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Hit and Run
Police & Fire
Teaneck Hit-Run Leaves Pedestrian Critical Days After Deadly Crash Across Town
Authorities in Teaneck are investigating a hit-and-run accident that left a pedestrian injured Saturday night, Nov. 23, just days after a deadly pedestrian crash on the other side of town. The Teaneck Police Department responded to a 9-1-1 call at approximately 11:20 p.m. reporting a pedestrian struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Teaneck Road and Tryon Avenue, according to Jeff Angermeyer, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office's deputy chief of detectives. Officers arrived to find the vehicle involved had fled the scene. The injured pedestrian was transported to Hackensack Universityโฆ
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Teen Seriously Injured By Hit-Run Driver Who Had Sedan Repaired, Bergen County Prosecutor Says
A 28-year-old Fort Lee man is facing multiple charges following a hit-and-run accident that left a teenager seriously injured last month, authorities said. Hugo R. Paz-Lajuj was identified as the driver who struck the 17-year-old boy on Oct. 14 around 6:40 a.m., at Brinkerhoff Avenue near 14th Street in Palisades Park, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The boy was hospitalized with serious injuries and Paz-Lajuj fled, Musella said. After a month-long investigation, detectives identified Paz-Lajuj as the driver and found his 2004 Honda Civic, which had reportedly beโฆ
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Charges Upgraded For Driver 2X Legal Limit After Death Of Jersey Shore Restaurateur: Prosecutor
A Seaside Park woman's charges were upgraded when a restaurant owner and well-known fly fisherman died more than a month after a hit-and-run crash. Genell Mcinaw, 50, surrendered to Seaside Heights police on Tuesday, Nov. 5, Ocean County First Assistant Prosecutor Michael Nolan Jr. said in a news release. She was previously charged in the crash that killed Robert Popovics of Seaside Park. Seaside Heights police responded to a report of a man lying in the road near the intersection of Dupont Avenue and the Boulevard at around 9:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 23. Officers found Popovics uโฆ
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Mugshot Released, Services Set For Popular Cook After Deadly Bergen County Hit-Run
The mugshot of the 29-year-old Kearny charged in the deadly hit-and-run that killed a cook at a popular Route 17 restaurant last week in Lyndhurst has been released. Steven G. Novillo-Cabrera was behind the wheel of a 2020 Honda Civic when he struck George Arnold, 57, as he was trying to cross Ridge Road at Milton Avenue around 9:50 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Novillo-Cabrera also tried to repair the vehicle to hide his involvement in the crash, police said. He was lodged in the Bergen County Jail pending an appearance in Bergen County Superior Cโฆ
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Popular Newark Man Killed By Hit-Run Driver: Prosecutor
Police have made an arrest in a hit-and-run crash that killed a popular Newark man. Ahmed Bouda, 29 has been charged after authorities said he struck and killed Corey Claybrook around 1:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 14 on the 600 block of Springfield Avenue then fled the scene, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II and Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Frage said. Claybrook died approximately one hour later. Bouda was found by officers a short time later and was charged with death by auto, leaving the scene of a crash, and failure to render aid to a victim. He was lodged in thโฆ
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Arrest Made In Hit-Run Crash That Killed Cook In Lyndhurst: Prosecutor
A 29-year-old Kearny man has been charged in the deadly hit-and-run that killed a cook at a popular Route 17 restaurant this week in Lyndhurst, authorities said. Steven G. Novillo-Cabrera was behind the wheel of a 2020 Honda Civic when he struck George Arnold, 57, as he was trying to cross Ridge Road at Milton Avenue around 9:50 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Novillo-Cabrera also tried to repair the vehicle to hide his involvement in the crash, police said. He was lodged in the Bergen County Jail pending an appearance in Bergen County Superior Courtโฆ
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Cook At Popular Steak Restaurant ID'd As Pedestrian Killed In Bergen County Hit-Run (
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The victim of a deadly Bergen County hit-and-run crash has been identified as a cook at a popular steak restaurant along Route 17. UPDATE: Arrest Made In Crash That Killed George Arnold, 57 George Arnold, 57, of Lyndhurst, was struck and killed just before 9:50 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 10 at the intersection of Ridge Road and Milton Avenue in Lyndhurst, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The striking vehicle fled the scene. An employee at Steve's Sizzling Steaks on Route 17 in Carlstadt confirmed that Arnold was a cook at the restaurant, a more than 80-year-old eateryโฆ
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Driver, 31, Arrested At Airport After Fleeing To Turkey In Deadly Route 46 Crash: Prosecutor
A 31-year-old Wayne man was identified as the driver who struck and killed a pedestrian in Parsippany before fleeing the scene and then trying to flee the country last month, authorities said. Davut Batca was behind the wheel of a Toyota RAV4 when he struck Jelson Cabrera, 35, of Trenton, on Route 46 West near Sandra Drive just before 10 p.m. Monday, Aug. 19, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll said. Cabrera was taken to Morristown Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, authorities said. Meanwhile, Batca fled the scene and then left the United States for Turkey, the prosโฆ
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Driver High On Drugs Caused Crashes, Fought Road Worker On Garden State Parkway: Troopers
A Bayville man was accused of driving while high on drugs when he caused several crashes on the Garden State Parkway before assaulting a construction worker, authorities said. Jonathan Ferro, 21, was arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 28, a state police spokesperson said. Troopers responded to multiple hit-and-run crashes near milepost 101.3 on the northbound side of the parkway in Tinton Falls at around 2:18 p.m. Investigators said Ferro was driving a Dodge pickup in the crashes and ran away from the truck when it became disabled. Ferro also physically assaulted a road worker whileโฆ
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Route 17 Pursuit Leads To Eventual Arrest Of Hit-Run Driver, Police Say
A 50-year-old hit-and-run driver was arrested after police say he led a pursuit along Route 17 last week. Vincent Vespe, of Montvale, struck another vehicle in a white Toyota Tacoma in Wood-Ridge on Aug. 19, Lyndhurst Police Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Officer Kapp pursued the suspect vehicle after it refused to stop through several streets in Lyndhurst before entering Route 17 north, Auteri said. Lyndhurst officers Lt. Paul Haggerty and Sal Wartel continued to pursue the vehicle, but canceled the pursuit due to heavy traffic, Auteri said. Vespe was still unidentified at that pointโฆ
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Driver, 33, Surrenders In Route 46 Hit-Run Crash That Seriously Injured Victim, Prosecutor Says
A 33-year-old hit-and-run driver from Lodi surrendered to police following a weekend crash on Route 46 that left one person seriously injured, police said. Miguel A. Delacruz Romero was behind the wheel of a 2019 Dodge pickup truck and was heading east when he rear-ended a 2022 Toyota Sedan at the Bergen Turnpike intersection, just after 3:05 a.m. on Sunday, July 14 in Little Ferry, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The occupant of the Toyota was hospitalized with serious injuries as Romero fled, Musella said. Romero surrendered to police in Little Ferry on Monday, July 15 aโฆ
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'Serious Bodily Injuries' Sustained In Hit-Run: Bergen County Prosecutors
One person "sustained serious bodily injuries" in a hit-and-run crash the Bergen County Prosecutorโs Office announced on Sunday afternoon. The serious crash happened at the intersection of Route 46 East and Bergen Turnpike in Little Ferry, NJ around 3;08 a.m. on July 14, as detailed in the release. One person in the struck vehicle was injured and taken to an area hospital, while the driver of the striking vehicle fled the scene, according to the release. The Bergen County Prosecutorโs Office Major Crimes Unit and the Little Ferry Police Department are investigating. No additioโฆ
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Cops ID Driver, 66, In Road Rage Ramming Of Elderly Victim In Fair Lawn (
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A 66-year-old Fair Lawn man has been charged with assault by auto and more, after police said he intentionally ran over a 70-year-old man on Thursday night, July 11. Officers respond to Berdan Avenue at Malcom Terrace around 7:20 p.m. where they found the victim lying in the roadway with several bruises and cuts to his head, Fair Lawn Police Sgt Eric Eleshewich said. At the scene in Fair Lawn. Boyd A. Loving The officers would come to learn that Norbetto P. Herrera was driving a white Hyundai Sonata when he struck the victimโs 2003 Toyota Camry on Plaza Road and Fairmount Place, andโฆ
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NJ Cop Charged In Hit-Run Crash That Left Teen Bicyclist Critical, Prosecutor Says
A New Jersey police officer who has been on the force for just under a decade has been charged in a hit-and-run crash that critically injured an 18-year-old bicyclist last month, authorities said. Christopher Bucceroni, 28, a Gloucester Township police officer from West Deptford, was off-duty and driving his personally-owned vehicle, a 2020 Toyota RAV4, when he struck the 18-year-old bicyclist around 2:30 a.m. June 20, on Erial Road and Blackwood-Clementon Road, Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay said alongside Bucceroni's chief, David Harkins. Bucceroni, a nine-โฆ
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DWI Driver, 34, Lands On Lawn, Assaults Arresting Officer In Ridgewood, Police Charge (
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A 34-year-old Midland Park man is facing charges following a DWI incident in Ridgewood, police said. Ridgewood officers responded to East Glen Avenue at Northern Parkway, where Edwin Barahona's Nissan sedan ended up on the front lawn of a home Friday, June 21, just before 4 p.m., Sgt. Ray Tarino tells Daily Voice. Photo(s) of the day, 06/21/2024: A late Friday afternoon, 06/21, hit and run crash resulted in Ridgewood PD patrol... Posted by Boyd A. Loving on Friday, June 21, 2024 Photo(s) of the day, 06/21/2024: A late Friday afternoon, 06/21, hit and run crash resulted in Ridโฆ
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DWI Driver Nabbed By Fair Lawn Police After Miles-Long Stretch Of Hit-And-Runs
PHOTOS: An intoxicated driver was captured by Fair Lawn police following a hit-and-run on Route 80 that ignited a series of collisions. It began when a pickup truck was rear-ended by a Honda Accord with a temporary New Jersey license tag on the highway shortly before 11:30 a.m. Friday, June 14, officers said. The pickup driver called police while following the sedan from a safe distance, recording video along what became a miles-long route, they said. Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE The Accord driver kept going after taking down a street sign and hitting a fire hydrant at Morlot Avenue anโฆ
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? Pedestrian, 28, Critically Injured By Hit-And-Run Driver In Guttenberg
It's one of the busiest intersections in the area, but no one apparently saw a 28-year-old pedestrian struck and critically injured over the weekend by a hit-and-run driver in Guttenberg. Now authorities are seeking help from the public. The victim remained stable at Jersey City Medical Center with life-threatening injuries following the crash at the corner of Park Avenue and 70th Street shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday, June 1, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said on Monday. The prosecutor didn't share any type of description or direction of travel of the vehicle. She did ask thaโฆ
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? Hit-And-Run Driver Critically Injures 76-Year-Old Kearny Man
Authorities are hoping the public can help them investigate a hit-and-run crash that critically injured a 76-year-old pedestrian in Kearny. They recovered the vehicle believed involved in the crash, which occurred at the intersection of Kearny and Columbia avenues shortly after 7 a.m. Thursday, May 30, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. She didn't say, however, whether authorities had taken anyone into custody or had identified any suspects. No area surveillance photos were provided. The prosecutor did say that the victim remained in critical condition Friday at University Hospiโฆ
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? Bicyclist, 21, Critically Injured By Hit-Run Driver Near JC/Bayonne Line
Authorities turned to the public for help identifying a hit-and-run driver who critically injured a 21-year-old bicyclist from Bayonne in Jersey City as the 2024 Memorial Day weekend was beginning. The victim was struck on Garfield Avenue between Gates and Seaview avenues near the city line at 5 a.m. Saturday, May 25, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. He remained in critical but stable condition at Jersey City Medical Center, the prosecutor said. Members of her Regional Collision Investigation Unit and Jersey City police identified a vehicle and a person of interest, Suarez saidโฆ
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? Motorcyclist Severely Injured By Route 4 Hit-And-Run Driver
A motorcyclist suffered severe injuries when he was struck on Route 4 in Paramus Tuesday afternoon by a driver who sped off, authorities said. The 57-year-old victim from Wood-Ridge was headed east in the highway's right lane when a dark sedan exiting Arcadia Way hit him shortly after 1:30 p.m. April 16, Paramus Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. The motorcyclist was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with extensive injuries, the chief said. Police, meanwhile, issued a Be On the Lookout alert for the sedan, which responders said should have side damage. The motorcyclist, 57, โฆ
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? Grandmother Of 13 Struck Crossing Passaic Street Dies, Hit-And-Run Driver Sought
A grandmother of 13 died from injuries that she suffered when she was struck by a hit-and-run driver in Passaic a day and a half earlier, authorities confirmed. Meanwhile, her killer remained unidentified. Rachel McNeil, 58, was struck at the intersection of Passaic and Aycrigg avenues at 11:13 p.m. Wednesday, April 10. The driver kept going. McNeil died shortly after noontime Friday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Department Chief Luis A. Guzman said in a joint release. McNeil, who worked at St. Mary's General Hospital not far from where she was sโฆ
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IT? Distinctive Jeep Flees Crash With Pedestrian, 63, In Leonia
The driver of a distinctive yellow Jeep kept going after hitting a 63-year-old pedestrian in downtown Leonia, authorities said. The westbound two-door Wrangler with a black top hit the victim as she crossed Hillside Avenue at Broad Avenue around 8:15 p.m. Friday, April 5, Leonia Police Chief Scott Tamagny said. The Jeep kept going toward Teaneck, the chief said. "The pedestrian sustained minor injuries and refused medical attention at the scene," Tamagny said. ANYONE who sees the vehicle or knows where to find it is asked to contact Leonia police at (201) 944-0800 or tips@leonianj.goโฆ
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Family Of Newark Cheerleader Critically Injured In Crash Takes Legal Action
The family of an 18-year-old Newark cheerleader critically injured in a crash outside of her school last month has taken legal action against the Newark Board of Education and others they say are responsible for the accident. The family of Chiara Jones, the 18-year-old Newark cheerleader who was critically injured after she was struck by a hit-and-run vehicle outside her high school while coming home from a competition, announced on Monday, March 25, they have filed a notice of claim against the school district. Chiara Jones was struck by a vehicle outside Arts High School while gettiโฆ
Police & Fire
Bergenfield Widower, 94, Charged In Hit-And-Run Death Of Beloved Teacher From Dumont
UPDATE: A 94-year-old widower from Bergenfield was charged with the hit-and-run death of a teacher from Dumont, authorities confirmed on Friday. Ernest F. Hofmann was driving a 2002 Ford F-150 pickup that struck Elizabeth Feliciano-Rosa, 54, as she crossed Madison Avenue at Washington Avenue at 5:19 p.m. Thursday, March 14, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead. Hofmann kept going, the prosecutor said. CPR was being conducted on the 44-year-old victim after she was struck at Washington &aโฆ
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Compassionate, Committed, Adored: Englewood Teacher From Dumont ID'd As Fatal Hit-Run Victim
๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐: A shocked silence that gripped a downtown intersection was pierced by the anguished scream of a woman whose mother -- a popular school teacher in Englewood -- had just been struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver less than a mile from her Dumont home. A lifeless Elizabeth Rosa lay off the corner of Washington and West Madison avenues as the driver who hit her stopped and got out, according to a witness. He just as quickly got back into the red pickup truck and sped off, the witness said. ****** ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐: A 94-year-old widower from Bergenfield was charged with the hit-and-run โฆ
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: Bergenfield Widower, 94, Charged In Hit-And-Run Death Of Popular Teacher From Dumont
๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ฌ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐? A shocked silence that gripped a downtown intersection was pierced by the anguished scream of a woman whose mother -- a popular school teacher in Englewood -- had just been struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver less than a mile from her Dumont home. A lifeless Elizabeth Rosa lay off the corner of Washington and West Madison avenues as the driver who hit her stopped and got out, according to a witness. He just as quickly got back into the red pickup truck and sped off, the witness said. ****** ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐: A 94-year-old widower from Bergenfield was charged with the hit-anโฆ
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Old Tappan Crash Downs Wires, Triggers Airbags, Doesn't Keep Driver From Hotel Job In Rockland
A driver who slammed his SUV into a utility pole in Old Tappan kept going -- with all of his airbags deployed -- all the way to his job at a hotel in Rockland County, authorities said. Juan Gonzalez, 48, of Hawthorne, drove off after his 2004 Acura MDX hit the pole on Old Tappan Road, downing utility wires, outside an Exxon station near DeWolf Road shortly before 3 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26. An alert was immediately broadcast, Old Tappan Police Chief Joseph Tracy said. Orangetown police found the heavily damaged SUV a short time later at the Residence Inn by Marriott just off the Palisades Inteโฆ
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Detectives Nab Driver From Hudson In Fort Lee Hit-Run Bus Stop Crash That Seriously Injured Two
Bergen County prosecutorโs detectives charged a mechanic from Jersey City with a hit-and-run chain-reaction crash that seriously injured two people at a bus stop near the George Washington Bridge nearly a week ago. Oliver Garcia, 28, was driving 2007 BMW 550i that slammed into a Honda CRV, knocking it into the pedestrians at the Lemoine Avenue bus stop in front of the Wells Fargo Bank branch shortly before 7 p.m. last Saturday, Feb. 17, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The Honda driver remained at the scene, but Garcia sped off, the prosecutor said. The pedestrians were taken toโฆ
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? Kearny Hit-Run Crash Leaves North Arlington Moped Rider, 67, Critical
๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐๐๐ง: A motorist who seriously injured a moped operator from North Arlington in Kearny ditched the cargo van involved and split, authorities confirmed. The 67-year-old victim was struck in the areas of Harrison and Bergen avenues shortly after 10:15 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. He was taken to University Hospital in Newark with life-threatening injuries and then transferred to Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, where he remained in critical condition, the prosecutor said on Monday. Suarez didnโt say whether or not the vehicle that โฆ
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High Schooler Charged With Vehicular Homicide In Hit-And-Run Crash That Killed Teaneck Mom
UPDATE: A high school student who caused a crash that killed a Teaneck mom near her home has been charged with vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a fatal crash, authorities announced on Tuesday. Dymond T. Fryson, 40, briefly clung to life following the horrific 7:52 a.m. Jan. 25 crash at the intersection of Palmer and Sherman avenues. Witnesses said the other driver, a Bogota High School student who was with a classmate, sped through multiple stop signs before his 2015 Ford Explorer slammed into Frysonโs 2022 Nissan Rogue three blocks from the high school. The impact sent Frysonโsโฆ
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Detectives Nab Hit-Run Driver Who Mowed Down Jersey City Pedestrian, 71, Last Month: Prosecutor
A Union City motorist was charged with taking off after hitting a 71-year-old Jersey City pedestrian in the Heights nearly a month ago. Marvin Flores Ortiz, 45, was released pending a Feb. 13 first court appearance in Jersey City for the Dec. 20, 2023 late-morning hit-and-run near the corner of Central Avenue and Ferry Street -- outside St. Nicholas Church and Pershing Field -- Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The victim was taken to Jersey City Medical Center with serious injuries while the driver fled the 11 a.m. crash, the prosecutor said on Monday, Jan. 29. Ortiz was chโฆ
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