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Route 19, NJ
Police & Fire
Man Found Shot Dead In Car On Paterson Street
A man was found shot dead before dawn in a parked car on a Paterson street, and authorities haven't yet said whether or not they consider it suspicious. They're seeking witnesses. The man, whom authorities were trying to identify, was found by officers acting on a tip in the area of Route 19 and Ward Street shortly after 5:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 3, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Officer-In-Charge Isa Abbassi said in a brief release. He had a gunshot wound in his head, they said. They didn’t say whether a weapon was found or whether they consider the circums…
News
North Jersey Strip Club Owner Charged With Sexually Assaulting Dancer
The Bergen County owner of a Paterson strip club sexually assaulted one of his dancers, authorities charged. John Acunto, 62, of Ho-Ho-Kus was arrested in connection with a series of incidents in a "VIP room" at Johnny A’s Hitching Post on Barclay Avenue just off Valley Road and Route 19, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes said. Paterson police initially had responded to a report of a sexual assault at the club last Sept. 28, Valdes said. Members of her Sexual Investigations Unit then "collected evidence and interviewed the victim and witnesses" before charging Acunto with two counts…
News
Anatomy
OF A
Drug
Bust
: Paterson Detectives Smash Street-Level Crew At Familiar Corner
A street-level drug operation that opened for business off a highly-trafficked corner in Paterson around 7 a.m. each day had reached an estimated $90,000 a month in sales before city detectives put a stop to it, authorities said. Investigators seized two pounds of cocaine, dozens of pills and more while arresting six people during an investigation centered on a corner that pours constant traffic onto southbound Route 19, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. They also found a ledger that kept detailed track of sales, he said. The crew's primary bases of operation were an apartment ab…
Police & Fire
NJ Man Reunited With Family After 18 Years Dies In Highway Crash
A 55-year-old Bergenfield man was killed in a crash on Route 1&9 just two weeks after bringing his family to the US from India after 18 years apart, according to authorities and those who knew him. Roy Thomas was driving a box truck when he ran into the back of a tractor trailer at a high rate of speed in Newark near the Kearny border early Tuesday morning, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. Thomas was pronounced dead at the scene just after 3 a.m. The driver of the tractor trailer remained at the …
News
Authorities: Bergen Couple Killed When Speeding Sedan Slams Into Tonnelle Ave Tractor-Trailer
UPDATE: A North Arlington driver and his female passenger from Bergenfield were killed when their speeding sedan slammed into the side of a tractor-trailer in North Bergen before dawn Wednesday, authorities said. Luis Fernando Cevallos, 24, and his as-yet unidentified 27-year-old passenger were pronounced dead at the scene of the 2:15 a.m. crash on Tonnelle Avenue at the Paterson Plank Road overpass. The tractor-trailer, whose driver was making an early delivery, was perpendicular across Route 1&9 when it was struck behind the rear wheel by their southbound 2022 Kia Stinger, township Po…
News
Wild
Chase
: NJ State Police Cruiser Rammed Twice In Multi-Town Pursuit
A New Jersey State Police cruiser was struck twice during a wild pursuit that began on Route 80 and ended on a quiet suburban street, authorities said. The cruiser was one of three NJSP vehicles in all that were damaged by a stolen van whose two occupants – a man and woman -- bailed out and fled following a nearly half-hour chase, they said. It began when a trooper tried to stop the speeding white Ford Econoline on westbound Route 80 in Woodland Park shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday, NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan said. The driver exited the interstate onto the Route 23 service road in Wayne,…
News
Paterson PD: Detectives Disrupt Drug Dealer's Drive-Up Business
Buyers came and went as Paterson detectives watched a city dealer provide drive-up service from a dead end street near Route 19. They followed one buyer out of the area, then watched another meet with Jonathan Delgado, 25, on Jersey Street before moving in on Monday, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. The investigators arrested the buyer and Delgado, who lives several blocks away on Market Street. He had 62 bags of cocaine, along with a .380 Feg Army handgun and $303 in proceeds, in his car, Speziale said. Delgado was charged with drug and weapons offenses and sent to the Pa…
Police & Fire
Woman Pinned By Truck, Killed On Route 1&9
A woman was struck and killed by a tractor trailer early Wednesday in Elizabeth. The incident occurred on Route 1&9 near East Jersey Street around 4:10 a.m., responders told Daily Voice. The victim appeared to have gotten pinned under the truck's tires. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The roadway was still closed as of 9:30 a.m. The truck also had a large dumpster attached to the back, and remained at the scene. This is a developing story. Check back for more.
Police & Fire
Serious Crash Shuts Route 19 In Paterson
A serious and possibly deadly crash closed a portion of Route 19 in Paterson Saturday afternoon. The county's fatal accident investigation team was called to the southbound side of the highway at Grand Street at approximately 2:20 p.m. The highway was expected to be closed for several hours.
News
Driver Seriously Injured In Rollover Off Route 80
A driver was seriously injured in a horrific rollover crash off Route 80 in Paterson early Thursday evening. New Jersey State Police, Paterson firefighters and EMS responded after the small SUV crashed on the exit off the westbound highway to Route 19 shortly before 8 p.m. The 20-something driver, who lost consciousness after being ejected, suffered multiple injuries, responders said. He was taken to nearby St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center. The driver was taken to St. Joe's.Jo Fehl for DAILY VOICE
News
Paterson Passenger, 18, Killed, Two Injured When Car Rolls Down Route 80 Embankment
UPDATE: Two men remained hospitalized following a Route 80 crash that killed an 18-year-old Paterson man Sunday night. Diego Guzman and another passenger were thrown from a car that veered off the westbound highway and rolled down an embankment through a bank of trees above Route 19, New Jersey State Police said. Guzman was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver and other passenger who was also ejected, both 18, were taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson. Paterson police and firefighters also responded.
Police & Fire
Sinkhole Closes Route 19
A large sinkhole closed the southbound lanes of Route 19 at the Paterson/Clifton border Wednesday night. How long before the highway is reopened was anyone's guess. Responders said it could take hours or even days depending on the condition of a huge drainage pipe beneath the roadway. The hole began to open around 4 p.m., forcing a single lane closure. It widened until eventually all three lanes were compromised, responders said. Traffic was being detoured onto Valley Road to Marshall Street to South Broad Street back to the highway.
Police & Fire
Out-Of-Town Burglars Break Into 15 Cars On Clifton Lot, More Across Town
CLIFTON, N.J. -- Burglars who police said arrived in a stolen car -- then swiped another to make their getaway -- smashed windows to 15 vehicles in a Clifton towing company lot, as well as several more across town, authorities said. Detectives were still compiling a list of valuables taken during the break-ins, which Lt. Robert Bracken said occurred sometime late Wednesday into overnight Thursday. The accounting will be a chore, given that the 15 cars on the Polizzi Towing lot on Wabash Avenue belonged to customers and/or were being stored there at the time, Bracken said. During the same t…
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