NYC Pizzeria Known For Chimichurri Pie Coming To Ridgefield Park NYC Pizzeria Known For Chimichurri Pie Coming To Ridgefield Park
NYC Pizzeria Known For Chimichurri Pie Coming To Ridgefield Park A New York City pizzeria is crossing state lines in its expansion. Wahizza is reportedly opening a second location on Main Street in Ridgefield Park, according to Wahizza's Instagram and as first reported by BoozyBurbs. The pizzeria, located in Washington Heights, boasts "high-quality artisan oven baked pizza," according to its website. "We cater to consumers who crave tasteful, high-quality pizza. Along with great tasting pizza, our menu includes pizza rolls, calzones, and cannolis. Our chimichurri Dominican pizza is our most popular and a must try." Wahizza says its most popular pie is…
Firefighters Free Severely Injured Driver In NJ Turnpike Pileup Firefighters Free Severely Injured Driver In NJ Turnpike Pileup
Firefighters Free Severely Injured Driver In NJ Turnpike Pileup Firefighters extricated the driver of a Lincoln SUV following a chain-reaction crash involving a tractor-trailer on the northbound New Jersey Turnpike in Bergen County. Four victims in all were hospitalized, one of whom was in traumatic arrest, following the pileup shortly before noon Monday near the Emerson Street overpass in Ridgefield Park, responders said. A Jeep and a third SUV were also involved in the crash near mile marker 117.8. Aftermath.Jerry DeMarco Ridgefield Park firefighters freed the trapped driver and cleaned up a large fuel spill. State Police confirmed the crash and…
Out-Of-State Gas Station Owner Nabbed In Bergen With $175,000 In Suspicious Cash: Prosecutor Out-Of-State Gas Station Owner Nabbed In Bergen With $175,000 In Suspicious Cash: Prosecutor
Out-Of-State Gas Station Owner Nabbed In Bergen With $175,000 In Suspicious Cash: Prosecutor The owner of a gas station in Virginia was busted with more than $175,000 of suspicious cash after narcotics detectives from the Bergen County prosecutor's office stopped him, authorities said. Sumit Balmukund Pandya, 50, of Richmond was charged with money laundering and sent to the Bergen County Jail following the traffic stop in Ridgefield Park. A judge ordered him released, with conditions, less than 24 hours later, records show. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said his investigators zeroed in on Pandya, who was “transporting bulk U.S. currency through Bergen County” in a Honda m…
Back-To-Back Route 46 Gas Station Robberies Net Band Of Bandits $5,000 Back-To-Back Route 46 Gas Station Robberies Net Band Of Bandits $5,000
Back-To-Back Route 46 Gas Station Robberies Net Band Of Bandits $5,000 SEE ANYTHING? A pair of Route 46 gas station holdups less than a mile and barely five minutes apart netted a group of masked robbers a combined $5,000, authorities said. Five of them pulled into the Exxon station on the eastbound highway in Ridgefield Park in a silver sedan shortly before 4:30 a.m. Sunday, Police Chief Joseph Rella said. All wore hoodies, face coverings and gloves. Although no weapon was shown, one of the robbers held his hand over his jacket pocket, suggesting he had a gun, the chief said. The quintet fled with $3,000 in cash. ANYONE who might have seen something or…
Ridgefield Adult, Juvenile Charged With Arson In Multi-Alarm Palisades Park Warehouse Fire Ridgefield Adult, Juvenile Charged With Arson In Multi-Alarm Palisades Park Warehouse Fire
Ridgefield Adult, Juvenile Charged With Arson In Multi-Alarm Palisades Park Warehouse Fire UPDATE: A vacant warehouse blaze that injured a firefighter in Palisades Park was deliberately set by two Ridgefield residents, authorities charged. Alexander Regalado, 18, was arrested and a juvenile was detained after they were identified as responsible for the multi-alarm Fourth of July weekend fire on Fairview Street off Grand Avenue, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The fire, which ravaged the warehouse and damaged a neighboring building, wasn’t fully extinguished for nearly six hours. Route 46 was closed in both directions at one point because of the thick smoke and a fi…
Just-Released Ex-Con Jailed After Bergen Woman Finds Secret Sex Cam Just-Released Ex-Con Jailed After Bergen Woman Finds Secret Sex Cam
Just-Released Ex-Con Jailed After Bergen Woman Finds Secret Sex Cam A recently released ex-con from Jersey City hid a camera in a Ridgefield Park woman's home in an attempt to secretly record her having sex, authorities charged. Johnny Nunez, 46, was taken into custody by village police this week after the woman found the camera, Police Chief Joseph Rella said Friday. Nunez has conducted a campaign of "persistent and ongoing harassment" of the 42-year-old victim, the chief said. Village police arrested him this past Tuesday on charges of invasion of privacy, harassment "in a manner to cause alarm" and stalking, records show. He remained held Friday in the…
Enough Fentanyl To Kill 3.5 Million Users Seized, Baltimore Man Busted By Bergen Detectives Enough Fentanyl To Kill 3.5 Million Users Seized, Baltimore Man Busted By Bergen Detectives
Enough Fentanyl To Kill 3.5 Million Users Seized, Baltimore Man Busted By Bergen Detectives Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives seized enough fentanyl to produce nearly 3½ million potentially fatal doses, along with enough heroin to fill more than 27,000 folds, while arresting a Baltimore man. Carlo Francisco Olivar Gomez, a 42-year-old painter by trade, was caught with more than 15 pounds of fentanyl and more than six pounds of heroin, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. According to the DEA, it takes only a single two-milligram dose of fentanyl to kill a person.  A pound of fentanyl can produce 226,796 two-milligram doses. Multiplying that by 15 pounds gives…
Afterbirth Discovered In Bergen County Park, Search Underway For Other Remains Afterbirth Discovered In Bergen County Park, Search Underway For Other Remains
Afterbirth Discovered In Bergen County Park, Search Underway For Other Remains A section of a Bergen County park remained closed Thursday following the discovery of suspected afterbirth. Someone fishing in Overpeck Park found a container with the remains inside on the Ridgefield Park side of Overpeck Creek late Wednesday, multiple sources said. "It wasn't immediately obvious what it was," one said. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella confirmed that a bag was pulled from the water "containing what appeared to be a human placenta and fetal membranes. "A determination of the exact contents of the bag is pending a final report from the Bergen County Medical Exami…
Man Tied To Instagram-Related Kidnapping Busted With 1,100 Heroin Folds: Ridgefield Park PD Man Tied To Instagram-Related Kidnapping Busted With 1,100 Heroin Folds: Ridgefield Park PD
Man Tied To Instagram-Related Kidnapping Busted With 1,100 Heroin Folds: Ridgefield Park PD A Newark man charged last year with helping an Instagram influencer kidnap and terrorize a detractor was busted with 1,100 heroin folds in Ridgefield Park, authorities said. Alaziz Dalmida, 23, and village resident Osman Hoti, 41, were sitting in a car in Fellowship Park when village officers approached them, Police Chief Joseph Rella said. Dalmida (above left) tried hiding something with his feet below the front passenger seat, so they ordered him out of the vehicle, the chief said. Dalmida tried to run after getting out but was quickly captured, Rella said, adding that the officers foun…
BODYCAM: Video Shows Ridgefield Park Police Heroes Rescuing Trapped Driver From Burning Sedan BODYCAM: Video Shows Ridgefield Park Police Heroes Rescuing Trapped Driver From Burning Sedan
Bodycam: Video Shows Ridgefield Park Police Heroes Rescuing Trapped Driver From Burning Sedan Dramatic bodycam video shows Ridgefield Park police pulling a trapped Fort Lee driver from his burning sedan. An electrical malfunction ignited the front of 55-year-old Christopher Vagnone’s Honda Accord outside Mavis Discount Tire on Route 46 (Winant Avenue) shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday, Police Chief Joseph Rella said. Unable to open the car doors, Sgt. Nicholas Triano retrieved a Halligan bar and smashed the driver’s side window, the chief said. Officers Anthony D'Elia and Nicholas D'Alto joined him in trying to remove Vagnone through the window, but the intense flames and heat pushed …
HEROES: Ridgefield Park Officers Rescue Trapped Driver In Burning Car HEROES: Ridgefield Park Officers Rescue Trapped Driver In Burning Car
Heroes: Ridgefield Park Officers Rescue Trapped Driver In Burning Car Flames are rapidly spreading as Ridgefield Park police officers furiously try to pull a trapped Fort Lee driver from his burning sedan, dramatic bodycam video shows. An electrical malfunction ignited the front of 55-year-old Christopher Vagnone’s Honda Accord outside Mavis Discount Tire on Route 46 (Winant Avenue) shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday, Police Chief Joseph Rella said. Unable to open the car doors, Sgt. Nicholas Triano retrieved a Halligan bar and smashed the driver’s side window, the chief said. Officers Anthony D'Elia and Nicholas D'Alto joined him in trying to remove Vagnone thr…
Philly Ride-Share Driver Busted In Bergen County, 4,650 Heroin Folds Seized Philly Ride-Share Driver Busted In Bergen County, 4,650 Heroin Folds Seized
Philly Ride-Share Driver Busted In Bergen County, 4,650 Heroin Folds Seized A rideshare driver from Philadelphia was nabbed with 4,650 heroin folds during a Bergen County traffic stop, authorities said. Marvin Taveras-Taveras, 30, was arrested in Ridgefield Park by Narcotic Task Force detectives who suspected he was transporting bulk amounts of drugs through the area, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Taveras-Taveras had 93 bricks of heroin in the vehicle, Musella said. The Dominican national was charged with having heroin for sale and sent to the Bergen County Jail following his arrest last Thursday, June 16, the prosecutor said Monday. A judge ordered…