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Washington Avenue, Washington Township, NJ
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: Report Of Child In Car Trunk Was More Or Less True, Police In Bergen Find
𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: An eyewitness report of a child climbing into the trunk of a woman's car over the weekend in the Pascack Valley area of Bergen County was at least partially true, it turns out. It wasn't an 8-to-10-year-old child who got into the trunk of a sedan on a Washington Township street with the assistance of a woman in her mid-30s, as the "witness" reported. It was a couple of teenagers. The mystery was solved by detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office using automated license-plate readers and township police. Here's what happened: A group of teens had gone to pick up…
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IT? Report Of Child Climbing Into Car Trunk Sparks Fruitless Search In Bergen County
A man's claim that he saw a child climb into the trunk of a woman's car in the Pascack Valley section of Bergen County sparked an intense but fruitless area search, police said. The citizen told Washington Township police that he saw a white woman who appeared to be in her mid-30s get out of a dark red or maroon Toyota sedan in the 600 block of Chestnut Street around 4:45 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3, Corporal Christopher Osenbruck said. The woman walked to the back of the vehicle and helped what appeared to be a grade school-aged child into the trunk, the corporal said. The citizen told police t…
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Maywood Patient, 80, Ambulette Driver Injured In Washington Township Crash
An 80-year-old Maywood patient and an ambulette driver were hospitalized following a collision with a pickup truck in Washington Township, authorities said. The Metro Ambulance out of Hackensack was headed east on Washington Avenue when it collided with the westbound Nissan Frontier at Meisten Street near Seasons restaurant and catering hall shortly after 10:30 a.m. Monday, township police Lt. Roy Scherer said. The patient was conscious and alert when she was taken to Pascack Valley Medical Center in Westwood, while the 46-year-old ambulette driver from Millville was taken to the Hackensac…
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No License, Registration, Insurance: Driver Flees Washington Township Crash On Foot, Police Say
A Hudson County driver who didn’t have a license, registration or insurance got out of her SUV and bolted following a predawn crash in Washington Township, authorities said. Responding officers found the 29-year-old North Bergen woman running from the scene in sandals after crashing her 2018 Honda CRV into a utility pole near the corner of Washington and Van Emburgh Avenues around 5 a.m. Sunday, Police Chief Rich Skinner said. She then ran around the police car and kept going before finally stopping and sitting down, he said. The woman passed a field sobriety test and was issued several su…
Police & Fire
Jeep Splits Pole, Driver Walks Away Without Scratch In Washington Township
A local business owner escaped injury on Saturday when his Jeep slammed into a utility pole in Washington Township, authorities said. The impact of the crash split the pole and took down a pedestrian crossing sign at Colonial Boulevard and Washington Avenue. The 60-something driver may have misjudged the turn, responders said. There were no suspicious contributing factors, Police Chief Richard Skinner said. The severely Jeep had to be towed and the streets surrounding the intersection closed while a PSE&G crew conducted repairs. Boyd A. Loving took the photos.
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Update
: ICE Detainer Slapped On Hillsdale Stolen Car Thief Who Crashed In WTP
Federal authorities issued a detainer on a 21-year-old Guatemalan national living in Hillsdale who led police on a chase that ended in a crash Thursday night in Washington Township. Ronald Gabriel Xiloj Alvarado remained held Friday in the Bergen County Jail on charges out of both towns that include theft and resisting arrest. Alvarado was initially taken by ambulance to New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus for treatment of a head injury after slamming the sedan, stolen out of Hillsdale, into a utility pole at the corner of Clinton and Washington avenues during a brief chase. It was one o…
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Notorious Washington Township Hill Claims Another Vehicle: Truck Hauling Granite
The back end of a flatbed truck loaded with several tons of granite wound up in a roadside ditch on a notorious hill in Washington Township early Tuesday afternoon. Traffic on Washington Avenue was temporarily diverted while a tow truck did its thing. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this account.
Police & Fire
Juvenile Graffiti Duo Nabbed By Washington Township Police
Police nabbed a pair of local juveniles who they said set out to "decorate" Washington Township with graffiti this summer. Township juvenile officers had help from surveillance video and their colleagues from Westwood in ending a series of vandalism that began at the Clark Field clubhouse. Detective Lt. John Calamari, who heads the township Detective Bureau and supervises the Juvenile Division, called it "disheartening that our children would do this to the place they call home." Over the past weekend, Calamari said, a patrol officer caught a pair of juveniles vandalizi…
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Washington Township Four-Car Pileup Sends Three To Hospital
Three victims were hospitalized after a four-vehicle collision Wednesday afternoon in Washington Township. None of the injuries was considered serious after the pileup at the Van Emburgh and Washington avenues. Two flatbed tow trucks cleared the wreckage -- two of them Jeeps -- from the busy intersection. Washington Township police, firefighters and EMS responded along with an ambulance from Hackensack University Medical Center. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this article.
Police & Fire
Nodding Driver Slams Van Into Pole Coming Off GSP In Washington Township
A driver fell asleep at the wheel coming off the Garden State Parkway in Washington Township and slammed his work van into a utility pole before dawn Sunday, authorities said. The 31-year-old Englewood driver was uninjured after shattering the pole on Washington Avenue coming off Exit 168 at 4:30 a.m., Officer Heather Castronova said. "He said he fell asleep and went straight across the road instead of making a right or left," she said. ****** ALSO SEE: An elderly driver was hospitalized with injuries that police said weren't life-threatening after his car hit a minivan and then…
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Washington Township Crashes Minutes Apart: One Closes Major Road, Other DWI
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- One driver split a utility pole, closing a major thoroughfare, while another was charged with DWI in a pair of Washington Township crashes that occurred a little more than 15 minutes apart. The first driver -- a 31-year-old Waldwick man -- refused medical attention after his Ford Explorer slammed into a utility pole on Washington Avenue near Koch Peak at 10:55 p.m. Friday, township Police Lt. Richard Skinner told Daily Voice. Washington Avenue still remained closed in both directions early Saturday afternoon between Calvin Street and Lafayette Avenue while PSE&a…
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