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Pedestrian From Fort Lee, 56, Struck, Killed By Commuter Bus Near GWB (UPDATED) Pedestrian From Fort Lee, 56, Struck, Killed By Commuter Bus Near GWB (UPDATED)
Pedestrian From Fort Lee, 56, Struck, Killed By Commuter Bus Near GWB (Updated) A Fort Lee resident was struck and killed by a commuter bus while crossing a busy intersection near the George Washington Bridge before dawn Wednesday. The NJ Transit bus was headed north on Lemoine Avenue when the driver made a left turn onto Bruce Reynolds Boulevard (formerly Bridge Plaza South) and struck the 56-year-old pedestrian at 5:05 a.m. Jan. 10, Fort Lee Deputy Police Chief Edward Young said. Port Authority and Fort Lee police officers quickly responded and conducted CPR, the deputy chief said. The pedestrian was pronounced dead a short time later at Englewood Hospital and …
North Jersey High Schooler Runs Bakery From Parents Basement North Jersey High Schooler Runs Bakery From Parents Basement
North Jersey High Schooler Runs Bakery From Parents Basement Haya Nassar may be just a junior in high school but she already knows what she wants to do with her life. Nassar has recently opened Haya Baking, making chocolate chip cookies from her parents basement and delivering them to customers throughout the region. Nassar, a Fort Lee resident, balances high school, which she takes online, with fulfilling the orders of her customers.  "I had been thinking about doing this for a year," Nassar said. "I decided to put my foot down and I just did it. I really enjoy baking." Nassar's specialty is chocolate chip cookies, though she makes designs for wha…
CANNABUST: NJ Detectives Nab NYC Five With 1,100 Pounds Of Pot, 50 Lbs Of Edibles CANNABUST: NJ Detectives Nab NYC Five With 1,100 Pounds Of Pot, 50 Lbs Of Edibles
Cannabust: NJ Detectives Nab NYC Five With 1,100 Pounds Of Pot, 50 Lbs Of Edibles More than a half-ton of pot and 50 pounds of edibles were seized by Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives who charged five jobless men from Queens with moving large drug shipments in and around Fort Lee. Narcotic Task Force members raided two storage facilities – one near the George Washington Bridge and the other in Jersey City – and conducted warranted searches of four vehicles in Fort Lee during the Valentine’s Day cannabust, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Arrested were: Jingru Chen, 29; Fenglei Fan, 35; Lifan Feng, 21; XingXiang Gao, 27; Weiqi Wu, 25. All five remain…
Police: Armed Carjacker Who Rammed Patrol Car Nabbed In North Jersey Police: Armed Carjacker Who Rammed Patrol Car Nabbed In North Jersey
Police: Armed Carjacker Who Rammed Patrol Car Nabbed In North Jersey An armed suspect wanted for a carjacking in New York City was captured by Fort Lee police after he rammed a police cruiser and fled on foot, authorities said. Police had gone to a condo complex on Hilltop Court where the carjacked vehicle reportedly was located shortly after 3 a.m. on May 30, Capt. Edward Young said. Seeing them coming, Anthony Almonte, 20, hit the gas and struck a police patrol vehicle, Young said. He then hopped out and ran off, leaving a gun with a defaced serial number behind, the captain said. Police nabbed Almonte at his home in the Hilltop Court Condominiums on Jun…
MAJOR BUST: Fort Lee PD Seizes 12 Pounds Of Fentanyl-Laced Pills, X, Three Guns, More MAJOR BUST: Fort Lee PD Seizes 12 Pounds Of Fentanyl-Laced Pills, X, Three Guns, More
Major Bust: Fort Lee PD Seizes 12 Pounds Of Fentanyl-Laced Pills, X, Three Guns, More Fort Lee police seized 12 pounds of fentanyl-laced pills, five pounds of Ecstasy, three handguns, high-capacity magazines and hollow-point bullets while arresting two men, authorities said. Detectives Stephen Domenick and John Gallo were working a fraud investigation when they came across two Middlesex County men at the Pinnacle Apartments, where Main Street runs into southbound River Road immediately south of the George Washington Bridge, Capt. Edward Young said. Police arrested the pair, identified as ex-con Jonathan Reyes, 28, and Christopher Reyes, 21, both of Kendall Park. They also s…
High-Rise Drama Atop Palisades: Fort Lee PD, FD Rescue Workers On Dangling Scaffold High-Rise Drama Atop Palisades: Fort Lee PD, FD Rescue Workers On Dangling Scaffold
High-Rise Drama Atop Palisades: Fort Lee PD, FD Rescue Workers On Dangling Scaffold Fort Lee police and firefighters rescued two workers who were trapped Tuesday on a scaffold that dangled from the 12th floor of a high-rise atop the Palisades. One of the workers was hospitalized with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening following the 4 p.m. rescue at the Atrium Palace on Palisade Avenue overlooking the Hudson River, Police Capt. Edward Young said. The other declined medical attention, he said. A Fort Lee Ambulance squad responded with police and firefighters. O.S.H.A was contacted and was responding to investigate the cause of the mishap in tandem with the F…
Fort Lee Man Charged With Trafficking Child Pornography Fort Lee Man Charged With Trafficking Child Pornography
Fort Lee Man Charged With Trafficking Child Pornography A Fort Lee man was arrested Thursday and charged with trafficking child porn, authorities said. Andrew Freedman, 52, was ordered held in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on charges of possessing and distributing the illegal images. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said detectives from his Cyber Crimes Unit arrested Freedman after executing a search warrant at his condominium in the Charlton high-rise on 15th Street. Freedman, who is divorced and unemployed, “used the Internet to view, download, possess and distribute …
Woman Hit With Baseball Bat In Edgewater Parking Lot Brawl, Hudson Trio Charged Woman Hit With Baseball Bat In Edgewater Parking Lot Brawl, Hudson Trio Charged
Woman Hit With Baseball Bat In Edgewater Parking Lot Brawl, Hudson Trio Charged A North Bergen man hit a woman in the head with an aluminum baseball bat during a wild brawl in the parking lot of the Edgewater Target, authorities said. Edgewater police quickly restored order, with help from their Cliffside Park and Fort Lee colleagues, after finding the injured woman among several people fighting in the parking lot on River Road late last Wednesday, Police Chief Donald Martin said. EMTs took the victim to a local hospital with a head injury, Martin said. Officers, meanwhile, grabbed Amakar Albuja, 19, of West New York -- and the bat -- after finding him holding it, the…
Repeat Offender From Long Island Charged With Harassing Worshippers At Fort Lee Synagogue Repeat Offender From Long Island Charged With Harassing Worshippers At Fort Lee Synagogue
Repeat Offender From Long Island Charged With Harassing Worshippers At Fort Lee Synagogue A repeat offender accused of threatening law enforcement officers and members of the Jewish community in New Jersey and on Long Island did it again in Fort Lee, authorities said. Bradley Goldberg, 47, of Cedarhurst, LI, had already spent a week in the Bergen County Jail after Fort Lee police said he pretended to be an abused 11-year-old as part of a relentless harassment campaign against them when he was arrested again. Goldberg had been free all of 10 days when, they said, he stood outside Chabad of Fort Lee “harassing worshippers entering and exiting the building,” Lt. Edward Young said. …
Man Accused Of Posing As Child, 11, To Harass Fort Lee PD Man Accused Of Posing As Child, 11, To Harass Fort Lee PD
Man Accused Of Posing As Child, 11, To Harass Fort Lee PD A man accused of threatening several law enforcement officers and members of the Jewish community on Long Island pretended to be an abused 11-year-old as part of a relentless harassment campaign against police in Fort Lee, authorities said. Bradley Goldberg, 47, of Cedarhurst, LI, used a voice modifier and untraceable “spoof” numbers as part of the assault, a police complaint charges. Goldberg falsely reported "child abuse, neglect and attempted murder" of the youngster to Fort Lee police several times over a three-week period in March, the complaint obtained by Daily Voice says. Even thou…
Police Eye Why Sedan Barreled Through Dunkin Donuts Lot, Crashed On Route 1 Near GWB Police Eye Why Sedan Barreled Through Dunkin Donuts Lot, Crashed On Route 1 Near GWB
Police Eye Why Sedan Barreled Through Dunkin Donuts Lot, Crashed On Route 1 Near GWB UPDATE: A Ridgefield driver may have suffered a medical episode before his sedan barreled through a Fort Lee Dunkin Donuts parking lot, slammed into a divider on northbound Route 1 and was struck by another car, closing the highway for hours, authorities said. The 2006 Infinity M35 driven by the 57-year-old motorist plowed over a decorative tree and down a retaining wall onto the highway south of the George Washington Bridge shortly after 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, police Capt. Ricky Mirkovic said. It struck the median and then was hit by a 2007 Honda Accord driven by a 24-year-old New York man w…
SEE ANYTHING? Fort Lee Pedestrian Struck, Critically Injured Walking In Middle Of Road Near GWB SEE ANYTHING? Fort Lee Pedestrian Struck, Critically Injured Walking In Middle Of Road Near GWB
SEE Anything? Fort Lee Pedestrian Struck, Critically Injured Walking In Middle Of Road Near GWB A 62-year-old Fort Lee man was walking in the middle of the road beneath a highway underpass when he was struck and critically injured by an SUV Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. The victim was walking in the middle of the exit ramp from Route 46/Route 1 toward Bergen Boulevard when he was struck by a 2011 Porsche Cayenne outside the Plaza West shopping center shortly after 3 p.m., Police Capt. Ricky Mirkovic said. The 71-year-old driver stopped immediately and dialed 911, he said. The pedestrian was breathing but unresponsive with a severe head injury when Fort Lee police and EMS arr…
'I Just Shot My Father': Bogus Bergen Swatting Call Draws Mass Response 'I Just Shot My Father': Bogus Bergen Swatting Call Draws Mass Response
'I Just Shot My Father': Bogus Bergen Swatting Call Draws Mass Response A throng of police and tactical units descended on a Palisades Park garden apartment complex Friday night in response to what turned out to be a bogus 911 call of a man with a bomb strapped to his chest. The swatting incident forced the evacuation of the West Central Boulevard complex off Grand Avenue after a 911 caller told a dispatcher around 9 p.m. that "I just shot my father," Detective Alex Monteleone said. Units were rushing to the site when the swatter called again, saying he'd shot his dad a second time, he said. The third time, he said he had a pipe bomb strapped to his chest that…
DWI Hit-Run Driver Leads Edgewater Police Chase In Flaming SUV, Gets Out Just In Time DWI Hit-Run Driver Leads Edgewater Police Chase In Flaming SUV, Gets Out Just In Time
DWI Hit-Run Driver Leads Edgewater Police Chase In Flaming SUV, Gets Out Just In Time A drunken hit-and-run driver whose smoking SUV was shooting out sparks as Edgewater police chased her before dawn Monday got out seconds before it went up in flames, authorities said. The Mazda CX-5 driven by borough resident Zaira Hernandez-Cortez, 26, knocked a fire hydrant more than 50 feet from its base and split a utility pole near the corner of North Street and Myrtle Avenue -- downing live wires across the road – before speeding off toward Undercliff Avenue around 4 a.m., Detective Sgt. Teddy Wetklow said. Officer Michael Colon spotted the SUV on southbound Route 5 moments later. It…
Fort Lee PD: Pedestrian Struck By Shuttle Bus After Ignoring Signal, Crosswalk Fort Lee PD: Pedestrian Struck By Shuttle Bus After Ignoring Signal, Crosswalk
Fort Lee PD: Pedestrian Struck By Shuttle Bus After Ignoring Signal, Crosswalk A 24-year-old Fort Lee jaywalker was hospitalized with a serious head injury after she was struck by a shuttle bus, authorities said. The victim ignored the pedestrian signal and was struck by the Ford shuttle bus on Anderson Avenue north of the crosswalk at Columbia Avenue shortly after 8:30 a.m. Monday , Capt. Ricky Mirkovic said. The 55-year-old driver from Jersey City immediately stopped and remained at the scene, he said. Fort Lee police and EMS responded with paramedics from Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Mirkovic said, adding that an investigation by Lt. Mark Radoian and the…
Palisades Park Police Commander Tries Unique Approach To Reducing Vehicle Thefts, Break-Ins Palisades Park Police Commander Tries Unique Approach To Reducing Vehicle Thefts, Break-Ins
Palisades Park Police Commander Tries Unique Approach To Reducing Vehicle Thefts, Break-Ins A steady stream of warnings about vehicles being stolen or burglarized in North Jersey still hasn't convinced most potential victims to lock their cars and take their key fobs, so Palisades Park Police Capt. Anthony Muccio is trying a different tack. Officers participating in Muccio's "Operation Secure Vehicle" are patrolling neighborhoods looking for unlocked vehicles. When they find one in a driveway, they turn on their body cameras and knock on the door or ring the bell of the home to notify the owner. Then they hand them a flier. Over three nights this past weekend, borough police not…