Jeep Hits Pole, Bursts Into Flames In Ridgefield Park Jeep Hits Pole, Bursts Into Flames In Ridgefield Park
Jeep Hits Pole, Bursts Into Flames In Ridgefield Park PHOTOS: A Jeep struck a pole and caught fire overnight in Ridgefield Park. The driver quickly got out and wasn't seriously injured in the crash on Teaneck Road near Barnes Drive around 3:30 a.m. Friday, responders said. Ridgefield Park firefighters doused the blaze within minutes. Flames singed the pole and part of a resident's lawn. A PSE&G crew was summoned for repairs. Flames singed the pole and a resident's lawn.DAILY VOICE Ridgefield Park firefighters doused the blaze within minutes.DAILY VOICE AftermathDAILY VOICE
Teterboro Aero School Stabbing: Ridgefield Park Man Seized, North Bergen Victim Hospitalized Teterboro Aero School Stabbing: Ridgefield Park Man Seized, North Bergen Victim Hospitalized
Teterboro Aero School Stabbing: Ridgefield Park Man Seized, North Bergen Victim Hospitalized A 27-year-old student from Ridgefield Park pulled out a pocketknife and stabbed a classmate in the stomach during an argument at the aeronautics school at Teterboro Airport, authorities confirmed. The 20-year-old victim from North Bergen was reported in stable condition at Hackensack University Medical Center following the night-class stabbing shortly after 11 p.m. Wednesday at the Aviation Institute of Maintenance, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey spokeswoman Lenis Valens said. The Moonachie First Aid & Rescue Squad teamed up with HUMC paramedics to treat the victim befor…
Prosecutor: Man Struck, Killed Outside Lodi Strip Club Was Beaten, Left In Path Of Driver Prosecutor: Man Struck, Killed Outside Lodi Strip Club Was Beaten, Left In Path Of Driver
Prosecutor: Man Struck, Killed Outside Lodi Strip Club Was Beaten, Left In Path Of Driver UPDATE: Five Ridgefield Park men – two of them brothers -- are charged with beating a Fair Lawn man outside the Satin Dolls nightclub in Lodi and then dumping him onto Route 17, where he was struck and killed. Adrian Hoti, 23, and Fero Hoti, 24, along with Kevin Agudelo and Christian Reyes, both 22, and Julio Pena, 23, are all charged with aggravated manslaughter showing "extreme indifference to human life" and endangering an injured victim. The quintet apparently got into a dispute with Marko Guberovic, 38, while waiting for dancers to leave the club -- made famous as the "Bada Bing" in th…
UPDATE: Victim, 38, Struck, Killed Outside Satin Dolls UPDATE: Victim, 38, Struck, Killed Outside Satin Dolls
Update: Victim, 38, Struck, Killed Outside Satin Dolls Five Ridgefield Park men – two of them brothers -- are charged with beating a Fair Lawn man outside the Satin Dolls nightclub in Lodi and then dumping him onto Route 17, where he was struck and killed. Adrian Hoti, 23, and Fero Hoti, 24, along with Kevin Agudelo and Christian Reyes, both 22, and Julio Pena, 23, are all charged with aggravated manslaughter showing "extreme indifference to human life" and endangering an injured victim. The quintet apparently got into a dispute with Marko Guberovic, 38, while waiting for dancers to leave the club -- made famous as the "Bada Bing" in the legen…
Prosecutor: Man Struck, Killed Outside Lodi Strip Club Was Beaten, Left In Path Of Driver Prosecutor: Man Struck, Killed Outside Lodi Strip Club Was Beaten, Left In Path Of Driver
Prosecutor: Man Struck, Killed Outside Lodi Strip Club Was Beaten, Left In Path Of Driver UPDATE: Five Ridgefield Park men – two of them brothers -- are charged with beating a Fair Lawn man outside the Satin Dolls nightclub in Lodi and then dumping him onto Route 17, where he was struck and killed. Adrian Hoti, 23, and Fero Hoti, 24, along with Kevin Agudelo and Christian Reyes, both 22, and Julio Pena, 23, are all charged with aggravated manslaughter showing "extreme indifference to human life" and endangering an injured victim. The quintet apparently got into a dispute with Marko Guberovic, 38, while waiting for dancers to leave the club -- made famous as the "Bada Bing" in t…
HEROES: Firefighters, Off-Duty Police Officer Rescue Driver, Young Child In Route 46 Rollover HEROES: Firefighters, Off-Duty Police Officer Rescue Driver, Young Child In Route 46 Rollover
Heroes: Firefighters, Off-Duty Police Officer Rescue Driver, Young Child In Route 46 Rollover Little Ferry firefighters and an off-duty Secaucus police officer rescued a young Pompton Lakes driver and her 7-year-old daughter following a Route 46 rollover crash. The 31-year-old driver was headed west shortly after 7 p.m. Saturday when her 2021 Hyundai Palisade slammed into a 2012 Honda Pilot driven by a 39-year-old Ridgefield Park man that was stopped a red light at Phillips Avenue in South Hackensack, authorities said. The woman told police she didn’t remember what happened after that, Detective Sgt. James Donatello said. Little Ferry firefighters extricated the mom, while the off-…
Police: Fleeing Route 46 Driver Injures Two In Wrong-Way Ridgefield Park Crash Police: Fleeing Route 46 Driver Injures Two In Wrong-Way Ridgefield Park Crash
Police: Fleeing Route 46 Driver Injures Two In Wrong-Way Ridgefield Park Crash A speeding driver led a Ridgefield Park police officer on a chase through village side streets before his coupe crashed into a pickup truck on the opposite side of the road, injuring its two occupants, authorities said. Officer Brian Lyons tried to stop the BMW on westbound Route 46 shortly before 10:30 p.m. Friday, Lt. Arthur Jensen said. The driver – Romy D. Fabre, 26, of Jamaica, Queens – then hit the gas and turned off the highway, Jensen said. He eventually ended up heading south in the northbound lanes of the Main Street bypass when his vehicle collided with a Ford F350 pickup truck,…
Ramsey Man Admits Embezzling $516,000 From Ridgefield Park Security Firm Ramsey Man Admits Embezzling $516,000 From Ridgefield Park Security Firm
Ramsey Man Admits Embezzling $516,000 From Ridgefield Park Security Firm A Ramsey man who worked at a Ridgefield Park security systems firm told a federal judge that he and an accomplice diverted $516,000 of the company’s money to spend on themselves. Joseph Spaccavento, 41, was an accounts payable manager and assistant controller at the firm, which developed hardware and software for video surveillance, federal authorities said. His accomplice, Melissa Corso, coordinated the collection of customer payments and applied them to invoices, they said. For more than 5 ½ years, the two diverted customer payments to themselves, Spaccavento admitted during a videoconfe…
A Detective's Work Ends: Lodi Serial Killer Admits Raping, Drowning North Bergen Teens In 1974 A Detective's Work Ends: Lodi Serial Killer Admits Raping, Drowning North Bergen Teens In 1974
A Detective's Work Ends: Lodi Serial Killer Admits Raping, Drowning North Bergen Teens In 1974 Those old enough to remember can recall the fear that many felt after the bodies of two girls from North Bergen who’d gone missing after a shopping trip to Paramus were found raped, beaten and drowned in Bergen County. It also left enormous holes in the souls of family and friends of Mary Ann Pryor, 17, and Lorraine Kelly, 16. It’s taken more than 46 years, but a Bergen County police veteran who is only days from retirement got one of the country’s most notorious serial killers to confess. “Mary Anne and Lorraine deserve it, God rest their souls,” Bergen County Prosecutor’s Chief of Detect…
ROUTE 80 BUS BRAWL: Ex-Con, Companion Charged With Macing Passengers ROUTE 80 BUS BRAWL: Ex-Con, Companion Charged With Macing Passengers
Route 80 BUS Brawl: Ex-Con, Companion Charged With Macing Passengers An ex-con and his companion Maced fellow passengers during a brawl that broke out on a bus headed west on Route 80, New Jersey State Police said. Anthony Ginwright, 57, and Gloria Bates, 45, both of Atlantic City, also tried to use a Taser during the incident, they said. Troopers responding to a fight in progress came upon the bus near westbound mile marker 67.2 in Ridgefield Park around 5 p.m. Tuesday. They charged Ginwright with three counts of assault, making terroristic threats, possession of drug paraphernalia and several weapons offenses, including being an ex-con in possession of Ma…
Firefighters Douse Downtown Bergenfield Blaze Firefighters Douse Downtown Bergenfield Blaze
Firefighters Douse Downtown Bergenfield Blaze Firefighters extinguished a smoky Saturday afternoon blaze that damaged four stores in a downtown Bergenfield commercial strip. Five alarms were sounded after the fire broke out between two stores in a string of businesses on South Washington Avenue just south of Bedford Avenue around 1:45 p.m.  The call drew more than 100 firefighters to the scene. The blaze was contained and declared under control about an hour and 20 minutes later.  No injuries were reported. Mutual aid responders included firefighters from Bogota, Cresskill, Dumont, Englewood, Hackensack, Haworth, …
Driver, 34, Ejected In Fatal Ridgefield Park NJ Turnpike Crash Driver, 34, Ejected In Fatal Ridgefield Park NJ Turnpike Crash
Driver, 34, Ejected In Fatal Ridgefield Park NJ Turnpike Crash A driver was ejected from his Jeep in a fatal Sunday morning crash on the southbound New Jersey Turnpike in Ridgefield Park, State Police said. Jose Minaya, 34, Newark, was driving a Grand Cherokee that struck the center concrete barrier, then re-entered the roadway and hit the right-side guardrail, rolling over and ejecting him around 7 a.m., State Police Trooper II Alejandro Goez said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, Goez said, adding that no other vehicles or passengers were involved. The left lane approaching Route 46 initially was closed during the cleanup and investigation, cond…