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Fleeing Driver Returns After Slamming Into Pole, Rolling SUV In Bergenfield Fleeing Driver Returns After Slamming Into Pole, Rolling SUV In Bergenfield
Fleeing Driver Returns After Slamming Into Pole, Rolling SUV In Bergenfield An unlicensed 28-year-old driver from Bergenfield who knocked down a pole and rolled his SUV while making an illegal turn at high speed before dawn Tuesday fled the scene and then returned, authorities said. Christian Pilamunga Pilco was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center by members of the Bergenfield Volunteer Ambulance Corps following the 3 a.m. Dec. 27 crash outside the Walgreens on South Washington Avenue, Bergenfield Police Chief Mustafa Rabboh said. His injuries weren’t considered life-threatening, the chief said. Pilco was speeding toward the New Bridge Road intersection …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bergenfield DWI Crash: Englewood Passenger Critical, Dumont Driver Charged With Assault By Auto Bergenfield DWI Crash: Englewood Passenger Critical, Dumont Driver Charged With Assault By Auto
Bergenfield DWI Crash: Englewood Passenger Critical, Dumont Driver Charged With Assault By Auto A Dumont driver was drunk when he crashed his sedan into a utility pole in Bergenfield, seriously injuring a passenger from Englewood, authorities said. Passersby got Aaron Estevez, 27, and the unresponsive 30-year-old male passenger out of the Honda Accord after it slammed into the pole near the corner of New Bridge and Wilbur roads shortly before 3 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 27, Bergenfield Detective Lt. William Duran said. Estevez, who recently worked as a DJ at Manhattan's Webster Hall, was also injured, though not as seriously, the lieutenant said. Two Bergenfield Volunteer Ambulance Corps rig…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'Kill Me, Shoot!': Teaneck, Bergenfield PD Peacefully End Standoff With Knife-Wielding Man 'Kill Me, Shoot!': Teaneck, Bergenfield PD Peacefully End Standoff With Knife-Wielding Man
'Kill Me, Shoot!': Teaneck, Bergenfield PD Peacefully End Standoff With Knife-Wielding Man A Teaneck police sergeant confronted by a disturbed man on a Bergenfield street was surprised when the stranger pulled out a large knife. "Kill me! Shoot!" the Portuguese native shouted in broken English to Sgt. Ronald Boswell and backup officers from both towns who rushed to the scene, Teaneck Police Chief Glenn O'Reilly said. The tense noontime drama played out on New Bridge Road, across from Veterans Memorial Park in Bergenfield, beginning shortly before 1 p.m. Wednesday. The unidentified man had walked in front of Boswell's car, so the sergeant stopped and got out, O'Reilly said. The …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Woman, 25, Charged With Attempted Murder In Bergenfield, Teaneck Shootings UPDATE: Woman, 25, Charged With Attempted Murder In Bergenfield, Teaneck Shootings
Update: Woman, 25, Charged With Attempted Murder In Bergenfield, Teaneck Shootings Authorities charged a 25-year-old woman with attempted murder in separate shootings that they said occurred hours apart in Bergenfield and Teaneck. Tamykah Trival, of Teaneck, first fired at the intended victim, also 25, and missed in the area of in the area of Hargreaves Avenue and Ardsley Court in Teaneck shortly before 11 p.m. Monday, authorities said. She fled in an orange-colored Volvo SUV, they said. Around 3 a.m. Tuesday, Trival again shot at the victim, who was in a vehicle in the area of New Bridge Road and South Washington Avenue in Bergenfield, borough Detective Lt. William Dur…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Woman, 25, Charged With Attempted Murder In Bergenfield, Teaneck Shootings UPDATE: Woman, 25, Charged With Attempted Murder In Bergenfield, Teaneck Shootings
Update: Woman, 25, Charged With Attempted Murder In Bergenfield, Teaneck Shootings Authorities charged a 25-year-old woman with attempted murder in separate shootings that they said occurred hours apart in Bergenfield and Teaneck. Tamykah Trival, of Teaneck, first fired at the intended victim, also 25, and missed in the area of in the area of Hargreaves Avenue and Ardsley Court in Teaneck shortly before 11 p.m. Monday, authorities said. She fled in an orange-colored Volvo SUV, they said. Around 3 a.m. Tuesday, Trival again shot at the victim, who was in a vehicle in the area of New Bridge Road and South Washington Avenue in Bergenfield, borough Detective Lt. William Dura…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Lidl Sets Opening Date In Bergenfield Lidl Sets Opening Date In Bergenfield
Lidl Sets Opening Date In Bergenfield Bergenfield's new Lidl grocery store has set an opening date. The German discount grocer will open Dec. 18 at 8 a.m. at the former Pathmark store on New Bridge Road. The first 100 customers will win gift cards between $5 and $100, receive free reusable Lidl bags while supplies last and samples of the store's best products all weekend. This is Lidl's sixth New Jersey location, with others coming to Scotch Plains, North Brunswick and Weehawken.  Lidl, 80 New Bridge Road, Bergenfield, (844) 747-5435

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by Cecilia Levine
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Woman, 25, Struck, Killed By Freight Train In Bergenfield Woman, 25, Struck, Killed By Freight Train In Bergenfield
Woman, 25, Struck, Killed By Freight Train In Bergenfield A 25-year-old woman was struck and killed overnight Tuesday by a freight train in Bergenfield. Authorities suspect suicide, Bergenfield Police Lt. William Duran said. The woman was struck by a northbound CSX train headed to New York State around 12:10 a.m. just south of the New Bridge Road crossing. The locomotive stopped 300 feet before the Clinton Avenue crossing. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Bergenfield police responded along with CSX railroad police and representatives and the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification, which collected evidence.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Dumont Man Struck, Killed By Freight Train In Bergenfield Suicide Police: Dumont Man Struck, Killed By Freight Train In Bergenfield Suicide
Police: Dumont Man Struck, Killed By Freight Train In Bergenfield Suicide UPDATE: A freight train struck and killed a Dumont man in Bergenfield Tuesday in what police said was a suicide. The 55-year-old kneeled down on the tracks near Church Street as the CSX train approached around 1:40 p.m., Capt. Mustafa Rabboh said. The man "parked his vehicle a short distance away, waited for the train, then kneeled on the tracks as the train approached," Rabboh said. He was pronounced deceased at the scene.  The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification was summoned to collect evidence. Main Street was closed. Traffic was re-routed to Columbia Avenue…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
'Swatting' Hoax Caller Threatens To 'Blow Up' Bergenfield Gas Station 'Swatting' Hoax Caller Threatens To 'Blow Up' Bergenfield Gas Station
'Swatting' Hoax Caller Threatens To 'Blow Up' Bergenfield Gas Station A Bergen County Regional SWAT team, crisis negotiators and the county bomb squad were among the responders to what turned out to be a "swatting" incident at a Bergenfield gas station before dawn Saturday. The 5:13 a.m. a.m. caller claimed to be holed up in the BP station on New Bridge Road near the CSX railroad tracks and was planning to “blow the place up" -- prompting an immediate response, Bergenfield Police Capt. Mustafa Rabboh said. The caller made several claims -- among them, that he could see police outside, a law enforcement source with knowledge of the incident said…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Elderly Driver Strands Car On Median At Bergenfield Shopping Center Elderly Driver Strands Car On Median At Bergenfield Shopping Center
Elderly Driver Strands Car On Median At Bergenfield Shopping Center BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- An elderly driver with a walker crashed her car onto a median at a busy Bergenfield shopping center Friday afternoon. The woman refused to go to the hospital for an evaluation after the 2 p.m. incident at the New Bridge Shopping Plaza on New Bridge Road. Police kept her in a patrol vehicle until a loved one picked her up. Members of the Bergenfield Volunteer Ambulance Corps also responded. The sedan was towed.

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by Jerry DeMarco