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Berdan Avenue, Fair Lawn, NJ
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Cops ID Driver, 66, In Road Rage Ramming Of Elderly Victim In Fair Lawn (
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A 66-year-old Fair Lawn man has been charged with assault by auto and more, after police said he intentionally ran over a 70-year-old man on Thursday night, July 11. Officers respond to Berdan Avenue at Malcom Terrace around 7:20 p.m. where they found the victim lying in the roadway with several bruises and cuts to his head, Fair Lawn Police Sgt Eric Eleshewich said. At the scene in Fair Lawn. Boyd A. Loving The officers would come to learn that Norbetto P. Herrera was driving a white Hyundai Sonata when he struck the victim’s 2003 Toyota Camry on Plaza Road and Fairmount Place, and…
Police & Fire
Driver Hospitalized After Fair Lawn Crash Dumps Load Of Lumber
A driver was injured when his truck slammed into a guard rail, dumping a load of lumber near a busy Fair Lawn intersection. The Blue Ridge Lumber driver was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center by a Fair Lawn EMS ambulance following the crash on Plaza Road near Berdan Avenue shortly before 2:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 18. A team of co-workers from the Fair Lawn lumber company brought a huge forklift and cleaned up the mess. A heavy-duty wrecker removed the truck. Fair Lawn police are investigating the cause. Boyd A. Loving
Police & Fire
Water Main Break Opens Gaping Hole Off Route 208
A water main break Friday afternoon closed the entrance and exit ramps at a Route 208 interchange in Fair Lawn. The ramps along northbound Route 208 at Berdan Avenue off Plaza Road were affected after the road buckled under the water pressure, leaving a gaping hole, shortly after lunchtime Sept. 8. No vehicle damage or incidents were reported as a result. However, many residents reported brown water coming out of their taps. RIgs at the nearby Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps had to be removed before they got trapped. Berdan Avenue off Plaza Road off Route 208 was affected.Boyd A. …
Police & Fire
House Fire Doused In Fair Lawn
Firefighters in Fair Lawn quickly doused a destructive house blaze before noon on Wednesday. No injuries were reported in the Kipp Street fire, which Fair Lawn Fire Chief Jacob Mamo said broke out in the kitchen of a 1½-story home just off Plaza Road near the Berdan Avenue exit off northbound Route 208 shortly after 10:30 a.m. June 21. Firefighters had the two-alarm blaze knocked in minutes, then checked for any extension to the attic. The home nonetheless sustained significant damage. Firefighters had the two-alarm blaze on Kipp Street knocked in minutes, then checked for any extensi…
Police & Fire
911 Call Of Mother Shot, Siblings Held At Knifepoint Rattles Fair Lawn Neighborhood
The 911 call was chilling. A Fair Lawn police dispatcher heard what sounded like gunshots and people crying in the background as a caller claimed that he'd shot his mother and was holding two siblings at knifepoint. Fair Lawn patrol units and tactical officers immediately converged on Roosevelt Place at Berdan Avenue, where the call purportedly originated shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday, April 27. They were joined by Elmwood Park police and Bergen County sheriff's officers. A call for a Bergen County Regional SWAT team was quickly canceled, however. That's because the call was bogus. A sw…
News
Parked Cars Damaged In DWI Crashes, Fair Lawn Police Say
It was fortunate that parked cars -- and not people -- were struck in separate DWI crashes a week and a half apart in Fair Lawn, responders said. Kelbin Cardenes of Paterson was arrested after refusing a roadside sobriety test following a single-car crash on Morlot Avenue near Van Saun Place around 7:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve 2022, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Cardenes was released to a responsible adult after being charged with reckless driving, failure to remain in a single lane, DWI and refusing to submit to breath testing, the sergeant said. Miguel Alvarez of Elmwood Park was arrested after…
News
Distressed Hawthorne Man Disarmed By Fair Lawn Police After Threatening To Kill Dad
An armed and distressed Hawthorne man was subdued by police in Fair Lawn after he threatened to kill his father, authorities said. Officers who responded to a 911 call from the 25-year-old man himself found him holding a knife and a baseball bat on River Road at Berdan Avenue shortly after 2:30 a.m., Fair Lawn Sgt. Brian Metzler said. His father wasn't around, Metzler said. The officers were joined by Glen Rock police, who helped get the man to drop the knife, the sergeant said. "He tried to walk away from the officers," Metzler said, "but they were able to take him to the ground and sec…
News
Rescue
: Firefighters, Colleagues Remove Concrete Worker Who Fell Into Open Fair Lawn Foundation
PHOTOS: Fair Lawn firefighters used a combination of ladders, wooden slats and ropes to rescue a construction worker who fell more than 10 feet into an open foundation on Wednesday. The worker was in obvious pain after suffering injuries that responders said weren't considered life-threatening in the Berdan Avenue mishap near Philip Street. Members of Fair Lawn Heavy Rescue Services -- assisted by the victim's co-workers -- gingerly lifted him from the hole in a secured Stokes basket. Rescued.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE The worker was in obvious pain after suffering injuries that…
Police & Fire
Van Whacks Utility Pole In Fair Lawn
No injuries were reported after a van slammed into a utility pole Friday afternoon in Fair Lawn. Fair Lawn police and EMS responded to the crash at Plaza Road and Berdan Avenue. A flatbed tow truck removed the van. Boyd A. Loving took the photo and provided this account.
Police & Fire
'Someone Ran A Light' In Three-Vehicle Fair Lawn Crash
No one was injured in a three-car Fair Lawn crash Monday afternoon, responders said. A Toyota ended up crashing into a tree after colliding with a Chevy that was, in turn, struck from behind by a third vehicle at the corner of Berdan Avenue and Plaza Road around 2:45 p.m. One person complained of a hip injury but declined medical treatment, responders said. "Looks like someone blew a light," one said. All Points Auto & Towing removed the two severely damaged vehicles. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this story. Three vehicles in all were damaged -- two seriousl…
Police & Fire
Update
: Dog Leads Police To Family Of Pedestrian, 64, Struck Crossing Fair Lawn Street
A dog led police to the family of a 64-year-old pedestrian who was struck while crossing a Fair Lawn street Wednesday night, authorities said. Both he and the 61-year-old driver of the SUV that hit him in a crosswalk on Berdan Avenue just after 6:30 p.m. were hospitalized, Police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The pedestrian was reported in critical condition with head and leg injuries in the Intensive Care Unit at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, Metzler said. The driver was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with chest and arm injuries, he said, adding that a 6…
Police & Fire
Female Paterson Stabbing Victim Ends Up In Fair Lawn
A Paterson stabbing victim ended up at a home in Fair Lawn before dawn Thursday, authorities confirmed. The 24-year-old woman was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson by a Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance crew just after 1:30 a.m. with stab wounds in the arm, leg and back, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The victim was stabbed at Sixth Avenue and Butler Street, responders said. Metzler wasn't initially certain why she ended up at the Berdan Avenue ranch house, which records show is owned by an official with a law enforcement agency in another county. A search for the assa…
Police & Fire
Sedan Slams Into Utility Pole In Fair Lawn
No serious injuries were reported after a two-car crash sent one into a telephone pole in Fair Lawn. A Nissan Altima got the worst of it, slamming head-on into the pole on Plaza Road between Berdan Avenue and Kipp Street shortly before 1 a.m. The Altima had to be towed. The sedan had to be towed.DAILY VOICE
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