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Authorities: Summit Police Officer Seriously Injured In Head-On Stolen Car Crash Authorities: Summit Police Officer Seriously Injured In Head-On Stolen Car Crash
Authorities: Summit Police Officer Seriously Injured In Head-On Stolen Car Crash A Summit police officer was seriously injured when a stolen car slammed head-on into his cruiser during an overnight chase Tuesday, authorities said. Officer Anthony Pyzik, 31, remained in serious but stable condition at Morristown Medical Center with multiple fractures and several cuts on his head following the crash, they reported. Police arrested the driver of the stolen vehicle, identified as 18-year-old Walleed Wheeler, and passenger Dante Brown, 20, both of Newark. Officers were pursuing the car east on Morris Avenue when it crossed the center line and slammed head-on into Pyzik's c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: High-Speed Mahwah Pursuit Down Route 17 Ends In Crash, Arrest Of Career Burglar UPDATE: High-Speed Mahwah Pursuit Down Route 17 Ends In Crash, Arrest Of Career Burglar
Update: High-Speed Mahwah Pursuit Down Route 17 Ends In Crash, Arrest Of Career Burglar A high-speed Mahwah police pursuit ended in a crash and the arrest of a career burglar on Route 17 in Ramsey late Sunday, authorities said. Township police responding to an 11:15 p.m. call arrived as Mark C. Todd, 46, of Hackensack from Janek’s Market-Deli on Ramapo Valley Road (Route 202). Officer Martin Kilroy ordered him to stop, but Todd ran to a 1988 Oldsmobile parked on Reich Avenue and drove off on Ramapo Valley Road, nearly hitting a police cruiser driven by Officer Keith Iorio, Police Chief Stephen Jaffe said. A brief high-speed chase followed at speeds reportedly over 100 miles …

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Lyndhurst PD: Fleeing Couple Risks Public Safety, Captured With Help From Kearny, JC Police Lyndhurst PD: Fleeing Couple Risks Public Safety, Captured With Help From Kearny, JC Police
Lyndhurst PD: Fleeing Couple Risks Public Safety, Captured With Help From Kearny, JC Police A fleeing shoplifter put the public at risk by speeding off from pursuing Lyndhurst police and then crashing her car in Kearny, authorities said. A manager confronted Kiana Brooks, 28, of East Orange and 21-year-old Movado Thomas of the Bronx when they tried to leave the Stop and Shop on Lewandowski Street with about $200 worth of stolen merchandise around 6:30 p.m. Friday, Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. Sgt. Richard Holicki spotted their black Range Rover on Schuyler Avenue in North Arlington a short time later. Brooks was behind the wheel, Auteri said. “His attempts to stop the veh…

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Thieving Essex Couple Who Came, Fled In Uber Caught By Lyndhurst Police, Authorities Say Thieving Essex Couple Who Came, Fled In Uber Caught By Lyndhurst Police, Authorities Say
Thieving Essex Couple Who Came, Fled In Uber Caught By Lyndhurst Police, Authorities Say Teamwork helped Lyndhurst police nab a shoplifting Essex County couple who tried to flee in an Uber, authorities said. Chrisann Shaffer, 40, Bloomfield and Jeffrey Uhrig, 45, Newark, took a different Uber to the Walgreens on Valley Brook Avenue and ran off with a bundle of stolen merchandise after an employee caught them on Wednesday, Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. Both ran past the waiting Uber and temporarily vanished, Auteri said. Detective William Kapp radioed ahead after learning that they apparently grabbed another Uber, the lieutenant said. Sgt. Phil Reina spotted and stopped …

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Westwood PD: Career Burglar Chased By Homeowner Captured By Police After Attempted Carjacking Westwood PD: Career Burglar Chased By Homeowner Captured By Police After Attempted Carjacking
Westwood PD: Career Burglar Chased By Homeowner Captured By Police After Attempted Carjacking A career criminal chased by a Westwood homeowner for a burglary Friday tried to carjack a vehicle to get away, said police who captured him. The Park Avenue homeowner chased the intruder while a family member dialed 911 shortly before 2 p.m., Westwood Police Chief Michael Pontillo said. Police from Westwood and Hillsdale were on the scene instantly and nabbed ex-con Sean Byrne, 51, of Union City, along the railroad tracks across from an apartment complex on Valley Avenue, the chief said. Westwood police charged him with attempted carjacking, burglary, resisting arrest and criminal mischie…

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Authorities: Trucker Charged With Setting Pit Bull On Police In Ringwood Dies Of Seizure Authorities: Trucker Charged With Setting Pit Bull On Police In Ringwood Dies Of Seizure
Authorities: Trucker Charged With Setting Pit Bull On Police In Ringwood Dies Of Seizure UPDATE: A Florida tractor-trailer driver who was arrested after authorities said he set his pit bull loose on police during a traffic stop in Ringwood died after suffering an apparent seizure. John Baker, 54, suffered the seizure in the Passaic County Jail's intake unit Tuesday night, said Bill Maer, the spokesman for Sheriff Richard H. Bernik. Baker was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead a little over an hour after the 10:08 p.m. call, he said. The cause of death was being investigated. Police had charged Baker earlier with five counts of aggravat…

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Police: Drunken Trucker Charged With 5 Counts Of Aggravated Assault In Ringwood Pit Bull Attack Police: Drunken Trucker Charged With 5 Counts Of Aggravated Assault In Ringwood Pit Bull Attack
Police: Drunken Trucker Charged With 5 Counts Of Aggravated Assault In Ringwood Pit Bull Attack UPDATE: A Florida tractor-trailer driver who was arrested after authorities said he set his pit bull loose on police during a traffic stop in Ringwood died after suffering an apparent seizure. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/northpassaic/police-fire/authorities-trucker-charged-with-setting-pit-bull-on-police-in-ringwood-dies-of-seizure/783295/ ****** PREVIOUS STORY: A drunken Florida tractor-trailer driver was charged with five counts of aggravated assault for setting his pit bull loose on police during a Ringwood traffic stop, forcing them to shoot the dog, authorities said. John Baker…

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