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Ridgewood, NJ
News
Found
! Helicopter, K-9, More Join Intense Search For Missing Ridgewood Woman
UPDATE: An intense multi-agency search ended happily when a woman who'd wandered into the cold from her Ridgewood home Sunday night was found in Paramus. A State Police helicopter joined the search for the endangered 60-year-old woman, who responders said had gotten lost in the woods after entering Saddle River County Park around 7 p.m. Given the circumstances -- not the least among them sub-freezing temperatures -- "it was imperative to find her," Ridgewood Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. Among the responders: a Bergen County sheriff's K-9 unit, Ridgewood Emergency Services and Para…
Hackensack, NJ
News
New Milford Police Capture Fugitive Wanted In Route 46 Gunpoint Motel Robbery
A teenage gunman who remained on the loose for more than a month after he and an accomplice robbed a couple of $700 at a South Hackensack motel was captured following a New Milford police stop, authorities said. Police had been looking for Denys Ludizaca, 19, of Hackensack since last month’s predawn holdup at the Congress Inn on Route 46, South Hackensack Capt. Robert Chinchar said Monday. The victims -- a 35-year-old man and 30-year-old woman -- apparently had been living there the previous few months when ex-con Alec Parker showed up at 5 a.m. the morning of Dec. 10, Chinchar said. The …
Bergenfield, NJ
News
Police: Armed Uber Eats Driver Captured After Dumont Carjacking
Police captured a gun-toting Uber Eats deliveryman who carjacked a driver in Dumont and then crashed during Wednesday night's snowstorm, authorities said Thursday. The victim told police an SUV struck his orange Dodge Challenger from behind at the intersection of Washington and Madison avenues shortly after 11 p.m. The victim said he got out and was confronted by two men, one carrying a gun, Police Chief Thomas McKeary said. The gunman, identified as Abel Gomez-Pichardo of the Bronx, “snatched the keys from around the victim’s neck and fled with the victim’s vehicle," he said. Officer Ja…
Paterson, NJ
News
Clifton PD: Teens Captured After Stolen Car Chase From Passaic To Teterboro Ends In Crash
A group of teens were captured by officers from several agencies after they crashed a stolen vehicle filled with stolen valuables near Teterboro Airport, ending a police chase that began in Passaic, authorities said. The driver hit the gas and fled when Clifton police tried to stop the 2019 Mazda CX-9, reported stolen out of Elmwood Park, on Lexington Avenue in Passaic around 1:15 a.m. Sunday, Clifton Police Lt. Robert Bracken said. A pursuit continued through the streets of Passaic, onto Route 21 and then onto eastbound Route 46, he said. The driver lost control of the vehicle in Teterbor…
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
News
Garfield PD: Passaic Ex-Con Just Released From Prison Caught Burglarizing Home
Released after more than 2½ years behind bars, a Passaic ex-con was caught hiding behind a church after burglarizing a Garfield home Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. Jhamir E. Brown, 24, was released this past August after serving state prison time prison for robbery, burglary, theft and resisting arrest convictions out of Bergen and Passaic counties, records show. Witnesses described two men and a getaway car that fled the area with several valuables following a 12:13 p.m. break-in at a Monroe Street home, Garfield Police Capt. Richard Uram said. Police set up a perimeter and summon…
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Seen
HIM? Manhunt Intensifies After Girlfriend Is Choked At Route 46 Motel
Authorities sought the public’s help finding a Passaic man who slipped through a dragnet after they said he choked his girlfriend at a Route 46 motel. A relative of the 23-year-old victim phoned South Hackensack police Tuesday night after seeing her injuries during a Facetime chat from the Stagecoach Motel, Capt. Robert Chinchar said. Responding Officers Adam Gambutti and Ashley Lagrosa and Sgt. Carmine Maceri spotted the suspect – 26-year-old Jayson Smith -- parked in the victim’s car at the nearby Travelodge Inn off Huyler Street. Smith bailed when he saw them coming, running toward the …
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
'Please Don't Let Me Die': Man Shot At Hackensack Convenience Store, Arrest Made
“Please don’t let me die,” a shooting victim told police as he lay bleeding on the floor of a Hackensack convenience store. The victim survived, thanks to city firefighters and paramedics, and the gunman was arrested a block away, thanks to a Bergen County sheriff's K-9 unit. Officers Aaron Rios and Jeffrey Rodriguez found the victim on the floor inside the Central Mini Market at the corner of 1st Street and Central Avenue around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. He was holding crumpled paper towels over a gunshot wound in his abdomen, he said. “I don’t want to die…
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Three Hackensack Men Busted In Drug Raid On Quiet Street
Three Hackensack men were charged after an early-morning raid Friday on a quiet residential street turned up pot, TCH vape cartridges, drug paraphernalia and illicit proceeds, authorities said. A Bergen County Regional SWAT team and county sheriff’s K-9 unit assisted in the 6 a.m. raid, which Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said followed an investigation into drug dealing from the single-family Anderson Street home. Arrested were Nicholas Wey, 25, Peter Pojer, 34, and Nelson Negron, 58. All were charged with various drug offenses before being released on summonses pending a first appearance …
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Police & Fire
Update
: All Clear After Police, Tactical Units Respond To Garfield, Lodi For Shots Fired Report
UPDATE: The investigation into a reported shooting in Garfield ended safely Wednesday morning. A large and immediate law enforcement response followed calls by area residents who said they heard gunshots, city police Capt. Richard Uram said. The initial report involved someone possibly firing at a vehicle near the corner of Maple Street and Pierre Avenue in Garfield and then running off around 10:30 a.m., possibly into Lodi, responders said. Authorities couldn't confirm a witness's report that it resulted from a botched attempted robbery of a drug dealer. No injured victim was immediately…
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Police & Fire
Update
: All Clear After Police, Tactical Units Respond To Garfield, Lodi For Shots Fired Report
UPDATE: The investigation into a reported shooting in Garfield ended safely Wednesday morning. A large and immediate law enforcement response followed calls by area residents who said they heard gunshots, city police Capt. Richard Uram said. The initial report involved someone possibly firing at a vehicle near the corner of Maple Street and Pierre Avenue in Garfield and then running off around 10:30 a.m., possibly into Lodi, responders said. Authorities couldn't confirm a witness's report that it resulted from a botched attempted robbery of a drug dealer. No injured victim was immediately…
Englewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Englewood PD: Janitor Mistakenly Recorded Himself Installing Secret Bathroom Cam At High School
UPDATE: An Englewood school custodian accidentally recorded himself installing a hidden camera in a Dwight Morrow High School bathroom used by a female night-shift employee, authorities said. Officials had considered canceling classes while police and sheriff's officers continued an hours-long pre-dawn search of the high school and adjoining Janis E. Dismus Middle School campuses for Francisco Jaius Lopez-Martinez, 59, of Bergenfield, who hid out there when he heard police were looking for him. It began when the victim, who is part of the night shift maintenance and cleaning crew that serv…
Lyndhurst, NJ
Police & Fire
Lyndhurst PD: Story-Telling Ex-Con Just Released From Prison Has No Defense For Loaded Gun
An ex-con paroled just four months ago had an answer for everything after a Lyndhurst police officer pulled him over, authorities said – except for why he had a loaded handgun in his trunk. Vincent Chan-Guillen, 28, of Elizabeth quickly steered a Nissan Maxima into the parking lot of a Polito Avenue business when he realized Officer Joseph White was about to pull him over Friday afternoon, Detective Vincent Auteri said. He then “parked haphazardly among other vehicles,” Auteri said. Confronted by White, Chan-Guillen said he’d just left work on Valley Brook Avenue and wanted to see if he co…
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