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Hawthorne PD: Car Thieves From NYC Captured After Fleeing In Different Directions Hawthorne PD: Car Thieves From NYC Captured After Fleeing In Different Directions
Hawthorne PD: Car Thieves From NYC Captured After Fleeing In Different Directions Four out-of-state men who’d stolen a car in Hawthorne and tried to flee on foot were nabbed -- including one who ran along Route 208 into Glen Rock, authorities said. Hawthorne officers headed to a call of vehicles being cased by four young men spotted the suspects on 8th Avenue near Rea Avenue shortly after 3 p.m. last Wednesday. The quartet all split up and ran as the officers approached, Detective Lt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. One was quickly seized on 10th Avenue and two others were grabbed near the corner of Ruth Avenue and Victor Place, the lieutenant said. The fourth was seen running …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Route 208 Closed By Downed Power Lines, Cluster Of Brush Fires Doused Route 208 Closed By Downed Power Lines, Cluster Of Brush Fires Doused
Route 208 Closed By Downed Power Lines, Cluster Of Brush Fires Doused Power lines that fell across Route 208 closed the highway in both directions and ignited several small noontime brush fires. Massive jams stretched beyond eyesight in each direction as police detoured traffic at De Boer Drive in Glen Rock, where the wires fell around 11:30 a.m. Saturday, and Rea Avenue in Hawthorne. NJ Transit also temporarily stopped trains that were running nearby, responders said. Firefighters doused the blazes. Responders included police and firefighters from Glen Rock, Fair Lawn and Hawthorne as well as Glen Rock EMS, Ridgewood Emergency Services, NJDOT and a crew f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Essex, Union Boys Among Quartet Caught After Crashing Stolen Car In Bergen Essex, Union Boys Among Quartet Caught After Crashing Stolen Car In Bergen
Essex, Union Boys Among Quartet Caught After Crashing Stolen Car In Bergen Hawthorne and Glen Rock police captured a quartet of juveniles from three counties -- two of them 15 years old -- after they crashed a Lexus stolen out of Ridgewood during a brief overnight chase Monday. Glen Rock police tried to stop the car, but the driver hit the gas and continued into Hawthorne, crashing on Parker Avenue shortly after 12:30 a.m., Hawthorne Police Capt. Robert King said. The four occupants immediately bailed, he said. Hawthorne officers chased down three of them in a backyard on Rea Avenue after they ran there from 11the Avenue, King said. Glen Rock police nabbed the f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hawthorne Traffic Stops: Three Lies, Three Heroin Busts Hawthorne Traffic Stops: Three Lies, Three Heroin Busts
Hawthorne Traffic Stops: Three Lies, Three Heroin Busts Three different drivers who weren’t truthful with Hawthorne police were found carrying heroin during separate stops, authorities said. Upstate New York driver Gregory Valentine, 48, “appeared very nervous and was shaking” when officers stopped his 2012 Honda Accord on Goffle Road near Warburton Avenue, Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. Asked where he was coming from, Valentine said he was “looking at trucks for his boss” at an excavating company, Hoogmoed said. However, he “could not recall where that was or any other details,” the sergeant said. While they waited for a K-9 unit to ch…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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No Injuries In Hawthorne School Bus Fire No Injuries In Hawthorne School Bus Fire
No Injuries In Hawthorne School Bus Fire No injuries were reported when a fire broke out on a school bus in Hawthorne Wednesday afternoon. Seven children and the driver were removed from the bus on Rea Avenue between 1st Avenue and Goffle Road around 5:20 p.m., as firefighters put out the blaze under the rear wheels, witnesses said. Hawthorne police and fire officials were not immediately available for comment.

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by Cecilia Levine