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Pedestrian Struck, Killed By Car On Route 21: Prosecutor
A pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle along Route 21 in Passaic on Tuesday, Oct. 22, authorities said. The unidentified male was struck by an Acura sedan while trying to cross the roadway in the northbound lanes around 8:05 p.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Department Chief Luis A. Guzman said. The victim was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at approximately 8:50 p.m. The driver of the vehicle that struck the victim remained on scene and called 911. This investigation is active and ongoing. More i…
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Homeless Man Assaults Newark Fire Captain With Food Can
A Newark fire captain putting out a fire at a homeless encampment was hospitalized after a homeless man struck him with a can of food, city officials said. The firefighters had just finished putting out the blaze under Route 21 at Riverside Avenue when the man struck the captain with the can around 11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 27, a statement reads. The captain was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries and the homeless man was arrested, and taken to the hospital for crisis evaluation.
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Clifton Officer Struck On Highway, Fleeing DWI Motorist Charged With Assault With Deadly Weapon
A driver was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after he hit a Clifton police officer with his car on the shoulder of a highway and then led a pursuit that ended in a crash, authorities said. Officer George Balkjy had stopped a motorcycle on northbound Route 21 near Route 46 around 7 a.m. Tuesday when Luis Villalba, 21, of Paterson tried to pass bottlenecked traffic on the shoulder, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Balkjy stopped the vehicle and was approaching the driver's side when Villalba hit the gas and swerved toward the officer, hitting him in the arm and leg, Bra…
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Masked Gunmen Rob Man Of $65,000, Lead Police On Roundabout Route Through Bergen, Passaic To NY
Brazen bandits robbed a man at gunpoint on a Ridgefield Park street of a Rolex watch and a gold necklace -- worth a combined $65,000 -- before leading what became a relay-race police pursuit through nearly 20 North Jersey municipalities. The robbers first headed north through Teaneck, then into Englewood and Tenafly, following the holdup late Saturday, April 2, authorities said Monday. The fleeing bandits eventually made their way down Route 95 to westbound Route 3, up northbound Route 21 to eastbound Route 80 and then all the way from there to the George Washington Bridge before they got a…
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Pair Nabbed In BP Station Armed Robbery Linked To Multiple Incidents Across North Jersey: PD
A second arrest has been made in an armed robbery of a BP station and police pursuit last month in Secaucus — and police believe both suspects are responsible for a series of similar incidents across North Jersey, authorities announced. Joseph Brown, 24, of Jersey City, acted as the accomplice to 25-year-old Wendell Bradley, of Bayonne, in the gunpoint robbery of the gas station on Paterson Plank Road on Friday, Feb. 4, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Brandley and Brown each pointed a handgun at the gas attendant and robbed him of cash, then fled in a gray Honda Acc…
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: Massive Passaic Warehouse Blaze Stopped From Reaching 50 Tons Of Chlorine
UPDATE: Authorities on Saturday said they'd finally gotten a massive industrial complex fire in Passaic under control nearly a dozen hours after it broke out. More than 200 firefighters fought the 11-alarm blaze, which forced evacuations of nearby homes, sent potentially dangerous smoke into the air and prompted officials to urge residents to keep their windows closed. The smoke reportedly was spotted on weather radar. Passaic Mayor Hector Carlos Lora called the fire “the worst that I’ve ever seen.” Fortunately, he said, firefighters were able to keep the flames from releasing toxic fume…
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Police: Suspect In Armed Robbery Spree Rams Cars During Clifton Pursuit With Pregnant GF In Car
A Middlesex County ex-con sought in a string of armed robberies had his 8-months-pregnant girlfriend with him when he led police on a high-speed chase -- eventually ramming their vehicles -- after holding up a Clifton Dunkin Donuts at knifepoint, authorities said. At least seven other law enforcement agencies had identified the 2008 Nissan Altima spotted by Officer George Balkjy speeding through the Styertowne Shopping Center parking lot around 7 p.m. Sunday, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The driver -- Jonathan Decarvalho, 34, of Parlin -- had just robbed the Dunkin Donuts there, Brack…
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Passaic Teen’s Accused Murderer ID’d
UPDATE: Civilians helped Passaic police capture a 21-year-old city man accused of gunning down a local teen beneath a Route 21 overpass, authorities said. The city Police Intelligence Unit and Detective Bureau, in tandem with the Patrol Division and Special Investigations Division united, "fielded leads directly from the community" that led directly to Philip Sparrow, Passaic Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said. City police arrested Sparrow – and recovered the suspected murder weapon – during an 8 p.m. traffic stop Tuesday on Paulison Avenue, authorities said. They stopped the vehicle on Pauliso…
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Young Man Shot Dead In Passaic
UPDATE: Civilians helped Passaic police capture a 21-year-old city man accused of gunning down a local teen beneath a Route 21 overpass, authorities said. The city Police Intelligence Unit and Detective Bureau, in tandem with the Patrol Division and Special Investigations Division united, "fielded leads directly from the community" that led directly to Philip Sparrow, Passaic Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said. City police arrested Sparrow – and recovered the suspected murder weapon – during an 8 p.m. traffic stop Tuesday on Paulison Avenue, authorities said. They stopped the vehicle on Pauliso…
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NYC Passenger Seriously Injured When Police Pursuit Ends In Route 21 Crash
A passenger was seriously injured and the driver jailed when an overnight Clifton police chase Thursday ended in a rollover crash in Nutley. Officers Mohammed Rayyan and William Gibson were assigned to a DUI Enforcement Detail on Route 21 when they stopped a 2017 Audi A7 for traffic violations on Lexington Avenue shortly after midnight, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The officers had just gotten out of their car when the driver hit the gas and sped off, Bracken said. As they chased the luxury sedan southbound on Route 21 into Nutley, the driver cut the lights, the lieutenant said. He …
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Motorcyclist Killed In Passaic Route 21 Crash
A 33-year-old motorcyclist from Roseland was struck and killed over the weekend on Route 21 in Passaic, authorities confirmed Monday. Marco Centanni was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on the highway’s southbound side near River Street following the 8 p.m. crash on Saturday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman said in a joint announcement. His Suzuki GSX R-750 had been struck by a 2017 Honda Accord driven by a Bayonne woman who “remained on the scene and presented a valid license,” they said. An investigation was continuing. Anyone…
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Clifton Police Car Goes Airborne During Chase, Knocks Down Signs, Pole In Garfield
UPDATE: A Clifton police officer escaped serious injury after his SUV went airborne and rolled into a utility pole in Garfield, snapping it from its base, during a late-night pursuit, authorities said. The officer tried stopping a motorist on Ackermann Avenue near Route 21 for careless driving shortly before 11 p.m. Wednesday, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. He ended up pursuing the driver after the sedan sped off onto northbound Route 21, he said. The chase continued on River Road to Outwater Lane, with the fleeing motorist turning off his lights and driving recklessly, the lieutenant…
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Armed Robbers Nabbed After Stolen Car Chase From Paterson To Newark Ends In Crash, Police Say
A police chase from Paterson to Newark ended with the arrests of three armed robbers after they crashed a stolen SUV on Route 21, authorities said. Detectives Yamil Pimienta and Mohammad Bashir stopped the Mazda CX5 – reported stolen out of Jersey City – near the corner of 10th Avenue and East 24th Street shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday. They’d gotten out and were approaching the vehicle when the driver first backed up a bit and then hit the gas and sped away, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. The detectives chased the SUV through Clifton and Passaic on southbound Route 20, then …
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4 Juveniles Nabbed After Stolen Vehicle Tumbles Into Passaic River
Police nabbed four juveniles after they bailed out of a stolen car that landed in the Passaic River in Clifton. Miraculously, none of them were seriously injured, authorities said. Undercover Passaic police officers tried to pull the sedan over on northbound Route 21 Wednesday night when the driver hit the gas, Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said. The vehicle -- reported stolen Sunday from Market Street -- sped off as the officers pulled back out of concern for conditions on the snow-slicked road, Lora said. Soon after, it careened off the highway and landed in the drink just north of Ackerman…
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Convicted Drug Dealer Freed From Prison After 5 Years Nabbed In Chase Near Passaic River
A convicted drug dealer who was only just released from prison was captured after leading Clifton police on a high-speed chase, bailing out and hiding in a row of commercial buildings between the Passaic River and Route 21, authorities said. Remy Castillo, 35, of Newark was released this past November after serving a mandatory five years in state prison for a drug-dealing conviction out of Hudson County, records show. Castillo was part of a group arrested by DEA agents and North Bergen police in 2013 with $250,000 worth of uncut, high-quality cocaine, heroin, crystal meth and pot in a towns…
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Clifton PD: Teens Captured After Stolen Car Chase From Passaic To Teterboro Ends In Crash
A group of teens were captured by officers from several agencies after they crashed a stolen vehicle filled with stolen valuables near Teterboro Airport, ending a police chase that began in Passaic, authorities said. The driver hit the gas and fled when Clifton police tried to stop the 2019 Mazda CX-9, reported stolen out of Elmwood Park, on Lexington Avenue in Passaic around 1:15 a.m. Sunday, Clifton Police Lt. Robert Bracken said. A pursuit continued through the streets of Passaic, onto Route 21 and then onto eastbound Route 46, he said. The driver lost control of the vehicle in Teterbor…
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Sedan Slams Into Pillar Outside Clifton Liquor Store
PHOTOS: A runaway sedan jumped a sidewalk and slammed into a pillar Monday outside a Clifton liquor store. The 58-year-old driver from Guttenberg wasn't seriously injured when her Honda Civic crashed into the pillar in front of Clifton Discount Liquors in Botany Plaza on Ackerman Avenue just off Route 21, police said. Responders initially suspected that she'd had a medical episode, but that couldn't immediately be confirmed. Clifton police, firefighters and EMS responded.Tony Greco for DAILY VOICE The Honda, which was partially blocking the store's entrance, was towed from the scene. …
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Paterson Man, 27, Struck On Route 21 In Passaic Dies
UPDATE: A 27-year-old Paterson man struck by a car on Route 21 in Passaic last month died of his injuries on Memorial Day, loved ones said. Emmanuel DeJesus Perdomo was pronounced dead at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson at 6:47 a.m. Monday, authorities confirmed. Perdomo was walking along the north side of the highway near River Drive when a 2005 Honda Civic struck him around 8 p.m. on April 14, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman said in a joint announcement. Both Perdomo and the driver, 57-year-old Luis J. Munoz of Passaic,…
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Pedestrian Struck On Route 21 In Passaic Listed In Serious Condition
A 27-year-old Paterson man was seriously injured when he was struck by a car while walking along Route 21 at night, authorities said Thursday. Emmanuel Perdomo, 27, was walking along the north side of the highway near River Drive when a 2005 Honda Civic struck him around 8 p.m. Tuesday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Passaic Police Chief Luis A. Guzman said in a joint announcement. Both Perdomo and the driver, 57-year-old Luis J. Munoz of Passaic, were taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center, they said. Munoz was treated for minor injuries and released, Valdes a…
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