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Police & Fire
ICE Seizes DWI Guatemalan Driver From Dumont Charged With Hitting Ridgefield Pedestrians
A Guatemalan national living in Dumont who authorities said was drunk when he hit two pedestrians with his sedan at a busy Ridgefield intersection – seriously injuring one of them – was seized by ICE, records show. Responding officers seized Esvin Duarte-Simon, 33, at the scene of the crash at Bergen Boulevard and Edgewater Avenue shortly before 11 a.m. last Friday, July 14, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Duarte-Simon, who lives on East Madison Avenue and works as a laborer, had struck the two pedestrians with his 2013 Subaru Impreza, the prosecutor said. One was ta…
Police & Fire
Update
: College Student From Garfield Dead, GF Hospitalized In Horrific Ridgefield Crash
UPDATE: A 19-year-old college student from Garfield was killed and his girlfriend seriously injured when his Mustang slammed into the front of a new restaurant in Ridgefield early Saturday. The two were headed north on Broad Avenue when Yusuf Bakmaz missed the split to Grand Avenue on the left around midnight June 24, Ridgefield Police Chief TJ Gallagher said. The teen's white 2002 Ford Mustang barreled over the island, clipped another vehicle and swerved directly into Karden, which opened in April at the site of the old Chan's Dragon Inn. Bakmaz -- a sophomore who majored in computer sc…
Police & Fire
Driver Dead, Passenger Hospitalized In Horrific Overnight Ridgefield Crash
UPDATE: A 19-year-old college student from Garfield was killed and his girlfriend seriously injured when his Mustang slammed into the front of a new restaurant in Ridgefield early Saturday. The two were headed north on Broad Avenue when Yusuf Bakmaz missed the split to Grand Avenue on the left around midnight June 24, Ridgefield Police Chief TJ Gallagher said. The teen's white 2002 Ford Mustang barreled over the island, clipped another vehicle and swerved directly into Karden, which opened in April at the site of the old Chan's Dragon Inn. Bakmaz -- a sophomore who majored in computer sci…
Police & Fire
Police: There's Another Side To Fight Between Bergen Firefighter, Cellphone Store Employee
UPDATE: There's another side to an incident involving a New Milford firefighter and an employee at a cellphone store in Bergenfield whom he accused of attacking him in front of his young son, borough police said early Tuesday evening. Daily Voice left a message early Tuesday with an employee at the T-Mobile store on South Washington Avenue who said the manager was expected at work sometime during the day. The call wasn't returned, however, and the store -- which ordinarily closes at 8 p.m. on weekdays -- shut down early. No charges were filed by police. Bergenfield Police Detective Lt. Wi…
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New Milford SUV Crash Follows Medical Episode
A driver apparently had a diabetic episode before her SUV crashed onto a corner property in New Milford. She got out on the passenger side of the Mazda following the crash at Henley Avenue and Bliss Drive. An ambulance took her to Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck with what weren't considered life-threatening injuries. A tow truck removed the vehicle. Borough police and firefighters also responded.
Police & Fire
Firefighters Battle Fourth Of July Blaze At Former Diner Near GWB In Fort Lee
A firefighter was hospitalized in a destructive Fourth of July fire at the site of the former Plaza Diner near the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, responders said. The extent of injuries wasn’t immediately known. The fire, believed to be accidental, broke out in the rear of the Koryeo Grill on Lemoine Avenue around 7:45 a.m., authorities said. It quickly spread, forcing firefighters to battle it from the exterior. They had the blaze under control within two hours. The injured firefighter was brought to Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, responders said, adding that two others sus…
Police & Fire
Cliffside Park Fugitive Held On
Nypd
Warrant For Gang Assault
A repeat-offending ex-con from Cliffside Park was captured after the NYPD came to town with a warrant, authorities said. Now New York City authorities are trying to extradite him. City detectives went to his mother's Anderson Avenue apartment looking for 27-year-old Jason Martinez, who was wanted in connection with a gang assault, authorities said. Other law enforcement agencies wanted Martinez, too. Records show an outstanding warrant for skipping court for obstruction during a domestic violence arrest in Cliffside Park in 2016. Martinez is also facing charges of burglarizing a restauran…
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Ridgefield Ex-Con Admits 3-State Rampage That Ended In GWB Crash
FORT LEE, N.J. -- A career criminal on Thursday admitted going on a three-state rampage in which he kidnapped and raped his ex-girlfriend in Pennsylvania, torched a used car dealership in Paterson and crashed a stolen SUV at each end of the George Washington Bridge. Under the terms of a deal with the government, Luis Figueroa, 37, pleaded guilty on Thursday to several counts of a federal grand jury indictment in exchange for a 26-year prison sentence: kidnapping; possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; assaulting an employee of the United States; arson. Figueroa – who had addresses i…
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