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Powerful Force Meets Somewhat Movable Object: Ram Slams Into Glen Rock Utility Pole Powerful Force Meets Somewhat Movable Object: Ram Slams Into Glen Rock Utility Pole
Powerful Force Meets Somewhat Movable Object: Ram Slams Into Glen Rock Utility Pole A driver sustained a minor head injury but refused medical treatment after his pickup truck splintered a utility pole in Glen Rock Neither object could be considered the winner in the 1:15 p.m. crash on Ackerman Avenue on Wednesday, Feb. 16. Both got the short end of the deal. The Ram 1500 had to be towed. Police were investigating. Both sides lost in this one.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account. Ram, bam, thank you airbags.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE

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by Jerry DeMarco
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PalPark Police Charge Fort Lee Driver In Hit-Run That Severely Injured Pedestrian PalPark Police Charge Fort Lee Driver In Hit-Run That Severely Injured Pedestrian
PalPark Police Charge Fort Lee Driver In Hit-Run That Severely Injured Pedestrian The search for a hit-and-run driver who severely injured a 60-year-old Palisades Park woman crossing a borough street last November ended with the arrest of a Fort Lee man, authorities said. Abdullah Karabulut, 46, was identified by Detective Martin Kim following a two-month investigation, said Capt. Shawn Lee, the officer in charge of the department. The victim was hospitalized after being struck at East Edsall Boulevard and 2nd Street on Nov. 29, Lee said. The vehicle that hit her kept going, he said. It turned out to be a red Toyota Prius owned and operated by Karabulut, the captain sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Police Investigation Shuts Down Main Street In Chatham Police Investigation Shuts Down Main Street In Chatham
Police Investigation Shuts Down Main Street In Chatham UPDATE: The police investigation was the result of a fire that destroyed Chatham Sandwich Shop on Main Street. Read more here. ------------------------------ An active police investigation in Chatham caused a closure on Main Street early Wednesday, authorities said. Main Street was closed between Fairmount and N. Passaic Avenue around 7:50 a.m., Chatham Borough Police Det. Sgt. Michael E. Bochniak told DailyVoice.com. “Please plan accordingly,” Bochniak said.

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by Valerie Musson
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Crash Sends Bergenfield Police Officer, Motorist To Hospital Crash Sends Bergenfield Police Officer, Motorist To Hospital
Crash Sends Bergenfield Police Officer, Motorist To Hospital A Bergenfield police officer headed to a reported fire and a motorist were both hospitalized following a crash outside the borough public library, authorities confirmed. "We don't know the extent of the injuries yet," Police Chief Mustafa Rabboh said following the crash shortly before 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 1, at the corner of Clinton and Front streets. A detective went to the hospital to check on both, he said. The female officer was headed to an activated fire alarm at a nursery school on Woodbine Street. Clinton and Front streets outside the Bergenfield Public Library.Yaniv Besterma…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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AG: 9MM Handgun, Spent Casings Found Near Paterson Man Shot, Killed By City Detective AG: 9MM Handgun, Spent Casings Found Near Paterson Man Shot, Killed By City Detective
AG: 9MM Handgun, Spent Casings Found Near Paterson Man Shot, Killed By City Detective A Facebook video recorded by a civilian was included in recordings released Wednesday by the New Jersey Attorney General's Office as part of a required investigation into the fatal shooting last month of a Paterson man by a city police detective. A 9mm handgun was recovered -- along with nine 9mm shell casings -- near the body of Thelonious McKnight, 25, in a backyard alleyway off East Main Street shortly before 9 p.m. on Dec. 29, 2021, Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. It all happened in an instant. Storefront and city surveillance cameras shows a group of men hanging out and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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AG: Somerset County Man Shot, Killed In Confrontation With Local Police AG: Somerset County Man Shot, Killed In Confrontation With Local Police
AG: Somerset County Man Shot, Killed In Confrontation With Local Police A man was shot and killed in a confrontation with local police in Somerset County over the weekend, state authorities said Monday. Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck confirmed the shooting, which he said occurred shortly before 6:30 p.m. Sunday inside an apartment on Corporal Langon Way in Hillsborough. No one else was injured, he said. Township police were responding to a 911 call at the residence when the confrontation occurred, the attorney general said. "Officers and emergency medical personnel rendered first aid to the man, and he was pronounced deceased at the scene …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Services Scheduled For Paterson Man Shot, Killed By Detective Services Scheduled For Paterson Man Shot, Killed By Detective
Services Scheduled For Paterson Man Shot, Killed By Detective Services are scheduled this coming Saturday for a Paterson man who was shot and killed last week in a confrontation with city police detectives. Witnesses insist that Thelonious “RaRa” McKnight, 25, was gunned down in cold blood last Wednesday night after detectives chased him down an alley in a mixed-use neighborhood of multi-family homes and businesses near the Passaic River New Jersey's top law enforcer, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck, said that a 9mm handgun was found near McKnight's body. Investigators had made an arrest there hours earlier and were looking fo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Dad Dies After Being Hit Crossing Street Dad Dies After Being Hit Crossing Street
Dad Dies After Being Hit Crossing Street A father has died from injuries he sustained when he was hit by a car on Monday night, according to police and his family. Lower Paxton Township Police were called to a report of a pedestrian struck in the 5500 block of Allentown Boulevard on Dec. 20 at 6:17 p.m., according to a release by police. Upon arrival, police found George R. Slack Jr., 53, laying in the westbound lanes of Allentown Boulevard. Slack was transported to the hospital where he underwent multiple surgeries but ultimately succumbed to his injuries, according to the police and his family. The driver of the vehicle tha…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
‘Opportunistic’ Couple Follows, Assaults And Robs Victim In Own Driveway, Hanover Police Say ‘Opportunistic’ Couple Follows, Assaults And Robs Victim In Own Driveway, Hanover Police Say
‘Opportunistic’ Couple Follows, Assaults And Robs Victim In Own Driveway, Hanover Police Say Police in Hanover took just hours to track down the man and woman they say followed a victim home, assaulted him in his driveway and fled with cash. Shaylah Cooper, 31, of Irvington, and D’Andre Burroughs, 29, of Elizabeth, followed a man they saw with a large amount of cash from a store to his home in Hanover on Tuesday, local police said in a Wednesday release. As the victim was in his driveway unloading groceries, Cooper and Burroughs assaulted him, stole his money and fled in a vehicle, police said. Investigators reviewing the store’s surveillance footage obtained the vehicle’s license…

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by Valerie Musson
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Head-On Crash In Glen Rock Sends Two To Hospital Head-On Crash In Glen Rock Sends Two To Hospital
Head-On Crash In Glen Rock Sends Two To Hospital An out-of-state driver and her passenger from Dumont were hospitalized following a head-on crash in Glen Rock, authorities said. A 2019 Jeep had just exited Saddle River County Park headed south when it swerved into the northbound lane of Prospect Street and struck a 2020 Honda Civic shortly after 1:30 p.m. Monday, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The driver, a 44-year-old Ridgewood man, said he was unsure of what happened, Ackermann said. He refused medical attention, the chief said. Both a witness who lives nearby and the Civic driver -- a 27-year-old Henrico, VA woman -- said the Jeep …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Woman Charged With Murder In Husband's 'Accidental' Shooting Death: Prosecutor NJ Woman Charged With Murder In Husband's 'Accidental' Shooting Death: Prosecutor
NJ Woman Charged With Murder In Husband's 'Accidental' Shooting Death: Prosecutor A 73-year-old woman from Monmouth County has been charged with murder in the shooting death of her husband, authorities said. Michele Linzalone was charged with first-degree murder and second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey. Middletown police were called to 29 Borden Road for a shooting just before 10:15 a.m. Monday. Linzalone had called 9-1-1 and reported the accidental shooting of her husband, later identified as 74 year old Rocky V. Linzalone, the prosecutor said.  …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Englewood Pedestrian, 72, Struck By Sedan Dies Englewood Pedestrian, 72, Struck By Sedan Dies
Englewood Pedestrian, 72, Struck By Sedan Dies A 72-year-old pedestrian who was struck by a sedan in downtown Englewood around noontime Tuesday died later at the hospital, authorities said. The Englewood victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with appeared to be a pelvis fracture after she was struck at West Palisade Avenue and Nathaniel Place, police Detective Lt. Fred Pulice said. She later died during surgery, he said. No charges were filed or summonses issued to the driver of the BMW 5 Series, Pulice said. A police investigation was continuing.

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by Jerry DeMarco