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SEE ANYTHING? Bicyclist, 65, Seriously Injured In New Milford, Police Seek Hit-Run Driver SEE ANYTHING? Bicyclist, 65, Seriously Injured In New Milford, Police Seek Hit-Run Driver
SEE Anything? Bicyclist, 65, Seriously Injured In New Milford, Police Seek Hit-Run Driver Police in New Milford turned to the public for help finding a pickup truck driver who fled after hitting and seriously injuring a 65-year-old bicyclist. The victim was struck by a white newer-model Ford pickup at the intersection of Boulevard and Hoffman Avenue around 11:30 p.m. Thursday, April 14, Capt. Kevin Van Saders said. “The bicyclist sustained significant injuries and was immediately rushed to Hackensack University Medical Center, where he is recovering in the trauma unit,” Van Saders said on Monday, April 24. The truck took off south on Boulevard towards New Bridge Road, he said…

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New Milford PD: Medical Episode Causes 5-Vehicle Chain-Reaction Crash Near River Edge New Milford PD: Medical Episode Causes 5-Vehicle Chain-Reaction Crash Near River Edge
New Milford PD: Medical Episode Causes 5-Vehicle Chain-Reaction Crash Near River Edge Five vehicles in all were heavily damaged in a chain-reaction crash after a driver suffered a medical episode on a busy New Milford road. The 32-year-old Honda driver from Beverly, MA was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center following the crash on New Bridge Road shortly before 4:30 p.m., Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said. Taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center was a 60-year-old Jeep driver from Tenafly, Van Saders said. Refusing medical attention were two women, both 48 – one from Tenafly who was driving a Nissan and another from Rutherford who was driving a BMW – as we…

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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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New Milford PD: Essex Car Thieves Busted With Ski Masks, Counterfeit Cash, More New Milford PD: Essex Car Thieves Busted With Ski Masks, Counterfeit Cash, More
New Milford PD: Essex Car Thieves Busted With Ski Masks, Counterfeit Cash, More A trio of Essex County 18-year-olds suspected in local car thefts were grabbed by New Milford police with ski masks, mechanics’ gloves, stolen bank checks and counterfeit money in their car before dawn Thursday, authorities said. Officer Samuel Gerais smelled marijuana coming from the vehicle after he stopped it on New Bridge Road a minute after midnight, Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said. The three apparently had been cruising the area, looking for cars to steal, he said. Backup Officers Mark O’Brien, Vincent Siekierski and Andrew Lignos found pot along with the other items in the car, …

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New Milford PD: Irate Teaneck Driver Slams Car Into Police Cruiser, Knocks Down Officer New Milford PD: Irate Teaneck Driver Slams Car Into Police Cruiser, Knocks Down Officer
New Milford PD: Irate Teaneck Driver Slams Car Into Police Cruiser, Knocks Down Officer A probationary Teaneck motorist stopped by a New Milford police officer for talking on her cellphone -- among other violations -- deliberately slammed her car into his cruiser, then knocked him down while speeding off, authorities said. Responding officers from Teaneck helped their colleagues capture 26-year-old Shanice Dicks on Northumberland Street in Teaneck soon after, Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said Thursday Officer Vincent Siekierski was OK after Monday's 11:19 p.m. incident. The police car sustained minor damage. Dicks, meanwhile, was charged with aggravated assault by auto whil…

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by Jerry DeMarco