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Police & Fire
Newark First Responders Rescue Man From Passaic River: Police
A 23-year-old man was rescued after falling into the Passaic River in Newark on Saturday, Nov. 2, authorities said. At 10:22 p.m., first responders went to the Passaic River at Jersey Street and Raymond Boulevard on a call of a man in the water, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. The victim was safely rescued and transported to University Hospital for treatment, Fragé said. He is reportedly in stable condition, Fragé said.
Police & Fire
17-Year-Old Swimmer Brings Newark Police To Passaic River: Cops
A 17-year-old was swimming in the Passaic River on the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 10, authorities said. At 7:50 a.m., Newark police responded to Bridge Street and McCarter Highway on a report of the teen in the water, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. Police made contact with the swimmer when he emerged from the water, Fragé said. The swimmer is reportedly uninjured, Fragé said. This incident remains under investigation, Fragé said.
News
Body Of Missing North Arlington Man Recovered From Passaic River
The search for a missing 65-year-old man came for a tragic end early this week. The body of Orlando Chamorro, who had been reported missing out of North Arlington on Friday, Aug. 2, was recovered from the Passaic River on Monday, Aug. 5, Essex County Assistant Prosecutor Thomas Fennelley said. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Task Force responded to Main Street and the Belleville Turnpike on reports of a body in the water that morning, where firefighters made the recovery, Fennelley said. Chamorro was pronounced dead at 10:40 a.m. The cause and manner of death are pending auto…
Police & Fire
Body Of Missing Swimmer Recovered From Passaic River, Police Say
A body was recovered from the Passaic River on the morning of Friday, June 28, authorities said. At 10:38 a.m., police responded to the Passaic River near Red Bull Stadium on a report of a body floating in the water, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. Police located the body near Riverbank Park at Raymond Boulevard and Brill Street, Fragé said. The victim is a male swimmer who had not surfaced since entering the water at 4:25 p.m. on Wednesday, June 26, Fragé said. Multiple searches had been conducted for him, Fragé said. The swimmer has not been iden…
Police & Fire
Gotcha
! Robber From Wallington Menaced 7-Eleven Workers At Two Stores With Knife: Prosecutor
An elite team of investigators captured a 23-year-old Wallington man who they said robbed two 7-Elevens on either side of the Passaic River by threatening workers with a large knife. Tymear Haskins grabbed an employee from behind as the victim took out the trash in back of the 7-Eleven on Main Avenue in Wallington shortly before 4 p.m. April 8, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. After making the employee convince a co-worker to open a locked side door, Haskins tied one of them with a cord and held the other prisoner in a back office while demanding the code to a safe, the prosecuto…
Police & Fire
One Dead, Three Wounded In Pair Of Paterson Shootings
One man was killed and another wounded in a shooting at a bridge over the Passaic River, authorities confirmed. Responding officers found both city residents show in the neck and legs near the North Bridge Street bridge shortly before midnight Wednesday, March 13, they said. Both were taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in Paterson, where one of them, 43, was pronounced dead, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In-Charge Isa Abbassi said. The second victim, 38, remained in stable condition at the hospital on Wednesday, they said. …
Police & Fire
Fair Lawn Officer Injured In Crash Pursuing Suspect Into Paterson
A Fair Lawn police officer was injured in a crash while responding on Monday to a shoplifting at a local CVS. The officer was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with back pain after his unmarked car collided with an Acura RDX as he pursued one of two suspects across the Maple Avenue bridge over the Passaic River around 11:45 a.m., witnesses said. He was released a few hours later. The female SUV driver wasn't injured, witnesses said. Both suspects were taken into custody.
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Horrific
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: Fleeing Moped Rider, Passenger Sent Flying In Fatal Paterson Crash
UPDATE: Two men on a moped are seen spinning through the air and crashing to the pavement -- ultimately killing the driver -- when they ram the side of a vehicle in Paterson during a high-speed police chase, horrific video released by state authorities shows. Pursued by Totowa police, the gas-powered scooter driven by David Lucero, 28, of Paterson was racing north on McBride Avenue along Pennington Park on Sept. 20, 2023 when the driver of an oncoming Lexus sedan made a left in front of him. The moped slammed into the side of the vehicle, knocking both riders nearly 10 feet into the air ov…
Police & Fire
Caller Leads North Arlington PD To Overnight Out-Of-Town Car Burglar
North Arlington police nabbed a pre-dawn car burglar from out-of-town after being alerted by a caller, authorities said. The call of a burglary in progress behind a commercial building on River Road next to the Little League field along the Passaic River came in at shortly before 6 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 29, Lt. Michael Horton said. A masked burglar in a white pickup truck was burglarizing vehicles, the lieutenant said. Responding officers seized repeat offender Damon Wise, 51, of Newark as he fled the scene, Horton said. In his truck was a DeWalt toolbox that had just been stolen, he said. W…
Police & Fire
Update
: Moped Driver Killed In Paterson Crash While Fleeing Totowa PD Identified
UPDATE: Two men on a speeding moped are seen spinning through the air and crashing to the pavement -- ultimately killing the driver -- when they ram the side of a vehicle in Paterson during a police chase, horrific video released by state authorities shows. Pursued by Totowa police, the gas-powered scooter driven by David Lucero, 28, of Paterson was racing north on McBride Avenue along Pennington Park on Sept. 20, 2023 when the driver of an oncoming Lexus sedan made a left in front of him. The moped slammed into the side of the vehicle, knocking both riders nearly 10 feet into the air over …
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Moped Driver Killed, Passenger Injured In Paterson Collision While Fleeing Totowa PD: State AG
UPDATE: A moped driver was killed and a passenger injured when the scooter collided with a sedan at a Paterson intersection during a Totowa police chase, authorities said. Totowa police in marked vehicles followed the gas-powered scooter into Paterson, apparently over the 31st Street Bridge over the Passaic River. The moped then collided with a Lexus at the intersection of McBride and Murray avenues shortly before 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20, according to a release issued Friday by New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin.The scooter driver was thrown against the windshield, smashin…
Police & Fire
Update
: Report Of Child Car Seat Thrown Into Passaic River Unfounded, Massive Search Ends
UPDATE: Authorities conducted a massive search of the Passaic River on Monday after someone reported seeing a woman head down to the water with a child car seat and return empty-handed. Paterson and Fair Lawn police obtained area security footage that deemed the report unfounded and prompted them to end the search around noontime. Although authorities had no immediate visual corroboration, Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said, "we treated it as if it was the worst-case scenario until could conclude otherwise. "Once we were notified that the report was not accurate, we broke down…
Police & Fire
Pickup Crashes On Banks Of Passaic River
A driver escaped a far worse fate when his pickup truck overturned on a bank above the Passaic River in Garfield on Saturday. The truck ended up on its roof on the other side of a cement barricade at the Passaic Street bridge off River Drive shortly before 8:30 a.m. July 8. The driver appeared OK after climbing out of the truck. No further information was immediately available. Garfield NJ Fire Dept operate at vehicle overturned down the bank of the Passaic River at River Dr and Passaic St. Sat July 8th 2023.tornadochaser66 Kyle Mazza/UNF News took this photo.Kyle Mazza/UNF News f…
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Rescue Of Clifton Firefighters From Passaic River
Freelance photographer Boyd A. Loving captured the drama Wednesday afternoon as two Clifton firefighters were plucked from the Passaic River by a New Jersey State Police chopper after they'd gone in to rescue a construction crew. The three-member crew was clearing trees and brush from the river when their boat got snagged at the top of the Dundee Dam, which has a 20-foot drop to a lower section of the river below. Firefighters from Clifton, Garfield and Elmwood Park put boats into the river to rescue the trio. At some point, the Clifton boat began to tip over the side of the falls. A fire…
Police & Fire
Firefighters On Rescue Mission Airlifted After Going Over Falls In Passaic River
Two Clifton firefighters on a rescue mission in the Passaic River were themselves rescued by a New Jersey State Police helicopter Wednesday afternoon after their boat went over the falls at the Dundee Dam. Both were taken to an area hospital with injuries that weren’t believed to be life-threatening following the treacherous late-afternoon operation on June 28. Contractors apparently were clearing trees at the top of the 20-foot high Dundee Dam -- which dumps tons of water into a lower section of the Passaic River in Garfield -- when their boat got snagged, responders said. Firefighters f…
Police & Fire
Body Recovered From Passaic River: Newark Police
A man's body was recovered from the Passaic River on the morning of Thursday, June 15, authorities said. At 8:06 a.m. police responded to the 700 block of Raymond Boulevard/Riverbank Park on a call of a body in the Passaic River, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. Officers found and recovered the body, and the male victim was pronounced dead soon after, Fragé said. The incident remains under investigation, Fragé said.
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Flooded
: Stolen Sedan Fished From Passaic River
It was a curiosity more than anything. A stolen car was fished out of the Passaic River -- and no, there weren't any bodies in it. A passerby in Paterson's Westside Park spotted the Chevy Cruze about 100 feet from the water's edge and alerted police early Wednesday, May 24. The sedan had been reported stolen overnight, police said. A tow truck fished it out as a news chopper flew overhead and students, teachers and staff at nearby JFK High School strained to get a look from their windows. The water-logged Chevy was impounded so forensic investigators could inspect it for evidence. How o…
Police & Fire
20-Something Man Wounded In Passaic Projects Shooting
A 21-year-old man was in stable condition after being shot Monday at Passaic's largest public housing complex, responders said. The victim arrived at St. Mary's General Hospital in Passaic with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening following the shooting at Alfred Speer Village on Aspen Place near State Street around 4 p.m. May 1, they said. Two vehicles were also struck by gunfire, witnesses said. The shooter fled in a vehicle toward the Passaic River, they said. ANYONE who witnessed the shooting or has information that could help identify the gunman and/or vehicle used i…
Police & Fire
Body Recovered From Passaic River: Newark Police
A body was recovered from the Passaic River in Newark on Wednesday, April 19, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. At 5 p.m., police responded to Bridge Street and McCarter Highway on a report of a body in the river, Fragé said. Firefighters, personnel from the Newark Police Emergency Services Unit and Kearney Police responded to the scene to assist with the recovery, Fragé said. The body had drifted northbound due to the river's current, Fragé said. The man was pronounced dead at 6:28 p.m, Fragé said. The incident remains under investigation and the victim h…
Police & Fire
Female Body Pulled From Passaic River: Police
A female's body was recovered from the Passaic River in Newark on Tuesday, April 18, authorities said. Authorities were called to the scene on Clay Street around 4:20 p.m., where firefighters launched two Zodiac boats to complete the recovery effort, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. EMS responded and the victim, who remains unidentified, was pronounced at 6:38 p.m. The incident remains under investigation.
News
Body Retrieved From Passaic River, Foul Play Not Suspected: Police
The death of a 63-year-old Clifton man whose body was found on the banks of the Passaic River on Sunday isn't considered suspicious, authorities said. Investigators were trying to determine how he ended up there on March 5. They're conducting interviews with potential witnesses and others while seeking any video from the area. ANYONE who might have seen something or has information that could help the investigators is asked to call Clifton police: (973) 470-5900.
Police & Fire
Body Pulled From Passaic River
A man's body was pulled from the Passaic River on Monday, Nov. 14, authorities said. The unidentified male was found unresponsive around 2 p.m., near Newark's Riverfront Park at Raymond Boulevard and Freeman Street, Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said. No further information was available, and the incident remains under investigation.
Police & Fire
Man's Body Pulled From Passaic River
A 49-year-old man's body was pulled from the Passaic River over the weekend, officials say. The recovery was made around 7:40 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 5 when Kearny police got reports of a man drowning, Belleville police tell various news outlets. A recovery effort was launched near the Rutgers Street Bridge in Belleville. There were no apparent signs of injury and an autopsy was pending. The Newark man's identity was not being released.
News
Update
: Body Recovered From Passaic River Identified As Missing Man
A body recovered from the Passaic River was that of a 78-year-old Woodland Park man reported missing on Labor Day, authorities confirmed. Fire department boats were summoned to the Hillery Street Bridge in Totowa, where a large number of police and Passaic County sheriff's officers had gathered around 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7. Around 11 a.m., responders said, the operation became a body recovery. A little over a half-hour later, Paterson firefighters brought the body ashore at the Veterans Memorial Park boat ramp off McBride Avenue in the city. The New Jersey Medical Examiner's Office …
News
Update
: Body Of Missing Man, 78, Recovered From Passaic River
A body recovered from the Passaic River was that of a 78-year-old Woodland Park man reported missing on Labor Day, authorities confirmed. Fire department boats were summoned to the Hillery Street Bridge in Totowa, where a large number of police and Passaic County sheriff's officers had gathered around 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7. Around 11 a.m., responders said, the operation became a body recovery. A little over a half-hour later, Paterson firefighters brought the body ashore at the Veterans Memorial Park boat ramp off McBride Avenue in the city. The New Jersey Medical Examiner's Office …
News
Body Recovered From Passaic River Near Spot Of Similar Call Days Earlier
Responders called to the Passaic River in Wayne for the second time in three days found a body this time. The report of "someone drowning or having drowned" in the river behind 271 Riverlawn Drive shortly before 7 p.m. Friday brought township police, firefighters and EMS, Chief Jack McNiff said. McNiff confirmed that a body was recovered nearly two hours later. The chief declined to provide further details, citing an investigation involving his department, detectives from the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office, forensics investigators from the Passaic County Sheriff's Office and the state…
News
Update
: Body Found In Passaic River Tentatively ID'd, Probe Begun, Following Police Chase
UPDATE: Authorities on Thursday tentatively identified a man whose body was recovered from the Passaic River following a police chase. They also officially acknowledged that the incident was being investigated. The announcement follows a story by Daily Voice exploring the circumstances that led to the death of Thadius Wilder, a 35-year-old father of five from Passaic whose body apparently was in the water for two days before it was discovered. Wilder’s body was removed from the river below Route 21 after kayakers spotted it around 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1, City of Passaic Police Chief Luis Guz…
News
Body Of Man Chased By Police Pulled From Passaic River Two Days Later
The death of a man whose body was recovered from the Passaic River following a police chase was being investigated by county and state authorities, a family member said she was told. Meanwhile, she and other loved ones wait in anguish for answers. Everyone agrees that the body retrieved from the river below Route 21 Monday evening was that of Thadius Wilder, a 35-year-old father of five from Passaic. Wilder, who had a history of drug arrests, was last seen running from police on that very same highway on Saturday, said his sister, Amber Wilder-Hunter. Wilder-Hunter filed a missing person…
Police & Fire
Passerby Spots Body Floating In Passaic River
A body was recovered from the Passaic River Thursday, July 7, authorities said. A passerby flagged down a Newark police officer near the Jackson Street Bridge around 6:15 p.m., Interim Newark Public Safety Director Raul Malave said. Newark police and firefighters responded to the scene and worked to recover the body. The incident remains under investigation. No further information was available.
News
Civilians Rescue Man In Passaic River
Two civilians pulled a man from the Passaic River, responders said. How he wound up in the water off Route 23 in Wayne around 8:15 p.m. Thursday wasn't immediately clear. Responders said the man ended up clinging to his rescuers' row boat before they pulled him in. They brought him ashore in the backyard of a home on East Woodcliff Avenue on the Little Falls side of the river and emergency responders took it from there. The man was taken to St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson by hospital paramedics. Neither he nor the good Samaritans were immediately identified.
News
Pedestrian Struck In Fair Lawn Hospitalized With Severe Injuries, Teen Driver Charged
A Fair Lawn man was severely injured when he was struck by a car driven by a 17-year-old borough boy, authorities confirmed. The driver of the 2014 Nissan Altima apparently had turned to avoid one pedestrian when he hit the 33-year-old victim in the parking lot at Memorial Park along the Passaic River shortly after 10 p.m. Wednesday, Police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The victim was thrown in the air and suffered severe head trauma, witnesses said. Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance took him to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in Paterson. Police charged the driver with reckless and careles…
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