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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes
Police & Fire
Car Thief Confronted By Wyckoff Homeowner Turns Out To Be 14-Year-Old Garfield Boy Car Thief Confronted By Wyckoff Homeowner Turns Out To Be 14-Year-Old Garfield Boy
Car Thief Confronted By Wyckoff Homeowner Turns Out To Be 14-Year-Old Garfield Boy A would-be car thief who fled a Wyckoff driveway after the new BMW X5’s owner confronted him turned out to be a 14-year-old boy from Garfield, authorities said. The teen hopped into a waiting Dodge Charger that was trailed by a Nissan Rogue, both of which sped from Atwood Place early one late-March morning, Wyckoff Police Lt. Joseph Soto said. Sgt. Ryan Noon tried stopping the Rogue but had to terminate the pursuit because of safety concerns, Soto said. Detective Sgt. Michael DeMaio took it from there, identifying the boy with help from Newark police who’d stopped the Charger, the lieutena…

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by Jerry DeMarco
South Passaic
Police & Fire
Speeding Route 80 Driver From Paterson Had 20 Pounds Of Cocaine, Nebraska State Troopers Say Speeding Route 80 Driver From Paterson Had 20 Pounds Of Cocaine, Nebraska State Troopers Say
Speeding Route 80 Driver From Paterson Had 20 Pounds Of Cocaine, Nebraska State Troopers Say A Paterson driver who was stopped for speeding on Route 80 in Nebraska was caught with 20 pounds of cocaine, state troopers said. Pablo Suruy Hernandez, 40, had the coke stashed in various compartments of his BMW X5 when he was stopped in York County around noontime Saturday, March 23, according to the Nebraska State Patrol. Hernandez remained held Tuesday in the York County Jail, some 1,300 miles from Paterson. He's charged with both possession and possession with the intent to deliver the drugs.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights
Police & Fire
Death At Route 17 Holiday Inn: Cause Not Official Yet Death At Route 17 Holiday Inn: Cause Not Official Yet
Death At Route 17 Holiday Inn: Cause Not Official Yet All signs point to the death of a 56-year-old guest at a Holiday Inn off Route 17 as the result of a medical emergency, possibly a heart attack. But it’s not official yet. Hasbrouck Heights police were still awaiting the results of an autopsy by the Bergen County Medical Examiner’s Office. It began with a 911 call from the hotel for an ambulance at the Holiday Inn Hasbrouck Heights-Meadowlands shortly before 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20.  CPR reportedly was in progress before the man in Room 203 was pronounced dead a short time later. The Bergen County Sheriff’s Bureau of Criminal Identifi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fairfax
Police & Fire
Acid Tossed On Carjacking Victim In Tyson's Corner Was Actually Just Sour Candy: Cops Acid Tossed On Carjacking Victim In Tyson's Corner Was Actually Just Sour Candy: Cops
Acid Tossed On Carjacking Victim In Tyson's Corner Was Actually Just Sour Candy: Cops A 14-year-old boy who threw liquid sour candy on a carjacking victim has been arrested, but another suspect remains at large, police in Virginia said. Detectives from the Tysons Urban Team responded to a parking garage in the 7900 block of Tysons Corner Center in McLean around 6:20 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, Fairfax County police said. The man was sitting in his BMW X5 when he was approached by the teen and another juvenile, who knocked on his window. When the victim got out of his car, the juveniles threatened to throw “acid” on him, police said. One of the juvenile suspects entered the…

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by Cecilia Levine
North Passaic
Police & Fire
Police: West Milford Driver Was DWI When She Slammed Into SUV Driven By Sparta Man, 71 Police: West Milford Driver Was DWI When She Slammed Into SUV Driven By Sparta Man, 71
Police: West Milford Driver Was DWI When She Slammed Into SUV Driven By Sparta Man, 71 A driver was drunk when her sedan crossed a double-yellow line and slammed head-on into an SUV, seriously injuring herself and the other driver, on a road along Greenwood Lake in West Milford, authorities announced on Wednesday. Jessica Lima, 38, of West Milford was airlifted to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in Paterson following the late Saturday afternoon crash on Lakeside Road on June 10, township police Lt. Anthony Parrello said. The other driver, 71-year-old David Thierman of Sparta, was taken to St. Joe’s by ambulance, the lieutenant disclosed on July 12. Lima’s 2006 T…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus
Police & Fire
DWI Paramus Motorist Charged In Head-On Crash That Severely Injured Other Driver: Police DWI Paramus Motorist Charged In Head-On Crash That Severely Injured Other Driver: Police
DWI Paramus Motorist Charged In Head-On Crash That Severely Injured Other Driver: Police A drunken motorist had already hit a few vehicles when his SUV veered into oncoming traffic and slammed head-on into another in Paramus, seriously injuring the other driver, authorities said. Police were headed to the scene of an erratic driver behind the wheel of a Toyota Sienna on Farview Avenue shortly before 5 p.m. Monday, May 15, Paramus Deputy Police Chief Robert M. Guidetti said. Manchung P. Poon, 42, of Paramus struck a few vehicles on Rochelle Avenue near Passaic Street, then turned around and headed north on Farview, the deputy chief said. It then crossed the double-yellow line a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
White Plains
Business
BMW Issues 'Do Not Drive' Warning For Certain Models Due To Potentially Deadly Airbags BMW Issues 'Do Not Drive' Warning For Certain Models Due To Potentially Deadly Airbags
BMW Issues 'Do Not Drive' Warning For Certain Models Due To Potentially Deadly Airbags Some BMW owners are being advised to not drive their vehicles due to potentially dangerous airbags that could pose a safety risk. The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued an alert on Thursday, May 4, advising that BMW has issued a “Do Not Drive” warning that pertains to nearly 100,000 vehicles that were produced between 2000 and 2006. Vehicles included in the new order were already subject to a previous recall for defective Takata air bags, which have caused headaches for automakers for years. According to the NHTSA, the BMW vehicles in question are some of t…

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by Zak Failla
Paramus
News
Double Amputee's Sedan Plows Through Paramus Bank Fence Double Amputee's Sedan Plows Through Paramus Bank Fence
Double Amputee's Sedan Plows Through Paramus Bank Fence A sedan driven by a double amputee plowed through a wooden fence outside a Paramus bank Friday afternoon. The senior driver was fortunate that his BMW X5 lodged onto the curb, stopping just short of a drop of a few feet behind the Spencer Savings Bank on Oradell Avenue around 2:30 p.m. March 31. He was tended to by EMS and firefighters and refused further treatment. A Paramus Emergency Services Unit winched out the sedan, which took down a section of fence that landed on the hood. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this story. The BMW crashed through the fence behind t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fairfield
News
Man Wearing Ski Mask Approaches 2 Girls In Fairfield, Police Say Man Wearing Ski Mask Approaches 2 Girls In Fairfield, Police Say
Man Wearing Ski Mask Approaches 2 Girls In Fairfield, Police Say Police in Fairfield County are investigating after two middle-school-aged girls reported a man in a white BMW-like car approached them wearing a ski mask. The incident took place in the town of Fairfield around 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 1 on Collingwood Avenue. According to Fairfield Police Lt. Michael Paris, the department received a 911 call from a resident reporting that the two girls had run to his home "very upset." They described an encounter with a man driving a vehicle while they were walking home from the school bus, Paris said. Patrol officers responded immediately to the …

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by Kathy Reakes
Fort Lee
News
Undercover Unit Busts Burglars Hitting Fort Lee Shoppers' Cars Undercover Unit Busts Burglars Hitting Fort Lee Shoppers' Cars
Undercover Unit Busts Burglars Hitting Fort Lee Shoppers' Cars Two members of a Queens burglary crew who've been hitting Fort Lee shopping centers were hard at work when an undercover team of police caught them in the act, authorities said. Plainclothes Anti-Crime Unit officers and detectives have been keeping an eye on Plaza West on Bergen Boulevard amid a rash of thefts of purses from shopping carts and vehicles there and at Linwood Plaza, Capt. Edward Young said. They were secretly watching when a BMW X5 that had been flagged in a previous burglary pulled into a parking spot in the Plaza West lot around 4 p.m. Dec. 22, the captain said. The vehicle…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park
News
NJSP: Two Dead, Three Ejected In Separate Garden State Parkway Crashes Miles And Minutes Apart NJSP: Two Dead, Three Ejected In Separate Garden State Parkway Crashes Miles And Minutes Apart
Njsp: Two Dead, Three Ejected In Separate Garden State Parkway Crashes Miles And Minutes Apart UPDATE: Three occupants were ejected and two people died in separate Garden State Parkway crashes within two miles and less than 15 minutes of one another, authorities confirmed. A BMW X5 was headed north on the Parkway near milepost 157.9 in Clifton when it veered off the road, hit a cluster of trees and a guardrail, then overturned and re-entered the roadway at 5:43 a.m., New Jersey State Police Trooper II Charles Marchan said. All three occupants in the vehicle were ejected -- one of whom was pronounced dead at the scene, the trooper said. The other two sustained serious injuries, he sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley
News
Haworth Boy Struck On E-Bike Dragged More Than 20 Feet Haworth Boy Struck On E-Bike Dragged More Than 20 Feet
Haworth Boy Struck On E-Bike Dragged More Than 20 Feet A 15-year-boy was severely injured when he was struck on an e-bike in Haworth, authorities said. The teen blew a stop sign while heading north on Maple Avenue and was struck by a BMW X5 going west shortly before 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, Lt. Justin Fox said. The electric bicycle was dragged more than 20 feet and the boy was knocked another 10 feet or so, said Fox, who responded to the crash along with Police Chief Michael Gracey and Officer Anthony Butler. The Haworth Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the teen to Hackensack University Medical Center, where he was rushed into surgery with a br…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus
News
UPDATE: BMW That Crashed During Chase Had Just Been Stolen By Paramus Home Burglars, Police Say UPDATE: BMW That Crashed During Chase Had Just Been Stolen By Paramus Home Burglars, Police Say
Update: BMW That Crashed During Chase Had Just Been Stolen By Paramus Home Burglars, Police Say A stolen luxury SUV that crashed and overturned as a good Samaritan chased it was stolen moments earlier by two teenage thieves who'd broken into the owner's Paramus home, authorities said. An auto detailer who was working at the Hasse Avenue home at the time chased the Newark pair Friday afternoon as they sped off in the 2020 X-5, which had been taken from the garage after the pair entered the house and apparently found the keys. Officers Dan DeRienzo and Don Liu were on patrol near the corner of Farview Avenue and Century Road when both vehicles came whizzing by, Police Chief Kenneth Ehr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus
News
PHOTOS: Stolen SUV Pursued By Civilian Crashes, Thieves Captured By Police In Paramus PHOTOS: Stolen SUV Pursued By Civilian Crashes, Thieves Captured By Police In Paramus
Photos: Stolen SUV Pursued By Civilian Crashes, Thieves Captured By Police In Paramus A stolen luxury SUV that rolled as a good Samaritan chased it had been stolen moments earlier by two teens who'd broken into the owner's Paramus home, authorities said. An auto detailer who was working at the Hasse Avenue home at the time chased the Newark pair Friday afternoon as they sped off in the 2020 X-5, which had been taken from the garage after the pair entered the house and apparently found the keys. Officers Dan DeRienzo and Don Liu were on patrol near the corner of Farview Avenue and Century Road when both vehicles came whizzing by, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. The …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Nassau
Police & Fire
Man Nabbed For Breaking Into Two Hicksville Churches, Police Say Man Nabbed For Breaking Into Two Hicksville Churches, Police Say
Man Nabbed For Breaking Into Two Hicksville Churches, Police Say A Long Island man has been arrested for allegedly breaking into two churches, and stealing two cash boxes from one.  Suffolk County resident Luke Wigutow, age 27, of Patchogue was arrested on Monday, April 11, for the burglary which took place in Hicksville. According to detectives, Wigutow was seen getting out of a BMW X5 in the parking lot of St. Ignatius Loyola Roman Catholic Church located at 129 Broadway, said the Nassau County police. Wigutow pried open the locked exterior doors and entered the church. Once inside, he again used a screwdriver and pry bar on the se…

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by Kathy Reakes
Englewood
News
Frantic Father Runs Down Street After Car Thief Who Fled With His Young Son In Back Seat Frantic Father Runs Down Street After Car Thief Who Fled With His Young Son In Back Seat
Frantic Father Runs Down Street After Car Thief Who Fled With His Young Son In Back Seat A man who left his car running after he got out to use the ATM at his bank watched in horror as a thief slid behind the wheel and sped off with his 11-year-old son in the back seat, police in Tenafly, NJ said. The frightened father dashed out of the Chase Bank vestibule and grabbed the driver’s door handle of his Audi A8 --  but was knocked to the ground as the thief sped off on Central Avenue shortly after 11 a.m. Sunday, April 3, Capt. Michael deMoncada said. The father ran down the street after the car, as a Good Samaritan who saw what was happening also took up the chase in his vehicle…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Morris
Police & Fire
Parsippany Gas Stations Targeted In Back-To-Back Armed Robberies: Prosecutor Parsippany Gas Stations Targeted In Back-To-Back Armed Robberies: Prosecutor
Parsippany Gas Stations Targeted In Back-To-Back Armed Robberies: Prosecutor Two gas stations in Parsippany were targeted in back-to-back robberies, authorities said Tuesday. The first occurred when a man driving a black or dark gray BMW X5 stopped at Shell on Route 46 East, asked the attendant for $25 worth of gas and pulled a knife when their back was turned around 7:55 p.m. Friday, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said. The vehicle then fled eastbound on Route 46, authorities said. About 10 minutes later, a man driving a vehicle with the same description stopped at Conoco on Route 46 West and asked for a gas refill before approaching the attendant from…

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by Valerie Musson
Fort Lee
News
Route 46 Stop Yields 500 Oxy Pills, Hudson Driver Jailed Route 46 Stop Yields 500 Oxy Pills, Hudson Driver Jailed
Route 46 Stop Yields 500 Oxy Pills, Hudson Driver Jailed A Palisades Park police officer nabbed a driver from Jersey City with nearly 500 Oxycontin pills before dawn Thursday, authorities said. Officer Hochan Choi stopped a 2016 BMW X5 driven by Christopher Nunez, 27, for several motor vehicle violations on eastbound Route 46 around 2:30 a.m., Detective Sgt. Alex Monteleone said. Nunez, who has a criminal history, told the officer he thought the Oxy he was carrying were "sex pills," Monteleone said. He was arrested, charged with various drug counts and sent to the Bergen County Jail to await an Aug. 9 first appearance in Central Judicial Process…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes
Police & Fire
SUV Plows Into Front Of Midland Park Dental Office SUV Plows Into Front Of Midland Park Dental Office
SUV Plows Into Front Of Midland Park Dental Office A driver escaped unharmed Tuesday after her SUV plowed into the entrance of a Midland Park dental office, ending up on on the steps. The BMW X5 took down the railings on the exterior staircase at Veenstra Family Dental on Godwin Avenue as the driver apparently was attempting to park. Responding firefighters stabilized the vehicle, and a building inspector was summoned to check the structure. The SUV was towed from the scene. The BMW SUV ended up on the steps of the Midland Park dental office.Boyd A. Loving Boyd A. Loving took the photos above and contributed to this account. The e…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee
Police & Fire
SEE ANYTHING? Victim Knocked Cold, Run Over In Palisades Park: Driver, Others Sought SEE ANYTHING? Victim Knocked Cold, Run Over In Palisades Park: Driver, Others Sought
SEE Anything? Victim Knocked Cold, Run Over In Palisades Park: Driver, Others Sought A 33-year-old man remained hospitalized in critical but stable condition Friday after he was knocked out during a fight and then accidentally run over by an SUV outside a Palisades Park karaoke bar. Authorities were searching for three men who beat the victim, as well as for the driver, all of whom fled following last Sunday’s 2:14 a.m. incident outside Rock 21 Bar & Karaoke off Bergen Boulevard. "Surveillance video recovered from the area indicates that the victim was assaulted by three unknown males and left unconscious in the eastbound lane of East Palisade Boulevard, west of the int…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Armonk
Police & Fire
Police Release New Info On BMW Driving Porch Pirates In Westchester Police Release New Info On BMW Driving Porch Pirates In Westchester
Police Release New Info On BMW Driving Porch Pirates In Westchester Police investigators have released new information as they attempt to track down a pair of porch pirates who were caught on camera stalking a delivery truck and taking off with freshly delivered packages. Investigators at the Scarsdale Police Department received a report at approximately 12:15 p.m. on Friday, March 1, of a package theft that had just taken place, Det. Lt. Edward Murphy said.  Murphy said that within minutes of the delivery being dropped off, an African American man wearing a dark colored sweatshirt and hat exited a white SUV that was being driven by a second suspect. T…

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by Zak Failla