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Cliffside Park PD: Fleeing Hudson Motorcyclist Nabbed After Pursuit Into Fort Lee Cliffside Park PD: Fleeing Hudson Motorcyclist Nabbed After Pursuit Into Fort Lee
Cliffside Park PD: Fleeing Hudson Motorcyclist Nabbed After Pursuit Into Fort Lee Fort Lee police helped their Cliffside Park colleagues nab a reckless motorcyclist from Hudson County following a high-speed chase, authorities said Wednesday. Angelo Vargas, 21, and two other cyclists had just sped into town on separate 150cc street bikes when an officer in an unmarked car tried to stop them on Palisade Avenue at Walker Street shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday, Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said. A marked patrol unit also tried to intercept the trio at Oakdene Avenue before they split up, Capano said. Two turned left onto Columbia Avenue while Vargas kept going straight o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Cliffside Park Squatter Becomes 2nd Homeless Freezing Death In Bergen County In A Week Cliffside Park Squatter Becomes 2nd Homeless Freezing Death In Bergen County In A Week
Cliffside Park Squatter Becomes 2nd Homeless Freezing Death In Bergen County In A Week A homeless man was found frozen to death in an abandoned building in Cliffside Park, the second such victim in eastern Bergen County in under a week, authorities said. Like him, four other squatters in the apartments above a vacant Palisade Avenue storefront near the Fairview border were heavily intoxicated when they were found around noon Wednesday, Police Capt. Vincent Capano said. Two had been sleeping next to the victim and weren’t aware that he’d died, Capano said. All four had to be hospitalized, he said. Six other squatters were detained until the Bergen County Medical Examiner, as…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Fugitive DWI Health Aide Crashes Sedan Into Bus In Cliffside Park, Injures Patient, 80 Police: Fugitive DWI Health Aide Crashes Sedan Into Bus In Cliffside Park, Injures Patient, 80
Police: Fugitive DWI Health Aide Crashes Sedan Into Bus In Cliffside Park, Injures Patient, 80 UPDATE: A home health aide who's wanted out of Florida was drunk when her sedan slammed into a commuter bus in Cliffside Park early Wednesday evening, injuring her 80-year-old patient, police said. Police charged Mary Ellen Digiacomo, 63, of Ridgefield, with DWI and endangering an elderly person following the 5:30 p.m. crash on Walker Street, Detective Capt. Vincent Capano said. They also issued several summonses, he said. Digiacomo's patient was taken to Palisades General Hospital in North Bergen with a hip injury, among other ailments, Capano told Daily Voice. The NJ Trans…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Man Chased By Gang Shot In Cliffside Park, Bullet Goes Right Through Police: Man Chased By Gang Shot In Cliffside Park, Bullet Goes Right Through
Police: Man Chased By Gang Shot In Cliffside Park, Bullet Goes Right Through A 24-year-old ex-con shot in the back in a Cliffside Park alleyway while being chased by a gang Thursday night had the bullet go right through his shoulder, authorities said. Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives joined borough police in searching for the seven or so gang members who chased the victim east on Walker Street and then through the Third Street alley to Second Street, where they said he was shot just after 11:30 p.m. Thursday. The small-caliber slug came out through his shoulder, they said. The victim -- who was expected to be released Friday from Hackensack University Medical …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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CAUGHT! Composite Sketch Leads To Arrest Of Cliffside Park Burglary Suspect CAUGHT! Composite Sketch Leads To Arrest Of Cliffside Park Burglary Suspect
Caught! Composite Sketch Leads To Arrest Of Cliffside Park Burglary Suspect Authorities arrested a 50-year-old Jersey City man who they said picked his way into a Cliffside Park apartment and made off with electronics and jewelry. Carey Mitchell, who was also involved in several other borough burglaries, was arrested July 20, two days after New Jersey State Police forensic artist created the composite sketch that lead to his arrest, state police announced. On July 15, a man was wearing a throwback Washington Redskins baseball cap and later identified as Mitchell picked his way in through the front lobby door of a Walker Street building with a credit card around 3 p…

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by Cecilia Levine