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UPDATE: Second Man Charged In Rape, Sodomy Of Bergen Woman UPDATE: Second Man Charged In Rape, Sodomy Of Bergen Woman
Update: Second Man Charged In Rape, Sodomy Of Bergen Woman A second man has been charged with raping and sodomizing a woman with an accomplice in Elmwood Park more than 17 months ago. The victim had told authorities that she was raped by two men who also penetrated her orally and anally while holding her down on a bed in her apartment on July 7, 2022, according to a criminal complaint filed in Superior Court in Hackensack. She sustained a wrist injury, buttocks bruising and vaginal and anal pain, it says. The woman identified one of her alleged assailants as “Dre” or “Tone”and the other as “Los,” the complaint says. Detectives from the Bergen Cou…

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Fire Doused At Elmwood Park Entertainment Company Fire Doused At Elmwood Park Entertainment Company
Fire Doused At Elmwood Park Entertainment Company Firefighters doused a basement blaze Tuesday at an Elmwood Park entertainment company. The fire at Sound Surge on Market Street ignited around 10:30 a.m. Aug. 1 and quickly went to three alarms as a precaution because of where in the building it was located, Elmwood Park Police Chief and Borough Administrator Michael Foligno said. "It was difficult to get to, but our firefighters did an excellent job of knocking it down quickly," he said. They had to back out after flames began climbing the interior stairs, but they still had the fire doused in barely a half-hour. No injuries were report…

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Box Truck Being Towed Tips Beneath Route 80 Overpass Box Truck Being Towed Tips Beneath Route 80 Overpass
Box Truck Being Towed Tips Beneath Route 80 Overpass A box truck tipped while being towed beneath a Route 80 overpass in Elmwood Park, jamming area traffic early Friday afternoon. Another tow was needed to straighten and remove the truck owned by Salerno's Custom Cabinetry in Saddle Brook from the corner of River Road and Market Street shortly after 1 p.m. No injuries were reported. Elmwood Park police and firefighters responded. Jo Fehl took the photos and contributed to this story. No injuries were reported.Jo Fehl for DAILY VOICE

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Judge Rejects Release Of Morris Man Charged With Abducting, Raping Bergen 13-Year-Old Judge Rejects Release Of Morris Man Charged With Abducting, Raping Bergen 13-Year-Old
Judge Rejects Release Of Morris Man Charged With Abducting, Raping Bergen 13-Year-Old A 25-year-old Morris County man raped a 13-year-old Elmwood Park child he held captive in his vehicle in Paterson, authorities charged. A judge in Paterson denied Luis Campos of Lincoln Park release, ordering that he remain held pending trial on two charges of first-degree aggravated assault and one of first-degree kidnapping, among other counts, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said on Thursday, July 6. Elmwood Park police referred the complaint to members of the prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit on Jan. 7, the same day of the alleged incident, Valdes said. Her detectives inter…

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HIGHWAY ROBBERIES: Masked Trio Terrorizes NJ Gas Station Attendants In Three Counties HIGHWAY ROBBERIES: Masked Trio Terrorizes NJ Gas Station Attendants In Three Counties
Highway Robberies: Masked Trio Terrorizes NJ Gas Station Attendants In Three Counties A trio of armed robbers terrorized gas station attendants in several North Jersey towns overnight Tuesday, taking cash and valuables at gunpoint, authorities confirmed. Information was still coming in as this story was being written. At this point, however, the same three masked bandits are believed responsible for armed robberies in Montclair, at an Exxon station on Route 46 in Elmwood Park and at an Exxon/Tiger Mart on 21st Avenue in Paterson before dawn June 13. They were also tied to a failed holdup at a Wawa in Garfield. Authorities believe the three black suspects dressed all in blac…

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Elmwood Park Boarding House Resident, 76, Stabs Roommate, Surrenders To Police Elmwood Park Boarding House Resident, 76, Stabs Roommate, Surrenders To Police
Elmwood Park Boarding House Resident, 76, Stabs Roommate, Surrenders To Police Elmwood Park police convinced a 76-year-old boarding house resident to surrender after he stabbed his roommate during an argument, authorities said. Kenneth Washington remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Monday, May 22, charged with aggravated assault and weapons offenses. Officers who responded to the 5:05 p.m. call on Saturday got the other residents to safety after Washington ran into his room and locked the door, Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said. A Bergen County Regional SWAT team was ready but not needed in the end. Foligno's officers talked with Washington, who …

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HEROES: Ingenuity Helps Elmwood Park Officers Save OD Victim Trapped In Route 46 Hotel Bathroom HEROES: Ingenuity Helps Elmwood Park Officers Save OD Victim Trapped In Route 46 Hotel Bathroom
Heroes: Ingenuity Helps Elmwood Park Officers Save OD Victim Trapped In Route 46 Hotel Bathroom An overdosing heroin user was blacked out and gasping when Elmwood Park police were called to a Route 46 hotel. Unfortunately, the 32-year-old overdose victim was wedged between the bathroom door and toilet, making it impossible for them to get to him, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Time, meanwhile, was ticking. The walls at the Red Carpet Inn are made of sheetrock, the chief said, so Lt. Robert Centkowski fetched some breaching tools. First he cut a hole in the wall big enough for Officer Anthony Ingraffia to reach in and administer two doses of Narcan, Foligno said. The lieutenant …

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DEAD END: Elmwood Park Police Capture Fleeing Driver After 7-Eleven Car Theft DEAD END: Elmwood Park Police Capture Fleeing Driver After 7-Eleven Car Theft
Dead END: Elmwood Park Police Capture Fleeing Driver After 7-Eleven Car Theft A Bronx man was captured by Elmwood Park police moments after he swiped a sedan from outside a local 7-Eleven early Wednesday, authorities said. Officers responding to the victim’s call spotted the 2016 Chrysler 200 turning off Broadway onto Mola Boulevard shortly before 1 a.m. May 17, Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Jeffrey Ciman, 48, initially refused to stop but eventually pulled over and was taken into custody on dead-ended Iozia Terrace, the chief said. The sedan was returned to the victim, Foligno said. Ciman, meanwhile, was brought to headquarters, where the chief s…

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SWAT Standoff: Elmwood Park Man Throws AC Unit, Flaming T-Shirts Out Window Before Surrender SWAT Standoff: Elmwood Park Man Throws AC Unit, Flaming T-Shirts Out Window Before Surrender
SWAT Standoff: Elmwood Park Man Throws AC Unit, Flaming T-Shirts Out Window Before Surrender A three-hour SWAT standoff ended overnight when a barricaded Elmwood Park man with a violent history -- one that includes fighting with police -- agreed to surrender. Syed Uddin, 37, of Franklin Street was "shouting obscenities on the porch of the residence and appeared to be under the influence of some type of substance" when police arrived shortly before 9:30 p.m. Sunday, May 7, Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said. They tried talking with him, but Uddin ran inside, locked the door and continued shouting at them from a second-floor window while bashing the wall with a metal obj…

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Elmwood Park 7-Eleven Robbed At Gunpoint, Employees Call 911 From Locked Bathroom Elmwood Park 7-Eleven Robbed At Gunpoint, Employees Call 911 From Locked Bathroom
Elmwood Park 7-Eleven Robbed At Gunpoint, Employees Call 911 From Locked Bathroom A gunman robbed $650 in cash from a 7-Eleven in Elmwood Park as two employees locked themselves in the bathroom and called police, authorities said. Responding officers got them and several patrons to safety after getting the call from the Broadway (Route 4) convenience store around 10 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. They also set up a perimeter with help from their Fair Lawn colleagues and a Bergen County Sheriff's K-9 unit, the chief said. It was "too soon to say" whether the robber is the same one who held up a 7-Eleven in Fair Lawn and a trio of gas stations…

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SWATTING: Bogus Call Brings Tactical Team To Elmwood Park Neighborhood SWATTING: Bogus Call Brings Tactical Team To Elmwood Park Neighborhood
Swatting: Bogus Call Brings Tactical Team To Elmwood Park Neighborhood A "swatting" call brought a tactical unit to an Elmwood Park neighborhood and forced the evacuation of a trio of homes. A Bergen County Regional SWAT team was summoned after police received a call of an active shooter inside a Miller Avenue duplex off Speidel Avenue around 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14. The unit quickly cleared the house after police established a perimeter and evacuated duplexes on either side. Swatting exacts a toll on innocent residents, which is usually the intent. Often public figures and celebrities are the targets. Sometimes it's more an effort to tie up law enforcement,…

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HEROES: Hackensack Police Talk Down Teen Threatening To Jump From High-Rise Parking Deck HEROES: Hackensack Police Talk Down Teen Threatening To Jump From High-Rise Parking Deck
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…

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Suicidal Girl Perched On Bridge For Second Time In 24 Hours Grabbed By Elmwood Park Police Suicidal Girl Perched On Bridge For Second Time In 24 Hours Grabbed By Elmwood Park Police
Suicidal Girl Perched On Bridge For Second Time In 24 Hours Grabbed By Elmwood Park Police Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno is asking the state DOT to block access to the ledge of a bridge where a distraught girl was rescued by responders for the second time in less than 24 hours. Paterson firefighters who brought an aerial ladder to the Broadway bridge over Route 20 caught the 15-year-old girl on Wednesday during what Foligno said was an "extremely nerve-racking” incident. “We thought we were going to lose her.” HEART STOPPER: Suicidal Girl, 15, Loses Footing Atop North Jersey Bridge, Caught By Responders (Nov. 9) The girl was more agitated on Wednesday, Nov. 9, said F…

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HEART STOPPER: Suicidal Girl, 15, Loses Footing Atop North Jersey Bridge, Caught By Responders HEART STOPPER: Suicidal Girl, 15, Loses Footing Atop North Jersey Bridge, Caught By Responders
Heart Stopper: Suicidal Girl, 15, Loses Footing Atop North Jersey Bridge, Caught By Responders HEROES: Traffic whizzed below as a troubled 15-year-old lost her footing and appeared about to fall from a bridge between Elmwood Park and Paterson. The distraught girl had somehow wiggled past a chain-link fence, leaving nothing between her and Route 20 nearly 40 feet below, Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said. What followed next around 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, was “extremely nerve-racking,” the chief said. “We thought we were going to lose her.” (story continues below) ****** UPDATE: Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno is asking the state DOT to block access to the led…

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Seven Charged In Armed Saddle Brook Home Invasion Seven Charged In Armed Saddle Brook Home Invasion
Seven Charged In Armed Saddle Brook Home Invasion A virtual mountain of evidence uncovered by Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives and Saddle Brook police produced the arrests of two ex-cons and five other suspects following what authorities said was a gunpoint home invasion this past summer. At least two victims had weapons pointed at them as the bandits forced their way in and took $12,500 in cash, $3,000 worth of jewelry, a wallet with multiple credit and debit cards and cellphone around 12:30 a.m. June 28, investigators said. Bergen County prosecutor's detectives who worked the case found a lot to go on. They and their Saddle Brook co…

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SEEN HIM? Suspect Flees Elmwood Park PD Stop, Leaves Ammo, Crack, Companion Behind SEEN HIM? Suspect Flees Elmwood Park PD Stop, Leaves Ammo, Crack, Companion Behind
Seen HIM? Suspect Flees Elmwood Park PD Stop, Leaves Ammo, Crack, Companion Behind A manhunt was underway for a Paterson resident who ran from police in Elmwood Park, leaving 30 rounds of ammunition, a bag of crack and a companion behind during a traffic stop, authorities said. Officer Josh Rodriguez saw the driver and passenger switch seats as he approached the Honda Odyssey with expired Pennsylvania license plates in the parking lot of the Goodwill NYNJ Store & Donation Center on Broadway around 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Anderson Rojas of Paterson provided his credentials, but he wasn’t the one who’d been driving, Foligno sa…

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VIDEO: Motorists Report Tractor-Trailer Weaving Before Driver Is Killed In Fiery Route 80 Crash VIDEO: Motorists Report Tractor-Trailer Weaving Before Driver Is Killed In Fiery Route 80 Crash
Video: Motorists Report Tractor-Trailer Weaving Before Driver Is Killed In Fiery Route 80 Crash UPDATE: A tractor-trailer driver apparently suffered a medical emergency before he died in a fiery crash off Route 80, authorities confirmed. Motorists had just reported the rig weaving back and forth in front of them when it barreled off the westbound highway close to the site of the old Marcal plant in Elmwood Park shortly before 8:30 p.m. Saturday,  New Jersey State Police Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. First it drifted onto the right shoulder, then it struck the guardrail and continued over the curbed median at the Exit 61 on-ramp before plowing through another guardrail and plummeting off …

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GOTCHA! Off-Duty Elmwood Park Firefighter Helps Nab Fugitive Following Passaic River Pursuit GOTCHA! Off-Duty Elmwood Park Firefighter Helps Nab Fugitive Following Passaic River Pursuit
Gotcha! Off-Duty Elmwood Park Firefighter Helps Nab Fugitive Following Passaic River Pursuit A Paterson fugitive briefly eluded a police dragnet but was captured after he tried bumming a ride from what turned out to be an off-duty Elmwood Park firefighter, authorities said. Paterson police armed with a warrant were pursuing Stanley Edwards, 30, when he bailed out of a vehicle that had just crashed into a parked car on Sterling Place shortly before 11 p.m. Tuesday, Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said. He then ran down an embankment on River Drive and under the Broadway (Route 4) bridge over the Passaic River, responders said. Fair Lawn police, Bergen County sheriff's off…

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SUV Plows Through Front Of Elmwood Park Furniture Store SUV Plows Through Front Of Elmwood Park Furniture Store
SUV Plows Through Front Of Elmwood Park Furniture Store A driver escaped injury after crashing an SUV through the front of a Bergen County furniture store. The Infinity QX70S plowed into the Prestige Furniture store in the Elmwood Park Shopping Center off Broadway (Route 4) shortly after 8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 19. A driver for Belfi's Towing backed the vehicle out after borough firefighters cleared the opening. There was no structural damage to the building, authorities said. The Prestige Furniture store in Elmwood Park got the worst of it.Boyd A. Loving Elmwood Park police also responded. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed…

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Elmwood Park PD: Unknown Drug Sends High Schoolers, 17, 14, To Hospital, Prompts K9 Search Elmwood Park PD: Unknown Drug Sends High Schoolers, 17, 14, To Hospital, Prompts K9 Search
Elmwood Park PD: Unknown Drug Sends High Schoolers, 17, 14, To Hospital, Prompts K9 Search Two Elmwood Park High Schools students -- one 17 and the other 14 -- suffered what authorities believe were drug overdoses Friday, sending both to the hospital and bringing K9 units in for a search. Both the older boy and younger girl "had the exact same reactions in different parts of the school," Police Chief Michael Foligno said. "They passed out, vomited, were pale, not responsive but breathing and eventually came around and were hospitalized." The teens were OK after being taken to the hospital, the chief said. Meanwhile, students were sheltered in place so Bergen County Sheriff'…

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Detectives: Elmwood Park Man Charged With Stabbing Mom On NY Eve Intended To Kill Her Detectives: Elmwood Park Man Charged With Stabbing Mom On NY Eve Intended To Kill Her
Detectives: Elmwood Park Man Charged With Stabbing Mom On NY Eve Intended To Kill Her UPDATE: An Elmwood Park man who stabbed his mother in the back with a kitchen knife on New Year's Eve told detectives that he intended to kill her -- and actually thought she was dead when he left the house, authorities said. Emiliano Domi, 25, told investigators he'd confronted the victim in the family's Martha Avenue home because she laughed at him when he complained about her moving a jacket of his from a living-room couch, an affidavit filed in Superior Court in Hackensack alleges. After pushing her down, Domi said, he grabbed a 6-inch kitchen knife and angrily stabbed the victim in the…

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Chief: Elmwood Park Officers Subdue Knife-Wielding Suspect Who Stabs Himself, Refuses To Relent Chief: Elmwood Park Officers Subdue Knife-Wielding Suspect Who Stabs Himself, Refuses To Relent
Chief: Elmwood Park Officers Subdue Knife-Wielding Suspect Who Stabs Himself, Refuses To Relent An incident that could have easily gone sideways ended successfully Monday when a pair of Elmwood Park police officers subdued a suspect who stabbed himself and then refused to relinquish the knife. Nasir Clark, 21, of Paterson had violated a court order by going to his ex-girlfriend's home off River Drive, Police Chief Michael Foligno said, noting that his department has "dealing with this with him the past couple of weeks now." Clark was charged earlier this year with punching and pistol-whipping the victim. SEE: Fugitive Wanted For Punching, Pistol-Whipping Woman Surrenders To Elmw…

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Jingle Brawl: Elmwood Park Police Officer Throws Hat In Ring, Wins Charity Boxing Match Jingle Brawl: Elmwood Park Police Officer Throws Hat In Ring, Wins Charity Boxing Match
Jingle Brawl: Elmwood Park Police Officer Throws Hat In Ring, Wins Charity Boxing Match Elmwood Park Police Officer Mike Sammarone had a puncher's chance when he agreed to fill in at a boxing match with no experience. And he made the most of it. Sammarone had all of three weeks to prepare for the Brothers Before Others law enforcement charity event in Phillipsburg. So the six-year veteran went to Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno and UFC Bare Knuckles Boxer Jimmie Rivera, who operate a mandatory defensive tactics training program for borough officers. "We immediately began training him twice a day," Foligno said. "His hard work paid off." Dubbed "The Rhino," Sammaro…

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HEROES: Paterson's Bravest Deliver Elmwood Park Newborn In Back Of Ambulance HEROES: Paterson's Bravest Deliver Elmwood Park Newborn In Back Of Ambulance
Heroes: Paterson's Bravest Deliver Elmwood Park Newborn In Back Of Ambulance An Elmwood Park newborn wasn't waiting as two Paterson firefighters tried to rush her mom to the hospital. So they pulled over. Parked on the side of the road, Silk City's bravest delivered a healthy baby girl in the back of their ambulance. Firefighters Craig Puglise and Jeffrey Wanco responded to the mutual aid call at the Elmwood Village Apartment Homes on the other side of the Passaic River call just after 7:30 a.m. They found the 22-year-old mom-to-be lying in bed with her boyfriend nearby, Paterson Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Her contractions were three minutes apart…

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TRICK-OR-TREAT DRIVE-BY: Kids, Parents Shot With Air Soft Gun In Elmwood Park TRICK-OR-TREAT DRIVE-BY: Kids, Parents Shot With Air Soft Gun In Elmwood Park
Trick-or-treat Drive-by: Kids, Parents Shot With Air Soft Gun In Elmwood Park Five Elmwood Park kids and two parents out trick-or-treating Sunday night were shot with airsoft pellets from a passing vehicle, authorities said. The attackers emerged from the moon roof and two side windows of a black Nissan that pulled up to the group on Gilbert Avenue between Mola Boulevard and East 54th Street around 8:15 p.m., Police Chief Michael Foligno said. One of them then began firing an airsoft gun at them, he said. All seven victims refused medical treatment after being struck on various parts of their bodies, the chief said. Police saturated the area searching for those res…

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Unsupervised Boy, 4, Struck By Sedan In Elmwood Park, Child Welfare Authorities Notified Unsupervised Boy, 4, Struck By Sedan In Elmwood Park, Child Welfare Authorities Notified
Unsupervised Boy, 4, Struck By Sedan In Elmwood Park, Child Welfare Authorities Notified A 4-year-old boy was hospitalized with a broken leg -- and child welfare authorities were notified -- after he dashed into an Elmwood Park street and was struck by a sedan Monday night, authorities said. Police notified the New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency following the 6:45 p.m. accident, Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said. The Paterson youngster was unsupervised by an adult when he ran out from between two parked cars on Mola Boulevard near Elmwood Terrace and was struck by a 2006 Nissan Altima, Foligno explained. The boy was taken to St. Joseph's Region…

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Prosecutor: Wyckoff Student Killed Elmwood Park Grandfather, 81, During Burglary Prosecutor: Wyckoff Student Killed Elmwood Park Grandfather, 81, During Burglary
Prosecutor: Wyckoff Student Killed Elmwood Park Grandfather, 81, During Burglary UPDATE: A Wyckoff man killed his 81-year-old grandfather while burglarizing the victim’s Elmwood Park home, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella officially confirmed Thursday. Jason D. Vicari, 21, was taken into custody following a brief SWAT standoff Tuesday at the Beechwood Avenue home of Ronald Vicari. The younger Vicari has remained held in the Bergen County Jail pending  a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on murder, burglary, and weapon possession charges, Musella said. A family member had called police at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday after finding the elder …

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Grandson Of Slain Elmwood Park Man Charged With Murder, Weapons Offenses Grandson Of Slain Elmwood Park Man Charged With Murder, Weapons Offenses
Grandson Of Slain Elmwood Park Man Charged With Murder, Weapons Offenses UPDATE: Elmwood Park detectives signed murder and weapons charges against the grandson of a prominent borough resident who authorities said died during a burglary. Jason Vicari, 21, of Wyckoff remained held in the Bergen County Jail following Tuesday's killing of 81-year-old Ronald Vicari. The younger Vicari was taken into custody following a brief SWAT standoff at the older man's Beechwood Avenue home. He awaits a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on the charges filed by Elmwood Park police. Additional charges were expected -- among them, burglary and fe…

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Fugitive Wanted For Punching, Pistol-Whipping Woman Surrenders To Elmwood Park Police Fugitive Wanted For Punching, Pistol-Whipping Woman Surrenders To Elmwood Park Police
Fugitive Wanted For Punching, Pistol-Whipping Woman Surrenders To Elmwood Park Police A manhunt ended when a Paterson man wanted for punching and pistol-whipping a woman surrendered to Elmwood Park police. Nasir Clark, 21, had been released by a judge hours after Paramus police arrested him last November with a stolen stun gun. He’s also awaiting trial on attempted murder charges for a Paterson drive-by shooting in early 2020. Clark was in a car with the Elmwood Park on River Drive around 8 p.m. April 8 when he punched her several times in the face, Detective Sgt. William Woods said Friday. He then pointed a pistol at her while making threats, then hit her in the head wit…

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SWAT STANDOFF: Elmwood Park Man Tear-Gassed Out After Threatening Officers With Knives SWAT STANDOFF: Elmwood Park Man Tear-Gassed Out After Threatening Officers With Knives
SWAT Standoff: Elmwood Park Man Tear-Gassed Out After Threatening Officers With Knives A potential tragedy was averted after two Elmwood Park police officers came face-to-face Saturday with an agitated ex-con threatening them with a pair of knives, authorities said. "Get the f*** out of my house!" Brian Rodriguez, 33, shouted as he descended the stairs toward them inside his mother's Obal Avenue home, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Coolly and calmly, the officers backed out, Foligno said. A 6½-hour standoff followed, with negotiators trying to talk Rodriguez out, before a SWAT team stormed the house and seized him without incident. Rodriguez was alone upstairs when of…

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38 SPECIAL: Garfield Police Chase Ends With Elmwood Park Crash, Gun Arrest 38 SPECIAL: Garfield Police Chase Ends With Elmwood Park Crash, Gun Arrest
38 Special: Garfield Police Chase Ends With Elmwood Park Crash, Gun Arrest A pre-dawn police pursuit from Garfield into Elmwood Park ended with a crash, the arrest of a passenger carrying a gun and a search for the fleeing driver, authorities said. Sparks flying from beneath an Infiniti Q50 with New York licenses plates as it crossed the railroad tracks on Outwater Lane caught the attention of Officer Joseph Kopacz, who tried to stop the sedan for speeding shortly before 1 a.m., Capt. Richard Uram said. Kopacz got out and spotted two men and two women in the car – one of whom was trying to conceal a fanny pack holding what appeared to be a silver handgun, Uram sai…

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