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Police & Fire
SUV Splits Utility Pole, Busy Paramus Intersection Closed Most Of Day
A driver escaped serious injury when an SUV split a utility pole at a busy intersection just off northbound Route 17 in Paramus. Midland Avenue between Sette Drive and From Road was reopened at 3 p.m. Friday, June 16, after PSE&G replaced the pole, police said. The ramp from northbound Route 17 to eastbound Midland Avenue was also closed. The ramp to westbound Midland Avenue remained open. Traffic was re-routed after the Subaru Outback veered off the road, mounted a guy wire, and slammed into the pole earlier in the day. The Outback was removed by a flatbed tow truck. Paramus EMS r…
Police & Fire
Trio Of Kiddie Car Thieves, One 13, Captured By Paramus PD, Suspected In CT Thefts
A 13-year-old boy was among a trio of underage car thieves captured by Paramus police overnight at the Mercedes Benz dealership on Route 17. Authorities believe the young teens are part of a crew responsible for similar incidents in Fairfield County, CT, Paramus Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. Officer Nick Perna spotted a black BMW 530 with one occupant in the parking lot of a medical building next door to the dealership late last week, Guidetti said. A quick computer check showed the license plate had been reported stolen out of New York City and the BMW was swiped in Bridgeport, CT, t…
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Paramus Mall Shoplifting Becomes Robbery When Female Employee Is Thrown To Floor
A shoplifter threw an employee at the Nieman Marcus store in Paramus to the floor after she caught him stealing more than $1,000 worth of clothing, authorities said. Jimmy Sattan, 31, of Jersey City was chased down and captured by Paramus Police Officer Michael Mordaga in the Garden State Plaza parking lot moments after the 8 p.m. robbery on June 5, Police Chief Robert M. Guidetti said. Sattan was leaving the store with $1,148 worth of hidden Fendi sweat pants, sweatshirts and jeans when the employee tried stopping him, the chief said. Mordaga, who was on patrol outside the store, saw Satt…
Police & Fire
Stricken Tow Truck Driver Crashes Into Tree Off Route 17
A tow truck crashed into a tree just off Route 17 in Paramus when its driver suffered what responders said was a medical episode Tuesday afternoon. A paramedic team from the Valley Hospital tended to the driver from Criger's Auto Body in Fairfield near the former Barnes & Noble at the intersection of Glen Avenue and the southbound highway before taking him back with them. Paramus police and EMS assisted.A heavy-duty tow truck removed the damaged vehicle from the scene. Boyd A. Loving took the photo and contributed to this story.
Police & Fire
Adult Player Slashed By Fort Lee Teen In Paramus Pickup Basketball Game
A 16-year-old Fort Lee boy was seized by Paramus police after he slashed a 23-year-old man across the face with a knife during a fight over a pickup basketball game at a Route 4 gym, authorities said. The teen and his friends fled in a Mercedes Benz G-Wagon after he pulled a multi-use tool and slashed the Bloomfield man with a knife blade at the 24 Hour Fitness shortly before 8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 11, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. The victim refused treatment at the scene for a cut on his face, the chief said. Paramus Police Detective Sal Cosentino, meanwhile, quickly spot…
Police & Fire
Found
! Missing 8-Year-Old North Jersey Boy Safe, Sound
Fear grew as the search for a missing North Jersey boy continued on Wednesday. Minutes turned to frightful hours as a search intensified for 8-year-old boy Alan Wang of Paramus -- who was eventually found safe and sound. Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg confirmed the happy news shortly after 6:30 p.m. April 26. A civilian spotted Alan near a Route 17 restaurant about 3/4 of a mile from his home and called police. Alan was quickly reunited with his family. "The sun started going down, which was going to affect our search efforts," a responder said. "We're happy a bystander located hi…
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Drug Sting Nabs City Teen Selling 10 Bricks Of Heroin In Bergen: Prosecutor
An 18-year-old unemployed Paterson man got stung selling 250 bags of heroin to a Bergen County undercover detective and another 250 on the street, authorities said. Naje Dior Brabson remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Thursday, April 20, while awaiting a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said members of his Narcotic Task Force chased Brabson down on Tuesday after seeing him sell five bricks of heroin. He'd previously sold five bricks to an undercover detective, the prosecutor said. Brabson was charged with tw…
News
Bad Behavior Among Teens Prompts New Chaperone Policy At Garden State Plaza
Bad behavior comes with consequences for teens at the Westfield Garden State Plaza. Come April 28, the Paramus mall will be implementing a newly-unveiled "parental guidance policy" in an apparent attempt to keep unsupervised youths from running amok on Friday and Saturday evenings. ALSO SEE: 'It's About Time': Garden State Plaza Chaperone Policy Applauded By Patrons The plan requires everyone 17 and under to be accompanied by an adult 21 or older after 5 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, with officials checking IDs of youths or supervising adults. Anyone who lacks proper identificat…
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Fleeing Domestic Violence Suspect Seized In Paramus Parking Lot, Sought Suicide-By-Cop: Police
UPDATE: A knife-wielding Ridgewood man who'd just fled a domestic violence assault was bent on suicide-by-cop when officers seized him during a tense Easter Sunday night standoff in a Paramus parking lot, authorities said. Keith Hanlon, 41, had been arrested on a domestic violence charge this past Christmas and was almost immediately released by a judge in Hackensack under New Jersey's bail reform law, records show. Hanlon again assaulted a woman, choking her, at a garden apartment complex on Oak Street in Ridgewood around 8 p.m. Easter Sunday, authorities said. He then apparently stabbed…
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Wild Paramus Police Pursuit Ends With Crash, Arrests, Injuries, SUV On A Rim (
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UPDATE: A 17-year-old vehicle thief rammed a Paramus police car during a late-night pursuit that ended moments later in a crash that sent two innocent civilians to the hospital, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said Thursday. Officers Slavko Bajovic and Michael Mordaga began pursuing the Hyundai Tucson while responding to a report of an attempted auto theft on Lawrence Drive shortly after 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 22, the chief said. The SUV had been reported stolen out of Irvington earlier in the day, he said. A passing vehicle was T-boned by the fleeing SUV at the corner of Century a…
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Mall
Brawl
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Update
): Incident Quickly Quelled At Garden State Plaza
UPDATE: In the end, a Saturday night fight at the Garden State Plaza turned out to be much smaller than initial reports made it appear. Law enforcement reinforcements rushed to the mall to assist Paramus police amid reports of a large-scale incident shortly before 8 p.m. March 11. Raw video shows several people jumping into what began as a brawl between two women. A security guard following Saturday night's incident at the Garden State Plaza in Paramus.Kyle Mazza/UNF News for DAILY VOICE Some in the area apparently panicked amid the shouting and screaming, perhaps believing something w…
Police & Fire
Paramus School Bus Crash Caused By SUV Driver Who Ran Red Light: Police (
Update
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A 27-year-old Dumont driver ran a red light causing a collision with a Paramus school bus carrying elementary school students Monday morning, Feb. 6, authorities said. The driver in a 2019 Mercedes GLC was west on Ridgewood Avenue and ran the red, hitting the Paramus bus carrying 23 Parkway Elementary School students around 8:45 a.m., Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. At the scene.Boyd A. Loving School bus crashBoyd A. Loving The bus was turning from Highland Avenue onto Ridgewood Avenue eastbound. The school bus was escorted to Parkway School by Paramus police, where it w…
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