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Girl, 16, Seriously Injured, Elizabeth Man Charged In Stolen Car Crash At Passaic River Bridge Girl, 16, Seriously Injured, Elizabeth Man Charged In Stolen Car Crash At Passaic River Bridge
Girl, 16, Seriously Injured, Elizabeth Man Charged In Stolen Car Crash At Passaic River Bridge UPDATE: An Elizabeth man was charged with assault by auto and child endangerment after he crashed a stolen car into a Lyndhurst gas station canopy, seriously injuring his 16-year-old female passenger, following a police chase, authorities said. Byron L. Hernandez, an 18-year-old laborer, crashed the 2019 Honda Civic stolen shortly after 8:30 a.m. Sunday. North Arlington police began chasing the vehicle, which had been reported stolen out of Elizabeth, on River Road but terminated the pursuit after speeds reached 100 miles an hour, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Hernandez conti…

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Thieving Essex Couple Who Came, Fled In Uber Caught By Lyndhurst Police, Authorities Say Thieving Essex Couple Who Came, Fled In Uber Caught By Lyndhurst Police, Authorities Say
Thieving Essex Couple Who Came, Fled In Uber Caught By Lyndhurst Police, Authorities Say Teamwork helped Lyndhurst police nab a shoplifting Essex County couple who tried to flee in an Uber, authorities said. Chrisann Shaffer, 40, Bloomfield and Jeffrey Uhrig, 45, Newark, took a different Uber to the Walgreens on Valley Brook Avenue and ran off with a bundle of stolen merchandise after an employee caught them on Wednesday, Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. Both ran past the waiting Uber and temporarily vanished, Auteri said. Detective William Kapp radioed ahead after learning that they apparently grabbed another Uber, the lieutenant said. Sgt. Phil Reina spotted and stopped …

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Lyndhurst PD: Officer Injured In Brawl With Drunken Assailant Lyndhurst PD: Officer Injured In Brawl With Drunken Assailant
Lyndhurst PD: Officer Injured In Brawl With Drunken Assailant A drunken Lyndhurst man who was sent home after screaming obscenities at police on a local street before dawn Wednesday turned and came back swinging before being subdued, authorities said. Officer Angel Batista was on patrol when he spotted a vehicle stopped in the eastbound lane of Kingsland Avenue shortly before 2 a.m. Standing in the roadway on the passenger side was 27-year-old John Parise, who began yelling obscenities at him, Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. The driver of the stopped car then suddenly accelerated, making a U-turn, Auteri said. Batista got out of his cruiser and …

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Lyndhurst PD: Officer Stops Sidewalk Driver, Finds Crack, Pot On Newark Couple, Passaic Teen Lyndhurst PD: Officer Stops Sidewalk Driver, Finds Crack, Pot On Newark Couple, Passaic Teen
Lyndhurst PD: Officer Stops Sidewalk Driver, Finds Crack, Pot On Newark Couple, Passaic Teen A Lyndhurst police officer who caught a Newark driver illegally maneuvering around a congested gas station parking lot found crack and pot in the car, authorities said. Officer Matt Dudek spotted the 2008 Ford Taurus being driven along the sidewalk and down a curb onto Kingsland Avenue from Riverside Avenue across from the Lyndhurst Diner, Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. Dudek stopped the vehicle after it crossed the DeJessa Bridge into Nutley, he said. Speaking with the driver, 40-year-old Jasmine Karlsen, the officer smelled raw marijuana, Auteri said. He directed her and two passen…

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by Jerry DeMarco