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Hawthorne Man, 19, Accused Of Assaulting Victim With Car In Ridgewood Hawthorne Man, 19, Accused Of Assaulting Victim With Car In Ridgewood
Hawthorne Man, 19, Accused Of Assaulting Victim With Car In Ridgewood A Hawthorne man deliberately struck a domestic violence victim with his car in Ridgewood and then fled the scene late Friday, said authorities who took him into custody. Aaron Hoyt, 19, remained held Saturday in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing. The male victim was taken by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center following the assault just after 10 p.m. on Hammond Road, a cul-de-sac off Van Emburgh Avenue near northbound Route 17, responders said. "It was very fortunate that it wasn't worse. It could have very easily been life-threatening," one said. A damaged …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEEN It? Ridgewood Police Seek Hit-Run Driver Who Struck Officer SEEN It? Ridgewood Police Seek Hit-Run Driver Who Struck Officer
Seen It? Ridgewood Police Seek Hit-Run Driver Who Struck Officer RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- Ridgewood police released a photo Wednesday morning of a car that struck a village police officer and then sped off. The officer was struck on Van Emburgh Avenue during a traffic stop near Cathleen Terrace -- near the Washington Township border -- just after 10:30 a.m Monday, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. The officer sustained minor injuries, she said. Authorities were searching for a 2014 or newer dark-colored Acura TLX sedan, which had been going south on Van Emburgh Avenue toward East Glen Avenue after the collision.  Anyone who might have seen it, or knows w…

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by Jerry DeMarco