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Fuel Truck Crashes Through Fence, Clips Pole, Nearly Hits Elmwood Park Home Fuel Truck Crashes Through Fence, Clips Pole, Nearly Hits Elmwood Park Home
Fuel Truck Crashes Through Fence, Clips Pole, Nearly Hits Elmwood Park Home  A single-axle tanker truck filled with heating oil sideswiped a utility pole, crashed through a chain link fence and finally stopped short of hitting a house near a Garden State Parkway overpass in Elmwood Park on Monday. No injuries were reported in the Nov. 20 mishap in the 900 block of River Drive near the Garden Drive intersection. No oil leaked from the Fairclough fuel truck out of Paterson, either. River Drive was closed in both directions between the Garden State Parkway and Route 46 overpasses while a PSE&G crew replaced the pole. Boyd A. Loving Power was knocked out only …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Worker Wrestles Gun From Gas Station Convenience Store Robber On Route 46 Worker Wrestles Gun From Gas Station Convenience Store Robber On Route 46
Worker Wrestles Gun From Gas Station Convenience Store Robber On Route 46 A robber seemed desperate as she pointed a handgun and demanded money from a convenience store worker on the graveyard shift at a Route 46 gas station in Elmwood Park. The steel-nerved worker wasn’t rattled, though. The gun had no magazine. Gambling that there wasn't a bullet chambered, he snatched the weapon from her hands, then shouted to a colleague outside to call police. A male accomplice then rushed in and punched him in the head, freeing his partner. Elmwood Park police nabbed the Paterson couple moments later, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Krystina Tracey-Vaughan, 30,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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ICE Looks To Deport Stolen Car Passenger, 22, After Montvale Pursuit, Elmwood Park Crash ICE Looks To Deport Stolen Car Passenger, 22, After Montvale Pursuit, Elmwood Park Crash
ICE Looks To Deport Stolen Car Passenger, 22, After Montvale Pursuit, Elmwood Park Crash A stolen vehicle pursuit that began in Montvale ended in a crash and the arrests of two occupants at a Garden State Parkway exit ramp in Elmwood Park. Police began pursuing the Range Rover, which had been reported stolen out of Saddle River, on Chestnut Ridge Road around 5 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 30, Montvale Police Chief Doug McDowell said. The vehicle crashed at Exit 157 onto Route 46 off the southbound Parkway 15 or so minutes later. The driver, Raidis A. Santos Tejada, 19, of Newark was trapped in the car and taken at gunpoint, Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said. The passen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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GOTCHA! Off-Duty Elmwood Park Firefighter Helps Nab Fugitive Following Passaic River Pursuit GOTCHA! Off-Duty Elmwood Park Firefighter Helps Nab Fugitive Following Passaic River Pursuit
Gotcha! Off-Duty Elmwood Park Firefighter Helps Nab Fugitive Following Passaic River Pursuit A Paterson fugitive briefly eluded a police dragnet but was captured after he tried bumming a ride from what turned out to be an off-duty Elmwood Park firefighter, authorities said. Paterson police armed with a warrant were pursuing Stanley Edwards, 30, when he bailed out of a vehicle that had just crashed into a parked car on Sterling Place shortly before 11 p.m. Tuesday, Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said. He then ran down an embankment on River Drive and under the Broadway (Route 4) bridge over the Passaic River, responders said. Fair Lawn police, Bergen County sheriff's off…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Firefighters Knocked Back When Propane Tank Explodes In Elmwood Park House Blaze Firefighters Knocked Back When Propane Tank Explodes In Elmwood Park House Blaze
Firefighters Knocked Back When Propane Tank Explodes In Elmwood Park House Blaze An explosion during a pre-dawn fire that gutted an Elmwood Park home knocked three firefighters to the ground, authorities said. All three were checked out at a local hospital before being released without injury, said Michael Foligno, who is the borough's police chief and business administrator. The homeowner and a roommate tried to douse the flames after the fire ignited in a first-floor computer room on Palsa Avenue just off River Drive near Route 46 around 4:30 a.m. Monday, March 28, Foligno said. But "the fire became larger, which forced them to evacuate," he said. A propane tank…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fugitive Wanted For Punching, Pistol-Whipping Woman Surrenders To Elmwood Park Police Fugitive Wanted For Punching, Pistol-Whipping Woman Surrenders To Elmwood Park Police
Fugitive Wanted For Punching, Pistol-Whipping Woman Surrenders To Elmwood Park Police A manhunt ended when a Paterson man wanted for punching and pistol-whipping a woman surrendered to Elmwood Park police. Nasir Clark, 21, had been released by a judge hours after Paramus police arrested him last November with a stolen stun gun. He’s also awaiting trial on attempted murder charges for a Paterson drive-by shooting in early 2020. Clark was in a car with the Elmwood Park on River Drive around 8 p.m. April 8 when he punched her several times in the face, Detective Sgt. William Woods said Friday. He then pointed a pistol at her while making threats, then hit her in the head wit…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities: DWI Car Salesman Flees After Hitting Pedestrian In Front Of Elmwood Park Police Authorities: DWI Car Salesman Flees After Hitting Pedestrian In Front Of Elmwood Park Police
Authorities: DWI Car Salesman Flees After Hitting Pedestrian In Front Of Elmwood Park Police A Hackensack car salesman from Elmwood Park who’d turned 21 just hours earlier was drunk when he struck and critically injured a pedestrian with a sedan right in front of borough police and then took off, authorities said. Omar Firozvi was driving a Ford Fusion that struck an 18-year-old New York man who was standing next to a disabled vehicle on River Drive near Marginal Road shortly after 2 a.m., Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Borough police officers who were assisting the driver whose car broke down witnessed the crash, then chased and quickly caught Firozvi, who’d kept goin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Authorities: Drunk Elmwood Park Car Salesman Flees After Hitting Pedestrian In Front Of Police Authorities: Drunk Elmwood Park Car Salesman Flees After Hitting Pedestrian In Front Of Police
Authorities: Drunk Elmwood Park Car Salesman Flees After Hitting Pedestrian In Front Of Police A car salesman from Elmwood Park who’d turned 21 just hours earlier was drunk when he struck and critically injured a pedestrian right in front of borough police and then tried to flee, authorities said. Omar Firozvi was driving a Ford Fusion that struck an 18-year-old New York man who was standing next to a disabled vehicle on River Drive near Marginal Road shortly after 2 a.m., Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Borough police officers who were assisting the driver whose car broke down witnessed the crash, then chased and quickly caught Firozvi, who’d kept going north on River D…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
PHOTOS: Authorities Recover Body Stranded On Bridge Pillar In Passaic River PHOTOS: Authorities Recover Body Stranded On Bridge Pillar In Passaic River
Photos: Authorities Recover Body Stranded On Bridge Pillar In Passaic River UPDATE: Authorities suspect a man whose body was pulled from the Passaic River in Elmwood Park may have been involved in a shooting in Paterson last week. An autopsy Monday aimed to identify him and how he died. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/saddlebrook/police-fire/man-whose-body-was-found-in-passaic-river-may-have-been-involved-in-paterson-shooting/788459/ ****** ORIGINAL STORY: A body found stuck on a bridge pillar in the Passaic River was recovered Sunday afternoon. The body was stuck on a pillar of the Broadway bridge in Elmwood Park around 12:15 p.m., reports say.  Dive tea…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Bullet Taped To Locker Locks Down Eye Surgery Center In Elmwood Park Bullet Taped To Locker Locks Down Eye Surgery Center In Elmwood Park
Bullet Taped To Locker Locks Down Eye Surgery Center In Elmwood Park An eye surgery center in Elmwood Park was temporarily locked down Wednesday morning after an employee found a bullet inadvertently taped to his locker by a member of the cleaning staff, authorities said. An employee at Phillips Eye Center on River Driver found the .22-caliber long rifle round taped to his locker and alerted management, who called police, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. The River Drive Eye Center building was locked down "out of an abundance of caution" and K9 units were summoned, said Foligno, who is also the borough administrator. As employees were being interviewed, "…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Yet Another Fire At Marcal, Arson Investigators Requested Yet Another Fire At Marcal, Arson Investigators Requested
Yet Another Fire At Marcal, Arson Investigators Requested Fire tore through an electrical room Tuesday in what’s left of the Marcal plant in Elmwood Park – bringing not only firefighters from several towns but also arson investigators from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. Less than a month after the “big one” consumed most of the plant, Tuesday’s blaze broke out in a five-story building on River Drive near the intersection of Summit Avenue. "The building involved is located north of the New York Susquehanna Rail Road tracks and was not previously involved in the fire that occurred on January 30th," Borough Administrator/Police Chief Michael…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Elmwood Park Pedestrian, 80, Killed Just 150 Feet From Home Elmwood Park Pedestrian, 80, Killed Just 150 Feet From Home
Elmwood Park Pedestrian, 80, Killed Just 150 Feet From Home UPDATE: Frank Pezza was walking to his Elmwood Park home when he was struck by two vehicles Thursday night -- just steps from his front door. It was foggy and rainy when a car driven by a nurse heading to work from Garfield slammed into the 80-year-old Pezza just before 6:30 p.m., barely 150 feet from his River Drive home, authorities said. Pezza was crossing River Drive from east to west and had possibly just gotten off of the bus from New York City, authorities said. He was in the middle of the road when he was hit, hurling him from one lane into another, responders said. A se…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Elmwood Park Pedestrian, 80, Killed Just 150 Feet From His Home Elmwood Park Pedestrian, 80, Killed Just 150 Feet From His Home
Elmwood Park Pedestrian, 80, Killed Just 150 Feet From His Home UPDATE: Frank Pezza was walking to his Elmwood Park home when he was struck by two vehicles Thursday night -- just steps from his front door. It was foggy and rainy when a car driven by a nurse heading to work from Garfield slammed into the 80-year-old Pezza just before 6:30 p.m., barely 150 feet from his River Drive home, authorities said. Pezza was crossing River Drive from east to west and had possibly just gotten off of the bus from New York City, authorities said. He was in the middle of the road when he was hit, hurling him from one lane into another, responders said. A second vehic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Elmwood Park PD: Fleeing Tenafly Driver Who Nearly Dragged Officer Caught Elmwood Park PD: Fleeing Tenafly Driver Who Nearly Dragged Officer Caught
Elmwood Park PD: Fleeing Tenafly Driver Who Nearly Dragged Officer Caught Elmwood Park police tracked down and arrested a Tenafly motorist who they said sped off, nearly dragging a uniformed officer with him, following a Friday morning traffic stop. William Ennis, 27, was charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, eluding and obstruction of justice. Officers Joseph Pride and Keith Hartmann stopped the vehicle on River Drive near Slater Drive around 11:30 a.m., Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Ennis “quickly became uncooperative… and refused to comply with specific instructions,” he said. “As the situation escalated, [Pride] ordered [Ennis] out of th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Elmwood Park PD: Fleeing Tenafly Driver Who Nearly Dragged Officer Caught Elmwood Park PD: Fleeing Tenafly Driver Who Nearly Dragged Officer Caught
Elmwood Park PD: Fleeing Tenafly Driver Who Nearly Dragged Officer Caught UPDATE: Elmwood Park police tracked down and arrested a Tenafly motorist who they said sped off, nearly dragging a uniformed officer with him, following a Friday morning traffic stop. William Ennis, 27, was charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, eluding and obstruction of justice. Officers Joseph Pride and Keith Hartmann stopped the vehicle on River Drive near Slater Drive around 11:30 a.m., Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Ennis “quickly became uncooperative… and refused to comply with specific instructions,” he said. “As the situation escalated, [Pride] ordered [Ennis] o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Traffic
Construction Closes Stretch Of Elmwood Park's Market Street Construction Closes Stretch Of Elmwood Park's Market Street
Construction Closes Stretch Of Elmwood Park's Market Street ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- A work-week of road construction in Elmwood Park has closed a stretch of River Road in Elmwood, police said. The work -- which closes River Road from River Drive to Market Street -- was scheduled to run from Monday through Friday, Jan. 26. Plan alternate routes.

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by Jerry DeMarco