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Route 46
Police & Fire
Hit-and-run
: Fort Lee Retiree, 69, Charged With Seriously Injuring Pedestrian, 75, Off Route 46
UPDATE: The search for a hit-and-run driver who seriously injured a 75-year-old postal employee walking to work just off Route 46 before dawn the other day ended with the arrest of a 69-year-old retiree from Fort Lee, authorities said. Tae Lee actually made it easy for them, investigators said. Lee had been behind the wheel of a southbound SUV that struck the victim as he crossed Industrial Avenue in Teterboro between the airport and the Walmart-anchored Teterboro Landing shopping center at 4:40 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Saturday. Lee, who live…
Police & Fire
Heroes
: Ingenuity, Teamwork Help Local NJ Officers Save OD Victim Trapped In Hotel Bathroom
An overdosing heroin user was blacked out and gasping when Elmwood Park police were called to a Route 46 hotel. Unfortunately, the 32-year-old overdose victim was wedged between the bathroom door and toilet, making it impossible for them to get to him, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Time, meanwhile, was ticking. The walls at the Red Carpet Inn are made of sheetrock, the chief said, so Lt. Robert Centkowski fetched some breaching tools. First he cut a hole in the wall big enough for Officer Anthony Ingraffia to reach in and administer two doses of Narcan, Foligno said. The lieutenant …
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Video Shows Fatal Morris Motel Shootout With Fugitive Wanted For Wounding Bergen Woman
A soundless TV is on in his Route 46 motel room when a tactical team bursts in and an ex-con being sought for shooting a New Milford woman in Elmwood Park raises a silver revolver. Several shots are fired by shield-wielding members of Morris County's emergency response team, and James Allandale instantly falls to the floor. He's pronounced dead less than 10 minutes later. The scene at the Knights Inn in Pinebook this past New Year's Eve is captured in a pair of body-camera videos released by state authorities as part of a mandated review of all deaths involving police in New Jersey. All…
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North Jersey Laborer Torched Truck For Insurance Money, Authorities Charge
A laborer from Little Ferry was charged with torching his pickup truck outside his own home for the insurance money. Louis M. Molino, 40, was arrested soon after firefighters responding to a quiet Couchon Drive neighborhood near Route 46 found the 2008 Nissan Frontier ablaze around 11:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Little Ferry police and members of Musella’s Major Crimes Unit, assisted by the Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification, collected enough evidence to charge Molina with aggravated arson, arson and risking widespread injury o…
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Update
: Wild Stolen Car Chase Ends In Paterson With Struggle, Gunshot, Prosecutor Confirms
A Paterson police officer’s gun accidentally discharged during the arrest of a repeat offender from Sussex County after he led officers on a wild stolen car chase, authorities said. It took three days for Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes to confirm the incident from Monday night, Jan. 9. Members of the city’s Street Crimes Unit had tried to stop the vehicle around 9 p.m., but the driver kept going, Valdes said in a release. They pursued the vehicle down Katz Avenue into Haledon and then back into Paterson, says the release, issued shortly before 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12. Office…
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Newsbreak
: Fugitive Sought For Shooting Woman In Elmwood Park Killed In Gunfight With Police
UPDATE: An ex-con wanted for shooting a New Milford woman in Elmwood Park was killed in an exchange of gunfire with law enforcement officers at a Route 46 motel, state authorities confirmed. James Allandale, 61, opened fire on officers who found him at the Knights Inn Pinebook before midnight on New Year's, multiple law enforcement sources with knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. He was in turn shot and killed, they said. The officers were members of the Morris County Sheriff’s Emergency Response Team, according to New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin's office. SERT is …
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Police In North Jersey Find Ghost Gun, Seize Three Teens As Illegal Car Meet Draws 50+ Vehicles
A trio of teens who tried to flee an illegal car meet when Ridgefield Park police showed up had a ghost gun and a high-capacity magazine for it in their sedan when they were stopped, authorities said. Responding officers found 50 or so assembled vehicles “revving their engines and burning out” in a parking lot on Challenger Road between the New Jersey Turnpike and Route 46 shortly after 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, Lt. Art Jensen said. The driver began speeding off as police arrived, the lieutenant said. Officers issued a host of summonses to the drivers they managed to stop – and even impo…
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Heroes
: Trapped Trucker Rescued By Two Towing Operators (
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Two tow truck operators came to the rescue of a dump truck driver who was trapped when his rig rolled during the morning rush on Route 46. Edward Spina Jr. from ECRB Towing & Recovery in Bloomfield and JT Sagun from Nick’s Towing Service in Rutherford were both headed to work when the trucker's brakes locked up ahead of them around 7:45 a.m. Friday. The tri-axle vehicle loaded with fill tipped onto the driver's side in the eastbound fast lane at the Totowa/Little Falls border just past the McBride Avenue exit. Spina was driving a wrecker with a dash cam that recorded the accident. …
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Adult, Juvenile Charged With Arson In Multi-Alarm North Jersey Warehouse Fire
UPDATE: A vacant warehouse blaze that injured a firefighter in Palisades Park was deliberately set by two Ridgefield residents, authorities charged. Alexander Regalado, 18, was arrested and a juvenile was detained after they were identified as responsible for the multi-alarm Fourth of July weekend fire on Fairview Street off Grand Avenue, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The fire, which ravaged the warehouse and damaged a neighboring building, wasn’t fully extinguished for nearly six hours. Route 46 was closed in both directions at one point because of the thick smoke and a fi…
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NJ Man Tied To Instagram-Related Kidnapping Busted With 1,100 Heroin Folds: Police
A Newark man charged last year with helping an Instagram influencer kidnap and terrorize a detractor was busted with 1,100 heroin folds in Ridgefield Park, authorities said. Alaziz Dalmida, 23, and village resident Osman Hoti, 41, were sitting in a car in Fellowship Park when village officers approached them, Police Chief Joseph Rella said. Dalmida (above left) tried hiding something with his feet below the front passenger seat, so they ordered him out of the vehicle, the chief said. Dalmida tried to run after getting out but was quickly captured, Rella said, adding that the officers foun…
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Fire Destroys Apartments, Businesses, Closes Route 46 In Clifton
A multiple-alarm fire raged in Clifton on Wednesday, destroying apartments and businesses, closing Route 46 in both directions and sending up plumes of smoke that could be seen for miles. A massive contingent of area firefighters converged on the mixed-use Piaget Avenue building after the blaze broke out in a second-floor apartment and then spread to the cockloft. No serious injuries were immediately reported, nor was the cause of the fire immediately known. Near the scene in Clifton.Dawn Fantasia (FACEBOOK) The building houses two restaurants -- Aurora Ristorante and Zen Sushi -- two …
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Grandmother, 80, Fights Armed Robber Outside NJ Costco
An armed robber in a Costco parking lot got more than he bargained for when an 80-year-old grandmother fought back. The surprised bandit stuck what turned out to be a BB gun in the window of the woman's car in the Teterboro Landing lot across the airport on eastbound Route 46 last Thursday afternoon, Moonachie Police Sgt. Jeff Napolitano said. "NO!" the woman shouted, vowing not to let him take anything without a fight, Napolitano said. The robber grabbed her purse, dropped the BB gun and fled with two accomplices in a gray sedan with temporary registration tags, the sergeant said. …
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Illegal U-Turn Leads To Crystal Meth, Loaded Gun, Arrests Of Ex-Con Couple
A pair of convicted felons both wanted on warrants had crystal meth in the car and a loaded gun under the seat when a South Hackensack police officer stopped them for an illegal U-turn on Route 46, authorities said. The warrants turned up after Officer Steven Oliver stopped a Chevy Equinox with an expired temporary license plate driven by Dale Edwards, 45, who had an active warrant out of Montana, Detective Sgt. James Donatello said. With him was Kelly M. Wilson, 40, who was wanted out of Falls Township, PA, the sergeant said. Edwards, of Montana, and Wilson, of California, currently have…
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Would-Be Gas Station Robber Body-Slammed By NJ Attendant, Police Say
A self-described crackhead got a surprise when he tried robbing a Route 46 gas station with a sharpened mop handle and instead got body-slammed by the attendant, authorities said. Two Good Samaritans helped hold down Dwayne Fain, 53, after the attendant at the Enrite station on the highway's eastbound side at Liberty Street blew up his plans, Little Ferry Police Chief James Walters said. Fain, an Ohio native who apparently had been staying at a nearby hotel in South Hackensack, spent eight days in the Bergen County Jail earlier this month following his arrest for a pair of armed burglaries…
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Little Ferry Police Capture Fugitive Ex-Con Wanted In Cold-Blooded Newark Killing
A fugitive wanted for shooting and killing a man on a Newark street more than a year ago was captured by Little Ferry police who said he'd been hiding out in a local motel. Dennys Santana, 28, had been on the run since the out-of-state victim was shot point-blank in the head up the street from Santana's Highland Avenue apartment on Aug. 20, 2020, authorities said. The victim, Milan Madison, 28, of Hyattsville, Maryland, was pronounced dead at the scene, they said. A warrant for Santana's arrest was issued in October 2020. The Essex County Prosecutor's Homicide Unit had been looking for him…
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Prosecutor: Out-Of-State Driver Busted With $3M Worth Of Coke At NJ Motel
An out-of-state driver was caught transporting 132 pounds of cocaine at a motel off Route 46, Bergen County authorities said. Juan Carlos Nunez-Perez, 27, of Bozeman, Montana had the 60 kilos of coke – worth an estimated $3 million on the street – in his vehicle at the Capri Inn on Valley Road off Bergen Turnpike, they said. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said detectives with his Narcotics Task Force found the drugs during a warranted search on Tuesday. They were assisted by the U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (Newark), Little Ferry police and the Bergen County Regional SWAT T…
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Kidnapping
: Driver Seized On Route 46 After Abducting Giants Game Companion, Police Report
An intense police search for a domestic violence victim who was abducted in Lyndhurst following Sunday’s Giants game ended with her Hudson County captor captured at gunpoint on Route 46, responders said. Iran Iznaga Garabito shoved the domestic violence victim into a Chevy wagon and drove her around for nearly an hour with the child safety locks on before she escaped at the network of ramps that connect highways in Ridgefield Park, authorities said. The 25-year-old Cuban national then chased her on foot through the grass median and halfway across Route 46 before a Port Authority police offi…
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Wild
Ride
: Beaten, Bitten Uber Driver Pepper Sprays NJ Carjack Couple
An Uber driver was beaten and bitten by a paroled armed robber he’d picked at a Route 46 motel but managed to pepper-spray the ex-con and his companion before they could carjack him, Elmwood Park police said. Dahmier Garvey, 23, and Johanna Bell, 19, got into his vehicle near the Red Carpet Motel on the eastbound highway early Sunday night, the 36-year-old victim from Wyckoff told responding officers. He told them that there was no smoking in the vehicle, he said, and that Uber company police required that both wear COVID masks, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Bell, of Hawthorne wore …
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? Police Nab Route 46 Motel Guest With Stolen Safe, Plus Rifle Mags, Heroin Bags
A man seen dumping a stolen safe into a trash bin at a Route 46 motel was caught with a trio of rifle magazines and various gun parts, South Hackensack police said. Edward Austeri, 36, recently of Lodi, also had 200 bags of heroin in his pocket when police stopped him Tuesday at the Stage Coach Motel, Detective Sgt. James Donatello said. Austeri -- who has an extensive, drug-related criminal history -- was staying at the Stage Coach with Michael Toney, 34, also recently of Lodi, Donatello said. Police responded to the motel after Austeri was spotted dropping a huge box into a Dumpster, Do…
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Prosecutor: Passaic County Home Health Aide Beat Child, 12, With Belt, Assaulted Adult Rescuer
A home health aide from Passaic County beat a 12-year-old child with a belt, then assaulted an older woman who tried stop her, authorities said. Two other youngsters – one 14, the other 6 – witnessed the assaults by Lwanda Segura, 34, of West Milford on the child and a 54-year-old township woman, they said. A grand jury in Paterson indicted Segura on five counts of child endangerment and two each of aggravated assault and witness tampering, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said Wednesday. Segura was released following the May 2020 incidents and ordered released by a judge soon a…
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Driver Charged After Middlesex Pedestrian Crash
A 67-year-old pedestrian was hospitalized after he was struck by a vehicle turning off Route 46 in Clifton, authorities said. In a statistical oddity, the victim and driver are both from Middlesex County. The pedestrian, from Sayreville, was struck crossing Conklin Avenue near Fette Ford shortly after 8:30 p.m. Friday, Detective Sgt. Robert Anderson said. The vehicle, driven by a 22-year-old Iselin man, then mounted a sidewalk, hitting a fire hydrant after hitting the pedestrian while turning off the eastbound highway, the sergeant said. The victim was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medic…
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Driver, 34, Ejected In Fatal Ridgefield Park NJ Turnpike Crash
A driver was ejected from his Jeep in a fatal Sunday morning crash on the southbound New Jersey Turnpike in Ridgefield Park, State Police said. Jose Minaya, 34, Newark, was driving a Grand Cherokee that struck the center concrete barrier, then re-entered the roadway and hit the right-side guardrail, rolling over and ejecting him around 7 a.m., State Police Trooper II Alejandro Goez said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, Goez said, adding that no other vehicles or passengers were involved. The left lane approaching Route 46 initially was closed during the cleanup and investigation, cond…
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Remember Rosie's Diner? You Don't Want To See It Now
Those saddened to see what used to be Rosie’s Diner carted away hoped the vintage greasy spoon would be cared for once it left what used to be the Little Ferry Circle on Route 46. Didn’t turn out that way. Not only is the diner that was made famous in a TV commercial for the “quicker picker-upper” gone. So is its beauty. The tale can be told through the exploits of different people. George DenHerder is among those who’ve visited Rosie’s Farmland Diner at its current address in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Carlstadt native went there carrying decades-old memories of his mom dropping him …
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‘I’ll Kill Us All Right Now’: Swerving NJ Turnpike Driver Charged With Child Endangerment
A Brooklyn man who got into an argument with his girlfriend at a South Hackensack restaurant was charged with child endangerment and making terroristic threats following a frightening incident on the New Jersey Turnpike, authorities said. Joseph A. Hidalgo, 31, and the woman apparently got into an argument in front of their 3-year-old son at Noches de Colombia on Route 46 this past Sunday. They were on the New Jersey Turnpike after leaving the restaurant moments later when Hidalgo began swerving toward other vehicles and threatening to “kill us all here right now,” the woman told police. D…
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Tense Moment: NJ Officer Grabs Out-Of-State Driver Reaching For Loaded Gun
A potential tragedy was averted when a Wayne police officer grabbed an out-of-state driver as he reached toward a loaded gun on the floor of his car in the parking lot of a Route 46 hotel, authorities said. Patrol officers spotted the vehicle – its windows fogged and loud music coming from inside – parked in the Ramada Inn lot last Wednesday, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. They asked the driver, identified as Michael Walker, 25, of Baton Rouge, LA and his passenger to step out of the car after both admitted smoking pot, he said. Walker said that “he needed to put his shoes on first," Daly …
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NYC Mom Who Fled With Young Daughter After Infant Son Died Found At South Hackensack Motel
EXCLUSIVE: A Queens woman who went missing with her 2-year-old daughter after the NYPD began investigating the death of her infant son was located Thursday afternoon at a South Hackensack motel, Daily Voice has learned. South Hackensack and Hackensack police found Carla Garriques at the Travelodge by Wyndham off Route 46 after the NYPD pinged her cellphone there, law enforcement sources said. Garriques was with her 2-year-old daughter, who was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center in the custody of the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency, they said. No charges had bee…
Police & Fire
Hero
: Saddle Brook Police Officer Coaxes Distraught Youth, 15, Off Highway Ledge
Route 46 was closed down and an air mattress was inflated beneath a Bergen County overpass as police tried to convince a troubled 15-year-old not to jump. Officers found the Saddle Brook teen perilously perched on the Outwater Lane overpass in Garfield, near the Lodi border, around 10 p.m. Tuesday, Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler said. “The parents said the youth left the home in a crisis state of mind,” Kugler said Wednesday. “They were deeply concerned for the juvenile's well-being.” The teen, apparently upset over a conflict involving a life choice, had climbed the curved fence…
Police & Fire
Distraught Woman Plunges 50 Feet From Bergen County Bridge
A suicidal woman was hospitalized after jumping from a bridge early Tuesday night in Ho-Ho-Kus. Passerby Jack Sedlak said he spoke with the 54-year-old Ridgewood woman and directed rescuers to her after she plunged 50 or so feet from the Warren Avenue bridge over the Ho-Ho-Kus Brook just off Brookside Avenue shortly before 6 p.m. They needed a Stokes basket to hoist the victim up the embankment to a waiting ambulance before she was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with lower extremity injuries. Boyd A. Loving took the photo and contributed to this article. ****** …
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Manhunt
: NJ Murder Suspect, 28, Captured On Roof Of Route 46 Hotel In Wayne Identified
An ex-con from North Carolina wanted in an Essex County homicide was captured on the roof of a Route 46 hotel in Wayne before dawn Tuesday, multiple law enforcement sources told Daily Voice. The search began after Derrick Anthony Younger, 28, ran from a Route 46 traffic stop near Route 23 around midnight. Wayne Police Officer Wayne Bush, who stopped Younger, chased him on foot to the Ramada Inn. A Passaic County Sheriff's SWAT unit was summoned in case of a possible standoff. Although authorities initially suspected that Younger was in Room 228, he'd actually gone to the roof. After a SW…
Police & Fire
Little Ferry Police Stop Turns Up More Than Three Pounds Of Pot, Motel Packing Operation
A Little Ferry police sergeant turned up more than three pounds of pot after stopping a Paterson driver, authorities said. Sgt. John Andronaco stopped a 2002 Honda Civic driven by Jermal Hogan, 27, after he ignored a stop sign on Bergen Turnpike at Lakeview Avenue shortly before midnight Tuesday, Police Chief James Walters said. Adronaco -- who was joined by Officers Michael Lee and Joseph Convery -- noticed a strong odor of marijuana when he approached the car "despite the window only being partially open," Walters said. The odor got stronger when Hogan rolled the window down, he said. H…
Police & Fire
Detour
: Police Outnumber Protesters Who Planned To Close Route 80
A protest march aimed at closing Route 80 in Hackensack on Friday was redirected to Route 46 in Teterboro instead. It got stopped there, as well, so the marchers headed back to the city. New Jersey State Police troopers and local police outnumbered the protesters at least three to one. The 60 or so protesters who began marching on Union Street "were strongly advised against" heading to Route 80, a ranking law enforcement official told Daily Voice. State Police wanted to keep them off the highways to prevent injuries, the official said. Entrance closed.Victor Scrivens for DAILY VOICE …
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