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ROUTE 17 ROLLOVER: Driver, 21, Hospitalized, Summonsed ROUTE 17 ROLLOVER: Driver, 21, Hospitalized, Summonsed
Route 17 Rollover: Driver, 21, Hospitalized, Summonsed UPDATE: A 21-year-old driver who rolled his Charger on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights was hospitalized and given a summons, authorities said. Northbound Route 17 was closed from Moonachie Avenue for about two hours after the Dodge and a BMW M34 collided just south of Franklin Avenue at 10:10 p.m. Thursday, May 18, Police Lt. John Behr said. The Charger driver -- who lives in Mays Landing -- got out under his own steam and was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that the lieutenant said weren't considered life-threatening. He received a summons for reckless driving, B…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Somewhere In The Swamps Of Jersey: Pursuers Collar Fleeing BMW Thieves In Marshes Near MetLife Somewhere In The Swamps Of Jersey: Pursuers Collar Fleeing BMW Thieves In Marshes Near MetLife
Somewhere In The Swamps Of Jersey: Pursuers Collar Fleeing BMW Thieves In Marshes Near MetLife A posse of local, county and state law enforcement officers captured three teens who’d bolted into the Meadowlands marshes off the New Jersey Turnpike after they blew a tire on a stolen BMW during a pursuit. Hasbrouck Heights police issued an alert to area law enforcement around noon Saturday after the owner happened to spot the red 320i sedan, which had been stolen from outside his Lodi home two days earlier, Carlstadt Deputy Police Chief Thomas Cox said. The owner followed the vehicle as it headed south on Terrace Avenue / Hackensack Street toward Wood-Ridge, Cox said. Just up the road …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Carlstadt PD: Hackensack Driver In Route 17 Chase Had Heroin, Coke, Crystal Meth, More Carlstadt PD: Hackensack Driver In Route 17 Chase Had Heroin, Coke, Crystal Meth, More
Carlstadt PD: Hackensack Driver In Route 17 Chase Had Heroin, Coke, Crystal Meth, More A Hackensack driver carrying a variety of illegal drugs raced along Route 17, cutting across three lanes several times, before surrendering to a pursuing Carlstadt police officer in Moonachie, authorities said. Officer Matthew Bartlett tried pulling over the Honda Civic after driver Shavar Ingram, 34, improperly passed two vehicles and made an illegal left turn onto Paterson Avenue from Enoch Street, Police Chief Thomas Berta said. Ingram kept going, speeding onto Route 17, before the pursuit finally ended on Berger Street, the chief said. Berta said a search turned up various amounts of: …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Moonachie PD: 'Shoot Me!' Cornered Car Burglar Shouts Moonachie PD: 'Shoot Me!' Cornered Car Burglar Shouts
Moonachie PD: 'Shoot Me!' Cornered Car Burglar Shouts “Shoot me!” a Paterson car burglar shouted at a Moonachie police officer who’d chased him down before dawn Wednesday, authorities said. A homeowner flagged down Officer Robert Bauer on Jackson Place around 12:49 a.m. saying he’d scared off a man trying to get into two cars in driveway, Police Chief Richard Behrens said. Bauer radioed a description of the burglar to Officer Sean Mulligan, who spotted a vehicle with its brake lights shining in the driveway of a Joseph Street home, Behrens said. A man seated behind the wheel matched the description given by the resident, he said. As Mullig…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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North Bergen Man Ringing Doorbells Masturbated In Front Of Woman, Police Charge North Bergen Man Ringing Doorbells Masturbated In Front Of Woman, Police Charge
North Bergen Man Ringing Doorbells Masturbated In Front Of Woman, Police Charge A North Bergen man caught ringing doorbells in a Bergen County neighborhood turned out to be the same one who masturbated in front of a local woman the day before, police said Thursday. Bobby Ortiz, 30, told officers responding to an 8 a.m. call Sunday that he was staying at a relative’s house, Carlstadt Police Chief Thomas Nielsen said. The officers noticed that Ortiz bore a resemblance to a man who a female driver said exposed himself to her around 5 p.m. Saturday as she sat in her car, Nielsen said. Officers who responded to her didn’t find a suspect at the time, the chief noted. The w…

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