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Crash Investigation, Downed Pole Shuts Route 20 In Paterson Crash Investigation, Downed Pole Shuts Route 20 In Paterson
Crash Investigation, Downed Pole Shuts Route 20 In Paterson A portion of Route 20 was closed in Paterson early Sunday, Aug. 18 due to a crash. According to the NDJOT site, the crash took down a utility pole in the southbound lanes before 6 a.m. at 42nd Street. As of 8:50 a.m., the roadway was closed. No further details were immediately available.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
RECOGNIZE THEM? Pair Photo'd In NYC Tied To Thefts Of BMWs From Glen Rock Driveway RECOGNIZE THEM? Pair Photo'd In NYC Tied To Thefts Of BMWs From Glen Rock Driveway
Recognize Them? Pair Photo'd In NYC Tied To Thefts Of BMWs From Glen Rock Driveway š—Øš—£š——š—”š—§š—˜: Authorities have tied the theft of two BMWs from the same Glen Rock home to two men recorded on a parking garage surveillance camera on the other side of the Hudson River. The 2024 X5 and 2023 X1 were both swiped from the driveway of a Greenway Road residence after the thieves forced open a rear window and took the key fobs ā€“ which were hanging on hooks near the front door ā€“ as well as wallets just before dawn last Nov. 17, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Both vehicles were tracked on Route 20 heading towards Newark, the chief said. The thieves tried using the residentā€™ā€¦

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Suicidal Girl Perched On Bridge For Second Time In 24 Hours Grabbed By Elmwood Park Police Suicidal Girl Perched On Bridge For Second Time In 24 Hours Grabbed By Elmwood Park Police
Suicidal Girl Perched On Bridge For Second Time In 24 Hours Grabbed By Elmwood Park Police Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno is asking the state DOT to block access to the ledge of a bridge where a distraught girl was rescued by responders for the second time in less than 24 hours. Paterson firefighters who brought an aerial ladder to the Broadway bridge over Route 20 caught the 15-year-old girl on Wednesday during what Foligno said was an "extremely nerve-rackingā€ incident. ā€œWe thought we were going to lose her.ā€ HEART STOPPER: Suicidal Girl, 15, Loses Footing Atop North Jersey Bridge, Caught By Responders (Nov. 9) The girl was more agitated on Wednesday, Nov. 9, said Fā€¦

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Crash Closes Route 80, Jams Nearby Highway Crash Closes Route 80, Jams Nearby Highway
Crash Closes Route 80, Jams Nearby Highway A chain-reaction crash temporarily closed westbound Route 80 in Paterson, jamming area traffic. Both Route 80 and Route 20 were backed up by the crash in the left lane shortly after 9:30 a.m. Monday, April 25. There was no immediate word on injuries.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Clifton Driver Charged With Injuring Paterson Officer In Route 20 Construction Site Hit-Run Clifton Driver Charged With Injuring Paterson Officer In Route 20 Construction Site Hit-Run
Clifton Driver Charged With Injuring Paterson Officer In Route 20 Construction Site Hit-Run A Clifton driver left his SUV and ran after it struck a Paterson police cruiser -- seriously injuring a city officer -- at a Route 20 construction site, authorities said. Aaron Rosas, 32, drove his 2020 Acura MDX through a barricaded construction site between 4th and 5th avenues around 4 a.m. last Saturday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Ibrahim Baycora said in a joint statement. The SUV struck a city police car, injuring the officer inside the parked vehicle, Valdes and Baycora said. Rosas drove off, they said, but the vehicle eventually became disabā€¦

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paterson Teacher Who Stopped Moving Bus To Hit, Curse Out Kid Won't Work In Any Classroom Again Paterson Teacher Who Stopped Moving Bus To Hit, Curse Out Kid Won't Work In Any Classroom Again
Paterson Teacher Who Stopped Moving Bus To Hit, Curse Out Kid Won't Work In Any Classroom Again A Paterson teacher who stopped a school bus on a highway to curse at a student who apparently chucked a snowball at his car had his teaching licenses revoked by state officials. Nathaniel T. Gerson -- a math teacher since 1999 at the district's Don Bosco Technology Academy -- had left for the day when the incident occurred on Route 20 northbound, the State Board of Examiners said. He was driving alongside a school bus when an 11-year-old boy chucked a melting snowball at his car, the report says. Gerson blew his horn and motioned for the bus to stop, positioning his car in front of theā€¦

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police: Ex-Con Had Kilo+ Of Heroin, Three Guns, $15,000 Cash In Lyndhurst Street-Drug Factory Police: Ex-Con Had Kilo+ Of Heroin, Three Guns, $15,000 Cash In Lyndhurst Street-Drug Factory
Police: Ex-Con Had Kilo+ Of Heroin, Three Guns, $15,000 Cash In Lyndhurst Street-Drug Factory Police from different counties teamed up to seizeĀ more than a kilo of heroin, three guns and nearly $15,000 while arresting an ex-con who they said operated a drug factory at his Lyndhurst apartment. Abdur Rahim-Jamal Smallwood, 42, also had a pound and a half of pot, more than six ounces of cocaine, dozens of Suboxone strips and a small bag of Ectascy (see photos above), they said. It began with a tip, investigated by Paterson detectives, of dealing outside the Silk City strip club at First Avenue and East 19th Street (Route 20), city Police Director Jerry Speziale said Saturday. Patersonā€¦

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Authorities ID Victim Of Single-Car Crash In Paterson Authorities ID Victim Of Single-Car Crash In Paterson
Authorities ID Victim Of Single-Car Crash In Paterson UPDATE: The driver of a BMW killed when he was ejected in a Route 20 crash inĀ Paterson overnight Thursday was identified Friday as 25-year-old Naje Mack of Passaic. Mack was pronounced dead at the scene of the 3:30 a.m. crash on the southbound highway near Park and 17th avenue in Passaic after the Beamer hit the divider, flipped over and ejected him, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald said in a joint release. Anyone who might have witnessed the crash is asked to contact the prosecutor's officeĀ at 1-877-370-PCPO or tips@passaiccountynj.org or thā€¦

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Clifton PD: Dirt Biker In Highway Police Chase Surrenders Clifton PD: Dirt Biker In Highway Police Chase Surrenders
Clifton PD: Dirt Biker In Highway Police Chase Surrenders More than a half-dozen dirt-bike racers weaved in and out of highway traffic with Clifton police in pursuit Thursday night before one of them surrendered after nearly slamming into a mini-van. Clifton detectives were trying to determine the identities of the other racers after charging 29-year-old Leon Cleveland of Paterson with eluding. Officers Kevin Berdnik and Patrolman Justin Vallier tried stopping the riders, who were speeding recklessly up northbound Route 21 just before 8:30 p.m., Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. "They were riding in such a manner that created a dangerous siā€¦

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HERO IN BLUE: Elmwood Park Police Officer Stops Boy, 15, From Suicide Jump HERO IN BLUE: Elmwood Park Police Officer Stops Boy, 15, From Suicide Jump
Hero IN Blue: Elmwood Park Police Officer Stops Boy, 15, From Suicide Jump ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- An Elmwood Park police officer grabbed a 15-year-old boy intent on killing himself as he scaled a fence on a bridge above busy Route 20. Respoding to several calls from witnesses who saw the boy climb the fence on the Broadway bridge's east side Wednesday afternoon, Officer Keith Hartmann snatched the boy and pulled him down from the fence, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. The boy "was determined to kill himself and asked Hartmann to shoot him with his service weapon," Foligno said. The officer held him down until backups arrived. Paterson police respondeā€¦

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by Jerry DeMarco