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'Old Soul:' Cops ID Driver, 29, Killed In Crash On Passaic County Golf Course 'Old Soul:' Cops ID Driver, 29, Killed In Crash On Passaic County Golf Course
'Old Soul:' Cops ID Driver, 29, Killed In Crash On Passaic County Golf Course Police have identified the 29-year-old driver killed in an early-morning crash Tuesday, Sept. 3. Gregory B. Fales, of North Haledon, was heading west on Parish Drive in a Subaru Impreza when he left the roadway, hit a split rail fence, and overturned into the adjacent Passaic County Golf Course property just before 7:30 a.m., Wayne Police Kt. Skylar Cauceglia said. Fales was found unresponsive and unconscious in the car before he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Wayne Memorial First Aid Squad, Wayne Township Fire Department, and St. Joseph’s Hospital Paramedics responded…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Kearny Man, 44, Stabbed Passenger In His Vehicle In Clifton, Police Say Kearny Man, 44, Stabbed Passenger In His Vehicle In Clifton, Police Say
Kearny Man, 44, Stabbed Passenger In His Vehicle In Clifton, Police Say A 44-year-old Kearny man is facing charges for stabbing a 31-year-old Paterson victim in Clifton, police said. Daniel Carbajal-Flores was operating a 2018 Honda when he stabbed the victim, a passenger in the vehicle, at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and Russell Street just after 1 a.m. Monday, Aug. 12, Clifton Police Lt. Robert Anderson said. The victim was assisted to safety away from the vehicle by another passenger in Carbajal-Flores' car, and taken to St. Joseph's hospital in a separate vehicle, Anderson said.  The victim's condition was initially described as cri…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Gerald 'Jerry' McMinn, Owner Of NJ Ice Cream Institution, Longtime EMT Dies At 93 Gerald 'Jerry' McMinn, Owner Of NJ Ice Cream Institution, Longtime EMT Dies At 93
Gerald 'Jerry' McMinn, Owner Of NJ Ice Cream Institution, Longtime EMT Dies At 93 Gerald "Jerry" McMinn, a man credited for saving countless lives over more than 65 years volunteering as an EMT, and bringing joy to thousands of North Jersey residents through his iconic Milk Barn, has died at 93 years old. An Army Veteran widely known across North Jersey as the owner of the Old Barn Milk Bar in Wayne, died on Wednesday, Aug. 7, according to his obituary on the Scanlan Funeral Home website.  Jerry graduated from Butler High School and later served in the U.S. Army. While volunteering at the St. Joseph's Hospital emergency room in Paterson, he met his wife, "the l…

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Pedestrian, 26, Struck By Driver, 75, While Trying To Cross Bergen County Street, Police Say Pedestrian, 26, Struck By Driver, 75, While Trying To Cross Bergen County Street, Police Say
Pedestrian, 26, Struck By Driver, 75, While Trying To Cross Bergen County Street, Police Say A 26-year-old man was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after being struck by a car while crossing a Bergen County street in an area bereft of crosswalks, police said. Wyckoff police were called to Goffle Road around 4 p.m. Wednesday, July 24 for a man "down in the roadway," Lt. Joseph Soto said in a release. Boyd A. Loving The man was trying to cross the street in an area without crosswalks when he was struck by a 75-year-old female driver from Englewood who was heading south, Soto said. He was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Paterson by Ridgewood Ambulance and Vall…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Man Struck By Train In Glen Rock Man Struck By Train In Glen Rock
Man Struck By Train In Glen Rock Service was suspended to New Jersey Transit's Main Line after a man was struck by a train Thursday morning. The incident occurred in Glen Rock at 176 Rock Road, suspending service between Ridgewood and Paterson around 8 a.m., local police and NJ Transit officials said. The victim was taken by ambulance to St. Joseph's Hospital in Paterson. There were no reported injuries to the 15 commuters or crew on board of the train, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackerman said. This is a developing story. Check back for more. At the sceneBoyd A. Loving

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Video Shows Suspect Slashing One Officer, Shot At By Others In Clifton Hotel Video Shows Suspect Slashing One Officer, Shot At By Others In Clifton Hotel
Video Shows Suspect Slashing One Officer, Shot At By Others In Clifton Hotel WATCH: Surveillance video released Thursday shows an armed suspect slashing a police officer's face with a knife before two colleagues shoot at him as he runs down the hallway of a Clifton hotel. State Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal released the video along with others recorded in the Dec. 27, 2020 Clifton police encounter with Antwan Whitlock,, 35, of Union Township at a Route 3 Howard Johnson's. Whitlock, who wasn’t struck by gunfire as he ran down the hallway later stabbed himself in the chest when other SWAT team officers caught up to him, Grewal said. It began when three Clifton o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: DWI Paterson Man, 32, Sends Parked Car And His Own Into Woods Police: DWI Paterson Man, 32, Sends Parked Car And His Own Into Woods
Police: DWI Paterson Man, 32, Sends Parked Car And His Own Into Woods A Paterson man was drunk when he swerved off Route 23 and hit a car parked car at a gas station, causing both vehicles to end up in the woods, authorities said. Jonathan Torres, 32, was driving a gray Hyundai on Route 23 S. when he veered left, struck the center divider and swerved into a white Chevrolet parked at a Sunoco gas station in Pompton Plains around 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, Pequannock Township police said. Both vehicles ended up in the wooded area near the gas station as a result of the crash, authorities said. Torres was transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Paterson with non-life…

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by Valerie Musson
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Pedestrian Struck, Killed Crossing Route 46 In Morris County Pedestrian Struck, Killed Crossing Route 46 In Morris County
Pedestrian Struck, Killed Crossing Route 46 In Morris County A pedestrian was struck and killed while crossing Route 46 in Morris County Wednesday night, authorities said. The person — whose name is being withheld pending notification of family — was struck by a 2020 Volvo while crossing Route 46 eastbound near Wood Stack restaurant in Montville Township just after 9:45 p.m., Chief Andrew Caggiano said. The victim later died at St. Joseph’s Hospital, authorities said. The driver of the Volvo immediately stopped and cooperated with the investigation, authorities said. The eastbound lanes of Route 46 were closed for several hours. Anyone with inform…

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by Valerie Musson
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5K For Slain Clifton Officer John Samra Scholarship Fund Returns 5K For Slain Clifton Officer John Samra Scholarship Fund Returns
5K For Slain Clifton Officer John Samra Scholarship Fund Returns It's nearly 16 years since Clifton Police Officer John Samra was struck and killed by a van driven by a fleeing parolee, but time hasn't diminished the memory for organizers of a special fundraiser in his name. The Annual John Samra Scholarship Memorial 5K Run/Walk, suspended for a year because of low turnout, returns this Oct. 20 at City Hall at 8:30 a.m. (Registration: 7:30 a.m.) Clifton PBA Local #36 is sponsoring the event with support from the Clifton Roadrunners. There are various levels of participation, from newcomers and youth to competitive runners and seniors. Runners who regi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Passaic Sheriff: Paterson-To-Bloomfield Pursuit Ends In Pickup Crash, DWI, Drug Charges Passaic Sheriff: Paterson-To-Bloomfield Pursuit Ends In Pickup Crash, DWI, Drug Charges
Passaic Sheriff: Paterson-To-Bloomfield Pursuit Ends In Pickup Crash, DWI, Drug Charges A pre-dawn pursuit that began in Paterson ended 20 minutes later when a drunken Bloomfield driver crashed his pickup truck near his home, authorities said. Henry Vindas, 38, led the 11-mile chase after Passaic County Sheriff's Sgt. Eric Fajardo tried pulling over his Dodge pickup in the area of 20th Avenue and State Street just after 4 a.m. Tuesday, Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik said. Vindas fled through several city streets and onto Route 19 South and then the Garden State Parkway before exiting in Bloomfield, the sheriff said. Moments later, the pickup slammed into a tree at the intersectio…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Wayne PD: Swerving Driver On Route 23 Registers Nearly 4x Legal Blood-Alcohol Limit Wayne PD: Swerving Driver On Route 23 Registers Nearly 4x Legal Blood-Alcohol Limit
Wayne PD: Swerving Driver On Route 23 Registers Nearly 4x Legal Blood-Alcohol Limit A swerving driver stopped by Wayne police in the middle of the afternoon on Route 23 registered nearly four times the legal limit on a blood-alcohol test, authorities said. Alerted by citizens to a vehicle that was “all over the road,” Officers Tomasz Cydzik and Adrian Sulejmani stopped the 2015 Toyota Sienna on the northbound highway near the Pequannock border at 3:15 p.m. Friday, Detective Capt. Laurence Martin said. Hitesh J Patel, 43, of Pequannock had “bloodshot eyes and droopy eyelids,” along with a trio of mini bottles of vodka, Martin said. Police got Patel out of the car for a sob…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Organs Of Late Pompton Lakes Woman Will Help Others Live Organs Of Late Pompton Lakes Woman Will Help Others Live
Organs Of Late Pompton Lakes Woman Will Help Others Live POMPTON LAKES, N.J. — Danielle A Black of Pompton Lakes died suddenly at St. Josephs Hospital on Jan. 2. She was 32 years old. The family asks that donations in her memory be made to the NJ Sharing Network Foundation, as Danielle's concern for others was demonstrated through her final wish to be an organ donor.  Danielle was born April 23, 1985 in Hackensack Hospital to Kim (Lane) -- her best friend -- and the late Paul A. Black. Danielle was a graduate of Pompton Lakes High School class of 2003 and she held a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from William Paterson University. She was a depe…

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by Cecilia Levine