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Englewood PD: Neighbors Hear Argument Before Gunman Shoots Out Van Window Englewood PD: Neighbors Hear Argument Before Gunman Shoots Out Van Window
Englewood PD: Neighbors Hear Argument Before Gunman Shoots Out Van Window SEE ANYTHING? A gunman who shot out the back window of a van parked in Englewood near the Teaneck border before dawn Monday, police confirmed. Officer Brian Devenney was on Forest Avenue when he heard several quick shots around 2:40 a.m., Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. Corroborating reports from Teaneck police confirmed his suspicion that the shots originated from the area of Lorraine Avenue and Rosemont Place, where officers found the damaged van. Neighbors reported hearing some type of argument before the shots were fired, the deputy chief said. The van's owner said the gun…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
SEE ANYTHING? Arsonists Set Three Fires Hours Apart In Englewood SEE ANYTHING? Arsonists Set Three Fires Hours Apart In Englewood
SEE Anything? Arsonists Set Three Fires Hours Apart In Englewood Arsonists set three fires two hours apart at the same housing complex in Englewood, said authorities who were seeking the public's help finding those responsible. A resident and his girlfriend tries to douse the first fire with an extinguisher shortly before midnight Sunday at the Tryon Gardens apartments, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. Someone had set fire to discarded furniture next to a dumpster, he said. City firefighters extinguished the blaze, which charred one of the buildings and slightly melted the siding, Halsread said. There was no damage to the interior, nor were …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Shots Fired Through Walls Of Occupied Englewood Home UPDATE: Shots Fired Through Walls Of Occupied Englewood Home
Update: Shots Fired Through Walls Of Occupied Englewood Home No one was struck when someone fired several shots from outside into an occupied Englewood multi-family home Tuesday night, authorities said. Police were "exploring the possibility" that the shooting on West Palisade Avenue off the corner of Palisade Place shortly before 9 p.m. "stems from a stabbing at that very same location several weeks ago," Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. Several rounds passed through the walls into the home, Halstead said. The March 1 brawl sent three people to area hospitals with stab or slash wounds. SEE: Three Stabbed, Slashed in Englewood Brawl …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
SEE ANYTHING? Shots Fired Through Walls Of Occupied Englewood Home SEE ANYTHING? Shots Fired Through Walls Of Occupied Englewood Home
SEE Anything? Shots Fired Through Walls Of Occupied Englewood Home No one was struck when someone fired several shots from outside into an occupied Englewood multi-family home Tuesday night, authorities said. Police were "exploring the possibility" that the shooting on West Palisade Avenue off the corner of Palisade Place shortly before 9 p.m. "stems from a stabbing at that very same location several weeks ago," Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. Several rounds passed through the walls into the home, Halstead said. Halstead asked that anyone who might have seen something or has either surveillance video or information that could help catch whomeve…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEE ANYTHING? Englewood Police Probe Back-To-Back Home Burglaries SEE ANYTHING? Englewood Police Probe Back-To-Back Home Burglaries
SEE Anything? Englewood Police Probe Back-To-Back Home Burglaries Burglars ransacked two Englewood homes within earshot of one another last week, said police who were investigating the back-to-back break-ins. A resident on Brayton Street said he returned home shortly after 6:30 p.m. Thursday to find his home tossed, with drawers and clothing strewn around the place, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. As police were taking information there, a call came from an area of Booth Avenue behind the Brayton Street residence, Halstead said. The second homeowner told police that she found her back door open, the glass broken out of it and her house ransack…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEEN HER? Reward Boosted For Missing Sussex County Seeing Eye Dog SEEN HER? Reward Boosted For Missing Sussex County Seeing Eye Dog
Seen HER? Reward Boosted For Missing Sussex County Seeing Eye Dog The reward for finding a seeing eye dog from Sussex County who’s been missing nearly 2½ weeks was increased Thursday to $6,000. An anonymous tip line also was established to report any sightings of Ondrea, the 14-month-old black and tan German shepherd who reportedly bolted on June 24 after pushing through an exterior door with a broken latch at the Wantage home of a volunteer puppy raiser. Ondrea is fully grown -- about 50 pounds. She’s also microchipped and has a number tattooed in her right ear. “If anyone finds Ondrea, we will take her back with no questions asked,” said Peggy Gibbon…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Englewood PD: Gunman Caught In Violence-Plagued Neighborhood Blasting House With Paintballs Englewood PD: Gunman Caught In Violence-Plagued Neighborhood Blasting House With Paintballs
Englewood PD: Gunman Caught In Violence-Plagued Neighborhood Blasting House With Paintballs In a neighborhood plagued by violence, Englewood police chased down a man who they said peppered a house with paintballs from what looked like a genuine weapon. Responding Officer Adolfo Gutierrez spotted 18-year-old Sammuel Castillo running from the Mattlage Place home near Shepard Avenue after the shots were fired from a car that had pulled up there shortly before 7:30 p.m. Monday, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. Castillo was carrying what looked like a long gun -- actually a paintball gun, Halstead said. He tossed it alongside a house before being taken into custody, the depu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bullet Smashes Through House Wall, Other Damages Car In Englewood Bullet Smashes Through House Wall, Other Damages Car In Englewood
Bullet Smashes Through House Wall, Other Damages Car In Englewood One bullet passed through the wall of an Englewood family's home and another hit their car before dawn over the weekend, said police who were investigating the shooting. Officers responding to a shots fired call at 2:42 a.m. Saturday in the area of West Palisade Avenue and Palisade Place couldn’t substantiate the report, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. The next morning, however, a resident there discovered the rounds, he said. There was no evidence of anyone being wounded, the deputy chief said. An investigation was continuing. Halstead asked that who might have seen something…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
WATCH THIS: Englewood Cat Burglar Tries Breaking In While Residents Are Home WATCH THIS: Englewood Cat Burglar Tries Breaking In While Residents Are Home
Watch This: Englewood Cat Burglar Tries Breaking In While Residents Are Home An Englewood resident was home when surveillance cameras captured video of a burglar wearing a multi-colored windbreaker trying to break in. Police are hoping someone recognizes the distinctive jacket and contacts them.Ring Even though lights go on, the hoodied intruder -- whose face and hands were covered -- tries opening a window, then cases the exterior of the house for a way to get in. The sneaker- and sweatpants-wearing burglar then hears the chirp of a police siren and flees into nearby woods. The East Hill homeowner posted Ring videos of the incident, which occurred between 10:…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
SEE ANYTHING? Hospitalized Teaneck Man Says He Was Slashed In Englewood SEE ANYTHING? Hospitalized Teaneck Man Says He Was Slashed In Englewood
SEE Anything? Hospitalized Teaneck Man Says He Was Slashed In Englewood Englewood police sought the public’s help investigating a Teaneck man’s claim that he was slashed in a surprise attack on a city street by an assailant who then ran off. Police responded to Holy Name Medical Center after a friend drove the 24-year-old victim there before dawn Sunday, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. The victim told police he was attacked by “a lone assailant” as he walked on West Forest Avenue toward Teaneck sometime between 1-2 a.m., the deputy chief said. The attacker “without word or warning struck him twice in the face with what he described as a folding knif…

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RECOGNIZE HIM? (VIDEO) Englewood Police Hunt Liquor Store Burglar RECOGNIZE HIM? (VIDEO) Englewood Police Hunt Liquor Store Burglar
Recognize HIM? (Video) Englewood Police Hunt Liquor Store Burglar Authorities were trying to determine whether the burglary of an Englewood liquor store, captured on surveillance video, is related to the theft of cash from a lottery register by a man who covered himself in a huge sheet of plastic a little over a week earlier. Oprandy’s Wine & Liquor store was closed when the burglar took more than $1,000 from several cash registers and quickly fled around 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said Monday. The intruder was wearing dark clothing, gloves and a light-colored mask of some type, he said. The break-in follows a Feb. 8 inci…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Ex-Con, 73, Charged With Robbing Englewood, Hackensack Banks Of $13,000 Ex-Con, 73, Charged With Robbing Englewood, Hackensack Banks Of $13,000
Ex-Con, 73, Charged With Robbing Englewood, Hackensack Banks Of $13,000 A 73-year-old ex-con from Englewood robbed a Hackensack bank of $10,000 last October and an Englewood bank of $3,000 earlier this month, authorities charged. John Nottingham was turned over to the FBI after a caller seeking a reward tipped off the local CrimeStoppers group, Englewood Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said Monday. Nottingham approached a teller at the Valley National Bank on Hackensack Avenue just before 12:30 p.m. Oct. 20  wearing a black watch cap, green jacket, and black gloves, with his face partially concealed by a gray cloth, authorities said at the time, Torell said. H…

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by Jerry DeMarco