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15-Hour SWAT Standoff Ends In Arrest Of Suicidal Wayne Man, His Father 15-Hour SWAT Standoff Ends In Arrest Of Suicidal Wayne Man, His Father
15-Hour SWAT Standoff Ends In Arrest Of Suicidal Wayne Man, His Father A 15-hour standoff in Wayne ended peacefully early Thursday morning, Nov. 21 after police negotiated the surrender of a 27-year-old man who had armed himself with a knife and barricaded himself in his family’s home.  Officers responded to a home Preakness Avenue home just before 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, on reports that 27-year-old Thomas M. Pfefferkorn, was expressing suicidal thoughts, Wayne Police Chief Joseph Rooney said. Upon arrival, officers encountered the man’s father, Thomas P. Pfefferkorn, standing outside the home. The younger Pfefferkorn retreated into the home, reap…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Traffic Officer Helps Nab Man Seen On Video Tearing Down Wayne Church's Pride Flag, Police Say Traffic Officer Helps Nab Man Seen On Video Tearing Down Wayne Church's Pride Flag, Police Say
Traffic Officer Helps Nab Man Seen On Video Tearing Down Wayne Church's Pride Flag, Police Say GOTCHA! The search for a man caught on video tearing down a pride flag at a Wayne church ended with an arrest after a keen-eyed traffic officer spotted his distinctive set of wheels going by, authorities said. Police released video and other images of the vandal who struck at Grace United Presbyterian Church on Preakness Avenue shortly after 9:30 a.m. Oct 31. Also shown was a black Audi A4 with tinted windows, silver spoked rims and a front license plate offset to the right side of the bumper. Officer Corey Stevens was working a traffic detail on Wednesday when the Audi rolled past him, D…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Traffic Officer Helps Nab Man Seen On Video Tearing Down Wayne Church's Pride Flag, Police Say Traffic Officer Helps Nab Man Seen On Video Tearing Down Wayne Church's Pride Flag, Police Say
Traffic Officer Helps Nab Man Seen On Video Tearing Down Wayne Church's Pride Flag, Police Say GOTCHA! The search for a man caught on video tearing down a pride flag at a Wayne church ended with an arrest after a keen-eyed traffic officer spotted his distinctive set of wheels going by, authorities said. Police released video and other images of the vandal who struck at Grace United Presbyterian Church on Preakness Avenue shortly after 9:30 a.m. Oct 31. Also shown was a black Audi A4 with tinted windows, silver spoked rims and a front license plate offset to the right side of the bumper. Officer Corey Stevens was working a traffic detail on Wednesday when the Audi rolled past him, D…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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PD: Driver In Wayne Stolen Car Pursuit Crashes, Bails On Route 46, Leaves Loaded Gun Behind PD: Driver In Wayne Stolen Car Pursuit Crashes, Bails On Route 46, Leaves Loaded Gun Behind
PD: Driver In Wayne Stolen Car Pursuit Crashes, Bails On Route 46, Leaves Loaded Gun Behind A car thief from Newark who was captured after he crashed his own car on Route 46 in Clifton during a police chase left a loaded gun behind, Wayne police said. Wayne police responding to a report of thieves in a BMW with a temporary license plate in the Point View Parkway area spotted the car heading south in tandem with a stolen Lexus on Valley Road around 7:30 a.m. Sunday, Detective Capt. Daniel Daly said. They tried stopping the vehicles, but both sped away, Daly said. A supervisor eventually called off the pursuit because of the excessive speed, the captain said. One of the vehicles s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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AFTERMATH: Maywood Firefighter, 71-Year-Old Driver Among Several North Jersey Storm Victims AFTERMATH: Maywood Firefighter, 71-Year-Old Driver Among Several North Jersey Storm Victims
Aftermath: Maywood Firefighter, 71-Year-Old Driver Among Several North Jersey Storm Victims A Maywood firefighter was injured when a tree fell onto an engine -- one of several people hurt by falling branches, limbs and trees in Bergen and Passaic counties during Tuesday's storm, responders said.  A 71-year-old man also required medical attention after a tree fell on his car on Route 17 in Ridgewood as Tropical Storm Isaias barreled through. A driver was injured by glass when a branch from a falling tree crashed through the windshield of a vehicle on the southbound Palisades Interstate Parkway near Exit 1 in Englewood Cliffs. And two trees fell on an Englewood home, blocking …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Wayne PD: Unlicensed Out-Of-Town Driver Had Oxy For Sale Wayne PD: Unlicensed Out-Of-Town Driver Had Oxy For Sale
Wayne PD: Unlicensed Out-Of-Town Driver Had Oxy For Sale A suspended driver whose car drifted back and forth across lanes had nearly 50 Oxycodone pills for sale, more than $1,850 in suspicious cash and a pair of license plates not belonging to any particular vehicle, Wayne police said. Officer Joseph Cobianchi stopped the 2009 Mercedes Benz at the corner of Valley Road and Preakness Avenue just after 2 a.m. Tuesday, Capt. Laurence Martin said. The car reeked of pot, Martin said. Cobianchi found a small amount of marijuana in the door map pocket and 46 Oxycodone pills on the center console, along with a pair of blunts, the plates and the cash el…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Wayne Police: New Year's Eve DWI Crash Driver Rescued From Overturned SUV Wayne Police: New Year's Eve DWI Crash Driver Rescued From Overturned SUV
Wayne Police: New Year's Eve DWI Crash Driver Rescued From Overturned SUV WAYNE, N.J. -- A drunk driver had to be extricated from his overturned SUV after it barreled into the woods in Wayne just after midnight on New Year's Eve, authorities said. A passenger also fled the scene, but police followed his footprints in the snow and found him passed out over a fence, Detective Capt. Lawrence W. Martin said Jorge Aliaga, 52, of Wayne, was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson by the Wayne Volunteer Memorial First Aid Squad after members cut him from a 2011 Honda Pilot, with help from township firefighters, following the 12:30 a.m. crash off Preakn…

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by Jerry DeMarco