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Michael Martic

Loaded Guns, Pot, Mushrooms Lead To Arrests Of North Bergen Men Following Fairview PD Stop Loaded Guns, Pot, Mushrooms Lead To Arrests Of North Bergen Men Following Fairview PD Stop
Loaded Guns, Pot, Mushrooms Lead To Arrests Of North Bergen Men Following Fairview PD Stop A Fairview police officer found a North Bergen ex-con and a companion with 22 pounds of pot, six pounds of psilocybin mushrooms, two loaded guns and more during a traffic stop, authorities said. Officer Sebastian Castano immediately caught a whiff of both raw and burnt marijuana from inside the 2019 Mercedes Benz with New York plates that he stopped on Bergen Boulevard at Cliff Street, Capt. Michael Martic said. Several large zip-locking bags of pot were scattered in plain view on the floor of the rear seat, the captain said. The driver, Andres Restrepo, 31, of North Bergen gave Castano c…
SPAR-OH: Fairview Pizzeria Manager Injured, Customer Jailed In Tussle Over Tip Jar SPAR-OH: Fairview Pizzeria Manager Injured, Customer Jailed In Tussle Over Tip Jar
Spar-oh: Fairview Pizzeria Manager Injured, Customer Jailed In Tussle Over Tip Jar A Fairview pizzeria manager was injured and a customer jailed on robbery charges after they tangled over the tip jar, authorities said. John N. Pineda, 23, told police he went to Villa Pizza on Anderson Avenue expecting to pay five bucks for two slices, Capt. Michael Martic said. He got a bill for $6 instead. Pineda told police that the manager, Fares Muhana, informed him that the price had changed from $2.50 a slice to $3 since last week, the captain said. Pineda said he only had a five-dollar bill on him. Muhana said he was still a buck short. Out of frustration, Pineda said, he tried …
HEROES: Fairview Police Officers Waste No Time After 13-Month-Old Infant Ingests Fentanyl HEROES: Fairview Police Officers Waste No Time After 13-Month-Old Infant Ingests Fentanyl
Heroes: Fairview Police Officers Waste No Time After 13-Month-Old Infant Ingests Fentanyl UPDATE: A trio of Fairview police officers weren't about to wait for an ambulance after a 1-year-old girl who'd ingested fentanyl was brought into headquarters. "They literally saved that child's life," a source with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. Borough resident Geraldo J. Colon, 35, and the mother showed up at Fairview police headquarters with 13-month-old Abigail Colon shortly after 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 29. The infant wasn't conscious, didn't have a pulse and had trouble breathing, Fairview Police Capt. Michael Martic said. A group of officers who were t…
Baby Ingests Fentanyl, Revived With Narcan, Fairview Police Praised As Life Savers Baby Ingests Fentanyl, Revived With Narcan, Fairview Police Praised As Life Savers
Baby Ingests Fentanyl, Revived With Narcan, Fairview Police Praised As Life Savers A 1-year-old girl who'd ingested fentanyl was revived with Narcan thanks to a fast-acting group of Fairview police officers, Daily Voice has learned. "They literally saved that child's life," a source with direct knowledge of the incident said. Borough resident Geraldo J. Colon, 35, was arrested and charged with child endangerment after being identified as the individual responsible, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday, March 31. Colon and the mother had come to Fairview police headquarters with 13-month-old Abigail Colon shortly after 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 29. She…
FAT STACKS: NYC Driver Says He Got $18,322 Suspect Cash From 'Guy On The Street': Fairview PD FAT STACKS: NYC Driver Says He Got $18,322 Suspect Cash From 'Guy On The Street': Fairview PD
FAT Stacks: NYC Driver Says He Got $18,322 Suspect Cash From 'Guy On The Street': Fairview PD Fairview police seized $18,322 from a Washington Heights driver who claimed to have gotten the cash from a "guy on the street" for whom he was supposed to buy a vehicle, authorities said. The only problem: Luis A. Tavarez, 28, couldn't provide a name, phone number, receipt, text threads or any other information to corroborate his story, Capt. Michael Martic said. Tavarez was headed south on Bergen Boulevard when Officer Sebastian Castano stopped his Mercedes SUV -- with a Pennsylvania license plate -- near the North Bergen border around 1 a.m. Tuesday, March 7. He told the officer he was …
WILD RIDE: Bergen Jitney Driver, 71, Speeds From Police With Passengers Aboard WILD RIDE: Bergen Jitney Driver, 71, Speeds From Police With Passengers Aboard
Wild Ride: Bergen Jitney Driver, 71, Speeds From Police With Passengers Aboard Nearly a dozen jitney passengers survived a wild ride after their 71-year-old driver first pulled over for police in Fairview, then hit the gas and sped from the stop. Adrian Marin was driving erratically when Fairview Police Officer Diego Porras stopped the bus on Bergen Boulevard and Harding Place back on the morning of June 30. Two officers doing jitney bus inspections at the Ascension Greek Orthodox Church on Anderson Avenue headed over as backup as Porras asked Marin for his paperwork, Detective Lt. Michael Martic said. "He started to get his documents, then took off with the 10 passe…
He Called Her By Another Woman's Name And Was Stabbed In The Chest, Victim Tells Fairview PD He Called Her By Another Woman's Name And Was Stabbed In The Chest, Victim Tells Fairview PD
He Called Her By Another Woman's Name And Was Stabbed In The Chest, Victim Tells Fairview PD A 20-year-old Fairview man was hospitalized with a collapsed lung after his girlfriend stabbed him with a pair of scissors for calling her by another woman's name, authorities said. Olga Sanai Tumux, a 31-year-old Ecuadoran national, remained held Tuesday in the Bergen County Jail following the incident in their Cliff Street apartment off Anderson Avenue. A good Samaritan who found the victim on the sidewalk picked him up and brought him to Palisades General Hospital in North Bergen in his sedan, telling security there that he didn't know the man, Fairview Police Detective Lt. Mic…