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PHOTOS: Sedan Clips Tree, Overturns In Ridgewood PHOTOS: Sedan Clips Tree, Overturns In Ridgewood
Photos: Sedan Clips Tree, Overturns In Ridgewood A driver escaped injury in a rollover crash Wednesday afternoon in Ridgewood. Her 4-door Ford Fusion clipped a tree before overturning halfway down the 100 block of North Pleasant Avenue. A flatbed tow truck righted and removed the wrecked sedan. Ridgewood police, firefighters and EMS responded. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account. Ridgewood rollover.Boyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Jeep T-Boned By FedEx Truck In Ridgewood Rolls, Lands On Its Wheels Jeep T-Boned By FedEx Truck In Ridgewood Rolls, Lands On Its Wheels
Jeep T-Boned By FedEx Truck In Ridgewood Rolls, Lands On Its Wheels A Jeep remained true to its brand when it landed on its wheels after being T-boned Monday afternoon by a FedEx truck in Ridgewood. The driver was taken to The Valley Hospital with a hand injury following the collision at the intersection of Grove Street and South Van Dien Avenue around 2:30 p.m.  Her Jeep 4x4 has a damaged windshield, broken mirror, blown tire and several dents and scratches. The fender of the FedEx truck was slightly damaged. Village police, firefighters and EMS responded. The Jeep was removed by a flatbed tow truck. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Ex-Con Burglary Suspect Clips Fair Lawn Detective, Crashes In Glen Rock Ex-Con Burglary Suspect Clips Fair Lawn Detective, Crashes In Glen Rock
Ex-Con Burglary Suspect Clips Fair Lawn Detective, Crashes In Glen Rock UPDATE: An ex-con who'd just burglarized a Fair Lawn home Tuesday night struck a police detective with a getaway car that later crashed and overturned in Glen Rock, leading to his arrest, following a chase, authorities said. Corey DeGroat, a 42-year-old career offender from Englewood, was taken in police custody to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood after complaining of head and chest pain, Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. He was later transported to the Bergen County Jail, where he faces charges that include burglary, theft, aggravated assault, resisting arrest and reckles…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Police: Drunk Man Grabbed Ridgewood Employee's Wrist, Pulled Her To Curb Police: Drunk Man Grabbed Ridgewood Employee's Wrist, Pulled Her To Curb
Police: Drunk Man Grabbed Ridgewood Employee's Wrist, Pulled Her To Curb A 25-year-old man was arrested after assaulting a Ridgewood running store employee in what authorities who charged him are calling a random attack. A Racefaster associate was trying to lock the front door of the North Broad Street shop when a man later identified as Juan Landaverde Pena of Waldwick grabbed her by the wrist and pulled her to the curb at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Ridgewood police told Daily Voice. The employee gave police a description of Landaverde Pena, who was fled the scene but was later located by Ridgewood police at the train station across the street, authorities said. Landav…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
PHOTOS: Paramus Crash Downs Traffic Light PHOTOS: Paramus Crash Downs Traffic Light
Photos: Paramus Crash Downs Traffic Light An early-afternoon crash in Paramus took down a street light. A Land Rover and sedan collided at Paramus Road and West Midland Avenue around 12:30 p.m. Injuries didn't appear serious. Ridgewood police assisted. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Drivers OK After Paramus Crash Drivers OK After Paramus Crash
Drivers OK After Paramus Crash A Tuesday afternoon crash in Paramus heavily damaged both vehicles. The adult female driver of a silver SUV reported chest pains but refused medical attention after the crash at Linwood Avenue West and Paramus Road. The other driver was OK. There was no immediate word on possible summonses. Ridgewood police assisted their Paramus colleagues with traffic control until a tow truck could remove both wrecks. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Wyckoff Teens Rewarded For Turning In Necklace Wyckoff Teens Rewarded For Turning In Necklace
Wyckoff Teens Rewarded For Turning In Necklace Doing the right thing paid off sweetly for a pair of 14-year-old Wyckoff girls who found a necklace on a Ridgewood sidewalk a year ago. Emily Mainwald and Natalie Jackson had spotted something shiny while walking along Chestnut Street last Aug. 31, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said Wednesday. “Bending down to examine it more closely, they realized they had found a beautiful necklace,” the chief said. “They looked around, but no one appeared to be searching for anything, so they did what came naturally.” Emily called her mom, who picked up the girls and even contacted the store in front …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
3 Ridgewood Residents Cyber-Harassed In 24 Hours, Arrest Made In One 3 Ridgewood Residents Cyber-Harassed In 24 Hours, Arrest Made In One
3 Ridgewood Residents Cyber-Harassed In 24 Hours, Arrest Made In One In a series of attacks that Ridgewood police said were unrelated, three village residents in roughly 24 hours reported being cyber-harassed, leading in one instance to the arrest of an Orange County man. Jacob Goodman, 19, was arrested after he hacked into a 19-year-old woman’s social media account and “posted photos of her and illicit photos of other people,” Ridgewood Police Chief Jaqueline Luthcke said Monday. Goodman of Warwick was charged with cyber harassment and released pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Municipal Court in Hackensack, she said. A 65-year-old Walthery Av…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
WARM YOUR HEART: Bergen Boy With Stage 4 Cancer Surprised By NJ State Police Chopper WARM YOUR HEART: Bergen Boy With Stage 4 Cancer Surprised By NJ State Police Chopper
Warm Your Heart: Bergen Boy With Stage 4 Cancer Surprised By NJ State Police Chopper PHOTOS: For a few moments Wednesday, young Cole McKeon of Waldwick and his family could think of something other than his Stage 4 cancer. New Jersey State Police Trooper Evan Curtiss, a Ridgewood High School graduate and village Emergency Services member, piloted the chopper that landed Wednesday behind Ridgewood police headquarters. Village PBA Local 20 requested the visit so that Cole – whose dad, Kevin, is a Ridgewood police officer and mom, Stephanie, a schoolteacher – could see the helicopter up close. Neuroblastoma is “a fast-moving cancer that is in a form of a tumor near a kidney a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Oh, Deer: Ridgewood Police 'Crack' Burglary Case Oh, Deer: Ridgewood Police 'Crack' Burglary Case
Oh, Deer: Ridgewood Police 'Crack' Burglary Case Ridgewood police had a lineup in front of them but were unable to determine which of several suspects was responsible for breaking a homeowner's window and damaging plants beneath it. Officers were responding to a 4:15 a.m. burglar alarm when the homeowner dialed 911, believing someone was inside, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. They arrived to find no intruders in the house and the plants damaged outside. Detectives and a Passaic County K-9 unit was summoned -- after which police found what the chief called "the final clue" on the grass: a tuft of white hair among the brok…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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The Rundown: These Stories Topped Bergen County News This Week The Rundown: These Stories Topped Bergen County News This Week
The Rundown: These Stories Topped Bergen County News This Week Busy week? Here's a rundown of the top news stories in Bergen and Passaic counties this week: SURVIVOR: A 16-year-old Northern Highlands High School sophomore from Saddle River jumped from the top level of a five-story parking deck Tuesday morning at the Garden State Plaza in Paramus. He was expected to survive, a source with direct knowledge of the incident said Wednesday. BOX TRUCK KILLS BOY ON BIKE: A young boy was struck and killed by a box truck in Garfield while riding a bicycle Tuesday morning. The 12-year-old had emigrated to the U.S. from Albania days earlier. CAREN Z. TURNER: Form…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Waldwick Carjacker Gets 3 Years In Fed For Smashing Cabbie With Beer Bottle Waldwick Carjacker Gets 3 Years In Fed For Smashing Cabbie With Beer Bottle
Waldwick Carjacker Gets 3 Years In Fed For Smashing Cabbie With Beer Bottle WALDWICK, N.J. -- A Waldwick gang member was sent to federal prison for three years Wednesday for smashing a carjacked cab driver in the head with a beer bottle before his accomplices dumped the victim on the side of the New York State Thruway in Orange County. Arlyn Jowany Carrasco Cruz, 28, will have to serve just about all of the sentence because there is no parole in the federal prison system. Cruz and five accomplices carjacked the driver of a 2008 Dodge Caravan in the early morning hours of Dec. 26, 2016, in Ridgewood forcing him into the back of the vehicle, authorities said. As the…

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by Jerry DeMarco