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Fleeing Driver Hits Officer, Arrested At NJ Costco: Police Fleeing Driver Hits Officer, Arrested At NJ Costco: Police
Fleeing Driver Hits Officer, Arrested At NJ Costco: Police A 27-year-old Denville man was arrested and charged after he struck a police officer while fleeing on Sunday, Oct. 20, authorities said. While officers were conducting a traffic stop on Indian Road, it was discovered the driver, Liam Harrigan, had an active NCIC Warrant out of the Morris County Prosecutor's Office, Denville police said. As officers attempted to take Harrigan into custody, he fled from them in his vehicle, police said. While fleeing, Harrigan struck a Denville police officer, leaving him with minor injuries, authorities said. A short time later, New Jersey State Police…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Police Track Down Home Invaders After Wrong-Way NJ Pursuit In Stolen BMW Police Track Down Home Invaders After Wrong-Way NJ Pursuit In Stolen BMW
Police Track Down Home Invaders After Wrong-Way NJ Pursuit In Stolen BMW A 22-year-old man is in custody, and two others are at large, following a New Jersey home invasion and high-speed pursuit in a stolen BMW, police said. Police were called to 6 Cambridge Road in Pompton Lakes around 2:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 18, after residents reported three men entered their house and then stole their 2023 BMW M8 Gran Coupe from their driveway, police said. Surveillance footage showed the suspects inside and outside of the home. One suspect is seen stealing a PlayStation 5 from a downstairs playroom while another entered the kitchen, police said. There, they foudn a Louis Vu…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Driver Seriously Injured In Route 23 Crash: NJSP Driver Seriously Injured In Route 23 Crash: NJSP
Driver Seriously Injured In Route 23 Crash: Njsp A driver was seriously injured in a crash on Route 23, State Police said. The victim was headed south in a Kia SUV that sideswiped a Hyundai sedan coming in the opposite direction, then careened off the road and into a trailer in Wantage around noon Thursday, May 9, NJSP Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said. The Kia driver was taken to an area hospital, the sergeant said. No other injuries were reported. New Jersey State Police are investigating.

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Firefighters Free Three In Route 23 Head-On Crash Involving Ambulance Firefighters Free Three In Route 23 Head-On Crash Involving Ambulance
Firefighters Free Three In Route 23 Head-On Crash Involving Ambulance Wayne firefighters extricated three occupants following a multi-vehicle head-on crash involving a private ambulance at a Route 23 intersection. No serious injuries were reported in the Feb. 20 mid-morning collision on the northbound highway at the light just past Waynechester Plaza, which sent four occupants in all to the hospital. Firefighters said they used both battery-powered and hydraulic tools to free the patients as traffic kept stretching further in either direction. Wayne police and members of the Memorial First Aid Squad assisted with patient care and support, the smoke eaters sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Arrest Made In Pepper-Spray, Stun Gun Ski Barn Robbery In Wayne Arrest Made In Pepper-Spray, Stun Gun Ski Barn Robbery In Wayne
Arrest Made In Pepper-Spray, Stun Gun Ski Barn Robbery In Wayne Detectives from Wayne arrested one of three robbers who pepper-sprayed and tried to zap a Ski Barn employee with a stun gun, authorities said. The victim had confronted Shavani C. Robinson, 34, of Newark and two accomplices -- a man and a woman -- as they tried to flee the Route 23 store with more than $1,000 worth of stolen goods late last year, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. Store video shows one of the bandits pepper-spraying the employee while another tries using a stun gun that he knocked away, the captain said. Responding officers found the victim still recovering from the spray, Dal…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Wayne PD: Cracked Windshield Leads To Gun Arrests Of Wanted Ex-Con, GF Wayne PD: Cracked Windshield Leads To Gun Arrests Of Wanted Ex-Con, GF
Wayne PD: Cracked Windshield Leads To Gun Arrests Of Wanted Ex-Con, GF A transplanted ex-con and his girlfriend were carrying a gun when Wayne police stopped them, authorities said. Jennifer Cabrol was driving a vehicle with Rhode Island license plates and a cracked windshield when Officers Spencer Schoonmaker and Joseph Cobianchi stopped her and passenger Corey Hiler on Route 23, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. They quickly discovered an outstanding warrant for Hiler, then learned from police in Rhode Island that the New England native was probably strapped, the captain said. Passaic County Sheriff’s K-9 Max, who was brought to the scene, helped point police …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Wayne PD: Officers Nab Accused Ambulance Thief Burglarizing Route 23 Starbucks Wayne PD: Officers Nab Accused Ambulance Thief Burglarizing Route 23 Starbucks
Wayne PD: Officers Nab Accused Ambulance Thief Burglarizing Route 23 Starbucks A repeat offender caught driving a stolen ambulance last year was arrested by Wayne police after he broke into a Starbucks on Route 23 overnight, authorities said Wednesday. Officers Kevin MacDonald, Michael Sweeney and Trevor Costabile found Jonathan Roman, 35, hiding in a storeroom after responding to a burglar alarm at the Willowbrook Mall-area café shortly after 3:30 a.m. Monday, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. Roman, of Paterson, had stashed more than $500 that he’d stolen from shop registers in a refrigerator, Daly said. An alarm company representative told police a burglar was seen o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Wawa Approved In Wayne, 4 Other NJ Locations Opening Soon Wawa Approved In Wayne, 4 Other NJ Locations Opening Soon
Wawa Approved In Wayne, 4 Other NJ Locations Opening Soon Wawa is coming to Wayne. The township's Planning Board on Monday unanimously approved plans for the convenience store and gas station at the former site of Nagel's Candy Barn on Route 23. The 4,736-square-foot convenience store comes with eight fuel pumps with two dispensers each.  Nagel's Candy Barn closed in 2015 after the owner got sick, after nearly 60 years in business. Several other Wawa stores are expected to open in the following locations, its website says: Mount Holly: 570 Rancocas Road, Fall 2020 Eatontown: Route 35 Nr. Meridian Way, Winter 2021 Randolph: 502…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Wayne PD: 1,280 Heroin Folds Found On PA Man Who Hid On Floor During Highway Stop Wayne PD: 1,280 Heroin Folds Found On PA Man Who Hid On Floor During Highway Stop
Wayne PD: 1,280 Heroin Folds Found On PA Man Who Hid On Floor During Highway Stop Wayne police nabbed a Pennsylvania man with 1,280 heroin folds after they found him hiding on the floor of the back seat of a vehicle stopped following a suspicious set of circumstances, authorities said. It began when a Mountain View merchant alerted officers to a man carrying a crowbar in the parking lot of his business. Questioned by police, the man said he’d driven there from the Poconos to help a friend with his disabled vehicle, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. The vehicle, parked nearby, clearly had been damaged in a crash, Daly said. The man said he couldn’t find his friend – “Tony…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
MANHUNT: NJ Murder Suspect, 28, Captured On Roof Of Route 46 Hotel In Wayne Identified MANHUNT: NJ Murder Suspect, 28, Captured On Roof Of Route 46 Hotel In Wayne Identified
Manhunt: NJ Murder Suspect, 28, Captured On Roof Of Route 46 Hotel In Wayne Identified An ex-con from North Carolina wanted in an Essex County homicide was captured on the roof of a Route 46 hotel in Wayne before dawn Tuesday, multiple law enforcement sources told Daily Voice. The search began after Derrick Anthony Younger, 28, ran from a Route 46 traffic stop near Route 23 around midnight. Wayne Police Officer Wayne Bush, who stopped Younger, chased him on foot to the Ramada Inn. A Passaic County Sheriff's SWAT unit was summoned in case of a possible standoff. Although authorities initially suspected that Younger was in Room 228, he'd actually gone to the roof. After a SW…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Wayne Detectives Go To Jersey Shore To Crack Remote Model Car Thefts Wayne Detectives Go To Jersey Shore To Crack Remote Model Car Thefts
Wayne Detectives Go To Jersey Shore To Crack Remote Model Car Thefts Wayne police detectives investigating the theft of more than $5,000 worth of remote model cars from a popular Route 23 store tracked their burglar to the Jersey Shore, authorities said. Responding officers found the front glass door smashed and cars missing from Zeppelin Hobbies the morning of Jan. 22, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said Friday. Using a tip from a customer that one of the stolen cars was for sale at a hobby shop in Toms River, detectives checked a list of vehicles registered in that area that matched one seen on surveillance video during the burglary, Daly said. Soon after, the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
RECOGNIZE HIM? Wayne Police Seek Help Finding Another Business Burglar RECOGNIZE HIM? Wayne Police Seek Help Finding Another Business Burglar
Recognize HIM? Wayne Police Seek Help Finding Another Business Burglar Wayne police sought the public’s help Friday identifying a Route 23 business burglar. The business was burglarized around 8 p.m. Tuesday, Capt. Daniel Daly said. The man in the surveillance photos above is the second business burglar Wayne police have sought help identifying this week. If you see or know the man in the surveillance photos above, Daly asked that you contact Wayne Police Detective Patrick Wlazel at (973) 633-3525 or WlazelP@Waynetownship.com. Anyone with information can remain anonymous, he said. ****** ALSO SEE: Wayne police sought the public's help identifying a busine…

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by Jerry DeMarco