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Carjackers Drag Driver Onto Route 4 Before Fleeing With Luxury SUV Carjackers Drag Driver Onto Route 4 Before Fleeing With Luxury SUV
Carjackers Drag Driver Onto Route 4 Before Fleeing With Luxury SUV An Englewood motorist narrowly escaped serious injury — or worse — when he was dragged nearly 20 feet onto Route 4 by a pair of carjackers who sped off in his Range Rover, authorities said. The 34-year-old victim had gotten out and gone to the attendant to get change for the electric tire inflator when the incident occurred at the BP station on westbound Route 4 near the George Washington Bridge shortly before 10:30 p.m. Thursday, April 21, Englewood Police Lt. Fred Pulice said. As he did, a dark-colored Audi sedan with four occupants pulled in front of the Range Rover, Pulice said. Two go…
Authorities: Lyndhurst Man Got Kids To Strip On Camera, Has Yours Chatted With Him? Authorities: Lyndhurst Man Got Kids To Strip On Camera, Has Yours Chatted With Him?
Authorities: Lyndhurst Man Got Kids To Strip On Camera, Has Yours Chatted With Him? An unemployed Lyndhurst had online sexual chats with children whom he convinced to undress for the camera, said authorities who urged parents to check with their youngsters. Vincent P. Incalcaterra, 21, remained held in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack on charges of producing, distributing and possessing child pornography and child endangerment. Incalcaterra, who was arrested during a raid of his Maple Avenue home last week, used a variety of screen names to communicate with the victims while sharing videos of them with ot…
Intruder Rapes Englewood Woman With Three Kids In Home, Authorities Charge Intruder Rapes Englewood Woman With Three Kids In Home, Authorities Charge
Intruder Rapes Englewood Woman With Three Kids In Home, Authorities Charge A landscaper raped a sleeping Englewood woman after borrowing her husband’s car and using his keys to get into their home, authorities said. The victim told police she at first thought it was her husband who’d climbed into bed with her. She turned around after a few minutes and was horrified to find that she'd been penetrated by Ulises Ramirez Argueta, a 31-year-old El Salvador national known to the couple, they said. The husband told investigators he'd just gotten to work on Monday, April 11, when Argueta asked if he could borrow his car "to go buy some empanadas,” a complaint on file in …
REWARD: Can You Help ID Pair Sought In Brazen Englewood Jewelry Store Heist? REWARD: Can You Help ID Pair Sought In Brazen Englewood Jewelry Store Heist?
Reward: Can You Help ID Pair Sought In Brazen Englewood Jewelry Store Heist? Englewood police turned to the public for help finding two men who swiped a tray of jewelry from a local diamond exchange in broad daylight.  You could get a handsome reward. One of the thieves asked a clerk to see a piece of jewelry from a showcase at the East Palisade Avenue shop around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said. The other stood lookout at the front door, he said. The first bandit grabbed the tray and both of them ran to a dark hatchback they’d left parked on Engle Street before speeding away, Torell said. They car turned right onto eastbound Spring Lan…
GOTCHA! Criminal Couple Charged In Englewood Knifepoint Convenience Store Robbery GOTCHA! Criminal Couple Charged In Englewood Knifepoint Convenience Store Robbery
Gotcha! Criminal Couple Charged In Englewood Knifepoint Convenience Store Robbery A couple known to police robbed an Englewood convenience store owner at knifepoint – for cigarettes, authorities said. Monica Monique Peters-Gore, 52, of Teaneck, and 38-year-old registered sex offender Gary Williams of Englewood both had criminal histories when they entered the 7-Eleven on Grand Avenue, off eastbound Route 4, shortly before 4 a.m. July 15. Store surveillance video shows Williams holding a clerk at knifepoint while Peters-Gore took several cartons of cigarettes, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. They then fled, he said. Detectives from Musella’s Special Investig…
South Hackensack PD: SWAT Team, Detectives Capture Armed Robbers, Drug Dealers In Motel Raid South Hackensack PD: SWAT Team, Detectives Capture Armed Robbers, Drug Dealers In Motel Raid
South Hackensack PD: SWAT Team, Detectives Capture Armed Robbers, Drug Dealers In Motel Raid It happened in a flash: A SWAT team stormed a South Hackensack motel, capturing two armed robbers and three drug dealers from Teaneck and Englewood who've been living there, authorities said. South Hackensack detectives were preparing to hit two rooms following a series of undercover drug deals when a legitimate 30-year-old customer told them that two other men living in a third room had robbed him, authorities said. The victim, who lives in Bergenfield, told police that he agreed to meet Malik Lee, 25, of Englewood to buy some pot for $200, Capt. Robert Chinchar said. Lee showed up for th…
WHOOPS: Ex-Con From Teaneck Fleeing Stolen Car Crash Mistakes Tenafly Police Car For Uber WHOOPS: Ex-Con From Teaneck Fleeing Stolen Car Crash Mistakes Tenafly Police Car For Uber
Whoops: Ex-Con From Teaneck Fleeing Stolen Car Crash Mistakes Tenafly Police Car For Uber A Teaneck ex-con who ran off after crashing a stolen car near the Englewood border in Tenafly was about to hop into what he thought was an Uber – but was actually a police car, authorities said. Officer Manuel Fidel was searching the area of West Hudson Avenue in Englewood following the 5:22 p.m. crash Wednesday on Knickerbocker Road when an out-of-breath Michael D. Lockett approached his cruiser, Tenafly Police Chief Robert Chamberlain said. “Upon reaching the patrol car, [Lockett] said he thought it was his Uber,” the chief said. Realizing his mistake, the 28-year-old parolee began tippi…
Leap From 2nd Floor Balcony Severely Injures Burglar Confronted By Englewood McMansion Owner Leap From 2nd Floor Balcony Severely Injures Burglar Confronted By Englewood McMansion Owner
Leap From 2nd Floor Balcony Severely Injures Burglar Confronted By Englewood McMansion Owner A nimble burglar shimmied up a drainpipe to the second-floor balcony of a multi-million-dollar Englewood residence, then was seriously injured jumping to the ground after finding people home, authorities said. Three accomplices waiting in a vehicle below whisked the crippled burglar away following Tuesday’s 7:45 p.m. break-in on Lewelen Circle, raising questions of whether the bandits were part of a sophisticated regional ring or a typical local crew. City police alerted area hospitals to be on the lookout for self-admitted patients with leg injuries. They also asked that residents in that…
Second Shooting In Month At Englewood Housing Complex Just Misses Intended Victim Second Shooting In Month At Englewood Housing Complex Just Misses Intended Victim
Second Shooting In Month At Englewood Housing Complex Just Misses Intended Victim Someone opened fire for the second time in a month at the same Englewood apartment complex over the weekend -- only this time it came much closer to the intended target, authorities said. The would-be victim was sitting in a room when the shooter walked up and fired a bullet through the window shortly after midnight Friday into Saturday at the Martin Luther King Gardens complex at William Street and West Englewood Avenue, responders said. "It's a miracle he wasn't hit," one said. The previous shooting was reported at the 100-unit complex on Dec. 29. SEE: Englewood Police Seek Help Identif…
Hawthorne, Glen Rock Officers Capture Quartet Who Crashed Stolen Ridgewood Lexus Hawthorne, Glen Rock Officers Capture Quartet Who Crashed Stolen Ridgewood Lexus
Hawthorne, Glen Rock Officers Capture Quartet Who Crashed Stolen Ridgewood Lexus Hawthorne and Glen Rock police captured a quartet of juveniles from three counties -- two of them 15 years old -- after they crashed a Lexus stolen out of Ridgewood during a brief overnight chase Monday. Glen Rock police tried to stop the car, but the driver hit the gas and continued into Hawthorne, crashing on Parker Avenue shortly after 12:30 a.m., Hawthorne Police Capt. Robert King said. The four occupants immediately bailed, he said. Hawthorne officers chased down three of them in a backyard on Rea Avenue after they ran there from 11the Avenue, King said. Glen Rock police nabbed the f…
Englewood Police Search For Gunman In Second Apartment Complex Shooting In Less Than 24 Hours Englewood Police Search For Gunman In Second Apartment Complex Shooting In Less Than 24 Hours
Englewood Police Search For Gunman In Second Apartment Complex Shooting In Less Than 24 Hours SEE ANYTHING? Englewood police were searching for a shooter who wounded a city man Thursday night at the same apartment complex where someone else was shot the night before.  The 28-year-old victim was taken by private vehicle to an area hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg from the 5:45 p.m. shooting at the Park View Terrace Apartments in the area of Third and Fourth streets, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. His injury wasn't considered life-threatening, the deputy chief said. The night before, police chased down a city man who they said shot a rival he was having an on…
SEE ANYTHING? Hidden Camera Shows Burglary Trio Ransacking Englewood Home SEE ANYTHING? Hidden Camera Shows Burglary Trio Ransacking Englewood Home
SEE Anything? Hidden Camera Shows Burglary Trio Ransacking Englewood Home A surveillance camera captured video of three burglars ransacking an Englewood home, said police who asked the public's help finding those responsible. Police responding to a 9:22 p.m. burglar alarm Friday in the 100 block of Chestnut Street found a rear kitchen door forced open, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. Backups helped canvass the area with negative results, Halstead said. The homeowner, who was away, gave detectives surveillance footage showing the intruders "running around the interior of the residence," he said. A list of missing items was being compiled, the deputy …
Don't Invite Vehicle Thieves To Steal Your Ride, Englewood Police Warn Don't Invite Vehicle Thieves To Steal Your Ride, Englewood Police Warn
Don't Invite Vehicle Thieves To Steal Your Ride, Englewood Police Warn Englewood police this week joined the growing number of law enforcement authorities in North Jersey who've urged residents and merchants to lock their vehicles and take their key fobs. Police everywhere -- not just in Englewood -- have gone from frustrated to angry that more and more motorists are basically inviting thieves to steal their vehicles. In Englewood, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead warned that an uptick in the number of vehicles broken into and stolen should show owners that the concern is genuine. Most victims left the key fobs in the vehicle. "While we can understand a…
HEROES: Trees Fall On Englewood House With Heart Attack Victim Inside HEROES: Trees Fall On Englewood House With Heart Attack Victim Inside
Heroes: Trees Fall On Englewood House With Heart Attack Victim Inside Two trees fell on an Englewood home during Tuesday afternoon's storm, blocking responders' path to a resident who'd just suffered a heart attack, authorities said. Englewood Police Officer Matthew Depetro hopped a railing to get inside the East Linden Avenue carriage house, where he found the unconscious 50-year-old victim shortly before 2:30 p.m., Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. The officer immediately began manual rescue breaths, Halstead said. Following Depetro moments later were city firefighters, who used a chain saw to remove what branches they could from a tree that was l…
Authorities: Ex-Con Enlisted Baltimore Shooters Who Killed Newark Man At Englewood Party Ambush Authorities: Ex-Con Enlisted Baltimore Shooters Who Killed Newark Man At Englewood Party Ambush
Authorities: Ex-Con Enlisted Baltimore Shooters Who Killed Newark Man At Englewood Party Ambush UPDATE: A local ex-con recruited two unemployed Baltimore men who shot and killed a Newark man in an ambush at an Englewood house party last month, authorities said. Daily Voice broke the story Saturday that members of a Bergen County Regional SWAT team captured Jamal "Mally" Robinson, 44, in a rental car on Reade Street in Englewood on Friday in connection with the fatal June 20 shooting at the corner of 2nd and 4th streets. What was temporarily withheld was that authorities had also captured one of two accused hit men while they searched for the other. Dejuan Stokes, 23 (photo inset, abo…
SEE ANYTHING? Englewood Shooting Suspects In Pursuit Bail At Leonia Border SEE ANYTHING? Englewood Shooting Suspects In Pursuit Bail At Leonia Border
SEE Anything? Englewood Shooting Suspects In Pursuit Bail At Leonia Border Two guns came flying out the window of a car during a wild Englewood police pursuit following a shooting last month, said authorities who grabbed the occupant of one vehicle and were seeking the public’s help finding those in the other. Several officers heard gunfire at the One William Street apartment complex at West Englewood Avenue and William Street and saw two vehicles speed away just after midnight April 13, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. Police pursed both vehicle along South Dean Street, where the two guns were tossed from a late model Jeep Grand Cherokee, he said. “Whe…