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Driver Sought Following Consecutive Hit-Run Crashes On GWB And In Fort Lee Driver Sought Following Consecutive Hit-Run Crashes On GWB And In Fort Lee
Driver Sought Following Consecutive Hit-Run Crashes On GWB And In Fort Lee Authorities were searching for a hit-and-run driver who they said fled consecutive crashes on the George Washington Bridge and in Fort Lee. A 40-year-old motorist from East Stroudsburg, PA told police she was headed north on Lemoine Avenue near Bridge Plaza North when a speeding vehicle struck her Honda Pilot while trying to pass her around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 18. The driver of the white 2007 Mini Cooper apparently was fleeing another crash moments earlier on the GWB, responders said. The car was last seen heading north toward Englewood Cliffs, they noted. A witness got the license p…

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Carjackers Drag Driver Onto Route 4 Before Fleeing With Luxury SUV Carjackers Drag Driver Onto Route 4 Before Fleeing With Luxury SUV
Carjackers Drag Driver Onto Route 4 Before Fleeing With Luxury SUV An Englewood motorist narrowly escaped serious injury — or worse — when he was dragged nearly 20 feet onto Route 4 by a pair of carjackers who sped off in his Range Rover, authorities said. The 34-year-old victim had gotten out and gone to the attendant to get change for the electric tire inflator when the incident occurred at the BP station on westbound Route 4 near the George Washington Bridge shortly before 10:30 p.m. Thursday, April 21, Englewood Police Lt. Fred Pulice said. As he did, a dark-colored Audi sedan with four occupants pulled in front of the Range Rover, Pulice said. Two go…

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Man, 92, Presumed Drowned After Leaving Walker, Wallet, Keys, Clothes On Hudson River Pier Man, 92, Presumed Drowned After Leaving Walker, Wallet, Keys, Clothes On Hudson River Pier
Man, 92, Presumed Drowned After Leaving Walker, Wallet, Keys, Clothes On Hudson River Pier A 92-year-old Edgewater man was presumed drowned after a ferry captain found his walker, wallet and other belongings on a Hudson River pier just south of the George Washington Bridge. The New York Waterway captain summoned borough police after finding the resident’s items, which also included a jacket, gloves, a hat and keys, on the pier at the Edgewater Marina on River Road shortly before 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 13, Chief Donald Martin said. The man entered the marina around 3 a.m. and “made his way towards the ferry terminal that is located to the rear of the marina,” Martin said Wedne…

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KIDNAPPING: Abducted Fort Lee Man Rescued By NYPD, Feds Seize Trio In $680,000 Ransom Demand KIDNAPPING: Abducted Fort Lee Man Rescued By NYPD, Feds Seize Trio In $680,000 Ransom Demand
Kidnapping: Abducted Fort Lee Man Rescued By Nypd, Feds Seize Trio In $680,000 Ransom Demand Federal authorities have charged three New York City men with kidnapping a Fort Lee resident and holding him for ransom. A judge ordered Albert Ferrelli, 50, and Chiahao Lee, 30, both of Queens, and Fa Deng, 42, of Staten Island detained following a brief hearing in U.S. District Court in Newark on Thursday, April 7. The kidnapper sent the victim’s wife a photograph showing the victim with his hands bound and his eyes and mouth duct-taped while demanding $680,000 following the Tuesday night abduction, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. New York City police officers resc…

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Masked Gunmen Rob Man Of $65,000, Lead Police On Roundabout Route Through Bergen, Passaic To NY Masked Gunmen Rob Man Of $65,000, Lead Police On Roundabout Route Through Bergen, Passaic To NY
Masked Gunmen Rob Man Of $65,000, Lead Police On Roundabout Route Through Bergen, Passaic To NY Brazen bandits robbed a man at gunpoint on a Ridgefield Park street of a Rolex watch and a gold necklace -- worth a combined $65,000 -- before leading what became a relay-race police pursuit through nearly 20 North Jersey municipalities. The robbers first headed north through Teaneck, then into Englewood and Tenafly, following the holdup late Saturday, April 2, authorities said Monday. The fleeing bandits eventually made their way down Route 95 to westbound Route 3, up northbound Route 21 to eastbound Route 80 and then all the way from there to the George Washington Bridge before they got a…

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What, No Ejector Seat? NJ Driver Had Bond-Like Gizmo To Duck Tolls, Police Say What, No Ejector Seat? NJ Driver Had Bond-Like Gizmo To Duck Tolls, Police Say
What, No Ejector Seat? NJ Driver Had Bond-Like Gizmo To Duck Tolls, Police Say VIDEO: You might've thought he was a James Bond or "Kingsman" fan after a New Jersey driver was nabbed by Port Authority police for using an electronic gizmo to evade tolls. A New Jersey State Police trooper had notified them after seeing a blackout curtain descend over the rear license plate of a white Dodge Challenger as it passed through the cashless toll gate at the Holland Tunnel earlier this month, Port Authority Spokesperson Lenis Valens said. The muscle car had no front plate, she said. A Port Authority officer spotted the driver -- identified as Mark A. Aponte, 28, of Parlin -- d…

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Cliffside PD: $71,000, Gun Found In Illegally Parked Car After ID Thief Tries To Cash Bum Check Cliffside PD: $71,000, Gun Found In Illegally Parked Car After ID Thief Tries To Cash Bum Check
Cliffside PD: $71,000, Gun Found In Illegally Parked Car After ID Thief Tries To Cash Bum Check An identity thief left a car containing a loaded gun, $71,000 in cash and more illegally parked outside a Cliffside Park bank as he unsuccessfully tried to cash a bogus check inside, said police who arrested him when he emerged. Officers J.J. McGuire and Ryan Stanek spotted the unoccupied 2018 Infiniti Q50 with no license plates and completely tinted windows outside the M&T Bank at the corner of Anderson and Lawton avenues early Wednesday, March 23, Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said. The sedan wasn't registered, its engine was idling and its hazard lights were on, Capano said Em…

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Speeds Exceed 110 MPH As Police Pursue Carjacked Vehicle From Northwest Bergen To GWB Speeds Exceed 110 MPH As Police Pursue Carjacked Vehicle From Northwest Bergen To GWB
Speeds Exceed 110 MPH As Police Pursue Carjacked Vehicle From Northwest Bergen To GWB Bandits who carjacked a livery driver at gunpoint in Bergen County topped 110 miles an hour to outrace police to the George Washington Bridge before vanishing across the Hudson, responders said. It literally began and ended in minutes.  The Lexus E350 was taken by force from its 31-year-old driver outside a home on Pascack Road in Washington Township, just down the street from Ridgewood Road, at 1:21 a.m. Wednesday, March 23, township Police Chief Richard Skinner said. Paramus police spotted the vehicle soon after and pursued it northbound on Route 208. The vehicle exited at Grandvie…

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Woman Threatening To Jump Closes Upper Level Of GWB Woman Threatening To Jump Closes Upper Level Of GWB
Woman Threatening To Jump Closes Upper Level Of GWB The upper level of the George Washington Bridge was closed while New York City police rescued a woman who threatened to jump. Several members of the NYPD Emergency Services Unit converged on a railing above a ledge where the woman had perched herself on the Washington Heights side of the bridge's eastbound lanes around 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20. Responders said she had a knife. The officers "were able to successfully engage the individual in conversation before rescuing her from the ledge" about 90 minutes later, NYPD Special Operations reported. The bridge was reopened and the woman was ta…

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NJ Police Chief Angry At Having To Free Hudson Fugitive Wanted In Shooting Death Of NYC Officer NJ Police Chief Angry At Having To Free Hudson Fugitive Wanted In Shooting Death Of NYC Officer
NJ Police Chief Angry At Having To Free Hudson Fugitive Wanted In Shooting Death Of NYC Officer A Guttenberg man wanted for shooting and killing a school safety officer outside a Queens nightclub was in the hands of police in Fairview less than a half-hour later -- but had to be let go, authorities said. Now he’s at large and a local police chief is incensed. Mye Johnson and her twin sister were celebrating their 27th birthdays with a group of people before dawn Thursday when her ex-lover from Hudson County showed up, authorities said. Security guards at Solletto on Steinway Street near Astoria Boulevard turned away the as-yet unidentified man after finding him carrying a gun, law en…

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Fort Lee High-Rise Tenant Charged With Bias Abuse Of Asian Woman Fort Lee High-Rise Tenant Charged With Bias Abuse Of Asian Woman
Fort Lee High-Rise Tenant Charged With Bias Abuse Of Asian Woman An Albanian man from Fort Lee was arrested after police said he repeatedly screamed "biased derogatory remarks” at an Asian woman in a high rise near the George Washington Bridge. The two were sharing an elevator at the Mediterranean Towers when Afrim Haxhaj, 31, began harassing the 41-year-old victim, Fort Lee Police Capt. Edward Young said. “The profane bias derogatory remarks directed towards her continued as she exited the elevator,” the captain said. Police arrested Haxhaj, charged him with two counts of bias intimidation and sent him to the Bergen County Jail following last Monday’s …

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F-16 Fighter Jet Intercepts Plane In Restricted Airspace Over GWB F-16 Fighter Jet Intercepts Plane In Restricted Airspace Over GWB
F-16 Fighter Jet Intercepts Plane In Restricted Airspace Over GWB In a moment that froze some witnesses on the ground, Air Force fighter jets intercepted a Cessna aircraft above the George Washington Bridge and escorted it away from restricted air space during the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly in Manhattan on Tuesday. The Cessna 182 is owned by the United States Military Academy at West Point and was being flown by an Army instructor pilot, the academy said in a statement.  The instructor was conducting a "civil and mechanical engineering" flight lab for cadets when the aircraft "briefly violated" a Temporary Flight Restriction Area…

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