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Fair Lawn Police Department

Firefighters Quickly Douse Rapidly Spreading Fair Lawn House Fire Firefighters Quickly Douse Rapidly Spreading Fair Lawn House Fire
Firefighters Quickly Douse Rapidly Spreading Fair Lawn House Fire 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: Fair Lawn firefighters quickly doused a blaze that began in a basement and spread through a local home. “Basement fires can be extremely dangerous to our crews. There was a lot of smoke in the basement, making locating the fire very difficult,” Fair Lawn Fire Chief Pete Yuskaitis said after the 31st Street blaze was doused early Monday evening. “The crews did a great job fighting the heat to get to the fire and extinguish it,” the chief said. The call to the two-story home on 31st Street came in at 6:38 p.m. May 6, Yuskaitis said. The fire quickly escalated to a second alarm, brin…
Cement Truck Rolls On Route 208 Cement Truck Rolls On Route 208
Cement Truck Rolls On Route 208 A driver escaped serious injury Thursday morning after his cement truck rolled onto a divider at an entrance to Route 208 in Fair Lawn. The truck was fully loaded and tipping the scale at 70,000 pounds -- as in: 35 tons -- when it tipped on the ramp to the southbound highway from eastbound Fair Lawn Avenue around 9:30 a.m. April 4, according to a representative for Tanis Concrete who was at the scene. The truck was doing about 20 to 25 miles an hour, the employee of the Fair Lawn-based company said. Fair Lawn police officers who arrived first assisted the 51-year-old driver from Jerse…
NY Fugitive Nabbed After Crashing Stolen Car, Running Through Route 4 Traffic: Rochelle Park PD NY Fugitive Nabbed After Crashing Stolen Car, Running Through Route 4 Traffic: Rochelle Park PD
NY Fugitive Nabbed After Crashing Stolen Car, Running Through Route 4 Traffic: Rochelle Park PD A fugitive who crashed a stolen car while being chased by Rochelle Park police ran across six lanes of traffic on Route 4 before he was captured in Paramus, authorities said. Officer Hasan Shah was on Essex Street when he spotted the BMW 5 Series sedan, which had been reported stolen out of New York City, around 8:45 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15, Capt. James DePreta said. The driver, Adonis Padilla, 27, of New York, hit the gas, leading a brief pursuit that ended when he hit a light pole at the eastbound Route 4 entrance ramp from Paramus Road, the captain said Wednesday. Padilla -- who was …
Driver Hospitalized In Route 208 Crash Driver Hospitalized In Route 208 Crash
Driver Hospitalized In Route 208 Crash A driver was hospitalized with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening after rolling a sedan Wednesday afternoon on Route 208 in Fair Lawn. The northbound highway was jammed after the Subaru Legacy landed on its driver's side under the Fair Lawn Avenue overpass shortly after 3 p.m. July 26. Five Star Towing righted and removed the vehicle. Fair Lawn police, firefighters, EMS workers and members of the Rescue Squad responded. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this report. Five Star Towing righted and removed the vehicle.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE
Overnight Fire In Fair Lawn Serves As Reminder About Chimney Safety Overnight Fire In Fair Lawn Serves As Reminder About Chimney Safety
Overnight Fire In Fair Lawn Serves As Reminder About Chimney Safety A pre-dawn chimney fire doused by Fair Lawn's bravest serves as a critical public safety reminder. Fire from a chimney extended into the walls on the first floor of the Saddle River Road home shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday, March 26, Fire Chief Jake Mamo said. Mamo, who transmitted a general alarm, said firefighters quickly knocked down the blaze and opened the walls to check for any extension. No injuries were reported. The Fair Lawn Rescue Squad, Volunteer Ambulance Corps and Police Department all assisted, the chief said. Mutual aid for coverage was provided by Elmwood Park and Saddle Br…
UPDATE: Three Caught, Passersby Hospitalized After Teen Driver T-Bones SUV In Paramus Pursuit UPDATE: Three Caught, Passersby Hospitalized After Teen Driver T-Bones SUV In Paramus Pursuit
Update: Three Caught, Passersby Hospitalized After Teen Driver T-Bones SUV In Paramus Pursuit UPDATE: A 17-year-old vehicle thief rammed a Paramus police car during a late-night pursuit that ended moments later in a crash that sent two civilians to the hospital, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said Thursday. Officers Slavko Bajovic and Michael Mordaga began pursuing the Hyundai Tucson while responding to a report of an attempted auto theft on Lawrence Drive shortly after 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 22, the chief said. The SUV had been reported stolen out of Irvington earlier in the day, he said. One of the vehicle occupants is taken into custody by Paramus police following a pur…
Driver OK, But Not Car That Slammed Into Utility Pole In Fair Lawn Driver OK, But Not Car That Slammed Into Utility Pole In Fair Lawn
Driver OK, But Not Car That Slammed Into Utility Pole In Fair Lawn A young driver sustained only minor injuries thanks to airbags when his hatchback slammed into a utility pole Friday afternoon in Fair Lawn. The road was temporarily closed as a tow truck removed the Toyota Corolla and the remainder of the wreckage was cleared following the Feb. 24 crash on River Road just north of Chittenden Road. Utility service to the area wasn't disrupted. The hatchback slammed into a utility pole on River Road just north of Chittenden Road in Fair Lawn on Friday, Feb. 24.Boyd A. Loving Fair Lawn police, firefighters and Volunteer Ambulance Corps members were joine…
One-Man Crime Wave: Arrest Made In Armed Gas Station, 7-Eleven Robberies In Four Bergen Towns One-Man Crime Wave: Arrest Made In Armed Gas Station, 7-Eleven Robberies In Four Bergen Towns
One-Man Crime Wave: Arrest Made In Armed Gas Station, 7-Eleven Robberies In Four Bergen Towns Authorities charged an Essex County man with robbing three gas stations and two convenience stores in Bergen County at gunpoint – four of them in one night. Thomas Johnson, 30, of East Orange brandished a handgun while holding up two gas stations in Mahwah, another in Paramus and a 7-Eleven in Fair Lawn of several thousand dollars in less than half an hour late last month, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Johnson did it again three nights later, robbing a 7-Eleven in Elmwood Park of $650 as two employees locked themselves in the bathroom and called police, the prosecutor said. T…
SUV Collides With Sedan, Slams Into Restaurant At Bergen-Passaic Border SUV Collides With Sedan, Slams Into Restaurant At Bergen-Passaic Border
SUV Collides With Sedan, Slams Into Restaurant At Bergen-Passaic Border Three people were hospitalized after a collision shortly before daybreak sent an SUV crashing into the window of a restaurant at the Bergen-Passaic border. The collision occurred at the corner of Lincoln and Loretto avenues when a 2010 Nissan driven by a 57-year-old Oak Ridge man knocked a 2007 Honda CR-V into the corner eatery known as First on the Hawthorne side of the street across from Fair Lawn shortly before 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19. The other vehicle, a 2010 Nissan, was so badly damaged that a huge chunk of its nose fell off. The Honda driver, 54, of Paterson and passenger, 31,…
Firefighter Who Teaches High-Angle Rescue Helps Save Severely Injured Worker In Fair Lawn Tree Firefighter Who Teaches High-Angle Rescue Helps Save Severely Injured Worker In Fair Lawn Tree
Firefighter Who Teaches High-Angle Rescue Helps Save Severely Injured Worker In Fair Lawn Tree A firefighter with just the right experience helped rescue a tree trimmer who was left perilously perched in the air in Fair Lawn after a cut limb from an oak broke his leg, responders said. Firefighters couldn't get to the 42-year-old arborist from Hackensack with an aerial ladder after the mishap left him stranded on an unsteady limb 20 to 30 feet above the backyard of an Ellington Road home shortly before 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 6. They had to use ground ladders and ropes instead. "Coincidentally, while on his way to teach rope rescue for hostage negotiation, off-duty FF Steven Alvarez…
Fleeing Driver Crashes At Route 208 Entrance: Passaic County Sheriff Fleeing Driver Crashes At Route 208 Entrance: Passaic County Sheriff
Fleeing Driver Crashes At Route 208 Entrance: Passaic County Sheriff A reckless driver led Passaic County sheriff's officers on a pursuit that ended in a crash at a Route 208 on-ramp. Officers spotted the Audi sedan with New York plates being driven recklessly "without regard to any other vehicles or pedestrian on or near the road" in the area of Route 20 and Maple Avenue in Paterson shortly before 11 p.m. Sunday, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik said. Officers pursued the sedan less than a mile to the entrance to northbound Route 208 in Fair Lawn, where it crashed, the sheriff said. The seized the driver, Tylee Leon Blunt, 22, of the Bronx, he said.…
40-Something Couple Hit Crossing Hawthorne Street 40-Something Couple Hit Crossing Hawthorne Street
40-Something Couple Hit Crossing Hawthorne Street A Hawthorne couple was hospitalized after being struck by a van on a local street. The van was headed south on Lincoln Avenue when it hit the pair, both 48 years old, near approaching Diamond Bridge Avenue around 9 p.m. Tuesday, Detective Lt. Matthew Hoogmoed. Both were taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening, the lieutenant said. The 55-year-old driver, also from Hawthorne, remained at the scene, Hoogmoed said. Hawthorne police, EMS and ALS all responded, while Fair Lawn and Glen Rock police assisted, he said. No summonses o…
Suicidal Fair Lawn Man Who Went To Hackensack ER For Help Charged With Killing Bronx Uncle Suicidal Fair Lawn Man Who Went To Hackensack ER For Help Charged With Killing Bronx Uncle
Suicidal Fair Lawn Man Who Went To Hackensack ER For Help Charged With Killing Bronx Uncle UPDATE: A Fair Lawn man accused of shooting his uncle dead in the Bronx earlier this month was being held on Riker’s Island after being extradited to New York from New Jersey to face justice, authorities said. Jonathan Mejia, 24, was brought from the Bergen County Jail to Bronx Criminal Court, where he was formally charged Wednesday with murder, manslaughter and weapons possession. Prosecutors said Mejia shot Daniel Valdez, 43, in victim's home near West 234th Street in the borough's Kingsbridge section after an argument got physical on May 2. Valdez had let Mejia in, then was shot in the …
Relentless Offender Caught Snorting Heroin At Police HQ, Fair Lawn PD Says Relentless Offender Caught Snorting Heroin At Police HQ, Fair Lawn PD Says
Relentless Offender Caught Snorting Heroin At Police HQ, Fair Lawn PD Says A relentless repeat offender who's been caught and released a half-dozen or so times in Bergen and Passaic counties this fall pulled out a hidden fold of heroin and began snorting it while in custody at Fair Lawn police headquarters, authorities said. Judges and police alike in Bergen and Passaic counties have been forced to release Michael Benedek, 26, of Paterson under bail reform multiple times following recent arrests for burglary, theft, receiving stolen property and shoplifting, records show. Benedek dropped a power buffer he'd just stolen from an auto body shop when Hawthorne police …
Bergen Prosecutor: Fair Lawn HS Teacher Had Sex, Shared Drugs With Student Bergen Prosecutor: Fair Lawn HS Teacher Had Sex, Shared Drugs With Student
Bergen Prosecutor: Fair Lawn HS Teacher Had Sex, Shared Drugs With Student UPDATE: A Fair Lawn High School graphic arts teacher had sex and shared drugs with a student, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. Detectives from Musella's Special Victims Unit were notified by the Institutional Abuse Investigation Unit of the New Jersey Department of Children and Family on Wednesday that Christine E. Knudsen, 44, had "engaged  in an inappropriate sexual relationship with a student at the school where she is employed," the prosecutor said. "An investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and the Fair Lawn Police Department revealed that Knudsen, of…
UPDATE: Fair Lawn Boy Found Nearly 600 Miles From Home UPDATE: Fair Lawn Boy Found Nearly 600 Miles From Home
Update: Fair Lawn Boy Found Nearly 600 Miles From Home A missing 16-year-old Fair Lawn boy was found safe and sound on Friday -- in Ohio, authorities confirmed. The news came a short time after a 16-year-old Glen Rock boy who also was reported missing on Thursday was found in Mahwah. Haadi Abdul-Ghaffar left his Fair Lawn home shortly before 8 a.m. Thursday, police said. Police suspected he might have been headed either to New York's Penn Station of Pennsylvania. He was reported found late Friday morning, Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The department thanked police in Columbus and Dayton, Ohio for their assistance. The news out o…
Fair Lawn PD: Resistant DWI Driver Spits On Officer Fair Lawn PD: Resistant DWI Driver Spits On Officer
Fair Lawn PD: Resistant DWI Driver Spits On Officer A drunk driver from Sussex County spit in a Fair Lawn police officer’s face after he was found passed out behind the wheel, authorities said. Makenzie Isgro, 24, “became combative" with officers who were unable to administer a roadside sobriety test after they responded to Ontario Avenue and Henderson Boulevard around 3 a.m., Sgt. Brian Metzler said. He then spit in the face of an officer who was trying to read paperwork to him through the screen of the holding room door, Metzler said. Police charged Isgro with aggravated assault on a police officer, resisting arrest, reckless driving and …
Homeowner: Fair Lawn String Wasn’t A Noose Homeowner: Fair Lawn String Wasn’t A Noose
Homeowner: Fair Lawn String Wasn’t A Noose UPDATE: The Fair Lawn woman who found a piece of string in a disturbing shape outside her home said it belonged to a utility company and wasn’t a noose. Police and firefighters “were able to locate a piece of string in the utility wires that matched [it],” Kelli McCloud’s said Monday. “Apparently, some moron with a utility company did it and failed to remove the rope." Authorities were still trying to determine exactly who that was and what company the person works for. A former Optimum executive told Daily Voice that telecommunication companies "use that kind of rope to pull the new fibe…
Fair Lawn Mayor Insists Twisted Twine Tied To Tree Is A Noose Fair Lawn Mayor Insists Twisted Twine Tied To Tree Is A Noose
Fair Lawn Mayor Insists Twisted Twine Tied To Tree Is A Noose UPDATE: The Fair Lawn woman who found a piece of string in a disturbing shape outside her home said it belonged to a utility company and wasn’t a noose. Police and firefighters “were able to locate a piece of string in the utility wires that matched [it],” Kelli McCloud’s said Monday. “Apparently, some moron with a utility company did it and failed to remove the rope." Authorities were still trying to determine exactly who that was and what company the person works for. A former Optimum executive told Daily Voice that telecommunication companies "use that kind of rope to pull the new fiber…
Paramus Driver, 61, Killed In Horrific Fair Lawn Crash Called 'Angel With Heart Of Gold' Paramus Driver, 61, Killed In Horrific Fair Lawn Crash Called 'Angel With Heart Of Gold'
Paramus Driver, 61, Killed In Horrific Fair Lawn Crash Called 'Angel With Heart Of Gold' She was called "an angel with a heart of gold," deeply religious, kind and caring. Now loved ones friends and others who knew Cemile Akguc are mourning her sudden death in a horrific crash in Fair Lawn. Akguc, 61, of Paramus, "was such a good woman," one of them told Daily Voice. "Read the Bible every day. Went to Bible studies. Spoke Jesus’s word every day." Responders suspect Akguc suffered a medical episode before her Jeep careened out of control and crashed, killing her, at a busy intersection Monday night. The Turkish immigrant, who lived several years in Dumont before moving Paramus…
Police: Fair Lawn Man Threatened Officers, Families Police: Fair Lawn Man Threatened Officers, Families
Police: Fair Lawn Man Threatened Officers, Families A Fair Lawn man accused of fighting with and spitting on police threatened borough officers and their families on social media after a judge released him, authorities said. Paterson police captured Brandon Michael Hernandez, 25, and turned him over to Fair Lawn police on an arrest warrant on Friday. Hernandez was arrested last month after police said he violated an order of protection and led them on a brief chase. He fought with and spit on the officers before being subdued, sending one of them to the hospital, they said at the time. Hernandez – who records show has violated protection o…
VIDEO: Bear Cub Scampers Up Fair Lawn Tree VIDEO: Bear Cub Scampers Up Fair Lawn Tree
Video: Bear Cub Scampers Up Fair Lawn Tree A 70-pound bear cub scooted up a tree Monday afternoon in Fair Lawn. The little gal scooted up the tree at NJ Transit's Radburn train station on Pollitt Drive off Fair Lawn Avenue,, bringing borough police, firefighters, DPW workers and the Office of Emergency Management, as well as NJ Transit police and NJDEP Division of Fish & Wildlife personnel. "The cub was captured unharmed, medically checked and tagged by NJDEP staff, then placed in a specially equipped truck for transport to a undisclosed location for release into the wild," Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Dozens …
Fair Lawn PD: Serial Shoplifter Nabbed 4x In Week, Twice In One Day, $700 Worth Recovered Fair Lawn PD: Serial Shoplifter Nabbed 4x In Week, Twice In One Day, $700 Worth Recovered
Fair Lawn PD: Serial Shoplifter Nabbed 4x In Week, Twice In One Day, $700 Worth Recovered Fair Lawn police nabbed a serial shoplifter four times in one week, including twice the same day, authorities said. Officers found Jose Vasquez, 53, of Paterson on Broadway at 27th Street after he swiped $85.80 worth of merchandise from a nearby CVS the morning of Aug. 21, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. They charged him with shoplifting and defiant trespassing and sent him to the Bergen County Jail. Vasquez was released soon after – and returned to the CVS, where he stole $451.36 worth of merchandise two days later, Metzler said. Police found Vasquez, with the stolen items, at a bus stop at Fai…
UPDATE: Police ID Local Pedestrian, 63, Struck, Killed Outside Fair Lawn Municipal Building UPDATE: Police ID Local Pedestrian, 63, Struck, Killed Outside Fair Lawn Municipal Building
Update: Police ID Local Pedestrian, 63, Struck, Killed Outside Fair Lawn Municipal Building A pedestrian struck and killed Wednesday morning outside the Fair Lawn municipal building lived around the corner, authorities said. Yuri Berger, 63, was crossing Fair Lawn Avenue up the street from his Edward Street home when he was struck in the crosswalk by a 2012 Honda SUV driven by a 53-year-old Fair Lawn man around 9:45 a.m., Police Sgt. Sean Macys said. The impact knocked him under a 2017 Mercedes Benz sedan that was stopped near the corner of Parmalee Avenue, Macys said. Police rushed to his aid, lifting the vehicle and administering CPR before EMS took over, the sergeant said. …
VIDEO: Defendants Identified In Stolen Car Pursuit That Ended In Fair Lawn Crash VIDEO: Defendants Identified In Stolen Car Pursuit That Ended In Fair Lawn Crash
Video: Defendants Identified In Stolen Car Pursuit That Ended In Fair Lawn Crash UPDATE: A Bronx man crashed a stolen sedan in Fair Lawn on Wednesday following a pursuit that began in Hackensack. Detective Sgt. John Dalton spotted the 2015 Chrysler 200, reported stolen out of New York, at the Riverside Square Mall around 3 p.m., Hackensack  Police Lt. Anthony DiPersia said. When he tried to pull the car over, it sped off on westbound Route 4, he said. Paramus police picked up the pursuit when it hit their town. It continued into Fair Lawn, where Paramus Police Officer Benjamin Fox stopped it on Broadway in Fair Lawn. Driver Kenneth L. Barrer, 32, then hit the gas ag…
Wild Chain-Reaction Crash Sends Sedan Through Fair Lawn Insurance Company Window Wild Chain-Reaction Crash Sends Sedan Through Fair Lawn Insurance Company Window
Wild Chain-Reaction Crash Sends Sedan Through Fair Lawn Insurance Company Window A sedan plowed through the front window of a Fair Lawn insurance agency during a wild, chain-reaction crash Tuesday that left an SUV overturned in the middle of the street. The Honda Accord collided with the Honda CRV on Broadway at 30th Street shortly before 3 p.m. The CRV rolled, hitting a parked car Infiniti Tuscon and a van, before it struck another vehicle making deliveries and came to rest in front of the Valley National Bank. The Accord, meanwhile, crashed through the front window of the Broadway Insurance Agency. Two people were taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Pa…
RECOGNIZE HER? Bank Robber Got $7,000-$8,000, Fair Lawn PD Says RECOGNIZE HER? Bank Robber Got $7,000-$8,000, Fair Lawn PD Says
Recognize HER? Bank Robber Got $7,000-$8,000, Fair Lawn PD Says Fair Lawn police released surveillance photos of a woman who they said robbed a Columbia Bank branch of nearly $8,000 Friday afternoon. It was shortly after 2 p.m. when the heavy-set black female robber "passed a note to the teller while keeping one hand in her jacket pocket and bringing that pocketed hand on top of the counter for the bank teller to see," Sgt. Brian Metzler said. She then "then fled the bank through the front door, then entered the Pet Supplies Plus on Fair Lawn Avenue through a back exit into a parking lot," Metzler said. She was wearing a light-colored jacket and pants,…
Driver, 18, Says Police Impostors Stopped Her Off Rt 208, Fair Lawn Detectives Investigate Driver, 18, Says Police Impostors Stopped Her Off Rt 208, Fair Lawn Detectives Investigate
Driver, 18, Says Police Impostors Stopped Her Off Rt 208, Fair Lawn Detectives Investigate UPDATE: Fair Lawn police on Friday continued to investigate a Wyckoff driver’s report that she was pulled over by two men posing as police officers. The 18-year-old woman told police that she’d just exited southbound Route 208 onto Plaza Road in Fair Lawn around 8:45 p.m. Monday when she saw overhead lights behind her. She described the vehicle following her as a small car that looked “similar to a Honda,” with front windshield tints, according to a report filed with Fair Lawn police on Thursday. Two men got out wearing “hoodies or beanies,” the woman reported.  Feeling something wasn’t …
Refrigerant Leak Clears Fair Lawn HS Refrigerant Leak Clears Fair Lawn HS
Refrigerant Leak Clears Fair Lawn HS A refrigerant leak briefly cleared Fair Lawn High School Monday morning. The Freon leak, discovered around 8:30 a.m., was traced to an HVAC unit on the roof, which "caused a smoke condition on the second floor," one responder said. The building was ventilated and the all-clear was given to return shortly after 9 a.m. No injuries were reported. Fair Lawn police and firefighters were among the responders. ****** ALSO SEE: A battery on a piece of construction equipment in a Fair Lawn warehouse exploded Monday night, sending a worker flying, authorities said. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jer…
Fair Lawn PD: Pearl River Ex-Con, Companion Had Heroin, Pellet Gun, Brass Knuckles Fair Lawn PD: Pearl River Ex-Con, Companion Had Heroin, Pellet Gun, Brass Knuckles
Fair Lawn PD: Pearl River Ex-Con, Companion Had Heroin, Pellet Gun, Brass Knuckles A Rockland ex-con and his companion were carrying heroin, a pellet gun and brass knuckles when they were stopped by Fair Lawn police, authorities said.  Wade Chindemi, 29, and passenger, Alyisa Em, 28, both of Pearl River, were sent to the Bergen County Jail after Officer Geovanny Buiton found the weapons in their car, along with heroin, pot and promethazine, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. “More heroin was found in both of their clothing during a search,” Metzler said. Police charged both Chindemi and Em with drug and weapons counts following the stop on Broadway at Tunbridge Road. Chinde…
Fair Lawn PD: Teens Hospitalized After Driving Car That Went Airborne Over Pedestrian Bridge Fair Lawn PD: Teens Hospitalized After Driving Car That Went Airborne Over Pedestrian Bridge
Fair Lawn PD: Teens Hospitalized After Driving Car That Went Airborne Over Pedestrian Bridge A pair of Fair Lawn teens were taken to the hospital with significant but non life-threatening injuries after driving over a pedestrian tunnel and subsequently crashing, authorities said. Police responding to Howard Avenue at Alden Terrace around 9:35 p.m. found a 2004 Acura that had been purposely driven over the eastbound pedestrian tunnel, Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The car was forced into the air after hitting a hump in the roadway. Once it landed, the car swerved to the right, struck a "no parking" sign and then a tree before coming to rest, Metzler said. The 17-year-ol…