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SWAT Team Surrounds Hudson County Building With Barricaded Suspect (DEVELOPING) SWAT Team Surrounds Hudson County Building With Barricaded Suspect (DEVELOPING)
SWAT Team Surrounds Hudson County Building With Barricaded Suspect (Developing) A SWAT standoff was underway on a Hudson County street Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 4, Daily Voice has learned. The Hudson County Regional SWAT Team surrounded a building at 70th Street and Hudson Avenue, where a barricaded suspect has refused to cooperate with officers, Lt. Aleksandar Ramadanovic said. The incident began around 1:23 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 4, when the building superintendent reported that a tenant had broken into another apartment, Ramadanovic stated. The suspect, who has an active criminal warrant for a separate incident, then barricaded himself inside his own apartment…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Driver, 34, Killed, Baby Injured After Rear-Ending Tractor-Trailer On NJ Turnpike: Police Driver, 34, Killed, Baby Injured After Rear-Ending Tractor-Trailer On NJ Turnpike: Police
Driver, 34, Killed, Baby Injured After Rear-Ending Tractor-Trailer On NJ Turnpike: Police A 34-year-old Nutley man was killed and his 20-month-old baby injured when the sedan they were riding in struck the back of a tractor-trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike in Bergen County on Sunday night, Sept. 29, police said. Justin Veras was heading north in a Toyota Camry when he struck the back of a disabled Kenworth tractor-trailer in the right lane near milepost 121.4 in Fort Lee around 9:10 p.m., New Jersey State Police Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said. Veras was killed while the baby was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Lebron said. There were no other injuries report…

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by Cecilia Levine
Weather
Falling Tree Misses Officer, Major Roadways Flooded: North Jersey Storm Damage Update Falling Tree Misses Officer, Major Roadways Flooded: North Jersey Storm Damage Update
Falling Tree Misses Officer, Major Roadways Flooded: North Jersey Storm Damage Update North Jersey residents are feeling the impact of this week's storm with thousands still without power and schools closed or delayed. In Bergen County, houses were hit on East Midland Avenue in Paramus and on Sunset Avenue in Englewood. A Mahwah police officer also escaped serious injury when a falling tree struck his cruiser. Route 17 was closed in both directions at various times in multiple spots, including in Hasbrouck Heights around 9:30 p.m., in East Rutherford just before midnight and in Rochelle Park about an hour later. A stretch of Route 46 in Lodi also was under water, as we…

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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine
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Flooding Closes Major Roadways Across NJ, Rescues Under Way (UPDATE) Flooding Closes Major Roadways Across NJ, Rescues Under Way (UPDATE)
Flooding Closes Major Roadways Across NJ, Rescues Under Way (Update) Heavy rain on Friday, Sept. 29 closed major roadways across New Jersey. Gov. Phil Murphy declared a State of Emergency in the late afternoon, as rain continued falling, leaving drivers trapped in flood waters across the state. Dunderhook Road at Paramus Road in Paramus remained closed due to flooding, leading the borough's Office of Emergency Management to urge an evacuation of the area late Friday afternoon. Meanwhile, a crew used a backhoe and a long stick to try and clear branches, leaves and other debris from a Saddle River tributary that runs beneath the road. Dunderhook Road at …

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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine