Drizzle Fog/Mist 45°
Tag:

River Road, North Arlington, NJ

Police & Fire
Thief With Pickup Takes Trailer Containing $50G Worth Of Valuables From North Arlington VFW Lot Thief With Pickup Takes Trailer Containing $50G Worth Of Valuables From North Arlington VFW Lot
Thief With Pickup Takes Trailer Containing $50G Worth Of Valuables From North Arlington VFW Lot Edward Richard lost just about everything he owned when someone stole his trailer from the VFW parking lot in North Arlington. "I used it for storage when I moved from my house into a small apartment," he said. There was a full toolbox, car parts from Australia and family heirlooms among what Richard estimates is over $50,000 worth of valuables, not counting the trailer. North Arlington police obtained a surveillance image of a pickup truck that apparently was used to haul away the 24-by-8½-foot black trailer with no lettering on it late in the afternoon on New Year's Eve. The pickup does…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Caller Leads North Arlington PD To Overnight Out-Of-Town Car Burglar Caller Leads North Arlington PD To Overnight Out-Of-Town Car Burglar
Caller Leads North Arlington PD To Overnight Out-Of-Town Car Burglar North Arlington police nabbed a pre-dawn car burglar from out-of-town after being alerted by a caller, authorities said. The call of a burglary in progress behind a commercial building on River Road next to the Little League field along the Passaic River came in at shortly before 6 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 29, Lt. Michael Horton said. A masked burglar in a white pickup truck was burglarizing vehicles, the lieutenant said. Responding officers seized repeat offender Damon Wise, 51, of Newark as he fled the scene, Horton said. In his truck was a DeWalt toolbox that had just been stolen, he said. W…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
Mysterious Blood Splatters Found On Vehicles, Ground At North Arlington Parking Garage Mysterious Blood Splatters Found On Vehicles, Ground At North Arlington Parking Garage
Mysterious Blood Splatters Found On Vehicles, Ground At North Arlington Parking Garage Was there some kind of ritual? A Tarantino-esque crime? Whatever was found splattered on several vehicles at a North Arlington parking garage was being examined by blood-spatter experts. Forensic detectives with the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification collected samples for analysis and examined the patterns of blood discovered on a row of SUVs and the sidewalk at the municipal garage on River Road early Thursday, April 27. Meanwhile, borough police were scouring the area just off Route 7 for video and/or witnesses. "We aren't sure what happened," North Arlington Poli…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
Police: Fatal Crash In North Arlington Might Have Involved Medical Episode Police: Fatal Crash In North Arlington Might Have Involved Medical Episode
Police: Fatal Crash In North Arlington Might Have Involved Medical Episode A 63-year-old driver who died following a crash in North Arlington may have suffered a medical episode beforehand, authorities said. Three vehicles were involved in the 7:18 a.m. collision outside the Riverside Laundromat on a busy stretch of River Road near the Belleville Turnpike on Monday, March 7 -- a Ford Mustang, a Toyota Sienna and a Nissan, Capt. Robert Reilly said. Responders conducted CPR on the Newark driver, who Reilly said was pronounced dead at Clara Maas Medical Center in Belleville. Police were completing preliminary reports on Monday as part of their investigation. Report…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Girl, 16, Seriously Injured, Elizabeth Man Charged In Stolen Car Crash At Passaic River Bridge Girl, 16, Seriously Injured, Elizabeth Man Charged In Stolen Car Crash At Passaic River Bridge
Girl, 16, Seriously Injured, Elizabeth Man Charged In Stolen Car Crash At Passaic River Bridge UPDATE: An Elizabeth man was charged with assault by auto and child endangerment after he crashed a stolen car into a Lyndhurst gas station canopy, seriously injuring his 16-year-old female passenger, following a police chase, authorities said. Byron L. Hernandez, an 18-year-old laborer, crashed the 2019 Honda Civic stolen shortly after 8:30 a.m. Sunday. North Arlington police began chasing the vehicle, which had been reported stolen out of Elizabeth, on River Road but terminated the pursuit after speeds reached 100 miles an hour, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Hernandez conti…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Responders: Diagnosed Terminal, Woman Drowns Herself In Passaic River Responders: Diagnosed Terminal, Woman Drowns Herself In Passaic River
Responders: Diagnosed Terminal, Woman Drowns Herself In Passaic River A Belleville woman who'd just learned that her cancer was terminal drowned herself Tuesday in the Passaic River, authorities said. The 40-something woman said goodbye to her husband before going to a gazebo on River Road in North Arlington, responders said. She left her wallet, cellphone and car keys there, then walked into the water. North Arlington firefighters recovered her body, following a search, about 200 feet south of the gazebo, across from Fanelli Brothers Auto Body. North Arlington police also responded, along with the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, the Bergen County Medica…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Authorities Try To Reach Kin Of Homeless Man Found Dead In Passaic River In North Arlington Authorities Try To Reach Kin Of Homeless Man Found Dead In Passaic River In North Arlington
Authorities Try To Reach Kin Of Homeless Man Found Dead In Passaic River In North Arlington Authorities on Thursday continued to search for the daughter of a homeless man whose body was found Saturday in the Passaic River in North Arlington so that they may notify her of his death. Until then, they said, the 59-year-old man's identity must be withheld. A medical examiner found no apparent foul play in the death of the man, who was divorced and most recently lived in Wallington. Toxicology results were still pending. The body was discovered off River Road just before 10:30 a.m. Saturday and brought to the Kearny Boathouse deck before being collected by Bergen County authorities. …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Body Of Homeless Man, 59, Pulled From Passaic River In North Arlington Body Of Homeless Man, 59, Pulled From Passaic River In North Arlington
Body Of Homeless Man, 59, Pulled From Passaic River In North Arlington Bergen County prosecutor's investigators were investigating the discovery Saturday of the body of a 59-year-old homeless man pulled from the Passaic River in North Arlington. Initial indications were that the death of the man -- who was divorced and most recently lived in Wallington -- wasn't suspicious, responders said. The body was discovered off River Road just before 10:30 a.m. and brought to the Kearny Boathouse deck before being collected by Bergen County authorities. Notifications were being made to next of kin who live outside the U.S., they said.

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco