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UPDATE: Car Thieves In Fiery Utility Pole Crash That Closed Route 17 Are Both 15 UPDATE: Car Thieves In Fiery Utility Pole Crash That Closed Route 17 Are Both 15
Update: Car Thieves In Fiery Utility Pole Crash That Closed Route 17 Are Both 15 The driver and passenger in a stolen Range Rover that hit a utility pole, rolled over and ignited a cluster of fires during a pre-dawn police chase Friday on Route 17 are both 15-year-old juveniles from Newark, authorities said. The Range Rover and a silver Porsche Panamera were both stolen from the garage of a Carlton Road residence in Wyckoff after the thieves broke into the home and found the keys shortly before 4:30 a.m. Dec. 8, Wyckoff Police Lt. Joseph Soto said. Paramus police who heard an alert from their Wyckoff colleagues spotted both vehicles minutes later heading east on Route 4…

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HEROES: Saddle River Police Sergeant, Officer Douse Growing House Fire HEROES: Saddle River Police Sergeant, Officer Douse Growing House Fire
Heroes: Saddle River Police Sergeant, Officer Douse Growing House Fire Smoke rolled out the front door as Saddle River Police Sgt. Diana Golonek and Officer Grant Novak arrived at a house fire just before midnight Thursday. The living-room blaze was beginning to cook, leaving the pair little time. Golonek emptied two fire extinguishers on the flames while Novak opened a garden hose he'd pulled through an open French door of the 5,000-square-foot house on tiny dead-ended Dogwood Drive late on June 28. Together, they beat back the flames and had the blaze knocked down by the time borough firefighters arrived. The residents got out OK and no injuries were repor…

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Naked, Agitated Route 17 Motel Guest Trashes Room, Seized By SWAT Naked, Agitated Route 17 Motel Guest Trashes Room, Seized By SWAT
Naked, Agitated Route 17 Motel Guest Trashes Room, Seized By SWAT A naked, agitated Route 17 motel guest was quickly seized by a Bergen County Regional SWAT team on Monday after he trashed his room, authorities said. The 46-year-old man, originally from Paramus, appeared in the throes of what looked like "excited delirium" when Upper Saddle River police were called to the Fair Motel at 12:47 p.m. April 17, responders said. The man was outside the room, naked and bleeding, when responders arrived and then immediately ran inside and barricaded the door, Upper Saddle River Police Detective Capt. Edward Kane said. Several responders converged on the Fair…

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Route 17 Crash: Waldwick Police Revive Overdosed Midnight Driver Route 17 Crash: Waldwick Police Revive Overdosed Midnight Driver
Route 17 Crash: Waldwick Police Revive Overdosed Midnight Driver HEROES: An unconscious 28-year-old driver from East Rutherford was revived by Waldwick police after overdosing and crashing his car into a median on Route 17, authorities said. It was moments after midnight when the crash occurred near Sheridan Avenue early Wednesday, March 22, Police Lt. Troy Seifert said. Sgt. Michael Sinclair and Officers Tom Zachmann and Anthony LoPrinzi had to break a window to get to the unresponsive driver and pull him out, Seifert said. He regained consciousness after they administered Narcan, then was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood by the Waldwick Volun…

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Fleeing Vehicle Thieves Nearly Run Down Owner, Nabbed On Route 17 In Paramus Fleeing Vehicle Thieves Nearly Run Down Owner, Nabbed On Route 17 In Paramus
Fleeing Vehicle Thieves Nearly Run Down Owner, Nabbed On Route 17 In Paramus A fleeing getaway car full of ski-masked thieves nearly struck a Bergen County homeowner who'd stopped them from stealing his luxury SUV, authorities said. The resident called police with the license plate number of the car that had just missed him outside his home, Saddle River Police Chief Jason Cosgriff said. Paramus police captured the quartet on southbound Route 17 moments later, then handed them over to their Saddle River colleagues, he said. The thieves were trying to take a $200,000 Mercedes when the High Ridge-neighborhood homeowner stopped them shortly after 3:30 p.m. Monday, Cos…

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Bergen Quartet OK After Sedan Crashes In Front Of Multi-Million-Dollar Home Bergen Quartet OK After Sedan Crashes In Front Of Multi-Million-Dollar Home
Bergen Quartet OK After Sedan Crashes In Front Of Multi-Million-Dollar Home Four occupants escaped serious injury when their sedan crashed Sunday night in front of a Saddle River home, authorities said. A 17-year-old Saddle River boy was driving a BMW M5 with three passengers when the crash occurred in front of a home on East Saddle River Road just south of East Allendale Road around 8 p.m., according to a police report. With him were his 21-year-old sister, an 18-year-old woman from Washington Township and a 17-year-old girl from Westwood, it says. The $5.7 million home is just minutes off Route 17. All of the occupants got out under their own steam, responders …

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DAYTIME DRAMA: Firefighters Help Paramus PD Pluck Stolen Car Suspect From Roof Off Route 17 DAYTIME DRAMA: Firefighters Help Paramus PD Pluck Stolen Car Suspect From Roof Off Route 17
Daytime Drama: Firefighters Help Paramus PD Pluck Stolen Car Suspect From Roof Off Route 17 A dramatic chase played out along Route 17 Thursday afternoon as Paramus police nabbed two suspected car thieves, one of whom borough firefighters helped them pluck from the roof of a day care center. It began when Saddle River police spotted a Range Rover that had been reported stolen out of Elmwood Park earlier in the day, Paramus Detective Capt. David LaGrone said. Hearing their alert, Paramus police waited further down southbound Route 17, then pulled behind the vehicle when it came by, the captain said. The driver tried to cut through the typical thick afternoon traffic when he spott…

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GOTCHA! Saddle River Police Nab Burglar From Montvale Running Out Residents' Front Door GOTCHA! Saddle River Police Nab Burglar From Montvale Running Out Residents' Front Door
Gotcha! Saddle River Police Nab Burglar From Montvale Running Out Residents' Front Door Saddle River police nabbed a burglar from Montvale as he ran out the front door of a local home, authorities said. Residents returning to their home near Chestnut Ridge Road around 5 p.m. Saturday called police after finding signs of a break-in, Lt. Edward Giannotti said. What they didn't know was that the intruder was still inside, he said. Howard Zhang, 37, tried to outrun the responders but was quickly tackled by Officer John Latka and Detective Michael Cooper, the lieutenant said. Zhang, whose criminal history includes convictions out of both Bergen County and Texas, had an outstandin…

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Police: Saddle River Chief Nabs Fleeing Paramus Home Depot Shoplifter Who Struck Security Guard Police: Saddle River Chief Nabs Fleeing Paramus Home Depot Shoplifter Who Struck Security Guard
Police: Saddle River Chief Nabs Fleeing Paramus Home Depot Shoplifter Who Struck Security Guard A man who fled a Home Depot in Paramus after assaulting a female security guard was stopped by a local police chief on Route 17 moments later, authorities said. Sheffield C. Brown, 53, of Brooklyn had stolen $1,300 worth of tools and other assorted items when the guard tried to stop him from leaving early Wednesday afternoon, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Brown then "assaulted the guard and fled in a U-Haul truck onto Route 17 north," Ehrenberg said. Saddle River Police Chief Jason Cosgriff was among the officers from area departments who heard the stop-and-hold alert. Then…

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Utility Pole Crash Closes Northbound Route 17 Overnight Utility Pole Crash Closes Northbound Route 17 Overnight
Utility Pole Crash Closes Northbound Route 17 Overnight A driver walked away unscathed after an SUV split a utility pole outside a Route 17 service station in Ramsey overnight, responders said. The northbound highway was initially shutdown at East Allendale Avenue following the 1:30 a.m. crash at the QuickChek station. Firefighters tended to the vehicle, while police and members of Ramsey Rescue and Ramsey EMS tended to the victim. A state Department of Transportation crew, a Bergen County Hazardous Materials Unit and Orange & Rockland Utilities also responded, along with Saddle River police and the Ramsey Office of Emergency Management. T…

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GOTCHA! Saddle River Patrol Officer Nabs Wanted Rockland Sex Offender From Washington Township GOTCHA! Saddle River Patrol Officer Nabs Wanted Rockland Sex Offender From Washington Township
Gotcha! Saddle River Patrol Officer Nabs Wanted Rockland Sex Offender From Washington Township A Saddle River patrol officer on the lookout for car thieves caught a fugitive sex offender wanted out of Rockland County sleeping in his car, authorities said. Michael Rosen, 32, of Washington Township, remained held Wednesday in the Bergen County Jail pending extradition proceedings on a fugitive warrant issued by a judge in New City. Saddle River Police Officer Diana Golonek was on patrol when she spotted a 2009 Audi sedan parked with its high beams on and temporary license tags on Chestnut Ridge Road around 5 a.m. Tuesday, Police Chief Jason Cosgriff said. It being a prime time of day …

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Waldwick Police Revive OD'd Van Driver At Intersection Waldwick Police Revive OD'd Van Driver At Intersection
Waldwick Police Revive OD'd Van Driver At Intersection A trio of Waldwick police officers revived a heroin-carrying driver who passed out from an overdose behind the wheel of a van stopped at an intersection, authorities said Saturday. Sgt. David Passaretti and Officers Dylan Ritondale and Michael Sinclair began CPR after finding the 30-year-old driver on the ground next to the van, which was stopped at Sheridan Avenue and East Prospect Street, just before 2 p.m. Friday, Lt. Thomas J. Dowling said. He was unresponsive, with a faint pulse, the lieutenant said. Once the officers revived him, the driver was taken to The Valley Hospital, Dowling s…

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Police Warn Parents Of Bogus Text -- With Blatant Typo -- Telling Girls To Run Away From Home Police Warn Parents Of Bogus Text -- With Blatant Typo -- Telling Girls To Run Away From Home
Police Warn Parents Of Bogus Text -- With Blatant Typo -- Telling Girls To Run Away From Home It bears a blatant typo, but Saddle River police – just to be sure – are warning parents about a bogus text message apparently sent to young girls telling them to run away from home. “STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND RUN AWAY FROM HOME!” the text says. “Bad pleople are after you.” Yes, the bogus text -- which bears a Dallas area code -- says “pleople.” “Looks like someone didn't make it to spelling bee,” a Facebook user commented. “Girl please ... this looks so obviously fake,” one wrote. “Maybe not to a younger girl,” another responded. “Please speak with your children about this message a…

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