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HEROES: Firefighters, Off-Duty Police Officer Rescue Driver, Young Child In Route 46 Rollover HEROES: Firefighters, Off-Duty Police Officer Rescue Driver, Young Child In Route 46 Rollover
Heroes: Firefighters, Off-Duty Police Officer Rescue Driver, Young Child In Route 46 Rollover Little Ferry firefighters and an off-duty Secaucus police officer rescued a young Pompton Lakes driver and her 7-year-old daughter following a Route 46 rollover crash. The 31-year-old driver was headed west shortly after 7 p.m. Saturday when her 2021 Hyundai Palisade slammed into a 2012 Honda Pilot driven by a 39-year-old Ridgefield Park man that was stopped a red light at Phillips Avenue in South Hackensack, authorities said. The woman told police she didn’t remember what happened after that, Detective Sgt. James Donatello said. Little Ferry firefighters extricated the mom, while the off-…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Police Nab Stolen Car Driver Who Hit Fellow Patron Outside Route 46 Strip Club UPDATE: Police Nab Stolen Car Driver Who Hit Fellow Patron Outside Route 46 Strip Club
Update: Police Nab Stolen Car Driver Who Hit Fellow Patron Outside Route 46 Strip Club GOTCHA! A manhunt ended when South Hackensack police arrested a Newark resident who they said stole a sedan outside a Route 46 strip club and struck another customer with it as he fled the parking lot. Christian H. Quimis, 33, was being held in the Bergen County Jail after South Hackensack and Hackensack police arrested him at his home on Monday. "Within 36 hours of the initial incident, our suspect was in custody thanks to fine investigative work of several agencies" Capt. Robert Chinchar said. Quimis had tried to break up a fight in the parking lot of Club Flamingo around 3 a.m. Sun…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Police Nab Stolen Car Driver Who Hit Fellow Patron Outside Route 46 Strip Club UPDATE: Police Nab Stolen Car Driver Who Hit Fellow Patron Outside Route 46 Strip Club
Update: Police Nab Stolen Car Driver Who Hit Fellow Patron Outside Route 46 Strip Club UPDATE: A manhunt ended when South Hackensack police arrested a Newark resident who they said stole a sedan outside a Route 46 strip club and struck another customer with it in the parking lot as he fled. Christian H. Quimis, 33, was being held in the Bergen County Jail after South Hackensack and Hackensack police arrested him arrest at his home on Monday. "Within 36 hours of the initial incident, our suspect was in custody thanks to fine investigative work of several agencies" Capt. Robert Chinchar said. Quimis had tried to break up a fight in the parking lot of Club Flamingo around 3 …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Optimum Returns $2,000 Stolen From South Hackensack Customer By Fugitive 'Cable Guy' Optimum Returns $2,000 Stolen From South Hackensack Customer By Fugitive 'Cable Guy'
Optimum Returns $2,000 Stolen From South Hackensack Customer By Fugitive 'Cable Guy' UPDATE: A South Hackensack woman who police said had $2,000 stolen from her home by an ex-con working temporarily as a cable TV trainee is getting the cash back, courtesy of Optimum. "We apologize to our customer and are providing full restitution and credits for this experience," the company said in a statement. "This situation was in clear violation of all company policies and we are taking the appropriate steps to ensure it never happens again. Gabriel Figueroa, 23, of the Bronx was wanted by authorities in New Jersey and Virginia when he swiped the cash from the victim's home, Police Ca…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities: South Hackensack PD Nabs Fugitive 'Cable Guy' Who Stole $2,000 From Resident Authorities: South Hackensack PD Nabs Fugitive 'Cable Guy' Who Stole $2,000 From Resident
Authorities: South Hackensack PD Nabs Fugitive 'Cable Guy' Who Stole $2,000 From Resident A fugitive wanted by authorities in New Jersey and Virginia stole $2,000 from a South Hackensack victim’s home after taking a temporary job as a tech trainee for a local cable company, authorities said. The 61-year-old victim told police that she discovered the money missing after a four-member crew from Optimum completed an installation job at her home, Capt. Robert Chinchar said. One was a technician and the three others were trainees – including Gabriel Figueroa, 23, of the Bronx, the captain said. Figueroa acted suspiciously while talking about “money problems” he was having, Chinchar …

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'Gone Too Soon': Arrangements Announced, Fond Memories Shared Of Moonachie Firefighter, 24 'Gone Too Soon': Arrangements Announced, Fond Memories Shared Of Moonachie Firefighter, 24
'Gone Too Soon': Arrangements Announced, Fond Memories Shared Of Moonachie Firefighter, 24 TRIBUTE: Among the remembrances that grew Tuesday of a young man gone too soon was one that spoke to the heart of gold that those who knew Moonachie Firefighter Chris Kucan said he had. "I was fishing this summer and knocked my phone out of my hand into Greenwood Lake," wrote Chris Romano of Little Ferry. "I remember being so upset that I lost every last picture I had of my father before he passed away and didn’t save anything on my phone." Kucan fetched his scuba gear, went to the same spot on the lake and tried to find it -- all because he "saw how hurt I was," Romano said. Kucan, 24, w…

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South Hackensack PD: Convicted Sex Offenders, Prostitute Caught With Dead Man’s Stolen Car South Hackensack PD: Convicted Sex Offenders, Prostitute Caught With Dead Man’s Stolen Car
South Hackensack PD: Convicted Sex Offenders, Prostitute Caught With Dead Man’s Stolen Car Two registered sex offenders, a convicted prostitute and a woman with a history of drug arrests in two states were caught by South Hackensack police in a car stolen from a dead man, authorities said. Officer Joseph Applegate spotted the 2018 Volkswagen sedan moving erratically on westbound Route 46 near the Stagecoach Motel shortly after midnight Thursday, Detective Sgt. James Donatello said. A computer check showed the vehicle belonged to a 67-year-old Bogota man who'd recently died. Applegate summoned backup units while stopping the vehicle on Huyler Street, Donatello said. Officers imm…

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Luxury Sedan Slams Into Goodwill Building Off Route 80 Luxury Sedan Slams Into Goodwill Building Off Route 80
Luxury Sedan Slams Into Goodwill Building Off Route 80 A driver escaped serious injury after his luxury sedan skidded off Route 80 and into the new Goodwill warehouse in South Hackensack. The driver told police he lost control of the BMW 650i Wednesday after hitting black ice on the eastbound side of the highway on the warm, nearly 50-degree night. The sedan then hit the rear of the 125,500-square-foot Goodwill Industries Outlet and Donation warehouse, offices and thrift store on Huyler Street. The non-profit human rights organization's largest North Jersey facility opened there this past July. The driver, who climbed out of the totaled sedan…

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Police Bust Massive Drug Operation In North Jersey Hotel Room Netting 6 Arrests, Heroin, Coke Police Bust Massive Drug Operation In North Jersey Hotel Room Netting 6 Arrests, Heroin, Coke
Police Bust Massive Drug Operation In North Jersey Hotel Room Netting 6 Arrests, Heroin, Coke Two women in the process of dumping cocaine into a hotel room sink drain were interrupted by police who found MDMA, heroin, suboxone and other drug paraphernalia, Secaucus police said. Police were conducting a "park and walk" in the Harmon Meadow area of Secaucus when someone notified them of possible nefarious activity inside one of the rooms on Feb. 16, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. After a week-long investigation, police went into the hotel room whree Ana Roman and Tracy Eayres were in the process of dumping cocaine into a sink drain, Miller said. A search of the room turned…

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South Hackensack PD: SWAT Team, Detectives Capture Armed Robbers, Drug Dealers In Motel Raid South Hackensack PD: SWAT Team, Detectives Capture Armed Robbers, Drug Dealers In Motel Raid
South Hackensack PD: SWAT Team, Detectives Capture Armed Robbers, Drug Dealers In Motel Raid It happened in a flash: A SWAT team stormed a South Hackensack motel, capturing two armed robbers and three drug dealers from Teaneck and Englewood who've been living there, authorities said. South Hackensack detectives were preparing to hit two rooms following a series of undercover drug deals when a legitimate 30-year-old customer told them that two other men living in a third room had robbed him, authorities said. The victim, who lives in Bergenfield, told police that he agreed to meet Malik Lee, 25, of Englewood to buy some pot for $200, Capt. Robert Chinchar said. Lee showed up for th…

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South Hackensack PD: Fleeing Driver Crashes On Wrong Side Of Route 46, Says He Swallowed Heroin South Hackensack PD: Fleeing Driver Crashes On Wrong Side Of Route 46, Says He Swallowed Heroin
South Hackensack PD: Fleeing Driver Crashes On Wrong Side Of Route 46, Says He Swallowed Heroin An ex-con who led police on a wild chase into oncoming Route 46 traffic before crashing and trying to run told his pursuers that he’d swallowed several bags of heroin and didn’t want to die, authorities said. Christopher J. Williams, 49, of Paterson was a passenger in a 2000 Lexus stopped by South Hackensack Police Officer Kyle Skelley in the parking lot of the Dunkin’ Donuts on the eastbound highway in Little Ferry shortly before noon Friday. Skelley asked the agitated driver – identified as 31-year-old Samantha Boseski of Clifton – to step out of the sedan, Detective Sgt. James Donatello …

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New Milford Police Capture Fugitive Wanted In Route 46 Gunpoint Motel Robbery New Milford Police Capture Fugitive Wanted In Route 46 Gunpoint Motel Robbery
New Milford Police Capture Fugitive Wanted In Route 46 Gunpoint Motel Robbery A teenage gunman who remained on the loose for more than a month after he and an accomplice robbed a couple of $700 at a South Hackensack motel was captured following a New Milford police stop, authorities said. Police had been looking for Denys Ludizaca, 19, of Hackensack since last month’s predawn holdup at the Congress Inn on Route 46, South Hackensack Capt. Robert Chinchar said Monday. The victims -- a 35-year-old man and 30-year-old woman -- apparently had been living there the previous few months when ex-con Alec Parker showed up at 5 a.m. the morning of Dec. 10, Chinchar said. The …

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