Franklin Lakes PD: Trio Of Route 208 Traffic Stops Yield Arrests Franklin Lakes PD: Trio Of Route 208 Traffic Stops Yield Arrests
Franklin Lakes PD: Trio Of Route 208 Traffic Stops Yield Arrests Franklin Lakes police patrolling Route 208 made traffic stops that produced arrests three days in a row. Nellie Helfritz, 47, of Monticello, NY was arrested and charged with heroin possession and released pending a court hearing after being stopped on the highway by Officer Matthew Geyer on Saturday. The day before, Officer Christopher Heffner arrested 38-year-old James Fox of Mahwah on outstanding drug warrants out of Glen Rock following a Route 208 stop. Fox eventually was released after settling the warrants. The day before that, Heffner stopped and eventually arrested 22-year-old Pamel…
Hawthorne Police Stop: Pound+ Of Heroin, Half-Pound Pot, $1,310 Drug Money, 2 Arrests Hawthorne Police Stop: Pound+ Of Heroin, Half-Pound Pot, $1,310 Drug Money, 2 Arrests
Hawthorne Police Stop: Pound+ Of Heroin, Half-Pound Pot, $1,310 Drug Money, 2 Arrests Sometimes all it takes for a police officer who’s just stopped a car to spot is a driver with track marks on his arm and a passenger with rubber bands commonly used to package heroin on his wrist – which is what Hawthorne authorities said led to the discovery of more than a pound of heroin, more than a half-pound of pot, $1,310 in suspected proceeds and an assortment of drug-packaging material. Two upstate New York men were taken into custody after borough police stopped their 2014 Ford Fusion on northbound Route 208 near Utter Avenue just before 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. Both gave conflicting s…
Glen Rock PD: DWI Motorist From Ridgewood Squeezes Between Police Cruiser, Car On Route 208 Glen Rock PD: DWI Motorist From Ridgewood Squeezes Between Police Cruiser, Car On Route 208
Glen Rock PD: DWI Motorist From Ridgewood Squeezes Between Police Cruiser, Car On Route 208 A Glen Rock police officer was driving his cruiser beside another car on northbound Route 208 when a third vehicle – with a drunk driver behind the wheel -- squeezed between both, forcing them out of their lanes, authorities said. It was just after 3:30 a.m. Sunday when Officer John Tarantino stopped 23-year-old Felix A. Mercado on the northbound highway near Utter Avenue, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Mercado was charged with DWI and received summonses for reckless driving, tailgating, improper passing, making an unsafe lane change and failing to have proof or insurance or inspection, …
Overturned Vehicle Sends Two To Hospital, Jams Route 208 In Hawthorne Overturned Vehicle Sends Two To Hospital, Jams Route 208 In Hawthorne
Overturned Vehicle Sends Two To Hospital, Jams Route 208 In Hawthorne Traffic on Route 208 in Hawthorne was backed up in both directions as Tuesday's evening rush began after a vehicle overturned in a crash, sending two people to the hospital. The northbound highway was temporarily closed, with traffic diverted at Goffle Road. There was no immediate word on the extent of the injuries. Michael Jannicelli contributed to this account.
Hackensack Driver, 19, Caught In Rockland After Wyckoff Police Chase Hackensack Driver, 19, Caught In Rockland After Wyckoff Police Chase
Hackensack Driver, 19, Caught In Rockland After Wyckoff Police Chase A teenage driver from Hackensack was being held in the Bergen County Jail – following extradition from Rockland County -- after Wyckoff police said he passed vehicles on the shoulder on northbound Route 208, then pretended to stop before fleeing during a chase. Sgt. Mark Tagliareni was monitoring traffic on the northbound highway when the silver Honda passed him “at an extremely high rate of speed, making no effort to slow down,” Lt. Joseph Soto said. Melvin A. Jovel, 19, “was using both the acceleration lane and shoulders to recklessly pass other vehicles as [he] continued northbound on th…
Greenwood Lake Man Busted After Tossing Heroin Syringe From Car, Police Say Greenwood Lake Man Busted After Tossing Heroin Syringe From Car, Police Say
Greenwood Lake Man Busted After Tossing Heroin Syringe From Car, Police Say A Greenwood Lake man was busted in Bergen County for throwing debris from the window of a moving car – a syringe used to shoot heroin – which led to a slew of other charges against him, authorities said. A Wyckoff police officer spotted the blue Nissan Sentra heading north on Route 208 with no rear license plate on May 21. The driver “appeared to have difficulty maintaining a lane of travel and was drifting over the center dotted line” as the officer pulled up behind, Lt. Joseph Soto said. As the officer pulled the car over, the syringe came flying out the window, he said. Enrique Moreno …
Ridgewood PD: Hit-Run Drunk Driver Left Crucial Evidence Behind Ridgewood PD: Hit-Run Drunk Driver Left Crucial Evidence Behind
Ridgewood PD: Hit-Run Drunk Driver Left Crucial Evidence Behind A Ridgewood driver was intoxicated, authorities said, when he smashed his Jeep into a utility pole, took off, and left a key piece of evidence behind: one of his license plates. Officers who tracked down Joseph Haner, 39, gave him several summonses after he fled the May 14 crash on Oak Street, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. They impounded his Jeep Sport and released him to a responsible adult, under John's Law.  ****** ALSO SEE: A cardiologist affiliated with Hackensack University Medical Group was charged with DWI after Wyckoff police stopped him no Route 208, authorities said. h…
Wyckoff PD: DWI Driver Stopped On Rt. 208 Illegally Entered US 9 Years Ago Wyckoff PD: DWI Driver Stopped On Rt. 208 Illegally Entered US 9 Years Ago
Wyckoff PD: DWI Driver Stopped On Rt. 208 Illegally Entered US 9 Years Ago WYCKOFF, N.J. – A Wyckoff police officer stopped a drunk, unlicensed driver on Route 208 who it turned out had been living in the U.S. illegally the past nine years, authorities said. Keilor Mendez-Herrera, 28, who’d been living in Paterson after entering the U.S. from Costa Rica, was briefly held in the Bergen County Jail before being turned over to the Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau, Lt. Joseph Soto said. Officer Robert Schlossberg was on patrol around 10 p.m. last Tuesday when he stopped Mendez-Herrera for erratically driving his silver Honda o…
Glen Rock PD: Officer Nabs Drunk, Unlicensed Driver On Route 208 Glen Rock PD: Officer Nabs Drunk, Unlicensed Driver On Route 208
Glen Rock PD: Officer Nabs Drunk, Unlicensed Driver On Route 208 GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- An unlicensed driver from Paterson was drunk, Glen Rock police said, when they stopped her swerving car on Route 208. Officer Sarah Orsita was on patrol in the area of Berry Place and Lincoln Avenue shortly before 11 p.m. last Monday when she saw “what appeared to be a disabled vehicle parked at the side of the road with its high beam lights shining into oncoming traffic,” Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. “As she approached, the vehicle abruptly left the area onto Route 208 north, where it was observed to be swerving within its lane,” Ackermann said. Orsita pulled over …
Wyckoff PD: DWI Driver Misses Exit, Slams Into Car Entering Route 208 Wyckoff PD: DWI Driver Misses Exit, Slams Into Car Entering Route 208
Wyckoff PD: DWI Driver Misses Exit, Slams Into Car Entering Route 208 WYCKOFF, N.J. – A driver whose car barreled across a Route 208 exit ramp in Wyckoff and struck another car heading onto the highway was arrested on DWI and assault-by-auto charges, authorities said. Jeffrey C. Villarreal, 55, of Hawthorne was taken into custody after the March 28 crash at the Cedar Hill Avenue interchange, Lt. Joseph Soto said. Villarreall was speeding south on the highway when he tried to take the exit and lost control of the car, which left the roadway, crossed the grass median and hit the other vehicle, severely damaging both, the lieutenant said. Villarreall was releas…
PHOTOS: SUV Rollover Takes Out Tree, Speed Sign In Hawthorne PHOTOS: SUV Rollover Takes Out Tree, Speed Sign In Hawthorne
Photos: SUV Rollover Takes Out Tree, Speed Sign In Hawthorne HAWTHORNE, N.J. -- A young driver was hospitalized with injuries that didn't appear life-threatening Monday morning after her Cadillac SUV rolled over in Hawthorne. The 6:20 a.m. crash on Goffle Road took out a tree and a speed limit sign. Goffle Road was closed in both directions between Rock Road and Route 208. A flatbed tow truck removed the vehicle. Township Engine Company #1 and Rescue Company #5 responded along with police and Hawthorne Volunteer Ambulance Corps. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this report.
Glen Rock PD: NY Driver Had Heroin, No License, Registration Or Insurance Glen Rock PD: NY Driver Had Heroin, No License, Registration Or Insurance
Glen Rock PD: NY Driver Had Heroin, No License, Registration Or Insurance GLEN ROCK, N.J. – A Catskills man caught carrying 10 bags of heroin during a traffic stop had no license, registration or insurance, Glen Rock police said. Officer Sarah Orsita was on patrol in the area of Mortlock Place just after 2 p.m. Thursday when she tried to pull over a vehicle along Lincoln Avenue, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The driver, 24-year-old David Lopez of South Fallsburg, NY, continued onto northbound Route 208 into Hawthorne before finally pulling over, Ackermann said He was processed on drug charges and released pending an April 13 hearing in Central Judicial Proce…