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Uber Driver Slashed With Box Cutter, 71-Year-Old Female Passenger Jailed Uber Driver Slashed With Box Cutter, 71-Year-Old Female Passenger Jailed
Uber Driver Slashed With Box Cutter, 71-Year-Old Female Passenger Jailed A 71-year-old passenger from Bergenfield was jailed after New Milford police said she slashed an Uber driver with a box cutter. The 53-year-old driver from Newark picked up Linda Buckner in Hackensack and was driving her home when she became irate for some reason and slashed his face, New Milford Police Capt. Kevin Van Saders said. Officers Pierre Hanikeh, Daniel O’Neill and Shane Churaman and their colleagues from Teaneck met with the injured driver on New Bridge Road near the borders of their towns around midnight Saturday, May 4, the captain said. He has two cuts on his face, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEE ANYTHING? Bicyclist, 65, Seriously Injured In New Milford, Police Seek Hit-Run Driver SEE ANYTHING? Bicyclist, 65, Seriously Injured In New Milford, Police Seek Hit-Run Driver
SEE Anything? Bicyclist, 65, Seriously Injured In New Milford, Police Seek Hit-Run Driver Police in New Milford turned to the public for help finding a pickup truck driver who fled after hitting and seriously injuring a 65-year-old bicyclist. The victim was struck by a white newer-model Ford pickup at the intersection of Boulevard and Hoffman Avenue around 11:30 p.m. Thursday, April 14, Capt. Kevin Van Saders said. “The bicyclist sustained significant injuries and was immediately rushed to Hackensack University Medical Center, where he is recovering in the trauma unit,” Van Saders said on Monday, April 24. The truck took off south on Boulevard towards New Bridge Road, he said…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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New Milford PD: Medical Episode Causes 5-Vehicle Chain-Reaction Crash Near River Edge New Milford PD: Medical Episode Causes 5-Vehicle Chain-Reaction Crash Near River Edge
New Milford PD: Medical Episode Causes 5-Vehicle Chain-Reaction Crash Near River Edge Five vehicles in all were heavily damaged in a chain-reaction crash after a driver suffered a medical episode on a busy New Milford road. The 32-year-old Honda driver from Beverly, MA was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center following the crash on New Bridge Road shortly before 4:30 p.m., Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said. Taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center was a 60-year-old Jeep driver from Tenafly, Van Saders said. Refusing medical attention were two women, both 48 – one from Tenafly who was driving a Nissan and another from Rutherford who was driving a BMW – as we…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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New Milford Police Capture Fugitive Wanted In Route 46 Gunpoint Motel Robbery New Milford Police Capture Fugitive Wanted In Route 46 Gunpoint Motel Robbery
New Milford Police Capture Fugitive Wanted In Route 46 Gunpoint Motel Robbery A teenage gunman who remained on the loose for more than a month after he and an accomplice robbed a couple of $700 at a South Hackensack motel was captured following a New Milford police stop, authorities said. Police had been looking for Denys Ludizaca, 19, of Hackensack since last month’s predawn holdup at the Congress Inn on Route 46, South Hackensack Capt. Robert Chinchar said Monday. The victims -- a 35-year-old man and 30-year-old woman -- apparently had been living there the previous few months when ex-con Alec Parker showed up at 5 a.m. the morning of Dec. 10, Chinchar said. The …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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New Milford PD: Essex Car Thieves Busted With Ski Masks, Counterfeit Cash, More New Milford PD: Essex Car Thieves Busted With Ski Masks, Counterfeit Cash, More
New Milford PD: Essex Car Thieves Busted With Ski Masks, Counterfeit Cash, More A trio of Essex County 18-year-olds suspected in local car thefts were grabbed by New Milford police with ski masks, mechanics’ gloves, stolen bank checks and counterfeit money in their car before dawn Thursday, authorities said. Officer Samuel Gerais smelled marijuana coming from the vehicle after he stopped it on New Bridge Road a minute after midnight, Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said. The three apparently had been cruising the area, looking for cars to steal, he said. Backup Officers Mark O’Brien, Vincent Siekierski and Andrew Lignos found pot along with the other items in the car, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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New Milford PD: Irate Teaneck Driver Slams Car Into Police Cruiser, Knocks Down Officer New Milford PD: Irate Teaneck Driver Slams Car Into Police Cruiser, Knocks Down Officer
New Milford PD: Irate Teaneck Driver Slams Car Into Police Cruiser, Knocks Down Officer A probationary Teaneck motorist stopped by a New Milford police officer for talking on her cellphone -- among other violations -- deliberately slammed her car into his cruiser, then knocked him down while speeding off, authorities said. Responding officers from Teaneck helped their colleagues capture 26-year-old Shanice Dicks on Northumberland Street in Teaneck soon after, Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said Thursday Officer Vincent Siekierski was OK after Monday's 11:19 p.m. incident. The police car sustained minor damage. Dicks, meanwhile, was charged with aggravated assault by auto whil…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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VIDEO: New Milford Motorist Rescued After Driving Around Cones Into Flood VIDEO: New Milford Motorist Rescued After Driving Around Cones Into Flood
Video: New Milford Motorist Rescued After Driving Around Cones Into Flood A New Milford driver was rescued by a tow truck after driving around barricades and into a flooded street becoming trapped on Monday. The driver and her Acura sedan -- headed toward New Bridge Road near Sanzari's New Bridge Inn -- were brought to dry land by Bergen Brookside Auto Repair after being stuck in the water,  Brett M. Dzadik contributed to this story. SEE PHOTOS ABOVE FOR MORE.

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by Cecilia Levine