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! Citizen Helps Nab Hit-Run Driver Who Struck Palisades Park Pedestrian, Police Say
A driver who fled after hitting a pedestrian crossing a downtown Palisades Park street was tracked down and arrested by police after a good Samaritan followed him, authorities said. The 38-year-old Fort Lee victim was in the crosswalk as she headed across Broad Avenue when a Honda Pilot turning left from East Homestead Avenue hit her shortly before 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Detective Sgt. Alex Monteleone said. The Pilot then sped off south on Broad Avenue, leaving her in the middle of the road, he said. The victim was taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center. Meanwhile, Officers Matthew Ca…
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Cracked
: DNA From Soda Can Helps Solve PalPark Business Break-Ins
Palisades Park police cracked a pair of cold-case burglaries after the results of a DNA test on a soda can led them to a familiar face from a neighboring town. Officers responding to a break-in at what was then the Happy Diner on Broad Avenue in 2018 found a damaged and emptied cash register outside the Honey Pig Bossam next door, Detective Sgt. Alex Monteleone said. They contacted the owners of both businesses, one of whom reported finding an iPad and $100 missing – along with a soda can that had been left on a counter, he said. Sgt. Sean Cotrrell secured the can, which was sent to t…
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Heroes
: Palisades Park Police Resuscitate OD Victim
A 17-year-old drug user showed no signs of life when a trio of Palisades Park police officers found her on the back deck of a home off Broad Avenue. Officer Theo Christolias administered two doses of Narcan as Sgt. Marc Messing and Officer Robert DeVito conducted CPR, Detective Alex Monteleone said. DeVito applied defibrillator pads that advised no shock, Monteleone said. Messing and Christolias continued CPR and she eventually came around, the detective said . The girl was alert and conscious when taken to Bergen New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus, he said.
Business
North Jersey Restaurant Openings
Chinese dumplings. Roman pizza. American fare in a lounge with speakeasy vibes. It's all right here in North Jersey. Here are some of the new restaurants that recently opened in the area. Reventon is opening this weekend in Wallington. The Peruvian restaurant's specialties are rotisserie chicken, fried chicken and other authentic fare. The owners of the family-operated joint have another eatery in Kearny, BoozyBurbs reports. 210 Main Ave., Wallington. SQ Pizza has opened on Route 17 in Mahwah. SQ offers Roman, by-the-slice pizzeria using non-GMO flour imported from Italy. Classic pies, p…
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PalPark Detectives Charge Local Resident With Masturbating In Public
Palisades Park detectives arrested a borough man after a pedestrian said she found him masturbating on the main drag. The 35-year-old borough victim came to police headquarters and said she'd seen the man in the act as she walked on Broad Avenue near Washington Place the night of Nov. 9, Capt. Anthony Muccio said. A sketch artist produced a composite based on her description that detectives used to identify Hugo Lopez, 33, said Muccio, the officer in charge of the department. Lopez was arrested on Friday and released on a disorderly persons summons, answerable in Municipal Court, charging …
Police & Fire
Englewood Cliffs Driver, 75, Charged In Palisades Park Hit-Run That Injured North Bergen Woman
UPDATE: Palisades Park police tracked down an SUV driver who they said took off after hitting a 19-year-old North Bergen woman at a notorious intersection. The 75-year-old female Englewood Cliffs motorist received traffic summonses for leaving the scene of an accident with injuries and failing to yield to a pedestrian after officers “checked different combinations of the license plate and matched up surveillance video,” Capt. Anthony Muccio said Friday. The victim was heading south on Broad Avenue when she was struck by the woman’s Kia Soul in the crosswalk at East Columbia Avenue around 7:…
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SEE
Anything
? North Bergen Pedestrian, 19, Struck By Hit-Run Driver In Palisades Park
Police asked the public for help finding the hit-run driver who struck and injured a 19-year-old North Bergen woman with his SUV as she crossed a notorious Palisades Park intersection. The victim was heading south on Broad Avenue and was in the crosswalk at East Columbia Avenue when she was struck around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Capt. Anthony Muccio said. The driver continued going east on East Columbia, said Muccio, the officer in charge of the department. The victim was taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center with minor head and leg injuries, he said. Police were looking for a newer …
Police & Fire
Survivors Of Palisades Park Stabbing That Killed 2 Friends Warn Students About Sudden Violence
“I don’t want to die,” a mortally wounded Tommy Johnston told his friend Yang Chung after they and two other Palisades Park High School football players were stabbed on Broad Avenue the night before Labor Day 1992. Johnston, 17, had just been stabbed twice in the chest during a fight with two boys from Ridgefield Park. He died at the hospital. Their friend, Philip Raymondo, 16, died on the steps of police headquarters. He’d been stabbed in the heart. Chung and Gino Zilocchi, now both 43, described the horrific murders of their friends to two groups Thursday during assemblies at Palisades …
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