Paramus, NJ
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Pre-Dawn Prowlers From NYC Caught At Route 4 Car Dealership With Guns, Drugs: Paramus PD Pre-Dawn Prowlers From NYC Caught At Route 4 Car Dealership With Guns, Drugs: Paramus PD
Pre-Dawn Prowlers From NYC Caught At Route 4 Car Dealership With Guns, Drugs: Paramus PD The getaway driver for a pair of car thieves caught prowling a Route 4 car dealership in Paramus before dawn was carrying two guns and several heroin folds, authorities said. Officer Matthew Orefice chased down one of them while responding to a call of men with flashlights peering into vehicle on the DCH Paramus Honda lot shortly after 3 a.m. Thursday, March 24, Deputy Police Chief Robert M. Guidetti said. He was identified as Mitchell A. Pringle, 34, of Brooklyn. Officer Ryan Hayo nabbed Pringle's partner, Dramane Guitti, 25, of New York City, Ehrenberg said. He was wearing a black h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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UPDATE: Police Investigate Shooting Of Englewood Man Driven To Hospital By GF UPDATE: Police Investigate Shooting Of Englewood Man Driven To Hospital By GF
Update: Police Investigate Shooting Of Englewood Man Driven To Hospital By GF Detectives were trying to determine exactly who shot an Englewood man late Thursday morning. His girlfriend drove the 26-year-old victim to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center from the Forest Park Garden Apartments off Grand Avenue shortly after 11:30 a.m., Lt. Fred Pulice said. He was later transferred to Hackensack University Medical Center in stable condition, Pulice said. The Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification was collecting evidence and the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office was notified. Another report of shots fired came in less than an hour later, around 12…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Loaded Ammo Magazine Lost By Law Enforcement Closes Street Near Tech School In Hackensack Loaded Ammo Magazine Lost By Law Enforcement Closes Street Near Tech School In Hackensack
Loaded Ammo Magazine Lost By Law Enforcement Closes Street Near Tech School In Hackensack A stretch of road off Route 4 in Hackensack was briefly closed Monday morning while a damaged ammunition magazine lost by a law enforcement officer near one of the Bergen County technical schools was retrieved. The magazine had been with a bag containing an AR-15 rifle and other magazines and ammunition that fell out of the back of a law enforcement officer's vehicle and was quickly recovered by city police last week, authorities said. Several vehicles apparently ran over the loaded AR-15 magazine Monday morning, prompting the closure of Hackensack Avenue between Temple Avenue and the highw…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Chain-Reaction Pileup On Route 4 Sends Three To Hospital, Injures Several Others Chain-Reaction Pileup On Route 4 Sends Three To Hospital, Injures Several Others
Chain-Reaction Pileup On Route 4 Sends Three To Hospital, Injures Several Others Several children were among 11 people injured in a chain-reaction pileup on Route 4, responders said. Three people were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening following Thursday morning's crash outside the Shops at Riverside off Hackensack Avenue. Nine others, mostly children, declined medical attention, they said. A minivan was rear-ended by a sedan, which was struck from behind by an SUV that was rear-ended by another SUV in the left lane of the westbound highway, clogging traffic for miles. City firefighters responded along …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Driver Hospitalized In Route 4 Crash Driver Hospitalized In Route 4 Crash
Driver Hospitalized In Route 4 Crash A Teaneck driver was unconscious but breathing after her SUV slammed into a utility pole and overpass on Route 4 late Thursday, responders said. The driver, 39, was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center after her Volvo crashed on the eastbound overpass at Teaneck Road shortly before 10:30 p.m., Bergen County Sheriff's Public Information Officer Keisha McLean said. Teaneck police, firefighters and the Volunteer Ambulance Squad responded along with the sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification, which collected evidence for an investigation by the department's detectives. A PSE&…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Driver, 64, Found Dead Behind Wheel Outside Hackensack Laundry, Natural Causes Cited Driver, 64, Found Dead Behind Wheel Outside Hackensack Laundry, Natural Causes Cited
Driver, 64, Found Dead Behind Wheel Outside Hackensack Laundry, Natural Causes Cited UPDATE: A man found slumped over the wheel of his SUV outside a Hackensack laundry over the weekend apparently died of natural causes, authorities said. Responding officers found the 64-year-old victim in the driver's seat of his 2009 Infiniti FX3 outside Family Launderette on Kinderkamack Avenue off Jefferson Street near Route 4 on Sunday, said Capt. Darrin DeWitt, the officer in charge of the department. "There were no signs of foul play and the preliminary investigation indicates that he died from natural causes," the captain said. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Ide…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Cement Mixer Tips Off Paramus Highway Cement Mixer Tips Off Paramus Highway
Cement Mixer Tips Off Paramus Highway A concrete mixer tipped on the eastbound Route 4 ramp to northbound Route 17 in Paramus, tying up traffic Monday afternoon. The Paramus Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the driver to the hospital with injuries that didn't appear life-threatening after the Tanis Concrete of Fair Lawn truck crashed shortly after 1 p.m. Borough police and firefighters, as well as an ambulance from Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, also responded, along with a Bergen County Hazardous Materials Unit. Route 4E ramp to Route 17N in Paramus.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Citywide towing righted and removed …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
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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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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Police & Fire
Runaway Sedan Seriously Injures Helpful Cashier, Customer In Paramus ShopRite Parking Lot Runaway Sedan Seriously Injures Helpful Cashier, Customer In Paramus ShopRite Parking Lot
Runaway Sedan Seriously Injures Helpful Cashier, Customer In Paramus ShopRite Parking Lot UPDATE: A Hackensack driver who tried to flee after his car struck a 65-year-old shopper and a cashier helping her load groceries into her car at the Paramus ShopRite was charged with two counts of assault by auto, authorities said. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/paramus/police-fire/hackensack-driver-who-tried-fleeing-after-hitting-paramus-shopper-cashier-charged-with-assault/796580/ ****** ORIGINAL STORY: A 65-year-old shopper from Hackensack and a cashier helping her load groceries into her car were seriously injured when they were struck by a runaway sedan in the Paramus ShopRite par…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Compactor Fire Clears Route 4 Mall Compactor Fire Clears Route 4 Mall
Compactor Fire Clears Route 4 Mall The Shops at Riverside off Route 4 in Hackensack was evacuated Tuesday as city firefighters doused a compactor blaze. Sprinklers temporarily kept the fire in check before firefighters took over on the Macy's loading dock beneath the parking garage shortly before 2 p.m. A DPW truck pulled the contractor out so they could extinguish the blaze. The fire didn’t spread to the interior of the mall, responders said. Teaneck and Bogota firefighters provided mutual aid. At the scene.Jerry DeMarco At the Shops at Riverside off Route 4 in Hackensack.Jerry DeMarco

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Worker Shot At Englewood Apartment Complex Undergoes Emergency Surgery, Gunman Sought UPDATE: Worker Shot At Englewood Apartment Complex Undergoes Emergency Surgery, Gunman Sought
Update: Worker Shot At Englewood Apartment Complex Undergoes Emergency Surgery, Gunman Sought SEE ANYTHING? A construction worker was struck Monday by stray gunfire at an Englewood apartment complex, said authorities who were searching for the shooter. The innocent bystander was struck by at least one bullet deliberately fired through the window of a second-floor apartment at the Rock Creek Terrace Apartments between Routes 4 and 95 around 10 a.m., responders said. Family members were home at the time, but the worker -- who was part of a crew working there -- was the only one injured, they said. The victim underwent successful emergency surgery at Hackensack University Medical Cent…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Weekend North Jersey Motorcycle Crashes, Fatalities Pile Up: Route 280, Route 3, Elsewhere Weekend North Jersey Motorcycle Crashes, Fatalities Pile Up: Route 280, Route 3, Elsewhere
Weekend North Jersey Motorcycle Crashes, Fatalities Pile Up: Route 280, Route 3, Elsewhere Several weekend motorcycle crashes in North Jersey – including at least one fatality – began Friday when a Newark motorcyclist was killed on Route 280. Charles L. Henderson III was ejected when his motorcycle overturned on the westbound highway in Roseland, New Jersey State Police said. Henderson was pronounced dead at the scene, State Police said, adding that no other vehicles were involved. A 35-year-old motorcyclist from Paterson was critically injured when his 2017 Honda CBR collided with a 2011 Honda CR-V operated by a 59-year-old Ridgewood Marilyn Basile. The motorcyclist, Ahmed Bas…

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by Jerry DeMarco