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DWI Midland Park Driver, 34, Lands On Lawn, Assaults Arresting Officer, Police Charge (PHOTOS) DWI Midland Park Driver, 34, Lands On Lawn, Assaults Arresting Officer, Police Charge (PHOTOS)
DWI Midland Park Driver, 34, Lands On Lawn, Assaults Arresting Officer, Police Charge (Photos) A 34-year-old Midland Park man is facing charges following a DWI incident in Ridgewood, police said. Ridgewood officers responded to East Glen Avenue at Northern Parkway, where Edwin Barahona's Nissan sedan ended up on the front lawn of a home Friday, June 21, just before 4 p.m., Sgt. Ray Tarino tells Daily Voice. Photo(s) of the day, 06/21/2024: A late Friday afternoon, 06/21, hit and run crash resulted in Ridgewood PD patrol... Posted by Boyd A. Loving on Friday, June 21, 2024 Photo(s) of the day, 06/21/2024: A late Friday afternoon, 06/21, hit and run crash resulted in Rid…

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by Cecilia Levine
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SEEN THEM? Ridgewood Police Seek Two Burglars Who Fled In Getaway Car SEEN THEM? Ridgewood Police Seek Two Burglars Who Fled In Getaway Car
Seen Them? Ridgewood Police Seek Two Burglars Who Fled In Getaway Car Ridgewood police are attempting to locate two people who attempted a residential burglary in the village on Thursday, Feb. 15. At 5:15 p.m., officers responded to a report of a package theft at a home in the area of Northern Parkway and East Glen Avenue, Ridgewood police said. The homeowner said when they arrived home they confronted two people inside their residence, police said. The duo fled north on foot across East Glen Avenue into a waiting getaway vehicle, a newer model red or burgundy colored Jeep Grand Cherokee, police said. The vehicle fled west on Glen Avenue toward North Maple Av…

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by Sam Barron
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Woman, Child OK After Collision With Landscaping Truck In Ridgewood Woman, Child OK After Collision With Landscaping Truck In Ridgewood
Woman, Child OK After Collision With Landscaping Truck In Ridgewood A woman and child were shaken up but otherwise OK after their wagon collided with a small dump truck Saturday morning in Ridgewood. The other driver and his passengers were OK after the woman's Volvo Cross Country and his Holly Hill Landscaping truck from Haledon crashed at the corner of East Glen Avenue and Northern Parkway around 10 a.m. Saturday, June 17. Ridgewood police, firefighters and EMS responded. All Points Towing removed the Volvo. The Volvo Cross Country collided with this small dump truck from Holly Hill Landscaping truck in Haledon.Boyd A. Loving Boyd A. Loving took the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Smoky Fire Damages Ridgewood Home Smoky Fire Damages Ridgewood Home
Smoky Fire Damages Ridgewood Home Firefighters doused a smoky house blaze Monday morning in Ridgewood. The fire is believed to have begun in the basement and spread upward through the walls of the George Street home off Canterbury Place -- just a couple blocks from the firehouse on East Glen Avenue -- around 9:45 a.m. April 17. Firefighters had the flames doused within a half-hour. The fire on George Street broke out around 9:45 a.m. Monday, April 17.Boyd A. Loving The 2½-story wood-frame house was left with heavy smoke and water damage, however, rendering it uninhabitable. Mutual aid that Daily Voice was told respond…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Organized Crew Nabbed After Snatching $12G Worth Of Winter Clothing From Ski Barn: Paramus PD Organized Crew Nabbed After Snatching $12G Worth Of Winter Clothing From Ski Barn: Paramus PD
Organized Crew Nabbed After Snatching $12G Worth Of Winter Clothing From Ski Barn: Paramus PD A trio of high-end shoplifters who swiped nearly $18,000 worth of jackets and parkas from a Paramus Ski Barn earlier this month were captured after hitting the same store exactly a week later, authorities said. Shoppers and motorists were among those who looked on as the members of the shoplifting crew bolted from the Route 17 store with $12,000 worth of winter clothing around noon on Thanksgiving Eve, Paramus Deputy Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. Fortunately, a Ski Barn employee had recognized the organized "Loyal" crew members from the week before and already called police. Officer J…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Ridgewood Firefighters Free Driver In Crash Ridgewood Firefighters Free Driver In Crash
Ridgewood Firefighters Free Driver In Crash Ridgewood firefighters freed a driver who was trapped in her sedan following a collision with another vehicle. The extricated Toyota Camry driver was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening following the afternoon crash at the intersection of East Glen and Van Emburgh avenues on Monday, Nov. 21. The other driver didn't appear injured. The Camry had to be towed. Aftermath at the scene near the corner of East Glen and Van Emburgh avenues in Ridgewood on Monday, Nov. 21.Boyd A. Loving Also responding with village police and fir…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Truck Downs Wires, Closes Busy Thoroughfare In Ridgewood Truck Downs Wires, Closes Busy Thoroughfare In Ridgewood
Truck Downs Wires, Closes Busy Thoroughfare In Ridgewood A truck snapped a utility pole in half, downing wires and temporarily blocking access to a Ridgewood school on Monday. The crash occurred on East Glen Avenue near Quackenbush Place just off northbound Route 17 shortly after 9:30 a.m. The driver wasn't injured. Access to the nearby Glen School was temporarily cut off while repairs were being made. Ridgewood police, firefighters and EMS responded, along with a PSE&G crew. Boyd A. Loving took the photo and contributed to this report. East Glen Avenue in Ridgewood was closed near the Glen School until repairs could be made.Boyd A. L…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Wrong-Way Hit-Run DWI Driver Mounts Ridgewood Sidewalk, Plows Over Parking Signs Police: Wrong-Way Hit-Run DWI Driver Mounts Ridgewood Sidewalk, Plows Over Parking Signs
Police: Wrong-Way Hit-Run DWI Driver Mounts Ridgewood Sidewalk, Plows Over Parking Signs An Upper Saddle River motorist was drunk when he drove into oncoming traffic and onto a Ridgewood sidewalk, knocking over parking signs, before his SUV slammed into another vehicle several blocks away, authorities said. One of the damaged signs was wedged into the front bumper of his Kia when police found Kenneth Nelson, 53, several blocks away, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. After at first driving into oncoming traffic and on the sidewalk on Cottage Street, Nelson continued down Franklin Avenue to North Maple Avenue around 6 p.m. Wednesday, Luthcke said. He made it to East Glen Av…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Ridgewood Firefighters Free Driver In Rollover Crash Ridgewood Firefighters Free Driver In Rollover Crash
Ridgewood Firefighters Free Driver In Rollover Crash Ridgewood firefighters extricated a driver who was trapped after her SUV got knocked onto its side in a collision Wednesday afternoon. The woman was hospitalized after her Subaru Forester collided with a Hyundai Santa Fe on East Glen Avenue at Corona Place around 2:30 p.m. Paramedics from the Valley Hospital joined the Ridgewood Volunteer Ambulance Corps and village police and firefighters at the scene. A flatbed truck was called to remove the Subaru. No other injuries were immediately reported. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Sedan Topples Pole Outside Ridgewood School Sedan Topples Pole Outside Ridgewood School
Sedan Topples Pole Outside Ridgewood School A driver escaped injury Wednesday when his car slammed into a utility pole outside a Ridgewood elementary school. The four-door Honda slammed into the pole on East Glen Avenue at North Vien Street next to the Benjamin Franklin Middle School around 12:50 p.m. It toppled a street sign and left the pole leaning over the vehicle. Casualties included a street sign.Boyd A. Loving Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account. The driver escaped injury.Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Officers OK after Ridgewood Police Cars Collide Officers OK after Ridgewood Police Cars Collide
Officers OK after Ridgewood Police Cars Collide Two Ridgewood police officers escaped serious injury Sunday after their patrol vehicles collided while both were responding to a CPR call. Both were taken to the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood for evaluation after the crash involving a marked SUV and sedan at East Glen Avenue and North Van Dien Avenue, one of which snapped a utility pole. Responders included village firefighters, EMS and Emergency Services members. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEEN It? Ridgewood Police Seek Hit-Run Driver Who Struck Officer SEEN It? Ridgewood Police Seek Hit-Run Driver Who Struck Officer
Seen It? Ridgewood Police Seek Hit-Run Driver Who Struck Officer RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- Ridgewood police released a photo Wednesday morning of a car that struck a village police officer and then sped off. The officer was struck on Van Emburgh Avenue during a traffic stop near Cathleen Terrace -- near the Washington Township border -- just after 10:30 a.m Monday, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. The officer sustained minor injuries, she said. Authorities were searching for a 2014 or newer dark-colored Acura TLX sedan, which had been going south on Van Emburgh Avenue toward East Glen Avenue after the collision.  Anyone who might have seen it, or knows w…

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by Jerry DeMarco