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Federal Agent Interrupts Carjacking, Hit By Fleeing Thugs' Vehicle At 'The Vince' Federal Agent Interrupts Carjacking, Hit By Fleeing Thugs' Vehicle At 'The Vince'
Federal Agent Interrupts Carjacking, Hit By Fleeing Thugs' Vehicle At 'The Vince' EXCLUSIVE: A U.S. Homeland Security officer was struck by a fleeing vehicle after interrupting an attempted carjacking Thursday at the Vince Lombardi Service Area off the New Jersey Turnpike, law enforcement sources told Daily Voice. Four black men in a black Porsche Macan were trying to take an elderly Jewish man's vehicle in the parking lot of the rest stop in Ridgefield around 11:30 a.m. Jan. 11, they said. Members of a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) task force who were working a separate investigation in the area intervened. The officer who was struck wasn't seriously injured, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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PalPark Motorcyclist, 33, Killed In NJ Turnpike Crash PalPark Motorcyclist, 33, Killed In NJ Turnpike Crash
PalPark Motorcyclist, 33, Killed In NJ Turnpike Crash A motorcyclist from Palisades Park was killed in a weekend crash on the New Jersey Turnpike in Ridgefield, State Police confirmed. Michael Agudelo, 33, was headed south on the turnpike's eastern spur near the Vince Lombardi Service Area when his Yamaha rear-ended a Buick sedan shortly before 2:30 a.m. Saturday, July 22, NJSP Sgt. Philip Curry said. Augdelo was ejected and sustained fatal injuries, the sergeant said on Sunday. The crash remains under investigation, Curry said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Two Charged In Pursuit Crash At Turnpike Rest Area Near GWB Two Charged In Pursuit Crash At Turnpike Rest Area Near GWB
Two Charged In Pursuit Crash At Turnpike Rest Area Near GWB Two Queens men whose rented SUV rolled at the Vince Lombardi Service Area on the New Jersey Turnpike when they tried to elude Bergen County prosecutor's detectives apparently didn’t have much reason to run. The Narcotic Task Force investigators tried stopping the white Dodge Durango on the Turnpike in Carlstadt shortly after 2 p.m. Wednesday, but the driver hit the gas and apparently headed for the George Washington Bridge. The SUV then crashed on a service road outside the rest stop in Ridgefield. The driver, 27-year-old Carvell G. Matthews, didn’t have a driver’s license, Bergen County P…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fort Lee PD: Homeless Ex-Con Fights Shopper For Purse, Flees In Stolen Car Fort Lee PD: Homeless Ex-Con Fights Shopper For Purse, Flees In Stolen Car
Fort Lee PD: Homeless Ex-Con Fights Shopper For Purse, Flees In Stolen Car A Fort Lee supermarket shopper struggled with a homeless career criminal who police said grabbed her purse before speeding off in a stolen car. Gregory Prior, 52, came up from behind and snatched the purse from a shopping cart full of groceries that the woman was pushing through the parking lot of the ACME on Lemoine Avenue shortly after 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Capt. Matthew Hintze said. The woman fought off Prior, then got the license plate number of the getaway car, which had been reported stolen out of Jersey City earlier in the morning, Hintze said. State Police found the car, parked and un…

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by Jerry DeMarco