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Route 46 Stolen Car Chase Ends In Foot Pursuit, Trio In Custody: Police Route 46 Stolen Car Chase Ends In Foot Pursuit, Trio In Custody: Police
Route 46 Stolen Car Chase Ends In Foot Pursuit, Trio In Custody: Police A police chase ended with a dramatic foot pursuit across Route 46 and the arrests of three people in a stolen car, authorities said. The incident unfolded around 6:05 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, when Clifton Police Officers Michael McNally and Anderson Ferreira spotted a Black Honda Accord driving erratically on Route 21 North before merging onto Route 46 East, Clifton Police Lt Robert Anderson said. When officers attempted a traffic stop, the driver sped up to evade them, struck another vehicle, and continued down the exit ramp to River Drive in Elmwood Park, Anderson said. The suspect aband…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Ski-Masked ATV Operator Found With Handgun After Route 20, Clifton Pursuit: Cops Ski-Masked ATV Operator Found With Handgun After Route 20, Clifton Pursuit: Cops
Ski-Masked ATV Operator Found With Handgun After Route 20, Clifton Pursuit: Cops A 19-year-old Paterson man who police say committed multiple traffic violations in an ATV on major roadways was found with a handgun and burglary tools after leading a foot pursuit, authorities in Clifton said. The incident began around 5:03 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 29, when Clifton Officers Benjamin Bressel and Fabricio Martinez, patrolling near the Route 21 North and Route 46 East merge, spotted a rider on a 2014 Honda TRX ATV, Lt. Robert Anderson said. The rider, later identified as Zahir Pujols, was wearing a ski mask and committing multiple motor vehicle violations, according to police. The…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Yonkers Driver, 60, Killed In Clifton Crash Yonkers Driver, 60, Killed In Clifton Crash
Yonkers Driver, 60, Killed In Clifton Crash A 60-year-old Yonkers driver was killed in a single-car crash Wednesday morning in Clifton, authorities said. Denis Murphy was driving a 2010 Toyota Corolla when he “failed to negotiate the exit ramp” at the intersection of Route 21 North and Route 3, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Thomas Rinaldi said in a joint release. An ambulance took Murphy to St. Mary’s Hospital in Passaic following the 9:42 a.m. call, Valdes and Rinaldi said. He was pronounced dead exactly an hour later, they said. An investigation was continuing. Authorities asked that anyone…

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by Jerry DeMarco