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GOTCHA! Fleeing Cliffside Business Burglar Nabbed By Fort Lee PD, Claims Sovereignty GOTCHA! Fleeing Cliffside Business Burglar Nabbed By Fort Lee PD, Claims Sovereignty
Gotcha! Fleeing Cliffside Business Burglar Nabbed By Fort Lee PD, Claims Sovereignty A burglar who hit several downtown Cliffside Park businesses overnight Wednesday was captured a half-dozen blocks away by Fort Lee police who were part of a dragnet. Officers from no fewer than seven other law enforcement agencies converged on Cliffside's business district after the intruder entered an unlocked sidewalk cellar door on Lawton Avenue and began going from business to business around 1:30 a.m. June 21, Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said. The owner of Dipped Donuts on Anderson Avenue got a burglar alert on his phone, saw what was happening on a surveillance camera and call…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
SPAR-OH: Fairview Pizzeria Manager Injured, Customer Jailed In Tussle Over Tip Jar SPAR-OH: Fairview Pizzeria Manager Injured, Customer Jailed In Tussle Over Tip Jar
Spar-oh: Fairview Pizzeria Manager Injured, Customer Jailed In Tussle Over Tip Jar A Fairview pizzeria manager was injured and a customer jailed on robbery charges after they tangled over the tip jar, authorities said. John N. Pineda, 23, told police he went to Villa Pizza on Anderson Avenue expecting to pay five bucks for two slices, Capt. Michael Martic said. He got a bill for $6 instead. Pineda told police that the manager, Fares Muhana, informed him that the price had changed from $2.50 a slice to $3 since last week, the captain said. Pineda said he only had a five-dollar bill on him. Muhana said he was still a buck short. Out of frustration, Pineda said, he tried …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
DONE AND DONE: Hudson Pair Get 30 Years Each In Bergen Robbery Murder DONE AND DONE: Hudson Pair Get 30 Years Each In Bergen Robbery Murder
Done AND Done: Hudson Pair Get 30 Years Each In Bergen Robbery Murder UPDATE: Two Hudson County men who killed a Fairview pot dealer during an armed robbery at his home were sentenced to a plea-bargained 30 years each in state prison. Carlos Burgos of Jersey City and Raul Torres of North Bergen, both 23, must each serve 25½ years behind bars before they'll be eligible for parole under the terms of their respective plea agreements. The plot's mastermind, Lexie Burke, 24, of Jersey City, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter last year in the June 2019 shooting death of David Duque-Soto. He's scheduled for sentencing on June 23, Bergen County Prosecutor Ma…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
GOTCHA! Fairview Detectives Nab Habitual Criminal In Spree Of Smash-And-Grabs GOTCHA! Fairview Detectives Nab Habitual Criminal In Spree Of Smash-And-Grabs
Gotcha! Fairview Detectives Nab Habitual Criminal In Spree Of Smash-And-Grabs Fairview detectives cracked a string of smash-and-grab business burglaries after a local career criminal had a blowup with a woman over his drug use, authorities said. The phrase “known to police” was coined for offenders like Andrew Stanganelli, 32, who has a drug-related arrest record in both North Jersey and New York City that stretches back more than a decade. So it’s no surprise that he’d be on the list of usual suspects following last fall’s burglary spree. It began shortly after midnight Nov. 7 when an intruder forced open the front door of Romo Dry Cleaners on Fairview Avenue, sla…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
SWAT Team Storms PalPark Apartment, Seizes Tenant Following Threats To Woman SWAT Team Storms PalPark Apartment, Seizes Tenant Following Threats To Woman
SWAT Team Storms PalPark Apartment, Seizes Tenant Following Threats To Woman A nearly three-hour standoff ended when a SWAT team burst into a Palisades Park garden apartment and seized a man who authorities said harassed and threatened a woman. Officers brought a temporary restraining order to the Palisades Gardens apartment of Jonathan C. Hernandez, 32, off Bergen Boulevard shortly before 8 p.m. Friday, May 19. Based on the victim's complaint, they suspected that Hernandez might have been armed, responders said. Hernandez apparently refused to open the door and stopped communicating after a very brief text exchange, they said. After conferring with the Bergen Cou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Getaway Driver, 21, In Fairview Drug Murder Gets 30 Years Without Parole UPDATE: Getaway Driver, 21, In Fairview Drug Murder Gets 30 Years Without Parole
Update: Getaway Driver, 21, In Fairview Drug Murder Gets 30 Years Without Parole The getaway driver in the cold-blooded killing of a Fairview man during a drug-related apartment robbery was sentenced to 30 years without parole in state prison. David Martinez, 21, of North Bergen watched as three men who were in the apartment when David Duque Soto was shot in June 2019 took guilty pleas rather than risk the consequences of a trial. Martinez let a jury decide his fate and was convicted on March 13 in Hackensack of felony murder, armed robbery, conspiracy and weapons possession. Assistant Bergen County Prosecutors Suzanne Cevasco and Matthew Fitzpatrick presented 16 witn…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Edgewater Firefighters Rescue Two Boys Trapped In Flooded Tunnel During Rainstorm Edgewater Firefighters Rescue Two Boys Trapped In Flooded Tunnel During Rainstorm
Edgewater Firefighters Rescue Two Boys Trapped In Flooded Tunnel During Rainstorm Two boys on an adventure in an abandoned Hudson River-area railroad tunnel during the weekend rainstorm got more than they bargained for. Why the youngsters, both around 14, decided to go exploring the local curiosity known to some as Devil's Hole during a relentless downpour was anyone's guess. The teens, who found the legendary passageway online, entered the New York, Susquehanna & Western Railway tunnel off River Road at the Fairview end shortly before 4:30 p.m. Sunday, April 30, Edgewater Fire Lt. Robert Jacobson said. The boys made it more than halfway through and were 100 or so …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Retired Police Chief, Polish Immigrant Open New Gym In Old Jersey City Firehouse Retired Police Chief, Polish Immigrant Open New Gym In Old Jersey City Firehouse
Retired Police Chief, Polish Immigrant Open New Gym In Old Jersey City Firehouse One is a retired police chief from Bergen County and the other a Polish immigrant who 20 years ago was rollerblading home from work at 3 a.m. because he had no other means of transportation. Both have achieved their shared dream of owning a gym. Marty Kahn, who retired as Fairview's police chief last July, and David Jaros, who moved to Lodi from Poland knowing not a lick of English are opening Firehouse Fitness later this spring, in a historic Jersey City firehouse. The name came easily to the fitness buffs, who met some years ago in the 5 a.m. crew at Hackensack Meridian Fitness and Welln…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Cuban Chef Rolls Food Truck Into First-Ever Storefront In Bergen County Cuban Chef Rolls Food Truck Into First-Ever Storefront In Bergen County
Cuban Chef Rolls Food Truck Into First-Ever Storefront In Bergen County A Cuban-American food truck has rolled right into its first-ever storefront in Bergen County. Maddy Camacho, of Fairview, has opened The Blended Bistro at 442 Anderson Ave., in Cliffside Park. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Blended Bistro (@theblendedbistro) View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Blended Bistro (@theblendedbistro) According to the website, TBB blends gives classics such as Picadillo, Pernil & Ropa Vieja an American twist.  She also incorporates…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Rudy Gobert Throws Hands At North Jersey's Kyle Anderson During Team Huddle (VIDEO) Rudy Gobert Throws Hands At North Jersey's Kyle Anderson During Team Huddle (VIDEO)
Rudy Gobert Throws Hands At North Jersey's Kyle Anderson During Team Huddle (Video) Tempers flared between two Timberwolves players when Rudy Gobert punched teammate and New Jersey native Kyle Anderson in a team huddle during the Sunday, April 9 game against the Pelicans. The Minnesota team was down by 12 with 4:23 left in the second quarter, when Gobert and Anderson — who grew up in North Bergen and Fairview — began arguing during a timeout huddle on the bench. Rudy Gobert throws a shot at teammate Kyle Anderson during a timeout. pic.twitter.com/dRzi3ALkoJ — Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) April 9, 2023 Video shows Gobert stepping over coach Chris Finch to hit Anderson'…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
HEROES: Fairview Police Officers Waste No Time After 13-Month-Old Infant Ingests Fentanyl HEROES: Fairview Police Officers Waste No Time After 13-Month-Old Infant Ingests Fentanyl
Heroes: Fairview Police Officers Waste No Time After 13-Month-Old Infant Ingests Fentanyl UPDATE: A trio of Fairview police officers weren't about to wait for an ambulance after a 1-year-old girl who'd ingested fentanyl was brought into headquarters. "They literally saved that child's life," a source with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. Borough resident Geraldo J. Colon, 35, and the mother showed up at Fairview police headquarters with 13-month-old Abigail Colon shortly after 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 29. The infant wasn't conscious, didn't have a pulse and had trouble breathing, Fairview Police Capt. Michael Martic said. A group of officers who were t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Hudson Pair Quickly Take Guilty Pleas After Jury Convicts Getaway Driver In Bergen Drug Killing Hudson Pair Quickly Take Guilty Pleas After Jury Convicts Getaway Driver In Bergen Drug Killing
Hudson Pair Quickly Take Guilty Pleas After Jury Convicts Getaway Driver In Bergen Drug Killing UPDATE: Two men charged with the cold-blooded killing of a Fairview man during an armed robbery at his apartment four years ago have taken plea deals not even three weeks after their getaway driver was convicted at a trial. Carlos Burgos of Jersey City and Raul Torres of North Bergen, both 23, took the same route as the plan’s mastermind, Lexie Burke of Jersey City, who pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter last year in the June 2019 shooting death of David Duque-Soto. Both men, like Burke, were originally charged with felony murder. Like him, they opted to plead guilty to lesser charg…

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by Jerry DeMarco