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Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Tense Standoff With Knife-Wielding Hackensack Woman Ends Peacefully: Police
A suicidal woman pulled a kitchen knife and pointed it at herself during a tense standoff before Hackensack police peacefully disarmed her, authorities said. Responding to an attempted-suicide call in the 300 block of Prospect Avenue, Sgt. Franklin Bay and Officers Alexander Reyes, Matt Tedesco and Anthony Mattalian found the door to the woman's apartment barricaded, said Capt. Michael Antista, the officer in charge of the department. Reyes and Bay established a rapport with the woman, but she was unwilling to get help and backed away during the conversation, the captain said. With several…
Police & Fire
Crazy Day: Sedan Topples Pole In Series Of Hackensack Crashes
A sedan took down a utility pole during what became a day of severe crashes in Hackensack. The driver and a passenger got out of a Chevy Malibu on their own after it slammed into the pole outside the World Plaza Apartments on Prospect Avenue shortly before 7 p.m. Monday, June 5, city firefighters said. Both were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center -- the passenger with a broken leg and the driver with other injuries, both not life-threatening, responders said. The crash left wires strewn across the roadway. PSE&G was summoned to replace the pole and restore power to those c…
News
Hackensack Ex-Con With Notorious History Going Away For A Long Time This Time
A notorious ex-con paroled just last year is already headed back to prison following a drug raid at his Hackensack apartment. Eleven months of freedom ended for Courry Rice, 40, when a Bergen County Regional SWAT team joined police from Hackensack and Maywood in hitting his Prospect Avenue home early Tuesday, Feb. 21. Seized were varying amounts of crack and Ecstasy, along with packaging materials and scales, Maywood Police Chief Terence Kenny said. Rice has a criminal history that includes a host of convictions involving drug dealing and violence, to go with multiple front-page news accou…
News
Children Tossed From Fire Escape Into Hackensack Heroes' Arms
Hackensack firefighters caught two children tossed to them by their parents during an overnight apartment building blaze. The city's bravest arrived at the four-story brick building on Prospect Avenue shortly after 12:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 26, to find several residents on the fire escapes trying to flee the second-floor blaze. Other children, as well as adults, were rescued safely after two youngsters were dropped to the firefighters from the escapes. No injuries were reported, fire officials said. Several tenants were displaced, however, and went to stay with relatives. The Red Cross ass…
News
Heroes
: Hackensack Police Talk Down Teen Threatening To Jump From High-Rise Parking Deck
A troubled teen was perched on the ledge of a Hackensack high-rise parking deck when a group of city officers arrived and began talking with him. Sgt. Kley Peralta, Detective Chris Lara Nunez and Officers Frank Caneja and Matthew Debonis responded to the Excelsior II Apartments on Prospect Avenue around 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9. Law enforcement officials call it "de-escalation," "crisis intervention" and other terms, but what the men in blue basically did was connect with the boy enough to get him off the ledge and keep him from hurting himself. He was then taken to a local hospital for an…
Police & Fire
Jumper, 58, Takes Fatal Leap From Hackensack High-Rise
A 58-year-old man leapt to his death from a Hackensack high-rise Friday, Nov. 4, police said. The man landed on a parking deck after leaping from a balcony at the Excelsior 1 on Prospect Avenue around 11:40 a.m., according to city police. The incident was not believed to have been suspicious in nature, Hackensack police Capt. Michael Antista said.
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Gotcha
! Repeat Offender Resists After Hackensack Police Track Him Down: Authorities
A repeat offender was arrested for the third time in a little over seven months after Hackensack police said he committed a series of vehicle burglaries along a stretch of high-rises. He put up a fight, though, and had to be Tased, authorities said. Reggie Scott, 40, initially eluded security guards -- as well as a police manhunt -- following break-ins along Prospect Avenue, Hackensack Police Director Raymond Guidetti said. On Tuesday, Oct. 19, however, he was behind bars. "During the month of October, the City of Hackensack suffered from a rash of burglaries to a number of motor vehicles…
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Apartment
Raid
: Large Cache Of Coke, Trio Of Tasers Seized, Hackensack Repeat Offender Jailed
A SWAT-backed drug raid on a Hackensack ex-con’s apartment turned up “a large amount” of cocaine, as well as three Tasers, authorities said Friday. Howard M. Harper, 41, was arrested on drug and weapons charges Tuesday following a warranted raid on his Quail Heights apartment on Prospect Avenue, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The SWAT team-backed raid was part of a joint investigation that Musella said his Narcotics Task Force detectives were conducting with Hackensack police. Harper has a criminal history covering nearly all of his adult life, records show. These include arr…
News
Hackensack PD: Pedestrian, 76, Struck, Killed By Pickup, Landscaping Trailer
A 76-year-old Hackensack pedestrian was struck and killed Thursday night. Carol Ventura, a North Bergen native who lived on Prospect Avenue, was in the crosswalk when she was struck by a 2021 Dodge Ram pickup truck that was turning from southbound Summit Avenue onto eastbound Passaic Street shortly after 8:30 p.m., police Capt. Nicole Foley said. "After being hit, she was subsequently run over by a westbound landscaping truck’s trailer," Foley said. Ventura was pronounced dead a short time later at Hackensack University Medical Center. The pickup truck driver, 42, of Rochelle Park, told…
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Hackensack Pedestrian, 76, Struck, Killed
A 76-year-old Hackensack pedestrian was struck and killed Thursday night. Carol Ventura, a North Bergen native who lived on Prospect Avenue, was in the crosswalk when she was struck by a 2021 Dodge Ram pickup truck that was turning from southbound Summit Avenue onto eastbound Passaic Street shortly after 8:30 p.m., police Capt. Nicole Foley said. "After being hit, she was subsequently run over by a westbound landscaping truck’s trailer," Foley said. Ventura was pronounced dead a short time later at Hackensack University Medical Center. The pickup truck driver, 42, of Rochelle Park, told…
News
Hackensack PD: City Man Caught Picking Up 13 Pounds Of Pot For Sale
A Hackensack man was arrested by city narcotics detectives after he emerged from a local luxury apartment building carrying 13 pounds of pot for sale, authorities said. Detective Sergeant John Dalton and Detective Sgt. Matthew Swetits watched a 2010 Honda CRV with a Pennsylvania license plate driven by Gary Gill, 47, enter the parking lot of World Plaza on Prospect Avenue shortly after 1:30 p.m. Monday, Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Gill got out empty handed, entered the building and emerged with the two weighted bags, DeWitt said. He then "looked around suspiciously before returning…
Police & Fire
Hackensack PD Raids Apartment, Seizes 461 Heroin Folds, Oxy, Cash, Ex-Con
Hackensack police raided an ex-con’s apartment Friday and seized 461 heroin folds, 82 Oxycodone pills, pot and $1,170 in drug proceeds, authorities said. Cyrus Maurice Hammond, 27, had been dealing in the neighborhood of mid-rise and garden apartment buildings near Hackensack High School and Carver Park, Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Records show that the unemployed Hammond already had a history of drug-related arrests and convictions in Hackensack and Englewood. Thanks to the work of Narcotics Detective Nart Marza, police raided the Quail Heights apartment on Prospect Avenue, turned up …
News
Car Topples Light Pole, Rams Tree At Busy Hackensack Intersection
A runaway sedan toppled a traffic light before slamming into a tree at a busy Hackensack intersection late Saturday morning. The driver wasn't injured in the crash, which left the Honda Accord on the lawn of a single-family home across from a pair of apartment complexes at Passaic Street and Prospect Avenue. City police, firefighters and EMS, along with the Bergen County Sheriff's Office, were among the responders. Aftermath of crash at Passaic Street & Prospect Avenue, Hackensack.COURTESY: HACKENSACK FIRE DEPARTMENT
Police & Fire
Hackensack PD: Police Flood Neighborhood, Capture Fleeing NYC Parolees
Hackensack police grabbed two Brooklyn parolees who tried to flee a Monday afternoon traffic stop, authorities said. Narcotics detectives smelled raw pot after stopping their vehicle at the corner of Prospect and Poplar avenues shortly after 2:30 p.m., Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. The driver, Marquis Fleming, 24, at first complied with investigators and got out of the car, DeWitt said. Suddenly, his passenger – identified as 27-year-old Gerald Russell – took off on foot, the captain said. As he did, Fleming got back in the car, put it in drive and tried to flee, as well, DeWitt sa…
Police & Fire
Video
: Have You Seen This View Of Hackensack First Responders' 'Clap Out' At
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You've probably heard by now about the "clap out" staged this week by Hackensack police and firefighters, one of several such events honoring health care workers throughout the country. With emergency lights flashing and sirens blazing, the city's finest and bravest joined residents in showing their appreciation and support for the Hackensack University Medical Center staff Tuesday night as the battle against coronavirus continues. "It's great to see such a positive event in these difficult times," Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. "The residents and businesses have be…
Police & Fire
Hackensack PD: Man Stabs Stepson Over Dirty Dishes
A Hackensack man stabbed his stepson Tuesday morning while arguing about dirty dishes left in the sink, said police who arrested him. Frederick Schock III, 48, pulled a pocket knife from his pants and stabbed his stepson once in the lower chest in their Prospect Avenue apartment shortly after 8:30 a.m., Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Police found the victim at Hackensack University Medical Center after he’d gone there with a wound that DeWitt said wasn’t considered life-threatening. Schock, meanwhile, was taken into custody and sent to the Bergen County Jail to await a first appearanc…
Lifestyle
Show Of Appreciation Outside
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Health care workers at Hackensack University Medical Center don't have to go far to feel the love amid the coronavirus pandemic. Friends Pat Plumadore Arimborgo and Karen Lippin hung a homemade sign across the street from the Prospect Avenue entrance to show their appreciation. "Thank you healthcare workers <3," it says. "You are heroes." "Just thought this needed to be said," Lippin said. "Thank you Hackensack healthcare workers and all the Hackensack heroes." "Just thought this needed to be said." Pat Plumadore Arimborgo (left), Karen Lippin work on their sign.COURTESY: Carolyn A…
Police & Fire
Hackensack Firefighters Free Driver In Crash
Hackensack firefighters extricated an SUV driver in a two-vehicle crash Monday that sent a sedan into a fire hydrant. The freed driver was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that responders said didn't appear life-threatening in the crash at Prospect Avenue and Clinton Place around 1 p.m. The vehicles had to be towed. The hydrant also required repair. City police were investigating.
Police & Fire
Maywood Man, 21, Charged With Killing Bloomingdale Woman In Car Outside Hackensack Party
UPDATE: A 21-year-old Maywood man was charged with reckless manslaughter Saturday following an autopsy on a 19-year-old Bloomingdale woman who'd been with him at a party in a Hackensack high-rise apartment. Michael T. Gaffney recklessly caused the death of Francis Victoria Garcia, who was with him in the back seat of a car parked on the top level of a garage at 140 Prospect Avenue, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. "Compression injuries" were found around Garcia's neck, indicating that asphyxiation killed her -- and not a drug overdose -- according to the Bergen County Medical Ex…
Police & Fire
Woman, 71, Plunges To Death From Hackensack High Rise, Cause Investigated
Detectives were trying to determine whether a 71-year-old woman jumped or fell Friday afternoon from the 12th floor of a Hackensack high rise. A good Samaritan conducted CPR on the victim before responders arrived at the Excelsior II Luxury Apartments building on Prospect Avenue around 1 p.m., city Police Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. The victim was taken with severe head trauma to nearby Hackensack University Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead, DeWitt said. Investigators were trying to determine whether the incident was a possible jumper or accidental fall, he said. Firefighters …
Police & Fire
Out-Of-Control Sedan Goes Over Wall, Slams Into Hackensack Apartment Building Support Column
An out-of-control sedan hit a parked car, barreled through a fence, cleared a three-foot wall and finally slammed into the portico of a Hackensack apartment building Thursday afternoon. The 58-year-old Lodi driver was hospitalized with a wrist injury and chest pains after the mishap at the Prospect Towers Apartments on Prospect Avenue around 2 p.m., police said. The driver was backing out of a space when her 2012 Nissan Altima struck a parked car, authorities said. She then hit the accelerator instead of the brake, sending the sedan through a fence, over a retaining wall, throug…
Police & Fire
Hackensack Man, 57, Plunges To Death From High-Rise Balcony
A 57-year-old Hackensack man was killed when he apparently threw himself off the balcony of his 7th-floor apartment Friday afternoon, witnesses told police. The victim landed on the grass near the entrance to the 18-story luxury Pierre Apartments on Prospect Avenue and was pronounced dead at the scene soon after, they said. There were no signs of foul play, said Capt. Darrin DeWitt. A resident of the Pierre told Daily Voice that the victim had been hospitalized for psychological issues and had drawn attention to himself before jumping. Access to the building's Prospect Street entrance and…
Police & Fire
Hackensack PD: City Pedestrian, 71, Crossing Against Light Struck By Pickup Near
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A 71-year-old pedestrian sustained a head injury when he crossed against the light and was struck Friday morning by a pickup truck just steps from Hackensack University Medical Center, authorities said. The victim "could not recall what happened" after he was struck at the corner of Prospect Avenue and Essex Street just after 10 a.m., police Capt. Nicole Foley said. The 53-year-old Saddle Brook driver of the 2015 GMC Sierra pick-up told police at the scene that he had the green arrow as he turned left on Essex Street, she said. "A preliminary review of surveillance video in the area appear…
Police & Fire
Driver, 90, Slams Brand-New Sedan Into Hackensack High-Rise
A 90-year-old driver refused medical attention after crashing his brand new sedan into a Hackensack high-rise Thursday morning, police said. The Hackensack man's 2019 Hyundai Sonata damaged the window and brick façade of a vacant first-floor apartment in the 9:40 a.m. Prospect Avenue crash, Capt. Nicole Foley said. He told police that he "was trying to exit onto Prospect Avenue when the vehicle suddenly accelerated," Foley said. City firefighters secured the damaged areas, Foley said, adding that the building wasn't structurally compromised. No summonses were immediately issued. The Traff…
Police & Fire
SUVs Collide, One Rolls, In Hackensack
Two SUVs collided Tuesday morning in Hackensack, sending one rolling and both drivers to the hospital, authorities said. A 2014 Mitsubishi Outlander headed west on Passaic Avenue struck a southbound 2015 Lexus RX3 on southbound Prospect Avenue around 6:30 a.m., Capt. Nicole Foley said. The force of the collision made the Outlander "spin out and then roll over," the captain said. The Lexus 59-year-old Lexus driver from Paramus told police she "had a green light and proceeded into the intersection when she was struck by the Mitsubishi," driven by a 61-year-old Hackensack man, Foley said…
Police & Fire
Hackensack Detectives Derail Bronx Trio's Counterfeit-Fueled Shopping Spree
A Bronx trio went on a spending spree with counterfeit $100 bills before Hackensack police detectives nabbed them, authorities said Wednesday. The investigators stopped their 2002 Honda Accord on Essex Street near Prospect Avenue for a traffic violation and quickly learned that the driver, 19-year-old Jazlyn Rodriguez, didn't have a license, Capt. Peter Busciglio said. As they ordered her out of the car, the detectives noticed the rear-seat passenger -- identified as Bryan Day, 23 -- trying to conceal something under his feet, Busciglio said. As he got out, they saw counterfeit $100 dollar…
Police & Fire
Police Officer, SUV Passengers Hospitalized After Crash
A Hackensack police officer responding to a call and two occupants of an SUV were hospitalized -- all for precautionary reasons -- after a collision Sunday afternoon. The driver of the Toyota refused medical attention after the 2:32 p.m. crash at the intersection of Prospect and Central avenues. The officer had her vehicle's lights and siren on at the time, Capt. Francesco Aquila said. No serious injuries were sustained, he said.
Police & Fire
Boy, 11, Breaks Nose, Pelvis In Fall From Hackensack High-Rise Balcony
UPDATE: A 5th-grader broke his nose and pelvis after plunging from the 7th floor of a Hackensack high-rise balcony onto the roof of a popular restaurant Wednesday afternoon, police said. The 11-year-old boy was in stable condition at Hackensack University Medical Center, accompanied by his mother, after the 12:34 p.m. fall onto the Picco Tavern on Prospect Avenue, police said. The exact cause of the fall was being investigated, they said.
Police & Fire
Boy, 11, Breaks Nose, Pelvis In Fall From Hackensack High-Rise Balcony
UPDATE: A 5th-grader broke his nose and pelvis after plunging from the 7th floor of a Hackensack high-rise balcony onto the roof of a popular restaurant Wednesday afternoon, police said. The 11-year-old boy was in stable condition at Hackensack University Medical Center, accompanied by his mother, after the 12:34 p.m. fall onto the Picco Tavern on Prospect Avenue, police said. The exact cause of the fall was being investigated, they said.
Police & Fire
Exclusive
: Hackensack Terminates Five Police Officers
HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Five members of the Hackensack Police Department involved in illegally searching a city apartment were terminated Friday by City Manager Ted Ehrenburg, Daily Voice has learned. Detective Rucco Duardo, Detective Mark Gutierrez, Detective Joseph Gonzales, Sergeant Justin de la Bruiyere and Officer Victor Vazquez received termination notices Friday. The five were involved in a warrantless search of a Prospect Avenue apartment, leading to several pending criminal cases being dismissed by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. “These five officers betrayed their oath and br…
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