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HEROES: Civilians, Police Unite To Rescue Struck Teen Pinned Beneath Car HEROES: Civilians, Police Unite To Rescue Struck Teen Pinned Beneath Car
Heroes: Civilians, Police Unite To Rescue Struck Teen Pinned Beneath Car Civilians teamed up with police to rescue a teenage girl who was struck and pinned beneath a vehicle Tuesday in North Bergen's Racetrack neighborhood, witnesses said. The victim, believed to be 15, was struck near a bus stop at the corner of Palisade Plaza and Woodcliff Avenue outside James J. Braddock Park shortly before 4:30 p.m. May 14, they said. Citizens with floor jacks assisted township police in lifting the vehicle and getting her out. An ambulance took her to the trauma center at Hackensack University Medical Center.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Offender Released After Multi-Town Pursuit Terrorizes Parents Twice In 3 Hours: Fairview PD Offender Released After Multi-Town Pursuit Terrorizes Parents Twice In 3 Hours: Fairview PD
Offender Released After Multi-Town Pursuit Terrorizes Parents Twice In 3 Hours: Fairview PD Imagine a fleeing driver crashing his mother's car into police cruisers three times during a multi-agency pursuit -- sending an officer to the hospital -- then getting released by a judge a short time later. Imagine the same man allegedly going berserk and trashing his parents' apartment, forcing them to lock themselves in the bathroom. Imagine he's taken into custody only to be released again. Meet Joshua Hayes, 30, of Fairview. Borough officers arrested Hayes for the early-morning incident at his folks' home on Monday, March 6. They were back there less than a half-hour after Hayes had …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fleeing Driver Pursued Through Cliffside, Fairview, Ridgefield And North Bergen Nabbed At Home Fleeing Driver Pursued Through Cliffside, Fairview, Ridgefield And North Bergen Nabbed At Home
Fleeing Driver Pursued Through Cliffside, Fairview, Ridgefield And North Bergen Nabbed At Home A fleeing driver whose car collided with police cruisers three times during a low-speed chase through parts of East Bergen and North Hudson might've thought his pursuers gave up when he didn't see them behind him anymore. Wrong. Pulling his mother's 2011 Toyota Camry into their driveway in Fairview less than 20 minutes later, Joshua Hayes was immediately seized by a group of undercover Cliffside Park police officers. It all began after Cliffside Officer Julio Perez-Tavera stopped Hayes for improper passing on Anderson Avenue near Cliff Street shortly after 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, Deputy Po…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Unruly, Defiant Groups At Overcrowded Hudson Park Force Authorities To Close Access Roads Unruly, Defiant Groups At Overcrowded Hudson Park Force Authorities To Close Access Roads
Unruly, Defiant Groups At Overcrowded Hudson Park Force Authorities To Close Access Roads Rowdy crowds who ignored social-distancing directives while cursing sheriff's officers forced authorities to close roads Saturday into one of North Jersey’s larger public parks – and threaten to do it again if the situation doesn’t improve. The roads into James J. Braddock Park in North Bergen will be reopened on Sunday, Hudson County Freeholder Director Anthony Vainieri said. That will be subject to change, however, depending on how the public responds, he said Saturday. The May 2 reopening of the popular site – long-ago known as North Hudson Park – was done on a trial basis, the freehold…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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36th Annual Law Enforcement Torch Run Covers 750 Miles, Benefits Special Olympics NJ 36th Annual Law Enforcement Torch Run Covers 750 Miles, Benefits Special Olympics NJ
36th Annual Law Enforcement Torch Run Covers 750 Miles, Benefits Special Olympics NJ More than 3,000 law enforcement officers and supporters took to the streets of the Garden State on Friday, among dozens of groups each carrying a "Flame of Hope" to the Special Olympics New Jersey Summer Games. The first of 26 separate legs launching the 36th annual Law Enforcement Torch Run began at 6 a.m. Highpoint State Park on Route 23 in Sussex. The main run, meanwhile, went all the way from Bergenline Avenue and 91st Street in North Bergen, outside James J. Braddock Park, to the Millstone River Bridge on Route 27 in Kingston -- nearly 60 miles. It had an estimated 350 runners, the l…

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by Jerry DeMarco