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Motorcyclist Killed In Route 23 Crash Motorcyclist Killed In Route 23 Crash
Motorcyclist Killed In Route 23 Crash A tractor-trailer driver from Caldwell was killed in a crash while riding his motorcycle Friday night on Route 23 in Wayne, authorities confirmed. Serge Lozowsky, 50, was operating a 2020 Harley Davidson that crashed into the sidewalk outside the Reloaderz NJ shooting range on the southbound highway just past the entrance ramp from Black Oak Ridge Road shortly before 9:30 p.m., they said. Lozowsky, a Russian immigrant who worked for more than a decade for Landstar System Inc., was pronounced dead at the scene about 40 minutes later, Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Wayne Police Chief Jack M…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
SEE ANYTHING? Detectives Investigate Shots Fired Outside Mother's In Wayne SEE ANYTHING? Detectives Investigate Shots Fired Outside Mother's In Wayne
SEE Anything? Detectives Investigate Shots Fired Outside Mother's In Wayne Gunshots brought Wayne police and other law enforcement officers to Mother's Ale House before dawn Sunday, but no victims or shooters were found, authorities said. Four shots were confirmed off Mountainview Boulevard, in the shadow of northbound Route 23, shortly after 2 a.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Wayne Police Chief Jack McNiff said. “Upon arrival the police located a possible crime scene but were unable to locate a victim,” they said in a joint release. Valdes and McNiff didn’t address a report that the popular nightspot was sheltered in place or that a red pi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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WILD CHASE: NJ State Police Cruiser Rammed Twice In Multi-Town Pursuit WILD CHASE: NJ State Police Cruiser Rammed Twice In Multi-Town Pursuit
Wild Chase: NJ State Police Cruiser Rammed Twice In Multi-Town Pursuit A New Jersey State Police cruiser was struck twice during a wild pursuit that began on Route 80 and ended on a quiet suburban street, authorities said. The cruiser was one of three NJSP vehicles in all that were damaged by a stolen van whose two occupants – a man and woman -- bailed out and fled following a nearly half-hour chase, they said. It began when a trooper tried to stop the speeding white Ford Econoline on westbound Route 80 in Woodland Park shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday, NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan said. The driver exited the interstate onto the Route 23 service road in Wayne,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Prostitute, Accomplices Nabbed After Robbing John With Shotgun, Bat At Wayne Hotel Police: Prostitute, Accomplices Nabbed After Robbing John With Shotgun, Bat At Wayne Hotel
Police: Prostitute, Accomplices Nabbed After Robbing John With Shotgun, Bat At Wayne Hotel A would-be customer who thought he was patronizing a prostitute at a Wayne motel got robbed, instead, after the hooker let in a pair of armed companions – all of whom were later caught, authorities said. The victim told police he’d met a woman at the Days Inn on Route 23 “for the purpose of paying her for sex,” Detective Capt. Dan Daly said Tuesday. Soon after she arrived, there was a knock at the door, he said. The woman opened the door and let in another woman, who was carrying a bag, and a man who was carrying a guitar case, the victim told police. Both were wearing hoods and masks, he…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Truck Tire Explosion ‘Sends Rubber Flying’ Into Fire Engine As Crews Douse Route 287 Blaze Truck Tire Explosion ‘Sends Rubber Flying’ Into Fire Engine As Crews Douse Route 287 Blaze
Truck Tire Explosion ‘Sends Rubber Flying’ Into Fire Engine As Crews Douse Route 287 Blaze The back tire of a smoldering truck exploded and hit the responding fire crew’s vehicle on Route 287 in Morris County, authorities said. The Riverdale Fire Department’s incident commander had just arrived at the scene of the blaze in the northbound lanes between Route 23 and the Hamburg Turnpike when one of the smoldering truck’s back tires exploded and “[sent] rubber flying into the side of his vehicle” just after 4:05 p.m. Sunday, the department confirmed on Facebook Thursday. The driver and other on-scene officers were uninjured, as they were not in the “hazard area,” the department said…

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by Valerie Musson
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Overdose Victim At Route 46 Hotel Revived By Wayne PD After Young Sons Go For Help Overdose Victim At Route 46 Hotel Revived By Wayne PD After Young Sons Go For Help
Overdose Victim At Route 46 Hotel Revived By Wayne PD After Young Sons Go For Help A heroin overdose victim in a Route 46 hotel shower was revived by Wayne police -- and later arrested -- after his two young sons went for help, authorities said. A good Samaritan alerted by the youngsters administered CPR until officers arrived at the Home2 Suites by Hilton near the “spaghetti bowl” intersection of Route 46, 23 and 80 near the Willowbrook Mall, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. They found Cameron Rowand, 32 of Sewell (Gloucester County) unconscious but still breathing, with an uncapped needle and syringe nearby, he said. “Officers twice administered Narcan before turning his…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Maskless Burger King Patron Denied Service Chokes Worker, Wayne Police Charge Maskless Burger King Patron Denied Service Chokes Worker, Wayne Police Charge
Maskless Burger King Patron Denied Service Chokes Worker, Wayne Police Charge A customer who was denied service for not wearing a face mask returned to a Burger King in Wayne and grabbed a female employee by the throat, said police who captured him soon after. A co-worker came to the victim’s rescue after David Sivertsen, 47, of Hackettstown began choking her, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. Police had responded to the Route 23 fast-food joint earlier Saturday after Sivertsen argued with employees about wearing a mask, Daly said. He was gone when they got there, the captain said. Surveillance video shows Sivertsen returning shortly after 4 p.m. He grabbed an employ…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities Probe West Milford Crash That Sent 5 To Hospital, One Serious Authorities Probe West Milford Crash That Sent 5 To Hospital, One Serious
Authorities Probe West Milford Crash That Sent 5 To Hospital, One Serious Authorities said they were investigating a West Milford crash that sent three adults and two juveniles to the hospital. A 57-year-old West Milford woman who was driving a 2002 Toyota Highlander was taken St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center with serious injuries following the three-vehicle collision shortly after 10 p.m. Wednesday at the corner of Oak Ridge and Cozy Lake roads, they said. Meanwhile, a 49-year-old woman, also from West Milford, and two juvenile passengers in her 2019 Jeep Compass were taken to Morristown Medical Center in Morristown where they were treated for minor injuries…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Worker, Guest Hospitalized In Fire At Wayne Hotel Tied To 9/11 Attacks Worker, Guest Hospitalized In Fire At Wayne Hotel Tied To 9/11 Attacks
Worker, Guest Hospitalized In Fire At Wayne Hotel Tied To 9/11 Attacks A worker suffered burns and a guest also was hospitalized with minor injuries in a fire Tuesday night at an infamous hotel on Route 46 in Wayne. The worker was repairing an electrical panel in an area adjacent to a guest room when the fire broke out in the Kings Inn, near the Willowbrook Mall and Routes 23 and 80, shortly after 8 p.m., Wayne Police Detective Capt. Daniel Daly said. He was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson by Wayne Memorial First Aid Squad, Daly said. A hotel guest was taken to St. Joseph’s Wayne Hospital, he said, adding that a third victim was tre…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Wayne PD: Drunken Trespasser Climbs Head First Into Race Car, Can't Get Out Wayne PD: Drunken Trespasser Climbs Head First Into Race Car, Can't Get Out
Wayne PD: Drunken Trespasser Climbs Head First Into Race Car, Can't Get Out Rescuers had to cut off a roll cage to free a drunken trespasser who climbed into a sports car head first and couldn’t get out, authorities said. Jagdeep Singh, 30, apparently got into the Mazda Miata parked at the Delta gas station on southbound Route 23 to take a nap and got wedged upside-down in the roll cage, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. Officers who responded detected an “overwhelming odor of alcohol” and summoned rescuers to get him out, Daly said. Members of the Wayne Township Memorial First Aid Squad cut off the cage and freed the intruder, he said. The Miata's 60-year-old owner…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Pete's Meats Opening Butcher Shop, Restaurant Next Month In Wayne Pete's Meats Opening Butcher Shop, Restaurant Next Month In Wayne
Pete's Meats Opening Butcher Shop, Restaurant Next Month In Wayne A new butcher shop and restaurant is opening in Wayne next month. Pete's Meats will be holding its soft opening on Route 23 Dec. 1, owner Pete DiMarco said. DiMarco has worked in the restaurant supply industry for 25 years and expanded his delivery service during the pandemic. Chef Alex Diaz, who spent more than two decades working in executive New York City positions, will be working at the new restaurant, BoozyBurbs reports. Burgers, deli sandwiches, steak sandwiches, lobster rolls, hot dogs, roasted salmon, grilled chicken, pork chop, smoked ribs and an array of sides including steak f…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Jersey Shore Driver, 39, Airlifted After New SUV Hits Pole, Rolls On Route 23 Jersey Shore Driver, 39, Airlifted After New SUV Hits Pole, Rolls On Route 23
Jersey Shore Driver, 39, Airlifted After New SUV Hits Pole, Rolls On Route 23 A Jersey Shore driver was airlifted after his new SUV hit a utility pole and rolled on Route 23 in West Milford over the weekend. Brian Kochakji, a 39-year-old finance manager with Mercedes Benz, was headed north on Route 23 when the 2020 Mercedes-AMG GLC43 crashed shortly before 9:30 p.m. Saturday, authorities said. Kochakji, a former township resident who lives in Point Pleasant, was brought by ambulance to Echo Lake Ballfield on Germantown Road, police Lt. Thomas Valente said. AirMed One flew him from there to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson with serious injuries, Va…

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by Jerry DeMarco