Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Oil Tanker Takes Down Hackensack Traffic Light Oil Tanker Takes Down Hackensack Traffic Light
Oil Tanker Takes Down Hackensack Traffic Light An oil truck took down a Hackensack traffic light after crashing into a utility pole Wednesday. The Hackensack Fire Department responded to River and Passaic streets along with the Bergen County Signals Division to replace and remove the light. No injuries were reported.

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by Cecilia Levine
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
SEEN HIM? Surveillance Image Released Of Man Who Robbed Hackensack Bank Of Nearly $950 SEEN HIM? Surveillance Image Released Of Man Who Robbed Hackensack Bank Of Nearly $950
Seen HIM? Surveillance Image Released Of Man Who Robbed Hackensack Bank Of Nearly $950 Hackensack police were searching for a man who robbed a TD Bank branch of nearly $950 Tuesday morning.  Area schools were locked down as police searched for the bearded, 5-foot-10-inch robber, who struck just after 9 a.m. at the bank at 540 River Street near the FDU campus. The robber, wearing a hooded sweatshirt and a cap, "walked into the bank and walked over to a counter where he grabbed an envelope and wrote down a note, which he then handed to the teller," Capt. Peter Busciglio said. "The note demanded money." No weapon was shown, the captain added. The robber walked out with $9…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Bogota Motorcyclist Rear-Ended At Hackensack Stop Light Bogota Motorcyclist Rear-Ended At Hackensack Stop Light
Bogota Motorcyclist Rear-Ended At Hackensack Stop Light A Bogota motorcyclist who was thrown when a car rear-ended him at a Hackensack stoplight was released from the hospital after being treated, police said. The 27-year-old motorcyclist was stopped on River Street at the corner of Passaic Street when a 2004 Taurus hit his 2017 Kawasaki from behind, throwing him to the sidewalk, just after 1 a.m. Thursday, Capt. Frank Aquila said. He was treated for leg pain at Hackensack University Medical Center, Aquila said. The 38-year-old sedan driver from Hackensack wasn't injured. There was no immediate word on possible summonses.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
'It's For My Daughter': Hackensack Man, 22, Charged With $1,150 Steak Knife Bank Robbery 'It's For My Daughter': Hackensack Man, 22, Charged With $1,150 Steak Knife Bank Robbery
'It's For My Daughter': Hackensack Man, 22, Charged With $1,150 Steak Knife Bank Robbery Thanks to a GPS tracking device hidden in a pack of cash, Hackensack police captured a 22-year-old city man moments after he robbed a TD Bank branch of $1,150 armed with a steak knife on Tuesday, authorities said. “Hey, gimme the money. Big bills only. It’s for my daughter,” police said Drew Hughes told a teller at the TD Bank on River Street at Atlantic Street just after noon. The teller then handed him $600, Capt. Peter Buscilgio said. Hughes "demanded more money, at which point the teller gave him an additional $468," Buscilgio said. "Hughes then turned his attention to t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
'It's For My Daughter': Hackensack PD Nabs Local Man In $1,150 Steak Knife Bank Robbery 'It's For My Daughter': Hackensack PD Nabs Local Man In $1,150 Steak Knife Bank Robbery
'It's For My Daughter': Hackensack PD Nabs Local Man In $1,150 Steak Knife Bank Robbery Thanks to a GPS tracking device hidden in a pack of cash, Hackensack police captured a 22-year-old city man moments after he robbed a TD Bank branch of $1,150 armed with a steak knife on Tuesday, authorities said. “Hey, gimme the money. Big bills only. It’s for my daughter,” police said Drew Hughes told a teller at the TD Bank on River Street at Atlantic Street just after noon. The teller then handed him $600, Capt. Peter Buscilgio said. Hughes "demanded more money, at which point the teller gave him an additional $468," Buscilgio said. "Hughes then turned his attention to t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
News
Big Reveal: Little Ferry Immigrant Claims $325 Million Powerball Jackpot Big Reveal: Little Ferry Immigrant Claims $325 Million Powerball Jackpot
Big Reveal: Little Ferry Immigrant Claims $325 Million Powerball Jackpot A Little Ferry accountant on Friday claimed the $315.3 million New Jersey Powerball ticket sold at the Hackensack ShopRite last month. Tayeb Souami, 56,  won the third-largest Powerball jackpot in state history in the May 19 drawing, New Jersey Lottery officials said. "I like the number," Souami said, who was accompanied at lottery headquarters in Trenton by his son and financial advisor -- who will help him decide whether to receive the $315.3 million prize in installments or take $183 million in cash.  Souami came to the U.S. 22 years ago this coming Monday from Africa, he said…

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by Cecilia Levine
Hackensack, NJ
Lifestyle
$315M Powerball Ticket Was Sold At Hackensack ShopRite $315M Powerball Ticket Was Sold At Hackensack ShopRite
$315M Powerball Ticket Was Sold At Hackensack ShopRite The winning Powerball ticket sold somewhere mysterious in New Jersey was actually from a Hackensack grocery store. The ticket from Saturday's drawing was sold at the ShopRite on River Street and the lucky winner will receive $315 million or $183 million in cash. The winning numbers are 3, 6, 9, 17 and 56. The Powerball is 25 and the multiplier is 3. 

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by Cecilia Levine
Hackensack, NJ
Business
Kirk's Auto Center, Goodyear Evicted From Hackensack Location Kirk's Auto Center, Goodyear Evicted From Hackensack Location
Kirk's Auto Center, Goodyear Evicted From Hackensack Location Kirk's Auto Center, once a Hackensack institution, has been evicted from its River Street location. An April 17 (Tuesday) eviction notice from the county was posted on the door of the Goodyear store for Hackensack Tire Corps. Customers who pulled up looking for service found the building closed and dark, inventory still inside. Daily Voice left a message Tuesday afternoon for the Hackensack Chamber of Commerce.  Kirk's Auto Repair and Goodyear Tire have several other area locations in Bergenfield, Englewood and Westwood.

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by Cecilia Levine
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Weather
Flash Flood Warning In Effect With Bergen County Road Closures Flash Flood Warning In Effect With Bergen County Road Closures
Flash Flood Warning In Effect With Bergen County Road Closures April showers are making their grand entrance, with a flash flood warning in effect across Bergen and Passaic counties. The warning is in effect until 2:15 p.m. Monday. Up to two inches of rain have already come down. Several streets in the area were closed or too flooded to drive in as of noon including: New Bridge Road, River Edge (roundabout) Hackensack Avenue into River Edge First Street, Hackensack by the high school Main/Essex, River/Kennedy/River/Court in Hackensack New Bridge Road at River Road, New Milford Check with your local police department/Nixle alerts for more closings. Em…

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by Cecilia Levine
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Couple, Both 64, Struck In Hackensack By Tenafly Driver UPDATE: Couple, Both 64, Struck In Hackensack By Tenafly Driver
Update: Couple, Both 64, Struck In Hackensack By Tenafly Driver HACKENSACK, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A 64-year-old couple were struck near a Hackensack bus stop Friday morning. Both were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that Police Capt. Francesco Aquila said weren't life-threatening after being struck at Atlantic and River streets just after 9:30 a.m. One complained of right shoulder pain and other of pain to the left leg, said Aquila, the officer in charge of the department. The driver, 35, from Tenafly, received a summons, he said. An NJ Transit officer who was at the bus stop and a New Jersey State Police trooper who was driving…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Weather
Flooding Leaves Hackensack Drivers Stranded Flooding Leaves Hackensack Drivers Stranded
Flooding Leaves Hackensack Drivers Stranded HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Some drivers in Hackensack were stranded due to flooding. Stretches of River Street and spots along Commerce Way behind Staples were covered with nearly six inches of water, and it's only going to get worse. Employees of Retro Fitness Hackensack moved their cars to avoid further damage, and some members headed back inside the gym -- hoping to see the water go down before leaving. The area routinely floods after rain or snow because of overflow from the Hackensack River. Last year, at least two cars died after trying to make it through the puddles that accumulated by the…

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by Cecilia Levine
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Hospitalized Homeless Man Improving After Hackensack Crash Hospitalized Homeless Man Improving After Hackensack Crash
Hospitalized Homeless Man Improving After Hackensack Crash HACKENSACK, N.J. — A hospitalized homeless man was doing better after being hit by a pickup truck near the Hackensack city shelter, sources said Thursday. Daniel Gallagher, 57, had made it across both southbound lanes and one northbound lane toward the South River Street shelter -- narrowly missing being hit by another vehicle –when he was struck in the middle of the block around 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, surveillance video shows. The pickup driver from New Milford, who was headed north in the right lane, “never saw him,” a responder said. The city volunteer ambulance corps took Gallagher to Hack…

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by Jerry DeMarco