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Police & Fire
Taxi Passenger Caught With 750 Bags Of Heroin in Paterson Computer Store Parking Lot
A passenger in an unmarked taxi was carrying 750 bags of heroin for sale when Passaic County sheriff’s detectives converged on him in a Paterson computer store parking lot, authorities said. Acting on a complaint, investigators approached the vehicle – which had an inactive fare light and no logos or insignias – in the Mirco Center parking lot on McLean Boulevard just after 6 p.m. Monday, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Passenger Tyrone Merchant Jr., 19, emerged from the taxi and was getting into another vehicle when they moved in, Berdnik said. Merchant, of Woodland Park, tried getting b…
Police & Fire
Hole Repair Jams Westbound Route 80 Traffic
UPDATE: Overnight repairs had to be made on a hole that opened on westbound Route 80 in Woodland Park after a drainpipe pipe below it collapsed. Monday night rush-hour traffic was backed up to the George Washington Bridge. The crack in the pipe, which connects basins at the median to the right shoulder, created a hole between the two left lanes. Drivers were urged to take alternate routes. Work begins in earnest.Contributed photo At least two lanes of westbound Route 80 in Woodland Park were compromised.Contributed photo At least two lanes of westbound Route 80 in Woodland Park …
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Passaic Sheriff: Morris Security Company Worker, 48, Sexted, Sent Gifts To 12-Year-Old Girl
A 12-year-old Totowa girl received sexually explicit texts and a gift in the mail from a 48-year-old Morris County man who works for an Essex County security company, said authorities who arrested him Monday. Michael J. Chiuchiolo Jr. of Riverdale “communicated with the child for several weeks” before her mother discovered the texts, which purported to be from a man in his late teens, Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. After being contacted by the mother, sheriff’s detectives found that Chiuchiolo originally connected with the girl online through a live video streaming website,…
Police & Fire
Hole Repair Jams Westbound Route 80 Traffic
UPDATE: Overnight repairs had to be made on a hole that opened on westbound Route 80 in Woodland Park after a drainpipe pipe below it collapsed. Monday night rush-hour traffic was backed up to the George Washington Bridge. The crack in the pipe, which connects basins at the median to the right shoulder, created a hole between the two left lanes. Drivers were urged to take alternate routes. Three lanes in all could be compromised, a road crew said.Contributed photo Contributed photos ****** ALSO SEE: A 12-year-old Totowa girl received sexually explicit texts and a gift in the mail fr…
Police & Fire
Full Law Enforcement Funeral Set For Passaic County Sheriff's K-9 Leo, 8, At Garrett Mountain
The highest level of respect for an officer who gave up his or her life in the line of duty will be paid to Passaic County Sheriff's K-9 Leo at Garrett Mountain this Wednesday, a week after he died. Shoes will be shined and hair tucked beneath hats as officers in Class A uniforms assemble for what's known as muster on April 3 on the Big Meadow off Mountain Avenue in Woodland Park. A color guard will be part of a large law enforcement turnout for the 1 p.m. service. "Taps" will be played. Leo became ill while conducting a search last and was rushed to an animal hospital, where he passed, Pa…
Police & Fire
Garfield PD: Arrest Made In Street Mugging Of Woman From Woodland Park
A Clifton man with a criminal history mugged a 28-year-old Woodland Park woman, said Garfield police who charged him with aggravated assault and robbery. Officer Benjamin Marceca was flagged down by the victim in the area of Belmont and Pierre avenues just after 7:45 p.m. Saturday, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. Marceca learned that she’d been “assaulted by a male acquaintance she was meeting on Cambridge Avenue,” Sucorowski said. Wilby Tapia, 34, “reportedly grabbed her by the hair, pulling her down, and then assaulted and choked her,” the captain said. He then “went through her purse and…
Police & Fire
One Hospitalized In Route 80 Woodland Park Crash
A driver was hospitalized after a rollover crash Tuesday afternoon on westbound Route 80 in Woodland Park. Westbound traffic quickly backed up through Paterson.
Police & Fire
Wrong-Way Driver Dies In Route 80 Crash
An elderly driver headed the wrong way on westbound Route 80 was killed overnight when his sedan crashed into an SUV, responders said. The Audi driver -- apparently in his late 80s -- was declared dead at the scene of the crash on the Passaic River bridge in Woodland Park just after 4:30 a.m. Responders believe he was intoxicated. There was no immediate word on injuries to anyone in the SUV. Three lanes remained closed for an investigation by New Jersey State Police and clearing of the wreckage at milepost 56.5. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS At the scene.DAILY VOICE photo ****** ALSO…
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Englewood, Woodcliff Lake Police Get Vital Pet-Oxygen Masks
SNOUT OUT: Police in Englewood and Woodcliff Lake have added specially-designed oxygen masks for pets to their life-saving equipment. Each set donated by at-home pet services provider Canine Company includes masks in three sizes to fit a range of pets, from small mammals to giant breed dogs. The special, cone-shaped resuscitation masks designed for a pet’s snout, which human masks don’t fit. They can be used to resuscitate pets who are suffering from smoke inhalation or were drowning, among other emergencies. Pets are at special risk during home fires because they ar…
Police & Fire
Rutherford Police Get Vital Pet-Oxygen Masks
SNOUT OUT: Rutherford police have added specially-designed oxygen masks for pets to their life-saving equipment. At-home pet services provider Canine Company donated three masks in response to a request by police Sgt. Julie Ann Zeigler. The cone-shaped resuscitation masks are designed for a pet’s snout, which human masks don’t fit. Each set includes masks in three sizes to fit a range of pets, from small mammals to giant breed dogs. They can be used to resuscitate pets who are suffering from smoke inhalation or were drowning, among other emergencies. Pets are at special risk during home f…
Lifestyle
$10G Lottery Ticket Sold In Woodland Park
A $10,000 New Jersey Lottery ticket was sold in Woodland Park. The ticket was one of two from Tuesday's drawing and matched four of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball drawn. The ticket was sold at 7-Eleven on Rifle Camp Road -- the other in Sussex County. The winning numbers were: 10, 33, 53, 54 and 62. The Gold Mega Ball was 22, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 02.
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Three Hospitalized On Their Own, One Transported After Stabbing/Slashing Outside Paterson Bar
Three men and two women fled the scene of a stabbing/slashing overnight Saturday outside a Paterson nightspot, witnesses told police. None of the injuries was considered life-threatening, although one victim was stabbed in the kidney area during the attack just after 3 a.m. on the corner of McBride and Glover avenues near the Woodland Park border, responders said. By sheer luck, members of a private ambulance crew were passing by at the time and rendered aid before police and city EMS arrived. Three of the victims got to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center on their own, responders said. …
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