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Undercliff Avenue, Edgewater, NJ

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Authorities Probe Late-Night Fire That Damaged Edgewater Townhouse Authorities Probe Late-Night Fire That Damaged Edgewater Townhouse
Authorities Probe Late-Night Fire That Damaged Edgewater Townhouse Edgewater police got everyone out safely after a house fire ignited overnight, responders said. Officer Victor Lopez Jr. ushered the residents to safety before flames blew out the front windows of the Undercliff Avenue residence at the top of North Street as Tuesday night turned to Wednesday morning, June 21. Borough firefighters had the main body of the two-alarmer knocked down in minutes. Firefighters from Cliffside Park and Fort Lee provided mutual aid. The scene was cleared shortly before 2:30 a.m. No injuries were reported in the overnight fire Wednesday, June 21 on Undercliff Av…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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DWI Hit-Run Driver Leads Edgewater Police Chase In Flaming SUV, Gets Out Just In Time DWI Hit-Run Driver Leads Edgewater Police Chase In Flaming SUV, Gets Out Just In Time
DWI Hit-Run Driver Leads Edgewater Police Chase In Flaming SUV, Gets Out Just In Time A drunken hit-and-run driver whose smoking SUV was shooting out sparks as Edgewater police chased her before dawn Monday got out seconds before it went up in flames, authorities said. The Mazda CX-5 driven by borough resident Zaira Hernandez-Cortez, 26, knocked a fire hydrant more than 50 feet from its base and split a utility pole near the corner of North Street and Myrtle Avenue -- downing live wires across the road – before speeding off toward Undercliff Avenue around 4 a.m., Detective Sgt. Teddy Wetklow said. Officer Michael Colon spotted the SUV on southbound Route 5 moments later. It…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Freed Driver Who Nearly Ran Down Police At Holland Tunnel Caught With Stolen Car In Edgewater Freed Driver Who Nearly Ran Down Police At Holland Tunnel Caught With Stolen Car In Edgewater
Freed Driver Who Nearly Ran Down Police At Holland Tunnel Caught With Stolen Car In Edgewater A driver who was released after nearly running down several police officers at the Holland Tunnel was arrested in a stolen car in Edgewater, authorities said. Delano Andrew Hutchinson, 23, of Sayreville was taken into custody along with Shemar Malik Rogers, 21, of Corona, Queens after Officer Michael Colon found them stopped in the middle of Undercliff Avenue around 1 a.m. Tuesday, Detective Sgt. Tim Farrell said. Colon ran the Florida license plate on the 2019 Toyota Camry, Farrell said, and discovered it had been reported stolen from a Hertz Car Rental on Norm Avenue in the Westchester h…

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by Jerry DeMarco