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SEE ANYTHING? Englewood PD Seeks Help Finding Hit-Run Driver Who Injured Two SEE ANYTHING? Englewood PD Seeks Help Finding Hit-Run Driver Who Injured Two
SEE Anything? Englewood PD Seeks Help Finding Hit-Run Driver Who Injured Two A vehicle involved in an Englewood crash that sent two Fort Lee residents to the hospital before dawn Monday sped off before police arrived, authorities said. What the victims described as a red, two-door vehicle with rear end damage was involved in the collision just after midnight at Knickerbocker Road and Tryon Avenue, Police Chief Lawrence Suffern said. The driver and passenger -- one 48, the other 42 -- were taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center with neck and back injuries that weren't considered life-threatening. Suffern asked that anyone who might have seen something o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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GOT VIDEO? Englewood Police Seek Help Identifying Housing Complex Gunman GOT VIDEO? Englewood Police Seek Help Identifying Housing Complex Gunman
GOT Video? Englewood Police Seek Help Identifying Housing Complex Gunman Police turned to the public for help identifying whoever fired shots outside an Englewood housing complex Monday night. Detectives were seeking witnesses and/or surveillance video recorded between 8:45 p.m. and 10 p.m. Monday at the 100-unit Martin Luther King Gardens complex at William Street and West Englewood Avenue, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said in a Ring message to residents. "Luckily, it appears that no one was injured" in the 9:15 p.m. shooting, he added. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence. A sheriff's K-9 unit also responded in an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
RECOGNIZE HIM? Woman Sitting Outside Englewood Cafe Mugged By Bandit On Bicycle RECOGNIZE HIM? Woman Sitting Outside Englewood Cafe Mugged By Bandit On Bicycle
Recognize HIM? Woman Sitting Outside Englewood Cafe Mugged By Bandit On Bicycle A woman struggled desperately to get back her wallet from a thief who rode up on a bicycle and snatched it as she sat outside at an Englewood cafe, said authorities who turned to the public for help identifying him. A reward is available. The bandit ended up losing his footing and dropping the wallet during the fierce broad-daylight struggle outside Dulce Le Leche on busy West Palisade Avenue near the corner of William Street, they said. He tried to scoop it up, but the woman's screams scared off the would-be robber, who hastily pedaled away, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. Surv…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Victim Clinging To Life, Assailant Sought In Stabbing Outside Englewood Church Victim Clinging To Life, Assailant Sought In Stabbing Outside Englewood Church
Victim Clinging To Life, Assailant Sought In Stabbing Outside Englewood Church A man was hospitalized with a life-threatening stab wound and his assailant was being sought following a fight Sunday afternoon outside an Englewood church. Officers who responded to at Mt. Cavalry Baptist Church on West Demarest Avenue applied a tourniquet before an ambulance took the victim, 31, to Hackensack University Medical Center shortly before 3 p.m., Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. The victim may have been attending a social event when a fight broke out and he was stabbed, Halstead said. His assailant remained at large and may have fled the scene in a dark-colored vehic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Five Morris County Officers Admit Cocaine Possession, Used Database To Find Sellers Prosecutor: Five Morris County Officers Admit Cocaine Possession, Used Database To Find Sellers
Prosecutor: Five Morris County Officers Admit Cocaine Possession, Used Database To Find Sellers Five Morris County Corrections officers admitted using and sharing drugs including cocaine -- keeping them from ever getting a job in public employment ever again. Corrections officers Dominick Andico, 33, Albert Wyman IV, 36, Robert Busold, 27, Brian T. Rzucidlo, 35, and Sheriff's Officer Nicholas Ricciotti, 31, plead guilty to various drug charges for buying, distributing and being in possession of cocaine starting in January 2018, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp said in a joint release. All five were forced to resign and will undergo mandatory drug treatment after pleading guil…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
SEE ANYTHING? Hidden Camera Shows Burglary Trio Ransacking Englewood Home SEE ANYTHING? Hidden Camera Shows Burglary Trio Ransacking Englewood Home
SEE Anything? Hidden Camera Shows Burglary Trio Ransacking Englewood Home A surveillance camera captured video of three burglars ransacking an Englewood home, said police who asked the public's help finding those responsible. Police responding to a 9:22 p.m. burglar alarm Friday in the 100 block of Chestnut Street found a rear kitchen door forced open, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. Backups helped canvass the area with negative results, Halstead said. The homeowner, who was away, gave detectives surveillance footage showing the intruders "running around the interior of the residence," he said. A list of missing items was being compiled, the deputy …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Violent Hackensack Home Invaders Rob Couple Of $20,000 Watch, Jewelry While Child, 3, Sleeps Violent Hackensack Home Invaders Rob Couple Of $20,000 Watch, Jewelry While Child, 3, Sleeps
Violent Hackensack Home Invaders Rob Couple Of $20,000 Watch, Jewelry While Child, 3, Sleeps Two home invaders, one armed with a handgun, smashed their way into a Hackensack apartment overnight Thursday and robbed a couple of $53,000 worth of jewelry while their 3-year-old daughter slept in another room, authorities said. The robbers broke the door frame, a lock and glass when they crashed into the Tracy Place apartment around midnight, Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. One of them pointed a revolver at a female tenant’s head, ordering her to sit in a chair, DeWitt said. The gunman then forced the male tenant to the ground and “demanded to know where the money is,” DeWitt said. When the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Victim Stabbed In Head In Englewood Victim Stabbed In Head In Englewood
Victim Stabbed In Head In Englewood A man was stabbed in the back of the head before dawn Sunday at a home in Englewood, authorities confirmed. Detectives recovered a large kitchen knife and detained everyone at the home on Bennett Road, a few doors from Mackay Park, after responding to the call around 1:30 a.m., Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead told Daily Voice. The 50-something victim was taken to the trauma unit at Hackensack University Medical Center where he remained in serious but stable condition on Sunday. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identification collected evidence. No one had been charged a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
SEE ANYTHING? Englewood Shooting Suspects In Pursuit Bail At Leonia Border SEE ANYTHING? Englewood Shooting Suspects In Pursuit Bail At Leonia Border
SEE Anything? Englewood Shooting Suspects In Pursuit Bail At Leonia Border Two guns came flying out the window of a car during a wild Englewood police pursuit following a shooting last month, said authorities who grabbed the occupant of one vehicle and were seeking the public’s help finding those in the other. Several officers heard gunfire at the One William Street apartment complex at West Englewood Avenue and William Street and saw two vehicles speed away just after midnight April 13, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. Police pursed both vehicle along South Dean Street, where the two guns were tossed from a late model Jeep Grand Cherokee, he said. “Whe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
SEE ANYTHING? Teaneck Police Seek Help Finding Shooter Near Englewood Border SEE ANYTHING? Teaneck Police Seek Help Finding Shooter Near Englewood Border
SEE Anything? Teaneck Police Seek Help Finding Shooter Near Englewood Border Witnesses told Teaneck police an SUV passenger fired several shots Tuesday night near the Englewood border, hitting another vehicle, a utility pole and a tree. No one was struck in the 9:30 p.m. shooting on Washington Place near Walden Street, Police Chief Glenn M. O'Reilly said. The getaway vehicle was described as a late-model blue or gray Honda Odyssey and the shooter a thin black man wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt, O'Reilly said. Anyone who might have seen something, has video surveillance footage or information that could help investigators is asked to call Teaneck police at (2…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Englewood PD: Neighbors Hear Argument Before Gunman Shoots Out Van Window Englewood PD: Neighbors Hear Argument Before Gunman Shoots Out Van Window
Englewood PD: Neighbors Hear Argument Before Gunman Shoots Out Van Window SEE ANYTHING? A gunman who shot out the back window of a van parked in Englewood near the Teaneck border before dawn Monday, police confirmed. Officer Brian Devenney was on Forest Avenue when he heard several quick shots around 2:40 a.m., Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. Corroborating reports from Teaneck police confirmed his suspicion that the shots originated from the area of Lorraine Avenue and Rosemont Place, where officers found the damaged van. Neighbors reported hearing some type of argument before the shots were fired, the deputy chief said. The van's owner said the gun…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
SEE ANYTHING? Arsonists Set Three Fires Hours Apart In Englewood SEE ANYTHING? Arsonists Set Three Fires Hours Apart In Englewood
SEE Anything? Arsonists Set Three Fires Hours Apart In Englewood Arsonists set three fires two hours apart at the same housing complex in Englewood, said authorities who were seeking the public's help finding those responsible. A resident and his girlfriend tries to douse the first fire with an extinguisher shortly before midnight Sunday at the Tryon Gardens apartments, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. Someone had set fire to discarded furniture next to a dumpster, he said. City firefighters extinguished the blaze, which charred one of the buildings and slightly melted the siding, Halsread said. There was no damage to the interior, nor were …

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by Jerry DeMarco