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Driver Who Hit Pedestrian In River Vale Charged With Assault By Auto, DWI Driver Who Hit Pedestrian In River Vale Charged With Assault By Auto, DWI
Driver Who Hit Pedestrian In River Vale Charged With Assault By Auto, DWI A Mahwah driver with a criminal history was drunk when he struck a pedestrian in River Vale, authorities said. Nicholas M. Manuele, 27, was charged with assault by auto and DWI in a school zone following the early evening crash on Demarest Avenue on Wednesday, Oct. 25, River Vale Police Chief Christopher Bulger said. Hillsdale police took the initial call and contacted their River Vale colleagues, the chief said. The pedestrian was treated at the scene and brought to a local hospital with injuries that Bulger said weren't life-threatening. Manuele, already had a history of mostly drug-rel…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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BUSTED: Repeat Offender Got Car Loan Using Hillsdale Resident's Stolen ID, Police Charge BUSTED: Repeat Offender Got Car Loan Using Hillsdale Resident's Stolen ID, Police Charge
Busted: Repeat Offender Got Car Loan Using Hillsdale Resident's Stolen ID, Police Charge A repeat offender used a Hillsdale resident's stolen identification to get himself a car loan, among other expenditures, authorities said. Taheim J. Hart, 26, of Staten Island was arrested in Newark this past January for using a driver's license bearing the victim's name and information, Hillsdale Police Sgt. Travis Woods said. Hillsdale detectives investigating the theft of the resident's identity tied Hart to the car loan, obtained in North Carolina, among other expenses, the sergeant said. A warrant was issued for Hart, who was arrested in New York for a probation violation, Woods said.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bogus Shooting Call Brings Police To Catholic Grammar School In Hillsdale Bogus Shooting Call Brings Police To Catholic Grammar School In Hillsdale
Bogus Shooting Call Brings Police To Catholic Grammar School In Hillsdale A bogus call of a shooting brought police to a Catholic grammar school in Bergen County. The "swatter" who made the false claim drew an immediate response to the preK3-8 St. John's Academy by police in Hillsdale mid-Monday evening (Jan. 23). They had help from, among others, their colleagues neighboring Park Ridge and River Vale, as well as the Bergen County Sheriff's Office.  Hillsdale Police Chief Robert Fracaviglia confirmed the call as swatting. An investigation was launched. Swatting exacts a toll on innocent residents, which is usually the intent. Often public figures and celeb…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Convicted Stalker Targets Same Bergen Victim With Emails To Schools, Towns, Others Police: Convicted Stalker Targets Same Bergen Victim With Emails To Schools, Towns, Others
Police: Convicted Stalker Targets Same Bergen Victim With Emails To Schools, Towns, Others A convicted stalker from Bergen County sent a series of emails about a victim to several North Jersey school districts, municipalities and individuals, authorities charged. Patrick McMeekin, 53, of Hillsdale had already spent four months in the Bergen County Jail before being released, with conditions, in January for stalking the same victim in 2018, records show. The former Mahwah resident had been a fugitive and was believed to be shuttling between town and another home he maintained in Colorado before police eventually took him into custody that time. This time, Hillsdale Police Chief R…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Daily Voice Story Shared In Rockland Leads To Arrest In Hit-Run That Killed Paramus Pedestrian Daily Voice Story Shared In Rockland Leads To Arrest In Hit-Run That Killed Paramus Pedestrian
Daily Voice Story Shared In Rockland Leads To Arrest In Hit-Run That Killed Paramus Pedestrian UPDATE: Sharing stories really does make a difference. A Daily Voice reader who saw a story shared in a Facebook group about the search for a hit-and-run vehicle that struck and killed a woman in Paramus provided the tip that led to the capture of the accused driver. The tipster said he suspected the damaged Ford brought into an auto body shop in Congers was the same one mentioned in a Daily Voice story about the search for the fleeing driver who killed the 58-year-old woman as she walked along a local road early Thursday. So he notified authorities. Detectives from the Bergen County …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Victim Struck In Face With Airsoft Pellet In Westwood, Drive-By Shooter In Custody, Police Say Victim Struck In Face With Airsoft Pellet In Westwood, Drive-By Shooter In Custody, Police Say
Victim Struck In Face With Airsoft Pellet In Westwood, Drive-By Shooter In Custody, Police Say A victim was struck in the face with airsoft pellets fired from a passing vehicle outside a Westwood restaurant Friday night, said authorities who had the accused shooter in custody. Kevin Corbett, 39, fired the pellet from a dark BMW on Center Avenue outside the Downtown Dhaba restaurant shortly before 7:30 p.m., responders said. The victim, who was wearing glasses, sustained facial injuries that didn't require hospitalization, Police Chief Michael Pontillo told Daily Voice. A Westwood police officer recognized the vehicle description and Hillsdale police took Corbett into custo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Will The Show Go On? Fate Of Demarest Farms Drive-In Movie Theater Uncertain Will The Show Go On? Fate Of Demarest Farms Drive-In Movie Theater Uncertain
Will The Show Go On? Fate Of Demarest Farms Drive-In Movie Theater Uncertain The fate of the drive-in theater promised at Demarest Farms next month is uncertain, as Hillsdale officials maintain the farm's owner did not take the proper steps in filing for approval of the theater. Farm owner Jason Degise planned the sold-out summer series in mid-May as a result of a COVID-19 pandemic, and under the assumption it was covered by the agricultural management plan (AMP) guidelines, he said. The problem, Hillsdale officials say, is that Degise never informed local police of the event -- something he is required to do for each one -- nor did he gain formal approval from…

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by Cecilia Levine
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WANTED: Authorities Seek Public's Help In Accused Bergen Stalker Manhunt WANTED: Authorities Seek Public's Help In Accused Bergen Stalker Manhunt
Wanted: Authorities Seek Public's Help In Accused Bergen Stalker Manhunt SEEN HIM? Authorities turned to the public for help finding a former Bergen County man wanted on stalking and harassment charges. Patrick McMeekin, 52, who recently lived in Hillsdale – and, before that, Mahwah -- maintains another home in Colorado, they said. Authorities believe he still returns to New Jersey. McMeekin doesn’t drive but is known to frequent public places, the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office and Hillsdale police said in a joint release. They described him as 5-foot-10, about 225 pounds, with grey hair and brown eyes. Anyone who spots McMeekin or knows where to find him is…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEEN HER? Concern Grows Over Missing Jersey Shore Woman, 66, With Bergen County Family SEEN HER? Concern Grows Over Missing Jersey Shore Woman, 66, With Bergen County Family
Seen HER? Concern Grows Over Missing Jersey Shore Woman, 66, With Bergen County Family A 66-year-old Lakewood woman with family in Bergen County and suffering from mental illness has now been missing more than a month, authorities said. Dale Murberg, 66, left the Lexington Rest Home on 7th Street in Lakewood on April 18 and hasn't been seen since, authorities confirmed Tuesday. She’s about 5-foot-6 and 190 pounds, with grey hair and hazel eyes, and cannot care for herself, the New Jersey State Police Missing Persons Unit and police in Hillsdale , where her sister lives, said in a joint announcement. Spreading the word across the state gives authorities a better chance of fin…

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by Jerry DeMarco