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Hackensack Avenue, Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Arsonist Set Fire To County Truck At Bergen Academies In Hackensack
A 26-year-old man has been charged with arson after setting two county-owned vehicles on fire in the parking lot of a private high school in Hackensack, authorities said. Patrick Fearon, previously of Hackensack and currently homeless, is believed to have set fires to the unoccupied Fort F350 pickup truck owned by the County of Bergen, which spread to another pickup truck, also owned by the county, in the parking lot of Bergen County Academies on Hackensack Avenue around 12:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 19, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. An investigation launched after the bl…
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Would-Be Sex Assault Victim Fights Off Attacker Bathroom Floor Of Bergen County Mall: Cops
A 30-year-old New Milford man has been arrested after an attempted sex assault at the Shops at Riverside in Hackensack, authorities said. Craig Herbert followed the victim into a restroom at the Hackensack Avenue and Route 4 shopping center and shoved her to the floor, where he tried sexually assaulting her on Friday, July 26, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The woman was able to fight off Herbert before calling 9-1-1, Musella said. Herbert was captured on surveillance footage and later identified, then tracked down by police, according to the prosecutor. Herbert was charg…
Business
These 27 NJ Boston Market Stores Have Reopened After Failing To Pay 314 Workers
The 27 Boston Market stores in New Jersey that were issued stop work orders last month for failing to pay hundreds of employees have reopened. It gets better, the workers have been compensated. The chicken chain became the center of an investigation by the state's labor department when East Hanover employee Cathy Grimes reported that she and the dozen workers she managed hadn't been paid for two months, the DOL said. It wasn't long before more employees from across the state came forward, too. An investigation by the DOL found that 27 Boston Market stores in the Garden State had not been …
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ICY
Morning
: School Bus Slides Into Pole In Hackensack
No serious injuries were reported when a small school bus carrying a group of high schoolers slid into a utility pole in Hackensack during an icy morning filled with crashes throughout North Jersey. The 14-passenger bus was headed south on Hackensack Avenue to the nearby Bergen County Academies when it slid partially off the road in front of Hackensack Cemetery and side-swiped the pole at 7:10 a.m., said Police Capt. Darrin DeWitt. All eight students, an aide and the driver reported no injuries, said DeWitt, the officer in charge of the department. A second bus responded and took them the …
News
Special Needs School Bus Crashes On Route 4
UPDATE: No serious injuries were reported following a crash involving a school bus carrying children with special needs on Route 4. Six children, the driver and an aide from the Windsor Academy in Ridgewood were aboard the bus when it was involved in a crash with a private vehicle on the eastbound highway in Teaneck near the Hackensack border around 3 p.m. Wednesday, Bergen County Sheriff's Public Information Officer Keisha J. McLean said Thursday afternoon. One youngster was taken to Holy Name Medical Center by the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps with a minor injury, McLean said. The lo…
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SUV Rolls Into Hackensack Auto Shop In Cut-Off Crash, Customer Hit By Flying Glass
An SUV slammed into the front of an auto shop in Hackensack after the driver cut off another motorist, authorities said. The 67-year-old Honda Pilot driver made a right turn from University Plaza onto River Street, cutting off a 2008 Nissan Altima that was headed south from Hackensack Avenue, around 9 a.m. Tuesday, Capt. Nicole Foley said. The Altima, driven by a 76-year-old River Edge man, clipped the rear bumper of the Pilot, Foley said. The Pilot driver apparently panicked and hit the gas, sending her vehicle off the road and onto its side into the front window of the Firestone dealers…
Police & Fire
Hackensack Woman, 19, Charged With Killing Newborn Boy
Authorities charged a Hackensack woman with killing her newborn son. Kimberly Aponte, 19, hid the unwanted pregnancy from her family, authorities said. Aponte gave birth before dawn Saturday to a full-term boy whom she then wrapped in a towel and stuffed into a hamper, they said. Aponte's father called city police to the family's Hackensack Avenue apartment Saturday afternoon, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. There, the officers found the lifeless child, he said. Aponte, who was in her bedroom, was taken by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center, the prosecutor said…
Police & Fire
Van Knocked On Its Side In Hackensack Crash
A van landed on its side after colliding with an SUV at a busy Hackensack intersection early Tuesday evening. The drivers sustained minor injuries following the crash at Hackensack Avenue and University Plaza Drive just after 5 p.m., police said. All got out safely.
Police & Fire
Update
: Victims Killed In Head-On Hackensack Crash Came From Bergenfield, Palisades Park
UPDATE: Two women killed in a horrific head-on crash in Hackensack over the weekend were identified Monday. Diana Pelayo, 33, of Bergenfield, and Huishan Li, 63, were killed in the 6:43 p.m. crash on Hackensack Avenue near Terhune Place on Saturday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Two other passengers -- a 30-year-old woman from Fairview and a 38-year-old man from River Edge were treated for minor injuries at Hackensack University Medical Center, the prosecutor said. One of the deceased victims was a driver and the other a passenger in the other car, responders said. Off-duty…
Police & Fire
Update
: Two Killed In Head-On Hackensack Crash
UPDATE: Two women killed in a horrific head-on crash in Hackensack over the weekend were identified Monday. Diana Pelayo, 33, of Bergenfield, and Huishan Li, 63, were killed in the 6:43 p.m. crash on Hackensack Avenue near Terhune Place on Saturday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Two other passengers -- a 30-year-old woman from Fairview and a 38-year-old man from River Edge were treated for minor injuries at Hackensack University Medical Center, the prosecutor said. One of the deceased victims was a driver and the other a passenger in the other car, responders said. Off-duty…
Police & Fire
Ex-Con, 73, Charged With Robbing Englewood, Hackensack Banks Of $13,000
A 73-year-old ex-con from Englewood robbed a Hackensack bank of $10,000 last October and an Englewood bank of $3,000 earlier this month, authorities charged. John Nottingham was turned over to the FBI after a caller seeking a reward tipped off the local CrimeStoppers group, Englewood Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said Monday. Nottingham approached a teller at the Valley National Bank on Hackensack Avenue just before 12:30 p.m. Oct. 20 wearing a black watch cap, green jacket, and black gloves, with his face partially concealed by a gray cloth, authorities said at the time, Torell said. H…
Police & Fire
Bergen Academies Locked Down, County Bomb Squad Collects Unattended Toolbox
Someone was missing a beaten-up old toolbox that was found in front of the Bergen County Academies in Hackensack on Tuesday, temporarily locking down the school and drawing the bomb squad. Nearby workers and janitors at the Hackensack Avenue facility told authorities that the box didn’t belong to them. So, taking no chances, they called the Bergen County Bomb Squad around 3:30 p.m. to collect it. Inside, squad members found tools and safety glasses, among other items commonly found in tool boxes.
News
Power Out At Hackensack Shopping Center
Power was restored Tuesday afternoon to a Hackensack Avenue shopping center and surrounding areas. ORIGINAL STORY: Authorities weren't immediately sure what caused an outage Tuesday morning that cut power to a Hackensack Avenue shopping center and surrounding areas. Affected businesses included: Home Depot; Petco; Staples; Applebee's; Mavis Tire; Fun Fitness; Retro Fitness; 99 Ranch Market; Port of Call; Chipotle; Five Guys; Femme Fitness; Retro Fitness; Mavis Tire
Police & Fire
Man Who Stole Power Tools From Cars At Home Depot In March Just Did It Again: Hackensack PD
An Englewood man who in March was caught taking power tools from a truck in the parking lot of Hackensack Avenue's Home Depot was captured on surveillance video doing the exact same thing in the exact same lot, authorities said. This time, 33-year-old Adan Lora is facing drug charges in addition to burglary and theft, for taking power tools from cars in the lot and putting them in a shopping cart, Hackensack Police Captain Peter Busciglio said. Last Friday afternoon, Hackensack police officers were dispatched to Home Depot on a report of a man peering into parked vehicles in the lot. Upon a…
Police & Fire
Hackensack Brush Fire Doused
HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Hackensack firefighters quickly doused a brush blaze Tuesday behind the Home Depot off Route 4. Engines 5, 4, & 1 were among the responders to the Hackensack Avenue fire, which sent up smoke visible from the highway.
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