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Passaic Driver Who Fled Serious Pedestrian Hit-Run Crash Gets Probation Passaic Driver Who Fled Serious Pedestrian Hit-Run Crash Gets Probation
Passaic Driver Who Fled Serious Pedestrian Hit-Run Crash Gets Probation UPDATE: A 27-year-old Passaic driver who admitted that he severely injured another city resident in a hit-and-run pedestrian crash last fall was sentenced Friday in Paterson to probation. Matthew Cancel didn’t wait for a grand jury to determine whether the case should proceed when he pleaded guilty to knowingly leaving the scene of a crash involving serious bodily injury on April 16, just 10 days after he was arrested. Cancel admitted that he was behind the wheel of a 2015 Mercedes-Benz that struck the 64-year-old victim at Market and Hudson streets last Oct. 25, Passaic County Prosecutor C…

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Paterson Detectives Seize Four Guns, Bust Five In Fight Against Firearms Paterson Detectives Seize Four Guns, Bust Five In Fight Against Firearms
Paterson Detectives Seize Four Guns, Bust Five In Fight Against Firearms Paterson detectives who've been fighting escalating gun violence in the Silk City seized four firearms over a span of a little over 24 hours, authorities said Friday. The biggest bust involved three men – one of them an ex-con – caught with a pair of guns shortly after 11 p.m. Thursday, Police Director Jerry Speziale said. Detectives Luis Roca and Joseph Aboyoun had just pulled over a Mercedes Benz that ran a stop sign on East 19th Street when they spotted a weapon in the car, Speziale said. They immediately removed the driver, Diarre Chitty, 21, and his two passengers while summoning back…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Rapper Fivio Foreign Busted With Loaded Gun During Struggle Near GWB Police: Rapper Fivio Foreign Busted With Loaded Gun During Struggle Near GWB
Police: Rapper Fivio Foreign Busted With Loaded Gun During Struggle Near GWB A loaded handgun fell from his jacket as rapper Fivio Foreign fought Fort Lee police who nabbed him during a foot chase near the George Washington Bridge, authorities said. Maxie Ryles III had left his 2018 Mercedes Benz running in a no-parking zone on Lemoine Avenue at Bruce Reynolds Boulevard as he went into the nearby Citibank around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Capt. Ricky Mirkovic said. Sgt. Howard Ginsburg requested Ryles's driver’s license as he approached the vehicle and asked whether he was getting a ticket, Mirkovic said. Instead of complying, Ryles simply walked away, he said.  T…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities: New Milford Police Subdue Combative NYC Man Packing Loaded Pistol Authorities: New Milford Police Subdue Combative NYC Man Packing Loaded Pistol
Authorities: New Milford Police Subdue Combative NYC Man Packing Loaded Pistol A driver carrying a loaded gun fought with New Milford police before being subdued following a traffic stop, authorities said. Four officers sustained minor injuries during the struggle with Railey Nunez, 24, of the Tribeca section of Manhattan, Police Chief Brian Clancy said. Officer Dan O’Neill had stopped the Mercedes Benz bearing a temporary license plate from Tennessee for a violation at Boulevard and Floral Court shortly before 8 p.m. Monday, Clancy said. O’Neill and Officer Przemyslaw Boinski ordered the driver, 35-year-old Alex Hernandez of Washington Heights, and Nunez from the ve…

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Dedicated Hospital Worker From Essex County Killed By DWI Driver Doing 97 MPH Dedicated Hospital Worker From Essex County Killed By DWI Driver Doing 97 MPH
Dedicated Hospital Worker From Essex County Killed By DWI Driver Doing 97 MPH A hospital worker from Essex County was killed when a drunk driver from Albany ran a red light in Queens and slammed his sedan into his car doing nearly 100 miles an hour, authorities said. Daniel Crawford, a 52-year-old father of two from Bloomfield, was pronounced dead at nearby Queens Hospital Center in Jamaica, where he worked as a phlebotomist the past 2½ years. Crawford was headed to work when a Mercedes Benz driven by 22-year-old Alamin Ahmed t-boned his Toyota Camry on Parsons Boulevard in Kew Gardens around 4:30 a.m. Friday, authorities said. A security guard told the Daily News t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEEN HIM? Police Seek Help Finding Closter Porch Pirate Caught On Video Snatching 5 iPhones SEEN HIM? Police Seek Help Finding Closter Porch Pirate Caught On Video Snatching 5 iPhones
Seen HIM? Police Seek Help Finding Closter Porch Pirate Caught On Video Snatching 5 iPhones A Closter resident had just received a notification that FedEx had delivered five iPhones when a thief dashed up, snatched the package from his porch and ran, authorities said. The victim went to the door and yelled at the thief, who hopped into a getaway car and fled, Detective Lt. Vincent Aiello said. Checking out similar complaints elsewhere, Detective Sgt. Keith Dombkowski identified the suspect recorded on the victim’s home surveillance video as Oliver Castillo, 22, of Jersey City. Authorities on Friday asked the public for help finding Castillo, who they said has eluded capture since…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Jersey Shore Driver, 39, Airlifted After New SUV Hits Pole, Rolls On Route 23 Jersey Shore Driver, 39, Airlifted After New SUV Hits Pole, Rolls On Route 23
Jersey Shore Driver, 39, Airlifted After New SUV Hits Pole, Rolls On Route 23 A Jersey Shore driver was airlifted after his new SUV hit a utility pole and rolled on Route 23 in West Milford over the weekend. Brian Kochakji, a 39-year-old finance manager with Mercedes Benz, was headed north on Route 23 when the 2020 Mercedes-AMG GLC43 crashed shortly before 9:30 p.m. Saturday, authorities said. Kochakji, a former township resident who lives in Point Pleasant, was brought by ambulance to Echo Lake Ballfield on Germantown Road, police Lt. Thomas Valente said. AirMed One flew him from there to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson with serious injuries, Va…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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KNOW THEM? NY Pair Wanted For NJ Turnpike Road Rage Assault KNOW THEM? NY Pair Wanted For NJ Turnpike Road Rage Assault
Know Them? NY Pair Wanted For NJ Turnpike Road Rage Assault New Jersey State Police are seeking the public's help in identifying a pair of men wanted for a road rage incident on the NJ Turnpike. The victim and the two suspects were pulled over on the northbound, inner roadway at milepost 82 in East Brunswick around 6:30 p.m. Aug. 15, State Police said. The two men got out of their car and hit the victim in the face with an unknown object, then got back in a black Mercedes Benz SUV with an unknown New York plate and fled, authorities said. The suspects are described as Hispanic men. Anyone with information is asked to contact the New Jersey State P…

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by Cecilia Levine
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KNOW THIS CAR? Authorities Seek Suspect Vehicle In Newark Shooting KNOW THIS CAR? Authorities Seek Suspect Vehicle In Newark Shooting
Know This CAR? Authorities Seek Suspect Vehicle In Newark Shooting Authorities in Newark are seeking the public’s help identifying a sedan involved in a shooting Monday afternoon. The shooter was in a gray 2013 E-class Mercedes Benz with a panoramic sunroof during the incident that injured a man near the 500 block of Clinton Avenue around 4:45 p.m., Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said in a release. The victim walked into the 5th Precinct and was subsequently transported to University Hospital for treatment, Ambrose said. Anyone with information about this vehicle or the suspects involved in the shooting are asked to contact the Departme…

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by Valerie Musson
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PHOTOS: Toms River Woman, 34, Airlifted In Union County Garden State Parkway Crash PHOTOS: Toms River Woman, 34, Airlifted In Union County Garden State Parkway Crash
Photos: Toms River Woman, 34, Airlifted In Union County Garden State Parkway Crash A 34-year-old Toms River driver was extricated then airlifted to an area trauma center in a Garden State Parkway crash in Clark Monday night, State Police said. Nicholle May was heading southbound in a Mercedes Benz sedan when her car went off the road to the right at milepost 135.8 around 8:15 p.m., Trooper Alejandro Goez said. May's car struck several sign posts and an overpass, where it came to a stop, Goez said. She was extricated in a joint effort by the Clark Fire Department, Cranford Fire Department, Rahway MICU, Medic 10 and Cranford First Aid Squad, responders said. May was airlif…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Edgewater PD: Bronx Pair Nabbed After Hitting Several Stores In Town With Bogus $100 Bills Edgewater PD: Bronx Pair Nabbed After Hitting Several Stores In Town With Bogus $100 Bills
Edgewater PD: Bronx Pair Nabbed After Hitting Several Stores In Town With Bogus $100 Bills Edgewater police nabbed a pair of counterfeiters from the Bronx who hit several stores in town, authorities said. The manager of a River Road GNC called police Wednesday after the men used three bogus $100 bills to pay for low-priced items, receiving genuine cash as change, before fleeing in a white Mercedes Benz E350 Police Chief Donald Martin said. The car pulled into the parking lot of The Square shopping center when Officer Tyler Iafelice spotted it, Martin said. A search turned up $600 in bogus $100 bills and the same amount in real money, he said. Charged with forgery, money launder…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Jersey City Woman, 32, Dies After Crashing Mercedes SUV In Newark Police: Jersey City Woman, 32, Dies After Crashing Mercedes SUV In Newark
Police: Jersey City Woman, 32, Dies After Crashing Mercedes SUV In Newark A 32-year-old Jersey City woman died after crashing her Mercedes Benz on a Newark highway, authorities said. Shonda Mincey was negotiating a curve on the ramp from Route 1 east to I-78 eastbound when she lost control and crashed into a concrete barrier just after 11:05 p.m. Monday, New Jersey State Police Trooper Alejandro Goez said. Mincey was ejected from the Mercedes GLE and pronounced dead at the scene. No other vehicles or passengers were involved, Goez said. Shonda MinceyJohnnise Chapman with permission

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by Cecilia Levine