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SEE ANYTHING? Hit-Run Victim One Of Two Pedestrians Struck In Hawthorne In Less Than 24 Hours SEE ANYTHING? Hit-Run Victim One Of Two Pedestrians Struck In Hawthorne In Less Than 24 Hours
SEE Anything? Hit-Run Victim One Of Two Pedestrians Struck In Hawthorne In Less Than 24 Hours Pedestrians were struck crossing streets in Hawthorne in two separate incidents less than 24 hours apart -- one of them involving a hit-and-run driver. In the first, the driver of a 2016 Jeep Wagon headed south on Goffle Road couldn't stop in time and struck a 65-year-old Rochelle Park man near Lafayette Avenue shortly after 8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, Hawthorne Detective Capt. Robert King said. The victim was taken to St. Joseph's University Medical Center with serious head injuries, King said. Police were investigating, he said. It was right around 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, when a 42-…

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ROUTE 208 FATAL: Dover Woman, 78, Killed, Husband, 80, Hospitalized In Horrific Crash (UPDATE) ROUTE 208 FATAL: Dover Woman, 78, Killed, Husband, 80, Hospitalized In Horrific Crash (UPDATE)
Route 208 Fatal: Dover Woman, 78, Killed, Husband, 80, Hospitalized In Horrific Crash (Update) UPDATE: Authorities identified a driver killed in a horrific Labor Day crash on Route 208 as a 78-year-old woman from Dover and the injured passenger as her 80-year-old husband. Carmen Traverso was pronounced dead at the scene, Hawthorne Police Capt. Robert King said Tuesday, Sept. 6. Pablo Traverso, meanwhile, was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, the captain said. The couple's 2014 Toyota Camry careened off the road and up an embankment, where it slammed into a tree on the southbound highway just north of Goffle Road shortly after noon Monday. Southbound Route 208 nea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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One Dead, Another Injured In Horrific Route 208 Crash One Dead, Another Injured In Horrific Route 208 Crash
One Dead, Another Injured In Horrific Route 208 Crash Authorities identified a driver killed in a horrific Labor Day crash on Route 208 as a 78-year-old woman from Dover and the injured passenger as her 80-year-old husband. Carmen Traverso was pronounced dead at the scene, Hawthorne Police Capt. Robert King said Tuesday, Sept. 6. Pablo Traverso, meanwhile, was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, the captain said. The couple's 2014 Toyota Camry careened off the road and up an embankment, where it slammed into a tree on the southbound highway just north of Goffle Road shortly after noon Monday. An extended operation was required …

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Handcuffed Fugitive Who Jumped Into Passaic River Was Wanted Out Of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Handcuffed Fugitive Who Jumped Into Passaic River Was Wanted Out Of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts
Handcuffed Fugitive Who Jumped Into Passaic River Was Wanted Out Of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts A suspect who nearly drowned after jumping into the Passaic River while handcuffed was wanted in both Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, authorities said. Juan Castano, 29, of New York was a passenger in a car driven by a Paterson resident that Hawthorne police stopped in response to a call late Tuesday afternoon of two suspicious-looking men peering over the barbed wire fence of the Citywide Towing impound lot in Hawthorne. “People have previously jumped their fence and stolen vehicles that had been impounded due to being stolen,” Hawthorne Detective Lt. Matthew Hoogmoed said Thursday. Borou…

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Good Guys, Bad Guy Go For A Swim: Escaped Prisoner Pulled From Passaic River Good Guys, Bad Guy Go For A Swim: Escaped Prisoner Pulled From Passaic River
Good Guys, Bad Guy Go For A Swim: Escaped Prisoner Pulled From Passaic River GOTCHA! A suspect who nearly drowned after he jumped into the Passaic River while handcuffed was wanted in both Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, authorities said. Juan Castano, 29, of New York was a passenger in a car driven by a Paterson resident that Hawthorne police stopped in response to a call late Tuesday afternoon of two suspicious-looking men peering over the barbed wire fence of the Citywide Towing impound lot in Hawthorne. “People have previously jumped their fence and stolen vehicles that had been impounded due to being stolen,” Hawthorne Detective Lt. Matthew Hoogmoed said Thurs…

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Wanted Parolee Nabbed In Hawthorne Business Break-Ins Wanted Parolee Nabbed In Hawthorne Business Break-Ins
Wanted Parolee Nabbed In Hawthorne Business Break-Ins Hawthorne police cracked a string of business burglaries when they busted a recently paroled ex-con, authorities said. Officers and detectives checking on local businesses over the weekend spotted Verler Mceachin, 59, of Paterson on Goffle Road, Detective Lt. Matthew Hoogmoed said Tuesday. Mcheachin, who’s served state prison time for burglary, not only has quite a lengthy rap sheet in Bergen and Passaic counties. He also fit the description of the burglar – and was already wanted on a parole violation. As they approached him, Hoogmoed said, Mceachin tipped away into a vacant lot. He wa…

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Hawthorne PD: Unlicensed Upstate NY Driver With Confusing Story Caught With 90 Heroin Folds Hawthorne PD: Unlicensed Upstate NY Driver With Confusing Story Caught With 90 Heroin Folds
Hawthorne PD: Unlicensed Upstate NY Driver With Confusing Story Caught With 90 Heroin Folds An upstate New York driver who was nearly 90 miles from home had 90 heroin folds stuffed down his pants when Hawthorne police stopped him, authorities said. Joshua Bahl, 30, of Saugerties was driving a Honda Fit with a suspended license when he was stopped by police for motor vehicle violations on Goffle Road near Wagaraw Road, records show. Bahl, who had several noticeable track marks on his arm, “appeared very nervous and gave the officer a very confusing story” about how he ended up in Hawthorne, Detective Lieutenant Matthew Hoogmoed said. Police suspected Bahl – whose criminal record …

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PD: Passaic Woman Who Crashed SUV Into Convenience Store Goes On Rampage At Hawthorne 7-Eleven PD: Passaic Woman Who Crashed SUV Into Convenience Store Goes On Rampage At Hawthorne 7-Eleven
PD: Passaic Woman Who Crashed SUV Into Convenience Store Goes On Rampage At Hawthorne 7-Eleven A Passaic woman who made headlines when her SUV plowed into the front of a Bronx gas station convenience store went on a rampage at a Hawthorne 7-Eleven that continued at police headquarters, authorities said Wednesday. Police were called after Santa Moya, 23, stole cigarettes from the Goffle Road store and a clerk tried to stop her, Detective Lt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. Moya was tangling with the employee in the parking lot when officers pulled up, he said. The clerk's head was bleeding after some of her hair had been ripped out, a witness said. Moya then “became irate and hostile towards…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Belleville Woman Whips Up Cake Jars, And Other Local Restaurant Openings Belleville Woman Whips Up Cake Jars, And Other Local Restaurant Openings
Belleville Woman Whips Up Cake Jars, And Other Local Restaurant Openings Chinese dumplings. Roman pizza. American fare in a lounge with speakeasy vibes. It's all right here in North Jersey. Here are some of the new restaurants that recently opened in the area. Reventon is opening this weekend in Wallington. The Peruvian restaurant's specialties are rotisserie chicken, fried chicken and other authentic fare. The owners of the family-operated joint have another eatery in Kearny, BoozyBurbs reports. 210 Main Ave., Wallington. SQ Pizza has opened on Route 17 in Mahwah. SQ offers Roman, by-the-slice pizzeria using non-GMO flour imported from Italy. Classic pies, p…

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by Cecilia Levine
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No Way Out: Fleeing Burglar Surrenders To Hawthorne Police After Wading Into Passaic River No Way Out: Fleeing Burglar Surrenders To Hawthorne Police After Wading Into Passaic River
No Way Out: Fleeing Burglar Surrenders To Hawthorne Police After Wading Into Passaic River A fleeing burglar was captured by Hawthorne police after he waded into the Passaic River and realized he had nowhere else to go, authorities said. Officers responding to an alarm and P&A Auto Parts on Goffle Road found a shattered glass door, heard rustling in the woods behind the building and saw Daniel Acevedo running up the riverbank holding a bag, Detective Lt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. Acevedo, 26, refused to stop, walked into the river and found himself up to his neck in water five to 10 yards from the shore, Hoogmoed said. He then “turned and walked back to officers, as he appeared…

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2-Hour Food Run? Upstate NY Pair Had 1,100 Heroin Folds, Infant In Car, Hawthorne Police Say 2-Hour Food Run? Upstate NY Pair Had 1,100 Heroin Folds, Infant In Car, Hawthorne Police Say
2-Hour Food Run? Upstate NY Pair Had 1,100 Heroin Folds, Infant In Car, Hawthorne Police Say Hawthorne police who found 1,100 heroin folds in a stopped Jeep said the upstate New York driver told them that she and two men had come more than 135 miles to Paterson with a 2-year-old infant in the car "to get Spanish food." Victoria Declemente, 29, of Stamford, NY “appeared very nervous” when she was stopped on Goffle Road near Mohawk Avenue for several violations, Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. After claiming they’d driven all that way to Paterson for food, Declemente couldn’t remember exactly where, Hoogmoed said. Eventually, she admitted they’d come to buy drugs, he said. Of…

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EARLIEST REPORTS: Firefighter Among Several Injured In NJ Storm Accidents EARLIEST REPORTS: Firefighter Among Several Injured In NJ Storm Accidents
Earliest Reports: Firefighter Among Several Injured In NJ Storm Accidents A Maywood firefighter was injured when a tree fell onto an engine -- one of several people hurt by falling branches, limbs and trees in Bergen and Passaic counties during Tuesday's storm, responders said.  A 71-year-old man also required medical attention after a tree fell on his car on Route 17 in Ridgewood as Tropical Storm Isaias barreled through. A driver was injured by glass when a branch from a falling tree crashed through the windshield of a vehicle on the southbound Palisades Interstate Parkway near Exit 1 in Englewood Cliffs. And two trees fell on an Englewood home, blocking resp…

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SEE ANYTHING? Assailant Stabs Hawthorne Pedestrian SEE ANYTHING? Assailant Stabs Hawthorne Pedestrian
SEE Anything? Assailant Stabs Hawthorne Pedestrian Hawthorne police were trying to find anyone who witnessed a stabbing on a local street. The 26-year-old victim told police he was walking near Enterprise Rent-A-Car on Goffle Road around 8:40 p.m. Wednesday when the assailant began following him on foot, asking for money, Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. “The victim said he was struck in the back and when he turned around, he saw the suspect holding a knife and realized he had been stabbed,” Hoogmoed said. Bystanders called police and the victim was later taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center with injuries that weren’t conside…

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PHOTOS: Car Plows Through White-Picket Hawthorne Fence PHOTOS: Car Plows Through White-Picket Hawthorne Fence
Photos: Car Plows Through White-Picket Hawthorne Fence An adult male driver sustained non life-threatening injuries after his car plowed into a white-picket fence in Hawthorne Monday. The man may have been suffering a medical episode when he veered off the 500 block of Goffle Road in his Ford sedan, witnesses said. An ambulance from The Valley Hospital and paramedic team from St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center treated the man at the scene. A hydraulic lift tow truck removed the wrecked vehicle from the scene. At the sceneBoyd A. Loving An ambulance from The Valley Hospital responded, along with Hawthorne police and a team of St. Jose…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Hawthorne Traffic Stops: Three Lies, Three Heroin Busts Hawthorne Traffic Stops: Three Lies, Three Heroin Busts
Hawthorne Traffic Stops: Three Lies, Three Heroin Busts Three different drivers who weren’t truthful with Hawthorne police were found carrying heroin during separate stops, authorities said. Upstate New York driver Gregory Valentine, 48, “appeared very nervous and was shaking” when officers stopped his 2012 Honda Accord on Goffle Road near Warburton Avenue, Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. Asked where he was coming from, Valentine said he was “looking at trucks for his boss” at an excavating company, Hoogmoed said. However, he “could not recall where that was or any other details,” the sergeant said. While they waited for a K-9 unit to ch…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities: Car Thieves, Burglars Continue To Prowl North Jersey, Hawthorne PD Nabs Two Authorities: Car Thieves, Burglars Continue To Prowl North Jersey, Hawthorne PD Nabs Two
Authorities: Car Thieves, Burglars Continue To Prowl North Jersey, Hawthorne PD Nabs Two A caller led Hawthorne police to two teens who they said were seen on surveillance video rifling through vehicles while the owners slept. Officers found Devin Paredes of Prospect Park and Jazyre Kearney of Paterson, both 18, in the area of Goffle Road and Macfarlan Avenue, Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. Both said they didn’t have identification “and were just headed home from a party,” Hoogmoed said. On the ground near them officers found several items that appeared stolen, including an AAA membership card and a key, the sergeant said. “Officers went to the house of the name that a…

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Hawthorne PD: Teen Car Burglars Caught Hawthorne PD: Teen Car Burglars Caught
Hawthorne PD: Teen Car Burglars Caught A caller led Hawthorne police to two teens seen rifling through vehicles on surveillance video while the owners slept, authorities said. Officers found Devin Paredes of Prospect Park and Jazyre Kearney of Paterson, both 18, in the area of Goffle Road and Macfarlan Avenue shortly before 1:30 p.m. Aug. 31, Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. Both said they didn’t have identification “and were just headed home from a party,” Hoogmoed said. On the ground near them, officers found several items that appeared stolen, including an AAA membership card and a key, the sergeant said. “Officers wen…

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Hawthorne PD: Drivers Face More Serious Charges After Defying Officers Writing Parking Tickets Hawthorne PD: Drivers Face More Serious Charges After Defying Officers Writing Parking Tickets
Hawthorne PD: Drivers Face More Serious Charges After Defying Officers Writing Parking Tickets Hawthorne police officers trying to write simple parking tickets came up against one driver who had to be chased down and another who tore up the summonses and threw them at their feet, authorities said. Now both face more serious charges. An officer was issuing a summons to an illegally parked 2015 Chevy Spark on Diamond Bridge Avenue when Kristen Chin, 24, of Bloomfield “came out and attempted to move the vehicle,” Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. The officer told her to stop and asked her why she parked there, considering that the subcompact hatchback nearly caused an accident …

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Body Found On Hawthorne Bench Body Found On Hawthorne Bench
Body Found On Hawthorne Bench Police were investigating a body of someone believed to have been homeless found on a Hawthorne bench Saturday morning. The body was found in front of the Goffle Road Dunkin Donuts around 7:15 a.m. Paramedics from The Valley Hospital officially pronounced the individual dead shortly after 7:30 a.m. The Hawthorne Police Department is handling the investigation. Boyd A. Loving also contributed to this story.

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by Cecilia Levine
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No Injuries In Hawthorne School Bus Fire No Injuries In Hawthorne School Bus Fire
No Injuries In Hawthorne School Bus Fire No injuries were reported when a fire broke out on a school bus in Hawthorne Wednesday afternoon. Seven children and the driver were removed from the bus on Rea Avenue between 1st Avenue and Goffle Road around 5:20 p.m., as firefighters put out the blaze under the rear wheels, witnesses said. Hawthorne police and fire officials were not immediately available for comment.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Hawthorne PD: Glen Rock Driver Caught Cooking Heroin In Auto Dealership Lot Hawthorne PD: Glen Rock Driver Caught Cooking Heroin In Auto Dealership Lot
Hawthorne PD: Glen Rock Driver Caught Cooking Heroin In Auto Dealership Lot A Hawthorne police officer caught a drug user from Glen Rock cooking heroin in a local car dealer’s parking lot, authorities said. The officer saw 35-year-old Anton Ordjonikidze lighting the drug in tin foil as he approached the 2013 Nissan Altima with California license plates in the Goffle Road lot, Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said Tuesday. When he asked if he had anything else in the car, Ordjonikidze gave the officer a bundle of heroin, rubber bands and other pieces of drug paraphernalia, the sergeant said. He was taken into custody, charged with possession of drugs and drug-relate…

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by Jerry DeMarco