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4 Killed In Crash Between SUV, Tractor-Trailer On I-95 In Fairfield County 4 Killed In Crash Between SUV, Tractor-Trailer On I-95 In Fairfield County
4 Killed In Crash Between SUV, Tractor-Trailer On I-95 In Fairfield County Four people were killed in a crash between a tractor-trailer and an SUV on a stretch of I-95 in Connecticut overnight. The crash happened just after 3 a.m. Saturday, May 13 in Fairfield County. The tractor-trailer was traveling at a very slow rate of speed in heavy traffic on the northbound side in the center lane of three, approximately one-tenth of a mile south of Exit 8 in Stamford, according to Connecticut State Police.  A 2019 GMC Terrain was traveling behind the tractor-trailer when, for an unknown reason, it failed to stop and struck the rear of the truck, police sai…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Authorities Smash International Sex-Trafficking Ring In NJ, NY, Rescue Dozens Of Victims Authorities Smash International Sex-Trafficking Ring In NJ, NY, Rescue Dozens Of Victims
Authorities Smash International Sex-Trafficking Ring In NJ, NY, Rescue Dozens Of Victims More than 50 women were forced into prostitution in North Jersey, Rockland County and New York City by male members of a large-scale international human trafficking ring run by three women from Teaneck and two men from Lodi, authorities said . A massive investigation into sex trafficking in both states culminated in a series of early-morning raids Wednesday at 19 homes and other locations in Bergen and Hudson counties – including Lodi, Teaneck, Englewood, Elmwood Park and Bergenfield. Detectives and uniformed police and sheriff's officers arrested 21 ring members. They also obtained a fug…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Ex-Con Sentenced To Federal Prison For Distributing Heroin In Rockland Ex-Con Sentenced To Federal Prison For Distributing Heroin In Rockland
Ex-Con Sentenced To Federal Prison For Distributing Heroin In Rockland A Paterson ex-con is headed to federal prison for 25 years for distributing heroin by the pound in Bergen, Passaic and Rockland counties. Reinaldo “Memo” Rodriguez, 30, was part of a network that that stretched from the Bronx to Paterson and into suburban towns in all three counties, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. One ring member, Edwin Lopez of Elmwood Park, was sentenced to 13½ years in federal prison in July 2017 as part of a plea. Another, Carolina Almonte of the Bronx, also negotiated a deal and got four months in May 2017.  Rodriguez opted instead for a trial, whi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Woman Charged With Careless Driving After SUV Collides With Train In Bergen Woman Charged With Careless Driving After SUV Collides With Train In Bergen
Woman Charged With Careless Driving After SUV Collides With Train In Bergen An Elmwood Park woman was cited for traffic violations after her SUV was struck by an NJ Transit train late Wednesday night causing a temporary suspension of service. Yudelka Guzman was ticketed for failure to observe a traffic signal and careless driving, delaying Main/Bergen line train 1277 from its Waldwick arrival, NJ Transit spokeswoman Nancy Snyder said. At approximately 9:15 p.m., Guzman's SUV veered into the the 8:41 train from Hoboken struck the Midland Avenue crossing in Elmwood Park, Snyder said. None of the 175 train passengers nor the two people inside Guzman's SUV were injure…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
West Nyack Couple Busted With 60 Bags Of Heroin In NJ, Police Say West Nyack Couple Busted With 60 Bags Of Heroin In NJ, Police Say
West Nyack Couple Busted With 60 Bags Of Heroin In NJ, Police Say A West Nyack couple was carrying 60 bags of heroin when they were stopped on a local highway, police in New Jersey said. Glen Rock Officer T.J. Graziani pulled the car over on southbound Route 208 for not maintaining a lane and having no visible rear license plate just before 11:30 p.m. Thursday, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The passenger, 44-year-old Shawn R. Landau, tried giving police a bogus name “in an attempt to evade arrest on active warrants that were issued by the Elmwood Park and Paterson Municipal Courts,” Ackermann said. Both he and the driver – Erin Davey, 43 – were taken…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
U.S. Attorney: Accomplice Of Rockland Heroin Dealer Indicted U.S. Attorney: Accomplice Of Rockland Heroin Dealer Indicted
U.S. Attorney: Accomplice Of Rockland Heroin Dealer Indicted STONY POINT, N.Y. -- Federal grand jurors indicted an accused accomplice of an admitted Stony Point heroin dealer in connection with an organized ring that distributed pounds of the drug in Rockland, Bergen and Passaic counties. Reinaldo “Money” Rodriguez, 29, was part of a network that that stretched from the Bronx to Paterson and into suburban towns in three counties, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said. The ring included included Joseph Trimarco, 30, of Stony Point, NY, who worked out a deal with federal prosecutors in exchange for a guilty plea. Trimarco is awaiting senten…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Driver, 103, Slams Car Into Bergen Starbucks Driver, 103, Slams Car Into Bergen Starbucks
Driver, 103, Slams Car Into Bergen Starbucks HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A 103-year-old driver shifted his car into drive instead of reverse Friday and slammed it into a Hackensack Starbucks. The city man, who turns 104 in just weeks, wasn't injured, authorities said. The front of the Essex Street coffee shop sustained broken windows and other damage, however, after the 2017 four-door Ford sedan rammed into it at 1:40 p.m.  "He accidentally put his car in drive instead of reverse and it went over the park stop," Capt. Francesco Aquila, the officer in charge of the department, told Daily Voice. "Then he panicked and hit the gas…

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by Cecilia Levine
Weather
How Much Snow Did You Get? A Look At Totals From The Area How Much Snow Did You Get? A Look At Totals From The Area
How Much Snow Did You Get? A Look At Totals From The Area Check out storm photos submitted by Daily Voice readers The latest Nor'easter to hit the area resulted once again in downed tree and wires and numerous power outages. But there was something different about Wednesday's storm than the one last Friday. Namely, snow. And for much of the area, lots of it, with more than two feet accumulating in some spots. (As you'll soon see.) Here is a sampling of snowfall totals from throughout the tristate area. If you don't see your town listed yet, please leave the total by posting a comment here. Hudson Valley Westchester County Armonk 13.5 inches,…

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by Joe Lombardi
Obituaries
Saddle Brook's Andrew Gutierrez Dies Suddenly At Age 15 Saddle Brook's Andrew Gutierrez Dies Suddenly At Age 15
Saddle Brook's Andrew Gutierrez Dies Suddenly At Age 15 Andrew Gutierrez of Saddle Brook died suddenly on Friday, Feb. 16. He was 15 years old. Born in Ridgewood, he’s been a lifelong resident of Saddle Brook and was a student at Saddle Brook High School. Gutierrez is the second teen to die in Saddle Brook in less than three months. A vigil in his honor will be held Monday at 7 p.m. at Veterans Field. Visitation will be on Tuesday Feb. 20 from 3 to 8 p.m. at the Patrick J. Conte Funeral Home in Elmwood Park. A service will be held Wednesday, at 8:30 a.m. with a Funeral Mass to follow at St. Anne's R.C. Church in Fair Lawn at 9:30 a.m. Andrew …

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by Cecilia Levine