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Clifton PD: Irate Restaurant Patron Fights Staff, Responding Officers
A Clifton restaurant patron upset with his bill broke a bottle of alcohol, head-butted an employee, then fought with police who eventually subdued him, authorities said.
Martin Castillo-Valdizan, 52, “refused to pay his bill when it was brought to him and became irate with restaurant staff” at El Mexicano Restaurant on Main Avenue, Sgt. Robert Anderson said.
“At one point, he picked up a bottle of alcohol and broke it on the bar,” Anderson added.
An employee who tried to calm him down was then head-butted in the face, the sergeant said.
Officers who responded to the 2:22 a.m. call on Satu…
Saddle Brook Police Fish Fleeing Lodi Ex-Con Out Of River
SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- A wanted Lodi ex-con hopped a highway guard rail and jumped into the Saddle River but was quickly grabbed by police, authorities said.
Steven W. Gore, 34, lied to Saddle Brook police who stopped him Wednesday on eastbound Route 46, then jumped over a guardrail and down an embankment to the river, Police Chief Robert Kugler said.
Gore, who was wanted on warrants out of Passaic, Paterson and Lodi, was taken into custody and turned over to Lodi police before being lodged in the Bergen County Jail.
He remained held there, charged with theft and simple assault out of Lodi,…
