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Video Shows Suspect Slashing One Officer, Shot At By Others In Clifton Hotel Video Shows Suspect Slashing One Officer, Shot At By Others In Clifton Hotel
Video Shows Suspect Slashing One Officer, Shot At By Others In Clifton Hotel WATCH: Surveillance video released Thursday shows an armed suspect slashing a police officer's face with a knife before two colleagues shoot at him as he runs down the hallway of a Clifton hotel. State Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal released the video along with others recorded in the Dec. 27, 2020 Clifton police encounter with Antwan Whitlock,, 35, of Union Township at a Route 3 Howard Johnson's. Whitlock, who wasn’t struck by gunfire as he ran down the hallway later stabbed himself in the chest when other SWAT team officers caught up to him, Grewal said. It began when three Clifton o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: DWI Paterson Man, 32, Sends Parked Car And His Own Into Woods Police: DWI Paterson Man, 32, Sends Parked Car And His Own Into Woods
Police: DWI Paterson Man, 32, Sends Parked Car And His Own Into Woods A Paterson man was drunk when he swerved off Route 23 and hit a car parked car at a gas station, causing both vehicles to end up in the woods, authorities said. Jonathan Torres, 32, was driving a gray Hyundai on Route 23 S. when he veered left, struck the center divider and swerved into a white Chevrolet parked at a Sunoco gas station in Pompton Plains around 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, Pequannock Township police said. Both vehicles ended up in the wooded area near the gas station as a result of the crash, authorities said. Torres was transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Paterson with non-life…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Pedestrian Struck, Killed Crossing Route 46 In Morris County Pedestrian Struck, Killed Crossing Route 46 In Morris County
Pedestrian Struck, Killed Crossing Route 46 In Morris County A pedestrian was struck and killed while crossing Route 46 in Morris County Wednesday night, authorities said. The person — whose name is being withheld pending notification of family — was struck by a 2020 Volvo while crossing Route 46 eastbound near Wood Stack restaurant in Montville Township just after 9:45 p.m., Chief Andrew Caggiano said. The victim later died at St. Joseph’s Hospital, authorities said. The driver of the Volvo immediately stopped and cooperated with the investigation, authorities said. The eastbound lanes of Route 46 were closed for several hours. Anyone with inform…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Passaic Sheriff: Paterson-To-Bloomfield Pursuit Ends In Pickup Crash, DWI, Drug Charges Passaic Sheriff: Paterson-To-Bloomfield Pursuit Ends In Pickup Crash, DWI, Drug Charges
Passaic Sheriff: Paterson-To-Bloomfield Pursuit Ends In Pickup Crash, DWI, Drug Charges A pre-dawn pursuit that began in Paterson ended 20 minutes later when a drunken Bloomfield driver crashed his pickup truck near his home, authorities said. Henry Vindas, 38, led the 11-mile chase after Passaic County Sheriff's Sgt. Eric Fajardo tried pulling over his Dodge pickup in the area of 20th Avenue and State Street just after 4 a.m. Tuesday, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Vindas fled through several city streets and onto Route 19 South and then the Garden State Parkway before exiting in Bloomfield, the sheriff said. Moments later, the pickup slammed into a tree at the intersectio…

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by Jerry DeMarco