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Snow-Stuck Little Ferry Driver Burns To Death After Refusing To Let Off Gas Snow-Stuck Little Ferry Driver Burns To Death After Refusing To Let Off Gas
Snow-Stuck Little Ferry Driver Burns To Death After Refusing To Let Off Gas Police tried in vain to rescue a Little Ferry driver who was killed when his SUV went up in flames as he tried to drive out of a snowbank Wednesday morning. Responding to a call from a borough DPW worker, Little Ferry Police Officer Joseph Convery found a Mazda CX-5 that jumped a parking divider and got stuck in the snow near the soccer field off Mehrhof Road shortly after 9 a.m., Police Chief James Walters said. The 62-year-old borough driver was flooring the accelerator when Convery – who’s also a borough firefighter -- started banging on the window trying to get him to stop, Walters said…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Tailgating Route 46 Driver Had 9 Pounds Of Pot For Sale Police: Tailgating Route 46 Driver Had 9 Pounds Of Pot For Sale
Police: Tailgating Route 46 Driver Had 9 Pounds Of Pot For Sale A Lodi driver had nine pounds of pot for sale in his sedan when a Little Ferry police officer stopped him for tailgating on Route 46, authorities said. Officer Joseph Convery stopped Ashley Ortiz, 26, on the westbound highway Monday night, Capt. Ronald Klein Jr. said. "While speaking with him, the officer noticed an overwhelming odor of marijuana and saw a vacuum-sealed bag [of pot] in plain view on the passenger seat," Klein said. Backed up by Officer James Serio, Convery conducted a consented search of the 2019 Honda Accord and found more than 300 zip-locking bags of pot packaged for sal…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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CAUGHT! Little Ferry Officer Dragged By Jeep, Fleeing Driver Captured With Armful Of THC Oil CAUGHT! Little Ferry Officer Dragged By Jeep, Fleeing Driver Captured With Armful Of THC Oil
Caught! Little Ferry Officer Dragged By Jeep, Fleeing Driver Captured With Armful Of THC Oil A Little Ferry driver who dragged a police officer with his Jeep while fleeing a traffic stop was found hiding in the basement laundry room of a garden apartment complex with dozens of vials of THC oil, authorities said. Eric Williams, 21, had 55 vials of the synthetic drug and a bag of pot in the Jeep when Officers James Serio and Joseph Convery pulled him over on Main Street for running a stop sign near his home Friday night, Police Chief James Walters said. After spotting the bundled canisters on the passenger-seat floor, the officers asked Williams to get out of the vehicle, Walters sai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Little Ferry Police Stop Turns Up More Than Three Pounds Of Pot, Motel Packing Operation Little Ferry Police Stop Turns Up More Than Three Pounds Of Pot, Motel Packing Operation
Little Ferry Police Stop Turns Up More Than Three Pounds Of Pot, Motel Packing Operation A Little Ferry police sergeant turned up more than three pounds of pot after stopping a Paterson driver, authorities said. Sgt. John Andronaco stopped a 2002 Honda Civic driven by Jermal Hogan, 27, after he ignored a stop sign on Bergen Turnpike at Lakeview Avenue shortly before midnight Tuesday, Police Chief James Walters said. Adronaco -- who was joined by Officers Michael Lee and Joseph Convery -- noticed a strong odor of marijuana when he approached the car "despite the window only being partially open," Walters said. The odor got stronger when Hogan rolled the window down, he said. H…

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by Jerry DeMarco