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Authentic-Looking Handguns Land Motorist In Jail Following Haworth Stop Authentic-Looking Handguns Land Motorist In Jail Following Haworth Stop
Authentic-Looking Handguns Land Motorist In Jail Following Haworth Stop They look real, they’re illegal and they can actually cause harm -- especially if an officer mistakes one for the real thing -- authorities said after a Haworth police sergeant found a driver from the Bronx carrying two imitation handguns. One is an airsoft imitation Glock handgun that Sgt. Gianluca Ragone said he found in a jacket under the seat after stopping Roberto Velasquez, 21, for traffic and motor vehicle violations on Schraalenburgh Road late Wednesday. The other is a CO2-powered replica of a 1911 Colt .45 found in the trunk, Lt. Justin Fox said. Ragone got Velasquez’s consent to …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Firefighters Douse Haworth Blaze Firefighters Douse Haworth Blaze
Firefighters Douse Haworth Blaze Firefighters quickly put down a late-night blaze that seriously damaged a Haworth home. Welding work in the master bathroom of the Sunset Avenue residence ignited the three-alarm blaze, which spread to the attic, around 10:40 p.m., responders said. Firefighters had it knocked down and under control in a little over a half hour. No injuries were reported, officials said. Mutual aid responders either at the scene or in coverage included firefighters from Closter, Demarest, Dumont, Hackensack, Harrington Park, New Milford and Tenafly. Haworth police and EMS also responded.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Bergen Executive, Father Of Four ID'd As Train Death Victim UPDATE: Bergen Executive, Father Of Four ID'd As Train Death Victim
Update: Bergen Executive, Father Of Four ID'd As Train Death Victim A married Haworth father of four was struck and killed by a freight train in Harrington Park late Sunday. Responders said the victim apparently walked the two miles or so to the spot 100 yards or so yards south of the LaRoche Avenue crossing, where he was struck shortly after 4 p.m.  The media executive, who'd worked with major television and Internet companies, was pronounced dead at the scene soon after. His death was ruled a suicide, Harrington Park Police Chief Albert Maalouf said. “CSX appreciates the swift response by local emergency personnel and extends its thoughts to those …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Missing Nonverbal Closter Boy, 4, Found After Intense Search Missing Nonverbal Closter Boy, 4, Found After Intense Search
Missing Nonverbal Closter Boy, 4, Found After Intense Search An intense search for a nonverbal 4-year-old boy with autism who'd gone missing from his home ended when a Closter police lieutenant heard him crying in a house under construction. The boy’s parents told police that they “went outside to their vehicle for a moment and inadvertently left the garage door open” on Hickory Lane shortly before 5 p.m. last Thursday, Detective Lt. Vincent Aiello said. Lt. Matthew Thornhill was among a massive group of responders that included Detective Sgt. Keith Dombkowski and Officers Justin Krapels and Brian Kelly, as well as police from Alpine, Cresskill, Dema…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Construction Manager At Bergen Retirement Community, 72, Charged With Pulling Gun In Dispute Construction Manager At Bergen Retirement Community, 72, Charged With Pulling Gun In Dispute
Construction Manager At Bergen Retirement Community, 72, Charged With Pulling Gun In Dispute A 72-year-old construction manager pulled a gun during an argument with another man at a Northvale retirement community, said police who arrested him. The alleged victim told police he’d gotten into an argument with Anthony Prestifilipo of Cedar Grove at Paris Square on Paris Avenue over his “employment and residential status,” Police Chief Howard Ostrow said. Officers responding to a 10 p.m. call at the 55-and-over condo development found Prestifilipo carrying a .380-caliber Kimber handgun that the victim said he assaulted him with, the chief said. They charged Prestifilipo with aggravat…

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Washington Township Police Officer Injured In Crash With Motorist Backing From Driveway Washington Township Police Officer Injured In Crash With Motorist Backing From Driveway
Washington Township Police Officer Injured In Crash With Motorist Backing From Driveway A Washington Township police officer was treated for a shoulder injury Monday after a motorist struck his SUV with her car when she backed out of a driveway without looking, authorities said. The 40-year-old officer was headed down the 300 block of Beech Street when the vehicle struck his, deploying the airbags, Police Chief Richard Skinner said. Hillsdale Volunteer Ambulance Service took the officer to Pascack Valley Medical Center in Westwood. He was released after being treated, the chief said. A flatbed tow truck took his vehicle to headquarters. The woman, meanwhile, got a careless …

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Cross-County Stolen Car Chase From Mahwah Through Paramus Ends With Haworth Crash, Arrest Cross-County Stolen Car Chase From Mahwah Through Paramus Ends With Haworth Crash, Arrest
Cross-County Stolen Car Chase From Mahwah Through Paramus Ends With Haworth Crash, Arrest A pre-dawn cross-county pursuit Monday through nearly a dozen towns began in Mahwah, continued through Paramus and ended on a Haworth dead end street when the driver bailed out while the stolen car was moving. The 2014 Honda Accord slammed into a fire hydrant after grazing a cruiser driven by a Haworth police sergeant, who seized the passenger – a self-proclaimed gang member from Newark. The driver fled. It began when a Mahwah police officer began chasing the Honda -- reported stolen out of Linden -- shortly before 1:30 a.m. Monday on Route 287. Paramus Police Officer Michael Mordaga pick…

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Authorities: Demarest Boy, 16, Killed By Freight Train In Haworth Suicide Authorities: Demarest Boy, 16, Killed By Freight Train In Haworth Suicide
Authorities: Demarest Boy, 16, Killed By Freight Train In Haworth Suicide UPDATE: A 16-year-old Demarest boy died from an apparent suicide when he was struck by a freight train in Haworth before dawn Wednesday, authorities confirmed. The teen was struck by a northbound CSX train after laying across the tracks 50 yards south of the Haworth Avenue crossing sometime after 4:30 a.m., they said. A passerby discovered the body nearly 2½hours later, shortly before 7 a.m., CSX said in a brief statement. Family notifications were made. Daily Voice is withholding his identity. Local police and the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office were among the responders. CSX was…

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Authorities: Demarest Boy, 16, Killed By Freight Train In Haworth Suicide Authorities: Demarest Boy, 16, Killed By Freight Train In Haworth Suicide
Authorities: Demarest Boy, 16, Killed By Freight Train In Haworth Suicide UPDATE: A 16-year-old Demarest boy died from an apparent suicide when he was struck by a freight train in Haworth before dawn Wednesday, authorities confirmed. The teen was struck by a northbound CSX train after laying across the tracks 50 yards south of the Haworth Avenue crossing sometime after 4:30 a.m., they said. A passerby discovered the body nearly 2½hours later, shortly before 7 a.m., CSX said in a brief statement. Family notifications were made. Daily Voice is withholding his identity. Local police and the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office were among the responders. CS…

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CRIME SPREE: Habitual Hackensack Teen Offender Charged In New Milford Police Pursuit, Car Theft CRIME SPREE: Habitual Hackensack Teen Offender Charged In New Milford Police Pursuit, Car Theft
Crime Spree: Habitual Hackensack Teen Offender Charged In New Milford Police Pursuit, Car Theft An 18-year-old Hackensack man charged in a weekend Bergen County crime spree led New Milford police on a stolen car chase, authorities said. Denys Ludizaca was driving the 2011 Toyota Camry reported stolen out of Hackensack when Officer Edward Trinkleback tried to pull him over on Madison avenue shortly before 10:30 p.m. Sunday for failing to use his directional signal, they said. Ludizaca “disregarded the officer’s signals to stop and turned down multiple side streets,” Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said Wednesday. He eventually pulled over, then hopped out of the car along with a 16-yea…

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Pushin’ 55: Drug Corner Sweep Nets Paterson Police Gun, Drugs, Middle-Aged Defendants Pushin’ 55: Drug Corner Sweep Nets Paterson Police Gun, Drugs, Middle-Aged Defendants
Pushin’ 55: Drug Corner Sweep Nets Paterson Police Gun, Drugs, Middle-Aged Defendants Paterson police swept a drug corner and seized a handgun, along with dozens of heroin folds and cocaine vials, while arresting several people – including three men over 50. Along with buyers from Clifton, Lodi and Haworth, narcotics detectives responding to citizen complaints busted four people Friday at 17th Avenue and East 28th Street on various drug and weapons charges, Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Seized was a 9mm Beretta Model 92F handgun, along with 54 folds of heroin, and three bags of pot, he said. Those arrested included a 51-year-old ex-con, Traci Durham, whose cha…

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Haworth PD: Drugged Closter Driver Tosses Heroin Bags Out Car Window Haworth PD: Drugged Closter Driver Tosses Heroin Bags Out Car Window
Haworth PD: Drugged Closter Driver Tosses Heroin Bags Out Car Window A Closter driver tossed several bags of heroin out of his car as a Haworth police officer pulled him over, authorities said. Officer Andrew Soltes was stopping Nick Linaris, 42, on Haworth Avenue around 10:15 a.m. Tuesday when he saw the 10 folds of heroin come flying out the window, Detective Sgt. Justin Fox said. Soltes found Linaris carrying Xanax, some loose heroin and drug paraphernalia, Fox said. Linaris, who Fox said admitted being under the influence of heroin, was taken into custody and sent to the Bergen County Jail on various drug-related charges, as well as evidence tampering. …

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