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CLOSE CALL: Stolen Car Rams Englewood Police Cruiser CLOSE CALL: Stolen Car Rams Englewood Police Cruiser
Close CALL: Stolen Car Rams Englewood Police Cruiser An Englewood officer escaped serious injury when a police cruiser was rammed by a driver in a stolen car, authorities said. Several occupants were in the 2019 Honda Pilot when a license plate reader flagged the vehicle – which had been reported stolen out of Elizabeth earlier that day -- shortly after 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 13, Deputy Police Chief Matthew de la Rosa said. Officers tried to stop the SUV on South Dean Street, but it sped off, the deputy chief said. The pursuit headed south on Broad Avenue, where the Pilot slammed into a cruiser, sending it spinning out, he said. The po…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bergen Prosecutor: Driver Bites Detective, Tries To Disarm Another In 22-Pound Cocaine Stop Bergen Prosecutor: Driver Bites Detective, Tries To Disarm Another In 22-Pound Cocaine Stop
Bergen Prosecutor: Driver Bites Detective, Tries To Disarm Another In 22-Pound Cocaine Stop A driver bit one detective's hand while trying to disarm another following a traffic stop that Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said turned up 22 pounds of cocaine. Jaycomm Grave Ramos, 28, and his passenger, Eshaniel Moyano, 20, both of Philadelphia, remained held Wednesday in the county jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack following their arrests two days earlier in Ridgefield. Detectives with his Narcotics Task Force found most of the coke in an "electronically operated hidden compartment" in their 2012 Honda Pilot, Musella said. Anothe…

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Police Find Clifton Couple In Stolen Car Crash Naked On Sidewalk Police Find Clifton Couple In Stolen Car Crash Naked On Sidewalk
Police Find Clifton Couple In Stolen Car Crash Naked On Sidewalk You don't see this every day: Police responding to a stolen car crash in Clifton said they found the driver and his female passenger both naked on the sidewalk. Both seemed to be under the influence of some type of drug when city officers found them in the 400 block of Clifton Avenue around 11:30 p.m., Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The 2014 Honda Civic they were in had just been stolen from Richfield Village when it struck another vehicle in an intersection and then a parked car, Bracken said. Hansel Moreno-Tavarez, 28, of Clifton, and his female passenger were treated for minor injur…

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PD: Bergen Driver Released Following Police Pursuit Hits Officer With Car PD: Bergen Driver Released Following Police Pursuit Hits Officer With Car
PD: Bergen Driver Released Following Police Pursuit Hits Officer With Car A Dumont driver who was released by a judge following a Bergenfield police chase hit one of their officers with a car as he tried to flee another stop a week later, authorities said. An officer responding to a suspicious vehicle call found it occupied, with the alarm intermittently, sounding near the corner of North Stoughton Place and West Main Street shortly after midnight Jan. 2, Detective Lt. William Duran said. The driver, 41-year-old Harman Bustos, suddenly started the car and drove off as Officer Kevin Helder approached, Duran said. Bustos committed several violations as police purs…

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by Jerry DeMarco