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Fair Lawn PD: Driver Bolts After Hitting Two Buses Fair Lawn PD: Driver Bolts After Hitting Two Buses
Fair Lawn PD: Driver Bolts After Hitting Two Buses A man with an arrest history and a suspended driver’s license called police and then ran away early New Year's morning after his sedan hit two buses in Fair Lawn, said authorities who arrested him a short time later. Craig Tomlinson, 23, of Paterson was tracked down on Banta Place and Rosalie Street barely 20 minutes after the 8:46 a.m. crash on Broadway at 27th Street, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Tomlinson, who failed a roadside sobriety test, was charged with reckless driving, leaving the scene of a crash, driving while intoxicated and operating with a suspended license, Metzler said. He wa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: DWI Hackensack Driver Charged In Clifton Police Chase, Paterson Crash Police: DWI Hackensack Driver Charged In Clifton Police Chase, Paterson Crash
Police: DWI Hackensack Driver Charged In Clifton Police Chase, Paterson Crash A suspended Hackensack driver was drunk when he pulled up behind a Clifton police car in an empty parking lot before dawn, then led a high-speed chase that ended in a Paterson crash, authorities said. Officer Jomarcel Urena was on patrol in the area of Main and Sylvan avenues when the driver – identified as 28-year-old Preston Washington Jr. – followed him into the parking lot of a closed business at 2:35 a.m. Saturday. The officer got out and found Washington smelling of alcohol behind the wheel of a 2017 black Lexus SUV, Sgt. Robert Anderson said. Urena asked if he needed help, to which …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Hackensack Officer Saves Bleeding Car Crash Victim's Life With Bare Hands Hackensack Officer Saves Bleeding Car Crash Victim's Life With Bare Hands
Hackensack Officer Saves Bleeding Car Crash Victim's Life With Bare Hands Hackensack Police Office Sergio Raneli doesn't go anywhere without QuikClot Combat Gauze. It ended up saving a man's life. The five-year department veteran was the first officer on the scene of a single-car crash earlier this month. As he approached the corner of Summit and Central avenues June 1, he saw a convertible that had slammed into a utility pole. Drawing closer, he noticed the driver propped up against the pole -- blood squirting from his head. "The gauze was the first thing I thought of when I saw the amount of blood lost in the car, on the pavement and what was profusely …

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by Cecilia Levine