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Palisade Avenue, Cliffside Park, NJ
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Tenant Accused Of Letting Cliffside Apartment Fire Burn Is Identified (
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UPDATE: Authorities have identified an emotionally troubled tenant who they said deliberately left a fire burning in his Cliffside Park apartment. Authorities arrested Christopher J. Perez, 40, at his sister's home after the two-alarm blaze was doused in a top-floor unit in the three-story brick building on Palisade Avenue shortly after 10:30 a.m. Sunday, April 28, sources told Daily Voice. He was charged with endangering the lives of others and failing to put out or control a fire, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Monday. Perez also was charged with possession of crack t…
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Troubled Resident With Crack Leaves Fire Burning In Cliffside Apartment: Prosecutor
𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: Authorities have identified an emotionally troubled tenant who they said deliberately left a fire burning in his Cliffside Park apartment. Authorities arrested Christopher J. Perez, 40, at his sister's home after the two-alarm blaze was doused in a top-floor unit in the three-story brick building on Palisade Avenue shortly after 10:30 a.m. Sunday, April 28, sources told Daily Voice. He was charged with endangering the lives of others and failing to put out or control a fire, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Monday. Perez also was charged with possession of crack that t…
Police & Fire
'Drugmobile' Stopped By Cliffside Officer, Driver Slammed With Host Of Offenses: Police
He had no driver's license, no legitimate registration and no insurance -- but that was far from the worst of it. An out-of-state driver was carrying Ketamine and cocaine, among various drugs, when a Cliffside Park police officer stopped him for a pair of traffic violations, authorities said. Officer Julio Perez-Tabera stopped the 2016 Audi RS7 as it pulled into the lot at the Palisadium in the Winston Towers off Palisade Avenue, Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said. Owen E. Meyer, 32, had failed to come to a complete stop at the light and then failed to signal a turn, the deputy chief …
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Teacher's Aide Rescues Choking Child In Cliffside Park
Young Kayla Lopez was having lunch at Cliffside Park’s No. 3 school when a piece of meat suddenly got stuck. The choking 7-year-old was in distress and terribly frightened. Seeing what was happening, teacher’s aide Jessica Foster rushed over and dislodged the food with the Heimlich maneuver, said Kayla’s mom, Natasha Madrid. That wasn’t all, however. Foster held tight to Kayla, who was still “in shock and trembling” when Madrid’s husband arrived at the Palisade Avenue school to pick her up, her mom said. “She hugged Kayla, making her feel safe until one of us could get there,” Madrid sa…
Police & Fire
Cliffside Park Woman Charged With Stabbing Roommate
A Cliffside Park man had settled down to sleep when his roommate – suspecting he’d stolen jewelry from her -- stabbed him in the leg, authorities said. Catalina Sacasa, 40, was brought to Bergen New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus early Wednesday based on statements that they said she made about her emotional state following her arrest the day before. The 5-foot-2-inch, 110-pound Sacasa jabbed her 41-year-old roommate in the leg with a folding knife in the Palisade Avenue apartment that they share near DeSoto Place around 6 a.m. Tuesday, Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said. Sacasa was…
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Cliffside Park PD: Fleeing Hudson Motorcyclist Nabbed After Pursuit Into Fort Lee
Fort Lee police helped their Cliffside Park colleagues nab a reckless motorcyclist from Hudson County following a high-speed chase, authorities said Wednesday. Angelo Vargas, 21, and two other cyclists had just sped into town on separate 150cc street bikes when an officer in an unmarked car tried to stop them on Palisade Avenue at Walker Street shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday, Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said. A marked patrol unit also tried to intercept the trio at Oakdene Avenue before they split up, Capano said. Two turned left onto Columbia Avenue while Vargas kept going straight o…
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Instagram Celeb Held In Bergen Jail For Kidnapping, Terrorizing Man Who Trashed Him Online
An Instagram influencer and two associates kidnapped a man in Bergen County, then stripped him naked and held a machete to his neck while threatening to kill him if he didn’t remove negative social media posts, authorities charged. Jebara J. Igbara, 25, told the victim that a video of the kidnapping would be released to social media if he didn’t do what he was told, they said. Earlier this week, federal authorities in Brooklyn charged Ibarra with scamming four of his nearly 1 million followers out of Bitcoin virtual currency by sending them worthless wire transfers in exchange for more than…
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Homeless Man Found Frozen To Death In Vacant Cliffside Park Building Identified
UPDATE: The family of a homeless Guatemalan immigrant found frozen to death in a vacant apartment in Cliffside Park won’t be able to bring his body home, friends say. A concerned friend who hadn’t seen him went to check the Palisade Avenue building near the Fairview border where Jorge Adalberto Roca had been staying with nearly a dozen other squatters, authorities said. Like him, Roca’s wife had suffered from severe alcoholism Roca’s wife, Virginia, died from alcoholism three months ago. Their children were placed with a caretaker in Fairview. That left Roca – an undocumented immigrant fro…
Police & Fire
Surprise
! Hudson Ex-Con Nabbed By Cliffside Park Police After Texting Female Burglary Victim
A Hudson County ex-con with a lengthy rap sheet who broke into a Cliffside Park woman's garage and stole some of her valuables got a surprise when he tried to extort her, authorities said. Rashon Drone, 36, of West New York took $200 in cash and other items from the woman's car after breaking into the Palisade Avenue garage, Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said. He then texted the victim and told her to meet him at a Quick Chek in North Bergen to get them back, the deputy chief said. As it turned out, authorities trying to serve a protection order also had been looking for Drone, who ha…
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Distraught Widower, 86, Jumps To Death From High-Rise Over Hudson
A distraught widower jumped to his death from a Cliffside Park high-rise on New Year's Day, authorities confirmed. The 86-year-old man, who'd lost a daughter to suicide, left a check for another daughter from the recent sale of a home, they said. He then went out onto the deck and over the side of his 12th floor condo in the rear of Winston Towers 200 off Palisade Avenue just after 5 p.m. Friday, they said. Borough police were joined by the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification, which collected evidence, and the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office. ****** The Nat…
Police & Fire
Black Bear Visits Cliffside Park Neighborhood Overlooking NYC
PHOTOS/VIDEO: A young black bear became a local sensation while toddling through a Cliffside Park neighborhood atop the Palisades. “Could you believe it?” Inga Bondarenko wrote Tuesday in tandem with a couple of photos. “A black bear on our front lawn! I couldn’t believe my eyes.” Reports came in from a stretch of several blocks, including near the corner of Palisade and Lafayette avenues. Neighbors in the area of Esplanade Place atop Oxen Hill posted photos and videos as alerts went out to residents. Someone said she later saw the bear on Franklin Avenue headed toward Fort Lee. The yo…
Police & Fire
Cliffside Park Man Turns Himself In For Hit-Run Crash That Injured Girl, 16
Cliffside Park detectives were closing in when a borough man surrendered Friday in connection with a hit-and-run crash that sent a 16-year-old girl to the hospital earlier in the week. Scott McLearie, who turned 64 on Thursday, was accompanied by his lawyer when Detective William Crapara served him at headquarters Friday with complaints charging him with assault by auto and endangering an injured victim by leaving the scene of a crash. Crapara, Sgt. Paul Hroncich and Detective Daniel Murtagh had been working the area after the girl was struck shortly after 7 a.m. Tuesday at the corner of Co…
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? Teen Struck By Hit-Run Driver In Cliffside Park
UPDATE: Cliffside Park detectives were closing in when a borough man surrendered Friday in connection with a hit-and-run crash that sent a 16-year-old girl to the hospital earlier in the week. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/cliffsidepark/police-fire/cliffside-park-man-turns-himself-in-for-hit-run-crash-that-injured-girl-16/782071/ ORIGINAL STORY: Police were searching for a sedan that struck a Cliffside Park teenager Tuesday morning. The 16-year-old girl was taken to Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen with hip and leg injuries after being struck at the corner of Columbia and Palis…
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Jeep Crashes Into Cliffside Park 7-Eleven, Two Employees Injured
Two employees were treated for minor injuries after a Jeep crashed through the front of a Cliffside Park 7-Eleven. The 30-year-old driver from Brooklyn "basically drove into a parking spot thinking that she was pressing on the brake when she hit the gas pedal" shortly before 7 p.m. Friday, Detective Capt. Vincent Capano said. The Jeep went right into the store, taking out the front counter of the Palisade Avenue store. The employees were taken to HUMC Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen, Capano said. No summonses were immediately issued, the captain said, adding that an investigatio…
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Cliffside Park PD: Ex-Con Who Stabbed Man On Street Nabbed With Help
Thanks to a Ridgefield Park police sergeant, detectives from Cliffside Park nabbed a career criminal who they said stabbed and beat a longtime borough resident outside his apartment exactly a month earlier. The 57-year-old victim had just parked his car and was headed home in the 600 block of Palisade Avenue on July 6 when he was rushed by the assailant, who'd been sitting on a nearby bench, Detective Capt. Vincent Capano said. The attacker punched him in the face, threw him to the ground and stabbed him in the arm and back with a folding knife before fleeing, Capano said. Borough detecti…
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HIM? Cliffside Park Police Release Images Of Assailant Who Stabbed, Beat Borough Resident
Police hope someone recognizes a suspect who they said stabbed a longtime Cliffside Park resident outside his apartment. The 57-year-old victim had just parked his car and was headed home in the 600 block of Palisade Avenue on July 6 when he was rushed by the assailant, who'd been sitting on a nearby bench, Detective Capt. Vincent Capano said. The attacker punched him in the face, threw him to the ground and stabbed him in the arm and back with a folding knife before fleeing, Capano said. The victim was treated at Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen for serious injuries before being r…
Police & Fire
Cliffside Park School Briefly Locked Down As Police Hunt Burglar Who Kicked In Tenant's Door
A burglar who kicked in a Cliffside Park tenant's door within a few dozen yards of a borough public school fled out a window as police arrived Friday afternoon. Public School #3 briefly went into lockdown before police determined that the burglar had fled, Detective Capt. Vincent Capano said. The Palisade Avenue elementary school (at left in photo above) is right behind the burglarized Jersey Avenue home (at right). A Bergen County Sheriff's K-9 unit joined the search before it was called off and the lockdown was lifted, Capano said. The sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification c…
Police & Fire
Cabbie Captures Illegal Immigrant With Knife Who Robbed Woman At Cliffside Park Bus Stop
HERO: A courageous cab driver chased down and captured an illegal immigrant who’d just robbed a woman at knifepoint at a Cliffside Park bus stop early Monday, authorities said. The 53-year-old victim at first thought that Elias Guarcas, 30, was trying to catch the bus as he ran toward her on Palisade Avenue near the corner of Day Avenue just after 6:30 a.m., Lt. Vincent Capano said. “Then he stopped, pulled out a knife and told her to give him all her money,” Capano said. “All she had was $10 in her hand, so he grabbed that,” the lieutenant said. “Then he demanded a black bag she had wrapp…
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Man, 83, Jumps To Death From Upper Floor Of Cliffside Park High Rise
CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- An 83-year-old man jumped to his death from a Cliffside Park high-rise on Easter Sunday, authorities confirmed. The victim jumped from the 19th floor of the Winston Towers off Palisade Avenue in mid-afternoon, Police Chief Rich Gaito said. The Bergen County Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence, joining borough police at the scene.
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