A 78-year-old Maywood woman escaped serious injuries when her Mercedes slammed into a Route 17 dealership in Paramus, although the showroom had to temporarily close for repairs.Fears were raised when an aluminum support beam buckled and a window panel 40 to 50 feet up the side of the Prestige Motors building on southbound Route 17 shattered, said Kenneth Ehrenberg, the Paramus police ...

It was during the overnight hours in late July that nearly a dozen Bergenfield residents had items removed from their unlocked vehicles -- phone chargers, sunglasses, battery packs, wallets and credit cards, among them – in almost no time.Borough detectives investigated, and on Friday announced that they’d collared four suspects.Charged with burglary, theft, criminal mischief and ...

A 76-year-old Saddle Brook man smoking a cigarette on his front porch Friday afternoon was severely burned after his flannel pants ignited, poilce said.“He didn’t realize what happened until it was too late,” Police Chief Robert Kugler told Daily Voice.AirMed One flew the Wilson Street victim to St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston after he inadvertently dropped the cigarette in ...

Having just completed 10 years of probation, a registered sex offender living in North Bergen who lost his job teaching music for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old boy in Queens did it again – this time with a 13-year-old in Bergen County, authorities said.Amos Duque, 35, remained held Friday in the Bergen County Jail, charged with several counts of sexual assault, criminal sexual ...

Hillsdale's fire chief survived a motorcycle crash with only a busted ankle after hitting a deer and tumbling down a cliff at Harriman State Park.Chief Tom Kelley was scheduled for ankle surgery on Saturday. Otherwise, he said, he's fine.Kelley, 49, was wearing all the necessary protective gear -- including high boots, gloves and a sturdy helmet -- which he said made the difference ...

A 52-year-old Pequannock man was killed when his motorcycle struck a deer on westbound Route 80 near the spaghetti bowl in Wayne.Joseph Yurga was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson, where he succumbed to his injuries after his 1996 Harley Davidson crashed shortly before 9:30 p.m. Thursday near the Route 23 intersection, authorities said.No other vehicles ...

A 46-year-old Paterson man was struck and killed by a commuter bus in the city on Thursday.The victim was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash at Main and Mary streets shortly before 2 p.m.The bus was part of Route No. 72, which runs between Newark and Paterson, officials said.There were no summonses immediately issued to the driver of the #72 NJ Transit bus, which runs between ...

Ridgewood firefighters doused a fully-involved detached garage blaze Thursday night.The village's finest kept the Claremont Road fire from spreading, although it destroyed the 20-by-30-foot garage.Ridgewood police, EMS and Emergency Services also responded.No injuries were reported.Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this story.Moments after the blaze broke out.At the ...

A Lyndhurst motel guest was carrying crystal meth when a township police sergeant nabbed him getting into a stolen U-Haul outside a local motel, authorities said.Sgt. Rick Pizzuti was on patrol before dawn Thursday when a license plate check parked outside the Winslow Hotel on Rutherford Avenue showed the truck stolen, Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said.Pizzuti watched the truck awhile ...

A fugitive being hunted by U.S. Marshals was chased down by Clifton police who said they found him with a pound of crystal meth, a starter pistol and a ledger listing the stolen identities of more than 100 people nationwide.Police responding to a suspicious-persons call found ex-con Vincent Winfield, 32, sitting outside the La Quinta Hotel on eastbound Route 3 with a dog and luggage, ...