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Officer Hit By Bottle Thrown By Attendee Of Party With Underage Drinkers In Hasbrouck Heights Officer Hit By Bottle Thrown By Attendee Of Party With Underage Drinkers In Hasbrouck Heights
Officer Hit By Bottle Thrown By Attendee Of Party With Underage Drinkers In Hasbrouck Heights A Hasbrouck Heights police officer was struck by a bottle thrown through the open window of a patrol car while approaching a group of 75 mostly underage attendees of an illegal drinking party at a local home, authorities said. Although the officer escaped serious injury, whoever threw the bottle will be prosecuted aggressively, Hasbrouck Heights Police Chief Joseph Rinke said. Homeowners Joshua and Cynthia Daniels were criminally charged with allowing underage drinking at their Ottawa Avenue home, a couple of doors down from the Hasbrouck Heights Middle and High School, Lt. John Behr said. …

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Six Vehicles Swiped From Hasbrouck Heights Used Car Lots Six Vehicles Swiped From Hasbrouck Heights Used Car Lots
Six Vehicles Swiped From Hasbrouck Heights Used Car Lots It's not just late-model luxury cars that auto thieves are coveting: One crew just swiped six older vehicles from two neighboring used-car lots in Hasbrouck Heights, authorities said.  The burglars broke into dealerships across from one another on Railroad Avenue sometime after dark Sunday, Dec. 11, and before mid-morning on Monday, Police Chief Joseph Rinke said. Taken were five four-door vehicles: 2009 Mercedes Benz C30 (black); 2011 Infinity G2A (gray); 2012 Audi A4 (white); 2012 Hyundai Sonata (white); 2013 BMW 5S (black); 2013 Hyundai Sonata 4dr silver. ****** ANYONE who might …

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SEE ANYTHING? Shots Fired Into Hasbrouck Heights Business SEE ANYTHING? Shots Fired Into Hasbrouck Heights Business
SEE Anything? Shots Fired Into Hasbrouck Heights Business Authorities were trying to determine who fired several shots into a Hasbrouck Heights business that had closed for the day. No one was injured in what Police Capt. Joseph Rinke, the officer in charge of the department, said was an isolated incident at a multi-use building at 440 Boulevard early Saturday evening, Feb. 19. The call came in at 6:20 p.m. of "four loud bangs" believed to be gunshots, which uniformed officers confirmed at the establishment, a few blocks from eastbound Route 46. The block was closed while detectives reviewed area surveillance video and interviewed witnesses…

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Police: Probationary Driver Who Crashed Off Route 17 Registers Nearly Twice Legal Alcohol Limit Police: Probationary Driver Who Crashed Off Route 17 Registers Nearly Twice Legal Alcohol Limit
Police: Probationary Driver Who Crashed Off Route 17 Registers Nearly Twice Legal Alcohol Limit A probationary driver was drunk when he crashed his car off Route 17, authorities said. Samuel E. Holloman III of Wood-Ridge lost control of the 2015 Lexus while trying to exit the southbound highway at Henry Street shortly after 4 a.m. Friday, Police Capt. Joseph Rinke, the officer in charge of the Hasbrouck Heights Police Department, said Monday. The vehicle struck the island divider and came to rest on the south side of Henry Street with a blown front tire, he said. Holloman registered a .15% blood alcohol level on an Alcotest -- nearly twice the legal limit, records show. Police charg…

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Hasbrouck Heights Flasher Strikes Twice On Same Street, Police Make Arrest Hasbrouck Heights Flasher Strikes Twice On Same Street, Police Make Arrest
Hasbrouck Heights Flasher Strikes Twice On Same Street, Police Make Arrest A woman had told Hasbrouck Heights police how a man exposed himself to her and her two young children when another report came in from barely a block away. Officers arrested borough resident Todd Wagner, 56, moments later, said Capt. Joseph Rinke, the officer in charge of the department. The first victim reported an incident in the area of Boulevard and Franklin Avenue shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday, Rinke said. A search of the area yielded negative results, he said. Police got a similar report shortly before 9:30 a.m. Wednesday of a man exposing himself on Boulevard at Hamilton …

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by Jerry DeMarco