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DWI CRASH: Driver Arrested After Head-On Collision In Fair Lawn DWI CRASH: Driver Arrested After Head-On Collision In Fair Lawn
DWI Crash: Driver Arrested After Head-On Collision In Fair Lawn A driver was led away in handcuffs following a head-on Thanksgiving Eve crash in Fair Lawn. Members of the Hawthorne Volunteer Ambulance Corps took two occupants to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center's Wayne facility after the Nissan Rogue and Honda CRV collided at the intersection of Maple Avenue and Wagaraw Road around 7:30 p.m. Nov. 22. The extent of their injuries couldn't be determined. The Nissan driver who was arrested didn't appear injured. Fair Lawn firefighters also responded. Belfi's Towing removed the vehicles. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this story…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Pickup Driver Charged With Death By Auto In Head-On Crash That Killed Motorcyclist In Fair Lawn Pickup Driver Charged With Death By Auto In Head-On Crash That Killed Motorcyclist In Fair Lawn
Pickup Driver Charged With Death By Auto In Head-On Crash That Killed Motorcyclist In Fair Lawn A motorcyclist died after being struck Thursday night in Fair Lawn by a pickup truck driven by an intoxicated electrician who was arrested a short time later, authorities confirmed. The pickup driver, William Clark, 38, of Hawthorne, was charged with vehicular homicide -- also known as death by auto -- in connection with the Oct. 5 crash that killed Harold Almonte, a 33-year-old alternative R&B singer/songwriter. Clark had apparently just left Duffy's Tavern on River Street in Paterson when his southbound 2013 GMC Sierra crossed over the double-yellow line into the northbound lane on W…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SUV Rams Pole At Fair Lawn-Hawthorne Border SUV Rams Pole At Fair Lawn-Hawthorne Border
SUV Rams Pole At Fair Lawn-Hawthorne Border A passenger was seriously injured when an SUV struck a pole overnight Tuesday at the border of Fair Lawn and Hawthorne. The Honda CR-V slammed into the pole alongside the BP station just south of the Lincoln Avenue bridge at Wagaraw Road around 1 a.m. April 10. The passenger was extricated before members of the Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps took him to the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. The SUV rammed the pole outside the BP station at the busy intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Wagaraw Road in Fair Lawn at the Hawthorne border.Kyle Mazza/UNF News for DAILY VOICE At least one othe…

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Crazed Robber Beats Fair Lawn Gas Station Worker, 83, Fights Officers, Smears Feces At HQ: PD Crazed Robber Beats Fair Lawn Gas Station Worker, 83, Fights Officers, Smears Feces At HQ: PD
Crazed Robber Beats Fair Lawn Gas Station Worker, 83, Fights Officers, Smears Feces At HQ: PD A crazed female robber beat a defenseless 83-year-old gas station employee, fought with Fair Lawn police and then urinated and defecated at headquarters, authorities said. Sincere Wiley, 30, began arguing with the attendant at the BP station on Wagaraw Road before shoving him, kneeing him in the face and punching him in the eye shortly before 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, Detective Eric Eleshewich said. She then brandished a box cutter, grabbed some tobacco product and $88 in cash and ran, the detective said. Responding officers saw Wiley – who lives in the upstate New York town of Lockport …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Detective 'Buyers' Nab Accused Fair Lawn Thief Selling Stolen Bicycle Online Detective 'Buyers' Nab Accused Fair Lawn Thief Selling Stolen Bicycle Online
Detective 'Buyers' Nab Accused Fair Lawn Thief Selling Stolen Bicycle Online A Fair Lawn resident who swiped two bicycles and several packages was caught after borough detectives responded to his Facebook ad selling one of the bikes, authorities said. Detective Mark Wyka and Detective Sgt. Nick Snyder found the Facebook ad and got in touch with Jordan Meyers, 23, asking to see the bicycles, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Meyers arranged to meet them at a Wagaraw Road business, then ran after he realized they were police, Metzler said. The detectives chased down Meyers and charged him with two counts of theft and with hindering his arrest. Detective Brian Rykema, who was…

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by Jerry DeMarco