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Grand Avenue, Englewood, NJ
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: Englewood's Bravest Free Passenger From Overturned SUV, Police Say Driver Ran Light
Englewood firefighters freed a passenger in an SUV that got knocked onto its side after the driver ran a red light with her 5-year-old son in the back seat, authorities said. The 29-year-old Kia driver from Georgia was headed east on Van Nostrand Avenue crossing Grand Avenue when a Lexus SUV that had exited off northbound Route 4 rammed her vehicle around 11:30 a.m. Sunday, April 7, Police Lt. Fred Pulice said. Firefighters extricated a 48-year-old female passenger from Philadelphia, responders said. "Members used the Holmatro hydraulic rescue tools to remove the roof of the SUV while othe…
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Runaway Englewood SUV Severely Injures Hackensack Man, Plows Into Building
UPDATE: A 61-year-old Hackensack man was severely injured in Englewood on Thursday by a runaway SUV that then sped backward down the street before plowing entirely into the headquarters of a global produce importer. The victim was removing equipment from the rear of the 2000 Ford Explorer, which was parked on Chester Place, when the accident occurred shortly after 4:30 p.m. April 6, Englewood Police Lt. Fred Pulice said. The vehicle continued west down Chester Place, crossed Grand Avenue and rammed into the ESU Farm building, the lieutenant said. Englewood firefighters and police were …
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Masked Hoodie Gang Strikes Again: Convenience Stores Robbed In Three Different Towns
A gang of pre-dawn robbers wearing hoodies and COVID masks held up three more convenience stores in Bergen County within miles of one another. The crew was believed to be the same group who robbed two Route 46 gas stations less than a mile apart a few weeks ago. This time, they began around 4 a.m. Saturday and hit a Speedway gas station on Route 4 in Fort Lee and two 7-Elevens -- one on Grand Avenue in Englewood and the other on Polifly Road in Hackensack, both near highways. The highest take was believed to be the $1,400 they stole -- along with a lighter and a bag of gummy bears -- from …
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Violent Englewood Criminal Freed Under Bail Reform Slams, Knocks Out Innocent Pedestrian
An Englewood mugger who was released by a judge after committing two strong-arm robberies in the city slammed an innocent pedestrian into a wall, knocking the victim out cold and breaking his shoulder, authorities said. City detectives had identified Roger Hernandez, 22, in March as the robber who grabbed separate victims on James Street and Depot Square Park (also known as Veterans Park) several weeks earlier. One victim got away and the other was assaulted and had his cellphone taken, Detective Lt. Fred Pulice said. Police arrested and charged Hernandez, then sent him to the Bergen Count…
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Firefighters Free Driver In Englewood Crash
Englewood firefighters extricated the driver of an SUV that hit a parked vehicle and landed on its side. The Honda CRV coincidentally struck another CRV before topping on Van Nostrand Avenue between Broad and Grand avenues just off westbound Route 4 around 3:30 p.m. Friday, March 25. The driver was checked out and cleared by EMS.
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Fleeing Carjacker Hits Englewood Owner With Vehicle, Police Seek Help
A dreadlocked thief struck the owner with his own vehicle while stealing it in Englewood, authorities said. The bandit found the 2020 Range Rover running and unattended on Grand Avenue south of Englewood Avenue after being dropped off by another vehicle Tuesday afternoon, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said. The owner tried to stop the thief, who assaulted him with the SUV as he sped north before making a left onto Englewood Avenue, Torell said. The owner fortunately sustained only minor injuries, he said. Torell described the thief as described as black, with dreadlocks, and wearing a wh…
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! Criminal Couple Charged In Englewood Knifepoint Convenience Store Robbery
A couple known to police robbed an Englewood convenience store owner at knifepoint – for cigarettes, authorities said. Monica Monique Peters-Gore, 52, of Teaneck, and 38-year-old registered sex offender Gary Williams of Englewood both had criminal histories when they entered the 7-Eleven on Grand Avenue, off eastbound Route 4, shortly before 4 a.m. July 15. Store surveillance video shows Williams holding a clerk at knifepoint while Peters-Gore took several cartons of cigarettes, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. They then fled, he said. Detectives from Musella’s Special Investig…
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Teen Car Thieves Crash In Englewood, Captured In NYC
Bronx teens driving a pair of stolen vehicles that crashed in Englewood were captured by Port Authority police in Manhattan, authorities said. Fort Lee police had issued an alert for an erratic driver when one of the juveniles, driving a Honda, rear-ended another driving a BMW near the corner of Grand Avenue and Rockwood Place around 8 p.m. Tuesday, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. The occupants of the Honda abandoned it there and got into the BMW, which sped off, he said. A half-hour later, Port Authority police stopped the BMW on the Henry Hudson Parkway, responders said. The …
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Freak Accident: Englewood Crash Brings Utility Pole Down On Second Vehicle, Two Extricated
An overnight crash in Englewood on Sunday pulled down three utility poles, one of which struck another vehicle behind the first one, authorities said. A Lexus wagon driven north by a 57-year-old Elmwood Park woman struck a pole on northbound Grand Avenue at the Linden Avenue intersection around 3:15 a.m., Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said.The pole pulled down two others with it as it toppled, he said. One of the poles hit a Toyota Rav 4, also heading north, occupied by a 42-year-old Connecticut man and a 21-year-old Englewood man, Halstead said. City firefighters freed two of the…
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Robbers Mug Englewood Construction In Broad Daylight
A construction worker trying to chase a trio of robbers who mugged him in Englewood got a ride from a good Samaritan but lost them when they hopped over backyard fences in a local neighborhood, police said Tuesday. One of the muggers grabbed a construction cone and smacked the worker with it, knocking him to the ground, outside Lexus of Englewood on Rockwood Place, just before 3:30 p.m. Monday, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. The other two then pummeled him with punches, the deputy chief said. He dropped his cellphone, which one of the assailants snatched up before all three ran…
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Police: Surveillance Footage Shows Leonia Man Targeting Innocent Teen In Hit-Run
A 30-year-old man from Leonia was arrested in connection with a recent hit-and-run that sent an Englewood teen tumbling over the hood of his car, authorities said. Jonathan Hintze was charged with aggravated assault with a weapon, aggravated assault with a motor vehicle and knowingly leaving the scene of an accident involving injury, Englewood Police Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said. Hintze was transported to the Bergen County Jail pending an initial hearing scheduled for Monday, Oct. 29. Surveillance video from a local security system shows Hintze's Honda Accord veering across East Eng…
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HER? Missing Dog Facing Day 5 Could Be In Leonia
ENGLEWOOD, N.J. — A dog who slipped out of her leash on Wednesday evening in Englewood is still on the loose. Twinkle, a white hound with a black and brown ear, ran off near 135 Cedar Lane in Englewood -- at the end of Brookside, off of Grand Avenue. She could also be in Leonia, START II rescue officials say. Twinkle does not liked to be chased down. If spotted, call Jodi at 201-925-9514 or Marge at 732-330-6692.
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