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Loaded Glock, Drugs Seized, Ex-Con Nabbed By Saddle River PD In Route 17 Stop Loaded Glock, Drugs Seized, Ex-Con Nabbed By Saddle River PD In Route 17 Stop
Loaded Glock, Drugs Seized, Ex-Con Nabbed By Saddle River PD In Route 17 Stop Saddle River police found a loaded gun and a host of drugs for sale after an officer stopped an ex-con from New York State for tailgating on Route 17. Ryan Larkin, 35, of Tuxedo Park, NY, told Officer Ryan Holdsworth that he needed the .40-caliber Glock 35 -- with a high-capacity magazine -- “for the purpose of protecting himself and his girlfriend from others,” Saddle River Police Chief Jason Cosgriff said following the noontime arrest on Friday, Sept. 9. Larkin apparently was taking his girlfriend to The Valley Hospital following an undetermined injury when he was stopped. The Waldwick V…

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Stuck Truck Blocks NW Bergen Road Stuck Truck Blocks NW Bergen Road
Stuck Truck Blocks NW Bergen Road A struck delivery truck blocked a northwest Bergen County artery for more than an hour. The driver had been turning into a Ho-Ho-Kus resident's driveway on East Saddle River Road near Fox Run when the mishap occurred on Saturday, May 14. The driver and his helpers weren't injured. A heavy-duty wrecker from City Wide Towing removed the vehicle while borough police detoured traffic at either end. No damage was reported to either the truck, driveway, or street. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this report. To the rescue: City Wide Towing removes the struck truck on Eas…

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SEE: Jitney Bus Plows Into Paterson Apartment SEE: Jitney Bus Plows Into Paterson Apartment
SEE: Jitney Bus Plows Into Paterson Apartment UPDATE: Firefighters reported only minor injuries after a jitney collided with an SUV and slammed into a ground-floor apartment in Paterson overnight. City Wide Towing removed the bus on a flatbed after it knocked a fire hydrant off its base and crashed into the three-story building at the corner of Pearl and Summer streets around 2 a.m. Saturday. A sedan parked in front of the building was also damaged but not severely. The Chevy SUV sustained serious damage. Police were investigating the cause of the crash.  Aftermath: A city building inspector was summoned to the three-story buildi…

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4-Car Glen Rock Pileup Sends Driver To Hospital 4-Car Glen Rock Pileup Sends Driver To Hospital
4-Car Glen Rock Pileup Sends Driver To Hospital A driver was hospitalized following a chain-reaction crash Saturday morning in Glen Rock. The four-vehicle crash sent an SUV into a utility pole in the 700 block of Ackerman Avenue shortly before 8:30 a.m. Glen Rock police and EMS responded, along with a paramedic team from the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. The extent of the driver's injuries wasn't immediately known. City Wide towing removed multiple vehicles. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account. The SUV got the worst of it in a multi-vehicle crash Saturday morning in Glen Rock.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VO…

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Sedan Crashes At Wyckoff Bank Drive-Through Sedan Crashes At Wyckoff Bank Drive-Through
Sedan Crashes At Wyckoff Bank Drive-Through A Wyckoff driver escaped serious injury Friday when his sedan hit a curb and landed on its side at a local bank drive-thru, authorities said. The 2016 BMW 535i also hit the Chase Bank building on Cedar Hill Avenue before pitching onto the driver’s side, Police Chief David Murphy said. The 67-year-old driver refused medical attention for a cut on his face, the chief said. Police and firefighters responded, along with City Wide Towing, which removed the vehicle, he said. Police were investigating. PHOTO: Patrick Finley

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Flatbed Mounts Divider, Concrete Goes Flying In Collision With Garbage Truck In Fair Lawn Flatbed Mounts Divider, Concrete Goes Flying In Collision With Garbage Truck In Fair Lawn
Flatbed Mounts Divider, Concrete Goes Flying In Collision With Garbage Truck In Fair Lawn The cab of a flatbed tower mounted a concrete divider after colliding with a garbage truck Thursday morning in Fair Lawn. The driver for City-Wide Towing of Hawthorne said he was headed west on Broadway just past the Route 4/208 split when a car cut him off, pushing his rig into the back of garbage truck owned by Interstate Waste Services of Teaneck shortly after 10:15 a.m. The tow truck got hooked onto the garbage truck’s rear push bar and was turned sideways before it slammed into the median, sending concrete flying, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. A chuck of it struck a 2006 Nissan headed eas…

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by Jerry DeMarco