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Thursday, jan 23
Police & Fire
Police: Ridgefield Park Officer Tackles Wood-Wielding Assailant After Taser Fails
A Ridgefield Park police officer tackled a borough man who attacked him and his colleagues with a block of wood after damaging a patrol car and several other parked vehicles on Thursday, authorities said. Robert Ebeid, 34, ran behind an 8th Street home after officers responding to a dispute just after 11 a.m. found him arguing with family members, Lt. Joseph Rella said. He then doubled back to the front and began yelling, screaming and swinging two large pieces of wood, one in each hand, said Rella, who was one of the responders. Ebeid “began smashing one of the nearby patrol cars with the…
Police & Fire
Losing Streak: Fort Lee Police Nab Naked Man Running Down Route 4
Fort Lee police nabbed a naked, drug-influenced man running down Route 4, authorities said. Responding to a call at the Holiday Inn, Officer Carlos Cabrera saw 51-year-old Kelton L. Mccrink-Goode of Morris Plains running in the right lane of the eastbound highway around 6 a.m. Sunday, Capt. Ricky Mirkovic said. Cabrera blocked the right lane of eastbound Route 4 with his vehicle and found the undressed McCrink-Goode holding a pocket knife in his right hand while “acting in an irate and irrational manner,” Mirkovic said. Cabrera displayed his Taser and got McCrink-Goode to drop the knife, t…
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Rochelle Park PD: Out-Of-Gas Franklin Lakes Pickup Driver Caught With Loaded Revolver
A Rochelle Park police officer found a pickup truck driver from Franklin Lakes stopped in the middle of a dark street -- with an empty tank of gas and no headlights on -- illegally carrying a loaded handgun, authorities said. Robert Vergara, 50, had the .357-caliber revolver in his front pocket when Officer Jim Zenock found him in the truck on Rochelle Avenue "not making any attempts to summon help or get fuel" around 5 p.m. Thursday, Detective Sgt. James M. DePreta said. Given his "inability to account" for the circumstances, Vergara was sent to New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus fo…
Police & Fire
Lyndhurst PD: Raging Drunk Driver Subdued After Brawl With Police
A drunk driver had to be subdued after he fought with Lyndhurst police while threatening to kill them and himself, authorities said. Sgt. Paul Haggerty ran a check on an occupied a Jeep parked at the far end of the Quality Inn lot on Polito Avenue late Monday and discovered that its registration was expired and the owner’s driver’s license was suspended. The Jeep began to drive off when Officer Richard Jasinski joined Haggerty in stopping the vehicle, Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. The driver, Daniel McDonald, 25, of South Brunswick reeked of alcohol and appeared “highly intoxicated,”…
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Authorities: Cliffside Park High School Goes On Lockdown Following Threat From Student's Father
Cliffside Park High School went on lockdown and students and staff were moved to another location Monday morning after a father threatened to "shoot up the school," authorities said. Police pinged his cellphone, obtained a warrant and arrested the father, identified as Misael Echevarria, 44, at his North Bergen home on 41st Street, where he lives with his girlfriend, around 9:50 a.m., Detective Capt. Vincent Capano said. He was taken to New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus for a psychological evaluation, after which he will be sent to the Bergen County Jail. He's charged with making terro…
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Heroes
: Palisades Parkway Police Rescue Suicidal Man Who Tried Driving Car Off Cliffs
Palisades Interstate Parkway police took a distressed Bronx man into custody after he tried to drive his car off the cliffs 400 feet above the Hudson River and then said he wanted to commit suicide by cop, authorities said. Englewood Cliffs police transferred a 911 call from a witness who said the 29-year-old emotionally disturbed man “appeared to be attempting to drive [his] vehicle over the cliff’s edge” at the Rockefeller Lookout high atop the Palisades, Lt. Jock H. Watkins Jr. said. Contacted by PIP police on his cellphone, the driver “confirmed that he was in emotional distress” and “s…
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Standoff
: Ex-Con Trying 'Suicide-By-Cop' At Lyndhurst Hotel Tased Instead, Police Say
A violent ex-con pulled down his pants and insisted that police shoot him in a tense confrontation that began with him choking a woman and ended with officers tasing him at a Lyndhurst hotel, authorities said. Lyndhurst Police Sgt. Paul Haggerty and Officer Steven Batista responded to a 911 call just after 12:30 a.m. Monday at the Quality Inn on Polito Avenue, where a 42-year-old Belleville woman told them that Anthony Pate had attacked her, Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. The woman, who had neck bruises, warned them that he was drunk, Auteri said. Pate, 43, of Belleville already had a…
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Minivan Slams Into Paramus Tree: Driver Hospitalized, Wheelchair-Bound Passenger OK
The driver of a van that struck a tree early Monday afternoon in Paramus was hospitalized after complaining of chest pains. A wheelchair-bound passenger whom she was transporting wasn't injured after the crash in front of 796 Paramus Road. The driver was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. A flatbed tow truck removed the minivan. Paramus police and EMS responded, along with a Valley paramedic team and an ambulance from New Bridge Medical Center. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account. Paramus Road crashBoyd A. Loving Paramus Road crashBoyd A. Loving
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