of them in one night. Thomas Johnson, 30, of East Orange brandished a handgun while holding up two gas stations in Mahwah, another in Paramus and a 7-Eleven in Fair Lawn of several thousand dollars in less than half an hour late last month, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Johnson did it again three nights later, robbing a 7-Eleven in Elmwood Park of $650 as two employees locked themselves in the bathroom and called police, the prosecutor said. T…
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ICE Looks To Deport Stolen Car Passenger, 22, After Montvale Pursuit, Elmwood Park Crash
A stolen vehicle pursuit that began in Montvale ended in a crash and the arrests of two occupants at a Garden State Parkway exit ramp in Elmwood Park. Police began pursuing the Range Rover, which had been reported stolen out of Saddle River, on Chestnut Ridge Road around 5 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 30, Montvale Police Chief Doug McDowell said. The vehicle crashed at Exit 157 onto Route 46 off the southbound Parkway 15 or so minutes later. The driver, Raidis A. Santos Tejada, 19, of Newark was trapped in the car and taken at gunpoint, Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said. The passen…
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Elmwood Park 7-Eleven Robbed At Gunpoint, Employees Call 911 From Locked Bathroom
A gunman robbed $650 in cash from a 7-Eleven in Elmwood Park as two employees locked themselves in the bathroom and called police, authorities said. Responding officers got them and several patrons to safety after getting the call from the Broadway (Route 4) convenience store around 10 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. They also set up a perimeter with help from their Fair Lawn colleagues and a Bergen County Sheriff's K-9 unit, the chief said. It was "too soon to say" whether the robber is the same one who held up a 7-Eleven in Fair Lawn and a trio of gas stations…
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Parked Cars Damaged In DWI Crashes, Fair Lawn Police Say
It was fortunate that parked cars -- and not people -- were struck in separate DWI crashes a week and a half apart in Fair Lawn, responders said. Kelbin Cardenes of Paterson was arrested after refusing a roadside sobriety test following a single-car crash on Morlot Avenue near Van Saun Place around 7:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve 2022, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Cardenes was released to a responsible adult after being charged with reckless driving, failure to remain in a single lane, DWI and refusing to submit to breath testing, the sergeant said. Miguel Alvarez of Elmwood Park was arrested after…
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Swatting
: Bogus Call Brings Tactical Team To Elmwood Park Neighborhood
A "swatting" call brought a tactical unit to an Elmwood Park neighborhood and forced the evacuation of a trio of homes. A Bergen County Regional SWAT team was summoned after police received a call of an active shooter inside a Miller Avenue duplex off Speidel Avenue around 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14. The unit quickly cleared the house after police established a perimeter and evacuated duplexes on either side. Swatting exacts a toll on innocent residents, which is usually the intent. Often public figures and celebrities are the targets. Sometimes it's more an effort to tie up law enforcement,…
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Kitty's Back: Elmwood Park Firefighter Rescues Frightened Feline From Smoky Blaze
An Elmwood Park fire lieutenant rescued a cat caught in a weekend evening house blaze. The blaze broke out in the basement, with smoke pushing up to the second floor of the Oak Street home near Market Street around 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, responders said. Firefighters quickly knocked down the flames, preventing further damage. The fire was officially declared under control less than an hour after the call. Lt. Chris Gilmore found the frightened feline, who was brought outside, given oxygen and doing fine.
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Vigilantes Defy Prosecutor, Snare Elmwood Park Man In Alleged Plan To Send Uber For Boy For Sex
A group of vigilantes led police to an Elmwood Park man accused of sending an Uber to pick up a fare whom he thought was a 14-year-old boy for sex. Just a week after Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella threatened to arrest citizens who conduct their own stings, the vigilantes summoned Elmwood Park police to the North Street home of Orhan Sokoli around 3:30 a.m. last Friday, Dec. 30. They told the officers who responded that Sokoli sent an Uber to a designated address thinking he was having an underage boy picked up for sex at his home after meeting on a dating site and exchanging texts, P…
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Wallington Man With Violent History Pepper-Sprayed In Melee With Police
A Wallington man with a violent history was pepper-sprayed and arrested after a scuffle with police who said he spit on them. Max C. Zaccone, 28, "appeared heavily intoxicated and verbally and physically threatened officers" who responded to a dispute and were trying to sort things out at a Wallington Avenue home, Wallington Police Capt. Shawn Kudlacik said. "Pepper spray was deployed in effecting his arrest and two officers sustained injuries in the melee," Kudlacik said. "(Zaccone) also spit in officer's faces in the incident." They charged Zaccone with aggravated assault on a law enforc…
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New Year's Fire Consumes Multi-Family Paterson Building
A vicious New Year's fire blew through the roof of a Paterson apartment building. A firefighter was brought to St. Joseph's University Medical Center with a minor injury sustained in Sunday's 10 a.m. blaze on Harrison Street. The damage was nonetheless extensive, displacing dozens of residents -- while forcing others out temporarily -- in a tightly packed cluster of homes between Rosa Parks Boulevard and Carroll Street. 🚨 BREAKING VIDEO: LARGE FIRE IN PATERSON, NEW JERSEY pic.twitter.com/cPLVj36OvO — Breaking News Video (@BreakingVideoHQ) January 1, 2023 A second alarm was called on a…
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: Fugitive Sought For Shooting Woman In Elmwood Park Killed In Gunfight With Police
UPDATE: An ex-con wanted for shooting a New Milford woman in Elmwood Park was killed in an exchange of gunfire with law enforcement officers at a Route 46 motel, state authorities confirmed. James Allandale, 61, opened fire on officers who found him at the Knights Inn Pinebook before midnight on New Year's, multiple law enforcement sources with knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. He was in turn shot and killed, they said. The officers were members of the Morris County Sheriff’s Emergency Response Team, according to New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin's office. SERT is …
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Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak Probed In Bergen, Passaic Towns: Health Department
A potential outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease is being investigated in several adjacent towns in Bergen and Passaic County, the health department reports. A total of seven cases have been confirmed with one “suspected” case still being investigated, the New Jersey Department of Health said in a Thursday release. The cases — which are treatable with antibiotics but have an incubation period of up to two weeks — were reported between Nov. 9 and Dec. 21. Legionnaire’s disease can occur when a person inhales aerosolized water — typically from cooling towers, hot tubs, plumbing systems, decorat…
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