Fairview Officers Nab Pre-Dawn Burglary Trio At Major Area Truck Dealer
A trio of Fairview police officers nabbed three burglars as they tried to flee the lot of one of the area’s largest truck dealers.
Officers Ralph Guastella, CJ Turro, and Diego Porras caught one on the south side of Beyer Brothers on Broad Avenue, another who was tossing stolen items as he ran on the north side and the third waiting in a getaway car nearby after an alarm company notified police at 4:50 a.m. Friday, Police Chief Martin Kahn said.
Khairi Matthews, 20, and Christopher Scott, 23, had a backpack containing a reciprocating saw, bolt cutter and sawzall blades, Kahn said.
Scott al…
Nearly 55,000 Lose Power In Bergen, Hudson, Humc Switches To Generators
Power outages Thursday afternoon hit several Bergen and Hudson County towns, as well as Hackensack University Medical Center's main campus and HUMC@Pascack Valley in Westwood.
Emergency responders in some areas also had trouble with communications.
Traffic lights went dark in several towns, including Cliffside Park, as outages stretched from Englewood Cliffs to Jersey City.
An estimated 10,000 customers lost power both in Fairview/Ridgefield and in North Bergen/Guttenberg/West New York and Jersey City, according to PSE&G.
Another 4,500 or so lost power in Edgewater, as well as 4…
