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Police: Mahwah Motorist Who KO'd Ramapo College Power In Crash Was DWI Police: Mahwah Motorist Who KO'd Ramapo College Power In Crash Was DWI
Police: Mahwah Motorist Who KO'd Ramapo College Power In Crash Was DWI A Mahwah motorist said an icy roadway sent his pickup into a utility pole, taking wires down and cutting power to Ramapo College and surrounding homes Wednesday night – but police said he was intoxicated. The 2017 Ford F-150 crashed during the freezing rain on Route 202 near the entrance to the college’s sculpture studio just after 10 p.m., Police Chief James N. Batelli said. Almost immediately, the police communications desk began to get calls about area power failures, he said. Responding Officers Timothy Letavish and Matt Buonocore also noted that “utility pole lights were not operating…

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VIDEO: BMW Stolen From Mahwah Owner's Driveway VIDEO: BMW Stolen From Mahwah Owner's Driveway
Video: BMW Stolen From Mahwah Owner's Driveway SEE ANYTHING? Home surveillance video shows a BMW just stolen from a Mahwah resident’s driveway before dawn Wednesday speeding away with another vehicle, authorities said. The key fob apparently had been left in the 2016 X6 BMW, which was stolen from a Swan Road home around 4 a.m. – apparently by an organized group responsible for the theft of high-end vehicles in the area, Police Chief James N. Batelli said. Video from a neighbor’s home shows an SUV initially drive by. Moments later it speeds past in the opposite direction, followed closely by the stolen BMW. The car’s EZ pass transponde…

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Safe Stolen From Distracted Mahwah Homeowner Found 75 Miles Away Safe Stolen From Distracted Mahwah Homeowner Found 75 Miles Away
Safe Stolen From Distracted Mahwah Homeowner Found 75 Miles Away A safe stolen from a Mahwah home by a smooth talker and at least one accomplice was recovered – empty -- in Central Jersey, said police who are investigating the diversionary theft. Police asked residents along or near Darlington Avenue who may have been approached or noticed anything suspicious early Thursday evening to contact them. The homeowner said he was doing yard work when the con man got out of an SUV that pulled into the driveway around 6 p.m., Police Chief James N. Batelli said. The stranger was described as white, about 50 years old, 5-foot-9 and heavy-set, with dark hair and a…

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Tractor-Trailer Tips At Treacherous Stretch Of Route 17 Near NY Border In Mahwah Tractor-Trailer Tips At Treacherous Stretch Of Route 17 Near NY Border In Mahwah
Tractor-Trailer Tips At Treacherous Stretch Of Route 17 Near NY Border In Mahwah UPDATE: Three lanes of northbound Route 17 near the Route 287 ramp at the New York border in Mahwah were closed Thursday morning after a tractor-trailer tipped. Detours were being set up following the mishap, which occurred just after 10 a.m., Police Chief James N. Batelli said. The driver escaped unharmed, he said. The site eventually was cleared and normal traffic resumed after noon.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Mahwah Gas Station Attendant Charged With Grabbing Customer’s Butt Mahwah Gas Station Attendant Charged With Grabbing Customer’s Butt
Mahwah Gas Station Attendant Charged With Grabbing Customer’s Butt A Mahwah pump jockey followed an 18-year-old woman into the convenience store of a township gas station and grabbed her butt, authorities said. Moeen U. Din, 32, of Lodi told the driver she’d have to wait for a tanker truck to finish filling the underground tanks [at the Franklin Turnpike service station] before he could pump her gas, Police Chief James N. Batelli said. She then “went inside the attached convenience store to purchase a few items,” followed by Din, who “approached her from behind and slapped and grabbed her buttocks,” the chief said. The shaken victim got back into her car …

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Mahwah PD: Night Watchwoman Swipes $17,000 From Employer, Buys New Car Mahwah PD: Night Watchwoman Swipes $17,000 From Employer, Buys New Car
Mahwah PD: Night Watchwoman Swipes $17,000 From Employer, Buys New Car They call them “loss prevention officers,” but an overnight security guard hired by a Mahwah business was caught on surveillance video stealing $17,000 in cash that she used to buy a car, authorities charged. She didn’t stop there, either, they said. Dominique Palmer, 20, of Paterson also swiped items from employees’ desks and helped herself to food from the cafeteria, Police Chief James N. Batelli said. Officer Jonathan Weber interviewed employees about the series of thefts and reviewed video surveillance from various offices to identify Palmer of Paterson as the culprit, Batelli said. Pa…

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by Jerry DeMarco