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Drugged Driver Rattles Resident After Predawn Crash Off Route 17: Waldwick PD
A driver from Philadelphia who'd just crashed his car off Route 17 before dawn Friday banged on a nearby resident's door, shouting incoherently, and was arrested moments later, authorities said.
Bret Michaels Staab, 41, crashed his 2022 Nissan Sentra on Manhattan Avenue in Waldwick, then abandoned it there, shortly after 6:30 a.m. Jan. 12, Police Lt. Troy E. Seifert said.
Police got a call from a resident when Staab began banging on the door of a Dora Avenue home, the lieutenant said.
They found Staab on a nearby street and an assortment of drugs -- heroin, crack, prescription meds and mor…
Ex-Con Stopped On Route 17 With Comatose Woman, Loaded Gun, Half-Pound Crack In Car: Paramus PD
A Vermont ex-con had an unconscious woman in his back seat and a loaded gun, nearly a half-pound of cocaine and dozens of Ecstasy pills in his car when he tried to run from a traffic stop on northbound Route 17, Paramus police said.
Floyd Artis, 33, of Rutland, VT was grabbed by Officers Cesar Hurtado and Kevin Grady after he tried to make a break for it during the stop at Powers Drive shortly after 1 a.m., Sunday, Feb. 6, Police Chief Kenneth R. Ehrenberg said.
Artis had first tried to rouse Danielle Fletcher, 37, also of Rutland, who was nodded out in the back seat of the 2013 Kia sedan, …
Police: Unruly Rehab Patient Hits Rochelle Park Officer In Head With Wheelchair Foot Rest
A rehab patient hit a Rochelle Park police officer in the head with his wheelchair's foot rest, causing an injury, during a disturbance at a local nursing facility, authorities said.
Officers responding to an 8:30 p.m. call Monday of a patient behaving erratically at Alaris Health Facility North tried to calm Michael Malia, 38, of Bloomfield so he could be taken to a hospital, Police Lt. James DePreta said.
Malia, however, "became violent towards staff and the officers," including striking the officer with the foot rest, he said.
Police subdued Malia and took him to New Bridge Medical Cent…
Police: Elmwood Park Man Beats Parents, Spits On Police Who Rescue Them, Claims He Has COVID
An Elmwood Park man who was pummeling both of his parents when police kicked in his front door turned on the officers – kicking and spitting on them while claiming he had the coronavirus, authorities said.
His mother was trying to dial 911 when Slava Pozniakov, 49, snatched the phone and began punching her, Police Chief Michael Foligno said.
When her husband tried to stop him, Pozniakov began beating him, as well, the chief said.
The mother got to another phone and called a relative who notified police, he said.
Pozniakov – who records show has a criminal history that includes arrests for…
