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Violent Ex-Con Fugitive Captured In Quiet Maywood Neighborhood Thanks To Clever Tactic (UPDATE) Violent Ex-Con Fugitive Captured In Quiet Maywood Neighborhood Thanks To Clever Tactic (UPDATE)
Violent Ex-Con Fugitive Captured In Quiet Maywood Neighborhood Thanks To Clever Tactic (Update) A violent ex-con fugitive who was holed up in his girlfriend's home on a quiet Maywood street surrendered Wednesday morning after U.S. Marshals showed up with a Bergen County Regional SWAT team. It took a bit of time -- and some cleverness -- to finally capture Duron Smith, 45, who was wanted for dragging a police officer with his car near his Harrisburg, PA, home during a drug bust earlier this year. U.S. Marshals went to Smith's girlfriend's house in the 200 block of Prospect Avenue armed with a warrant around 7 a.m. May 22, Maywood Police Chief Terence Kenny…

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by Jerry DeMarco and Cecilia Levine
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North Jersey Police K9 Helps Handler With Gender Reveal (VIDEO) North Jersey Police K9 Helps Handler With Gender Reveal (VIDEO)
North Jersey Police K9 Helps Handler With Gender Reveal (Video) K-9 Ryker does it again. The 6-year-old German Shepherd who works in narcotics and criminal apprehension with the Maywood Police Department, delivered special news to his handler and family this weekend (scroll for video). Maywood Police Sgt. Chris Nichols, his fiancé Julia Perry, and 7-year-old son Landon gathered in the backyard of their North Jersey home where a friend had placed training drugs under one of the four boxes — two pink and two blue. Then, they watched as Ryker led Sgt. Nichols around the boxes. In seconds, Ryker scratched a box. A pink one. It's a girl!  "Dogs are a hug…

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by Cecilia Levine
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UPDATE: Passaic Escapee In Clifton Parental Abduction Surrenders UPDATE: Passaic Escapee In Clifton Parental Abduction Surrenders
Update: Passaic Escapee In Clifton Parental Abduction Surrenders UPDATE: A young dad from Passaic who escaped after being charged with parental abduction ended a manhunt when he surrendered late Monday, authorities confirmed. Isaiah Felix, 20, of Passaic had been arrested by Clifton police and charged with unlawfully entering a residence in town and taking his young son without permission on Sunday, July 2. Felix was arrested without incident after police found him with the boy at a relative's home a short time later, law enforcement sources told Daily Voice. The child wasn't in any danger, they said. Officers who took Felix to the Passaic County Jail …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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PRISONER ESCAPES: Passaic Dad, 20, Accused In Abduction Captured PRISONER ESCAPES: Passaic Dad, 20, Accused In Abduction Captured
Prisoner Escapes: Passaic Dad, 20, Accused In Abduction Captured UPDATE: A young dad from Passaic who escaped after being charged with parental abduction ended a manhunt when he surrendered late Monday, authorities confirmed. Isaiah Felix, 20, of Passaic had been arrested by Clifton police and charged with unlawfully entering a residence in town and taking his young son without permission on Sunday, July 2. Felix was arrested without incident after police found him with the boy at a relative's home a short time later, law enforcement sources told Daily Voice. The child wasn't in any danger, they said. Officers who took Felix to the Passaic County Jail h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Bergen Prosecutor Requests Privacy In Death Of Officer At HackensackUMC UPDATE: Bergen Prosecutor Requests Privacy In Death Of Officer At HackensackUMC
Update: Bergen Prosecutor Requests Privacy In Death Of Officer At HackensackUMC Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella asked that the family and law enforcement colleagues of Maywood Police Sgt. Jason Liaban be allowed to grieve without disturbance. In a statement released shortly after 12:30 p.m. Thursday, the prosecutor said: "The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit is assisting the Maywood and Hackensack Police Departments in an investigation into the details of the death of 39-year-old Maywood Police Sergeant Jason Y. Liaban, who sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound just after 2:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 30, 2023. "The death is not suspected to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police Officer Dies By Suicide At Hackensack University Medical Center Police Officer Dies By Suicide At Hackensack University Medical Center
Police Officer Dies By Suicide At Hackensack University Medical Center Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella asked that the family and law enforcement colleagues of Maywood Police Sgt. Jason Liaban be allowed to grieve without disturbance. In a statement released shortly after 12:30 p.m. Thursday, the prosecutor said: "The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit is assisting the Maywood and Hackensack Police Departments in an investigation into the details of the death of 39-year-old Maywood Police Sergeant Jason Y. Liaban, who sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound just after 2:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 30, 2023. "The death is not suspected to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Ulta Thief Swipes $8,761 In Fragrances, Captured After Running Across GS Parkway: Montvale PD Ulta Thief Swipes $8,761 In Fragrances, Captured After Running Across GS Parkway: Montvale PD
Ulta Thief Swipes $8,761 In Fragrances, Captured After Running Across GS Parkway: Montvale PD Montvale police captured a thief who dashed across several lanes of Garden State Parkway traffic after snatching $8,761 worth of fragrances from a local Ulta store, authorities said. It was the 28th time in just the past 14 months that someone had either succeeded or attempted to snatch pricey perfumes from the Ulta store in The Shoppes at DePiero Farm, Montvale Police Chief Douglas McDowell said after Wednesday's arrest. It was the sixth time already this year, he said. Lateek Lamount Newton, 28, of New York got out of a grey Nissan Altima with a temporary Georgia license tag and a tailli…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'Unfortunate Accident': Englewood Driver Who Hit Girl, 6, On Maywood Street Not At Fault: Chief 'Unfortunate Accident': Englewood Driver Who Hit Girl, 6, On Maywood Street Not At Fault: Chief
'Unfortunate Accident': Englewood Driver Who Hit Girl, 6, On Maywood Street Not At Fault: Chief UPDATE: A crash that critically injured a 6-year-old girl whose family had just moved to Maywood was a "serious and unfortunate accident" and not the fault of the 25-year-old driver from Englewood, the borough's police chief said. A delivery van that had stopped in front of a house on Spring Valley Road across from Memorial Park around noon Monday had obstructed the driver's view when the child ran out into the street, Maywood Police Chief Terence R. Kenny said Tuesday. Witnesses said the southbound Honda Civic knocked the youngster into the air. "The driver stopped immediately and remain…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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FOUND! Boy, 14, Who Went Missing In Meadowlands Marshes Late At Night Reunited With Mom FOUND! Boy, 14, Who Went Missing In Meadowlands Marshes Late At Night Reunited With Mom
Found! Boy, 14, Who Went Missing In Meadowlands Marshes Late At Night Reunited With Mom A missing 14-year-old East Rutherford boy evaded an hours-long, late-night search before turning up in Lyndhurst, authorities said. The boy's mother told police that her son had run off from The Monarch apartment complex shortly after 9:30 p.m. Saturday, March 12, East Rutherford Deputy Chief Phillip Taormina said. She said she ran after him but lost the boy about 20 feet in the marshland behind the development off eastbound Route 3 across from the Meadowlands Sports Complex. Given the terrain and frigid temperatures, officers requested K-9s from the Bergen County Sheriff's and Maywood pol…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HEROES: Stricken Swimmer, 92, Rescued From Maywood Pool HEROES: Stricken Swimmer, 92, Rescued From Maywood Pool
Heroes: Stricken Swimmer, 92, Rescued From Maywood Pool An unconscious 92-year-old swimmer was floating face down in the Maywood Municipal Pool when responders rushed to the rescue, authorities said. Lifeguards Andrew Esposito and David Wells removed the borough resident from the pool following last Wednesday afternoon’s mishap, Maywood Police Chief Terence R. Kenny said. Their colleagues assisted in initial resuscitation efforts, Kenny said Tuesday. Lt. Derek Smith and Sgt. Jason Liaban arrived moments later and began CPR, the chief said. The swimmer – who requested anonymity  -- was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center and was …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Carlstadt PD: Hackensack Driver In Route 17 Chase Had Heroin, Coke, Crystal Meth, More Carlstadt PD: Hackensack Driver In Route 17 Chase Had Heroin, Coke, Crystal Meth, More
Carlstadt PD: Hackensack Driver In Route 17 Chase Had Heroin, Coke, Crystal Meth, More A Hackensack driver carrying a variety of illegal drugs raced along Route 17, cutting across three lanes several times, before surrendering to a pursuing Carlstadt police officer in Moonachie, authorities said. Officer Matthew Bartlett tried pulling over the Honda Civic after driver Shavar Ingram, 34, improperly passed two vehicles and made an illegal left turn onto Paterson Avenue from Enoch Street, Police Chief Thomas Berta said. Ingram kept going, speeding onto Route 17, before the pursuit finally ended on Berger Street, the chief said. Berta said a search turned up various amounts of: …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Maywood Detectives Nab 15 In $40,000 Mailbox Checks Theft Maywood Detectives Nab 15 In $40,000 Mailbox Checks Theft
Maywood Detectives Nab 15 In $40,000 Mailbox Checks Theft Maywood police snared a whopping 15 people in the mailbox theft of what turned into more than $40,000 worth of checks. Police responding to a citizen’s call at 3:23 a.m. last Aug. 19 found a mailbox pried open, and its contents removed, at the intersection of West Pleasant and Wyoming avenues, Detective Sgt. William Phayre said Tuesday. “Over the course of the next several weeks, more than a dozen victims reported fraudulent activity involving checks that were placed in the mailbox during the days leading up to the theft,” Phayre said. “Many of the checks were altered and deposited into va…

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by Jerry DeMarco