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Unlicensed, Uninsured Driver Climbs Out, Walks Off, Gets 14 Tickets After Cliffside Crash
An out-of-state driver with no license, registration or insurance was apparently intoxicated when she rear-ended a pickup truck at a busy Cliffside Park intersection, then climbed out of her overturned SUV and walked away, authorities said.
Caitlin Riggs, 36, of Wakefield, RI was headed south on Anderson Avenue at Edgewater Road when her 2015 Nissan Versa slammed into a 2011 Dodge Ram shortly after 10 p.m. Monday, Oct. 9, Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said.
The Versa landed on its roof outside the A.K. Macagna Funeral Home, while the pickup had its bed crumpled and a tire flattened.
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5 Nabbed With 144 Checks, 20 Money Orders, Credit/Debit Cards In Various Names: Cliffside PD
Five men stopped by a Cliffside Park police officer had more than 160 checks and money orders made out to dozens of different people, along with various credit, debit and Social Security cards in other people's names, authorities said.
Officer Julio Perez found the driver and passengers "evasive and not truthful" during last week's noontime stop in the 500 block of Anderson Avenue, Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said on Monday, Jan. 30.
One of them, Leroy Chance Williams, 27, of Hackensack, is known to police, having been arrested dozens of times in North Jersey for drug-related crimes …
Cliffside Park Boy, 12, Struck By Van, Undocumented Immigrant Charged
An undocumented immigrant using a fake driver's license was behind the wheel of a Fairview contractor's van that struck a 12-year-old boy in Cliffside Park, authorities said.
The 2006 Ford E250 painting company van was headed south on Anderson Avenue when the boy suddenly stepped into its path near the corner of Greenmount Avenue around 6 p.m. Thursday, Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said.
The youngster was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with foot pain and swelling on his forehead, Capano said.
The driver, Brandon H. Chitic-Mayor, 25, of 90th Street in North Bergen, gave…
Cliffside Park PD: North Bergen Thief, 15, Hits Other Teen With Stolen Car
A 15-year-old North Bergen boy driving a stolen car struck another teen in Cliffside Park, then was captured as he tried to flee along with a passenger who'd been involved in a chase-related police shooting last month, authorities said.
The Lexus, stolen out of North Bergen a short time earlier, struck the 17-year-old victim Sunday afternoon in the 300 block of Washington Avenue, Capt. Vincent Capano said.
The driver and his passenger got out, then drove up the block and parked after having words with the victim, Capano said Tuesday.
Responding police officers grabbed the driver, who still…
Cliffside Park Police Subdue 'Madman' Who Punched Elderly Victim In Face, Kicked In Doors, More
Cliffside Park police subdued and arrested a man who responders said went on a violent spree late Tuesday afternoon – punching an elderly man in the face, kicking in apartment doors and vandalizing an auto.
It began on Anderson Avenue near Morningside Avenue when, one responder said, the assailant “went nuts in his apartment building” just before 5 p.m.
“He kicked in some doors, then went out onto Anderson Avenue, walked up to an elderly man smoking a cigarette and punched him in the face,” the responder said.
Good Samaritans who rushed to the victim’s aid were assaulted, as well, before t…
