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Instacart Driver Leads Maywood Police To Hackensack Couple Trying To Steal Car: Authorities
Thanks to a conscientious Instacart driver, Maywood police caught an 18-year-old Hackensack man and a 17-year-old female companion trying to steal a vehicle, authorities said. The delivery driver directed police to the rear parking lot of a Hammell Place apartment complex shortly after 8 p.m. last Wednesday, Jan. 31, Maywood Detective Sgt. William Phayre said. Sgt. Gregory Mulawka and Officer Alana Luna were already in the area investigating another reported motor vehicle burglary when the call came in from Maybrook Drive, the sergeant said. Phayre headed to Hammell Place and tog…
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Naked Intruder Mops Floors In Private School: Rochelle Park PD
A homeless man with a criminal history was recorded on video entering a private school in Rochelle Park at night, stripping and then mopping the floors naked, authorities said. Chayson Ortiz, 30, is accused of trespassing at the Sage Day School both on Christmas Eve and Christmas. Ortiz "proceeded to de-robe and began cleaning and mopping the hallway floors while naked," Rochelle Park Police Capt. James DePreta said. He also rummaged through lost and found boxes, took a break in a teacher's lounge and washed his clothes in the mop bucket, the captain said. Detectives Sgt. Jared Shatkin qu…
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Police Chase Ends In Stolen Car Arrest Off Route 4
A fugitive who crashed a stolen car while being chased by Rochelle Park police ran across six lanes of traffic on Route 4 before he was captured in Paramus, authorities said. Officer Hasan Shah was on Essex Street when he spotted the BMW 5 Series sedan, which had been reported stolen out of New York City, around 8:45 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15, Capt. James DePreta said. The driver, Adonis Padilla, 27, of New York, hit the gas, leading a brief pursuit that ended when he hit a light pole at the eastbound Route 4 entrance ramp from Paramus Road, the captain said Wednesday. Padilla -- who was wante…
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Driver Living In Van Had Tactical Rifle, Shotgun, Pistol In Route 17 Stop: Rochelle Park PD
A Florida man living in his van was stopped on Route 17 with a high-powered handgun, a semi-automatic tactical rifle and a 12-gauge shotgun, Rochelle Park police said. Jewann Smith, 39, of Fort Lauderdale, also had a high-capacity magazine and flash suppressor in the Ford van, which was stopped by Officer Chris Kiszka on the southbound highway mid-Saturday afternoon, June 24, Capt. James M. DePreta said. Smith, who was temporarily living in the van and didn't have any New Jersey firearms permits, told police he was headed from upstate New York to Philadelphia while working for a logistics c…
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Unique Tattoo Makes ID’ing Suspect In Tri-County Crime Spree Simple, Police In North Jersey Say
When it comes to distinguishing marks, it's tough to beat an enormous butterfly-skull neck tattoo. It helped police identify an 18-year-old Newark man charged with breaking into homes or vehicles in no fewer than three North Jersey counties. Authorities in Rochelle Park became the latest to charge Zaire Gaskins, with police in even more towns possibly following. ROCHELLE PARK: Gaskins and two accomplices tried taking a BMW from a residence on West Oldis Street on Sept. 18, Police Lt. James DePreta said. When they couldn’t find the keys inside the vehicle, one of them unsuccessfully tried t…
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PD: Rochelle Park Officer Nabs Cooking-Grease Thief Behind Route 17 Steakhouse
A grease bandit who was caught red-handed behind a Route 17 restaurant is suspected in a series of similar thefts that have saturated the area. Rashan Nix, 44, of Newark, has an extensive criminal history in several New Jersey counties and Pennsylvania and has joined the growing number of cooking oil thieves, investigators say. Rochelle Park Police Officer Chris Kiszka was on patrol around 1 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, when he spotted an unmarked Ford van with expired temporary plates parked behind the LongHorn Steakhouse on northbound Route 17 near the Maywood border, Lt. James M. DePreta s…
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Flying Tire Slams Into House Below Route 17 Bridge
A dislodged tractor-trailer wheel bounded off a Route 17 bridge and into a house below, authorities said. No one was injured, Rochelle Park Police Lt. James DePreta said following the morning mishap on Tuesday, Sept. 27. "Luckily there was only minor damage to the house," he said. The tire popped off the cab of a tractor-trailer on the bridge just past Cabinets to Go at the Maywood border, then bounded over the side and into the Central Avenue home.
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Two Police Cars, Stolen Sedan Towed Following Paramus Labor Day Pursuit, Crash
Two Paramus police cars and a stolen sedan all had to be towed following a damaging Labor Day pursuit that ended with several occupants in custody. The pursuit apparently came down Farview Avenue and ended in the rear of the DCH Paramus Honda Prep Center on Pleasant Avenue off Route 17 around 11 a.m. Four and possibly five suspects -- all believed to be juveniles -- were quickly seized. At least one person involved in the incident had to be hospitalized, although it wasn't immediately clear whether that was an officer or suspect. No serious injuries were reported in the damaging pursu…
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Female Rider Severely Injured When Motorcyclist Wipes Out Off Route 17
A woman was hospitalized with severe injuries following a Labor Day weekend motorcycle crash just off Route 17 in Lodi. The 19-year-old Fair Lawn resident was on the back of the motorcycle driven by a 20-year-old Saddle Brook man when it apparently hit a patch of gravel and wiped out heading onto the highway from the Wawa lot on Essex Street around 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4, witnesses said. She was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a fractured spine, a collapsed lung and broken ribs, among other injuries, a close friend of both told Daily Voice. He got banged, bruised and …
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Uber Driver, Accomplices Stage Knifepoint Holdup Of Passenger At Saddle Brook Hotel: Prosecutor
An Uber passenger was robbed at knifepoint outside a Saddle Brook hotel by a man who’d conspired with the female driver and another accomplice to hold him up, authorities said. Uber driver Karina Eremyan, 30, of Fair Lawn was behind the wheel when ex-con Antonio Bowen, 28, of Fair Lawn put a knife to the passenger’s neck in the parking lot of the Crowne Plaza Saddle Brook hotel off Route 80 around 3:30 a.m. March 23, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Bowen forced the fare to turn over his backpack, which contained $3,000 and other undisclosed items, the prosecutor said Friday. Th…
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? Hackensack Driver Carjacked At Gunpoint In Rochelle Park
A Hackensack driver escaped serious injury when he was carjacked at gunpoint Thursday night in Rochelle Park, authorities said. Two robbers wearing masks -- one of them carrying a gun -- accosted the driver and took his Audi at the D-Mart Indian-Asian Farmers Market on Rochelle Avenue around 8 p.m., Police Lt. James D. DePreta said. One was wearing a white hoodie with dark-colored pants and the other all black, witnesses said. They described both men as black. The robbers abandoned the vehicle a couple of blocks away and fled in a red Toyota Rav 4 that had been reported stolen out of Pater…
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Rochelle Park PD: Call Leads To Arrest Of Convicted Felon With Crack, Burglary Tools, More
Rochelle Park police responding to a report of a suspicious-looking man dragging a heavy bag down the street arrested a convicted burglar who they said was carrying crack, stolen items and break-in tools. Officers Evan Migliore and Nick Mercoun and Sgt. Chris Bermudez found Leonard R. Castro, 37, of Jersey City on West Passaic Street wearing a hoodie and full face mask near Powell Avenue shortly after 2 p.m. Friday, April 22, Chief Dean M. Pinto said. A quick check by Detective Brian Cobb turned up an active warrant for a vehicle burglary out of Clifton, Pinto said. The officers also found…
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Multi-Vehicle Crash Involving Tractor-Trailer Reported On Route 17
A multi-vehicle crash on Route 17 injured at least one driver. The left lane remained open immediately after the crash on the southbound highway at the Essex Street exit in Rochelle Park shortly after 11 a.m. Sunday, March 13. Two cars and a tractor-trailer were involved, witnesses said. The injured driver climbed out before being taken to the hospital, they said. Rochelle Park and Maywood police, as well as medics and an ambulance, both from Hackensack University Medical Center, were among the first responders.
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? Armed Bandits In Black Rob 7-Eleven Off Route 80
Two masked men dressed all in black robbed a 7-Eleven in Rochelle Park at gunpoint, authorities said. No customers were in the store when the pair burst into the Essex Street convenience store minutes before midnight Sunday, Lt. James DePreta said. One "brandished a black handgun, while the second demanded cash from the registers," DePreta said. Both fled in a small, dark-colored SUV toward westbound Route 80, the lieutenant said. No injuries were reported and the amount taken was still being determined, he said.ANYONE who might have seen something or has information that could help id…
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Traffic Stop Turns Up Loaded Gun In Passenger's Pocket, Rochelle Park PD Says
A passenger wanted on a warrant was carrying a loaded gun in his pocket when an Rochelle Park police officer stopped the sedan he was in, authorities said. Officer Chris Kiszka stopped the 2004 Toyota Solara driven by Raymond Hood, 30, of Palmerton, PA for several violations on West Passaic Street around 9 p.m. Friday, Rochelle Park Police Lt. James DePreta said. A computer check turned up the warrant out of Newark, so Hood was taken into custody, DePreta said. Kiszka, Officer Jorge Orihuela and Detective Brian Cobb police then found the .25-caliber Colt in Hood's front pocket, the lieuten…
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Police: Combative Driver Tangles With Officers At Rochelle Park Auto Shop
A BMW owner fought Rochelle Park police after trying to retrieve his disabled car from a local auto body shop, authorities said. Responding to the call, Sgt. Chris Bermudez and Officer Brian Monico found Erin Andres Espinal, 26, of Brooklyn in a restricted area of the Essex Street shop refusing to leave his 335i, Lt. James DePreta said. When they asked him to leave, Espinal became combative, tangling with the officers, he said. Espinal was subdued after a brief struggle, then taken to a local hospital, the lieutenant said. He was charged with resisting arrest, aggravated assault on police…
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IT? Video Shows Truck Involved In Route 17 Crash That Killed Elmwood Park Motorcyclist
VIDEO: A semi-trailer truck that authorities said kept going after a motorcyclist from Elmwood Park was killed on Route 17 is seen in a brief surveillance video clip released by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. "The maroon or red semi-trailer truck slowed down to a stop in the right lane of Route 17 South due to traffic ahead" around 8:40 p.m. Tuesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Motorcyclist Mario Andres Uran Gaviria, 41, couldn't stop in time and hit the "bobtail" truck from behind in front of Allied Carpet, the prosecutor said. Gaviria, previously of Montgomery Vi…
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Crash Sends Jeep Into Paramus Bank
A driver sustained a minor injury after a collision Monday night sent her Jeep into a former Paramus bank building. Both vehicles were towed after the crash on South Fairview Avenue near the Rochelle Park border shortly before 8:30 p.m. Paramus and Rochelle Park police and Rochelle Park firefighters and EMS were among the responders. A building inspector also was summoned to check what used to be the Columbia Bank building. The driver sustained a minor injury in the Paramus crash, responders said.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this acc…
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Rochelle Park PD: 5 From Four Bergen Towns Charged In SnapChat-Arranged Drug Deal Robbery
Two Bergen County women used SnapChat to lure a Rochelle Park man to a darkened parking lot where three accomplices beat and robbed him of nearly $900 worth of drugs, an iPod and Airpods, authorities said Tuesday. Within days, Rochelle Park detectives nabbed five people who they said planned and executed the robbery: Jordan Dufont and Jose Perez, both 19 of Westwood; Kevin Henao, 23, of Moonachie; Zsaclene Ayala-Day, 19, of Ridgefield Park; Sage Maxon, 18, of Washington Township. Two of those arrested were captured by Mahwah police earlier this year. SEE: Car Burglary Trio Nabbed At …
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? Pair Hops Getaway Ride After Crashing BMW Into Route 17 Pole In Rochelle Park
Two men bailed out of a rental car and hopped into a dump truck after toppling a utility pole, downing wires that began to burn on northbound Route 17 in Rochelle Park early Friday, authorities said. The white BMW also hit a couple of parked vehicles, as well, around 7:15 a.m., Detective Sgt. James DePreta said. The two black occupants, who appeared in their early 20s, apparently hitched a ride from the dump truck driver, DePreta said. PSE&G responded and the highway was eventually reopened. Anyone who might have seen something or captured video is asked to contact Rochelle Park polic…
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Videos Show Cause Of Rt. 17 Tractor-Trailer Crash That Ejected Passenger, Rochelle Park PD Says
UPDATE: A rollover crash that ejected a passenger Friday morning on northbound Route 17 in Rochelle Park occurred when a tractor-trailer clipped the back of the sedan, surveillance video obtained by Daily Voice shows. Park Avenue Auto Group supplied the videos, first to police and then to Daily Voice. The 62-year-old tractor-trailer driver from Montgomery, N.Y. received three summonses -- for careless driving, tailgating and making an unsafe lane change, Rochelle Park Police Lt. Dean Pinto. He was carrying 50,000 pounds of empty pallets when the crash occurred just after 9 a.m., Pinto said…
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Maywood Police Stolen Jeep Chase Up Route 17 Ends With Two Teens In Custody
Maywood police were chasing a stolen Jeep overnight when it abruptly stopped in the left lane of northbound Route 17. Two juveniles bailed and bolted across the highway. One was caught immediately and the other a short time later, they said. It began just before 2:30 a.m. Thursday, when Officers William Phayre and Michael McMahon spotted the red 2002 Jeep Liberty attempting to enter the northbound highway through the Essex Street exit ramp, Detective Jason Liaban said. A quick check showed the vehicle was reported stolen from Garfield earlier that night, he said. The officers tried pull…
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