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Newark Pair Nabbed In Theft Of Bio-Diesel Cooking Oil From Warren County Restaurant Newark Pair Nabbed In Theft Of Bio-Diesel Cooking Oil From Warren County Restaurant
Newark Pair Nabbed In Theft Of Bio-Diesel Cooking Oil From Warren County Restaurant Two men from Newark were caught stealing cooking oil from a Warren County restaurant, authorities said. The suspects — ages 27 and 34 — stole bio-diesel cooking oil from Lost Ladies Grill on E. Washington Avenue in the borough before driving away just after 12 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 22, WTPD said. The suspect vehicle was found at the Oxford Township Post Office on Route 31 a short time later, police said. Both men were taken into custody, and one of them was found to have an outstanding $500 arrest warrant out of Newark, authorities said. The suspects were charged with attempted theft, dis…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Driver Airlifted After Sending Car Through Jersey Shore Home: Police Driver Airlifted After Sending Car Through Jersey Shore Home: Police
Driver Airlifted After Sending Car Through Jersey Shore Home: Police A 23-year-old driver with a suspended license was flown to the hospital after sending a vehicle through several yards and fences then into a house on the Jersey Shore Friday night, authorities said. Jose Lopez-Serrano, of Jackson, was behind the wheel of the Toyota sedan and had to be extricated from the vehicle that he sent into the Cox Cro Road home in Toms River around 11:25 p.m., Toms River Police Chief Mitchell A. Little said. He was flown to Jersey Shore Medical Center. Rescue 2624 responded to assist Pleasant Plains Vol. Fire Department on this vehicle vs house. Posted by Toms R…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police: DWI Paterson Man, 32, Sends Parked Car And His Own Into Woods Police: DWI Paterson Man, 32, Sends Parked Car And His Own Into Woods
Police: DWI Paterson Man, 32, Sends Parked Car And His Own Into Woods A Paterson man was drunk when he swerved off Route 23 and hit a car parked car at a gas station, causing both vehicles to end up in the woods, authorities said. Jonathan Torres, 32, was driving a gray Hyundai on Route 23 S. when he veered left, struck the center divider and swerved into a white Chevrolet parked at a Sunoco gas station in Pompton Plains around 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, Pequannock Township police said. Both vehicles ended up in the wooded area near the gas station as a result of the crash, authorities said. Torres was transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Paterson with non-life…

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by Valerie Musson
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Police: DWI Morris County Driver Hits Parked Car, Flees Police: DWI Morris County Driver Hits Parked Car, Flees
Police: DWI Morris County Driver Hits Parked Car, Flees A Morris County had been drinking when he hit a car parked at a local restaurant and drove away, authorities charged. Robert Sikorski, 58, struck a parked car while leaving Valley Restaurant and Pub on E. Mill Road in Long Valley on Sept. 8, Washington Township Police Lt. Mark Niemynski said. Officers later located Sikorski driving behind the Krauzers strip mall nearby, authorities said. During questioning, he showed signs of intoxication, and officers located several open containers of alcohol in the vehicle, authorities said. Sikorski, of Long Valley, was arrested and charged with DWI, …

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Byram Police: Speeding, DWI Driver Tried Resisting Arrest Byram Police: Speeding, DWI Driver Tried Resisting Arrest
Byram Police: Speeding, DWI Driver Tried Resisting Arrest A speeding driver was drunk when police stopped her in Byram Township, authorities said. Lauren Ell, who initially refused to identify herself to police, was behind the wheel and showing signs of intoxication after police stopped her on Route 206, last Friday authorities said. She subsequently failed a series of field sobriety tests and resisted arrest but was eventually taken into custody. Ell was transported to police headquarters, where she refused to take a breath test, authorities said. She was charged with driving while intoxicated, third-degree resisting arrest, refusal to submit …

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
North Arlington PD: Officer Injured, Other Escapes Harm From Newark Motorist Fleeing To Hudson North Arlington PD: Officer Injured, Other Escapes Harm From Newark Motorist Fleeing To Hudson
North Arlington PD: Officer Injured, Other Escapes Harm From Newark Motorist Fleeing To Hudson A North Arlington police officer injured his arm while another escaped harm when a repeat offender from Newark aimed his car at them and then sped off from an overnight traffic stop, authorities said. The officers and, later, their colleagues from Kearny chased the fleeing car before the pursuit was terminated in Jersey City before dawn Tuesday. Borough police were preparing complaints at North Arlington Police Headquarters a short time later when the driver – identified as 26-year-old Luigie X. Castillo – walked in and surrendered, Captain Robert J. Reilly said. Officer Jason Rivera initi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Major Charges Brought Against Driver In East Rutherford Chase, Crash That Injured Six Major Charges Brought Against Driver In East Rutherford Chase, Crash That Injured Six
Major Charges Brought Against Driver In East Rutherford Chase, Crash That Injured Six Charges mounted against a wrong-way driver who rolled his Mercedes into a building -- injuring five occupants, some of them seriously --while trying to flee East Rutherford police over the weekend. Enrique Luis Garcia, who turns 26 this Wednesday, was on the suspended list when his 2007 Mercedes Benz CL3 blew past police at more than 90 miles an hour on northbound Route 120 around 3:30 a.m. Saturday, launching a chase, records show. Police broke off the chase but a short time later discovered that the car struck the Whitney Building on Paterson Avenue, across from the Candlewyck Diner, just…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Glen Rock Officer Nabs Pair On Warrants, Driver With Heroin Glen Rock Officer Nabs Pair On Warrants, Driver With Heroin
Glen Rock Officer Nabs Pair On Warrants, Driver With Heroin Both the driver and passenger in a car stopped by a Glen Rock police officer were wanted on outstanding warrants – and had used and unused bags of heroin in their car, authorities said. Officer Sarah Orsita stopped the erratically-driven vehicle on Lincoln Avenue just after 3 a.m. last Friday, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. It turned out that Christopher Delacruz, 23, of Kearny, was driving with a suspended license and was wanted on a warrant out of Verona, Acerkmann said. Delacruz was carrying 11 glassine bags of heroin, along with several empties, the chief said. His passenger, 36-ye…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Glen Rock PD: Officer Nabs Drunk, Unlicensed Driver On Route 208 Glen Rock PD: Officer Nabs Drunk, Unlicensed Driver On Route 208
Glen Rock PD: Officer Nabs Drunk, Unlicensed Driver On Route 208 GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- An unlicensed driver from Paterson was drunk, Glen Rock police said, when they stopped her swerving car on Route 208. Officer Sarah Orsita was on patrol in the area of Berry Place and Lincoln Avenue shortly before 11 p.m. last Monday when she saw “what appeared to be a disabled vehicle parked at the side of the road with its high beam lights shining into oncoming traffic,” Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. “As she approached, the vehicle abruptly left the area onto Route 208 north, where it was observed to be swerving within its lane,” Ackermann said. Orsita pulled over …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Oakland Police Officer Nabs Wanted Midland Park Man In Stop Oakland Police Officer Nabs Wanted Midland Park Man In Stop
Oakland Police Officer Nabs Wanted Midland Park Man In Stop OAKLAND, N.J. -- An Oakland police officer arrested an unlicensed driver after discovering he was wanted on an outstanding warrant out of Passaic County. Officer Michael Griffin stopped a car driven by Jay Faber, 47, of Midland Park, then ran a computer check, Lt. Christian Eldridge said Wednesday. Faber was taken into custody, processed and later turned over to the custody of the Passaic County Sheriff's Department -- only to have a judge order his release, under New Jersey's 2017 bail reform law, records show. Oakland police issued Faber a summons for driving with a suspended license.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
2018's first GWB DWI: Unlicensed Driver Wanted On Alpine Warrants 2018's first GWB DWI: Unlicensed Driver Wanted On Alpine Warrants
2018's first GWB DWI: Unlicensed Driver Wanted On Alpine Warrants FORT LEE, N.J. -- An unlicensed motorist wanted on three warrants out of Alpine became the first DWI driver busted by Port Authority police on the George Washington Bridge in 2018, authorities said. Officer Ed Berdecia stopped the New Jersey-bound black BMW sedan on the upper level around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday after the driver -- Rafael A. Hidalgo, 45, of Chestnut Ridge in Rockland County -- "abruptly changed lanes without signaling, crossed two lanes of traffic and then crossed back across two lanes," the authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. "There was a strong odor of alcohol on…

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by Jerry DeMarco