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Fair Lawn Avenue, Fair Lawn, NJ

Cement Truck Rolls On Route 208 Cement Truck Rolls On Route 208
Cement Truck Rolls On Route 208 A driver escaped serious injury Thursday morning after his cement truck rolled onto a divider at an entrance to Route 208 in Fair Lawn. The truck was fully loaded and tipping the scale at 70,000 pounds -- as in: 35 tons -- when it tipped on the ramp to the southbound highway from eastbound Fair Lawn Avenue around 9:30 a.m. April 4, according to a representative for Tanis Concrete who was at the scene. The truck was doing about 20 to 25 miles an hour, the employee of the Fair Lawn-based company said. Fair Lawn police officers who arrived first assisted the 51-year-old driver from Jerse…
GOTCHA! Fair Lawn Police Interrupt Burglary, Fish Suspect Out Of Passaic River GOTCHA! Fair Lawn Police Interrupt Burglary, Fish Suspect Out Of Passaic River
Gotcha! Fair Lawn Police Interrupt Burglary, Fish Suspect Out Of Passaic River Fair Lawn police who interrupted an overnight burglary captured one of the fleeing bandits after he hopped into the Passaic River, authorities said. The burglars scattered as police arrived at the corner of Fair Lawn Avenue and River Road shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, Sgt. Eric Eleshewich said. It was around 6:30 a.m. when officers spotted one of them about a quarter-mile up River Road, the sergeant said. Seeing them, he ran down to the river, where the officers captured him, Eleshewich said. Yaniel Diaz Mateo, a 21-year-old Dominican national who lives in Paterson, was charge…
UPDATE: 'Running' Man, 66, Struck, Killed By Train In Fair Lawn UPDATE: 'Running' Man, 66, Struck, Killed By Train In Fair Lawn
Update: 'Running' Man, 66, Struck, Killed By Train In Fair Lawn A 66-year-old man was struck and killed by a commuter train Thursday night in Fair Lawn. The man was struck by an NJ Transit train just off Fair Lawn Avenue across from the Radburn station platform shortly before 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31. Witnesses said it appeared he ran in front of the express train, which didn't have a stop there. It wasn't immediately clear whether he was trying to get to the other side or not, they said. Fair Lawn Avenue remained closed temporarily as NJ Transit police began their investigation. The man was struck by an NJ Transit train just off Fair Lawn Avenue …
Civilian Struck, Killed By Commuter Train In Fair Lawn Civilian Struck, Killed By Commuter Train In Fair Lawn
Civilian Struck, Killed By Commuter Train In Fair Lawn A 66-year-old man was struck and killed by a commuter train Thursday night in Fair Lawn. The man was struck by an NJ Transit train just off Fair Lawn Avenue across from the Radburn station platform shortly before 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31. Witnesses said it appeared he ran in front of the express train, which didn't have a stop there. It wasn't immediately clear whether he was trying to get to the other side or not, they said. NJ Transit police were investigating.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Fair Lawn Avenue remained closed temporarily as NJ Transit police began their investigation. …
‘It Just Took Off On Me,’ Says 82-Year-Old Driver Of SUV That Plowed Into Fair Lawn Restaurant ‘It Just Took Off On Me,’ Says 82-Year-Old Driver Of SUV That Plowed Into Fair Lawn Restaurant
‘It Just Took Off On Me,’ Says 82-Year-Old Driver Of SUV That Plowed Into Fair Lawn Restaurant FOLLOW-UP: An 82-year-old Elmwood Park driver whose SUV plowed straight into a Fair Lawn restaurant, injuring a customer and an employee, said the vehicle “took off on her,” according to police. The motorist wasn’t injured when the Ford Escape jumped the curb, hit two bollards and “crashed through the front windows of the occupied dining room” at Green Dragon Asian Cuisine on Fair Lawn Avenue shortly before 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, Detective Eric Eleshewich said. Two men were struck by flying debris – one of them a 41-year-old customer who was taken to the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, th…
Here's The Rub: Fair Lawn Massage Therapist Busted In Undercover Prostitution Sting Here's The Rub: Fair Lawn Massage Therapist Busted In Undercover Prostitution Sting
Here's The Rub: Fair Lawn Massage Therapist Busted In Undercover Prostitution Sting A massage therapist rubbed an undercover police officer in Fair Lawn the wrong way, authorities charged. Qiuefeng Wang, 57, of Fair Lawn was charged with prostitution following the incident at CW Body Works Therapy on Fair Lawn Avenue, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. She was released on a summons to appear in court. Police set up the sting after "receiving information of illicit activity," Metzler said. He didn't identify which particular "service" was offered.
Driver Hospitalized After Fair Lawn Crash Driver Hospitalized After Fair Lawn Crash
Driver Hospitalized After Fair Lawn Crash A driver was hospitalized after a crash Thursday afternoon in Fair Lawn. Members of the Fair Lawn Rescue Squad extricated the Honda Accord driver following the crash with a Nissan Rogue outside the Kuiken Brothers buildings on Fair Lawn Avenue at 6th Street shortly before 1:30 p.m. He walked to the Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps rig and was taken to the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. His sedan was towed. The other vehicle.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE The younger male Rogue driver appeared upset but otherwise OK. His vehicle was drivable. Fair Lawn Avenue at 6th Street in Fair…
Fair Lawn Crash Sends Driver To Hospital Fair Lawn Crash Sends Driver To Hospital
Fair Lawn Crash Sends Driver To Hospital A motorist was hospitalized following a collision at a busy Fair Lawn intersection. The crash at Fair Lawn Avenue and Saddle River Road early Thursday afternoon sent one driver to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening. The other driver refused medical attention. Both the Jeep and Hyundai sedan involved in the crash had to be removed by a flatbed tow truck. Borough police and the Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps responded. Boyd A. Loving took the photo and produced this story.
Burglar Caught In Fair Lawn Home Tries To Run Down Owner, Police Charge Burglar Caught In Fair Lawn Home Tries To Run Down Owner, Police Charge
Burglar Caught In Fair Lawn Home Tries To Run Down Owner, Police Charge A fleeing burglar tried to run down a Fair Lawn homeowner who found him in a house under construction, said police who caught him nearby. Isaiah Townsend, 25, of Newark fled the 5th Street home near Hopper Avenue after the 49-year-old homeowner discovered him on the second floor around noontime Friday, Sgt. Brian Metzlers aid. Townsend got into a green work van parked nearby and tried to hit the homeowner, who’d chased after him with his cellphone camera recording the incident, Metzler said. Police stopped Townsend on Fair Lawn Avenue at Burbank Street and took him into custody, the sergea…
SUV Rolls Off Route 208 Ramp SUV Rolls Off Route 208 Ramp
SUV Rolls Off Route 208 Ramp A driver escaped serious injury after her SUV rolled on a Route 208 entrance ramp Thursday afternoon in Fair Lawn. She was taken by ambulance to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with injuries that didn't appear life-threatening after climbing out of the vehicle, which ended up on its side shortly before 2:30 p.m. The SUV vehicle also hit a parked sedan and a wooded area as it barreled off Fair Lawn Avenue on the ramp to the northbound highway. The driver climbed out under her own steam.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Two tow trucks were called to remove both vehicles.  Fair Lawn police…
Fair Lawn Firefighters Douse Blaze At Auto Repair Shop Fair Lawn Firefighters Douse Blaze At Auto Repair Shop
Fair Lawn Firefighters Douse Blaze At Auto Repair Shop Fire damaged a Fair Lawn auto repair shop on Saturday. Firefighters “quickly stretched hose into the building and got the fire knocked down” after it broke out at Prestige Autowerks on Fair Lawn Avenue at Third Street shortly after 6 p.m., Fire Chief Thomas Carney said. Carney declared the two-alarm blaze under control within a half-hour. No one was injured, he said. Carney thanked Fair Lawn police, Rescue Squad and Volunteer Ambulance Corps, as well as fellow fire companies that provided mutual aid from Elmwood Park, Glen Rock, Paramus and Saddle Brook. Fair Lawn firefighters respon…
Motorcyclists In Predawn Police Pursuit From Popular Fair Lawn Tavern Surrender Motorcyclists In Predawn Police Pursuit From Popular Fair Lawn Tavern Surrender
Motorcyclists In Predawn Police Pursuit From Popular Fair Lawn Tavern Surrender Two motorcyclists who recklessly eluded police during a pre-dawn chase that began outside a popular Fair Lawn tavern turned themselves in to face charges, authorities said. An officer who responded to a call that the men were drunk when they left the Dutch House on Fair Lawn Avenue chased the pair into Saddle Brook before losing them shortly after 3 a.m. Sunday, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Both Nicholas Jacobson, 24, of Saddle Brook, and Nicholas Ryan, 23, of Middlesex were later identified with help from Saddle Brook police and the Bergen County Sheriff's Office, Metzler said. They later tur…
Fair Lawn PD: DWI Bogota Motorist Crashes, Keeps Going Fair Lawn PD: DWI Bogota Motorist Crashes, Keeps Going
Fair Lawn PD: DWI Bogota Motorist Crashes, Keeps Going A Bogota man was drunk when he crashed his car into another and kept going, Fair Lawn police said. Officers found the disabled 2005 Honda Accord on Fair Lawn Avenue, nearly five blocks from where it struck a 2009 Honda Civic at the corner of 11th Street and Long Road, shortly before 11:30 p.m. this past Saturday, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Still behind the wheel was Angel Garcia-Gantier, 34, he said. Garcia-Gantier failed a roadside sobriety test and was taken into custody, Metzler said. His vehicle was impounded and Garcia-Gantier was released to a responsible adult under John’s Law. He’s…
Paramus Driver, 61, Killed In Horrific Fair Lawn Crash Called 'Angel With Heart Of Gold' Paramus Driver, 61, Killed In Horrific Fair Lawn Crash Called 'Angel With Heart Of Gold'
Paramus Driver, 61, Killed In Horrific Fair Lawn Crash Called 'Angel With Heart Of Gold' She was called "an angel with a heart of gold," deeply religious, kind and caring. Now loved ones friends and others who knew Cemile Akguc are mourning her sudden death in a horrific crash in Fair Lawn. Akguc, 61, of Paramus, "was such a good woman," one of them told Daily Voice. "Read the Bible every day. Went to Bible studies. Spoke Jesus’s word every day." Responders suspect Akguc suffered a medical episode before her Jeep careened out of control and crashed, killing her, at a busy intersection Monday night. The Turkish immigrant, who lived several years in Dumont before moving Paramus…
UPDATE: Paramus Driver, 61, Killed In Horrific Fair Lawn Crash UPDATE: Paramus Driver, 61, Killed In Horrific Fair Lawn Crash
Update: Paramus Driver, 61, Killed In Horrific Fair Lawn Crash She was called "an angel with a heart of gold," deeply religious, kind and caring. Now loved ones friends and others who knew Cemile Akguc are mourning her sudden death in a horrific crash in Fair Lawn. Akguc, 61, of Paramus, "was such a good woman," one of them told Daily Voice. "Read the Bible every day. Went to Bible studies. Spoke Jesus’s word every day." Responders suspect Akguc suffered a medical episode before her Jeep careened out of control and crashed, killing her, at a busy intersection Monday night. The Turkish immigrant, who lived several years in Dumont before moving Paramus…
Online Fair Lawn Xbox Seller Dragged In Parking Lot, Left Holding Tissue Paper Instead Of Cash Online Fair Lawn Xbox Seller Dragged In Parking Lot, Left Holding Tissue Paper Instead Of Cash
Online Fair Lawn Xbox Seller Dragged In Parking Lot, Left Holding Tissue Paper Instead Of Cash A Fair Lawn man who tried to sell an Xbox online was dragged by two robbers who snatched the system and left him with an envelope full of tissue paper Tuesday night, authorities said. The 31-year-old victim told police he arranged on Facebook Marketplace to meet a buyer for the $530 system in the parking lot of the CVS on Fair Lawn Avenue shortly after 8 p.m. The purported buyer took the Xbox and walked with the victim back to the vehicle he arrived in – a newer-model Navy blue BMW – that had a driver, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Once the victim had the envelope, the driver backed away with t…
$1 Million Settlement Collected By Fair Lawn Driver Rear-Ended Stopping For Pedestrian $1 Million Settlement Collected By Fair Lawn Driver Rear-Ended Stopping For Pedestrian
$1 Million Settlement Collected By Fair Lawn Driver Rear-Ended Stopping For Pedestrian A Fair Lawn driver collected a $1 million settlement for a rear-end crash that his attorney said forced him to change jobs. Gjon Lahu, 35, stopped to let a pedestrian cross Fair Lawn Avenue in September 2017 when his vehicle was struck from behind. Lahu was seriously injured and required physical therapy, chiropractic treatment, epidural injections and other surgery as a result, his attorney, Mark McBratney of Siegel Law in Ridgewood, told NJLaw.com. Lahu, who was an auto mechanic at the time, had to take a less-strenuous job as a school custodian because of his injuries, McBratney said. …
VIDEO: Bear Cub Scampers Up Fair Lawn Tree VIDEO: Bear Cub Scampers Up Fair Lawn Tree
Video: Bear Cub Scampers Up Fair Lawn Tree A 70-pound bear cub scooted up a tree Monday afternoon in Fair Lawn. The little gal scooted up the tree at NJ Transit's Radburn train station on Pollitt Drive off Fair Lawn Avenue,, bringing borough police, firefighters, DPW workers and the Office of Emergency Management, as well as NJ Transit police and NJDEP Division of Fish & Wildlife personnel. "The cub was captured unharmed, medically checked and tagged by NJDEP staff, then placed in a specially equipped truck for transport to a undisclosed location for release into the wild," Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Dozens …
UPDATE: Police ID Local Pedestrian, 63, Struck, Killed Outside Fair Lawn Municipal Building UPDATE: Police ID Local Pedestrian, 63, Struck, Killed Outside Fair Lawn Municipal Building
Update: Police ID Local Pedestrian, 63, Struck, Killed Outside Fair Lawn Municipal Building A pedestrian struck and killed Wednesday morning outside the Fair Lawn municipal building lived around the corner, authorities said. Yuri Berger, 63, was crossing Fair Lawn Avenue up the street from his Edward Street home when he was struck in the crosswalk by a 2012 Honda SUV driven by a 53-year-old Fair Lawn man around 9:45 a.m., Police Sgt. Sean Macys said. The impact knocked him under a 2017 Mercedes Benz sedan that was stopped near the corner of Parmalee Avenue, Macys said. Police rushed to his aid, lifting the vehicle and administering CPR before EMS took over, the sergeant said.  …
UPDATE: Police ID Local Pedestrian, 63, Struck, Killed Outside Fair Lawn Municipal Building UPDATE: Police ID Local Pedestrian, 63, Struck, Killed Outside Fair Lawn Municipal Building
Update: Police ID Local Pedestrian, 63, Struck, Killed Outside Fair Lawn Municipal Building A pedestrian struck and killed Wednesday morning outside the Fair Lawn municipal building lived around the corner, authorities said. Yuri Berger, 63, was crossing Fair Lawn Avenue up the street from his Edward Street home when he was struck in the crosswalk by a 2012 Honda SUV driven by a 53-year-old Fair Lawn man around 9:45 a.m., Police Sgt. Sean Macys said. The impact knocked him under a 2017 Mercedes Benz sedan that was stopped near the corner of Parmalee Avenue, Macys said. Police rushed to his aid, lifting the vehicle and administering CPR before EMS took over, the sergeant said. …
VIDEO: Defendants Identified In Stolen Car Pursuit That Ended In Fair Lawn Crash VIDEO: Defendants Identified In Stolen Car Pursuit That Ended In Fair Lawn Crash
Video: Defendants Identified In Stolen Car Pursuit That Ended In Fair Lawn Crash UPDATE: A Bronx man crashed a stolen sedan in Fair Lawn on Wednesday following a pursuit that began in Hackensack. Detective Sgt. John Dalton spotted the 2015 Chrysler 200, reported stolen out of New York, at the Riverside Square Mall around 3 p.m., Hackensack  Police Lt. Anthony DiPersia said. When he tried to pull the car over, it sped off on westbound Route 4, he said. Paramus police picked up the pursuit when it hit their town. It continued into Fair Lawn, where Paramus Police Officer Benjamin Fox stopped it on Broadway in Fair Lawn. Driver Kenneth L. Barrer, 32, then hit the gas ag…
VIDEO: Stolen Car Pursuit Ends In Fair Lawn Crash VIDEO: Stolen Car Pursuit Ends In Fair Lawn Crash
Video: Stolen Car Pursuit Ends In Fair Lawn Crash UPDATE: A Bronx man crashed a stolen sedan in Fair Lawn on Wednesday following a pursuit that began in Hackensack. Detective Sgt. John Dalton spotted the 2015 Chrysler 200, reported stolen out of New York, at the Riverside Square Mall around 3 p.m., Hackensack Police Lt. Anthony DiPersia said. When he tried to pull the car over, it sped off on westbound Route 4, he said. Paramus police picked up the pursuit when it hit their town. It continued into Fair Lawn, where Paramus Police Officer Benjamin Fox stopped it on Broadway in Fair Lawn. Driver Kenneth L. Barrer, 32, then hit the gas ag…
Fair Lawn PD: Impaired Morris County Driver Charged In Crash Involving Paterson Couple Fair Lawn PD: Impaired Morris County Driver Charged In Crash Involving Paterson Couple
Fair Lawn PD: Impaired Morris County Driver Charged In Crash Involving Paterson Couple A Butler driver was under the influence of alcohol and drugs when his car rear-ended another in Fair Lawn, authorities charged. William Bateson, 37, was headed south on River Road approaching Fair Lawn Avenue when his 1999 Acura struck a 2014 Mercedes from behind shortly after 11:30 a.m. last Friday, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Officers Anthony Burgos and Luis Vasquez arrested Bateson after it appeared that he was under the influence of drugs, Metzler said. The 46-year-old Mercedes driver and his passenger, a 48-year-old woman, both from Paterson, refused medical treatment after complaining o…
NYC Boy, 15, With Stolen Long Island Muscle Car Admits Fair Lawn Business Break-Ins NYC Boy, 15, With Stolen Long Island Muscle Car Admits Fair Lawn Business Break-Ins
NYC Boy, 15, With Stolen Long Island Muscle Car Admits Fair Lawn Business Break-Ins A 15-year-old New York City boy went on a burglary spree in Fair Lawn -- stealing cash, cigarettes and lottery scratch offs – using a muscle car reported stolen from Long Island, authorities said. The Feb. 21 spree included $100 taken from the register of Best Cleaners on Morlot Avenue after the glass front door was smashed, as well as a failed attempt at entering New Breed Paintball on Fair Lawn Avenue the same way, Sgt. Brian Metzler said Friday. The teen was captured on surveillance video breaking the glass on the front door of the BP Gas Station, also on Fair Lawn Avenue, around 3:30 a.…
Fair Lawn Girl, 3, Struck By SUV Fair Lawn Girl, 3, Struck By SUV
Fair Lawn Girl, 3, Struck By SUV A 3-year-old Fair Lawn girl walking hand-in-hand with her mom was struck Monday afternoon by an SUV driven by a 79-year-old Ridgewood woman, police said. The girl was knocked about 10 feet but wasn’t seriously injured after being struck on Plaza Road around 2:50 p.m., Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The mother, 38, wasn’t injured, Metzler said. Both were in the crosswalk when they were struck by the 2019 Chevy, which was making a left turn from Fair Lawn Avenue west onto Plaza Road south when it struck the child, the sergeant said. Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance responded and took the girl with …