Man Taking Pics In Bookstore Girl's Bathroom Identified, Had Child Porn, Police Say Man Taking Pics In Bookstore Girl's Bathroom Identified, Had Child Porn, Police Say
Man Taking Pics In Bookstore Girl's Bathroom Identified, Had Child Porn, Police Say A man caught secretly recording females in bathroom stalls at a Barnes & Noble on Route 3 in Clifton was carrying child porn videos, authorities said. Juan Mejia, 44, of Paterson, was being held Friday in the Passaic County Jail pending a detention hearing this coming Wednesday. Mejia was arrested for secretly videotaping two separate females who were using the bathroom stalls, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Mark Centurione said Friday.He was charged with separate counts of child endangerment for the videos and could face additional counts as an inv…
PD: Pic Taker In Route 3 Bookstore Girl's Bathroom Not Same As Driver Who Exposed Himself Twice PD: Pic Taker In Route 3 Bookstore Girl's Bathroom Not Same As Driver Who Exposed Himself Twice
PD: Pic Taker In Route 3 Bookstore Girl's Bathroom Not Same As Driver Who Exposed Himself Twice A man reportedly caught secretly taking photos in a women's bathroom stall at a Barnes & Noble on Route 3 isn't the same one who exposed himself last month to two different girls in Clifton -- and possibly elsewhere, authorities said Thursday.  The Passaic County Prosecutor's Office was expected to release information about Wednesday's incident at the Clifton Commons shopping center. A customer said it began while she and her mother were looking for a book and her cellphone "started going off like crazy." It was her daughter texting her that someone in the bathroom stall…
UPDATE: Jersey City Motorcyclist, 26, Seriously Injured In Chase, Crash With Clifton PD UPDATE: Jersey City Motorcyclist, 26, Seriously Injured In Chase, Crash With Clifton PD
Update: Jersey City Motorcyclist, 26, Seriously Injured In Chase, Crash With Clifton PD A Jersey City man who was being followed by Clifton police sustained serious injuries after crashing his motorcycle on Route 3 at the Route 1&9 off-ramp, authorities said. The 26-year-old motorcyclist was headed eastbound he crashed his 2000 Suzuki just after 9 p.m. Sunday, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said. The motorcyclist, who wasn't identified, was unconscious and unresponsive following the crash, authorities said. He was later discharged after being treated at Jersey City Medical Center, Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. All area lanes were temporarily closed and t…
Would-Be Robbers Ambush Rutherford Hotel Hooker, Flee Empty-Handed, Police Say Would-Be Robbers Ambush Rutherford Hotel Hooker, Flee Empty-Handed, Police Say
Would-Be Robbers Ambush Rutherford Hotel Hooker, Flee Empty-Handed, Police Say Two would-be robbers targeted a prostitute plying her trade at a Rutherford hotel and ended up fleeing empty-handed, authorities said. The 34-year-old Bronx woman had "set up shop" at the Extended Stay America just off Route 3 when a scheduled customer knocked on the door just after 4:30 a.m. Saturday, Police Capt. Patrick Feliciano said. Seeing one man there, she opened the door and was rushed by him and an accomplice, Feliciano said. "It turns out they'd set her up," the captain said. "She told them her money was in another room with someone else," he said. "When they backed off, she ra…
Customers Unimpressed By New Tick Tock Diner, Manager Says Not Much Has Changed Customers Unimpressed By New Tick Tock Diner, Manager Says Not Much Has Changed
Customers Unimpressed By New Tick Tock Diner, Manager Says Not Much Has Changed Pretty but pricy: That's what nostalgic customers say of Clifton's new-and-improved Tick Tock Diner. The Route 3 locale recently unveiled changes made during a 10-week renovation -- its first in nearly 25 years. Online reviews and customers who wrote to Daily Voice said the prices are higher, menus are different and portions are smaller. Tick Tock Diner's general manager Teddy Daniil, however, says: Not so. "Many of the changes are interior design and most of them are just the color of the booth, wallpaper, new bar counter," Daniil said. "It's the old counter with padded seats -- nice, b…
Tick Tock Diner Opens After Revamp Tick Tock Diner Opens After Revamp
Tick Tock Diner Opens After Revamp The Tick Tock Diner is back in business. Clifton's legendary Route 3 eatery recently reopened after a 10-week renovation. ** UPDATE: Customers Unimpressed By New Tick Tock Diner, Manager Says Not Much Has Changed ** The revamped diner sports a new executive chef, modernized menu, expanded bar and updated interior (last renovated 25 years ago). Since opening in 1948, the Tick Tock Diner has evolved with the times from humble beginnings as a small roadside diner.  The current owners bought it in 1987 and expanded the building to its present size in 1994. This year’s renovation is the firs…
Work-Bound Lyndhurst Woman Killed When Truck Hits Tree Work-Bound Lyndhurst Woman Killed When Truck Hits Tree
Work-Bound Lyndhurst Woman Killed When Truck Hits Tree A Lyndhurst woman on her way to work was killed when her truck slammed into a tree early Saturday, authorities said. The 40-year-old victim was pronounced dead at the scene after her Chevy Tahoe struck the tree off the northbound lane across from an industrial park on Chubb Avenue near Route 3 around 7:15 a.m., Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. Although the investigation was in its early stages, speed appeared to be a factor, Auteri said. The limit on that stretch is 25 miles an hour. Auteri thanked township firefighters and the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification,…
Clifton PD: Nutley Police Nab Teen Who Mugged Cabbie Outside Route 3 Hotel Clifton PD: Nutley Police Nab Teen Who Mugged Cabbie Outside Route 3 Hotel
Clifton PD: Nutley Police Nab Teen Who Mugged Cabbie Outside Route 3 Hotel Nutley police captured a 17-year-old delinquent who was wearing a monitoring bracelet when he mugged a cab driver in the parking lot of a Clifton hotel, authorities said Monday. The driver told police he tried retrieving his wallet after the robber snatched it in the parking lot of the La Quinta Inn & Suites on eastbound Route 3 while requesting a ride to Newark around 9:30 p.m. Sunday, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The driver instead got pushed to the ground, where he hit his head, and the robber fled, Bracken said. Nutley police who’d heard the alert spotted the 17-year-old susp…
RT 3 STANDSTILL: Motorcyclist Seriously Injured In Clifton Crash RT 3 STANDSTILL: Motorcyclist Seriously Injured In Clifton Crash
RT 3 Standstill: Motorcyclist Seriously Injured In Clifton Crash UPDATE: A motorcyclist was hospitalized with serious injuries after a Friday crash that continued to keep eastbound Route 3 closed, responders said. The victim was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson after both Advanced Life Support and Basic Life Support units responded to the 6 p.m. crash. The highway remained closed and still hadn't reopened well over an hour later, as investigators collected evidence and interviewed witnesses. Meanwhile, police detoured vehicles onto Bloomfield Avenue. There were also rubbernecking delays on the westbound side. The highway r…
Driver Critical After Garbage Truck Plummets Off Overpass Driver Critical After Garbage Truck Plummets Off Overpass
Driver Critical After Garbage Truck Plummets Off Overpass A Union City DPW garbage truck plummeted off an overpass onto westbound Route 495 in Weehawken after the driver suffered a medical emergency Wednesday afternoon, responders told Daily Voice. The driver was taken to Jersey City Medical Center with critical injuries, they said.  A passenger in the truck sustained a broken femur, police at the scene told Daily Voice. The driver -- who apparently suffered a heart attack -- and another person who was on the street above were also hospitalized, as were several people who were aboard a bus that struck the truck after it landed, they said. In to…
ON3: What You Need To Know About Clifton's Next Generation, Self-Contained Lifestyle Hub ON3: What You Need To Know About Clifton's Next Generation, Self-Contained Lifestyle Hub
ON3: What You Need To Know About Clifton's Next Generation, Self-Contained Lifestyle Hub A redevelopment group is working to transform the former Hoffmann-LaRoche campus in Passaic and Essex counties into a self-contained, next-generation lifestyle hub. An L-shaped, luxury hotel complete with rooftop dining and views of the New York City skyline is the latest project slated for ON3, a 116-acre campus along Route 3 straddling the Clifton-Nutley boarder already home to several tenants. "ON3 represents New Jersey’s largest contemplated redevelopment," according to redeveloper Prism Capital Partners, LLC, which you may recognize from its work on the landmark six-story warehous…
Driver With Serious Head Injury Freed In Route 46 Rollover Crash In Clifton Driver With Serious Head Injury Freed In Route 46 Rollover Crash In Clifton
Driver With Serious Head Injury Freed In Route 46 Rollover Crash In Clifton The driver of an SUV that snapped a utility pole and rolled over Saturday morning on rain-slicked eastbound Route 46 in Clifton sustained a head injury, responders said. The patient, who had to be extricated before being hospitalized, was conscious following the crash with another vehicle just before 9 a.m. near the Route 3 split, they said. Clifton police, firefighters and EMS responded to the crash, which closed the highway well past 10 a.m. while an investigation was conducted. The Passaic County prosecutor’s fatal accident investigation unit was notified, given the severity of the inju…