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Wayne Driver Lighting Cigarette Causes Head-On Crash In Oakland: Police Wayne Driver Lighting Cigarette Causes Head-On Crash In Oakland: Police
Wayne Driver Lighting Cigarette Causes Head-On Crash In Oakland: Police Two drivers from Wayne were injured in a head-on crash that Oakland police said was caused when one of them tried to light a cigarette. The distracted 58-year-old smoker crossed the double-yellow line on Ramapo Valley Road, where her KIA slammed into a Honda Pilot driven by a 65-year-old township woman in front of the Oakland Diner, Capt. Timothy Keenan said. The smoker was extricated by firefighters because the front fender of the KIA had been pushed into the driver's side door, jamming it shut, Keenan said. She'd also complained of chest pains, he said. The woman was taken to St. Joseph…

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GOTCHA! Fugitive Captured By Oakland Police After Getaway Driver Splits GOTCHA! Fugitive Captured By Oakland Police After Getaway Driver Splits
Gotcha! Fugitive Captured By Oakland Police After Getaway Driver Splits A fugitive from New York had just left a Bergen County pharmacy with a bag full of stolen merchandise when he found his getaway driver gone -- and police there instead, authorities said. A UPS driver told Oakland police that both men had approached him on the street a short time earlier. One of them showed him a bogus New Jersey identification card in a failed attempt to collect a package, Capt. Timothy Keenan said. What they didn’t know, Keenan said, was that the UPS “is familiar with the actual residents of that address.” The pair sped off in a black Nissan after he refused their reques…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Harvest & Ale Now Open In Bergen County Harvest & Ale Now Open In Bergen County
Harvest & Ale Now Open In Bergen County A new restaurant and bar has opened its doors in Bergen County. Harvest & Ale, on Ramapo Valley Road in Oakland, bills itself as the area's newest farm-to-table restaurant. The menu boasts apps, sandwiches, bread bowls, greens and grains, skillets and mains, a kids menu, and dozens of cocktails and ales to choose from. The owners also manage Plank Pizza Company in Saddle Brook and Heights Bar & Grill in Hasbrouck Heights, BoozyBurbs reports. Harvest & Ale, 588 Ramapo Valley Road, Oakland

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by Cecilia Levine
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Popular Bergen County Restaurant Charged Criminally For COVID-19 Violations Popular Bergen County Restaurant Charged Criminally For COVID-19 Violations
Popular Bergen County Restaurant Charged Criminally For Covid-19 Violations Police not only cited the owner of an Oakland restaurant and banquet hall for COVID-19 violations stemming from a two large gatherings this past Monday and Friday: They also charged him criminally. Officers who went to the villa-styled Portobello Feast both nights "observed large gatherings of individuals who, among other things, were not in compliance with social distancing guidelines," Police Lt. Christian Eldridge said Tuesday. In addition to violating two separate provisions of Gov. Phil Murphy's executive orders, owner Frank Amen was charged with two criminal counts of maintaining a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Ex-Bergen Athlete Already Charged In Penn State Sex Crimes Busted In Oakland Burglary Spree Ex-Bergen Athlete Already Charged In Penn State Sex Crimes Busted In Oakland Burglary Spree
Ex-Bergen Athlete Already Charged In Penn State Sex Crimes Busted In Oakland Burglary Spree A 20-year-old former high school cross-country runner from Oakland burglarized three borough businesses and attempted to break into at least five others, authorities said Tuesday. It began that morning when footage showed Christopher Leymeister vandalizing a surveillance camera at the rear door of Security Headquarters on Elm Street, Lt. Christian Eldridge said. Further investigation found that he also broke into Oakland Wine and Liquor around the corner on Ramapo Valley Road and a BP service station a few blocks from there, Eldridge said. Leymeister also tried and failed to break into a L…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: West Milford Pedestrian, 76, Killed In Oakland Crash UPDATE: West Milford Pedestrian, 76, Killed In Oakland Crash
Update: West Milford Pedestrian, 76, Killed In Oakland Crash A 76-year-old West Milford woman who was struck by a sedan in Oakland early Friday night died shortly after arriving at the hospital, authorities said. Nina Weil was trying to cross Ramapo Valley Road near the intersection of Elm Street when she was struck around 6:30 p.m. by a 2006 Toyota Corolla operated by a 67-year-old Orange County, NY driver, police Lt. Christian Eldridge said Saturday. Weil had a weak pulse and was bleeding from the head as CPR was conducted in the ambulance en route to the hospital. She was later pronounced dead at to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Pedestrian, 76, Killed In Oakland, Others In Ridgewood, Waldwick Hospitalized UPDATE: Pedestrian, 76, Killed In Oakland, Others In Ridgewood, Waldwick Hospitalized
Update: Pedestrian, 76, Killed In Oakland, Others In Ridgewood, Waldwick Hospitalized A 76-year-old West Milford woman who was struck by a sedan in Oakland early Friday night died shortly after arriving at the hospital, authorities said. Nina Weil was trying to cross Ramapo Valley Road near the intersection of Elm Street when she was struck around 6:30 p.m. by a 2006 Toyota Corolla operated by a 67-year-old Orange County, NY driver, police Lt. Christian Eldridge said Saturday. Weil had a weak pulse and was bleeding from the head as CPR was conducted in the ambulance en route to the hospital. She was later pronounced dead at to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson…

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by Jerry DeMarco