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MacArthur Boulevard, Mahwah, NJ

Spike Strips Stop Stolen Vehicle Fleeing Mahwah Development: One Caught, Two Sought On Route 17 Spike Strips Stop Stolen Vehicle Fleeing Mahwah Development: One Caught, Two Sought On Route 17
Spike Strips Stop Stolen Vehicle Fleeing Mahwah Development: One Caught, Two Sought On Route 17 Mahwah police captured an overnight stolen car thief and searched for two others after using spike strips to stop the vehicle before dawn Friday, authorities said. The 2022 BMW X7 kept rolling and hit a Mahwah police car after the trio bailed out on Route 17 shortly before 2:30 a.m. Nov. 25. No serious injuries were reported. Officers Jonathan Weber and Thomas Mitchell found 18-year-old Sergio Pierce hiding in a Dumpster off McKee Drive a short time later, Capt. Guido Bussinelli said. Pierce tried to run but was immediately caught, the captain said. A New Jersey State Police helicopter a…
Mahwah Pizzeria 'Robber' Threatens To Shoot Employees, Flees Empty-Handed Mahwah Pizzeria 'Robber' Threatens To Shoot Employees, Flees Empty-Handed
Mahwah Pizzeria 'Robber' Threatens To Shoot Employees, Flees Empty-Handed A would-be robber fled a Mahwah pizzeria empty-handed after threatening to shoot the employees, authorities said. The white suspect was wearing a tan jacket when he entered Mahwah Pizza & Pasta on MacArthur Boulevard shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1, Mayor Jim Wysocki said. He demanded money from the register and threatened to shoot the employees several times, witnesses said. He didn't show a weapon, however. With no leverage, the would-be Dillinger had little choice but to leave. Witnesses said he fled in a silver Jeep Patriot. ANYONE who might have witnessed the incident, see…
Vertical Hold: Dump Truck Trailer Gets Wedged Under Route 17 Overpass In Mahwah Vertical Hold: Dump Truck Trailer Gets Wedged Under Route 17 Overpass In Mahwah
Vertical Hold: Dump Truck Trailer Gets Wedged Under Route 17 Overpass In Mahwah Two heavy-duty wreckers working back-to-back were needed to remove a dump truck trailer that jammed both a Route 17 overpass in Mahwah and the northbound Tuesday evening rush. The driver received a careless driving summons after the 4:40 p.m. mishap at the MacArthur Boulevard overpass, which left only one passable lane on the highway a little over two miles south of the Rockland County border. Firefighters cleaned up a hydraulic fluid spill. The state DOT was called to determine whether there was any structural damage to the overpass. Two heavy-duty wreckers were needed to get the tra…
Firefighters Free Two Mid-70s Women After Crash At Same Mahwah Intersection As Last Year Firefighters Free Two Mid-70s Women After Crash At Same Mahwah Intersection As Last Year
Firefighters Free Two Mid-70s Women After Crash At Same Mahwah Intersection As Last Year In an odd coincidence, a crash requiring Mahwah firefighters to cut victims from a vehicle Saturday occurred exactly a year to the day that another collision happened at that same intersection. Two township women – one 76 and the other 75 – were trapped Saturday after a head-on crash sent their car into a tree on Darlington Avenue near MacArthur Boulevard around 11:30 a.m. Both were taken to The Valley Hospital by Mahwah EMS with injuries that Sgt. Michael Blondin said weren’t life-threatening. The occupants of the other vehicle – a 40-year-old woman and 8-year-old girl – also were taken t…
Mahwah Stop Yields Fireworks, Arrests Of Out-Of-Town Parolee, Probationer Mahwah Stop Yields Fireworks, Arrests Of Out-Of-Town Parolee, Probationer
Mahwah Stop Yields Fireworks, Arrests Of Out-Of-Town Parolee, Probationer Mahwah police spoiled the 4th of July party for two out-of-towners – one a parolee, the other a probationer – after catching them with an assortment of fireworks during a traffic stop, authorities said. Officer Christopher Fasulo stopped their New York-registered commercial van for a violation on MacArthur Boulevard, Police Chief James N. Batelli said. The driver, 40-year-old Joshua Requena of Equinunk, PA, told the officer they were “working at a job site in Pennsylvania for a cleaning company,” the chief said. Fasulo quickly spotted what turned out to be “an extensive assortment of illeg…
PHOTOS: Driver Extricated After Mahwah Crash PHOTOS: Driver Extricated After Mahwah Crash
Photos: Driver Extricated After Mahwah Crash MAHWAH, N.J. -- Firefighters cut a driver out of a sedan that rolled over Saturday night in Mahwah. The driver was hospitalized after firefighters secured the Chevy sedan and removed the roof just after 6:30 p.m. crash on MacArthur Boulevard. There was no immediate word on the extent of injuries.