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Man Leads 54-Mile Pursuit Across NJ In Stolen Box Truck Containing Heroin: Police Man Leads 54-Mile Pursuit Across NJ In Stolen Box Truck Containing Heroin: Police
Man Leads 54-Mile Pursuit Across NJ In Stolen Box Truck Containing Heroin: Police A 54-mile pursuit through North Jersey in a stolen box truck ended when the vehicle ran out of gas and police found the driver with heroin Labor Day Weekend, authorities said. Lyndhurst officers spotted Jose R. Reyes in a stolen 2022 Isuzuz box truck around 6:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 1, Lyndhurst Police Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Officer Robert Litterio was the one who spotted the stolen truck at Riverside and Rutherford Avenues. Joined by Officer Vincent Dorio, the duo approached the truck and tried several times to convince Reyes to exit the vehicle.  That's when Reyes, 41…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Federal Agent Hits Woman On Jersey City's Route 139, Report Says Federal Agent Hits Woman On Jersey City's Route 139, Report Says
Federal Agent Hits Woman On Jersey City's Route 139, Report Says A woman crossing State Highway in Jersey City was struck by a federal agent Friday morning, news reports say. The woman was walking along the upper level of Route 139 at Baldwin Avenue when she was struck on the eastbound side around 8:10 a.m., NJ Advance Media says. She apparently suffered a serious head injury. The driver was a federal agent but it was not clear if he was on-duty at the time of the crash. Jersey City officials did not immediately return Daily Voice's request for comment. Click here for more from NJ Advance Media.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Port Authority Police Officer Critical After Being Struck Near Holland Tunnel Port Authority Police Officer Critical After Being Struck Near Holland Tunnel
Port Authority Police Officer Critical After Being Struck Near Holland Tunnel A Port Authority police officer struck by a passing driver while assisting at the scene of an overnight rollover crash on the approach to the Holland Tunnel from Route 139 was in critical condition Tuesday afternoon authorities said. The officer and three Jersey City police officers were securing the scene after a 32-year-old New York woman overturned her car just after 12:30 a.m. when another eastbound driver struck the median divider, a JCPD vehicle and then the Port Authority officer near Palisade Avenue, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The driver, a 27-year-old New York wom…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HEROES AGAIN: Port Authority Responders Make Second Save Of Month At Lincoln Tunnel HEROES AGAIN: Port Authority Responders Make Second Save Of Month At Lincoln Tunnel
Heroes Again: Port Authority Responders Make Second Save Of Month At Lincoln Tunnel A team of Port Authority police officers and Tunnel and Bridge agents saved the life of a 52-year-old driver who had a medical episode near the Lincoln Tunnel – the second rescue of the month for three of the responders. PAPD Officer Police Officer Krystal Armenti responded to a report of a disabled vehicle at the end of the Kennedy Boulevard on-ramp shortly before 11 a.m. Sunday and found the driver unresponsive, Port Authority spokeswoman Lenis Rodrigues said. Armenti broke the window and pulled the driver from the vehicle and began compressions as fellow Officer Dana Fuller and TBAs Keit…

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by Jerry DeMarco