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Accused Thief Wanted In Pickup Theft Snared By Wallington Detective Accused Thief Wanted In Pickup Theft Snared By Wallington Detective
Accused Thief Wanted In Pickup Theft Snared By Wallington Detective A Wallington man who tried and failed to steal a pickup truck from an auto repair business grabbed another and roared off, said police who arrested him last week. Jake Kaniszewski, 26, entered the lot of the Main Avenue business on May 21, ransacked a Ford F-150 that was scheduled for repair, then tried to flee after finding the keys, said Wallington Police Capt. Shawn Kudlacik, the officer in charge of the department. Kaniszewski "appeared to be blocked in and couldn't exit," the captain said, so he found a second F-150 that he was able to drive off in. Police investigating the theft obt…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Soccer Player From Poland Charged With Vicious Attack On Wallington Bar Patron Soccer Player From Poland Charged With Vicious Attack On Wallington Bar Patron
Soccer Player From Poland Charged With Vicious Attack On Wallington Bar Patron A soccer player from Poland pummeled a man with his fists and feet outside a Wallington bar, sending the victim to the hospital with four broken ribs, a collapsed lung and a facial fracture, authorities said. Detectives who reviewed surveillance video identified the assailant as Oskar Potoczny, a 21-year-old Polish national who apparently quit playing football in his homeland last year. They arrested Potoczny on aggravated assault charges only to have a Superior Court judge in Hackensack release him the very next day. Potoczny played soccer in Poland most recently for Swit Szczecin la…

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Wanted Suspect Caught After Ramming Wallington Police Car In Escape Attempt Wanted Suspect Caught After Ramming Wallington Police Car In Escape Attempt
Wanted Suspect Caught After Ramming Wallington Police Car In Escape Attempt A suspect wanted out of Carlstadt rammed a Wallington police car with her SUV in an escape attempt before she was chased down in East Rutherford, authorities said. Officer Kasper Zielinski spotted accused shoplifter Amy Putrino, 38, of Paterson, leaving the GNC store on Paterson Avenue, Police Chief Carmello J. Imbruglia said on Tuesday, April 25. The purple-haired Putrino, who fit the description of a woman wanted by Carlstadt police, got into a distinctive-looking Honda Element cited in their alert, the chief said. Zielinski "started to pull closer to her vehicle in his patrol unit when …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Wallington Man With Violent History Pepper-Sprayed In Melee With Police Wallington Man With Violent History Pepper-Sprayed In Melee With Police
Wallington Man With Violent History Pepper-Sprayed In Melee With Police A Wallington man with a violent history was pepper-sprayed and arrested after a scuffle with police who said he spit on them. Max C. Zaccone, 28, "appeared heavily intoxicated and verbally and physically threatened officers" who responded to a dispute and were trying to sort things out at a Wallington Avenue home, Wallington Police Capt. Shawn Kudlacik said. "Pepper spray was deployed in effecting his arrest and two officers sustained injuries in the melee," Kudlacik said. "(Zaccone) also spit in officer's faces in the incident." They charged Zaccone with aggravated assault on a law enforc…

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SEE ANYTHING? Police Probe Shooting Outside Bergen County Bowling Alley SEE ANYTHING? Police Probe Shooting Outside Bergen County Bowling Alley
SEE Anything? Police Probe Shooting Outside Bergen County Bowling Alley Gunfire erupted outside a Bergen County bowling alley, said police who were searching for the shooter. No one was reported wounding in the 10:30 p.m. shooting Tuesday, Feb. 8, in the parking lot of the Wallington Bowlero on Paterson Avenue, Police Capt. Shawn Kudlacik said. Witnesses told police a black man in a white hoodie quickly got into a white SUV with tinted windows -- possibly a Range Rover Velar -- and fled, Kudlacik said. Police recovered three shell casings, one projectile and a live round, the captain said. Anyone who might have witnessed the incident, saw the fleeing vehicle …

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NJ Thieves Snatching Snow Plows At Alarming Rate, Funeral Director Among Victims NJ Thieves Snatching Snow Plows At Alarming Rate, Funeral Director Among Victims
NJ Thieves Snatching Snow Plows At Alarming Rate, Funeral Director Among Victims With so much snow falling on New Jersey in recent weeks, funeral director Brian Warner got himself a new $7,000 plow for his 2005 monument pickup truck. And just like that it was gone. "It was locked with the keys kept inside the building," said Warner, who owns and operates Warner-Wozniak Funeral Service in Wallington. It's not just him: Privately-owned pickups with plows are being stolen at an alarming rate in New Jersey, authorities confirmed Friday. This past week, three trucks with plows were stolen out of East Rutherford alone. One owner bought his three days earlier and hadn't even…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Playful Pit Bull Rescued From River By Garfield Firefighters Playful Pit Bull Rescued From River By Garfield Firefighters
Playful Pit Bull Rescued From River By Garfield Firefighters A peppy pit bull named Rocky Balboa jumped into the swiftly-moving Saddle River in Garfield on Friday, requiring rescuers to fetch him. His Passaic owner was walking the year-and-a-half-year-old hound along the riverbank in the area of River Drive and Marsellus Place when he broke free to chase some Canada geese, Garfield Police Lt. Richard Uram said. The current took Rocky downstream after he jumped in, and the owner quickly lost sight of him, Uram said. Moments later, Garfield and Wallington police were searching along the banks with Garfield firefighters, the lieutenant said. Members …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Owners Of Burned-Out Little Ferry Pizzeria Vow To Rebuild, Community Offers To Help Owners Of Burned-Out Little Ferry Pizzeria Vow To Rebuild, Community Offers To Help
Owners Of Burned-Out Little Ferry Pizzeria Vow To Rebuild, Community Offers To Help Nick and Joann Fytros had only recently bought Zio’s Pizza in Little Ferry, but their family restaurant quickly built a large and devoted customer base – many of whom were offering prayers and donations Thursday to help the couple recover from a crippling fire the night before. “We are beyond devasted,” Joann Fytros wrote in a Facebook morning post, “but as most of you know Nick is a fighter and will come back from this.” Fytros, an EMT with Moonachie First Aid & Rescue Squad, also asked for prayers for a family – a husband, wife, 17-year-old daughter and dog -- who were displaced after…

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by Jerry DeMarco