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Paterson Avenue, East Rutherford, NJ
Police & Fire
Wires Left Draping Over Tractor Trailer, Cars In East Rutherford Crash
A tractor-trailer caused major damage and danger Monday morning, Nov. 4 in East Rutherford. According to the fire department, the vehicle struck a pole at Paterson Avenue and Herman Street around 11:50 a.m. "The impact caused significant damage, resulting in additional telephone poles being affected and damage to other vehicles," the department said. The borough police and fire departments responded, as did the county's HazMat team and PSE&G. The roadway will be closed until PSEG crews can safely complete repairs.
Police & Fire
Little Ferry Pedestrian, 58, Struck, Killed In East Rutherford
A 58-year-old Little Ferry woman was struck and killed in East Rutherford over the weekend. The victim was struck by a Jeep Cherokee off the intersection of Paterson Avenue and Franklin Place near the Wallington border around 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3, East Rutherford Police Chief Dennis Rivelli said. Witnesses said she was thrown several yards. CPR was conducted on the victim, who Riverlli said was pronounced dead at Hackensack University Medical Center. The 19-year-old driver from Hasbrouck Heights remained at the scene. No summonses were immediately issued nor charges immediately file…
Police & Fire
Everyone OK In Overnight East Rutherford House Fire
Fears of a possibly trapped resident proved unfounded during an overnight house fire in East Rutherford. First-floor residents were vacating the two-family home on Rose Street near Paterson Avenue as first responders arrived at 2:35 a.m., Police Capt. Jeff Yannacone said. A search determined there was no one home upstairs, where the two-alarm kitchen fire originated, he said. Firefighters had the fire doused in under a half hour. No injuries were reported. Mutual aid was provided by firefighters from Carlstadt, Passaic, Rutherford and Wallington. A cause wasn't immediately disclosed…
Business
Speakeasy, Restaurant Heading To Bergen County
Bergen County is getting a new restaurant and speakeasy. The Roosevelt will be moving into the space formerly home to Taos Restaurant, on Paterson Avenue in East Rutherford, according to its Facebook page. The restaurant is designed to look just like a speakeasy, with brushed, gold chandeliers in the saloon, pendant lights, and deco wallpaper to reflect the style of the Prohibition Era. No word yet on an opening date. The Roosevelt, 356 Paterson Ave., East Rutherford.
News
Smoke Alarm, Police Heroes Help Limit Damage In Predawn East Rutherford Fire
A working smoke alarm and the instant response of East Rutherford police prevented any serious injuries during a predawn multi-family home fire, authorities said. A candle in a second-floor bedroom may have ignited the blaze in the mid-century home on Grove Street off Mozart Street between Railroad and Paterson avenues shortly before 5 a.m., responders said. A detector woke sleeping residents, they said. A trio of responding police officers "entered the home to find smoke coming from a bedroom door [that] was also hot to the touch," the East Rutherford Fire Department wrote in a post. The…
News
Pedestrian, 64, Struck, Killed In East Rutherford
A 64-year-old pedestrian died after he was struck by a minivan in East Rutherford, authorities confirmed. A 46-year-old Wood-Ridge man was driving the 2019 Honda Odyssey that struck the victim from Irvington on Hackensack Street near Paterson Avenue shortly after 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13, Deputy Police Chief Phillip Taormina said. EMS and ALS were requested, responded and took the victim to Hackensack University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. East Rutherford detectives and their colleagues from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Investigations Unit were investiga…
News
'No Brakes,' Says Driver, 71, Whose Pickup Plowed Into East Rutherford Restaurant
UPDATE: A driver whose pickup truck rammed through the wall of an East Rutherford restaurant as the new year dawned told police his brakes failed. The Dodge Ram went straight through the wall facing the parking lot of Al Di La, a restaurant and banquet hall on Hoboken Road between Paterson Avenue and Enoch Street, around 2:30 a.m. Saturday. The 71-year-old driver was hospitalized with head pain, Deputy Police Chief Phillip Taormina said. The driver told police he was trying to park when the brakes failed, Taormina said. The truck then hit a parking bumper and plowed into the eatery. …
News
Pickup Plows Into East Rutherford Restaurant
A pickup truck lived up to its name when it rammed through the wall of an East Rutherford restaurant as the dawn of the new year approached. The Dodge Ram went straight through the wall facing the parking lot of Al Di La, a restaurant and banquet hall on Hoboken Road between Paterson Avenue and Enoch Street, around 2:30 a.m. Saturday. The 71-year-old driver was hospitalized with head pain, Deputy Police Chief Phillip Taormina said. The driver told police he was trying to park when the brakes failed, Taormina said. The truck then hit a parking bumper and plowed into the eatery. Nick's Tow…
News
Heroes
: Sedan Collides With Bus Off Route 17, Victim Extricated By East Rutherford Firefighters
PHOTOS: East Rutherford firefighters extricated a woman from a sedan that barreled down an embankment after hitting a New Jersey Transit bus on Friday. Witnesses said the Hyundai Elantra with New York State license plates collided with the bus at Enoch Street and Paterson Avenue just off southbound Route 17 after its driver blew a stop sign. The extricated victim was hospitalized with undetermined injuries after the sedan careened down the embankment at a Paterson Avenue construction site. xxxJames Wood Sr. for DAILY VOICE Nearly 20 passengers were picked up by another bus. James Wood…
Police & Fire
Swatting
: Masked Gunmen Hoax Brings SWAT Team, Squadron Of Police To East Rutherford
A bogus call of two masked men with guns triggered a large police response Wednesday to an industrial area of East Rutherford. A Bergen County Regional SWAT Team was summoned after the "swatting" caller directed police to "masked guys with guns" at the Poplar Street address off Paterson Avenue around 4:10 p.m., authorities said. "At the time of the call, the complainant was difficult to understand due to a language barrier," East Rutherford Deputy Chief Phillip Taormina said. "Upon officers arrival, all appeared in order, a perimeter was established and the area was secured." "Swattin…
Business
Rutherford's Nizi Sushi Expands To New Bergen County Location With Liquor License
Favorited Rutherford Japanese restaurant Nizi Sushi will be expanding with a newly-acquired liquor license early next year, employees said. The restaurant -- located on Union Avenue and Newark -- will be opening up a third location on East Rutherford's Paterson Avenue, formerly occupied by Brothers BBQ. No official opening date has been set.
Police & Fire
North Bergen Police Lieutenant From Carlstadt Arrested On DWI, Cocaine Charges
A North Bergen police lieutenant was suspended from the department after he was arrested on DWI and drug charges last weekend in East Rutherford, authorities said. Alex J. Guzman, 39 of Carlstadt is scheduled for a first appearance in Bergen County Superior Court on Aug. 22, facing allegations he was in possession of cocaine when he was arrested Saturday evening, East Rutherford police said. Guzman was immediately suspended when the department was notified of his arrest, North Bergen Police Chief Robert Dowd said in a statement to the Jersey Journal. East Rutherford police received a repor…
Police & Fire
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…
Police & Fire
Car In Pursuit Rolls In East Rutherford, Injuring Six
A car heading the wrong way in East Rutherford while being chased by police rolled over and struck a medical building before dawn Saturday, sending six people to the hospital, responders said. There was no immediate word on the extent of their injuries. One of the occupants apparently ran from police but was caught after the car struck the Whitney Building on Paterson Avenue, across from the Candlewyck Diner, just before 3:45 a.m.
Police & Fire
Carlstadt PD: Quartet Planned To Rob Resident Of 4-Year-Old $500 Debt
With help from their East Rutherford colleagues, Carlstadt police arrested a quartet who they said planned to rob someone they claimed owed them $500 from four years ago. When they didn’t find their target home, two of those arrested damaged a car they thought was his, Carlstadt Police Capt. John Gilligan said. It began when police received a report Sunday of a possible car burglary on Madison Street. Responding Officers Jason Colombo and Matthew Smith got a description of the men and their getaway car – which was immediately broadcast to surrounding police departments. Moments later, Eas…
Police & Fire
Barricaded East Rutherford Gunman Seized By SWAT Team Has Criminal History
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A man who barricaded himself in an East Rutherford apartment on Monday after authorities said he pointed a gun at his girlfriend is an ex-con with a criminal history dating back nearly 20 years, records show. Mauro Jay Enriquez, a 39-year-old Filipino national, remained held in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing after a county Regional SWAT team took him into custody and turned him over to East Rutherford police after a nearly three-hour standoff. The 6-foot, 180-pound Enriquez is charged with aggravated assault (pointing a firearm at anothe…
Police & Fire
Barricaded East Rutherford Gunman Seized By SWAT Team Has Criminal History
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A man who barricaded himself in an East Rutherford apartment on Monday after authorities said he pointed a gun at his girlfriend is an ex-con with a criminal history dating back nearly 20 years, records show. Mauro Jay Enriquez, a 39-year-old Filipino national, remained held in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing after a county Regional SWAT team took him into custody and turned him over to East Rutherford police after a nearly three-hour standoff. The 6-foot, 180-pound Enriquez is charged with aggravated assault (pointing a firearm at anothe…
Police & Fire
Standoff
Ends
: SWAT Team Seizes Barricaded East Rutherford Gunman
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- (UPDATE) Bergen County Regional SWAT team members seized a suicidal man who'd barricaded himself in an apartment above an East Rutherford restaurant late Monday morning after holding a gun to his girlfriend's head, authorities said. "He was turned over to East Rutherford police, as it's their jurisdiction," Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino said after a nearly three-hour standoff. "He had the gun to his girlfriend's head," a law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice earlier. "She managed to run out w…
Police & Fire
Standoff
Ends
: SWAT Team Seizes Barricaded East Rutherford Gunman
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- (UPDATE) Bergen County Regional SWAT team members seized a suicidal man who'd barricaded himself in an apartment above an East Rutherford restaurant late Monday morning after holding a gun to his girlfriend's head, authorities said. "He was turned over to East Rutherford police, as it's their jurisdiction," Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino said. "He had the gun to his girlfriend's head," a law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice earlier. "She managed to run out without incident. A perimeter was es…
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