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Two Caught, One Sought: Franklin Lakes Police Cars Struck During Stolen Vehicles Pursuit Two Caught, One Sought: Franklin Lakes Police Cars Struck During Stolen Vehicles Pursuit
Two Caught, One Sought: Franklin Lakes Police Cars Struck During Stolen Vehicles Pursuit Two Franklin Lakes police cars were struck during a pre-dawn pursuit of two stolen vehicles into Paramus, authorities said. No officers were injured in the incident, which began with multiple calls from residents about a suspicious vehicle and sketchy people outside a Chestnut Place home shortly before 5 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, Franklin Lakes Police Capt. Mark McCombs said. Responding officers Ryan Sweeney and Nicolas Foschini, along with Sgt. Nicholas Klein, quickly spotted a 2022 Alfa Romeo that had just been stolen from a home on High Mountain Road, the captain said. It was riding in tan…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Flat Tire, Popped Airbags Don't Deter Wayne Driver Trying To Outrace Franklin Lakes PD Flat Tire, Popped Airbags Don't Deter Wayne Driver Trying To Outrace Franklin Lakes PD
Flat Tire, Popped Airbags Don't Deter Wayne Driver Trying To Outrace Franklin Lakes PD A repeat offender tried to outrace a Franklin Lakes police officer with a flat tire and his airbags deployed, authorities said. Needless to say, he didn't get far. Officer Kevin Shutrop spotted the crippled Toyota Camry at the traffic circle at Franklin Lake and High Mountain roads shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 11, Police Mark McCombs said. The officer tried pulling him over, but the driver -- identified as Wilkins Perdomo. 34, of Wayne -- tried to keep going, the captain said. Perdomo lost and then regained control of the sedan after it barreled off and then back onto southboun…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Franklin Lakes PD: Daytime DWI Driver's Sedan Hits Mailboxes, Sign, Guard Rail Franklin Lakes PD: Daytime DWI Driver's Sedan Hits Mailboxes, Sign, Guard Rail
Franklin Lakes PD: Daytime DWI Driver's Sedan Hits Mailboxes, Sign, Guard Rail An intoxicated driver from Bloomingdale unsuccessfully tried to flee after his sedan slammed into two mailboxes, a street sign and a guard rail along a stretch of road in Franklin Lakes, authorities said. Thomas Bleeker, 66, was hospitalized with undetermined injuries following the 2:30 p.m. crash on Sunday, Capt. Robert Lyon said. Bleeker's Toyota Camry had struck the mailboxes and sign along High Mountain Road between Valley Road the Route 208 ramps before hitting the guard rail, the captain said. Sgt. Nick Klein arrested Bleeker, formerly of North Haledon, and charged him via summons wi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Franklin Lakes PD: Mahwah Driver In Utility Pole Crash Was DWI Franklin Lakes PD: Mahwah Driver In Utility Pole Crash Was DWI
Franklin Lakes PD: Mahwah Driver In Utility Pole Crash Was DWI A Mahwah driver was drunk when he crashed his car into a utility pole in Franklin Lakes, authorities said. Christopher Cacioppo, 26, was charged with DWI and released to a responsible adult after his 2011 Nissan Altima slammed into the pole on High Mountain Road shortly after 4 a.m. Sunday, Capt. John Bakelaar said. The pole sustained heavy damage and the sedan had to be towed, the captain said. Cacioppo wasn't injured, he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Local Resident, 26, ID'd In Arson Fire That Destroyed Bergen Church Local Resident, 26, ID'd In Arson Fire That Destroyed Bergen Church
Local Resident, 26, ID'd In Arson Fire That Destroyed Bergen Church UPDATE: A 26-year-old local resident was charged Wednesday in the overnight arson fire that destroyed a Franklin Lakes church, Daily Voice has learned. James Mayers remained hospitalized in police custody after members of the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Arson Investigations Unit charged him with first-degree aggravated arson that caused the destruction of a building and burglary. Mayers, who is unemployed and lives with his parents, was quickly taken into custody by borough police after the fire broke out at the Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament on Franklin Lake Road near High Mou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Arson Fire Destroys Franklin Lakes Church, Graffiti Found, Local Man, 26, Charged Arson Fire Destroys Franklin Lakes Church, Graffiti Found, Local Man, 26, Charged
Arson Fire Destroys Franklin Lakes Church, Graffiti Found, Local Man, 26, Charged UPDATE: A 26-year-old local resident was charged Wednesday in the overnight arson fire that destroyed a Franklin Lakes church, Daily Voice has learned. James Mayers remained hospitalized in police custody after members of the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Arson Investigations Unit charged him with first-degree aggravated arson that caused the destruction of a building and burglary. Police quickly took Mayers into custody after the fire broke out at the Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament on Franklin Lake Road near High Mountain Road just after 1:30 a.m., responders said. Firefighters…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Two More Bergen Luxury Cars Stolen: How Many More Will There Be? It's Up To You Two More Bergen Luxury Cars Stolen: How Many More Will There Be? It's Up To You
Two More Bergen Luxury Cars Stolen: How Many More Will There Be? It's Up To You Two different Franklin Lakes residents woke up Easter morning to find their luxury cars gone. A 2019 BMW was snatched from the driveway of a High Mountain home and a 2018 Mercedes Benz was taken from the driveway of an Algonquin Road home sometime before 10 a.m., police said. Two other cars were entered -- but didn’t have key fobs or valuables inside, so the thieves moved on, they said. Time and again, police have tried to explain to vehicle owners that they cannot be everywhere at once and that anyone who owns property bears some personal responsibility for securing it. Leaving a vehicle…

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by Jerry DeMarco