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Ex-Con Wanted In Burglary Spree Captured By Palisades Parkway Police Following Crash
An ex-con wanted in a string of burglaries was captured by Palisades Interstate Parkway police after he bailed out of a car stolen out of Lyndhurst following a predawn crash. Englewood police were pursuing the black Audi S5 before breaking off the chase and alerting their area colleagues shortly before 3 a.m. Monday, Nov. 28, Palisades Interstate Parkway Lt. Raymond E. Walter said. The vehicle had been tied to a string of break-ins in Belleville, some of which involved ATMs, he said. A PIP officer pulled up moments after the Audi crashed at the northbound ramp to Exit 2 in Alpine a short t…
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14-Year-Old Stolen SUV Driver, Passenger From Newark Caught After Rush-Hour Pursuit, Crash
A 14-year-old driver and 15-year-old passenger who were caught after crashing a stolen SUV during a pursuit from Route 3 to Route 21 were carrying key fobs from vehicles swiped as far south as the Jersey Shore, Clifton police said. An officer began pursuing the 2021 Ford Explorer -- which had been reported stolen out of North Caldwell -- after the driver refused to stop on westbound Route 3 around 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The chase continued south on Route 21 before the Explorer struck a civilian's vehicle near the intersection of 3rd Avenue in Newark, the …
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Update
: Body Found In Passaic River Tentatively ID'd, Probe Begun, Following Police Chase
UPDATE: Authorities on Thursday tentatively identified a man whose body was recovered from the Passaic River following a police chase. They also officially acknowledged that the incident was being investigated. The announcement follows a story by Daily Voice exploring the circumstances that led to the death of Thadius Wilder, a 35-year-old father of five from Passaic whose body apparently was in the water for two days before it was discovered. Wilder’s body was removed from the river below Route 21 after kayakers spotted it around 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1, City of Passaic Police Chief Luis Guz…
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Body Of Man Chased By Police Pulled From Passaic River Two Days Later
The death of a man whose body was recovered from the Passaic River following a police chase was being investigated by county and state authorities, a family member said she was told. Meanwhile, she and other loved ones wait in anguish for answers. Everyone agrees that the body retrieved from the river below Route 21 Monday evening was that of Thadius Wilder, a 35-year-old father of five from Passaic. Wilder, who had a history of drug arrests, was last seen running from police on that very same highway on Saturday, said his sister, Amber Wilder-Hunter. Wilder-Hunter filed a missing person…
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Thief Steals Newark Police Car
A thief who stole a marked Newark police car Thursday was captured a short time later in Nutley, authorities said. Authorities followed the vehicle on GPS after it was stolen at a shopping center on McCarter Highway (Route 21). At one point it was pegged near the Belleville Turnpike bridge from North Arlington, said police who were monitoring the incident. The vehicle then headed north on Route 21 before it somehow became disabled on the highway, they said. Nutley police spotted the car and grabbed the suspect, who was taken to Newark police headquarters. No damages were reported. CHECK…
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Authorities: Accused Gunman Captured In Daytime Shooting Death Of Passaic Teen
UPDATE: With significant help from the community, Passaic police arrested a 21-year-old man who they believe shot and killed a city teen beneath a Route 21 overpass Tuesday afternoon. Responding officers had found Amar Sultan, 18, with several gunshot wounds on Madison Street near Vreeland Avenue shortly after 2 p.m. He'd been struck in the abdomen, responders told Daily Voice. Sultan was taken to St. Mary's Hospital in Passaic, where he was pronounced dead at 4:45 p.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman said in a joint r…
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Clifton PD: 100 MPH Driver Who Eluded Police In Newark Arrested At His Morris Home
It's probably best not to flee the police if you're not off the grid. A driver who topped 100 miles an hour on Route 21 before eluding pursuing Clifton police on the streets of Newark was later arrested as his Morris County home, authorities said. Officers tried to stop Christopher J. Allan, 39, of Rockaway, on the southbound highway shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. He "refused to stop and led the officers on a chase through the streets of Newark," Bracken said. Concerned for public safety, the officers pulled back. Detectives investigated and arrested A…
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Nutley Driver Rams Clifton Police Cruiser During Chase From Route 3 Into Newark
A Nutley driver intentionally rammed a Clifton police car in Newark, ending a high-speed chase that began after he was originally stopped on Route 3, authorities said. An officer stopped a Honda Accord driven by Joshua Ortiz, 26, on the eastbound highway shortly after 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Detective Sgt. Robert Anderson said. Ortiz was asked to exit the vehicle after rolling down his window and providing documents, but he hit the gas instead and took off onto southbound Route 21, Anderson said. Police chased him into Newark and through various city streets before Ortiz stopped the Accord ne…
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Update
: Door Dash Driver Swept Through Underground Tunnel Into Passaic River During Storm
A Door Dash driver survived after she and her car were swept through a blocks-long underground tunnel and into the Passaic River during Monday's storm, city police said. Nathalia Bruno, 24, of Newark told police she was delivering food when her car got caught in a flash flood near the Benson Avenue tennis courts. She said she “was then dragged by a current of water and she could see it heading towards a tunnel." Bruno told police she bailed out but was pulled underground along with her car. The tide carried her and the car several blocks below ground, then under Route 21 toward the B…
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Newark Man Who Illegally Dumped Piles Under Three NJ Highways Gets Probation, Community Service
A Newark man was sentenced to probation and 300 hours of community service Monday for illegally dumping construction material, medical waste, lead paint and other items from his rubbish removal business beneath a trio of highways. Superior Court Judge Mayra V. Tarantino declined the state Attorney General’s Office request that Abdullah S. Bryant, 41, spend 364 days in the county jail for his guilty plea to criminal mischief and opted for three years of probation and the community service. Bryant -- who did business under various names, including International Rubbish Removal – admitted last…
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Lyndhurst Police Stolen Car Chase Ends With Newark Crash, 3 Burglary Suspects Seized
A Lyndhurst police stolen car chase through Nutley and Belleville before dawn Wednesday ended with a crash off Route 21 in Newark and the arrests of three burglary suspects. Officer Rich Jasinski was on patrol on 10th Street when he saw a Honda Accord headed east on Kingsland Avenue tailgating another vehicle and going back and forth across the double-yellow line, Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. Jasinski followed the Accord to Ridge Road, then onto Park Avenue and 8th Street before it returned to Kingsland headed west. Discovering that the sedan had been reported stolen out of Fairfiel…
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Paramus Police Car Rammed By Stolen BMW During Pursuit
An ex-con was caught while two accomplices scattered after a stolen BMW slammed into a Paramus police cruiser during an overnight chase Wednesday, authorities said. Upper Saddle River police spotted the 2017 7 Series, which authorities said was reported stolen out of the Monmouth County town of Deal on Tuesday after the owner left it unlocked with the key fob inside, just after 2:30 a.m. USR police began chasing the sedan onto southbound Route 17. Paramus Officer Nicholas Tanelli tried stopping the car soon after, but the BMW continued onto the Garden State Parkway then onto southbound Ro…
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Arrest Made, Attempted Murder Charges Filed In Shooting Of Two North Arlington Men In Clifton
Detectives this week arrested a Paterson resident who they said shot two men from North Arlington five months ago in Clifton. Noel Santos, 33, was being held in the Passaic County Jail, charged with two counts each of attempted murder and aggravated assault, as well as several weapons offenses. Santos was the gunman who wounded the victims – one 46, the other 19 – on Jan. 14 in the area of Main Avenue and Temple Street near Route 21, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Mark P. Centurione said in a joint release. Prosecutors will ask a Superior Court judge i…
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Heroes
: Good Samaritan Dives Into Frigid Passaic River To Rescue Woman In Sinking Sedan
A young woman whose car rolled off Route 21 into the Passaic River was rescued Monday morning by a Good Samaritan who pulled her from her sinking sedan and a police officer who threw them a lifeline, responders said. "She was going north on Route 21 around 10:30 [a.m.] when she lost control and the car went over the guardrail," one said. "It flipped three or four times and landed in the river." A Belleville police officer arrived as the passerby jumped in. He threw them a safety preserver ring and pulled both to shore, a local police officer said. Dive teams from Lyndhurst, Wallington, N…
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Wild Chase Across Clifton Rooftops: Passaic Sheriff's Officers Nab Stolen Car Thief After Crash
A wild chase along Clifton rooftops ended when a 17-year-old repeat offender who crashed a stolen Jeep was nabbed by Passaic County sheriff’s officers. Undercover narcotics detectives were headed east on Route 46 in Little Falls just after 2 p.m. Wednesday when they spotted a black Jeep reported stolen from a nearby Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik said. It was being followed by a Mercedes Benz that was reported stolen out of Little Falls the day before, authorities said. A sheriff's detective pulled up next to the Jeep and spotted the driver with a hood p…
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Clifton Police: Carjacker Crashes Woman’s Stolen Mercedes, Abandons It In Middle Of Route 21
Clifton police chased down a man who they said carjacked a woman at knifepoint, then crashed her Mercedes and left it the middle of Route 21 with two flat tires, authorities said. Aaron Smith Jr., 53, of East Orange abandoned the car in the southbound lanes of the highway near Route 3 after crashing it around 1 a.m., Lt. Robert Bracken said Monday. Witnesses told police they saw him flee carrying a knife. Officer Kevin Berdnik and Sgt. Gene Hayes were searching the area parallel to the highway when Smith approached them “with his hands clenched inside his waistband,” Brackin said…
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Clifton Police Officer Dragged On Route 21, Climbs Into Fleeing Car
A Clifton police officer being dragged by a wanted Garfield driver he’d just pulled over on Route 21 climbed in through the passenger window and finally got him to stop about a quarter-mile later, authorities said. The 2015 Chevy Cruze was “riding the shoulder of the highway and passing other vehicles in bumper-to-bumper traffic” on the northbound highway when Officers Matthew Phillips and Christopher O'Brien pulled it over near Ackerman Avenue, Sgt. Robert Anderson said. After speaking with the driver, 30-year-old Israel Colon Jr., the officers ran a computer check and discovered outstandi…
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Clifton PD: Dirt Biker In Highway Police Chase Surrenders
More than a half-dozen dirt-bike racers weaved in and out of highway traffic with Clifton police in pursuit Thursday night before one of them surrendered after nearly slamming into a mini-van. Clifton detectives were trying to determine the identities of the other racers after charging 29-year-old Leon Cleveland of Paterson with eluding. Officers Kevin Berdnik and Patrolman Justin Vallier tried stopping the riders, who were speeding recklessly up northbound Route 21 just before 8:30 p.m., Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. "They were riding in such a manner that created a dangerous si…
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