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Elmwood Park PD: Where Did Stolen Mail, Purse, Other Belongings In Hudson Trio's Car Come From? Elmwood Park PD: Where Did Stolen Mail, Purse, Other Belongings In Hudson Trio's Car Come From?
Elmwood Park PD: Where Did Stolen Mail, Purse, Other Belongings In Hudson Trio's Car Come From? A trio from Jersey City couldn’t explain what a stack of mail and other people’s belongings were doing in their car when they were stopped by Elmwood Park police before dawn Friday, authorities said. They also couldn’t name the friend whom they’d supposedly come to the area to visit, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Two of them ended up in custody. A resident alerted police to the outsiders apparently burglarizing vehicles on Falmouth Avenue near Mola Boulevard around 1 a.m. Feb. 24, Foligno said. Moments later, Officer Kenneth McKinney stopped a 2006 Honda Pilot that fit the descriptio…

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One Caught, One Sought In Airbag Thefts: Elmwood Park PD One Caught, One Sought In Airbag Thefts: Elmwood Park PD
One Caught, One Sought In Airbag Thefts: Elmwood Park PD Elmwood Park police arrested a Paterson man after an officer interrupted an overnight airbag theft in a quiet local neighborhood, authorities said. Officer Joshua Rodriguez was patrolling the area of 18th Avenue and East 54th Street when he spotted an unoccupied car on the side of the road with its engine running shortly before 2 a.m., Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Nearby were two men standing on either side of another vehicle. Seeing him, the men shouted to one another and took off on foot, the chief said. Fair Lawn police and a Bergen County sheriff's K-9 unit helped establish a pe…

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TRICK-OR-TREAT DRIVE-BY: Kids, Parents Shot With Air Soft Gun In Elmwood Park TRICK-OR-TREAT DRIVE-BY: Kids, Parents Shot With Air Soft Gun In Elmwood Park
Trick-or-treat Drive-by: Kids, Parents Shot With Air Soft Gun In Elmwood Park Five Elmwood Park kids and two parents out trick-or-treating Sunday night were shot with airsoft pellets from a passing vehicle, authorities said. The attackers emerged from the moon roof and two side windows of a black Nissan that pulled up to the group on Gilbert Avenue between Mola Boulevard and East 54th Street around 8:15 p.m., Police Chief Michael Foligno said. One of them then began firing an airsoft gun at them, he said. All seven victims refused medical treatment after being struck on various parts of their bodies, the chief said. Police saturated the area searching for those res…

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PHOTOS: Sedan Downs Elmwood Park Hedge, Fence, Slams Into Minivan, House PHOTOS: Sedan Downs Elmwood Park Hedge, Fence, Slams Into Minivan, House
Photos: Sedan Downs Elmwood Park Hedge, Fence, Slams Into Minivan, House ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- A car slammed into an Elmwood Park house -- narrowly missing a gas meter -- after downing part of a fence and a hedge, hitting a minivan and barreling across several lawns late Saturday morning. The 80-something driver was hospitalized with a severe leg injury after the chain-reaction crash on East 54th Street. After her sedan mounted a resident's lawn, the driver put it into reverse and hit the accelerator instead of the brake, knocking down a hedge and the fence before hitting the minivan, neighbor Dominick Scalcione told Daily Voice. "She then went forward, j…

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by Jerry DeMarco