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Unidentified Man's Body Found Amid Wreckage Of Hawthorne Auto Repair Shop Fire Unidentified Man's Body Found Amid Wreckage Of Hawthorne Auto Repair Shop Fire
Unidentified Man's Body Found Amid Wreckage Of Hawthorne Auto Repair Shop Fire Authorities were trying to identify a man whose body was found at the scene of a destructive fire at an auto repair shop in Hawthorne. The blaze ignited among tires, pallets and debris, then spread to three trucks behind Luscher’s Automotive between 4th and Lafayette avenues shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, Hawthorne Fire Chief Joseph Speranza said. The fire also damaged the shop, the fire chief said. Amid the rubble firefighters found a body, he said. Authorities need to identify the man and obtain the results of an autopsy before knowing for sure whether he died accidentally, pur…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hawthorne PD: Car Thieves From NYC Captured After Fleeing In Different Directions Hawthorne PD: Car Thieves From NYC Captured After Fleeing In Different Directions
Hawthorne PD: Car Thieves From NYC Captured After Fleeing In Different Directions Four out-of-state men who’d stolen a car in Hawthorne and tried to flee on foot were nabbed -- including one who ran along Route 208 into Glen Rock, authorities said. Hawthorne officers headed to a call of vehicles being cased by four young men spotted the suspects on 8th Avenue near Rea Avenue shortly after 3 p.m. last Wednesday. The quartet all split up and ran as the officers approached, Detective Lt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. One was quickly seized on 10th Avenue and two others were grabbed near the corner of Ruth Avenue and Victor Place, the lieutenant said. The fourth was seen running …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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40-Something Couple Hit Crossing Hawthorne Street 40-Something Couple Hit Crossing Hawthorne Street
40-Something Couple Hit Crossing Hawthorne Street A Hawthorne couple was hospitalized after being struck by a van on a local street. The van was headed south on Lincoln Avenue when it hit the pair, both 48 years old, near approaching Diamond Bridge Avenue around 9 p.m. Tuesday, Detective Lt. Matthew Hoogmoed. Both were taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening, the lieutenant said. The 55-year-old driver, also from Hawthorne, remained at the scene, Hoogmoed said. Hawthorne police, EMS and ALS all responded, while Fair Lawn and Glen Rock police assisted, he said. No summonses o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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ID Thieves Had Dozens Of Fake DLs, Debit Cards, Social Security Cards, More: Hawthorne PD ID Thieves Had Dozens Of Fake DLs, Debit Cards, Social Security Cards, More: Hawthorne PD
ID Thieves Had Dozens Of Fake DLs, Debit Cards, Social Security Cards, More: Hawthorne PD A New York City couple who both tried giving Hawthorne police fake IDs during a traffic stop had a trove of phony driver’s licenses, debit cards, Social Security cards and checks in other people’s names with them, authorities said. Various violations led police to stop their 2006 BMW 525, which had a temporary registration tag that didn’t belong to the vehicle, on Rea Avenue near Goffle Road around 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, Detective Lt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. After arresting both, police found “the driver’s licenses of 29 people as well as numerous TD bank debit cards,” Hoogmoed said. “T…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Neighboring Fire Companies Douse Pickup Truck Blaze Off Route 208 Neighboring Fire Companies Douse Pickup Truck Blaze Off Route 208
Neighboring Fire Companies Douse Pickup Truck Blaze Off Route 208 A pickup truck went up in flames in Glen Rock late Saturday morning. Glen Rock and Hawthorne firefighters teamed up to extinguish the fire off the corner of Grandview and Lincoln avenues near northbound Route 208 shortly after 11 a.m. "The owner of the vehicle, a 60-year-old Oakland man, stated he had been driving on Route 208 when another motorist alerted him that his vehicle was smoking," Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. "He pulled off the highway and brought the vehicle safely to a stop and exited before the fire spread to the passenger compartment." Hawthorne police assiste…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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BAIL REFORM: NJ Judge Frees Gun-Carrying Driver Who Rammed Police Cars With Stolen BMW, PD Says BAIL REFORM: NJ Judge Frees Gun-Carrying Driver Who Rammed Police Cars With Stolen BMW, PD Says
Bail Reform: NJ Judge Frees Gun-Carrying Driver Who Rammed Police Cars With Stolen BMW, PD Says A driver with no license, registration or insurance was carrying a gun when he rammed two Hawthorne police cars -- narrowly missing several officers -- with a BMW stolen from the Hamptons, authorities said. Troy Weeks, 27, was charged with five counts of aggravated assault on a police officer, possession of both a firearm and a stolen vehicle and several other offenses following the incident, Hawthorne Detective Lt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. Weeks has a criminal history, including arrests in Essex County dating back to 2017, records show. A Central Judicial Processing Court judge in Paterson …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Relentless Offender Caught Snorting Heroin At Police HQ, Fair Lawn PD Says Relentless Offender Caught Snorting Heroin At Police HQ, Fair Lawn PD Says
Relentless Offender Caught Snorting Heroin At Police HQ, Fair Lawn PD Says A relentless repeat offender who's been caught and released a half-dozen or so times in Bergen and Passaic counties this fall pulled out a hidden fold of heroin and began snorting it while in custody at Fair Lawn police headquarters, authorities said. Judges and police alike in Bergen and Passaic counties have been forced to release Michael Benedek, 26, of Paterson under bail reform multiple times following recent arrests for burglary, theft, receiving stolen property and shoplifting, records show. Benedek dropped a power buffer he'd just stolen from an auto body shop when Hawthorne police …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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PD: Passaic Woman Who Crashed SUV Into Convenience Store Goes On Rampage At Hawthorne 7-Eleven PD: Passaic Woman Who Crashed SUV Into Convenience Store Goes On Rampage At Hawthorne 7-Eleven
PD: Passaic Woman Who Crashed SUV Into Convenience Store Goes On Rampage At Hawthorne 7-Eleven A Passaic woman who made headlines when her SUV plowed into the front of a Bronx gas station convenience store went on a rampage at a Hawthorne 7-Eleven that continued at police headquarters, authorities said Wednesday. Police were called after Santa Moya, 23, stole cigarettes from the Goffle Road store and a clerk tried to stop her, Detective Lt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. Moya was tangling with the employee in the parking lot when officers pulled up, he said. The clerk's head was bleeding after some of her hair had been ripped out, a witness said. Moya then “became irate and hostile towards…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Dump Truck With Trailer Barrels Down Embankment Into Hawthorne Home Dump Truck With Trailer Barrels Down Embankment Into Hawthorne Home
Dump Truck With Trailer Barrels Down Embankment Into Hawthorne Home A dump truck and equipment trailer owned by a Wayne landscaping company barreled down an embankment and crashed into a home in Hawthorne on Monday. The single-axle crew cab truck, owned by Canete Landscaping, was headed down Hillcrest Avenue around 5 p.m. when the driver said the brakes failed, responders said. After hitting a parked SUV, the truck careened down the embankment and into the rear closed-in porch of an Emeline Drive home. No injuries were reported. A heavy-duty tow truck was summoned to remove the wreckage. A building inspector responded to assess whether the home could c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Upper Saddle River Dentist, 82, Critically Injured Crossing Hawthorne Street Upper Saddle River Dentist, 82, Critically Injured Crossing Hawthorne Street
Upper Saddle River Dentist, 82, Critically Injured Crossing Hawthorne Street A veteran dentist from Upper Saddle River was critically injured when he was struck crossing a Hawthorne street Thursday night, authorities said. Ronald Van Slooten, 82, was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson after the 8:47 p.m. crash on Lafayette Avenue near Llewelyn Avenue, authorities said. Van Slooten was struck and thrown into the windshield by a 2013 Subaru Impreza operated by a 40-year-old Hawthorne man who remained at the scene, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Hawthorne Police Chief Richard McAuliffe said. The Passaic County Sheriff's Off…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Veteran Bergen Dentist, 82, Struck, Critically Injured In Hawthorne Veteran Bergen Dentist, 82, Struck, Critically Injured In Hawthorne
Veteran Bergen Dentist, 82, Struck, Critically Injured In Hawthorne A veteran dentist from Upper Saddle River was critically injured when he was struck crossing a Hawthorne street Thursday night, authorities said. Ronald Van Slooten, 82, was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson after the 8:47 p.m. crash on Lafayette Avenue near Llewelyn Avenue, authorities said. Van Slooten was struck and thrown into the windshield by a 2013 Subaru Impreza operated by a 40-year-old Hawthorne man who remained at the scene, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Hawthorne Police Chief Richard McAuliffe said. The Passaic County Sheriff's Office r…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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One Injured In Two-Car Hawthorne Crash One Injured In Two-Car Hawthorne Crash
One Injured In Two-Car Hawthorne Crash One person was hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash during the morning rush in Hawthorne. A Volkwagen took down a street sign and hit a light pole Lafayette and Warburton avenues around 8:15 a.m. Both the VW and the Nissan were towed from the scene. Hawthorne police, DPW workers and Volunteer Ambulance Corps members responded, along with an ambulance from the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hawthorne PD: OD’d Driver Of Truck Parked On Sidewalk Claimed Toilet Water Was Urine Sample Hawthorne PD: OD’d Driver Of Truck Parked On Sidewalk Claimed Toilet Water Was Urine Sample
Hawthorne PD: OD’d Driver Of Truck Parked On Sidewalk Claimed Toilet Water Was Urine Sample A passed-out Greenwood Lake driver whose truck partially blocked a gas station entrance later scooped water from a toilet and claimed it was his urine sample, Hawthorne police charged. Officers responding to a call of an erratic driver found Patrick DiCola, 50, out cold behind the wheel of a 1987 Chevy Blazer parked on the sidewalk and partially in the station entrance, Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. The motor was still running, he said. “It took several attempts for officers to awake the driver,” who, Hoogmoed said, “kept falling asleep mid-conversation.” DiCola said he’d taken he…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Hawthorne Driver Rescued From Fiery Wreckage Of Head-On Glen Rock Crash Was Drunk Police: Hawthorne Driver Rescued From Fiery Wreckage Of Head-On Glen Rock Crash Was Drunk
Police: Hawthorne Driver Rescued From Fiery Wreckage Of Head-On Glen Rock Crash Was Drunk UPDATE: The trapped Hawthorne driver rescued from his car before the flames of a burning truck could reach him after a head-on crash in Glen Rock over the weekend was drunk, authorities said. Jason A. Bednar, 41, of Hawthorne was saved by a trio of Glen Rock police officers with “complete disregard for their personal safety,” Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Responding police Sgt. Greg Carter and Officers John Tarantino and Nick Onove found a Chevy Trailblazer in flames just after 4 a.m. Saturday on Lincoln Avenue at Rock Road, Ackermann said. The Trailblazer driver got out of his truck …

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Body Found On Hawthorne Bench Body Found On Hawthorne Bench
Body Found On Hawthorne Bench Police were investigating a body of someone believed to have been homeless found on a Hawthorne bench Saturday morning. The body was found in front of the Goffle Road Dunkin Donuts around 7:15 a.m. Paramedics from The Valley Hospital officially pronounced the individual dead shortly after 7:30 a.m. The Hawthorne Police Department is handling the investigation. Boyd A. Loving also contributed to this story.

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by Cecilia Levine