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Police & Fire
Bogota Police Nab Wanted Ex-Con With Help From Bergen SWAT
State rules prohibiting pursuits were still in effect when an ex-con wanted by Bogota police got away from them not once but twice. They still got the last laugh. Officers first stopped Andre Young, 30, in a rental vehicle this past March, Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. He sped off, though, leaving them frustrated. A prohibition on pursuits that was enacted by the New Jersey Attorney General's Office in December 2020 amid concerns over public safety was still in effect, and Bogota police weren’t about to break the rules. It happened again in April when Young was spotted driving his girlfri…
Police & Fire
Commercial Building Fire Doused In Ridgefield Park
Firefighters made quick work of an early-morning fire at a packaging company in Ridgefield Park. The blaze broke out in Consolidated Packaging Group's 117,000-square-foot building on Bergen Turnpike next to the Hackensack River shortly after 6:30 a.m. Thursday, May 4. The fire went to two alarms -- three for coverage -- and was knocked down within 40 minutes, responders said. There was no immediate word on how it may have started. No injuries were reported. Mutual aid firefighters who Daily Voice was told were among the responders included those from Bogota, Hackensack and Little Fe…
Police & Fire
Driver Plunges Car Into River, Tries Swimming Across In Hours-Long North Jersey Standoff
A driver being pursued by police drove through a park and ultimately landed in the Hackensack River, where he used a wrench to break out of his own window and stand in the water in an attempt to swim away on Tuesday, April 4, authorities said. Things began unfolding around 11:45 a.m. on Paterson Plank Road, where Secaucus police saw a man later identified as Michael A. Zummo, 51, of Toms River, having been involved in a crash, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. The officers tried to stop him but "due to the way he was driving prior to that accident and prior to the officers trying to…
News
Update
: Driver Jumps To Death From Route 3 Bridge
UPDATE: Westbound Route 3 was reopened after authorities recovered the body of a driver who responders said stopped on a bridge on the East Rutherford side of the Hackensack River, got out and jumped. The jumper's body was recovered from the water beneath the bridge across from Secaucus near the American Dream mall following the 10:58 a.m. call on Tuesday, Sept. 20, East Rutherford Police Capt. Mike Giancaspro said. The driver's SUV was parked in the far right lane off the bridge's narrow shoulder. That lane and the one next to it remained closed while authorities investigated. All westbo…
News
Hudson Driver Crashes, Takes Swing At Police In Little Ferry, Authorities Say
A drunken Hudson County man took a swing at police after crashing his pickup truck in Little Ferry, authorities said. Francis J. Ciprian, 38, of West New York apparently left his girlfriend behind when he bailed out of the truck after it hit some containers on Gates Road near the Hackensack River shortly after 4 a.m. Aug. 28, police said. Officers responding to the crash were investigating when he approached them from up the street shouting obscenities, Little Ferry Police Chief James Walters said. Cyprian, who appeared drunk, was "yelling and walking around aimlessly in a hostile manner" …
News
Peeping Tom Strikes Again At Apartment Complex Along Hackensack River, Police Charge
A man who was banned from an apartment complex along the Hackensack River after he was caught peeking into windows was back at it, authorities charged. Joshua Purvis, 22, was arrested after Little Ferry police received a call of a peeping Tom at the Waterside Village Apartments beneath the Route 46 bridge shortly after midnight Tuesday, April 5, Chief James Walters said. Purvis, who lives on nearby Liberty Street, was previously banned from the property after surveillance footage showed him “peering through windows and attempting to open them to gain entry,” the chief said. Responding to t…
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SWAT
Standoff
: Hackensack Man Charged With Pursuing Victim With Machete, BB Gun Near FDU
UPDATE: A wanted man who was seized following a SWAT standoff at his Hackensack home had gone after another man with a handgun and a machete earlier in the day in Teaneck, prompting a lockdown of FDU and a local high school, authorities said Thursday. Andrew Deininger, 48, chased the other man through part of the Fairleigh Dickinson University campus following a dispute near the corner of Beverly and River roads around 2 p.m. Wednesday, Teaneck Police Chief Glenn O'Reilly said. "Although no specific threat to the campus community was known at the time, the FDU campus was placed into a lock…
Police & Fire
New Milford Police Capture Shoeless, Disoriented Burglar Inside Home
New Milford police captured a shoeless burglar who'd broken into a home Thursday afternoon in a remote neighborhood along the Hackensack River. The homeowner told police he and his family returned home shortly after 4:30 p.m. to find the intruder standing in a puddle in their driveway on dead-ended Steuben Avenue wearing a Spongebob Squarepants sweatshirt and no shoes, Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said. Aaron Warner, 19, of the Burlington County town of Browns Mills, entered the house through the front door as the resident called police, Van Saders said. Responding officers found him on …
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Rebirth, Renewal At Last Awaits Iconic North Jersey Submarine
From a nearby bridge over the silty Hackensack River, lights at night can be seen shining from a New Jersey icon that had long ago been considered kaput. A group of veterans have lately been at work on the USS Ling. They’ve patched a 3-inch hole in the hull, cleaned up the interior, restored one of the dive klaxons and made the once-floating museum’s horn functional again. Next stop: Caddell Dry Dock & Repair in Staten Island. Promises of restoration and relocation followed after Hurricane Sandy swept away the walkway from shore, leaving the foundering sub severely damaged and mired i…
Police & Fire
Seen
HER? Help Sought Finding Missing River Vale Woman, 74
Authorities sought the public's help Thursday finding a 74-year-old woman with dementia who wandered off from a senior housing complex in River Vale. Video surveillance captured Monica Yun leaving the River Vale Senior Residence at 8:51 a.m. and walking south on Cedar Lane, Police Lt. Peter Martin said. She was seen wearing a blue shirt, white pants, flip-flops and carrying a blue blanket, he said. Yun is 5”5” tall and weighs roughly 150 pounds, Martin said. She may have been in the area of the River Vale Country Club on Rivervale Road. The River Vale Senior Residence…
Police & Fire
Found
: Missing River Vale Boy Safe, Sound
A 15-year-old River Vale boy was found Friday afternoon, more than 36 hours after he'd gone missing. Alex Falkoff turned up in Park Ridge, Police Chief Sean Scheidle said. ****** R.I.P.: John Inserra, 48, was married with three young children. He coached and was extremely active in local youth sports. He also had severe heart trouble. Police found Inserra's body in his SUV after it ran off the road in River Vale and landed upside-down in the Hackensack River on Thursday. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/pascackvalley/police-fire/popular-hillsdale-firefighter-48-found-dead-in-suv-in…
Police & Fire
Popular Hillsdale Firefighter, 48, Found Dead In SUV In River Vale
A popular Hillsdale firefighter was found dead in his SUV Thursday in the upper Hackensack River in River Vale after apparently suffering a heart attack, responders said. John Inserra, 48, was married with three young children -- two boys and a girl. He coached and was extremely active in local youth sports, including softball and wrestling. Inserra was reported missing after he headed to the a gym in Norwood early Thursday and wasn't heard from again, close friends said. His phone was pinged to the area of Rivervale Road and Piermont Avenue in River Vale several hours later. Officers fr…
News
Is Hoffa Buried Beneath The Pulaski Skyway? Expert Says It's Likely
An author who spent decades researching the case of missing labor leader Jimmy Hoffa said new evidence he's uncovered strongly suggests he was buried in a former Jersey City landfill. "[T]here should be a concerted effort to persuade the law-enforcement community to get a search warrant and perform an excavation at the former PJP Landfill, aka 'Brother Moscato’s Dump,' in Jersey City, New Jersey," the author, Dan Moldea, wrote on his Facebook page. Pinning down the location of the former Teamsters president's remains has been a macabre parlor game in North Jersey ever since his …
Police & Fire
Hero Pulls Teaneck Driver From SUV That Barreled Into Hackensack River
The Teaneck driver and passenger of an SUV that barreled down an embankment into the Hackensack River on Tuesday got out safely, thanks to a good Samaritan. The 64-year-old driver from Teaneck mistakenly hit the gas, sending the 2002 Mercedes 330 out of the chute at the Spotless Auto Laundry on River Street and down into the water, authorities said. "The area is not barricaded to prevent vehicles from going straight instead of turning," Police Capt. Nicole Foley said. "She drove out of the car wash and straight into the river." A witness, 31-year-old Oriolos Ran of Guttenberg, jumped into …
Police & Fire
Oradell's Well-Known 'Meat Guy,' 54, Killed By Train
He was known for his sense of humor -- a fun-loving guy and popular Oradell meat wholesaler who called himself "The Meat Man." Christopher Lubben, 54, a former boys soccer coach at River Dell High School, was struck and killed by a commuter train in Oradell a half-dozen blocks or so from the school Wednesday evening -- the night before this year's graduation. ****** TRIBUTE: A funeral Mass was scheduled this Monday for Christopher Lubben -- the fun-loving and well-known Oradell wholesaler known as "The Meat Guy." https://paramus.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/monday-funera…
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