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Allendale Officer Pretended To Be In Crash So Real Driver Could Get Away: Prosecutor
An Allendale police officer from Mahwah has been charged with hindering apprehension after he took responsibility as the driver in an accident so that the real driver could leave, authorities said. Victor T. Bartoloma, 35, told the Ridgewood officer arriving at the scene that he was the one who'd been in the crash on Jan. 15, but he really had brought his personal vehicle to the scene so that the individual initially in the accident could drive off, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Surveillance cameras showed that Bartoloma was not the driver and was not present at the time …
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Violent Fugitive From Bergen County Captured
A violent fugitive being sought by state authorities forced some schools in northwest Bergen County to shelter in place during a manhunt that ended in his capture early Tuesday, authorities said. Ex-con Justinian Rocco, 26, of Allendale was seized by Waldwick police shortly after 7:30 a.m. Jan. 3 after colleagues from Saddle River, Midland Park and Wyckoff -- along with a K-9 unit -- converged on the area to assist, they said. Rocco had absconded from a state facility last Thursday, Dec. 29, after spending time behind bars for a variety of convictions. Then came a call early Tuesday …
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: Car Carrier Of Hybrids Catches Fire, Closes Route 17 (
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A car carrier loaded with hybrids caught fire, causing some major morning headaches on northbound Route 17. Special foam was needed to help extinguish the blaze, which apparently broke out in the brake system and spread early Wednesday, Sept. 28, Saddle River Police Chief Jason Cosgriff said. No one was injured, but many were inconvenienced when the northbound highway had to be shut down around 7:30 a.m. A special foam was needed.SADDLE RIVER FD "Rush-hour traffic was terrible," Cosgriff said. "The trailer had to be unloaded of all vehicles before they could all be towed." Big Tows I…
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Police: Dashcam Records Pedestrian Struck By Pickup While Crossing Against Signal In Allendale
A 55-year-old Allendale woman appeared to be using her cellphone when she was struck by a pickup truck while crossing against the pedestrian signal as dusk fell Wednesday, authorities said. A dashboard cam operated by another driver captured the 4:28 p.m. crash, said Sgt. Todd A. Griffith, the officer in charge of the department. Allendale Police Officer Kevin Azevedo and Victor Bartoloma were among the responders with Griffith, borough firefighters and the Allendale Volunteer Ambulance Corps. The woman was headed across Hillside Avenue in the crosswalk when the driver of the Ford F-250 tu…
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PD: Telltale Sign Helps Locate Allendale Man Seen Masturbating Outside Waldwick Home
An Allendale man recorded on a doorbell camera masturbating in a Waldwick resident's driveway early Saturday was captured a short time later by police from both towns, authorities said. Paul Montenigro, 44, wasn't difficult to spot, they said. He'd dyed his hair blue. A resident near Crescent Elementary School called Waldwick police after his Ring video alerted him around 8:30 a.m., Detective Sgt. David Passaretti said. The resident ran out and confronted Montenigro, who fled, he said. Waldwick patrol officers converged on the area, assisted by Allendale police. They checked area busine…
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Allendale Pedestrian, 63, Struck By Pickup
An Allendale pedestrian was hospitalized after being struck by a pickup truck Friday night, authorities said. The 63-year-old woman was crossing West Orchard Street when she was struck by a Dodge Ram turning left off Franklin Turnpike shortly before 6:45 p.m., Police Chief George Scherb said. She was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with undetermined injuries, Scherb said. The 23-year-old male driver, who also lives in the borough, remained at the scene. Allendale police notified the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office and were investigating. Waldwick and Saddle River police a…
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No, They're Not Repaving Route 17: Truck Keels, Macadam Spills
A dump truck spilled macadam onto a Route 17 exit and entrance ramp Saturday morning. The driver got out OK after the mishap at the southbound exit in Allendale around 9:45 a.m. A heavy duty wrecker was needed to right and remove the truck, as well as equipment, shovels -- and brooms -- to clean up the mess. The ramp off and onto Route 17 at East Allendale Avenue was closed for the time being. Bergen County sheriff's officers joined Allendale police and firefighters and state DOT workers at the scene.
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Authorities: Allendale, Ramsey Police Team Up To Nab Mahwah Package Thieves
Police from Allendale and Ramsey teamed up to nab two thieves from Philadelphia who’d been at work in the area, authorities said. One of them knocked at the door of a Farley Place resident in Allendale Tuesday afternoon and said he was picking up a package for “Heather” that had been dropped off by the postal service, Police Chief George Scherb said. The resident chased him off and immediately called police, who issued a description of the man and the vehicle. Ramsey police spotted the car on Island Road and stopped it a short time later, Scherb said. The passenger matched the description…
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Covering Faces Instead Of Windshields: Parking-Enforcement Tool Maker Helps Allendale Police
A company that makes a parking-enforcement gadget has added a new tool to help police and other first responders amid the coronavirus pandemic. Barnacle Parking made its name with a 6-square-foot block of yellow plastic that police can splay across a windshield to keep drivers with outstanding tickets from moving their cars – a less expensive alternative than towing.The company retooled one of its plants and is now also covering faces as well as windshields.Allendale police received a shipment of shields -- and just in time, Chief George Scherb said. "The few shields the officers had to us…
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Authorities: Ex-Con Allendale Burglar Who Fought Police Freed, Breaks Into Another House
An ex-con from Allendale who fought furiously with police as they tried to arrest him for burglary three days after he was released from prison was ordered freed by a judge from the Bergen County Jail -- and immediately hit another local home, authorities said. Justinian Rocco -- released Tuesday under New Jersey's bail reform law after spending four days in the county lockup -- was back in custody early Thursday after another overnight incident in Allendale, this time on Heather Court just after 4 a.m. As in last Friday's pre-dawn break-in, Rocco entered an occupied home and was discovered…
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Allendale Rescuers Free Nurse After Jeep Tumbles Down Embankment
A nurse headed to work at an Allendale nursing home escaped with nothing more than an arm injury early Friday after her Jeep tumbled down an embankment and landed on its side in a few inches of water, police said. The 42-year-old RN from Ridgewood was still in her scrubs, a stethoscope around her neck, when Allendale firefighters removed part of the roof and got her to safety after the 7:20 a.m. crash, responders said. Elexis D. Friedrich said she was headed into work at the Allendale Community for Senior Living near southbound Route 17 when the crash occurred in the parking lot. After th…
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Heroes
: Allendale Officers Resuscitate 1-Month-Old Girl
A one-month-old girl wasn’t breathing when Allendale Police Officers Kevin Azevedo and Alex Helmer found her after responding to a frantic 911 call from her grandmother. Azevedo started CPR immediately and, after several seconds, the baby “began to take gasping breaths but was still in distress,” Police Chief George Scherb said. Azevedo “continued until her color returned and she began to cry,” the chief said. “Once she began breathing again, Officer Helmer assisted in monitoring her condition until the arrival of EMS.” They took it from there, he said. For their actions on Aug. 12, Azeve…
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4 Feet High & Rising: Allendale Firefighters Rescue Driver From Floodwaters
A pair of wet-suited Allendale firefighters rescued a motorist who was trapped in her car with water up to her driver’s side window -- and rising -- during Tuesday’s storm. An SUV driver had backed out as police reached the West Crescent Avenue underpass near the Myrtle Avenue intersection, Police Chief George Scherb said. A 62-year-old Florida, NY driver was stuck, however, with the waterline rising four feet to handles of her sedan, Scherb said. An officer summoned firefighters as the water continued to rise. After first throwing her a rope and telling her to keep calm, the firefighters…
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