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SEEN HIM? Hackensack Police Pursue Fugitive, Arrest Gal Pal Who Phoned In Phony Report SEEN HIM? Hackensack Police Pursue Fugitive, Arrest Gal Pal Who Phoned In Phony Report
Seen HIM? Hackensack Police Pursue Fugitive, Arrest Gal Pal Who Phoned In Phony Report A search continued for a Bronx man after Hackensack police seized a loaded gun, 700 rounds of ammo and more from a car with bogus license plates that he’d allegedly left parked downtown. Detectives arrested a local caretaker who they said called in a bogus report of a man with a gun in an apparent attempt to throw police off the trail. Meleny Gingel Diaz, 27, of Hackensack was charged with causing a false public alarm, obstruction and hindering apprehension, among other offenses, Capt. Michael Antista said. Diaz spent barely a day in the Bergen County Jail before being released pending cou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Hackensack Police Officer Hospitalized After Crash Hackensack Police Officer Hospitalized After Crash
Hackensack Police Officer Hospitalized After Crash A Hackensack police officer was hospitalized Friday following a collision on his way to a call. Initial details were scant apart from word that the officer was headed to a report of a fight in the area of Atlantic and Main streets, with his emergency lights on, when his cruiser collided with a commercial van in front of the 7-Eleven at the corner of Essex and Newman streets before 9:30 a.m. Aug. 18. The officer got out of his cruiser and sat on the sidewalk behind it as a Good Samaritan stopped and rushed to his aid. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center after complaining of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Best Weiners In Town? Three Friends Open Hackensack Hot Dog Joint Best Weiners In Town? Three Friends Open Hackensack Hot Dog Joint
Best Weiners In Town? Three Friends Open Hackensack Hot Dog Joint Three Hackensack men claim to have the best weiners in town. Herbert Lamont Barr III, Jeremy Fardella and Matthew Bellifemine, all longtime friends, have opened Hackensack Hot Dogs at 7 State St., serving up deep fried dogs with a variety of different flavors. Barr is a lifelong native of Hackensack with deep roots in the city. Previously working in financial technology, he had longed to open his own eatery and finally found an opportunity. "This is a complete change of pace for me," Barr said. "But it's all the same to me, it's work." View this post on Instagram …

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by Sam Barron
Business
Hard Work Pays Off For Bergen Brothers Expanding 'Mob Pizzeria & Burgers' Hard Work Pays Off For Bergen Brothers Expanding 'Mob Pizzeria & Burgers'
Hard Work Pays Off For Bergen Brothers Expanding 'Mob Pizzeria & Burgers' A pair of Bergen County brothers are expanding their award-winning mob-themed pizzeria and burger restaurant. Waldy, 29, and Kevin Salinas, 25, who own "Mob Pizzeria & Burgers" on Hackensack Street in Wood-Ridge, are opening their second location Main Street in Hackensack sometime in March. The brothers' parents moved their family to Hackensack from El Salvador when they were young. Kevin and Waldy both graduated from Hackensack High School, and went on to work in the restaurant industry right after graduation: Waldy in the kitchen at Oak Ale House in Maywood, and Kevin down the street…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Crazed Driver Repeatedly Rams Hackensack Officer's Car: Police Crazed Driver Repeatedly Rams Hackensack Officer's Car: Police
Crazed Driver Repeatedly Rams Hackensack Officer's Car: Police A crazed driver repeatedly rammed a Hackensack police vehicle before the officer inside hopped out and subdued him on Thursday, authorities confirmed. Officer Panagiotis Seretis was responding to assist another officer with his emergency lights and sirens activated near the corner of Main and Salem streets around 10:30 a.m. Feb. 16 when he signaled Yves Davilmar Jr. to pull his Ford Explorer over and let him by, Capt. Michael Antista said. Seretis had to repeatedly signal Davilmar before he finally moved, the captain said. Davilmar then got behind the police car, hit the gas and rear-ended…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Settlement Reached In Transformation Of Hackensack's Sears Building: Report Settlement Reached In Transformation Of Hackensack's Sears Building: Report
Settlement Reached In Transformation Of Hackensack's Sears Building: Report A settlement has been finalized in the transformation of Hackensack's longstanding and iconic Sears building, NorthJersey.com reports. After navigating through bankruptcy, as well as not one but two lawsuits, the plan for the nearly-century-old building is to construct 258 apartments while simultaneously conserving the primary tri-story tower, the outlet reports. The plan also comprises a pool, two inside courtyards, and over 17,900 square feet of retail space along Anderson Street and Main Street, the report says. Sears started closing stores across the country in 2018, when the company f…

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by Valerie Musson
Business
Mahwah Native Quits NY Job To Open Hackensack Pizzeria With GF Mahwah Native Quits NY Job To Open Hackensack Pizzeria With GF
Mahwah Native Quits NY Job To Open Hackensack Pizzeria With GF James Stathopoulos' friends said he didn't have the guts. He was too conservative to quit his stable job and pursue his dream of opening a pizzeria. Let's just say Pizza Knight is officially open for business, and Stathopoulos is excited to show the city — and his friends — what he's made of. View this post on Instagram A post shared by @pizzaknighthackensack View this post on Instagram A post shared by @pizzaknighthackensack "I always wanted to open a pizzeria," said Stathopoulos, who left h…

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by Cecilia Levine
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UPDATE: 15-Year-Old Who Shot Hackensack Liquor Store Customer, Robbed Man On Street In Custody UPDATE: 15-Year-Old Who Shot Hackensack Liquor Store Customer, Robbed Man On Street In Custody
Update: 15-Year-Old Who Shot Hackensack Liquor Store Customer, Robbed Man On Street In Custody UPDATE: An underage teenager who robbed a man at gunpoint on a Hackensack street this past weekend was also the shooter who wounded a customer at a city liquor store late last month, authorities said. Although they didn't officially disclose his age, sources with knowledge of the incident said the accused shooter is only 15. He apparently had been sent from New York to stay with family in New Jersey, they said. The boy “brandished a handgun and demanded that the victim turn over a backpack” in this past Sunday’s 7:46 p.m. holdup at Fairmount Avenue and Allen Street, Bergen County Prosecuto…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Victim, 33, Hospitalized, Gunman Sought In Hackensack Liquor Store Shooting UPDATE: Victim, 33, Hospitalized, Gunman Sought In Hackensack Liquor Store Shooting
Update: Victim, 33, Hospitalized, Gunman Sought In Hackensack Liquor Store Shooting UPDATE: A search continued for the gunman who shot a 33-year-old customer during what apparently was the intended robbery of a Hackensack liquor store. Dressed all in black, the gunman entered Deli Mart Liquor at 789 Main Street near Spring Valley Avenue roughly 10 minutes before its scheduled 9 p.m. closing time on Sunday, looking to rob the place, sources with direct knowledge of the incident said. Two patrons were trying to decide what to buy when the shooter got into an argument with one of them, the source said, adding that they apparently weren't moving fast enough. The gunman then o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Driver, 22, Hospitalized After Sedan Slams Into NJ Transit Bus In Hackensack Driver, 22, Hospitalized After Sedan Slams Into NJ Transit Bus In Hackensack
Driver, 22, Hospitalized After Sedan Slams Into NJ Transit Bus In Hackensack Hackensack firefighters extricated a driver whose sedan slammed into an NJ Transit bus at dawn on Good Friday. The 22-year-old driver was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with upper body pain after his 2006 Infiniti G35 hit a No. 165 bus on Main Street crash between Coles Avenue and Jefferson street at 6:10 a.m., April 15, Police Detective Capt. Michael Antista said. No injuries were reported to the driver or single customer aboard the bus, which runs between Oradell and the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan. ALL PHOTOS by Hackensack Fire Department Aftermath of se…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Where Does Ben Stiller Get A Great Thin-Crust Pie? At The Lido In Hackensack, Of Course Where Does Ben Stiller Get A Great Thin-Crust Pie? At The Lido In Hackensack, Of Course
Where Does Ben Stiller Get A Great Thin-Crust Pie? At The Lido In Hackensack, Of Course Ben Stiller has popped up throughout New Jersey over the years, including at the Montclair Film Festival. He recently stopped in for the famed thin-crust pizza at a New Jersey landmark, the Lido in Hackensack. Stiller was raised on the Upper West Side of Manhattan by parents Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, once a popular comedy pair in the Sixties and Seventies (Jerry made his mark decades later as George Costanza's kasha-eating father on "Seinfeld"). The Lido turns 56 this year. It was closed for several months in late 2018 while its new owners -- Lorraine and Bogota Mayor Steve Lonega…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Armed Out-Of-State Burglar Caught In The Act By Hackensack Police, Authorities Say Armed Out-Of-State Burglar Caught In The Act By Hackensack Police, Authorities Say
Armed Out-Of-State Burglar Caught In The Act By Hackensack Police, Authorities Say A burglar from out of state who'd just victimized two Hackensack businesses was carrying a large knife when city police nabbed him, authorities said. Dwayne Fain, 53, of Akron, Ohio was seized by Officers Jeffrey Rodriguez, Frank Scarpa and Bryan Ziegelhofer following a call from the post office on State Street shortly before 9 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, Detective Capt. Michael Antista said. Fain had entered the Coffee Break shop on Main Street and stole a tip jar and an undetermined amount of money from the tip jar, Antista said. He also entered nearby Oishi Sushi, which was closed to the pu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hackensack YMCA Leaving After 90 Years Hackensack YMCA Leaving After 90 Years
Hackensack YMCA Leaving After 90 Years The Hackensack YMCA will be leaving its Main Street property after 90 years. Financial decline in the last 10 years prompted the Greater Bergen County YMCA to sell the property, it said in a statement released last week. A new location will open in New Milford on April 1. Meanwhile, the Hackensack building is under contract for sale with a development partner. The Y announced in October 2019 that it was working with a local real estate firm, NAI Hanson, to sell the building and identify a new location for a full-facility YMCA. Countless Bergen County residents were raised learning to…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Hackensack SWAT Standoff Ends, Man Wanted In Earlier Teaneck Incident Arrested Hackensack SWAT Standoff Ends, Man Wanted In Earlier Teaneck Incident Arrested
Hackensack SWAT Standoff Ends, Man Wanted In Earlier Teaneck Incident Arrested UPDATE: A man who was seized following a SWAT standoff at his Hackensack home had gone after another man with a handgun and a machete earlier in the day in Teaneck, prompting a lockdown of FDU and a local high school, authorities said Thursday. Andrew Deininger, 48, chased the other man through part of the Fairleigh Dickinson University campus following a dispute near the corner of Beverly and River roads around 2 p.m. Wednesday, Teaneck Police Chief Glenn O'Reilly said. "Although no specific threat to the campus community was known at the time, the FDU campus was placed into a lockdown fo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Real Estate
Luxury Apartments Opening In Redeveloped NJ City (PHOTOS) Luxury Apartments Opening In Redeveloped NJ City (PHOTOS)
Luxury Apartments Opening In Redeveloped NJ City (Photos) A high-end apartment is opening in New Jersey this week. The Brick of Hackensack is a 15-story building luxury apartment that is the first residential high-rise in the downtown area, according to the planning committee. The Brick of HackensackThe Brick of Hackensack The Brick of HackensackThe Brick of Hackensack The Brick of HackensackThe Brick of Hackensack The building features 378 luxury upscale apartments, in additional to approximately 8,000 square feet of retail space along Main Street in Hackensack. The Brick of HackensackThe Brick of Hackensack The Brick of Hackens…

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by Jillian Pikora
Business
New Gastropub Opens In Hackensack Replacing 40-Year-Old Tavern New Gastropub Opens In Hackensack Replacing 40-Year-Old Tavern
New Gastropub Opens In Hackensack Replacing 40-Year-Old Tavern A gastropub has opened in Hackensack. SideBar replaces General Poor’s Tavern, which recently closed after nearly 40 years in business on Main Street. General manager Seth Bendian and Chef Danny Connell were brought to the location by longtime owner Bob Laxm. The goal? "To restore the space’s classic look and feel, and create an atmosphere and menu that would reach the adjacent Courthouse and shifting Downtown demographic," according to SideBar's website. "SideBar features local craft beers, classic and signature cocktails and international wines. The eclectic menu consists of snacks and s…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Hackensack FD: Exhaust Fan Fire Turns Into Destructive Blaze Hackensack FD: Exhaust Fan Fire Turns Into Destructive Blaze
Hackensack FD: Exhaust Fan Fire Turns Into Destructive Blaze UPDATE: What began as an exhaust fan fire turned into a raging blaze that destroyed a Hackensack office building. No injuries were reported in the fire, which broke out at the 2½-story Noracare Wellness building on Main Street just off eastbound Route 4 shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday, city firefighters said. Firefighters were dousing flames between the floor and ceiling when some of the drop ceiling came down, they said. All crews were ordered out of the building as heavy fire extended to the second floor and attic. Aftermath of fire on Main Street off Route 4 in Hackensack.HACKENSAC…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hackensack FD: Exhaust Fan Fire Turns Into Destructive Blaze Hackensack FD: Exhaust Fan Fire Turns Into Destructive Blaze
Hackensack FD: Exhaust Fan Fire Turns Into Destructive Blaze UPDATE: What began as a fire in an exhaust fan turned into a raging blaze that destroyed a Hackensack office building. No injuries were reported in the fire, which broke out at the 2½-story Noracare Wellness building on Main Street just off eastbound Route 4 shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday, city firefighters said. Firefighters were dousing flames between the floor and ceiling when some of the drop ceiling came down, they said. All crews were ordered out of the building as heavy fire extended to the second floor and attic. Master streams knocked down the flames, which blew through windows…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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DWI Driver Jailed After Hackensack Police Pursuit Ends In Crash DWI Driver Jailed After Hackensack Police Pursuit Ends In Crash
DWI Driver Jailed After Hackensack Police Pursuit Ends In Crash An Ecuadoran national was drunk when he crashed his Jeep into a traffic signal during a pre-dawn police chase in Hackensack and then took off on foot before dawn Monday, authorities said. Segundo Tapia-Yunganaula, 24, who lives in Hackensack, was speeding down Linden Street when Sgt. Richard Melber tried to stop him shortly after 2 a.m., Detective Lt. Michael Antista said. Tapia-Yunganaula kept going, running several red lights in the process, before stopping at the intersection of Main and Salem streets, Antista said. He then suddenly reversed toward Melber’s vehicle before throwing it in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
'End Of An Era': Hackensack Music Icon 'The Record King' Closing After 56 Years 'End Of An Era': Hackensack Music Icon 'The Record King' Closing After 56 Years
'End Of An Era': Hackensack Music Icon 'The Record King' Closing After 56 Years Closing time has come for one longtime Hackensack record store. "The Record King" will close its Main Street shop after 56 years, owner Craig Shepneski said citing the city's  $1 billion redevelopment plan. Posted by The Record King on Monday, November 28, 2016 Shepneski last week got a letter in the mail saying his shop's lease had been up, and he'd have to be out by the end of the month, NJ Advance Media reports. The longtime owner made the announcement last week on Facebook, where dozens lamented the store's closure. "So sad...the end of an era," one person wrote. "Many happy Satur…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
Best In The World? Jimmy Fallon Samples Coffee Cake From Hackensack's B & W Bakery Best In The World? Jimmy Fallon Samples Coffee Cake From Hackensack's B & W Bakery
Best In The World? Jimmy Fallon Samples Coffee Cake From Hackensack's B & W Bakery Crumbly. Cinnamonny. Really good. That's what NBC's "The Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon had to say about B & W Bakery's famous coffee cake. The Hackensack bakery is known locally for its "legendary" coffee cake -- and so one of Fallon's friends bought him some to sample. "If you know me you know I like coffee cake" the former SNL cast member explains at the beginning of the video. View this post on Instagram A post shared by only here to eat (@onlyheretoeat) "My friend Bill Regan heard hat I liked coffee cake... he said it's the best…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Four Injured In Hackensack Rollover Four Injured In Hackensack Rollover
Four Injured In Hackensack Rollover Four occupants required medical attention after their sedan overturned Saturday afternoon in Hackensack, responders said. All four got out of their Toyota after it rolled at the corner of Main and East Salem streets around 1:30 p.m. They were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. Hackensack firefighters and police were among the responders and assisted with triage. All four occupants self-extricated following the rollover on Main Street at East Salem Street in Hackensack.,Jerry DeMarco ****** ALSO SEE: A driver who fled the scene after knocking down a traffic light in Totowa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hackensack Business District Fire Doused Hackensack Business District Fire Doused
Hackensack Business District Fire Doused Hackensack firefighters quickly doused a kitchen blaze Monday night. The first arriving crew quickly knocked down the fire in a second floor apartment of a three-story building above a chicken barbecue restaurant on Main Street around 8:30 p.m. No injuries were reported. Mutual aid responders included fellow firefighters from Bogota and Teaneck. The city Fire Prevention Bureau was investigating the cause. 215 Main Street, HackensackHACKENSACK FIRE DEPARTMENT

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
CRIME SPREE: Burglars Steal ATMs After Smashing Into Bergen Check-Cashing Businesses CRIME SPREE: Burglars Steal ATMs After Smashing Into Bergen Check-Cashing Businesses
Crime Spree: Burglars Steal ATMs After Smashing Into Bergen Check-Cashing Businesses Burglars have been stealing ATM machines by smashing their way into check-cashing businesses in Bergen County, authorities said Monday. The bandits, who've been spotted in a dark-colored pickup truck, apparently used a sledgehammer to smash their way in through front glass doors, Hackensack Police Detective Lt. Ryan Weber said. Two  burglaries occurred within minutes of one another in Hackensack between 3 a.m. and 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, Weber said. One was at a check-cashing business on Anderson Street and another on Main Street between 3-3:30 a.m. Sunday, he said. The thieves weren't …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Hackensack PD: Dollar Store Bandit Nabbed In Burglary Spree Had Broken Glass Stuck To Shirt Hackensack PD: Dollar Store Bandit Nabbed In Burglary Spree Had Broken Glass Stuck To Shirt
Hackensack PD: Dollar Store Bandit Nabbed In Burglary Spree Had Broken Glass Stuck To Shirt A Hackensack burglary spree suspect had just fled a local dollar store after breaking in through a glass door before dawn Friday when a city police officer captured him a block from his home, authorities said. Douglas D. Simmons Jr., 32, smashed open the glass front door of 99 Cent Dreams on Main Street with a brick shortly before 3:30 a.m. and tried to pry open the cash register before fleeing, Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Responding Officers Jason Gretkowski and Benjamin Estrada spotted Simmons and radioed their colleagues, who canvassed the area. Officer John Tanucilli nabbed Simmons soon …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Hackensack Riverkeeper 'Devastated,' Retail Shops Destroyed By Gas-Fed Fire UPDATE: Hackensack Riverkeeper 'Devastated,' Retail Shops Destroyed By Gas-Fed Fire
Update: Hackensack Riverkeeper 'Devastated,' Retail Shops Destroyed By Gas-Fed Fire UPDATE: A ruptured gas line fed the fire that destroyed two retail shops and severely damaged the Hackensack Riverkeeper's office Saturday on Main Street, authorities said. Columns of smoke that could be seen for miles as city firefighters battled the blaze, which they said apparently began in the retail businesses -- presumably closed because of the coronavirus pandemic – sometime after 5:30 p.m. The three-alarm fire also severely damaged the Hackensack Riverkeeper’s offices next door. At the scene on Saturday.Rob Munson The site was evacuated before the roof collapsed. No injuries w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Hackensack Riverkeeper 'Devastated,' Retail Shops Destroyed By Gas-Fed Fire UPDATE: Hackensack Riverkeeper 'Devastated,' Retail Shops Destroyed By Gas-Fed Fire
Update: Hackensack Riverkeeper 'Devastated,' Retail Shops Destroyed By Gas-Fed Fire UPDATE: A ruptured gas line fed the fire that destroyed two retail shops and severely damaged the Hackensack Riverkeeper's office Saturday on Main Street, authorities said. Columns of smoke that could be seen for miles as city firefighters battled the blaze, which they said apparently began in the retail businesses -- presumably closed because of the coronavirus pandemic – sometime after 5:30 p.m. The three-alarm fire also severely damaged the Hackensack Riverkeeper’s offices next door. At the scene on Saturday.Rob Munson The site was evacuated before the roof collapsed. No injuries w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Driver Hospitalized After Sedan Slams Into Utility Pole In Hackensack Driver Hospitalized After Sedan Slams Into Utility Pole In Hackensack
Driver Hospitalized After Sedan Slams Into Utility Pole In Hackensack A driver was hospitalized after a sedan bounced off a parked car and slammed into a utility pole Friday afternoon in Hackensack. The southbound Audi cracked the pole in front of Tips N More on Main Street shortly after 2 p.m. The driver had to be placed in a neck brace before being taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. City police and firefighters and Hackensack Meridian Health EMS responded.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Man Injured When Backhoe Knocks Lamppost Into Hackensack Law Office Window Man Injured When Backhoe Knocks Lamppost Into Hackensack Law Office Window
Man Injured When Backhoe Knocks Lamppost Into Hackensack Law Office Window A Cliffside Park man was injured in a freak accident Monday at a Hackensack law firm, authorities said. A private company bucket loader was doing sewer work and backed into a decorative light post, knocking it into a window at Harwood Lloyd LLC on Main Street, responders said. A shard of glass from the broken window hit the 31-year-old victim, who required treatment for a cut on his hand. Police were investigating. ****** ALSO SEE: A 28-year-old Guatemalan national living in Hackensack was caught having online sex chats with an underage Englewood girl, authorities said. https://dailyvo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Hackensack PD: Fleeing Ex-Con Who Tried Climbing Into Ex's Window Falls 4 Floors Down Air Shaft Hackensack PD: Fleeing Ex-Con Who Tried Climbing Into Ex's Window Falls 4 Floors Down Air Shaft
Hackensack PD: Fleeing Ex-Con Who Tried Climbing Into Ex's Window Falls 4 Floors Down Air Shaft A Hackensack ex-con fell four stories down an air shaft while trying to escape police after trying to climb into his ex-girlfriend's window before dawn Sunday, authorities said. Alec Parker, 34, climbed a fire escape and was trying to get into his ex-girlfriend’s Main Street apartment when responding officers arrived shortly after 4:30 a.m., Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. They tried to talk with him, but Parker fled up the fire escape to the roof, then entered the stairwell and forced his way into his ex-girlfriend’s apartment, DeWitt said. He then ran into her bathroom and through t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Unmarked Police Car Involved In Hackensack Crash Unmarked Police Car Involved In Hackensack Crash
Unmarked Police Car Involved In Hackensack Crash An unmarked police car collided with a sedan at a busy Hackensack intersection late Friday morning. The sedan driver blew the stop sign at Euclid Avenue, pulling directly into the path of the unmarked Hackensack city police car,  which was headed south on Main Street with its lights activated in response to an emergency call, shortly before 11 a.m., responders told Daily Voice. A city detective who was driving the police car and three occupants of the sedan were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center -- none with apparently serious injuries, they said, adding that the female civili…

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by Jerry DeMarco