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Police In Bergen Find Ghost Gun, Seize Three Teens As Illegal Car Meet Draws 50+ Vehicles Police In Bergen Find Ghost Gun, Seize Three Teens As Illegal Car Meet Draws 50+ Vehicles
Police In Bergen Find Ghost Gun, Seize Three Teens As Illegal Car Meet Draws 50+ Vehicles A trio of teens who tried to flee an illegal car meet when Ridgefield Park police showed up had a ghost gun and a high-capacity magazine for it in their sedan when they were stopped, authorities said. Responding officers found 50 or so assembled vehicles “revving their engines and burning out” in a parking lot on Challenger Road between the New Jersey Turnpike and Route 46 shortly after 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, Lt. Art Jensen said. The driver began speeding off as police arrived, the lieutenant said. Officers issued a host of summonses to the drivers they managed to stop – and even impo…

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National Law Enforcement Group Touts Ridgefield Park Police Who Rescued Driver From Burning Car National Law Enforcement Group Touts Ridgefield Park Police Who Rescued Driver From Burning Car
National Law Enforcement Group Touts Ridgefield Park Police Who Rescued Driver From Burning Car Flames were quickly spreading when a trio of Ridgefield Park police officers found a driver trapped in a burning sedan on Route 46 this past July 4th weekend. Intense heat and flames pushed the officers back before they partially doused the fire with an extinguisher and got the 55-year-old driver from Fort Lee out safely. The trio will be honored as "Officers of the Month" by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) in a ceremony in town next week. Daily Voice broke the original story: Ridgefield Park Officers Rescue Trapped Driver In Burning Car It caught the attenti…

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NJ Man Tied To Instagram-Related Kidnapping Busted With 1,100 Heroin Folds: Police NJ Man Tied To Instagram-Related Kidnapping Busted With 1,100 Heroin Folds: Police
NJ Man Tied To Instagram-Related Kidnapping Busted With 1,100 Heroin Folds: Police A Newark man charged last year with helping an Instagram influencer kidnap and terrorize a detractor was busted with 1,100 heroin folds in Ridgefield Park, authorities said. Alaziz Dalmida, 23, and village resident Osman Hoti, 41, were sitting in a car in Fellowship Park when village officers approached them, Police Chief Joseph Rella said. Dalmida (above left) tried hiding something with his feet below the front passenger seat, so they ordered him out of the vehicle, the chief said. Dalmida tried to run after getting out but was quickly captured, Rella said, adding that the officers foun…

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HEROES: Trio Of NJ Officers Rescue Trapped Driver From Burning Car HEROES: Trio Of NJ Officers Rescue Trapped Driver From Burning Car
Heroes: Trio Of NJ Officers Rescue Trapped Driver From Burning Car Dramatic bodycam video shows Ridgefield Park police pulling a trapped Fort Lee driver from his burning sedan. An electrical malfunction ignited the front of 55-year-old Christopher Vagnone’s Honda Accord outside Mavis Discount Tire on Route 46 (Winant Avenue) shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday, Police Chief Joseph Rella said. Unable to open the car doors, Sgt. Nicholas Triano retrieved a Halligan bar and smashed the driver’s side window, the chief said. Officers Anthony D'Elia and Nicholas D'Alto joined him in trying to remove Vagnone through the window, but the intense flames and heat pushed…

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FACE-PLANT FOLLOW-UP: Ridgefield Park Man Charged In Hudson Stolen Cab Chase, Crash In Fairview FACE-PLANT FOLLOW-UP: Ridgefield Park Man Charged In Hudson Stolen Cab Chase, Crash In Fairview
Face-plant Follow-up: Ridgefield Park Man Charged In Hudson Stolen Cab Chase, Crash In Fairview UPDATE: It didn't take long for Ridgefield Park police to help their colleagues nab a third man involved in stealing a cab in Union City that crashed during a chase in Fairview. Michael Hernandez was with two Union City men who stole a cab in the city before heading to Fairview, authorities said. Village police took Hernandez, 22, into custody at his home Wednesday. Borough police spotted the stolen 2008 Crown Victoria at Anderson and Day avenues around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday after getting a call from the cab company, which had been tracking it on GPS, Fairview Police Chief Martin Kahn sai…

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Police: Fleeing Route 46 Driver Injures Two In Wrong-Way Ridgefield Park Crash Police: Fleeing Route 46 Driver Injures Two In Wrong-Way Ridgefield Park Crash
Police: Fleeing Route 46 Driver Injures Two In Wrong-Way Ridgefield Park Crash A speeding driver led a Ridgefield Park police officer on a chase through village side streets before his coupe crashed into a pickup truck on the opposite side of the road, injuring its two occupants, authorities said. Officer Brian Lyons tried to stop the BMW on westbound Route 46 shortly before 10:30 p.m. Friday, Lt. Arthur Jensen said. The driver – Romy D. Fabre, 26, of Jamaica, Queens – then hit the gas and turned off the highway, Jensen said. He eventually ended up heading south in the northbound lanes of the Main Street bypass when his vehicle collided with a Ford F350 pickup truck,…

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by Jerry DeMarco