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River Drive, Garfield, NJ
Police & Fire
Three Garfield Officers Struck By Fleeing Vehicle: Prosecutor
Three Garfield police officers were injured late Sunday night, Nov. 17, when vehicles fleeing a scene struck two of them and a police SUV over the weekend, authorities said. The incident began around 11:30 p.m. when Garfield officers responded to reports of suspicious individuals wearing masks in the 400 block of River Drive, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office said. As officers arrived, they encountered two vehicles fleeing the area. One of the vehicles struck two officers, while the second vehicle collided with an occupied Garfield Police Department SUV, officials said. The injured off…
News
$20K Scratch-Off Lottery Ticket Sold At Bergen County Liquor Store
A New Jersey Lottery scratch-off ticket winning a $20,000 prize was sold at a Bergen County liquor store. The ticket was purchased on Sunday, Sept. 22, at River Drive Bar & Liquor on River Drive in Garfield. A pair of $1 million lottery prizes were won in New Jersey over the weekend, one from the Mega Millions drawing on Friday, Sept. 20 in Middlesex County, and another in the Spectacular games on Sunday, Sept. 22 in Camden County.
Police & Fire
Update
: Popular Garfield Restaurant Ravaged By Overnight Fire (w/
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A firefighter was taken to a local hospital and two civilians were tended to at the scene of an overnight blaze that destroyed a popular Garfield restaurant and severely damaged the apartments above it. A passerby alerted authorities to the fire that broke on the first floor of DP's Pub and Seafood Grill on River Drive shortly after 2:30 a.m. Friday, April 12, responders said. Firefighters found flames engulfing the bar and spreading quickly through the upper floors. Police Capt. Mario Pozo said two second-floor tenants were treated for smoke inhalation at the scene after responding Garfie…
Police & Fire
Garfield Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Underage Teen
An unemployed 32-year-old Garfield man sexually assaulted an underage teen, investigators charged. Jarrell M. Taver Hudson is charged with a single offense against the child, who Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said was between 13 and 14 at the time. Detectives arrested Hudson on Wednesday following an investigation that began with a tip two months ago from the state Division of Child Protection & Permanency, the prosecutor said on Thursday, Sept. 27. Hudson -- who lives on River Drive near the Wall Street Bridge -- remained held in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appeara…
Police & Fire
Update
: Garfield Shooting Victim Stable: Bergen Prosecutor
UPDATE (June 22): Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives seized a repeat offender from Elmwood Park who they said shot a 26-year-old Jersey City man several times in a Garfield shopping center parking lot this past weekend. Joshua Casiano, 29, was already wanted on warrants out of Passaic and Clifton, records show, when investigators said he shot the victim and left him behind the Citizens Bank branch at the Mill Shoppes of Garfield just off River Drive late Sunday, June 18. The victim survived the 11:45 p.m. shooting and was reported by Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella to be in stable…
News
Driver Busted For Pointing Gun At Red Light In Garfield
A driver was arrested after police in Garfield said he pointed a gun at another motorist while stopped at an overnight light. Officer Daniel Fedor spotted the blue Chevy Camaro with temporary New Jersey plates at the Wawa complex on Jewell Street as he and his colleagues responded to a report of the threat at nearby Outwater Lane and River Drive shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday, March 26, Capt. Mario Pozo said. Fedor, who was joined by Officers Daniel Taylor Jr. and Charles Galbo, spotted a gun handle in plain view between the driver’s seat and the center console as he spoke with the driver, Ja…
Business
Popular Peruvian Restaurant Opens Another North Jersey Location
A popular North Jersey Peruvian restaurant chain has opened yet another location. The Lomo Truck's fourth location is now open on River Drive in Garfield. The restaurant has other locations in Woodland Park, Passaic and Jersey City. The eatery offers a variety of lomo — which translates to tenderloin — and a variety of Peruvian lo mein, ceviche, chicken dishes, empandas, chaufa and more. The Lomo Truck, 517 River Dr., Garfield.
News
Sheriff’s K-9 Sniffs Out Fleeing Offender Who Tried Hiding In Vacant Garfield Building Ductwork
A repeat offender bolted from Garfield police but was tracked down by a K-9 and removed with the help of firefighters after he tried hiding inside the ductwork of an abandoned building, authorities said. Officers Richy Mendez and Jaroslaw Wdowiak were responding to a resident’s car burglary call when they spotted city resident Jayden M. Barbarino Costa, 18, in the backyard of the victim’s Van Winkle Avenue home shortly before 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, Capt. Richard Uram said. Costa hopped several fences with the officers in pursuit. A perimeter was quickly established with help from Passaic poli…
News
Detectives Nab Ex-Con In Pair Of Brazen Gunpoint Stickups Of Garfield Liquor Store, Smoke Shop
GOTCHA! A clerk in a Garfield liquor store and another in a city smoke shop each had a gun pointed in their faces by a brazen Paterson ex-con who might've overlooked some details, authorities said. Forensic evidence recovered by the Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification helped lead city detectives to Nazier T. Askew, a 24-year-old convicted felon whose DNA and fingerprints were already on file. Askew struck just before 7 p.m. on separate nights barely a few blocks apart, Garfield Police Capt. Richard Uram said. The first was Feb. 7, when he entered World-Wide Liquors on…
News
Pre-Dawn Blaze Destroys Fire Safety Business, Apartments In Garfield
Flames blew through the roof and upper-floor windows of a Garfield building that houses a fire safety business and apartments, authorities said. First-responding police officers got four tenants of apartments above Firematic Safety Equipment out before part of a roof and stairwell collapsed in the two-story River Drive building shortly after 4:30 a.m., Police Capt. Richard Uram said. Firefighters battling the intense blaze from the exterior needed about an hour and a half to get the bulk of it knocked down. They had it under control another hour and a half later. No serious injuries were …
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Driver Stopped By Garfield PD Jumps Into Passaic River
A Jersey Shore man stopped by a Garfield police officer on Friday hopped out of his car and into the Passaic River, authorities said. Officer Jaroslaw Wdowiak stopped the 46-year-old driver from Toms River in the parking lot of the Custom Gas Station at the intersection of River Drive and DeWitt Street shortly after 12:30 p.m. Wdowiak was returning to his cruiser to write summonses when the driver suddenly got out, dashed around a fence and clambered down the riverbank and into the water, Deputy Police Chief Ronald Polonkay said. Two civilians helped the officer pull the man from the…
Police & Fire
Garfield PD: Ex-Con Who Ran After Car Burglary Claims He Was Just Exercising
A Morris County ex-con chased down by Garfield police after a vehicle burglary told them he was running to get some exercise, authorities said. Officer Nicholas Kopacz spotted Scott P. Cuskaden, 48, in a River Drive parking lot Wednesday night minutes after a man who fit his description broke into a vehicle on nearby Hobart Place, Capt. Richard Uram said. Cuskaden took off as Officer Jonathan Librizzi pulled into the parking lot in his marked police vehicle, the captain said. Librizzi chased down Cuskaden, who told the officer that he’d begun running for exercise, Uram said. Cuskaden, of …
Police & Fire
Garfield Police Charge Clifton Driver In June Pedestrian Hit-Run
Garfield police charged a 30-year-old Clifton man with a June hit-and-run crash that seriously injured a pedestrian. Dwayne M. Chess Jr. was driving a four-door Kia Forte that struck the 56-year-old victim on River Drive just south of Belmont Avenue shortly before 9:30 a.m. June 20, Capt. Richard Uram said. The car kept going south on River Drive with a damaged windshield and hood, he said. The victim "suffered multiple broken bones, among other injuries," for which he was still rehabilitating, Uram said Thursday. Detective Michael Latona charged Chess Jr with assault by auto and lea…
Police & Fire
Playful Pit Bull Rescued From River By Garfield Firefighters
A peppy pit bull named Rocky Balboa jumped into the swiftly-moving Saddle River in Garfield on Friday, requiring rescuers to fetch him. His Passaic owner was walking the year-and-a-half-year-old hound along the riverbank in the area of River Drive and Marsellus Place when he broke free to chase some Canada geese, Garfield Police Lt. Richard Uram said. The current took Rocky downstream after he jumped in, and the owner quickly lost sight of him, Uram said. Moments later, Garfield and Wallington police were searching along the banks with Garfield firefighters, the lieutenant said. Members …
Police & Fire
Seen
IT? Garfield Police Seek Help ID'ing Hit-Run Vehicle That Struck Pedestrian
Garfield police turned to the public for help Monday finding the hit-and-run driver who took off after hitting a pedestrian last month. The light-colored 2016-2018 four-door Kia Forte 4 struck the victim on River Drive just south of Belmont Avenue shortly before 9:30 a.m. June 20, Lt. Richard Uram said. The victim remained hospitalized in stable condition Monday, Uram said. The car kept going south on River Drive with a damaged windshield and hood. Anyone who might have seen something or has information that can help identify the car and/or driver is asked to contact Garfield police: (973…
Police & Fire
Suicidal Garfield Man Leads Police Chase To GWB And Back
A suicidal man led a police chase from Garfield to the George Washington Bridge and back before being taken into custody before dawn Monday. It began just before 2 a.m., when a River Drive resident called police to say the 22-year-old man was suicidal and had left, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. Just after 3:30 a.m., Officer Daniel Duleski saw him driving a 1993 four-door Toyota Corolla in the area of Dewitt and Oak streets, Sucorowski said. Duleski “approached the vehicle and advised him that he wanted to get him help,” but the driver hit the gas and took off he said. Officers pursued the…
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Garfield Pet Shop Drug Ring Had 56+ Pounds Of Pot, Weapons
Detectives found 56 pounds of pot, five rifles and two shotguns at a Garfield pet grooming shop while arresting five accused members of a drug-dealing operation during a series of raids. They also found an assault weapon, a revolver, ammunition and three high-capacity ammo magazines at the Passaic home of one of the alleged crew members, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Thursday. Calo’s detectives arrested three people connected to Happy Pet Tails on River Drive, including a Garfield couple, 31-year-old Jennifer M. Santos and Carlos M. Gutierrez, 30, following an investigati…
Police & Fire
Garfield PD: Officer Nabs Man Waving Knife Outside Deli
GARFIELD, N.J. -- A man being sought by Garfield police following reports that he waved a knife was found and arrested a day later – in the same spot, authorities said. Piotr Glowinski, 36, of Wallington had fled when responding officers arrived just after 9 p.m. Friday in front of Bratek Deli on River Drive, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. The following night, Officer Arkadiusz Dudek spotted Glowinski standing in front of the same deli and took him into custody, Sucorowski said. Glowinski was charged with weapons offenses and sent to the Bergen County Jail, where a judge ordered that he rem…
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