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Midland Park Officer Injured Subduing Angered Suspect
A Midland Park police officer required hospital treatment after a disturbed man bit him and hit him with a metal laundry basket, authorities said. The officer and his colleagues were trying to speak with Richard Harris, 30, when he became violent, Police Chief Michael Powderley said. Harris then took off running and was grabbed outside Park Laudromat on Godwin Avenue, the chief said. He then resisted attempts to subdue him, sending one of the officers to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, Powderley said. Officers charged Harris with three counts of aggravated assault on a law enforcement o…
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Crash Cracks Utility Pole On Midland Park Main Drag
Two occupants sustained injuries that weren't considered serious when their hatchback split a utility pole before dawn outside the Midland Park Post Office.Utility wires were downed across Godwin as the Hyundai continued into the corner of a building housing an embroidery shop just up the street around 4:45 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25. Godwin Avenue was temporarily closed while a utility crew replaced the pole. No power outages were reported. Midland Park police were investigating the cause. Borough police and firefighters were assisted with traffic by Ridgewood police. Boyd A. Loving took …
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Masked Men Carjack Midland Park Business Owner For Luxury Sedan
SEE ANYTHING? A Midland Park business owner was robbed by two masked men who sped from the local shopping center with his luxury sedan, authorities said. The armed bandits accosted the merchant outside his shop on Godwin Avenue across from the Midland Park/King's shopping center around 7 a.m., they said. The robbers "followed him to his business, where they stole the keys from him," Midland Park Police Chief Michael Powderley said. "It resulted in a newer model year BMW M8 being stolen from the Kings parking lot. "Thankfully there were no injuries," the chief said. Recent models of t…
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Construction Worker Struck By Backhoe In Midland Park
A construction worker was hospitalized after being struck Wednesday afternoon by a backhoe in Midland Park. The Kemsco Construction and Equipment Company (Newark) worker was injured shortly before 4:30 p.m. behind the Midland Park Shopping Center on Godwin Avenue. Members of the Midland Park Ambulance Corps tended to the worker and took him to the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. There was no immediate word on the extent of the injury. OSHA was notified. Midland Park and Wyckoff police also responded.
Police & Fire
Killer Of Midland Park Mom Sentenced To Life In Prison
A disgraced former NYPD officer who threw himself in front of a New York City subway train after he stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death in her Midland Park driveway was sentenced Friday in Hackensack to life in prison for her gruesome murder. Arthur Lomando -- who lost both feet in the suicide attempt -- ambushed Suzanne Bardzell on Oct. 22, 2016, stabbing her 34 times in what prosecutors called one of the most heinous killings in Bergen County history. Ignoring his defense attorney's bid for a 30-year prison term, Superior Court Judge Margaret M. Foti gave Lomando life on Friday for his Fe…
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Second Midland Park Vehicle In Three Days Plows Into Building
Three days after a motorist drove an SUV onto an entrance ramp of a Midland Park dental office, another driver crashed her sedan into the front door of a data processing office a half-mile down the road. The elderly driver was trying to park when her Volvo 960 lurched forward into Commerce Register Inc. on Godwin Avenue, in a building that also houses Peter's Fish Market. She was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with what responders said were minor injuries. The crash caused significant structural damage, closing the business indefinitely and requiring a borough building inspecto…
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SUV Plows Into Front Of Midland Park Dental Office
A driver escaped unharmed Tuesday after her SUV plowed into the entrance of a Midland Park dental office, ending up on on the steps. The BMW X5 took down the railings on the exterior staircase at Veenstra Family Dental on Godwin Avenue as the driver apparently was attempting to park. Responding firefighters stabilized the vehicle, and a building inspector was summoned to check the structure. The SUV was towed from the scene. The BMW SUV ended up on the steps of the Midland Park dental office.Boyd A. Loving Boyd A. Loving took the photos above and contributed to this account. The e…