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Franklin Turnpike, Mahwah, NJ

SURPRISE! Fleeing Wrong-Way Driver Is Found, Jailed After Aiming At Officers:  Mahwah PD SURPRISE! Fleeing Wrong-Way Driver Is Found, Jailed After Aiming At Officers:  Mahwah PD
Surprise! Fleeing Wrong-Way Driver Is Found, Jailed After Aiming At Officers: Mahwah PD Mahwah police broke off the brief pursuit of a speeding, wrong-way driver who’d gunned his car straight at two officers on Friday for two sound and simple reasons. For one thing, there was a significant public safety risk, it being the middle of the afternoon of a holiday weekend, they said. For another: Turns out the guy works in town. It wasn’t long after the incident on Franklin Turnpike on Friday, Dec. 29 that police said they found and arrested 21-year-old Danny Hamlin of West Milford at his warehouse job. Lt. Michael Blondin and Officer Brian Doolittle were directing traffic a…
Irate Smoke Shop Customer Impersonates Detective, Had Airsoft Guns, Crystal Meth: Mahwah PD Irate Smoke Shop Customer Impersonates Detective, Had Airsoft Guns, Crystal Meth: Mahwah PD
Irate Smoke Shop Customer Impersonates Detective, Had Airsoft Guns, Crystal Meth: Mahwah PD A Mahwah smoke shop customer had two airsoft guns in his car, a holster in his waistband and some crystal meth on him when he claimed to be a police detective during a dispute with the owner, authorities said. Officers who responded to the Hypnotic Smoke Shop on Franklin Turnpike around 9:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6, spoke with the owner and the irate customer, Capt. Guido Bussinelli said. Gustavo Gonzalez Jr., 24, of Monroe, NY, apparently had tried to pay for merchandise with credit card numbers and not an actual card, the captain said. The owner said he told Gonzalez that wasn’t allowed, aft…
GOTCHA! Mahwah, Upper Saddle River PDs Nab Rockland Man In Commercial Burglary Spree GOTCHA! Mahwah, Upper Saddle River PDs Nab Rockland Man In Commercial Burglary Spree
Gotcha! Mahwah, Upper Saddle River PDs Nab Rockland Man In Commercial Burglary Spree Police from Mahwah and Upper Saddle River teamed up to nab a serial burglar from Rockland County who broke into several well-known area businesses – including a local mini mart that was victimized twice, authorities said. Carlos M. Martinez Amaya wasn't only charged with burglarizing the Mahwah Bar & Grill, Ernie’s Ice Cream and the Fardale Deli & Mini Mart (twice). He's also accused of commercial burglaries in Upper Saddle River and Franklin Township and with pointing a gun at someone. Minimal proceeds were taken during break-ins the same night, March 31, at Ernie’s on Franklin Tu…
BUSTED: Mahwah Woman, 40, Charged With Shooting Up Former Waldwick Neighbor's SUV BUSTED: Mahwah Woman, 40, Charged With Shooting Up Former Waldwick Neighbor's SUV
Busted: Mahwah Woman, 40, Charged With Shooting Up Former Waldwick Neighbor's SUV UPDATE: A 40-year-old Mahwah woman was charged with shooting up an SUV parked in the driveway of a former neighbor in Waldwick. Megan Dzugay spent the night in jail after being seized in Mahwah by Waldwick detectives, assisted by Mahwah police and a Bergen County Regional SWAT team, Wednesday evening, Nov. 30, Waldwick Police Lt. Troy E. Seifert said. She's charged with unlawful possession of a handgun, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and criminal mischief resulting in property damage in connection with the 3:35 a.m. shooting on Grove Street in Waldwick. The 5-foot-4-inch g…
UPDATE: Mahwah Woman Charged With Shooting Up Former Waldwick Neighbor's SUV UPDATE: Mahwah Woman Charged With Shooting Up Former Waldwick Neighbor's SUV
Update: Mahwah Woman Charged With Shooting Up Former Waldwick Neighbor's SUV UPDATE: A 40-year-old Mahwah woman was charged with shooting up an SUV parked in the driveway of a former neighbor in Waldwick. Megan Dzugay spent the night in jail after being seized in Mahwah by Waldwick detectives, assisted by Mahwah police and a Bergen County Regional SWAT team, Wednesday evening, Nov. 30, Waldwick Police Lt. Troy E. Seifert said. She's charged with unlawful possession of a handgun, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and criminal mischief resulting in property damage in connection with the 3:35 a.m. shooting on Grove Street in Waldwick. The 5-foot-4-inch g…
UPDATE: Mahwah Woman Jailed For Shooting Up SUV In Former Waldwick Neighbor's Driveway UPDATE: Mahwah Woman Jailed For Shooting Up SUV In Former Waldwick Neighbor's Driveway
Update: Mahwah Woman Jailed For Shooting Up SUV In Former Waldwick Neighbor's Driveway UPDATE: A 40-year-old Mahwah woman was charged with shooting up an SUV parked in the driveway of a former neighbor in Waldwick. Megan Dzugay spent the night in jail after being seized in Mahwah by Waldwick detectives, assisted by Mahwah police and a Bergen County Regional SWAT team, Wednesday evening, Nov. 30, Waldwick Police Lt. Troy E. Seifert said. She's charged with unlawful possession of a handgun, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and criminal mischief resulting in property damage in connection with the 3:35 a.m. shooting on Grove Street in Waldwick. The 5-foot-4-inch g…
BUSTED AGAIN: Rockland Driver, Passenger Caught With Meth, Smack, More, Mahwah PD Says BUSTED AGAIN: Rockland Driver, Passenger Caught With Meth, Smack, More, Mahwah PD Says
Busted Again: Rockland Driver, Passenger Caught With Meth, Smack, More, Mahwah PD Says Mahwah police found a Rockland driver and his passenger carrying meth, heroin and more during an overnight traffic stop, authorities said. It was the second time in months that they arrested Yisroel Lieberman, 24, of Spring Valley and Natalie Shein, 30, of Brooklyn on drug charges. The first time, as with this week's bust, began with a motor vehicle equipment violation, police said. Detectives Timothy Letavish and Christopher Fasulo the couple in a vehicle in the parking lot of a Franklin Turnpike gas station around 1 a.m. Monday, Detective Capt. Guido Bussinelli said. They stopped Lieber…
‘Daddy Killed Mommy’: Carlstadt Gunman In Murder-Suicide Told Daughter It Was Only A Dream ‘Daddy Killed Mommy’: Carlstadt Gunman In Murder-Suicide Told Daughter It Was Only A Dream
‘Daddy Killed Mommy’: Carlstadt Gunman In Murder-Suicide Told Daughter It Was Only A Dream UPDATE: The 5-year-old daughter of a convicted sex offender who died by suicide after an hours-long SWAT standoff at his Carlstadt home on Saturday was there when he shot and killed his ex-wife the night before, authorities said. The little girl apparently told her grandparents, who lived upstairs, that James Cox had killed Massiel Deoleo, 34, of Mahwah, in the downstairs apartment of the family's 6th Street home sometime Friday night. “Daddy killed Mommy,” she told them, but said Cox had assured her that it was only a nightmare, responders said. Police got the girl and the grandparents o…
Massive Christmas Morning Fire Destroys Mahwah Building Supply Company Massive Christmas Morning Fire Destroys Mahwah Building Supply Company
Massive Christmas Morning Fire Destroys Mahwah Building Supply Company UPDATE: Authorities reported no casualties in a massive pre-dawn Christmas fire that ripped through a commercial building in Mahwah and continued burning hours after it broke out. What became a five-alarm blaze broke out around 4:40 a.m. at Arzee Building Supply on Franklin Turnpike next to the Ramapo River. Members of all five Mahwah fire companies were assisted by nearly 20 others from surrounding Bergen and Rockland county towns, along with police and EMS units, Police Chief Stephen Jaffe said. Seven elevated streams were in operation in the building, which began to collapse within an …
'It's A Tragedy': Former Mahwah Councilman, 52, Dies Of Injuries In Ladder Fall 'It's A Tragedy': Former Mahwah Councilman, 52, Dies Of Injuries In Ladder Fall
'It's A Tragedy': Former Mahwah Councilman, 52, Dies Of Injuries In Ladder Fall UPDATE: A Mahwah attorney who fell 15 or so feet from a ladder while painting and repairing his grandmother's home two weeks earlier died of his injuries Tuesday, friends said. Alan Kidd, a 52-year-old former township councilman, "cared deeply about Mahwah and its residents," Mayor John Roth said Wednesday. "It's a tragedy." Kidd was working on the house when the mishap occurred on a busy stretch of Franklin Turnpike near Stephens Lane on Oct. 8. A companion at the scene told police they both were "doing painting and repairs to the second level of the two-story home from ladders," Police C…
Mayor: Former Mahwah Councilman, 52, Seriously Injured In Ladder Fall Mayor: Former Mahwah Councilman, 52, Seriously Injured In Ladder Fall
Mayor: Former Mahwah Councilman, 52, Seriously Injured In Ladder Fall A Mahwah attorney who fell 15 or so feet from a ladder while painting and repairing a home early Tuesday afternoon was breathing but unconscious when taken to the hospital, responders said. Alan Kidd, a 52-year-old former township councilman, was working on the house his grandmother lives in when the mishap occurred on a busy stretch of Franklin Turnpike near Stephens Lane, Mayor John Roth told Daily Voice. A companion at the scene told police that they both were "doing painting and repairs to the second level of the two-story home from ladders," Police Chief Stephen Jaffe said. "Although h…