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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