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Bizarre Mugshot Shows Grinning Car Thief Just After Launching Stolen Volvo Into Hudson River Bizarre Mugshot Shows Grinning Car Thief Just After Launching Stolen Volvo Into Hudson River
Bizarre Mugshot Shows Grinning Car Thief Just After Launching Stolen Volvo Into Hudson River He didn't get very far. A 26-year-old man who stole a white 2012 Volvo was arrested after he lost control of the vehicle, sending it into the Hudson River during a police pursuit Monday night, July 1, Edgewater Police Chief Donald A. Martin said in a release. The man, later identified as  Jean D. Severe, of Brooklyn, NY, jumped behind the wheel of the Volvo at Veteran's Field at 1167 River Road just before 9:10 p.m., Martin said. Moments later, an officer spotted the car near the Fort Lee border. The officer tried to stop the vehicle, but Severe failed to pull over, initiati…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Jet Skier Injured On Hudson Jet Skier Injured On Hudson
Jet Skier Injured On Hudson A jet skier required medical attention following a weekend accident on the Hudson River. The victim was brought to shore at Bloomers Beach near the northern boat basin near Henry Hudson Drive in Palisades Interstate Park in Englewood Cliffs around 2:30 p.m. Sunday, June 16, responders said. The NYPD Harbor Unit joined Palisades Interstate Parkway Police at the scene. There was no immediate word on the victim's condition. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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Spike Strips Stop Teen Car Thieves In NJ During Palisades Parkway Pursuit From Rockland Spike Strips Stop Teen Car Thieves In NJ During Palisades Parkway Pursuit From Rockland
Spike Strips Stop Teen Car Thieves In NJ During Palisades Parkway Pursuit From Rockland Spike strips deployed by Palisades Interstate Parkway Police stopped three teenage thieves as they sped south into New Jersey on Tuesday in a Jeep stolen out of Rockland County, authorities said. The New York City trio had swiped a 2018 Jeep Renegade from Clarkstown after the owner left it running with the keys in it shortly after 7:30 a.m. Jan. 9, PIP Police Lt. Raymond Walter said. New York State Police troopers who joined Clarkstown police in pursuing the trio radioed ahead to their parkway police colleagues before terminating the pursuit near the state line, the lieutenant said. Pickin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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FEDS: Serial Burglar Makes Bogus Calls To Divert Police Before Multiple NJ Drug Store Break-Ins FEDS: Serial Burglar Makes Bogus Calls To Divert Police Before Multiple NJ Drug Store Break-Ins
Feds: Serial Burglar Makes Bogus Calls To Divert Police Before Multiple NJ Drug Store Break-Ins A hapless burglar tried to keep police in a half-dozen Bergen County towns busy with bogus calls of carjackings, kidnappings and other threats to try and buy himself time to break into local drug stores, federal authorities said. Michael J. Gynegrowski, 34, hit pharmacies in Cresskill, Hackensack, Oradell, River Vale and Teaneck, usually by breaking a window, they said. Six of a reported 10 attempts failed, but Gynegrowski did swipe a significant amount of Oxy, promethazine and other medications from an Englewood drug store, investigators told Daily Voice. Police in the various towns …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Brawl At End Of Teaneck HS Basketball Game Versus Hackensack Brings Area Reinforcements Brawl At End Of Teaneck HS Basketball Game Versus Hackensack Brings Area Reinforcements
Brawl At End Of Teaneck HS Basketball Game Versus Hackensack Brings Area Reinforcements A wave of police from nearly a dozen area law enforcement agencies converged on Teaneck High School after a brawl erupted Thursday night at the end of a two-point boys basketball victory over Hackensack. A girls basketball game against both schools in Hackensack had been canceled following a fight there, which brought extra uniformed and plainclothes officers to the Dec. 14 match at Teaneck High School. At the end of the 54-52 boys game, the officers “observed several small fights erupt between groups of spectators,” Teaneck Police Chief Andrew McGurr said. There was also a report that a t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Troubled Dad Plunges To Death From NJ/NY Lookout Troubled Dad Plunges To Death From NJ/NY Lookout
Troubled Dad Plunges To Death From NJ/NY Lookout A troubled man from River Edge who’d just been involved in a fender bender leaped to his death from atop the Palisades at the New York/New Jersey border on Wednesday, Dec. 13, authorities confirmed. The 38-year-old man had hit a couple of cars while trying to back out of a dead end near his son’s school. A resident shared video of the incident with River Edge police who -- aware of his history -- began looking for the troubled driver. Then came the heartbreaking news. It was shortly before 5 p.m. when a concerned citizen called Palisades Interstate Parkway Police from the State Line …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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DEATH ON THE CLIFFS: Palisades Jumper Arranged Personal Items First, Police Say DEATH ON THE CLIFFS: Palisades Jumper Arranged Personal Items First, Police Say
Death ON THE Cliffs: Palisades Jumper Arranged Personal Items First, Police Say A 29-year-old man left some personal items arranged neatly on a rock before jumping to his death Wednesday from the Palisades, authorities said. Several witnesses reported seeing the Stamford, CT resident jump off the edge of the cliff at the State Line Lookout in Alpine, near New Jersey's northeastern border with New York State, shortly before 11:30 a.m. Nov. 22, Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Lt. Raymond Walter said. The responding officers "located personal items neatly set on a rock" nearby, the lieutenant said. The East Bergen Rappel Team recovered the man's body from the base o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Former Officer Charged With Tapping Police Database To Stalk Passaic County Victim Former Officer Charged With Tapping Police Database To Stalk Passaic County Victim
Former Officer Charged With Tapping Police Database To Stalk Passaic County Victim A now-former Palisades Interstate Parkway police officer used information from a law enforcement database to stalk an individual in Passaic County, authorities charged. Amir Sikder, 22, of Paterson was able to find the victim in Wayne after tapping into the database, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes, Wayne Police Chief Jack McNiff and Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Chief Steven Shallop said in a joint announcement on Friday, Oct. 6. Sikder was arrested in Totowa on Thursday by members of Valdes’s Public Integrity Unit following a probe with detectives from McNiff’s Criminal…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Multi-Million-Dollar Bergen Home Burglary: Three Captured In Celebrity Neighborhood Break-In Multi-Million-Dollar Bergen Home Burglary: Three Captured In Celebrity Neighborhood Break-In
Multi-Million-Dollar Bergen Home Burglary: Three Captured In Celebrity Neighborhood Break-In Law enforcers from several agencies helped capture a burglary trio from Delaware who authorities said targeted a multi-million-dollar home in an exclusive Bergen County neighborhood. It was shortly before 4:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, when the burglars apparently found an unlocked rear door to the Timberline Drive home off Route 9W in Alpine, in an area where Chris Rock, Lil Kim and other celebrities own estates. Police from surrounding towns, Bergen County sheriff's officers and others quickly converged on New Jersey's most affluent suburb, and the Delaware trio were all soon in custody. E…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Body Recovered From Palisades Believed To Be Missing NJ Man UPDATE: Body Recovered From Palisades Believed To Be Missing NJ Man
Update: Body Recovered From Palisades Believed To Be Missing NJ Man UPDATE: A body recovered from the Palisades following an hours-long weekend search was believed to be that of a missing 54-year-old man from Bloomfield, authorities said. An officer found the man's 2010 Nissan Murano, bearing New York State license plates, at the Rockefeller Lookout in Englewood Cliffs around 5 a.m. Sunday, June 4, Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Lt. Raymond E. Walter said. The man's brother had reported him missing to Clifton police on Friday, the lieutenant said. The body was found around 3 p.m. Sunday, he said. The NYPD Aviation Unit assisted during a search by mem…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Body Recovered From Palisades Believed To Be Missing NJ Man UPDATE: Body Recovered From Palisades Believed To Be Missing NJ Man
Update: Body Recovered From Palisades Believed To Be Missing NJ Man UPDATE: A body recovered from the Palisades following an hours-long weekend search was believed to be that of a missing 54-year-old man from Bloomfield, authorities said. An officer found the man's 2010 Nissan Murano, bearing New York State license plates, at the Rockefeller Lookout in Englewood Cliffs around 5 a.m. Sunday, June 4, Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Lt. Raymond E. Walter said. The man's brother had reported him missing to Clifton police on Friday, the lieutenant said. The body was found around 3 p.m. Sunday, he said. The NYPD Aviation Unit assisted during a search by mem…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Stolen Car Thief Bails, Caught After Consecutive Crashes On PIP Near GWB Stolen Car Thief Bails, Caught After Consecutive Crashes On PIP Near GWB
Stolen Car Thief Bails, Caught After Consecutive Crashes On PIP Near GWB A stolen car thief was caught by Palisades Interstate Parkway police after back-to-back crashes near the George Washington Bridge, authorities said. Mario Rodriguez, 21, of the Bronx was captured as he and a companion ran from the scene of the second early-morning crash in Fort Lee, PIP Police Lt. Raymond Walter said. Despite being charged with 26 crimes, records show, Rodriguez was ordered released from the Bergen County Jail by a Superior Court judge in Hackensack the following day. A motorist alerted officers to two SUVs – one a Mercedes Benz, the other a Mazda -- being driven erratical…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Docking Boat Passenger Slips, Drowns In Hudson River Docking Boat Passenger Slips, Drowns In Hudson River
Docking Boat Passenger Slips, Drowns In Hudson River A Nigerian man drowned in the Hudson River after falling off a docking boat, authorities said. The boat had made it into the Englewood Marina at the foot of the Palisades in Englewood Cliffs just north of the George Washington Bridge when he fell off shortly after 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Lt. Raymond E. Walter said. Witnesses told police the 42-year-old victim quickly went under, Walter said. Recovery attempts were unsuccessful, he added. Divers with the NYPD Harbor Patrol unit recovered the body, and a Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office pronounced the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Search Continues For Body Of Alaska Man Who Authorities Believe Jumped From Atop Palisades Search Continues For Body Of Alaska Man Who Authorities Believe Jumped From Atop Palisades
Search Continues For Body Of Alaska Man Who Authorities Believe Jumped From Atop Palisades An Alaska man who was believed to have jumped from the Palisades above the Hudson River left a suicide note, authorities said, as the search for his body resumed. Palisades Interstate Parkway police had found a white 2017 Dodge van at the Alpine Lookout near the Rockland County border shortly before 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Detective Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. It apparently was parked there on Tuesday, he said. Inside was a note referencing suicide, the sergeant said. Police spoke with the son of the 62-year-old driver from Seward, AK, Walter said on Thursday, March 3. He told…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Wanted Motorist Who Fled Two Palisades Parkway Police Stops Nabbed By New York State Troopers Wanted Motorist Who Fled Two Palisades Parkway Police Stops Nabbed By New York State Troopers
Wanted Motorist Who Fled Two Palisades Parkway Police Stops Nabbed By New York State Troopers A wanted driver who fled a Palisades Interstate Parkway police stop in Bergen County late last year was captured by New York State troopers in Rockland after doing it again, authorities said. Vincent Gambrell, 56, of Orange County had initially sped off when Officer Thomas Shine tried to stop his Ford Taurus on the New Jersey side of the northbound parkway shortly before midnight last Dec. 17, Detective Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. The sedan had Georgia license plates that belonged to another vehicle, leading to the attempted stop, Walter explained. Gambrell slowed down and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HERO: Sergeant Rescues Suspects From Burning SUV After Pursuit Ends In Crash Near NJ-NY Border HERO: Sergeant Rescues Suspects From Burning SUV After Pursuit Ends In Crash Near NJ-NY Border
Hero: Sergeant Rescues Suspects From Burning SUV After Pursuit Ends In Crash Near Nj-ny Border UPDATE: A Palisades Interstate Parkway police sergeant rescued two suspects from a burning SUV after it crashed into two other vehicles and overturned during a stolen-vehicle chase Thursday afternoon, authorities said. A group of suspects who'd become the subjects of a suspicious persons report fled the Englewood Cliffs Marina in a GMC Envoy shortly before 3 p.m., PIP Police Sgt. First Class Raymond Walter said. An alert went out to surrounding departments about the SUV, which had been reported stolen out of Onondaga County, NY, he said. Englewood Cliffs police began pursuing the vehicle b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HERO: PIP Officer Saves Suspects From Burning SUV After Pursuit Ends In Crash Near NJ-NY Border HERO: PIP Officer Saves Suspects From Burning SUV After Pursuit Ends In Crash Near NJ-NY Border
Hero: PIP Officer Saves Suspects From Burning SUV After Pursuit Ends In Crash Near Nj-ny Border UPDATE: A Palisades Interstate Parkway police sergeant rescued two suspects from a burning SUV after it crashed into two other vehicles and overturned during a stolen-vehicle chase Thursday afternoon, authorities said. A group of suspects who'd become the subjects of a suspicious persons report fled the Englewood Cliffs Marina in a GMC Envoy shortly before 3 p.m., PIP Police Sgt. First Class Raymond Walter said. An alert went out to surrounding departments about the SUV, which had been reported stolen out of Onondaga County, NY, he said. Englewood Cliffs police began pursuing the vehicle b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Palisades Parkway PD: Boy, 1, Abducted From NJ Lookout Found Safe In NY Palisades Parkway PD: Boy, 1, Abducted From NJ Lookout Found Safe In NY
Palisades Parkway PD: Boy, 1, Abducted From NJ Lookout Found Safe In NY Palisades Interstate Parkway police found a 1-year-old boy safe and sound in Orange County, NY after his mother's boyfriend abducted him from a Hudson River lookout in New Jersey late Monday afternoon, authorities said. The boy’s mother, 24, called PIP police after her boyfriend took her son and drove off, leaving her at the Rockefeller Lookout rest area on the northbound parkway shortly after 4:30 p.m., Sgt. First Class Raymond Walter said. Parkway police issued an alert for a KIA Sorrento with a temporary New Jersey license plate. The search ended shortly after, Walter said. “Police wer…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Severely Injured Hiker Rescued In Fall From Palisades Cliff Severely Injured Hiker Rescued In Fall From Palisades Cliff
Severely Injured Hiker Rescued In Fall From Palisades Cliff A bicyclist was rescued after falling from a cliff on the Palisades and severely injuring his ankle. Temperatures had broken 90 degrees, the 31-year-old victim from Queens told police, when he stopped to get a drink of water on Henry Hudson Drive in Tenafly shortly before 2:30 p.m. Friday, Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Sgt. First Class Raymond Walter said. "While doing so he lost his footing and fell," Walter said. Parkway police climbed down "an extremely treacherous area of the cliff" and rendered first aid -- causing an injury to one of the officers, the sergeant said. Members of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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RECOGNIZE THEM? Twin Shepherds Abandoned On Palisades Interstate Parkway RECOGNIZE THEM? Twin Shepherds Abandoned On Palisades Interstate Parkway
Recognize Them? Twin Shepherds Abandoned On Palisades Interstate Parkway Abandoned twin German Shepherds were found on successive nights in the same area of the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Alpine, and police suspect both may be related to a third who turned up in nearby Closter. “Neither had a collar or identification tags and they weren’t micro-chipped,” PIP Police Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said of the two pooches found walking on the PIP, one on Saturday, the other on Sunday. “It appears that they may have been abandoned along the highway since it’s extremely rural there and both were found in the same area,” Watler said. The dogs found in …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Ice Cream Truck Tumbles Down Palisades, Good Samaritans Help Rescue Driver Ice Cream Truck Tumbles Down Palisades, Good Samaritans Help Rescue Driver
Ice Cream Truck Tumbles Down Palisades, Good Samaritans Help Rescue Driver HEROES: A group of good Samaritans rushed to a driver's aid Thursday after his ice cream truck tumbled partly down the Palisades above the Hudson River in Fort Lee. Chris Fuschini said he was enjoying a day at Ross Dock just north of the George Washington Bridge when the Jersey Shore-based "Lexylicious" ice cream sandwich truck tipped off Henry Hudson Drive shortly after 4 p.m. The 2014 Ford truck had fallen about 20 feet into the trees before landing on its left side, Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. Fuschini said he was joined by Hackensack Sp…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HEROES: Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Pull Unconscious Rockland Driver From Fiery Wreck HEROES: Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Pull Unconscious Rockland Driver From Fiery Wreck
Heroes: Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Pull Unconscious Rockland Driver From Fiery Wreck A group of Palisades Interstate Parkway Police officers rescued an unconscious Spring Valley driver who was trapped in a fiery wreck in Alpine on Wednesday. PIP Officers Corey Patullo and Antonio Megaro were off duty and headed home when they came across a four-door 2016 Acura that had crashed and caught fire in the wooded median north of Exit 3, Sgt. First Class Raymond Walter said. A 26-year-old female driver was trapped inside the car, he said. Instantly joining Patullo and Megaro were on-duty Officers Arturo Bellini, David Moscaritolo, Michael Collason and Edward Volmer. The officers …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Rapper A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Busted On Gun Charges After Bergen Nightclub Shooting Rapper A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Busted On Gun Charges After Bergen Nightclub Shooting
Rapper A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Busted On Gun Charges After Bergen Nightclub Shooting Popular rapper A Boogie wit da Hoodie, his manager and a bodyguard were busted after Bergen County prosecutor's detectives investigating a shooting outside a Teaneck nightclub reported finding four guns at the artist's Demarest home. The Bronx-born rapper, whose given name is Julius Dubose, wasn't involved in the shooting that sent an 18-year-old member of his entourage to the hospital as he was celebrating his 25th birthday at RAIN in Teaneck around midnight Monday, authorities said. Detectives were investigating the shooting when they went to Dubose's Pine Terrace home with NYPD investig…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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PD: Fort Lee DWI Driver Found With Smashed Car, Crack Says He Was Robbed Buying Drugs In NYC PD: Fort Lee DWI Driver Found With Smashed Car, Crack Says He Was Robbed Buying Drugs In NYC
PD: Fort Lee DWI Driver Found With Smashed Car, Crack Says He Was Robbed Buying Drugs In NYC An intoxicated Fort Lee driver with cocaine residue on his lips told Palisades Interstate Parkway police that he crashed his car in Washington Heights when he was robbed at gunpoint after going there to buy drugs, authorities said. Officers responding to a call at the northbound Mobil service area in Englewood Cliffs found Jeffrey D. Choi near the convenience store, a strong odor of alcohol on his breath, shortly after 2 p.m. Friday, PIP Police Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. HisHyundai, parked near the gas pumps, had damage to the front right side, as well as a shredded front righ…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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OUT OF GAS: Driver Leaves Stolen Jag, Lights Off, In Middle Of Palisades Interstate Parkway OUT OF GAS: Driver Leaves Stolen Jag, Lights Off, In Middle Of Palisades Interstate Parkway
OUT OF GAS: Driver Leaves Stolen Jag, Lights Off, In Middle Of Palisades Interstate Parkway A driver who police said was under the influence of drugs and alcohol was captured after he left a stolen Jaguar in the fast lane of the Palisades Interstate Parkway at night with its lights off when it ran out of gas. A PIP officer found the vehicle in the northbound lane in Alpine around 9:30 p.m. Monday – about the same time that several other drivers called to report seeing a man walking north on the Parkway nearby, Sgt. First Class Raymond Walter said. Officer found 44-year-old Steven Santana of Miami, FL walking on Route 9W and took him into custody. “It was confirmed that he had tak…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Rescued Bergen Driver Loses Leg, Survives Fiery Crash On Palisades Interstate Parkway UPDATE: Rescued Bergen Driver Loses Leg, Survives Fiery Crash On Palisades Interstate Parkway
Update: Rescued Bergen Driver Loses Leg, Survives Fiery Crash On Palisades Interstate Parkway A 52-year-old Bergen County driver lost a leg but survived a fiery crash Sunday night thanks to two good Samaritans and the Palisades Interstate Parkway police. A passing NYPD captain and a security guard got the Demarest driver and her 29-year-old passenger, also of Demarest, out of the vehicle after it rolled on the northbound parkway between Exits 1 and 2 shortly before 11:30 p.m., Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Sgt. First Class Raymond Walter said. The responding PIP police officers, Sgt. Martin Clancy and Officer Elizabeth Santos, applied a tourniquet to the driver, saving her lif…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Englewood Man In Hudson River Crime Spree Charged With Assaulting Bergenfield Officer Englewood Man In Hudson River Crime Spree Charged With Assaulting Bergenfield Officer
Englewood Man In Hudson River Crime Spree Charged With Assaulting Bergenfield Officer Two weeks after he was busted for a crime spree at a Hudson River marina, an Englewood man spit in a Bergenfield police officer’s face while deliberately banging his head several times inside a squad car, authorities said. Jason Pinilla, 19, “became extremely uncooperative and resisted arrest” after officers caught him with pot behind the Hoover Elementary School on Murray Hill Terrace on Thursday, Detective Lt. William Duran said. “Once he was subdued and placed into the rear of the police vehicle, he was acting erratic and began to bang his head into the partition,” Duran said Friday. Pi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HEROES: Responders Rescue Victim Who Fell 40 Feet Down Palisades HEROES: Responders Rescue Victim Who Fell 40 Feet Down Palisades
Heroes: Responders Rescue Victim Who Fell 40 Feet Down Palisades Palisades Interstate Parkway police rescued a victim who fell 40 feet down the cliffs above the Hudson River on Saturday. The 43-year-old Brooklyn man was wearing sneakers with no treads when he slipped from an area known as Peanut Leap Falls and rolled down the mountain at the Rockland County border in Alpine shortly before 11:30 a.m., PIP Police Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. Arriving by boat on the Hudson River, members of the department's Marine Services Bureau climbed 100 or so feet up the steep slope to the spot where the victim had fallen, Walter said. They gave immediate …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Dehydrated Family Stranded On Cliffs Above Hudson Uses Cellphones To Send Distress Signal Dehydrated Family Stranded On Cliffs Above Hudson Uses Cellphones To Send Distress Signal
Dehydrated Family Stranded On Cliffs Above Hudson Uses Cellphones To Send Distress Signal Responders rescued a family of lost, dehydrated hikers stranded in the dark 350 feet above the Hudson River. It was the fourth rescue in just two weeks from cliffs along the Palisades between the George Washington Bridge and the Rockland County border. The original call of a hiker falling more than 40 feet brought Palisades Interstate Parkway Police, along with firefighters from Piermont and Nyack, shortly after 7:30 p.m. Sunday. The rescuers used thermal imaging cameras and a spotlight before determining the call was unfounded. What they did find were six stranded hikers using the li…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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BUSTED! PIP Police: Burglar Takes Boats For Spin, Goes For Hudson River Swim, Swipes Cooler BUSTED! PIP Police: Burglar Takes Boats For Spin, Goes For Hudson River Swim, Swipes Cooler
Busted! PIP Police: Burglar Takes Boats For Spin, Goes For Hudson River Swim, Swipes Cooler A burglar broke into several boats docked near the George Washington Bridge, took a couple for a joy ride, went for a swim in the Hudson River, then swiped an expensive cooler as he left early Wednesday, said Palisades Interstate Parkway police who caught him soon after. A witness told responding officers that the intruder pulled up to the Englewood Marina in Englewood Cliffs in a silver or gray-colored vehicle around 6:45 a.m. and began entering boats, PIP Police Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. He “took a couple boats for a joy ride and is even believed to have taken a quick dip …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HEROES: Palisades Parkway PD, Rockland Responders Come To Rescue In Trio Of Cliff, River Saves HEROES: Palisades Parkway PD, Rockland Responders Come To Rescue In Trio Of Cliff, River Saves
Heroes: Palisades Parkway PD, Rockland Responders Come To Rescue In Trio Of Cliff, River Saves Responders rescued a woman who passed out on the Palisades while hiking with her teenage son above the Hudson River – one of two cliffside saves and a water rescue that occurred hours apart near the New Jersey/New York border. The woman was “diabetic, exhausted, dehydrated and vomiting” when Palisades Interstate Parkway police found her and her 15-year-old son shortly after 2 p.m. Sunday in the area of the Great Stairs more than 150 feet above the river in Alpine, PIPPD Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. She passed out as they administered lifesaving first aid, he said. The Piermont …

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by Jerry DeMarco