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Bomb Threat By Employee's Ex Clears Teterboro Walmart Bomb Threat By Employee's Ex Clears Teterboro Walmart
Bomb Threat By Employee's Ex Clears Teterboro Walmart A threatening comment from the ex-husband of a store associate cleared the Teterboro Walmart on Tuesday, authorities said. The man had called the Teterboro Landing Walmart shortly before noon June 11, Moonachie Police Lt. Jeff Napolitano said. "When he was told that the associate was not available, he became agitated and [said] that he would blow up the store," the lieutenant said. Responding officers found the store evacuated and began looking into what happened, Napolitano said. "Further investigation revealed no credibility to the threat and no danger posed to Walmart or its …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SUV Flips Over Median, Closes Route 46 (UPDATE) SUV Flips Over Median, Closes Route 46 (UPDATE)
SUV Flips Over Median, Closes Route 46 (Update) 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: Thank automakers for airbags. A driver walked away OK after his vehicle hit a concrete barrier on Route 46 and flipped over the median, authorities said. The 2021 Buick Encore was headed west on the highway when it crashed near southbound Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday, June 8, Police Lt. John Behr said. Moonachie police closed down the highway as Hasbrouck Heights firefighters and both ALS and BLS units converged on the scene, the lieutenant said. The 57-year-old driver from Hillside, NJ, climbed out between the airbags, then refused medical atte…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Pair Busted For Robbing Juvenile Rivals Of Gucci Vest, Sneakers At Moonachie Bus Stop Pair Busted For Robbing Juvenile Rivals Of Gucci Vest, Sneakers At Moonachie Bus Stop
Pair Busted For Robbing Juvenile Rivals Of Gucci Vest, Sneakers At Moonachie Bus Stop An ongoing war between regional rivals was further stoked when two juveniles were mugged at a bus stop in Moonachie, authorities said. A pair of Moonachie police officers quickly nabbed one of the strong-arm robbers, they said. The second turned himself in. Their victims were waiting for a bus at Moonachie Road and Rooney Place when they were roughed up by Taiwan Davis, 20, of Paterson and a juvenile from town on Sunday, Nov. 19, Police Lt. Jeff Napolitano said. The 6-foot-4-inch, 280-pound Davis and his accomplice fled with a Gucci vest and a pair of sneakers that the victims had been wea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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GOTCHA! Ex-Con Who Took Truck From Lot Off Route 46 Caught Returning For His Ride, Police Say GOTCHA! Ex-Con Who Took Truck From Lot Off Route 46 Caught Returning For His Ride, Police Say
Gotcha! Ex-Con Who Took Truck From Lot Off Route 46 Caught Returning For His Ride, Police Say A fugitive ex-con with a decades-long criminal record was busted again after he was caught on security footage unhooking a tractor from a trailer at an industrial building off Route 46 and driving off with it, authorities said. Moonachie Police Officer Scott Lemongello viewed the footage from a neighboring building on Hollister Road in Teterboro soon after the theft early Sunday, Oct. 9. It showed Christopher Mason, 58, most recently of Morrisville, PA, pulling up in a van, parking and then heading into the lot next door, where he began testing door handles on parked trucks, Police Chief Ri…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hudson Driver Crashes, Takes Swing At Police In Little Ferry, Authorities Say Hudson Driver Crashes, Takes Swing At Police In Little Ferry, Authorities Say
Hudson Driver Crashes, Takes Swing At Police In Little Ferry, Authorities Say A drunken Hudson County man took a swing at police after crashing his pickup truck in Little Ferry, authorities said. Francis J. Ciprian, 38, of West New York apparently left his girlfriend behind when he bailed out of the truck after it hit some containers on Gates Road near the Hackensack River shortly after 4 a.m. Aug. 28, police said. Officers responding to the crash were investigating when he approached them from up the street shouting obscenities, Little Ferry Police Chief James Walters said. Cyprian, who appeared drunk, was "yelling and walking around aimlessly in a hostile manner" …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police Nab Moonachie Mobile Home Burglar Found Sleeping In Resident's Bed Police Nab Moonachie Mobile Home Burglar Found Sleeping In Resident's Bed
Police Nab Moonachie Mobile Home Burglar Found Sleeping In Resident's Bed A Moonachie man was seized by borough police after he broke into a mobile home and took a late-afternoon snooze, authorities said. Sgt. Victor Migliorino and Police Officer Sean Mulligan found Matthew Valent, 61, a short distance from the East Sixth Street trailer in the Vanguard Mobile Home Park off Moonachie Avenue shortly after 4 p.m. Monday, Police Chief Richard Behrens said. A resident reported finding him sleeping in a bedroom there, Behrens said. Valent tried ducking into a warehouse but was quickly nabbed by Migliorino, the chief said. Detective John Bussanich and Officer Jonathan …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Report Of Infant Thrown From Car On Route 46 Unfounded, Police Say Report Of Infant Thrown From Car On Route 46 Unfounded, Police Say
Report Of Infant Thrown From Car On Route 46 Unfounded, Police Say What authorities said turned out to be an unfounded report that someone tossed a baby from a vehicle on Route 46 early Thursday night might've been the result of a language barrier. Firefighters set up lights as responders converged on the area near Green Street in Teterboro at the South Hackensack border after receiving the report following a motor vehicle accident in Hasbrouck Heights shortly before 5:30 p.m., they said. The responders combed the area intensively before canceling an ambulance. "It appears unfounded," a ranking officer told Daily Voice just after 6 p.m. They continued se…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police ID Pedestrian Struck, Killed On Route 46 In Teterboro As Garfield Woman Police ID Pedestrian Struck, Killed On Route 46 In Teterboro As Garfield Woman
Police ID Pedestrian Struck, Killed On Route 46 In Teterboro As Garfield Woman UPDATE: A 59-year-old Garfield woman was identified Tuesday as the pedestrian who was struck and killed on a treacherous stretch of Route 46 in Teterboro the day before. Fetije Lickollari was crossing away from the crosswalk when she was struck by a Chrysler 300 on the highway’s eastbound side near Industrial Avenue shortly after 3:30 p.m. Monday, Moonachie Police Chief Richard Behrens said. She was pronounced dead at the scene soon after. No charges were filed or summonses issued against the driver, who remained at the scene and then went with Moonachie police to headquarters to provide …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Pedestrian Struck, Killed Crossing Route 46 Pedestrian Struck, Killed Crossing Route 46
Pedestrian Struck, Killed Crossing Route 46 UPDATE: A pedestrian who was killed on eastbound Route 46 outside Teterboro Airport had avoided the crosswalk when he was struck, a witness said Wednesday. Responding officers immediately began conducting CPR on Mariano Morales-Benitez, 43, of Union City on the darkened stretch of highway in front of the bus stop near Fred Wehran Drive at 5:21 p.m. Tuesday, Moonachie Police Chief Richard Behrens said. Members of the Little Ferry First Aid Squad then took Morales-Benitez to Hackensack University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 6:03 p.m., the chief said. "It was an unfortuna…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Moonachie PD: 'Shoot Me!' Cornered Car Burglar Shouts Moonachie PD: 'Shoot Me!' Cornered Car Burglar Shouts
Moonachie PD: 'Shoot Me!' Cornered Car Burglar Shouts “Shoot me!” a Paterson car burglar shouted at a Moonachie police officer who’d chased him down before dawn Wednesday, authorities said. A homeowner flagged down Officer Robert Bauer on Jackson Place around 12:49 a.m. saying he’d scared off a man trying to get into two cars in driveway, Police Chief Richard Behrens said. Bauer radioed a description of the burglar to Officer Sean Mulligan, who spotted a vehicle with its brake lights shining in the driveway of a Joseph Street home, Behrens said. A man seated behind the wheel matched the description given by the resident, he said. As Mullig…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEEN HIM? Ex-Con Sought After Hackensack Stolen Car Chase Ends In Crash SEEN HIM? Ex-Con Sought After Hackensack Stolen Car Chase Ends In Crash
Seen HIM? Ex-Con Sought After Hackensack Stolen Car Chase Ends In Crash A manhunt was under way for an ex-con with a 25-year criminal history who crashed a stolen car twice while being pursued by Hackensack police Thursday morning. Antonio Singletary, 48, was behind the wheel of a 2017 Lincoln MKZ that Officer Frank McCall tried to pull over shortly before 9 a.m., Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Singletary hit the gas instead, speeding off south on Polifly Road before the sedan knocked down a light pole and kept going as he tried to make a left onto eastbound Route 80, the captain said. Singletary then tried to merge onto northbound Route 17, but the vehic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hackensack Career Criminal, 47, Nabbed By Moonachie Police In Vehicle Break-In Hackensack Career Criminal, 47, Nabbed By Moonachie Police In Vehicle Break-In
Hackensack Career Criminal, 47, Nabbed By Moonachie Police In Vehicle Break-In Moonachie police nabbed a Hackensack ex-con with a 25-year criminal history moments after he’d smashed the window of a car and grabbed a purse, authorities said. Officers Scott Lemongello and Sean Mulligan – responding to a call of someone trying vehicle door handles on Concord Street -- found Antonio Singletary, 47, on Moonachie Avenue shortly after 9 a.m. Sunday, Police Chief Richard Behrens said. Moments earlier, he’d smashed the window of a vehicle parked at a local business and taken a purse that contained several stolen credit cards and identifications that the officers found Singleta…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Moonachie PD: Driver Tosses Pot Out Window During Pursuit Moonachie PD: Driver Tosses Pot Out Window During Pursuit
Moonachie PD: Driver Tosses Pot Out Window During Pursuit A driver who led a Moonachie police office on a brief chase while tossing pot out the window had a bag of the drug and a pair of brass knuckles with him, authorities said. Officer Mark Mulvaney was on patrol on Moonachie Avenue when he tried pulling over a 2015 Mercedes Benz that crossed over the double-yellow line before turning onto Redneck Avenue just after 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Police Chief Richard Behrens said. Michael McCloud, 34, of Paterson refused to stop, continuing on for nearly a mile while throwing things out the window that included a bag of marijuana, the chief said. After McCl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Yonkers ID Thief Nabbed At Teterboro Costco, Moonachie Police Say Yonkers ID Thief Nabbed At Teterboro Costco, Moonachie Police Say
Yonkers ID Thief Nabbed At Teterboro Costco, Moonachie Police Say A Yonkers woman was carrying stolen IDs, including a Pennsylvania woman’s driver’ license that she told Moonachie police was hers, authorities said. Police were called to the Teterboro Costco off Route 46 after Ivanna C. Estrella, 27, tried buying two iPhones with a stolen identity, Police Chief Richard Behrens said. Estrella “continued to tell [Officers Sean Mulligan and Frank Tamargo] that her name was the one shown on the license,” Behrens said. She finally handed over her real license when a check with the Pennsylvania motor vehicle database showed otherwise, he said. The arresting …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Four Hospitalized In Multi-Vehicle Route 46 Pileup Involving Motorcycle In Teterboro Four Hospitalized In Multi-Vehicle Route 46 Pileup Involving Motorcycle In Teterboro
Four Hospitalized In Multi-Vehicle Route 46 Pileup Involving Motorcycle In Teterboro Four victims including a motorcyclist were hospitalized after a multi-vehicle crash on Route 46 in Teterboro late Tuesday. None of their injuries was life-threatening, Moonachie Police Chief Richard Behrens said. "Initially it was believed a vehicle may have fled the scene," Behrens said. "Once officers arrived, it was determined that all vehicles remained." All of those injured in the pileup shortly after 11 p.m. were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, the chief said. Responders included Moonachie police and the borough's First Aid & Rescue Squad, Hasbrouck Heights firefi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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VIDEO: Single Rt 46W Lane In Teterboro Reopens, Hit-Run Driver Who Took Out Hydrant Sought VIDEO: Single Rt 46W Lane In Teterboro Reopens, Hit-Run Driver Who Took Out Hydrant Sought
Video: Single Rt 46W Lane In Teterboro Reopens, Hit-Run Driver Who Took Out Hydrant Sought UPDATE: Moonachie police hope someone saw the hit-and-run driver whose commercial vehicle slammed into a fire hydrant in Teterboro on Tuesday, flooding Route 46 and indefinitely closing the westbound lanes. Anyone who saw something or has information that can help find whoever was responsible was asked to call Moonachie PD: (201) 641-9100.Jerry DeMarco “We got the call of a possible water main break,” Police Chief Richard Behrens said. “When we got there the fire hydrant was knocked off and water was flowing.” The damage at the highway’s intersection with Hollister Road was expected to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Alert Moonachie Patrol Officer Seizes More Than Pound Of Pot, Drug Cash In Overnight Stop Alert Moonachie Patrol Officer Seizes More Than Pound Of Pot, Drug Cash In Overnight Stop
Alert Moonachie Patrol Officer Seizes More Than Pound Of Pot, Drug Cash In Overnight Stop A suspicious car led to the pre-dawn seizure Saturday of more than a pound of pot for sale, along with drug proceeds, Moonachie police said. Officer noticed the vehicle in the alley of a closed business of Caesar Place around 1:10 a.m. Tamargo “patrols the area regularly and knew the alley was normally clear of vehicles,” Sgt. Jeff Napolitano said. As the officer approached, the car began to pull away, so he and Napolitano stopped it. They immediately smelled marijuana, Napolitano said. After finding the drug packaged in a jar and several zip-locking bags, along with $1,032 in cash, they…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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One-Armed Man Charged In North Jersey Mobile Home Burglary, Police Say One-Armed Man Charged In North Jersey Mobile Home Burglary, Police Say
One-Armed Man Charged In North Jersey Mobile Home Burglary, Police Say A man with one arm was charged in the burglary of a mobile home in Moonachie, authorities said. On Sunday, police received a report from a resident at the East Fourth Street in the Vanguard Mobile Home Park that a one-armed man was spotted climb through the window of one of the mobile homes, Moonachie Chief Richard Behrens said. When police arrived, the neighbor said the man had left and walked into a nearby wooded area, Behrens said. Police recognized the man as local resident Robert A. Burtis, 35 of Moonachie, on video footage the neighbor had of him leaving the house, according to Behre…

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by Cecilia Levine
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SEE ANYTHING? Police Seek Vehicle That Bicyclist Said Hit Him On Route 46 In Teterboro SEE ANYTHING? Police Seek Vehicle That Bicyclist Said Hit Him On Route 46 In Teterboro
SEE Anything? Police Seek Vehicle That Bicyclist Said Hit Him On Route 46 In Teterboro Moonachie police sought the public's help Monday finding a vehicle that a Hasbrouck Heights bicyclist said struck him in Teterboro on his way to work last week. The 48-year-old man bicyclist walked to the Shell service station on Franklin Avenue in Hasbrouck Heights around 3:30 a.m. last Tuesday, Sept. 18, Moonachie Detective Sgt. Anthony Fugniti said. He told police he'd been struck from behind a short time earlier while riding on the dirt path on eastbound Route 46 in Teterboro, the sergeant said. The vehicle then took off, the man said. Hasbrouck Heights EMS took him to Hackensack Univ…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Transgender Female With 20-Year Rap Sheet Pulls Screwdriver On Walmart Security Guard Police: Transgender Female With 20-Year Rap Sheet Pulls Screwdriver On Walmart Security Guard
Police: Transgender Female With 20-Year Rap Sheet Pulls Screwdriver On Walmart Security Guard A transgender shoplifter pulled a screwdriver on a Teterboro Walmart security guard and threatened to stab him with it, authorities said. Photographs of Gregory Bates, 39, of Hackensack and a companion, 28-year-old Anna Ross of Norwood, were distributed to area police departments after the guard tried stopping Bates from stealing a pair of shoes and was threatened, Moonachie Police Chief Richard Behrens said. On Thursday, Detective Sgt. Anthony Fugnitti was at the Walmart for another incident when he spotted an idling vehicle illegally parked in a fire lane – and found Bates asleep in the f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Reward Grows In Route 46 Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Man, 28 Reward Grows In Route 46 Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Man, 28
Reward Grows In Route 46 Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Man, 28 TEANECK, N.J. -- A GoFundMe reward grew Thursday to nearly $3,000 for information that helps find whoever was responsible for the hit-and-run death of 28-year-old Teaneck man as he crossed Route 46 near the Teterboro Walmart last month. "Brian Rossi was a loving son, brother, uncle, and friend who was taken away from us all too soon," his sister, Sharyn Rossi Agnew, wrote on the GoFundMe page she launched earlier this week. "The culprit(s) left the scene and left Brian to die on the side of the road, alone," after the 5:50 a.m. Jan. 5 crash near Industrial Avenue. "…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities ID Vehicles In Teterboro Hit-Run Death Authorities ID Vehicles In Teterboro Hit-Run Death
Authorities ID Vehicles In Teterboro Hit-Run Death TETERBORO, N.J. -- Authorities released a photo of a black Ford Focus that they said struck and killed a 28-year-old Teaneck man as he crossed Route 46 near the Teterboro Walmart earlier this month and another car that picked up the driver. Brian Rossi was pronounced dead at the scene of the 5:50 a.m. Jan. 5 crash near Industrial Avenue, and investigators have been searching for whomever was responsible ever since. On Wednesday, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said that evidence recovered from the scene "indicates that the vehicle is a black Ford Focus, sedan or hatchback, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Twins, Father Charged In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Man, 28, In Teterboro Twins, Father Charged In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Man, 28, In Teterboro
Twins, Father Charged In Hit-Run Death Of Teaneck Man, 28, In Teterboro (UPDATE) The father of twins charged in the hit-and-run death of a 28-year-old Teaneck man as he crossed Route 46 near the Teterboro Walmart last month hid the car at his Wallington home, said authorities who arrested him. Detectives on Thursday found the 2013 black Ford Focus at the home of John Bialek, , a 52-year-old train mechanic, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Friday afternoon. Bialek was charged with hindering apprehension and released pending a March 5 hearing in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, the prosecutor said. One of his sons, Brandon Bialek,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEE ANYTHING? Teaneck Man, 28, Killed In Hit-Run Outside Teterboro Walmart SEE ANYTHING? Teaneck Man, 28, Killed In Hit-Run Outside Teterboro Walmart
SEE Anything? Teaneck Man, 28, Killed In Hit-Run Outside Teterboro Walmart UPDATE: A Lodi man was charged Tuesday (Feb. 20) in connection with the hit-and-run death of 28-year-old Teaneck man as he crossed Route 46 near the Teterboro Walmart last month. Brandon Bialek, 32, was booked into the Bergen County Jail on charges of knowingly leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death and hindering his apprehension by suppressing evidence. He remained there pending a detention hearing. Bialek, a twin whose Facebook profile lists him as a lab aide at the Bergen County Utilities Authority, is listed on his MyLife page as owning a 2013 Ford Focus -- the model of car tha…

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by Jerry DeMarco