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DUI Pickup Driver Sentenced In Bergen County Crash That Killed Music Producer Set To Wed DUI Pickup Driver Sentenced In Bergen County Crash That Killed Music Producer Set To Wed
DUI Pickup Driver Sentenced In Bergen County Crash That Killed Music Producer Set To Wed A Hawthorne man has been sentenced to six years in New Jersey State Prison after pleading guilty to vehicular homicide and DWI in a Fair Lawn crash that killed a 33-year-old music producer and entrepreneur. William M. Clark, who was 38 at the time of the crash, was sentenced on Thursday, Jan. 30, before Bergen County Superior Court Judge Kevin Purvin, in the crash that killed Harole Almonte, according to the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office.  Prosecutors had sought a seven-year sentence, but Clark ultimately received six years, subject to New Jersey’s No Early Release Act (NERA), mean…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Pickup Driver Charged With Death By Auto In Head-On Crash That Killed Motorcyclist In Fair Lawn Pickup Driver Charged With Death By Auto In Head-On Crash That Killed Motorcyclist In Fair Lawn
Pickup Driver Charged With Death By Auto In Head-On Crash That Killed Motorcyclist In Fair Lawn A motorcyclist died after being struck Thursday night in Fair Lawn by a pickup truck driven by an intoxicated electrician who was arrested a short time later, authorities confirmed. The pickup driver, William Clark, 38, of Hawthorne, was charged with vehicular homicide -- also known as death by auto -- in connection with the Oct. 5 crash that killed Harold Almonte, a 33-year-old alternative R&B singer/songwriter. Clark had apparently just left Duffy's Tavern on River Street in Paterson when his southbound 2013 GMC Sierra crossed over the double-yellow line into the northbound lane on W…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Motorcyclist Hurled Over Route 208 Divider Motorcyclist Hurled Over Route 208 Divider
Motorcyclist Hurled Over Route 208 Divider A motorcyclist from Bergenfield survived being thrown over the divider when he crashed on Route 208 in Franklin Lakes on New Year's afternoon, authorities said. The 19-year-old Bergenfield motorcyclist's 2007 Suzuki GSX hit the median on the northbound side, ejecting him onto the other side, around 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 1, Franklin Lakes Police Capt. Mark McCombs said. He was taken to St. Joseph's University Hospital in Paterson with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening. An ALS unit from the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood and the Oakland First Aid Squad responded along with Fr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Man Shot In Lobby Of Apartment Building Paterson Man Shot In Lobby Of Apartment Building
Paterson Man Shot In Lobby Of Apartment Building A man was shot in the lobby of a Paterson apartment building before dawn Saturday, authorities said. Details were sketchy following the 5 a.m. shooting at the four-story Broadway Gardens Apartments on Broadway near Rosa Parks Boulevard. The victim was taken to St. Joseph’s University Hospial in Paterson with a non-fatal gunshot wound, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a brief release. They didn’t disclose a possible motive, such as robbery. “Based on the preliminary investigation, the victim was in the first-floor lobby of a mult…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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KNOW ANYTHING? $5K Reward For Info On Essex County Hit-And-Run That Killed Lyndhurst Woman KNOW ANYTHING? $5K Reward For Info On Essex County Hit-And-Run That Killed Lyndhurst Woman
Know Anything? $5K Reward For Info On Essex County Hit-And-Run That Killed Lyndhurst Woman Authorities are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the driver who fatally struck a 75-year-old Lyndhurst woman. Roseann Ratz was crossing the street with a friend near Washington Avenue and Rutgers Place in Nutley when she was hit by a driver who fled the scene on Thursday, Oct. 15, according to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office. Ratz was taken to St. Joseph’s University Hospital and pronounced dead just before 8 p.m. the next day, authorities said. The investigation is active, and no arrests have been made. Anyone with information is asked…

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by Valerie Musson
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Lyndhurst Woman Killed In Hit-Run Lyndhurst Woman Killed In Hit-Run
Lyndhurst Woman Killed In Hit-Run A 75-year-old Bergen County resident was killed Thursday night in a hit-and-run Nutley crash. Roseann Ratz and a friend were crossing the street near Washington Avenue and Rutgers Place when she was struck by a car around 7:30 p.m., Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Nutley Police Chief Thomas J. Strumolo said. Ratz, of Lyndhurst, was taken to St. Joseph’s University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead just before 8 p.m. The investigation is active and ongoing. No arrests had been made as of Friday afternoon.

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by Cecilia Levine