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Crazed Robber Beats NJ Gas Station Worker, 83, Fights Officers, Smears Feces At HQ: Police Crazed Robber Beats NJ Gas Station Worker, 83, Fights Officers, Smears Feces At HQ: Police
Crazed Robber Beats NJ Gas Station Worker, 83, Fights Officers, Smears Feces At HQ: Police A crazed female robber beat a defenseless 83-year-old gas station employee, fought with Fair Lawn police and then urinated and defecated at headquarters, authorities said. Sincere Wiley, 30, began arguing with the attendant at the BP station on Wagaraw Road before shoving him, kneeing him in the face and punching him in the eye shortly before 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, Detective Eric Eleshewich said. She then brandished a box cutter, grabbed some tobacco product and $88 in cash and ran, the detective said. Responding officers saw Wiley – who lives in the upstate New York town of Lockport …
HIGHWAY ROBBERIES: Gunman Holds Up Three Gas Stations, Convenience Store In North Jersey HIGHWAY ROBBERIES: Gunman Holds Up Three Gas Stations, Convenience Store In North Jersey
Highway Robberies: Gunman Holds Up Three Gas Stations, Convenience Store In North Jersey UPDATE: Law enforcement agencies in two states were sharing information in the search for a masked gunman who robbed two gas stations in Mahwah, another in Paramus and a 7-Eleven in Fair Lawn of several thousand dollars in less than a half hour. The spree ended with back-to-back holdups of two gas stations on northbound Route 17 in Mahwah barely a couple of minutes from the Rockland County border. The robber entered the Valero station near Route 202 at 11:05 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, Mahwah Police Chief Stephen Jaffe said. He “brandished a handgun at the staff at the register and demanded mone…
21 Cats, Two Dogs Found Neglected In NJ Woman's Home, Authorities Say 21 Cats, Two Dogs Found Neglected In NJ Woman's Home, Authorities Say
21 Cats, Two Dogs Found Neglected In NJ Woman's Home, Authorities Say Animal control officers removed 21 cats and two dogs who authorities said were being neglected by a Fair Lawn woman. Julie Alaimo, 37, was charged with nearly two dozen counts of animal cruelty, Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Police found the animals at Alaimo’s home on 30th Street near Raphael Street following a complaint last Tuesday, Nov. 8, Metzler said. Officers with Bergen County Animal Control were summoned and borough police Lt. James Krizek investigated, the sergeant said. Alaimo must answer the summonses in court.
Senior's Car Plows Into North Jersey Convenience Store Senior's Car Plows Into North Jersey Convenience Store
Senior's Car Plows Into North Jersey Convenience Store An 87-year-old driver from Glen Rock escaped injury when her sedan smashed through the front of a Fair Lawn convenience store. No other injuries were reported, either. The Toyota Avalon barreled into the Quick Mart in a mini-shopping center on Broadway when the driver accidentally hit the gas shortly before 10 a.m. Tuesday, Police Sgt. Sean Macys said. Fair Lawn police and firefighters responded to the crash at the Quick Mart on Broadway.Douglas Lee for DAILY VOICE Borough police and firefighters -- including members of the Fair Lawn Rescue Squad -- responded.  A building inspector de…
Convicted Killer Charged With Swiping Catalytic Converters From NJ School Buses Convicted Killer Charged With Swiping Catalytic Converters From NJ School Buses
Convicted Killer Charged With Swiping Catalytic Converters From NJ School Buses A habitual offender was charged with stealing $18,000 worth of catalytic converters from school buses in Fair Lawn, authorities said. The pricey parts were swiped from vehicles at the Scholastic Bus Company depot on River Road shortly before 6 a.m. June 13, Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Johannes Vanwageningen, 37, of Bloomingdale was identified as the thief by Fair Lawn Police Detective Chris O’Shaughnessy with help from Butler Police Detective Jarred Schmiedhauser. Vanwageningen is known to police, having served time for aggravated manslaughter and been arrested several times …
60s FLASHBACK: Rainbow-Colored Party Bus With Riders On Roof Stopped By Police On NJ Highway 60s FLASHBACK: Rainbow-Colored Party Bus With Riders On Roof Stopped By Police On NJ Highway
60s Flashback: Rainbow-Colored Party Bus With Riders On Roof Stopped By Police On NJ Highway Police couldn't believe their eyes. Cruising along westbound Route 4 in Paramus was a converted school bus with several people riding on the roof. Draped in flowers and sashes, the ramshackle Sixties time machine had makeshift scaffolding, a ladder in back, and a traffic cone wrapped in colorful fabric in front to resemble a unicorn's horn. The side was painted in rainbow stripes, the front fender in pink. Atop the party bus was an easy chair, a cooler and a clutch of riders. The customers might've considered it groovy, but the fuzz didn't dig it at all. They said they were headed fr…
North Jersey Man Dies By Suicide In Lawnmower Blades North Jersey Man Dies By Suicide In Lawnmower Blades
North Jersey Man Dies By Suicide In Lawnmower Blades A troubled Bergen County man apparently died by suicide using a running lawn mower, authorities said. Responders didn't initially know the circumstances after a relative found the 33-year-old Fair Lawn man's body in his backyard Monday afternoon. Then they discovered that he'd left a note before sticking his head inside the machine. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office was notified, the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence and the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office collected the body. The various agencies will work with Fair Lawn police to reac…
Sedan Slams Into Fair Lawn Bank Building Sedan Slams Into Fair Lawn Bank Building
Sedan Slams Into Fair Lawn Bank Building A sedan slammed into a Fair Lawn bank building early Sunday evening, causing major damage to both. The Hyundai mounted the sidewalk, plowed through bushes and rammed the corner of the Provident Bank branch on River Road at Hopper Avenue around 5:15 p.m. The adult female driver refused medical attention for what appeared to be minor injuries. A building inspector was required to check the building for structural damage. Both the Hyundai and the Provident Bank building were severely damaged.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Responding were borough police, firefighters and EMS and members o…
North Jersey Mayor Insists Twisted Twine Tied To Tree Is A Noose North Jersey Mayor Insists Twisted Twine Tied To Tree Is A Noose
North Jersey Mayor Insists Twisted Twine Tied To Tree Is A Noose UPDATE: Following a lengthy investigation, Fair Lawn police said Tuesday that a length of string found tied to a tree that took a disturbing shape this past weekend wasn't a noose but, rather, was an item used by contractors. "The rope in question was closer in size to twine (thinner than a shoe lace) that is regularly used by utility companies to either tie cables together or to pull new cables from pole to pole," Sgt. Brian Metzler said. "It appears that the twine, found tied to the tree, had been attached to twine found in the overhead cables," Metzler said. "It appeared that the porti…
HERO: Bergen Dealership GM Rescues Missing Wrong-Way Jersey Shore Driver, 78 HERO: Bergen Dealership GM Rescues Missing Wrong-Way Jersey Shore Driver, 78
Hero: Bergen Dealership GM Rescues Missing Wrong-Way Jersey Shore Driver, 78 Vehicles whizzed by as a disoriented 78-year-old driver more than 140 miles from home headed into oncoming traffic on a treacherous stretch of Route 4 in Fair Lawn. Don Chittum, the general manager at Jack Daniels Volkswagen, looked out Tuesday night to see the man’s Corolla stranded on the concrete divider between Broadway and the highway. What Chittum didn’t know was that the Jersey Shore driver had been reported missing earlier. He just knew that he was in serious trouble. The man apparently made a left instead of a right out of the furniture store lot next to the dealership and was h…
UPDATE: Police ID Local Pedestrian, 63, Struck, Killed Outside Fair Lawn Municipal Building UPDATE: Police ID Local Pedestrian, 63, Struck, Killed Outside Fair Lawn Municipal Building
Update: Police ID Local Pedestrian, 63, Struck, Killed Outside Fair Lawn Municipal Building A pedestrian struck and killed Wednesday morning outside the Fair Lawn municipal building lived around the corner, authorities said. Yuri Berger, 63, was crossing Fair Lawn Avenue up the street from his Edward Street home when he was struck in the crosswalk by a 2012 Honda SUV driven by a 53-year-old Fair Lawn man around 9:45 a.m., Police Sgt. Sean Macys said. The impact knocked him under a 2017 Mercedes Benz sedan that was stopped near the corner of Parmalee Avenue, Macys said. Police rushed to his aid, lifting the vehicle and administering CPR before EMS took over, the sergeant said.  …
Englewood Auto Parts Store Employee, 22, Charged In Fair Lawn Arson Englewood Auto Parts Store Employee, 22, Charged In Fair Lawn Arson
Englewood Auto Parts Store Employee, 22, Charged In Fair Lawn Arson An auto parts store employee who lives in Englewood set a fire at a Fair Lawn home, said authorities who charged him with arson. Detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Arson Unit on Monday arrested Fair Lawn native Jonathan Rossi, 22, who lives in the Tryon Garden complex in Englewood, following an investigation with Fair Lawn police, Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The April 9 fire didn’t do much damage, authorities said. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence. Along with arson, Rossi is charged with trespassing and criminal mischief…
Saddle Brook, Fair Lawn Police Combine To Catch Accused Home Burglar Saddle Brook, Fair Lawn Police Combine To Catch Accused Home Burglar
Saddle Brook, Fair Lawn Police Combine To Catch Accused Home Burglar Saddle Brook and Fair Lawn police teamed up to nab a repeat offender following a residential burglary. No one was home when Adam Zengel, 23, of New Brunswick entered the Saddle Brook home near the corner of North Midland Avenue and Rosol Lane through a rear window sometime overnight Monday into Tuesday, Detective Capt. John Zotollo said. Zengel fled with several expensive electronic items, he said. Saddle Brook police identified and caught him with help from Fair Lawn police, Zotollo said. Zengel's criminal record includes mostly minor drug-related arrests out of several municipalities in…