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CLOSE CALL: Stolen Car Rams Englewood Police Cruiser CLOSE CALL: Stolen Car Rams Englewood Police Cruiser
Close CALL: Stolen Car Rams Englewood Police Cruiser An Englewood officer escaped serious injury when a police cruiser was rammed by a driver in a stolen car, authorities said. Several occupants were in the 2019 Honda Pilot when a license plate reader flagged the vehicle – which had been reported stolen out of Elizabeth earlier that day -- shortly after 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 13, Deputy Police Chief Matthew de la Rosa said. Officers tried to stop the SUV on South Dean Street, but it sped off, the deputy chief said. The pursuit headed south on Broad Avenue, where the Pilot slammed into a cruiser, sending it spinning out, he said. The po…

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Five Out-Of-Towners Seized After Paramus Stolen Car Pursuit Ends In Englewood Crash Five Out-Of-Towners Seized After Paramus Stolen Car Pursuit Ends In Englewood Crash
Five Out-Of-Towners Seized After Paramus Stolen Car Pursuit Ends In Englewood Crash An Essex County quintet was arrested by Paramus police following the pursuit of a stolen Dodge Challenger that crashed in Englewood. Officer Slavko Bajovic spotted the stolen muscle car on southbound Route 17 after hearing an alert that it was involved in an attempted vehicle theft in Ridgewood shortly after 3 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Bajovic tried to stop the Challenger after a computer check showed that it had been reported stolen out of Old Bridge, the chief said. The driver refused to stop, however, and continued down Route 17 onto eastbound …

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UPDATE: No Injuries In Gas Explosion, Fire In Englewood UPDATE: No Injuries In Gas Explosion, Fire In Englewood
Update: No Injuries In Gas Explosion, Fire In Englewood VIDEO: An explosion leveled an industrial building Wednesday morning in Englewood. "Thank God there's no fatalities, no injuries," Mayor Michael Wildes said. "Looks like a gas explosion." "The rear of the building was blown out and pretty much collapsed," Fire Chief Erik Enerson said. "No one was in the structure at the time." The explosion occurred in the mostly vacant low-slung building on Bancker Street just after 8:30 a.m.  A subsequent fire quickly went to three and then four alarms as authorities evacuated surrounding properties. "I heard the explosion, witnessed the ball of fire,…

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SEE ANYTHING? Englewood Shooting Suspects In Pursuit Bail At Leonia Border SEE ANYTHING? Englewood Shooting Suspects In Pursuit Bail At Leonia Border
SEE Anything? Englewood Shooting Suspects In Pursuit Bail At Leonia Border Two guns came flying out the window of a car during a wild Englewood police pursuit following a shooting last month, said authorities who grabbed the occupant of one vehicle and were seeking the public’s help finding those in the other. Several officers heard gunfire at the One William Street apartment complex at West Englewood Avenue and William Street and saw two vehicles speed away just after midnight April 13, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. Police pursed both vehicle along South Dean Street, where the two guns were tossed from a late model Jeep Grand Cherokee, he said. “Whe…

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Englewood Man Critically Injured In Suspected Suicide Jump From Route 4 Overpass Englewood Man Critically Injured In Suspected Suicide Jump From Route 4 Overpass
Englewood Man Critically Injured In Suspected Suicide Jump From Route 4 Overpass A 30-year-old Englewood man was undergoing a lengthy emergency surgery after jumping from a Route 4 overpass early Tuesday in a suspected suicide attempt, authorities said. Responding city police officers found him moving but severely injured on South Dean Street below the highway at 7:15 a.m., Deputy Chief Gregory Halstead said. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a possibly severe spinal injury, along with heavy facial injuries and cuts, responders said. South Dean Street was temporarily closed between Van Nostrand Avenue and Rockwood Place, Halstead said.

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Two Englewood Pedestrians Struck In Back-To-Back Crashes Two Englewood Pedestrians Struck In Back-To-Back Crashes
Two Englewood Pedestrians Struck In Back-To-Back Crashes Two Englewood pedestrians were struck Friday by vehicles only three blocks and barely 45 minutes apart, authorities said. A 45-year-old woman was struck at 9:45 a.m. at the intersection of East Palisade Avenue and South Dean Street by a 1999 Buick Century driven by a 77-year-old man, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. The sedan driver was turning right onto South Dean from East Palisade when he hit her in the crosswalk on Dean Street, he said. The woman wasn’t seriously injured, the deputy chief said. Nor was a 24-year-old pedestrian who was struck around 10:30 a.m. by a 2007 GMC …

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Englewood PD: Driver Chased Down After Assault Begs Officers To Shoot Him Englewood PD: Driver Chased Down After Assault Begs Officers To Shoot Him
Englewood PD: Driver Chased Down After Assault Begs Officers To Shoot Him ENGLEWOOD, N.J. – An Englewood police chase ended when a Clifton man accused of an assault at a popular Mexican restaurant crashed his car, then begged officers to shoot him during a struggle, authorities said Monday. Julio Guerrero Jr. shouted at officers to shoot him as they struggled to take him into custody, leaving one of them with minor hand injuries, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said. Patrons pointed officers responding to a report of a disturbance at the Blue Moon restaurant on East Palisade Avenue at 10:30 p.m. Sunday toward Guerrero as he ran from the eatery, Torell said. He th…

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PSE&G: Power Outages Reported Across Bergen PSE&G: Power Outages Reported Across Bergen
PSE&G: Power Outages Reported Across Bergen UPDATE: Weather-related utility troubles closed streets, cut power to thousands of customers and kept responders busy Friday morning in Hackensack, Elmwood Park, Englewood and elsewhere in Bergen County. Passaic Street in Hackensack was closed between Summit Avenue and Esplanade in Hackensack because of a downed wire that temporarilyy knocked out power to more than 2,500 customers, PSE&G said. Power was quickly restored, the utility said. Outages forced delayed openings in Lodi. Boulevard was closed near Molnar Drive in Elmwood Park because of a transformer fire. Nearly 80 customers w…

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by Jerry DeMarco