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Hackensack, NJ
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Little Ferry Police Stop Turns Up More Than Three Pounds Of Pot, Motel Packing Operation
A Little Ferry police sergeant turned up more than three pounds of pot after stopping a Paterson driver, authorities said. Sgt. John Andronaco stopped a 2002 Honda Civic driven by Jermal Hogan, 27, after he ignored a stop sign on Bergen Turnpike at Lakeview Avenue shortly before midnight Tuesday, Police Chief James Walters said. Adronaco -- who was joined by Officers Michael Lee and Joseph Convery -- noticed a strong odor of marijuana when he approached the car "despite the window only being partially open," Walters said. The odor got stronger when Hogan rolled the window down, he said. H…
North Hunterdon, NJ
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Warren County Car Thieves Crash Stolen Vehicle, Flee In Getaway Car
Authorities are seeking information related to an attempted vehicle theft from a driveway in Mansfield Township over the weekend. An unknown number of suspects entered a vehicle parked in the driveway of a home on Rockport Road on Sunday, July 26 around 1:40 a.m., township police said in a release. While trying to leave the area, the thieves crashed the car into a tree then got in another vehicle and took off eastbound on Route 46 through Hackettstown and Mount Olive, police said. A Mount Bethel Road resident said their vehicle had been entered on the same night; however, nothing was repor…
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Trash-Hauling Tractor-Trailer Tips At Route 46, 80 Interchange
A tractor-trailer hauling municipal waste tipped over around noontime Wednesday on the westbound Route 46 exit to Route 80. The driver and a 12-year-old passenger who was with him got out OK and waited for responders (see photo). Both were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered serious. Ridgefield Park police and firefighters were the first on the scene. At the scene.DAILY VOICE
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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Morristown Man At Center Of Dover Police Controversy Arrested Again
A Morristown man whose 2019 arrest sparked controversy in Dover is in trouble with the law again -- this time, for crashing a stolen vehicle then trying to flee in the car he struck, authorities said. Cyprian Luke, 20, is accused of crashing a stolen pickup truck after a police pursuit, and then trying to steal a moped off the truck he hit before hopping in the driver's seat of that one last Saturday, authorities said. Video obtained by Daily Voice shows civilians rushing to help an officer apprehend Luke after pulling him out of the driver's seat of the second truck as he resisted arrest o…
Hackensack, NJ
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: Police Outnumber Protesters Who Planned To Close Route 80
A protest march aimed at closing Route 80 in Hackensack on Friday was redirected to Route 46 in Teterboro instead. It got stopped there, as well, so the marchers headed back to the city. New Jersey State Police troopers and local police outnumbered the protesters at least three to one. The 60 or so protesters who began marching on Union Street "were strongly advised against" heading to Route 80, a ranking law enforcement official told Daily Voice. State Police wanted to keep them off the highways to prevent injuries, the official said. Entrance closed.Victor Scrivens for DAILY VOICE …
Paramus, NJ
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: Fire Consumes Wagon At Van Saun Park
A wagon went up in flames Monday at Van Saun Park in Paramus. No injuries were reported. Paramus firefighters doused the blaze. It was one of several vehicle fires that broke out in North Jersey on Monday, including one at Northvale Square on Livingston Street and another outside the Wendy's off Bergen Boulevard and Route 46 near the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee. No injuries were reported.DAILY VOICE photos The wagon was incinerated.DAILY VOICE photos Paramus firefighters doused the blaze.DAILY VOICE photos
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Police: Saddle Brook Detective Outwits Walmart Electronics Thieves
Saddle Brook police tracked down two men who they said loaded a pair of shopping carts with home theater equipment and assorted household items and tossed them into the back of a U-Haul parked right outside a Walmart fire exit. Brendan Hunt, 43, of Garfield and Gerard Hill, 53, of Passaic left the truck there for a quick getaway from the Route 46 store around 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Detective Capt. John Zotollo said. They got onto westbound Route 46 and apparently seemed free and clear. Saddle Brook Detective Robert Littlejohn changed all that when he went to a Passaic spot where thieves often…
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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'Help Me! Help Me!': Former Marine Surrenders To SWAT In Second Bergen Hotel Standoff In Month
A SWAT team standoff at a Saddle Brook motel ended Friday night with the arrest of a former Marine from Somerset County who'd been seized with a gun by the same unit at an Elmwood Park hotel last month. Ronnie Shertel, 37, of Hillsborough called 911 from the Crowne Plaza hotel off Route 80 in Saddle Brook around 10:30 p.m. Friday, saying he'd heard shots in the next room, Police Chief Robert Kugler said. "Help me! Help me!" he shouted before hanging up, Kugler said. When police arrived, Shertel shouted from inside for them to break down the door, the chief said. They established a perimet…
Hackensack, NJ
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Police: Fleeing Peeping Tom Clips Victim With Car Outside South Hackensack Motel
A peeping Tom caught looking into the windows of a South Hackensack motel room while a couple was having sex clipped one of the victims with his car as he fled, authorities said. Eduardo Moreno was "peering into motel room windows where the curtains were not shut all the way and watching the occupants" at the Congress Inn on Route 46 around 2:45 a.m. Feb. 22, Deputy Police Chief Robert Kaiser said. One of the occupants chased after him and was grazed as Moreno drove off, Kaiser said. Police tracked down an arrested Moreno, a Mexican national living in Passaic, on Sunday. He was charged wi…
Paterson, NJ
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South Hackensack Detectives ID, Bust Accused Burglar
South Hackensack detectives cracked the theft of a laptop during a local burglary when they arrested a career criminal from Paterson who was staying at an area motel, authorities said. Detective Sgt. James Donatello began by reviewing surveillance video after the victim reported the $2,500 Apple laptop stolen from a vehicle parked outside a local home the night of Feb. 17, Deputy Police Chief Robert Kaiser said. Donatello and Detective Brian Kropp identified their suspect as Angel Colon, 56. He'd been staying at the Stagecoach Motel on Route 46 the night of the break-in, Kaiser said. As i…
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Pedestrian Struck Crossing Route 46 In Saddle Brook
A Saddle Brook man was struck crossing Route 46 Monday afternoon, authorities said. The middle-aged victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening after he was struck around 4 p.m. Police Chief Robert Kugler said. He was in the crosswalk when he was struck on the westbound side of the highway outside the Saddle Brook Center, Kugler said. No summonses were immediately issued, the chief said, adding that police were still investigating. ****** ALSO SEE: The occupants of a car that overturned Monday afternoon on westbound Rou…
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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HER? Puppy Stolen In Saddle Brook Home Burglary
Someone broke into a Saddle Brook home and stole a puppy, said police who asked the public for help finding her. The intruder forced open a basement door of the home on the south side of town near Route 46, then snatched the pit bull – named Blair – and fled without taking anything else, Police Chief Robert Kugler said. The homeowner came home around 3 p.m. Monday after leaving in the morning and found Blair missing from her cage, Kugler said. “This puppy was definitely targeted,” the chief said. “It’s our hope that the release of this adorable photo will have people on the lookout – and t…
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