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Pedestrian Struck, Critically Injured On Route 46 Pedestrian Struck, Critically Injured On Route 46
Pedestrian Struck, Critically Injured On Route 46 A 47-year-old woman was in critical condition after she was struck by a car Monday night on Route 46, responders said. The driver of the white Nissan hatchback that hit her remained at the scene of the crash in the westbound lanes at Phillips Avenue in South Hackensack shortly before 10:30 p.m. The victim, believed to be homeless, was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. Township police, two ALS units from HUMC and a Little Ferry First Aid Corps ambulance crew quickly tended to the victim and got her to the hospital. The driver remained at the scene. CONTRIBUTED (Anonymous)
Bricks, Concrete Fall From Hawthorne HS Building Bricks, Concrete Fall From Hawthorne HS Building
Bricks, Concrete Fall From Hawthorne HS Building Chunks of a Hawthorne High School parapet gave way Tuesday afternoon, raining bricks and concrete that damaged vehicles parked below. There was no immediate answer for what might have caused the chunks to come loose along a 60-foot stretch of the back of the Science Building's façade facing the athletic field on Bamford Avenue on Sept. 12. No work was being done at the time, responders said. The collapsed section of parapet wall pulled a swatch of the frieze down with it. A few vehicles were damaged.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Hawthorne HS officials were joined by township polic…
Two Fatal Crashes In Central PA: PennDOT Two Fatal Crashes In Central PA: PennDOT
Two Fatal Crashes In Central PA: PennDOT Two fatal crashes halted traffic in Central Pennsylvania on Tuesday morning authorities told Daily Voice.  As of 11 a.m. on Aug. 1st, lane restriction had just been lifted on Route 22 West/322 between the Midway and PA 34-Newport/New Bloomfield exits.  The deadly single-vehicle crash happened around 7 a.m., according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.  There was entrapment in the crash, but the number of persons in the vehicle and their identities have not been released.  The crash happened between two work zones—but not in any work zone itself,&nbs…
Gunpoint Kidnapping Victim Saved By Bank Tellers In Delco: Police Gunpoint Kidnapping Victim Saved By Bank Tellers In Delco: Police
Gunpoint Kidnapping Victim Saved By Bank Tellers In Delco: Police A Delaware County driver who had been kidnapped at gunpoint and forced to drive to the bank was saved when tellers were able to call police, authorities say.  The victim was near Milford Drive and Sundor Circle in Marple picking up a friend when he was boxed in by another car on Monday, July 10, township police said in a release.  Two suspects approached him and demanded his car keys at gunpoint before hopping in the vehicle and forcing him to drive to the nearest bank, authorities said.  At Citizens Bank, 1991 S. Sproul Road, the victim told tellers he was be…
Illegal Gun Owner Fires At Warminster Home: Police Illegal Gun Owner Fires At Warminster Home: Police
Illegal Gun Owner Fires At Warminster Home: Police A man in Bucks County faces felony gun charges after police say he opened fire at a Warminster home on Tuesday, March 21.  Township police were called to the 300 block of Beech Street at about 11:30 p.m. for a report of shots fired, the department wrote in a release.  On the scene, the alleged victim also told police they had received "harassing voicemails" from the suspect in the hours before the shooting, according to the department. Another witness said they heard the shot and immediately looked out the window to see the suspect fleeing in a vehicle, police said.  Investi…
Bomb Threat Clears Kennett High School Bomb Threat Clears Kennett High School
Bomb Threat Clears Kennett High School Students were sent home early from a Chester County high school Thursday, Nov. 3 after administrators received a bomb threat, according to authorities.  Kennett High School in Kennett Square Township received the warning at about 9:30 a.m., officials said. School staff evacuated students while township and county police swept the building with K9 units, they added. Students were put on buses and sent home by noon after the school was cleared, police said.  The incident remains under investigation. To submit a tip, visit safe2saypa.org, 
Wayne PD: Officer Nabs Overnight Burglar From Sussex Wayne PD: Officer Nabs Overnight Burglar From Sussex
Wayne PD: Officer Nabs Overnight Burglar From Sussex A Sussex County ex-con with a drug-related criminal history bolted when a Wayne resident found him trying to steal his car and was caught moments later, township police said. Security video shows Nicholas Scalici, 31, of Franklin Borough getting into the vehicle in the resident’s driveway, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. Officer Steven Martell was responding to an overnight 911 call from Park Lane when he spotted Scalici walking away from the scene, the captain said. The victim identified him as the intruder, Daly said. Martell then arrested Scalici and found him carrying a switchblade and…
KNOW THEM? Bethlehem Police Seek Men In $600 Home Depot Theft KNOW THEM? Bethlehem Police Seek Men In $600 Home Depot Theft
Know Them? Bethlehem Police Seek Men In $600 Home Depot Theft Police are seeking the public’s help identifying two men they say stole hundreds of dollars’ worth of wiring from Home Depot in Bethlehem. The men — pictured above — were seen on surveillance footage leaving the Nazareth Pike Home Depot location with approximately $600 of wire around 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 18, township police said in a Wednesday release. The men drove away in a green Ford F150, police said. Anyone with information about the men’s identities is asked to contact Ptl. Knouss at 610-419-9689 or email jknouss@bethlehemtwp.com.
Worker Critically Injured In Explosion At Ramapo College Worker Critically Injured In Explosion At Ramapo College
Worker Critically Injured In Explosion At Ramapo College UPDATE: A construction worker was gravely injured in a pipe-valve explosion Tuesday morning at Ramapo College of New Jersey in Mahwah, responders said. Mahwah firefighters carried the victim out after he was struck in the head and knocked out by a valve cap during a pressure test on an 8-inch water line on the second floor of the college library shortly after 8 a.m., they said. A helicopter was cancelled because of the weather and he was taken by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center with severe head trauma, responders said. They were doubtful about his chances for survival. T…
Warren County Men Accused Of Selling Meth Arrested Following Narcotics Investigation Warren County Men Accused Of Selling Meth Arrested Following Narcotics Investigation
Warren County Men Accused Of Selling Meth Arrested Following Narcotics Investigation One Warren County man accused of meth possession and another of distribution were arrested following a local narcotics investigation, authorities said. Patrick O’Brien, 52, and Michael Myers, 54, both of Washington, were arrested Nov. 20, township police said. Officers seized methamphetamine and various paraphernalia during the investigation, police said. Both men were charged with possession of methamphetamine, police said. O’Brien also faces charges for possession with intent to distribute the drug. O’Brien and Myers were scheduled to appear in court and released in accordance with bail…
Rochelle Park Committeewoman Censured For Calling Mayor 's Wheelchair Political 'Prop' Rochelle Park Committeewoman Censured For Calling Mayor 's Wheelchair Political 'Prop'
Rochelle Park Committeewoman Censured For Calling Mayor 's Wheelchair Political 'Prop' A Rochelle Park Township Committee member who accused Mayor Nicholas LiBassi of using his wheelchair as a “prop” to get elected has been censured by a majority of her colleagues. “The only reason you got elected was because of your wheelchair,” Committeewoman Linda Boniface told the mayor during a June closed session, according to a censure resolution approved by a 3-2 vote late last month. Boniface, a Democrat, made the remark to the Republican mayor – who was confined to a wheelchair by a 1996 spinal cord injury -- during what ostensibly had been an interview for a new township police chi…
SUV Hits Mahwah Home SUV Hits Mahwah Home
SUV Hits Mahwah Home No one was injured when an SUV plowed into a Mahwah home Tuesday afternoon. The Nissan Murano hit a house on the northeast corner of Birch Road and Wyckoff Avenue, across the street from the Young World Day School, around 4:20 p.m. Township police were there instantly and made sure the vehicle occupants -- a couple and their two young children -- were OK. They summoned a building inspector. At the scene on Birch Road.Jerry DeMarco
Police Find 9 Dead, 19 Starving Pigs On Washington Township Farm Police Find 9 Dead, 19 Starving Pigs On Washington Township Farm
Police Find 9 Dead, 19 Starving Pigs On Washington Township Farm A 74-year-old man was arrested after authorities found nine pigs dead and 19 others severely malnourished on the Washington Township farm he had been renting, police said. Authorities on Jan. 17 investigated reports of animal abuse at the Fairview Avenue farm when they found 19 live pigs and carcasses of nine dead ones, Township Police Chief Jeffrey Almer said in a statement. Joseph Lentine of Monroe was arrested on charges of animal cruelty and abandoning a domesticated animal. He was issued a summons ahead of a Feb. 6 court date. The township's public works department, community members …