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Central Avenue, Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Armed Mortuary Worker, 71, Ditches Gun In Hackensack Church After Threatening Man On Street: PD
A 71-year-old mortuary worker from Saddle Brook pulled a loaded gun on a man during a dispute on a Hackensack street, then ducked into a nearby church to try and ditch the weapon, authorities said. Kerris Meadows and a 43-year-old Newark resident got into the unspecified argument outside Mount Olive Baptist Church around 10:30 a.m. last Saturday, Dec. 16, Hackensack Police Capt. Michael Antista said. The Central Avenue church was conducting a food drive at the time. The second man told officers who responded to a call of a man with a gun that Meadows pointed a revolver and threatened to sh…
Police & Fire
Vehicles Collide At Busy Hackensack Intersection
An SUV and a wagon collided at a busy Hackensack intersection on Friday. No serious injuries were immediately reported in the June 30 late-morning crash involving a Honda CRV and a Volvo wagon at Central Avenue and Union Street. City police and firefighters responded along with an EMS rig from Hackensack Meridian Health. Hackensack Auto Body towed both the Honda, which got the worst of the collision, and the wagon. Hackensack Auto Body towed the vehicles.Paul D. Nickels for DAILY VOICE Firefighters cleaned up a minor fuel spill. City police are investigating. Paul D. Nickels took th…
Police & Fire
Officers Responding To Hackensack Street Brawl Find Birthday Boy Carrying Loaded Gun: PD
Two Hackensack police officers responding to a report of an overnight fight found a city man marking his 24th birthday Tuesday with a loaded handgun stashed under the driver’s seat of his vehicle, authorities said. Participants in the fight on Central Avenue off Prospect scattered as police approached shortly after 1 a.m. June 20, said Capt. Michael Antista, the officer in charge of the department. While some of them were being rounded up, Officers Michael Reo and Reuven Lyak turned their attention to an idling vehicle occupied by Noah Brown, the captain said. The officers determined that …
News
Heroes
: Pickup Slammed By Train In Hackensack, Firefighters Free Trapped Driver
A driver was extricated after a pickup truck was rammed by a late-night commuter train in Hackensack. City firefighters cut the top off the Honda Ridgeline's cab after it was struck by the NJ TRANSIT Pascack Valley Line train No. 2133 at the Central Avenue crossing at 11:45 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15. A large crowd gathered as firefighters worked intently. They got the driver out roughly 40 minutes later. Hackensack firefighters cut the top off of the Honda Ridgeline's cab after the truck was struck shortly before midnight at the Central Avenue crossing.Jo Fehl for DAILY VOICE An ambulance…
News
One Hospitalized Following Hackensack Crash
A collision in Hackensack sent a van into a pole and a driver to the hospital. Police, firefighters and EMS responded to the Saturday morning crash outside the Ostroswki Court housing complex at Central Avenue and First Street. There was no immediate word on the extent of injuries to the victim taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. Police were investigating. AftermathHACKENSACK FD
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Death
Threats
: Troubling Images Sent To Hackensack School Board Members NOT Up For Re-Election
Hackensack police are investigating threatening letters sent to two school board members that include photos of their faces in the crosshairs of a gun with blood dripping from bullet holes in their foreheads. Capt. Darrin DeWitt, the department's officer in charge, said city detectives are tracing the source of the letters sent to neighbors Michael Oates and Scott James-Vickery. They have assistance from their Bergen County law enforcement partners. "You will be taken out by vote or by force," the mailing says. Neither Oates nor James-Vickery are up for re-election, nor have they recently …
News
Two Guns Found In Hands Of Driver, 76, Who Died Of Suicide Behind Hackensack Police HQ
DUAL WIELD: A 76-year-old Hackensack resident was holding two handguns when he shot and killed himself behind city police headquarters, authorities said Friday. A city employee spotted the victim slumped over the wheel of his 2020 Hyundai Elantra in the rear parking lot off Central Avenue around 6:50 p.m. Thursday, Lt. Anthony DiPersia said. In his hands were two guns, DiPersia said. There were no indications of foul play, the lieutenant said. Responders said the man held a 9mm and a .45-caliber, which was the weapon that was believed used. The flash could be seen on surve…
Police & Fire
Hackensack PD: Traffic Light Toppled In Red Light Rollover Crash
A crash caused when a driver ran a red light toppled a traffic light Tuesday morning in Hackensack, authorities said. The 50-year-old Nissan Pathfinder driver from Hackensack was headed south on Summit Avenue when he ignored the red light at Central Avenue, Lt. Anthony Natale said. The 2007 Pathfinder collided with a 2020 Hyundai Sonata at the intersection and rolled onto its roof, knocking down the light pole, he said. All of the occupants got out under their own steam, Natale said, adding that they and the other driver refused medical attention. Police issued summonses to the Pathfinder…
Police & Fire
Utility Pole Toppled In Crash Outside Hackensack Church
An SUV collided with a sedan and then toppled a utility pole outside a Hackensack church on Thursday. The drivers – both female from Hackensack, one 75 and the other 47 – were hospitalized with minor injuries, as was a 14-year-old boy who was in the older driver’s Toyota Rav 4, Police Lt. Gregory Zisa said. The SUV collided with a Toyota Corolla in front of Mount Olive Baptist Church at Second Street and Central Avenue, Zisa said, adding that the building wasn’t damaged. The instability of the pole closed the intersection for several hours while PSE&G made repairs. The instability…
News
Police
: Teaneck Woman Possibly DWI Arrested In Connection With Rochelle Park DPW Hit-Run
A Teaneck woman suspected of drunk driving was taken into police custody after hitting a landscaping trailer that was pushed into a DPW worker in Rochelle Park, then fleeing the scene with two kids in the car, authorities said. Sheree Rogers, 33, fled from the Midland School incident in a black Dodge Caravan around 10:35 a.m., but was stoped by Hackensack police a short while later on Summit and Central avenues, Rochelle Park Det. Sgt. James DePreta said. The DPW worker was treated at the scene for minor injuries at the scene, DePreta said. The children in Rogers' car were taken to a…
Police & Fire
Minivan With Kids Inside Injures DPW Worker In Rochelle Park Hit-Run
A DPW worker was treated for minor injuries after a minivan with juveniles inside struck a trailer hitting him in a Rochelle Park chain reaction crash Friday morning. Sheree Rogers, 33, fled from the Midland School incident in a black Dodge Caravan around 10:35 a.m., but was stoped by Hackensack police a short while later on Summit and Central avenues, Rochelle Park Det. Sgt. James DePreta said. The female driver didn't get far when she tried to flee the scene at the Midland School and was stopped by Hackensack police soon after, authorities said. The incident was under investigation as o…
Police & Fire
Hackensack Officer Saves Bleeding Car Crash Victim's Life With Bare Hands
Hackensack Police Office Sergio Raneli doesn't go anywhere without QuikClot Combat Gauze. It ended up saving a man's life. The five-year department veteran was the first officer on the scene of a single-car crash earlier this month. As he approached the corner of Summit and Central avenues June 1, he saw a convertible that had slammed into a utility pole. Drawing closer, he noticed the driver propped up against the pole -- blood squirting from his head. "The gauze was the first thing I thought of when I saw the amount of blood lost in the car, on the pavement and what was profusely …
Police & Fire
Police Officer, SUV Passengers Hospitalized After Crash
A Hackensack police officer responding to a call and two occupants of an SUV were hospitalized -- all for precautionary reasons -- after a collision Sunday afternoon. The driver of the Toyota refused medical attention after the 2:32 p.m. crash at the intersection of Prospect and Central avenues. The officer had her vehicle's lights and siren on at the time, Capt. Francesco Aquila said. No serious injuries were sustained, he said.