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Ejected Driver Thrown Nearly 30 Feet In Rollover Crash Off Route 46 Ejected Driver Thrown Nearly 30 Feet In Rollover Crash Off Route 46
Ejected Driver Thrown Nearly 30 Feet In Rollover Crash Off Route 46 An ejected Clifton driver was found nearly 30 feet from a Smart car that barreled off the road and rolled down an embankment off Route 46 in Hasbrouck Heights, authorities said. The vehicle veered off the eastbound highway to Boulevard and shot across the entrance ramp before tumbling down the embankment shortly after 11:30 p.m. Thursday, April 14, Police Capt. Joseph Rinke said. Hasbrouck Heights firefighters stabilized the victim, 31, who was unconscious but breathing when taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, Rinke said. Borough Officers Cosimo Marino and Joseph Olivo were joi…

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Smoke Alarm, Police Heroes Help Limit Damage In Predawn East Rutherford Fire Smoke Alarm, Police Heroes Help Limit Damage In Predawn East Rutherford Fire
Smoke Alarm, Police Heroes Help Limit Damage In Predawn East Rutherford Fire A working smoke alarm and the instant response of East Rutherford police prevented any serious injuries during a predawn multi-family home fire, authorities said. A candle in a second-floor bedroom may have ignited the blaze in the mid-century home on Grove Street off Mozart Street between Railroad and Paterson avenues shortly before 5 a.m., responders said. A detector woke sleeping residents, they said. A trio of responding police officers "entered the home to find smoke coming from a bedroom door [that] was also hot to the touch," the East Rutherford Fire Department wrote in a post. The…

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Lodi Attic Fire Doused Lodi Attic Fire Doused
Lodi Attic Fire Doused Lodi's bravest made quick work of an attic blaze. The MacArthur Avenue fire immediately went to two alarms after igniting around 5:20 p.m. Wednesday, April 6. Firefighters had it knocked in under a half hour. One firefighter was OK after being checked out by EMS. Mutual aid responders either at the scene or in coverage included firefighters from Hasbrouck Heights, Rochelle Park, Saddle Brook and Wallington. Firefighters had the Lodi blaze knocked within a half hour.Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE

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Fire Ravages Maywood Home Fire Ravages Maywood Home
Fire Ravages Maywood Home What began as a basement fire severely damaged a Maywood two-family house. The two-alarm blaze broke out on East Hunter Avenue just off Maywood Avenue around 4 p.m. Friday, April 1. It grew so intense that traveled through walls and burned away the first floor in the rear of the building, responders said. 11 East Hunter Avenue, MaywoodJo Fehl for DAILY VOICE The fire was officially declared under control shortly before 5:30 p.m. No injuries were reported. Flames ran through the walls after igniting in the basement of the Maywood home on East Hunter Avenue.Tony Greco for DAILY VOIC…

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Detectives: Leonia Woman's Killer Slipped Out, Then Circled Back When Daughter Woke Detectives: Leonia Woman's Killer Slipped Out, Then Circled Back When Daughter Woke
Detectives: Leonia Woman's Killer Slipped Out, Then Circled Back When Daughter Woke A Paterson gang member now charged with killing a Leonia woman in the garden apartment she shared with her daughter ran out when he heard the girl wake up, then circled back as if he was just arriving, investigators said. Nile Diakos, 35, was recorded on phone calls and in texts admitting that he killed Alicia Arnone by stabbing her in the neck and chest last Saturday, March 26, according to court papers. Authorities originally charged her former live-in boyfriend, Andrae Daniels of Lodi, with killing Arnone, 35. But new information emerged that led them to drop murder charges against him…

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Garage Fire Extends To Hasbrouck Heights Home (PHOTOS) Garage Fire Extends To Hasbrouck Heights Home (PHOTOS)
Garage Fire Extends To Hasbrouck Heights Home (Photos) Heavy flames from a basement garage fire extended to a Hasbrouck Heights home. The fire broke out at the Jefferson Avenue ranch-style home behind the Hasbrouck Heights football field shortly after 10 p.m. Wednesday, March 30. The blaze extended to the first floor, but firefighters had it knocked down in under a half-hour. The Jefferson Avenue fire in Hasbrouck Heights extended to the first floor.Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE The fire was knocked down in under a half-hour.Tony Greco for DAILY VOICE The two-alarmer went to three bells for coverage. No injuries were reported. Seve…

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Live Wire Fire Damages Lodi Home Live Wire Fire Damages Lodi Home
Live Wire Fire Damages Lodi Home Fire from a downed powerline extended to a Lodi home and a stretch of plastic fence. No injuries were reported in the fire on Passaic Street at Charles Street around 8:30 p.m. Monday, March 28. The first floor sustained minor damage. Hasbrouck Heights, Saddle Brook, Wallington and Wood-Ridge firefighters assisted. Part of the fence melted, as well, in the Lodi fire.Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE Passaic Street was temporarily closed at Charles Street.Jo Fehl for DAILY VOICE

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Man Wanted In Bergenfield Domestic Incident Captured In Closter Man Wanted In Bergenfield Domestic Incident Captured In Closter
Man Wanted In Bergenfield Domestic Incident Captured In Closter SWAT team members and Bergenfield police captured a 21-year-old man with a recent domestic violence history following what authorities said was another incident. Daniel Moncion-Ortega, 21, remained held in the Bergen County Jail on Monday, March 28, following the alleged assault the night before. A Bergen County Regional SWAT team was summoned to a home off South Washington Avenue around 9:30 p.m., responders said. Local EMS members were put on standby. Moncion-Ortega wasn't there, though. A short time later, Moncion-Ortega was seized by the tactical team and borough police in front of t…

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UPDATE: Ex-BF Cleared, Gang Member Charged With Stabbing Leonia Woman To Death UPDATE: Ex-BF Cleared, Gang Member Charged With Stabbing Leonia Woman To Death
Update: Ex-BF Cleared, Gang Member Charged With Stabbing Leonia Woman To Death UPDATE: A Paterson gang member now charged with killing a Leonia woman in the garden apartment she shared with her daughter ran out when he heard the girl wake up, then circled back as if he was just arriving, investigators said. Nile Diakos, 35, was recorded on phone calls and in texts admitting that he killed Alicia Arnone by stabbing her in the neck and chest last Saturday, March 26, according to court papers. Authorities originally charged her former live-in boyfriend, Andrae Daniels of Lodi, with killing Arnone, 35. But new information emerged that led them to drop murder charges aga…

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Detectives: Leonia Woman's Killer Slipped Out, Then Circled Back When Daughter Woke Detectives: Leonia Woman's Killer Slipped Out, Then Circled Back When Daughter Woke
Detectives: Leonia Woman's Killer Slipped Out, Then Circled Back When Daughter Woke UPDATE: A Paterson gang member now charged with killing a Leonia woman in the garden apartment she shared with her daughter ran out when he heard the girl wake up, then circled back as if he was just arriving, investigators said. Nile Diakos, 35, was recorded on phone calls and in texts admitting that he killed Alicia Arnone by stabbing her in the neck and chest last Saturday, March 26, according to court papers. Authorities originally charged her former live-in boyfriend, Andrae Daniels of Lodi, with killing Arnone, 35. But new information emerged that led them to drop murder charges aga…

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UPDATE: Ex-BF Cleared, Gang Member Charged With Stabbing Leonia Woman To Death UPDATE: Ex-BF Cleared, Gang Member Charged With Stabbing Leonia Woman To Death
Update: Ex-BF Cleared, Gang Member Charged With Stabbing Leonia Woman To Death UPDATE: A Paterson gang member now charged with killing a Leonia woman in the garden apartment she shared with her daughter ran out when he heard the girl wake up, then circled back as if he was just arriving, investigators said. Nile Diakos, 35, was recorded on phone calls and in texts admitting that he killed Alicia Arnone by stabbing her in the neck and chest last Saturday, March 26, according to court papers. Authorities originally charged her former live-in boyfriend, Andrae Daniels of Lodi, with killing Arnone, 35. But new information emerged that led them to drop murder charges aga…

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UPDATE: Paterson Man, 26, Shot, Killed In Lodi UPDATE: Paterson Man, 26, Shot, Killed In Lodi
Update: Paterson Man, 26, Shot, Killed In Lodi UPDATE: A 26-year-old Paterson man gunned down in a hail of gunfire in Lodi died at the hospital a short time later, authorities said. John Anthony DeLeon was struck multiple times at the Kennedy Gardens Apartments off Route 46 around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The shooter unloaded an estimated 20 or so rounds, leaving a Mercedes wagon riddled with bullet holes. DeLeon staged to a 2nd-floor apartment and collapsed in front of his girlfriend, a witness told Daily Voice. The shooter squeezed off dozens of rounds at the Kennedy Gardens Apartme…

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