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Basketball Court Brawl Sends Boy To Hospital: Teaneck Police Basketball Court Brawl Sends Boy To Hospital: Teaneck Police
Basketball Court Brawl Sends Boy To Hospital: Teaneck Police A juvenile was hospitalized after being assaulted by two people at Votee Park in Teaneck on Tuesday, May 7, authorities said. At 8:18 p.m., police responded to several calls of a large fight in the area of Votee Park basketball courts, Teaneck police said. Officers found the juvenile lying on the ground in the basketball court area, police said. Video obtained from witnesses showed multiple people fighting on the basketball court with the juvenile victim being punched and dragged to the ground by two unknown males, police said. The juvenile was kicked multiple times in the head and possibly…
Neighbor Disarms Troubled Saddle Brook Man Whose Stray Gunshot Brought Massive Police Response Neighbor Disarms Troubled Saddle Brook Man Whose Stray Gunshot Brought Massive Police Response
Neighbor Disarms Troubled Saddle Brook Man Whose Stray Gunshot Brought Massive Police Response An intoxicated Saddle Brook man experiencing an emotional crisis fired a gunshot into the air in his backyard just below Route 80, bringing a squadron of local police and fellow officers from four neighboring towns. They were headed to the Sterling Place home around 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 5, when a neighbor approached Riste Strezoski, 35, and convinced him to hand over the 9mm handgun, Police Capt. John A. Zotollo, Jr. said. Police from Saddle Brook, Paramus, Maywood, Rochelle Park and Fair Lawn converged on the dead-ended neighborhood just off Saddle River Road and took Strezoski into cust…
HEROES: Midland Park Police Prevent Standoff, Convince Troubled Man To Get Help HEROES: Midland Park Police Prevent Standoff, Convince Troubled Man To Get Help
Heroes: Midland Park Police Prevent Standoff, Convince Troubled Man To Get Help Midland Park police quickly defused a potentially volatile situation involving a troubled resident on Monday. It was around 10 a.m. July 17 when police got a call of a 26-year-old suicidal man who'd barricaded himself in a home on Colonial Road near Park Avenue as a result of some type of family dispute, responders said. Not taking any chances, Midland Park police requested mutual aid from police in neighboring Waldwick and Wyckoff and alerted the Bergen County Regional SWAT and crisis negotiation teams. They quickly canceled the requests after convincing the man to come out on his own aro…
Woman Impaled By Fence Post In Garfield Woman Impaled By Fence Post In Garfield
Woman Impaled By Fence Post In Garfield A woman was hospitalized after being impaled on a fence post in Garfield, authorities said. It was just after midnight on the 4th of July when police responded to the medical call on Grace Avenue off Herman Street near eastbound Route 46, Capt. Mario Pozo said. They found the 30-year-old victim, who the captain said had "fallen on a small fence post that was on the ground outside the residence." "The post went into her thigh," he said. The officers rendered aid until an EMS team from Hackensack University Medical Center took over, Pozo said. The victim was taken to HUMC in stable conditi…
Worker Wrestles Gun From Gas Station Convenience Store Robber On Route 46 Worker Wrestles Gun From Gas Station Convenience Store Robber On Route 46
Worker Wrestles Gun From Gas Station Convenience Store Robber On Route 46 A robber seemed desperate as she pointed a handgun and demanded money from a convenience store worker on the graveyard shift at a Route 46 gas station in Elmwood Park. The steel-nerved worker wasn’t rattled, though. The gun had no magazine. Gambling that there wasn't a bullet chambered, he snatched the weapon from her hands, then shouted to a colleague outside to call police. A male accomplice then rushed in and punched him in the head, freeing his partner. Elmwood Park police nabbed the Paterson couple moments later, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. Krystina Tracey-Vaughan, 30,…
Baby Ingests Fentanyl, Revived With Narcan, Fairview Police Praised As Life Savers Baby Ingests Fentanyl, Revived With Narcan, Fairview Police Praised As Life Savers
Baby Ingests Fentanyl, Revived With Narcan, Fairview Police Praised As Life Savers A 1-year-old girl who'd ingested fentanyl was revived with Narcan thanks to a fast-acting group of Fairview police officers, Daily Voice has learned. "They literally saved that child's life," a source with direct knowledge of the incident said. Borough resident Geraldo J. Colon, 35, was arrested and charged with child endangerment after being identified as the individual responsible, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday, March 31. Colon and the mother had come to Fairview police headquarters with 13-month-old Abigail Colon shortly after 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 29. She…
Tear Gas Ends Hours-Long SWAT Standoff With Knife-Wielding Man At River Edge Garden Apartment Tear Gas Ends Hours-Long SWAT Standoff With Knife-Wielding Man At River Edge Garden Apartment
Tear Gas Ends Hours-Long SWAT Standoff With Knife-Wielding Man At River Edge Garden Apartment SWAT team members ended a standoff of more than five hours when they subdued a knife-wielding man who’d barricaded himself in his mother’s River Edge apartment. A construction worker by trade, the man had been living in shelters in New York City before recently moving in with his mother at the Oxford Terrace Apartments. He'd become violent, however, so she fled and called police at 7:43 a.m., River Edge Police Chief Michael Walker said. Responding officers “tried to contend with him,” but he retreated into the kitchen of the garden apartment and began picking up knives, the chief said. Th…
Distressed Hawthorne Man Disarmed By Fair Lawn Police After Threatening To Kill Dad Distressed Hawthorne Man Disarmed By Fair Lawn Police After Threatening To Kill Dad
Distressed Hawthorne Man Disarmed By Fair Lawn Police After Threatening To Kill Dad An armed and distressed Hawthorne man was subdued by police in Fair Lawn after he threatened to kill his father, authorities said. Officers who responded to a 911 call from the 25-year-old man himself found him holding a knife and a baseball bat on River Road at Berdan Avenue shortly after 2:30 a.m., Fair Lawn Sgt. Brian Metzler said. His father wasn't around, Metzler said. The officers were joined by Glen Rock police, who helped get the man to drop the knife, the sergeant said. "He tried to walk away from the officers," Metzler said, "but they were able to take him to the ground and sec…
Home Burglary That Wasn't Brings Police To Quiet Bergen Neighborhood Home Burglary That Wasn't Brings Police To Quiet Bergen Neighborhood
Home Burglary That Wasn't Brings Police To Quiet Bergen Neighborhood A home burglary call that brought local police and backups from surrounding towns to a quiet Park Ridge neighborhood turned into something else, authorities confirmed. K9 units also responded to the call of two intruders ransacking the home off Park Avenue and fleeing out the back around 7:30 p.m. Sunday, responders said. It turns out a troubled relative of the homeowners had apparently concocted the story, they said. He was brought to Bergen New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus for an evaluation. No charges were filed or were expected to be, borough police said. They thanked “all the res…
Wayne Neighbor's Call Leads To Car Burglary Arrest Wayne Neighbor's Call Leads To Car Burglary Arrest
Wayne Neighbor's Call Leads To Car Burglary Arrest Thanks to a citizen’s call, a Wayne police officer seized a car burglar who’d just swiped a laptop, authorities said. Officer Diego Ocampo was responding to a vehicle burglary call from Riverview Drive when he spotted Anthony Cole of Rahway on the lower end of Valley Road shortly after 11:30 p.m. Sunday, March 27, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. Cole, 41, was fumbling with a backpack before the officer stopped him, Daly said. Officer Donald Cook spotted the laptop in the grass nearby, the captain said. Turned out it belonged to a neighborhood resident who confirmed moments later that it ha…
911 Hang-Up Brings SWAT Team To Tenafly Neighborhood 911 Hang-Up Brings SWAT Team To Tenafly Neighborhood
911 Hang-Up Brings SWAT Team To Tenafly Neighborhood Police in Tenafly had no idea what they were dealing with after receiving a hang-up 911 call from a local home around 9 p.m. Friday. When the emergency operator didn't get a response to a callback, police went to the Day Avenue home off Knickerbocker Road to check. The officers could see and hear people moving inside, so they knocked on the door, Police Chief Robert Chamberlain said. There was no answer, he said. Police repeatedly called the home and used their public address system asking to speak with the occupants to check on their welfare, the chief said. After 90 minutes or so witho…
Red Bull Arena Brawl Draws Massive Police Presence, At Least 1 Injured Red Bull Arena Brawl Draws Massive Police Presence, At Least 1 Injured
Red Bull Arena Brawl Draws Massive Police Presence, At Least 1 Injured A brawl outside the Red Bull Arena during a doubleheader soccer match drew a massive police presence and left at least one person injured Sunday evening. More than 20,000 people were at the Harrison sports complex for the matches between Club Deportivo Olimpia vs. Futbol Club Motagua and Deportivo Independiente Medellin vs. America de Cali S.A., Secaucus police said. ¡Vergonzoso! El saldo que dejó la batalla campal entre aficionados de Olimpia y Motagua en Nueva Jersey. Unos 200 policías tuvieron que intervenir para controlar el pleito en las afueras del Red Bull Arena. https://t.co/qpP…
Panicked Patrons Flee Following Fight, Bogus 'Shots Fired' Report At Paramus Carnival Panicked Patrons Flee Following Fight, Bogus 'Shots Fired' Report At Paramus Carnival
Panicked Patrons Flee Following Fight, Bogus 'Shots Fired' Report At Paramus Carnival UPDATE: An anxious carnival-goer triggered what became a false report of shots fired at a police-sponsored anti-drug event in Paramus over the weekend. Two men -- one of them an off-duty police officer -- got into an argument around 7 p.m. Saturday at the L.E.A.D. carnival on the grounds of the Westfield Garden State Plaza off Route 17, a source with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. Witnesses said punches were thrown. Someone then noticed that the officer was armed, heard balloons popping from a water game and called 911 to report shots fired, he said. Several other patr…
Motorcyclist Killed In Fiery Route 1&9 Crash Motorcyclist Killed In Fiery Route 1&9 Crash
Motorcyclist Killed In Fiery Route 1&9 Crash A motorcyclist died in a fiery crash in Elizabeth Tuesday night. The rider was speeding when he hit a concrete median, ejecting him around 11:40 p.m. at 1170 Spring St. (Route 1&9), City Spokeswoman Kelly A. Martins said. The rider was then run over by another driver, Martins said. Police performed CPR on the victim, who had been ejected from his bike while riding southbound, sources said.  The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene and the roadway remained closed for investigation, responders said. The crash occurred several feet from where a woman was struck and ki…
HEROES: Glen Rock Police Rescue Suicidal Man Who Threatened To Jump In Front Of Train HEROES: Glen Rock Police Rescue Suicidal Man Who Threatened To Jump In Front Of Train
Heroes: Glen Rock Police Rescue Suicidal Man Who Threatened To Jump In Front Of Train A crying Hoboken man told Glen Rock police who found him pacing back and forth at the local train station that he wanted to end it all, authorities said. Responding to a call from a concerned citizen, Officers John Tarantino and James McGill, along with Detective T.J. Graziani, found the troubled 44-year-old man at the Bergen Line Train Station near Harding Plaza, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. He told Tarantino that he was about to jump in front of a train but spotted several children nearby and "did not want to commit suicide in front of them,” the chief said. After about 20 minutes, …
'I Just Shot My Father': Bogus Swatting Call Draws Mass Response To Palisades Park Apartment 'I Just Shot My Father': Bogus Swatting Call Draws Mass Response To Palisades Park Apartment
'I Just Shot My Father': Bogus Swatting Call Draws Mass Response To Palisades Park Apartment A throng of police and tactical units descended on a Palisades Park garden apartment complex Friday night in response to what turned out to be a bogus 911 call of a man with a bomb strapped to his chest. The swatting incident forced the evacuation of the West Central Boulevard complex off Grand Avenue after a 911 caller told a dispatcher around 9 p.m. that "I just shot my father," Detective Alex Monteleone said. Units were rushing to the site when the swatter called again, saying he'd shot his dad a second time, he said. The third time, he said he had a pipe bomb strapped to his chest that…
HEROES: Port Authority Police Rescue Stricken Woman At Newark Airport HEROES: Port Authority Police Rescue Stricken Woman At Newark Airport
Heroes: Port Authority Police Rescue Stricken Woman At Newark Airport A Newark Airport traveler was shaking violently, the left side of her face drooping, when Port Authority Police Officers Mark Burkhardt and Jason Nielsen responded to a cleaner’s urgent call for help. Thinking she was having a stroke or seizure, the officers helped with the woman’s breathing and monitored her vitals until paramedics arrived. Command officers hadn’t realized the severity of Lisa Kirby’s situation until her husband called to thank them, Port Authority spokeswoman Lenis Valens said. It turned out she’d suffered a brain aneurism, Valens said. “If there was one missing link, m…
Fight Draws Large Police Presence To Garden State Plaza Fight Draws Large Police Presence To Garden State Plaza
Fight Draws Large Police Presence To Garden State Plaza A fight drew a large police presence to the Garden State Plaza Saturday evening. The melee broke out on first floor near the AMC theater around 8:15 p.m. The Paramus Police Department was assisted by the Bergen County Sheriff's Office, along with officers from Ridgewood, Maywood, Rochelle Park and other local departments while diffusing the situation. Footage of the fight posted to Instagram by user passaicshoefights2 shows what appears to be teenage boys fighting outside stores on the outskirts of the food court. A video sent to Daily Voice shows dozens of people running from the food c…
HERO: Secaucus Police Officer Saves Life Of Choking Infant HERO: Secaucus Police Officer Saves Life Of Choking Infant
Hero: Secaucus Police Officer Saves Life Of Choking Infant Not all heroes wear capes: Some wear police badges -- like Secaucus Officer Mikhail Kowlessar. Responding to a 9-1-1 call from a dad saying his five-week-old baby was turning blue,  Kowlessar went to the Mallard Place home of a father who had called 9-1-1 saying his 5-week-old baby wasn't breathing around 8:35 p.m. Oct. 7, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. When the officer arrived, the baby boy's mom was performing CPR, and was on the phone with an EMT at police dispatch directing her, Miller said. Kowlessar -- a father, himself -- took the newborn baby and administered back …
'Permit Karen': Viral Video Of Fight Between NJ Black Couple, White Neighbor Sparks Protest 'Permit Karen': Viral Video Of Fight Between NJ Black Couple, White Neighbor Sparks Protest
'Permit Karen': Viral Video Of Fight Between NJ Black Couple, White Neighbor Sparks Protest Footage of a white woman accused of harassing her black neighbors has gone viral and brought dozens of protestors to the North Jersey street where the alleged dispute over a backyard patio went down. The footage was posted to Facebook by Fareed Nassar Hayat of Montclair on Monday evening. Hayat said his neighbor Susan, who he refers to as "Permit Karen," called the police on him and his wife Norrinda Brown Hayat three times in 30 minutes to lodge a false assault complaint.  Susan apparently had come onto the couple's property three times in 30 minutes, demanding to know if he and…
Englewood PD: Shots Fired Nearby Not Connected To People Throwing Rocks At Police Englewood PD: Shots Fired Nearby Not Connected To People Throwing Rocks At Police
Englewood PD: Shots Fired Nearby Not Connected To People Throwing Rocks At Police Dozens of people were throwing rocks and other objects at police responding to a call in Englewood late Thursday when shots were fired on a nearby block, authorities said. Nearly 80 police from several other towns converged on the city – among them, officers from Hackensack, Cliffside Park, Fort Lee and the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office -- but things eventually calmed down. City police responding to an 11:30 p.m. disturbance call found about 60 people standing in the middle of the street on Palisade Place, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. There was “no indication at this time …
Sheriff: 'Screenshot Of Indirect Threat' Boosts Police Presence At Passaic County Tech Sheriff: 'Screenshot Of Indirect Threat' Boosts Police Presence At Passaic County Tech
Sheriff: 'Screenshot Of Indirect Threat' Boosts Police Presence At Passaic County Tech An incident that a law enforcement official is calling a "screenshot of an indirect threat" at Passaic County Technical Institute in Wayne was deemed not credible. Thursday's PCIT threat -- which resulted in an increased police presence Friday -- was separate from another at Morris County School of Technology in Denville. The Morris County campus was in lockdown for nearly two hours Friday morning causing a domino effect of precautionary measures in surrounding districts. "Out of an abundance of caution, we increased patrols in and around the school and are closely monitoring the situation,…
Hells Angels, Pagans: Police, SWAT Team Break Up Brewing Brawl At Rochelle Park Cycle Shop Hells Angels, Pagans: Police, SWAT Team Break Up Brewing Brawl At Rochelle Park Cycle Shop
Hells Angels, Pagans: Police, SWAT Team Break Up Brewing Brawl At Rochelle Park Cycle Shop Police from several towns defused a potential brawl between groups of Hells Angels and Pagans at the Bergen Harley Davidson store in Rochelle Park -- and expect more trouble in the future. A Hells Angels member was buying a motorcycle at the Essex Street shop on Saturday when a Pagan reportedly told him "this is Pagan territory," according to Rochelle Park police. They began to argue, after which several members of each gang showed up "to support their member," according to a police report. "The situation was de-escalated by a large police presence," the report said. Rochelle Park police …
Fair Lawn Police Revive Driver Whose Car Rolled Into Bank Fair Lawn Police Revive Driver Whose Car Rolled Into Bank
Fair Lawn Police Revive Driver Whose Car Rolled Into Bank Fair Lawn police used CPR to revive a driver whose car rolled into a TD Bank branch after a medical episode Thursday morning. The 59-year-old victim was unresponsive when he was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson after his 2003 Ford Escape hit the the front wall and cigarette disposal at the Maple Avenue bank just before 8:30 a.m., Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Witnesses said the car was parked in front of the bank when it abruptly lurched forward, then reversed back into the spot before a good Samaritan got into the vehicle and put it in park, Metzler said. "It is b…
Wayne PD: Trio With Stolen Motorcycle All Wanted On Warrants Elsewhere Wayne PD: Trio With Stolen Motorcycle All Wanted On Warrants Elsewhere
Wayne PD: Trio With Stolen Motorcycle All Wanted On Warrants Elsewhere Three men caught by Wayne police with a stolen motorcycle were all wanted on warrants from other towns, authorities said. Najee C. Patron, 20, of Clifton, was charged with having the stolen vehicle after police responded to a call of motorcycles racing on Clark and Kurland Streets early Saturday evening, Capt. Laurence Martin said. He was wanted out of Little Falls, Martin said. Computer checks on two others with him found that 19-year-old Michael Nunez of Clifton was wanted out of Carlstadt and Garfield, while Stephen Rodriguez, 20, was wanted out of Carlstadt, the captain said. Rodrigue…
Saddle Brook Police Tell Residents, Merchants: Lock Your Vehicles, Take Your Fobs Saddle Brook Police Tell Residents, Merchants: Lock Your Vehicles, Take Your Fobs
Saddle Brook Police Tell Residents, Merchants: Lock Your Vehicles, Take Your Fobs Saddle Brook police urged citizens Tuesday to lock their cars and report any suspicious activity following another wave of vehicle burglaries and thefts. “Attempts are made to open unlocked vehicle doors,” Detective Capt. Zotollo said. “If the doors are unlocked, the vehicle is entered and spare change or anything of value is taken.” Two vehicles were stolen after the owners left the key fobs inside, the captain said. “These incidents do not appear to be confined to any specific area,” he added. Detectives are reviewing surveillance video and processing other evidence, Zotollo said. Mean…
Clifton PD: Woman Tackled After Walking Into Oncoming Route 46 Traffic With Knife Clifton PD: Woman Tackled After Walking Into Oncoming Route 46 Traffic With Knife
Clifton PD: Woman Tackled After Walking Into Oncoming Route 46 Traffic With Knife A woman walking toward oncoming traffic in the middle of Route 46 in Clifton had to be subdued by police after threatening to pull a knife from her purse, authorities said. Police found a steak knife in the purse and had the 46-year-old woman taken to a local hospital to be evaluated after the 11:43 a.m. incident Wednesday. No charges were filed, Sgt. Robert Anderson said. Officer Michael Zigarelli was on patrol on the westbound highway near Valley Road when he saw several vehicles stopped for the woman, Anderson said. Zigarelli got out of his cruiser and approached the woman, “telling her…
Wanaque PD: Student, 16, With Knife, Drugs In School Wrestles With Police Wanaque PD: Student, 16, With Knife, Drugs In School Wrestles With Police
Wanaque PD: Student, 16, With Knife, Drugs In School Wrestles With Police WANAQUE, N.J. -- A 16-year-old high school student who brought a knife and drugs to a meeting with administrators had to be chased down and tackled by Wanaque police, authorities said. The Lakeland High School resource officer, Detective Sgt. Phil Cavallaro, was at the Monday afternoon meeting with Detective John Galinus when they noticed the knife, Capt. Ken Fackina said. "When questioned about the knife, he admitted to having it but refused to turn it over," Fackina said. Cavallaro tried to grab it, but the teen resisted and ran, but he "was taken to the ground by both det…
PHOTOS: Hillsdale Hero Police Officers Rescue Driver In Burning Car PHOTOS: Hillsdale Hero Police Officers Rescue Driver In Burning Car
Photos: Hillsdale Hero Police Officers Rescue Driver In Burning Car HILLSDALE, N.J. -- An overturned car had burst into flames when two Hillsdale police officers quickly doused the fire with extinguishers, saving the 47-year-old Bergenfield driver inside. The northbound BMW X6 struck a tree and overturned in the driveway of a Kinderkamack Road home near Washington Avenue just before 2 a.m., police said. Finding the undercarriage ablaze, responding Officers Alex Kaplan and Matt Buesser grabbed their extinguishers. Backups provided help until the fire was completely doused. Borough firefighters then extricated the driver, who was taken by Hillsdale Voluntee…