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Firefighters Douse Overnight Freight Train Blaze In Maywood Firefighters Douse Overnight Freight Train Blaze In Maywood
Firefighters Douse Overnight Freight Train Blaze In Maywood A rolling dumpster fire of sorts was doused overnight in Maywood after a blaze ignited in a railroad car carrying construction debris and trash. Maywood Avenue was closed from Central to East Hunter Avenue after the train came to a stop, blocking the crossing, just after midnight Friday, March 17. Concern was initially expressed over a car purportedly carrying hazardous materials five or so car-lengths away, but firefighters contained the blaze. The train apparently passed through Elmwood Park and Saddle Brook with the flaming car before eventually stopping. It proceeded to the rail yard …

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Mall Shopping Spree With Stolen Credit Cards, Driver's Licenses Derailed By Officer: Maywood PD Mall Shopping Spree With Stolen Credit Cards, Driver's Licenses Derailed By Officer: Maywood PD
Mall Shopping Spree With Stolen Credit Cards, Driver's Licenses Derailed By Officer: Maywood PD GOTCHA! A group of ID thieves were headed to an apparent shopping spree at a mall in Paramus when they were stopped by a Maywood police officer who found an "alarming" amount of credit cards and driver's licenses in innocent victims' names, authorities said. Officer Matthew DellaBella stopped the Subaru Forester after the driver, Karina Espinal, 26, of Newark, made an illegal turn at Maywood Avenue and Essex Street, Police Chief Terence R. Kenny said. Espinal told the officer they were headed to the Garden State Plaza to do some holiday shopping, the chief said. She "didn't have her driver…

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HEROES: 'Stars Align' After Driver Suffers Medical Emergency, Hits Historic Bergen County Home HEROES: 'Stars Align' After Driver Suffers Medical Emergency, Hits Historic Bergen County Home
Heroes: 'Stars Align' After Driver Suffers Medical Emergency, Hits Historic Bergen County Home A Maywood driver whose Jeep hit a centuries-old borough home after he suffered a medical emergency had good fortune -- and a bunch of angels -- on his side. The 58-year-old motorist was "driving normally" when he was suddenly incapacitated while making a left from East Central Avenue onto Maywood Avenue around 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, Police Chief Terence R. Kenny said. The driver's Jeep Gladiator rolled into the Romeyn-Oldis-Brinkerhoff House, a sandstone Colonial built in the late 1700s. As it turned out, retired Maywood Police Chief David Pegg -- who's still a borough firefighter -- w…

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IN COLD BLOOD: Killers Stalked Single Dad Gunned Down In Hackensack, Investigators Say IN COLD BLOOD: Killers Stalked Single Dad Gunned Down In Hackensack, Investigators Say
IN Cold Blood: Killers Stalked Single Dad Gunned Down In Hackensack, Investigators Say UPDATE: Two men stalked a dollar store clerk from Maywood before one of them is seen on video shooting the 28-year-old victim dead outside a Hackensack barber shop, authorities charged. Footage retrieved from several area surveillance cameras show Dior Alston and Malik Abel, both 21, following Vidal Nieves down Essex Street around 5 p.m. this past Saturday, Nov. 12, they said. Alston then hops out, chases the single dad down and shoots him outside the Minyety Barbershop near Lehigh Street, investigators allege. Video shows the shooter firing the bullets that killed Vidal Nieves, of Ma…

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Fire Ravages Maywood Home Fire Ravages Maywood Home
Fire Ravages Maywood Home What began as a basement fire severely damaged a Maywood two-family house. The two-alarm blaze broke out on East Hunter Avenue just off Maywood Avenue around 4 p.m. Friday, April 1. It grew so intense that traveled through walls and burned away the first floor in the rear of the building, responders said. 11 East Hunter Avenue, MaywoodJo Fehl for DAILY VOICE The fire was officially declared under control shortly before 5:30 p.m. No injuries were reported. Flames ran through the walls after igniting in the basement of the Maywood home on East Hunter Avenue.Tony Greco for DAILY VOIC…

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Maywood PD: Fleeing Hackensack Driver Who Crashed Gets Assault, Eluding Charges, Dozen Tickets Maywood PD: Fleeing Hackensack Driver Who Crashed Gets Assault, Eluding Charges, Dozen Tickets
Maywood PD: Fleeing Hackensack Driver Who Crashed Gets Assault, Eluding Charges, Dozen Tickets A fleeing Hackensack driver crashed a luxury car during a Maywood police pursuit, injuring an off-duty officer, then tried to keep going before he was captured, authorities said. Christian Valentin, 20, had two people with him when he drove his BMW M4 on the wrong side of the road while passing a vehicle that he’d been tailgating near Passaic Street and Maywood Avenue, Police Chief Terence Kenny said. Seeing this, Detective Christopher Nichols tried to stop him, the chief said. Valentin hit the gas instead. A few blocks later, the $71,000 coupe slammed into another vehicle as Valentine t…

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Rush-Hour Rollover In Maywood Takes Down Street Sign Rush-Hour Rollover In Maywood Takes Down Street Sign
Rush-Hour Rollover In Maywood Takes Down Street Sign A commercial van struck a street sign and rolled over in a busy Maywood intersection during Tuesday's evening rush. The 29-year-old driver climbed out of the vehicle after the crash at the corner Spring Valley and Maywood avenues just before 5:30 p.m. The driver, who wasn't injured, said he blinked and, before he knew it, had struck and downed the street sign. The vehicle is owned by Duct Mate Installation, based in neighboring Hackensack.  The driver, 29, said he blinked and, before he knew it, he'd hit the pole holding the street sign.John Wyman for DAILY VOICE

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