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Police & Fire
10 Packed Into Pickup Chased Down By Police, Rush-Hour Traffic Stopped On GS Parkway
Nearly a dozen people packed into a pickup truck stopped weekend rush-hour traffic on the Garden State Parkway after they tried to run from a brigade of area police. A few in the group of mostly juveniles were reportedly seen dashing north on the southbound Parkway toward the New York State border before police nabbed them shortly after 4:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 18. Montvale police seized two adults and eight minors with help from New Jersey State Police, Bergen County sheriff's officers and colleagues from Park Ridge, Saddle River, Upper Saddle River and Woodcliff Lake, Montvale Police C…
Police & Fire
Officers Break Windows To Stop Jersey City SUV Driver From Fleeing Traffic Stop: Carlstadt PD
A Jersey City driver who had no license or registration when she was stopped by Carlstadt police got back into her SUV, locked the doors and then crashed into a parked car when she tried to drive off, authorities said. Officers had to break two windows to get Linda Coleman, 30, into custody, Detective Sgt. Mark Wong said. It was shortly before 3:30 a.m. when Officer Anthony Rivezzi spotted the 2006 Ford Explorer parked in the crosswalk at the corner of Central Avenue and Union Street, the sergeant said. A computer check turned up an expired registration and suspended driver's license,…
News
Pedestrian Hit-Run: Civilians Help Police Head Off Fleeing Driver At GWB
GOTCHA! Concerned citizens helped police head off a hit-and-run driver headed toward the George Washington Bridge moments after he struck and injured a pedestrian in Edgewater, authorities said. 911 callers brought police to the intersection of River Road and Garden Place after seeing a man struck in the marked crosswalk by an SUV that kept going shortly before 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, Detective Lt. Steven Tibus said. Several witnesses told the officers that the SUV was driven recklessly – at one point running a red light – before hitting the victim, Tibus said. The adult victim was taken …
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Chronic ID Thief Nabbed With Cocaine, Bogus Licenses, Phony Credit Cards: Lyndhurst Police
A repeat offender was busted by a Lyndhurst police officer who found him carrying cocaine, fake driver's licenses and phony credit cards during a traffic stop, authorities said. It's not the first -- or even second -- time that Miguel Arias, 36, has recently been busted in the area for those charges, records show. This time, Lyndhurst Police Officer Michael Clifford stopped Arias for driving an older-model Mercedes Benz through a commercial parking lot at Polito and Rutherford avenues without his headlights on shortly after 2 a.m. last week, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Arias handed …
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Ramsey PD: Rockland Man Who Dumped Coffee On Ex-Wife Flees Up Route 17, Caught By NY Troopers
A Rockland driver who sped off from police on northbound Route 17 in Ramsey following an incident with his ex-wife was captured by New York state troopers 40 or so miles up the road, authorities said. Haverstraw police had issued a “stop and hold” on Richard Fernandez, 37, of Pomona, who they said had driven to his ex-wife’s job and spilled coffee on her. A Ramsey officer tried stopping Fernandez at Lake Street mid-Saturday afternoon, but he kept going at speeds of up to 70 miles an hour, Police Chief Bryan Gurney said. Mahwah police picked up the pursuit at the state line split before han…
Police & Fire
Police: Mother, Toddler Struck By Car In Morris County Crosswalk
A mother and her 4-year-old child were struck by a car while walking in a marked crosswalk in Morris County Tuesday morning, authorities said. The 41-year-old mother was walking with her child in the crosswalk at Main Street and Coleman Avenue in Chatham when they were hit by a 22-year-old man from Gaithersburg, Maryland just after 7:05 a.m., Chatham Police said. Both the mother and child were taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said. The driver was issued traffic summonses for careless driving and failure to yield to a pedestrian in the cros…
Police & Fire
Mahwah PD: ID Thieves Caught With Stolen Credit Cards, Personal Info, Gun Near Rockland Border
Mahwah police nailed a New York quartet who they said had a loaded gun, several stolen credit cards and a large amount of personal identification information in their SUV when the driver made an illegal turn off Route 17 near the state line. Detective Eric Larsen and Officer Christopher Lupo stopped a 2019 Honda CRV after Devin Fraser, 30, of Manhattan, drove it out of the BP station on the southbound, over the concrete divider and north onto Route 202 Friday afternoon, Police Chief Stephen Jaffe said. Larsen and Lupo ordered Fraser and his three passengers out after smelling raw pot and sp…
Police & Fire
Hackensack Police Pursue Two Stolen Vehicles At Once, Nab Newark Kearny Boys, 15, 16
Two boys – one 15, the other 16 – and a third suspect led Hackensack police on a high-speed pursuit in two stolen vehicles, authorities said. It began when Detective Lt. Michael Antista saw a 2015 Mercedes Benz E350 and a 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee go through a red light on First Street near Hackensack High School last Friday, Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. A license plate check showed that the Mercedes had been reported stolen out of South Plainfield, he said. Antista tried stopping the vehicles, but both sped off on Polifly Road at speeds of up to 70 miles an hour, DeWitt said. The Mercedes go…
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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Police Converge On Ex-Con At Lyndhurst Motel After Lengthy Pursuit
A recent parolee with a lengthy rap sheet was chased by police and then taken into custody by tactical officers after he barricaded himself in a Lyndhurst motel before dawn Wednesday, authorities said. Sgt. Rick Pizzuti was on patrol around midnight when he found a Toyota Camry with an expired temporary registration tag in the parking lot of the Winslow Motor Inn on Rutherford Avenue, Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. Eventually, 30-year-old Quaire Wilson of Bloomfield got into the Camry and pulled out of the lot, he said. Pizzutti then tried to pull him over, but Wilson hit the gas and …
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