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Wild Glen Rock Stolen Car Chase Goes Down To Paramus, Back Up To Paterson Wild Glen Rock Stolen Car Chase Goes Down To Paramus, Back Up To Paterson
Wild Glen Rock Stolen Car Chase Goes Down To Paramus, Back Up To Paterson A wild overnight pursuit of a vehicle stolen out of Glen Rock made its way south through several towns and then back north before police broke off the chase in Paterson. Glen Rock Police Officer John Tarantino was headed to a call of a burglar trying to break in through the rear of an Abbington Terrace home at 1:40 a.m. Friday when he was passed by a 2014 Subara Crosstrack stolen from a Gramercy Place driveway, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. “The keys had apparently been left in the Subaru while the owner was moving cars in the driveway the night before,” Ackermann said. The owner also …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
PD: Erratic Dumont SUV Driver Was Under Influence Of Heroin PD: Erratic Dumont SUV Driver Was Under Influence Of Heroin
PD: Erratic Dumont SUV Driver Was Under Influence Of Heroin Hawthorne police prevented a potential tragedy when they stopped an SUV driver from Dumont who they said was under the influence of heroin. Officers responding to a citizen’s call of an erratic driver pulled over the full-sized 2005 Ford Excursion on southbound Route 208 shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday, Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. The driver, identified as 30-year-old Brendan Jones, was removed from the vehicle when he refused commands to stop trying to hide empty heroin folds, Hoogmoed said. Jones, who had trouble standing, was taken into custody, the sergeant said. On the front…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Driver Critically Injured When Mustang Rolls, Hits Tree, Catches Fire On Route 208 In Fair Lawn Driver Critically Injured When Mustang Rolls, Hits Tree, Catches Fire On Route 208 In Fair Lawn
Driver Critically Injured When Mustang Rolls, Hits Tree, Catches Fire On Route 208 In Fair Lawn A 28-year-old Englewood driver was hospitalized with severe head and chest injuries after firefighters cut him from an overturned Mustang that struck another vehicle and a tree and caught fire on Route 208 in Fair Lawn. The driver apparently was speeding when he lost control of the 2015 Mustang, which struck a 2010 Ford Fusion driven by a 34-year-old Newark man who wasn't injured, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The speeding car then left the southbound highway, rolled over and hit the tree just pasts Fair Lawn Avenue around 11:40 p.m. Sunday, Metzler said. Borough firefighters doused a fire in th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Hawthorne Police Nab Northbound NY Trio With Nearly 350 Heroin Bags Hawthorne Police Nab Northbound NY Trio With Nearly 350 Heroin Bags
Hawthorne Police Nab Northbound NY Trio With Nearly 350 Heroin Bags A Hawthorne police officer nabbed a northbound New York State trio with 349 bags of heroin that were apparently bought in Paterson, authorities said. The passengers gave conflicting accounts of where they’d been and what they were doing, Police Chief Richard McAuliffe said, adding that officers also smelled burnt marijuana after stopping their 1999 Subaru sedan on northbound Route 208. The driver meanwhile, “stated that he had just dropped a friend off in Paterson and was on his way to Liberty, NY,” the chief said. One of the passengers, identified as Theresa Light, 25, of Liberty, had “a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE (PHOTOS): Driver 79, Plows Sedan Into Fair Lawn Bakery UPDATE (PHOTOS): Driver 79, Plows Sedan Into Fair Lawn Bakery
Update (Photos): Driver 79, Plows Sedan Into Fair Lawn Bakery No one was seriously injured when a sedan plowed into a Fair Lawn bakery late Thursday morning, authorities said. The Lexus -- driven by a 79-year-old Fair Lawn woman -- slammed through the front of Zadies Kosher Bake Shop in a strip mall on Fair Lawn Avenue (Route 208) at Chandler Drive around 11 a.m. The driver "was pulling into a parking spot and hit the gas instead of the brake, crashing through the pillar in front of her and then through the storefront," Sgt.Sean Macys said. She and her 90-year-old male passenger weren't injured, the sergeant said. A 63-year-old male customer from Q…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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What Can Happen When You Follow Too Closely? How About A 6-Car Rush-Hour Pileup (On Route 208)? What Can Happen When You Follow Too Closely? How About A 6-Car Rush-Hour Pileup (On Route 208)?
What Can Happen When You Follow Too Closely? How About A 6-Car Rush-Hour Pileup (On Route 208)? No serious injuries were reported in a six-vehicle, Monday rush-hour pileup on southbound Route 208 in Hawthorne. Traffic was scrunched to the shoulder after the 5:30 p.m. chain-reaction crash just south of the Utter Avenue exit. Glen Rock police assisted their Hawthorne colleagues. Aftermath of the 6-vehicle pileup on southbound Route 208 in Hawthorne.Boyd A. Loving Michael Jannicelli (photo top) and Boyd A. Loving (photo above) contributed to this report.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Glen Rock Homes Temporarily Evacuated, Roads Closed After Work Crew Ruptures Gas Main Glen Rock Homes Temporarily Evacuated, Roads Closed After Work Crew Ruptures Gas Main
Glen Rock Homes Temporarily Evacuated, Roads Closed After Work Crew Ruptures Gas Main Two dozen residents in the immediate area had to leave their homes after a Glen Rock DPW crew ruptured a gas line while doing work on a sidewalk ramp Wednesday morning. Officials offered shelter at Borough Hall while repairs were done at the corner of Main Street and Argyle Road following the mishap just after 9:30 a.m. Police transported several residents who didn't have vehicles, Chief Dean Ackermann said.  The De Boer Drive from northbound Route 208 was temporarily closed. Lower Main Street, Argyle Road and Southboro Lane were also temporarily blocked off. The evacuated homes…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Another Tractor-Trailer Tips On Route 287, Jamming Morning Commute Another Tractor-Trailer Tips On Route 287, Jamming Morning Commute
Another Tractor-Trailer Tips On Route 287, Jamming Morning Commute A tractor-trailer rollover jammed northbound Route 287 traffic in Oakland early Tuesday. The rig rolled off the road, with the tractor rolling into the woods and the trailer crushing the guardrail and splitting open near the exit for Route 208 around 4:30 a.m., responders said. The 48-year-old driver from Wilmington, DE, who climbed out, complained of a back injury but refused treatment, they said. The left and center lanes were reopened at Skyline Drive several hours later. Traffic on the southbound side was slowed. Detour routes were clogged, as well.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Weekend Haul: Franklin Lakes Police Continue Picking Off Route 208 Drivers, Most For Warrants Weekend Haul: Franklin Lakes Police Continue Picking Off Route 208 Drivers, Most For Warrants
Weekend Haul: Franklin Lakes Police Continue Picking Off Route 208 Drivers, Most For Warrants A series of weekend traffic stops on Route 208 yielded Franklin Lakes police a half-dozen arrests – most of them of people wanted on warrants. They also included a 32-year-old West Nyack man charged with DWI just after 11:30 p.m. Sunday. Officer Matthew Geyer made that arrest, as well as one just before 7:30 a.m. Saturday of a 29-year-old Clifton man on marijuana and drug paraphernalia possession charges. Moments after that one, Sgt. William Zangara arrested Sean Levy, 48 of Atlantic Highlands, who was wanted on warrants out of Hillsdale and Middletown, Capt. John Bakelaar said Monday. Ju…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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1 Extricated In Route 208 Wyckoff Rollover, Traffic Crawls 1 Extricated In Route 208 Wyckoff Rollover, Traffic Crawls
1 Extricated In Route 208 Wyckoff Rollover, Traffic Crawls Traffic was at a stand-still along Route 208 northbound after a car veered off the roads and into the woods during Thursday. The incident occurred between Russel and Ewing avenues around 5 p.m.  The road reopened about an hour later but drivers reported slow-moving traffic. The victim was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries and the car was removed by a tow truck. Michael Jannicelli also contributed to this story.

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by Cecilia Levine
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SEEN IT? Police Seek Vehicle In Route 208 Hit-Run Crash In Fair Lawn SEEN IT? Police Seek Vehicle In Route 208 Hit-Run Crash In Fair Lawn
Seen IT? Police Seek Vehicle In Route 208 Hit-Run Crash In Fair Lawn Police were looking for a black sedan that fled the scene of a Friday afternoon crash on Route 208 in Fair Lawn. The "sporty" sedan sustained heavy front-end damage after rear-ending the other vehicle near the Maple Avenue exit of the southbound highway just before 3:30 p.m., Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Its direction of travel after the crash was unknown, he said. The driver and passenger reported neck pain, Metzler said, adding that a BLS unit was dispatched. Anyone who witnessed the crash, sees the vehicle or knows where to find it or the driver is asked to call Fair Lawn police: (201) 796…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Police: Unlicensed Teen Leads Low-Speed Chase On Tire Rim From Glen Rock To Garden State Plaza Police: Unlicensed Teen Leads Low-Speed Chase On Tire Rim From Glen Rock To Garden State Plaza
Police: Unlicensed Teen Leads Low-Speed Chase On Tire Rim From Glen Rock To Garden State Plaza One of his wheels had only a rim as a 17-year-old unlicensed Ridgewood driver led police on a 4½-mile low-speed chase from Glen Rock to the Garden State Plaza in Paramus in an unregistered, uninsured car, authorities said. The car slammed into curbs, blowing the tire, on southbound Route 208 after Officer John Tarantino tried to stop the boy in the area of Maple Avenue and Harristown Road before dawn last Tuesday, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. He continued on at about 20 miles an hour all the way to the mall, “in a manner consistent with impairment or a medical condition,” the chief sai…

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by Jerry DeMarco