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FIERY CRASH: Pole Lands On Officer's Vehicle, Stolen Sedan Occupants Flee FIERY CRASH: Pole Lands On Officer's Vehicle, Stolen Sedan Occupants Flee
Fiery Crash: Pole Lands On Officer's Vehicle, Stolen Sedan Occupants Flee An officer escaped serious injury when a pole fell onto a police cruiser during a fiery overnight crash involving a stolen car and two fleeing occupants in Ridgefield. The Infiniti sedan was being pursued when it slammed into a traffic light and utility pole at Broad Avenue and Route 5 outside the Ridgefield Fire Co. 1 firehouse shortly after 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13. Firefighters found the vehicle fully involved, the officer OK and the occupants gone, responders said. They quickly doused the blaze. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Investigations Unit initially was summoned…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Treasurer Stole $18,620 From Ridgefield Fire Company, Authorities Charge Treasurer Stole $18,620 From Ridgefield Fire Company, Authorities Charge
Treasurer Stole $18,620 From Ridgefield Fire Company, Authorities Charge A Ridgefield firefighter stole $18,620 from his department last year, authorities charged. Dennis P. Salvaty, 56, of Union City made a total of 92 unauthorized transactions – 88 at an ATM and four at a teller window – from a Ridgefield Fire Co. #1 account between April 8 and Dec. 18 last year, Police Chief Thomas J. Gallagher said. Additional cash from a fundraiser was suspected taken, but authorities didn't have the necessary documentation. Salvaty, a separated father of two young children -- and a former Fairview fire chief -- who was the Ridgefield fire company's treasurer, He's charge…

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by Jerry DeMarco