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Polifly Road, Hackensack, NJ
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Wild Street Brawl Sends Jersey Shore Repeat Offender, Officers To Hospital
A repeat offender from Toms River who was high on PCP fought violently with police who kept him from running into traffic outside a 7-Eleven in North Jersey, authorities said. The incident was another in a recent series of episodes involving Albert P. Fischetta III, 40, whose violent reaction sent two officers – and himself – to the hospital, they said. Fischetta had been freed after police in Berkeley Township said he attacked an elderly man while not wearing any clothes last fall, records show. This time, his girlfriend told police in Hasbrouck Heights (Bergen County) that Fischetta sudd…
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Woman Stabs BF In Hackensack Condo Building Elevator, Police Charge
A Hackensack woman was jailed after authorities said she stabbed her boyfriend at a city condo building. The unidentified 28-year-old victim – wearing a court-required ankle monitor – arrived at the Hackensack University Medical Center emergency room via private transportation shortly before 11:30 a.m. Saturday. He'd been stabbed moments earlier at the Vue Apartments on Polifly Road across from the entrance to eastbound Route 80, responders said. Police found a trail of blood in the hallway and in the elevator, where they believe he was stabbed. They arrested his girlfriend, Imani Curry,…
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Hackensack PD: Hells Angel Busted With Loaded Gun, Drugs In Route 80 Stop
A Hells Angel with a record was found carrying a loaded gun and drugs during a traffic stop on a Route 80 entrance ramp, Hackensack police said. Narcotics detectives stopped a 2018 Jeep Wrangler driven by Mark E. Johnson, 44, on the eastbound highway entrance ramp off Polifly Road shortly before 5:30 p.m. Friday. Investigators had witnessed a drug deal involving Johnson moments earlier, Detective Lt. Michael Antista said. When he couldn’t produce a driver’s license or registration, they asked him to get out of the Jeep, he said. Once he did, the detectives spotted a hammer sticking out be…
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Shoeless Hackensack FedEx Robber: ‘Give Me The Package Or I’ll F*** You Up’
"Give me the package or I'll f*** you up," a shoeless robber from Teaneck told a FedEx driver who was making a delivery in Hackensack on Tuesday, authorities said. What followed was a massive manhunt and a police chase through a muddy creek that ended when police found Newon O. Byfield, 31, behind the nearby Hilton Hasbrouck Heights/Meadowlands. And what was in the package? Marijuana, authorities suspect. The shoeless Byfield approached the driver at a Polifly Road address and threatened him shortly after 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Lt. Anthony DiPersia said. The driver resisted, a struggle follo…
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Authorities Charge Laborer In Hit-Run Crash That Critically Injured Hackensack Man, 27
A laborer living in Hackensack was arrested Saturday and charged with leaving a 27-year-old city man for dead after mowing him down in the middle of the night. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said detectives from his Fatal Accident Investigations Unit and Hackensack police identified and arrested Juan Gonzalez Ramirez in connection with the 12:39 a.m. hit-and-run crash at the corner of Polifly Road and Sutton Avenue. The victim remained in critical condition with multiple injuries Saturday at Hackensack University Medical Center, the prosecutor said. SEE: Hackensack Pedestrian, 27, …
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? Hackensack Pedestrian, 27, Struck By Hit-Run Driver Critical
A 27-year-old Hackensack man remained in intensive care after being struck overnight Thursday by a vehicle that fled the scene, responders said. A motorist who didn’t witness the crash dialed 911 after finding the victim in the southbound lane of Polifly Road near Sutton Avenue around 12:30 a.m. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center in critical condition. Given the severity of injuries in the hit-and-run crash, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Fatal Accident Investigations Unit is heading the investigation, assisted by Hackensack police and the Bergen Count Sheriff’s Bureau of…
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HIM? Ex-Con Sought After Hackensack Stolen Car Pursuit Ends In Crash
A manhunt was under way for an ex-con with a 25-year criminal history who crashed a stolen car twice while being pursued by Hackensack police Thursday morning. Antonio Singletary, 48, was behind the wheel of a 2017 Lincoln MKZ that Officer Frank McCall tried to pull over shortly before 9 a.m., Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Singletary hit the gas instead, speeding off south on Polifly Road before the sedan knocked down a light pole and kept going as he tried to make a left onto eastbound Route 80, the captain said. Singletary then tried to merge onto northbound Route 17, but…
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HIM? Ex-Con Sought After Hackensack Stolen Car Chase Ends In Crash
A manhunt was under way for an ex-con with a 25-year criminal history who crashed a stolen car twice while being pursued by Hackensack police Thursday morning. Antonio Singletary, 48, was behind the wheel of a 2017 Lincoln MKZ that Officer Frank McCall tried to pull over shortly before 9 a.m., Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Singletary hit the gas instead, speeding off south on Polifly Road before the sedan knocked down a light pole and kept going as he tried to make a left onto eastbound Route 80, the captain said. Singletary then tried to merge onto northbound Route 17, but the vehic…
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