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Smoky Morning For New Jersey Residents After Frightening Night For Some New Yorkers Smoky Morning For New Jersey Residents After Frightening Night For Some New Yorkers
Smoky Morning For New Jersey Residents After Frightening Night For Some New Yorkers New Jersey residents awoke to smokey skies Sunday morning, Nov. 17, following a terrifying night for some New York residents around Greenwood Lake. While the Jennings Creek Wildfire was 90% under control in New Jersey last Friday, Nov. 15, flames continued to rage over the weekend in New York's Sterling Forest Fire, forcing some residents to evacuate their homes around Greenwood Lake Saturday night, Nov. 16. ***URGENT UPDATE*** Residents on EDGEMERE Avenue are being requested to evacuate at this time. Residents north of 42... Posted by Town Of Warwick on Saturday, November 16, 202…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Killer Gets 35 Years For Deadly Bergen Town Center Stabbing: Prosecutor Killer Gets 35 Years For Deadly Bergen Town Center Stabbing: Prosecutor
Killer Gets 35 Years For Deadly Bergen Town Center Stabbing: Prosecutor A 74-year-old North Bergen man was sentenced on Wednesday, Oct. 16, to 35 years in prison for fatally stabbing a man in 2021, authorities said. On Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, Augusto Perez stabbed Omar Cruz, a 64-year-old Albany, NY resident, to death behind the Ulta Beauty store in the Bergen Town Center mall in Maywood, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Muella said. With his dying breath, Cruz identified his killer, as previously reported by Daily Voice. Perez was arrested the next day, Musella said. Perez was convicted of aggravated manslaughter in April following a six-week trial, Mu…

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by Sam Barron
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NJ Financial Advisor Who Sold $3.65M Deal To Elderly Clients Has License Revoked: AG NJ Financial Advisor Who Sold $3.65M Deal To Elderly Clients Has License Revoked: AG
NJ Financial Advisor Who Sold $3.65M Deal To Elderly Clients Has License Revoked: AG State officials have revoked the licese of a Bergen County financial advisor and broker after it came to light that he sold a pair of elderly clients a total of $3.65 million in a move that New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said was not in the best interest of the clients. Carlos Leston, who also goes by Jose Carlos Leston, of Maywood, made the sale in securities in a New York Lending company without disclosing that the CEO of the corporation was a friend of his who had been barred from the securities industry, Platkin said. Leston also failed to disclose that he had a r…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Video Shows Officers Tackling Accused Stalker In Stolen Car Outside Teterboro Airport Video Shows Officers Tackling Accused Stalker In Stolen Car Outside Teterboro Airport
Video Shows Officers Tackling Accused Stalker In Stolen Car Outside Teterboro Airport Newly-released video shows the takedown of a 37-year-old accused stalker who stole an SUV from a local dealership just hours after being released from the Bergen County Jail, as previously reported by Daily Voice. Footage shared by David Stayback shows officers from multiple police departments with guns drawn surrounding a white Acura SUV at the entrance of Teterboro Airport Thursday morning, Aug. 15 (scroll for video). Maywood PD Stayback said he was en route to Walmart to get T-shirts ahead of an upcoming family vacation when he noticed Wood-Ridge Officer Cangelosi, also a wel…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Stalker Fresh Out Of Bergen County Jail Steals Car From Dealership Lot, Police Say Stalker Fresh Out Of Bergen County Jail Steals Car From Dealership Lot, Police Say
Stalker Fresh Out Of Bergen County Jail Steals Car From Dealership Lot, Police Say A 37-year-old man fresh out of jail for stalking was arrested just hours later in Bergen County, police said. Daniel MacTaggart, of Elmwood Park, was jailed on Sunday, Aug. 11 on charges of stalking as a repeat offender, driving on a suspended license/registration, and failure to possess driver's insurance card, court records show. ALSO SEE: Video Shows Officers Tackling Accused Stalker In Stolen Car Outside Teterboro Airport Hours after his release, MacTaggart walked into the service area of Park Avenue Acura on W. Passaic Street in Maywood around 8;30 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 15,…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Former Bergen County HS Athlete Sean Sidle Dies Suddenly, 19: 'Nightmare' Former Bergen County HS Athlete Sean Sidle Dies Suddenly, 19: 'Nightmare'
Former Bergen County HS Athlete Sean Sidle Dies Suddenly, 19: 'Nightmare' Sean Sidle, a former St. Joseph's Regional High School athlete from Maywood, died on Monday, July 22. He was 19 years old. A GoFundMe campaign launched by Sean's mother, Victoria, said that his death was sudden, and "a nightmare for any mother and father to have to go through."  Sean's obituary on the Beaugard-McKnight Funeral Home website says he graduated from St. Peter the Apostle Grammar School in River Edge in 2019, and then from St. Joseph Regional High School, Montvale, where he played football and wrestled, in 2023. An aspiring mechanic, Sean just started a job …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Rochelle Park House Fire Quickly Knocked Rochelle Park House Fire Quickly Knocked
Rochelle Park House Fire Quickly Knocked Firefighters made quick work of a Rochelle Park house blaze. The fire broke out on the second floor of Parkway home off Rochelle Avenue shortly after 8 p.m. Sunday, June 16. Firefighters contained it there, knocking down the main body barely 20 minutes before they began. The fire was declared under control around 8:40 p.m.  Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE No injuries were reported. Fire officials are investigating the cause. Mutual aid was provided at the scene and in coverage by firefighters from Elmwood Park, Hackensack, Lodi, Maywood, Paramus and Saddle Brook. Damien Danis for …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Ejection, House Struck In Horrific Maywood Crash Ejection, House Struck In Horrific Maywood Crash
Ejection, House Struck In Horrific Maywood Crash An occupant was ejected when one SUV hit a house and another a utility pole in a fierce collision in Maywood, authorities said. One of the vehicles was knocked onto its side in the crash at the corner of East Passaic and Elm streets around 11:30 p.m. Sunday, June 16. Two Teaneck men -- 28 and 20 years old -- were in one vehicle, responders said. A 25-year-old Bogota woman was driving the other, they said. All three were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. Maywood firefighters and police responded, along with Rochelle Park police, who assisted, and the Bergen County Prosecu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
HERO: Firefighter Seriously Injured Rescuing Guest Through Window In Elmwood Park Motel Blaze HERO: Firefighter Seriously Injured Rescuing Guest Through Window In Elmwood Park Motel Blaze
Hero: Firefighter Seriously Injured Rescuing Guest Through Window In Elmwood Park Motel Blaze 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: An Elmwood Park firefighter was seriously injured rescuing a trapped guest through a second-floor window during an intense motel-room fire Wednesday. The firefighter and her colleagues had smashed the window to get to the victim during the late-morning June 12 blaze at the Townhouse Inn and Suites on eastbound Route 46, Elmwood Park Borough Administrator Michael Foligno said. In doing so, she sustained a serious cut to her arm, Foligno said. Piero Fasolo The guest was helped out the window and down a ladder, he said. Both were taken to St. Joseph's University Medical Cente…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
Popular 'Ice Cream Lady' Sees Support Of Maywood Popular 'Ice Cream Lady' Sees Support Of Maywood
Popular 'Ice Cream Lady' Sees Support Of Maywood Monica Pidhoreki, a.k.a. The Ice Cream Lady is one of the most popular people in Maywood Pidhoreki, whose ice cream truck is a fixture in town is a regular at Maywood Rochelle Park Girls Softball, sponsoring a team and banner in the league and is a regular at birthday parties and events in the community. Pidhoreki recently suffered a residential fire which left her displaced and her new ice cream truck destroyed. GoFundMe A fundraiser has been set up to assist her and get her back on her feet. As of Thursday, May 23, more than $2,800 has been raised. "We would like to now support her, l…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Violent Ex-Con Fugitive Captured In Quiet Maywood Neighborhood Thanks To Clever Tactic (UPDATE) Violent Ex-Con Fugitive Captured In Quiet Maywood Neighborhood Thanks To Clever Tactic (UPDATE)
Violent Ex-Con Fugitive Captured In Quiet Maywood Neighborhood Thanks To Clever Tactic (Update) A violent ex-con fugitive who was holed up in his girlfriend's home on a quiet Maywood street surrendered Wednesday morning after U.S. Marshals showed up with a Bergen County Regional SWAT team. It took a bit of time -- and some cleverness -- to finally capture Duron Smith, 45, who was wanted for dragging a police officer with his car near his Harrisburg, PA, home during a drug bust earlier this year. U.S. Marshals went to Smith's girlfriend's house in the 200 block of Prospect Avenue armed with a warrant around 7 a.m. May 22, Maywood Police Chief Terence Kenny…

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by Jerry DeMarco and Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Remains Of Maywood Man Missing Since 1982 Found In Bergen Creek Remains Of Maywood Man Missing Since 1982 Found In Bergen Creek
Remains Of Maywood Man Missing Since 1982 Found In Bergen Creek The last time his buddies saw Charles Murphy, former World Series MVP Reggie Jackson had returned to the Bronx, hit a home run and helped the California Angels beat their beloved Yankees. That was 42 years ago. Decades passed, then Doug Bishop showed up. Bishop's name may be familiar to some, thanks to the acclaim the diver received for his help finding the remains in a South Jersey river late last week of a Camden woman who'd gone missing 14 years ago. That was actually a side trip of sorts. Bishop and his non-profit United Search Corps had brought their sonar to New Jersey fo…

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by Jerry DeMarco